1956 Victoria Eagles Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 8th in the BSL
Manager: Jim Basso (0-0), Lou Fitzgerald (0-0), William Greer (0-0)
Location: Victoria, Texas
Ballpark: Toros Stadium:
Attendance: 35,639, Avg. 509

1956 Victoria Eagles Roster

The Victoria Eagles of the Big State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the BSL.

The Eagles scored 653 runs and gave up 829 runs. Edward Kneuper paced all regular hitters by hitting .291. Edward Sassone topped Victoria with 12 wins, while Chris Nicolosi registered a 3.06 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Eddie Locke played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Victoria Eagles to do so.

Jim Basso, Lou Fitzgerald and William Greer served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Edward Sassone	12	13	.480	3.70	56	17					192.0	184	104	79	16	99
Chris Nicolosi	10	7	.588	3.06	20	17					150.0	134	72	51	11	43
Eddie Locke	6	2	.750	4.50	15	8					68.0	71	39	34	3	24
Fidel Alvarez	4	3	.571	4.14	23	6					100.0	106	58	46	18	14
Mel Rainey	3	10	.231	4.50	20	15					112.0	116	76	56	12	36
Harry Young	2	2	.500		5						0.0
Gerardo Soler	0	0			1						0.0
Edward Cathey	0	0			3						0.0
Edward Kneuper	0	0			1						0.0
Welda Gibson	0	0			9						0.0
Phillip Huerta	0	0			2						0.0
Joseph Griffin	0	0			1						0.0
Richard Goodell	0	0			2						0.0
William Greer	0	0			1						0.0
Jerry Simon	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Dennie Brenek	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Edward Konick	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Alfred Diez	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Ronald Berdrow	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Mike Conovan	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Mario Cardenas	0	3	.000		6						0.0
Donald Robertson	0	5	.000	7.94	7	3					34.0	54	34	30	8	16
James Kenaga	0	6	.000	5.54	11	5					52.0	65	38	32	7	33
Totals	37	60	.381	4.17	197	71	0	0	0	0	708.0	730	421	328	75	265	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Edward Kneuper	140	556	556		162	33	0	25						.291	.291	.486	.777	270
Paul Dobkowski	127	461	461		124	13	2	14						.269	.269	.397	.666	183
Kenneth Harris	87	354	354		100	15	5	10						.282	.282	.438	.720	155
Bobby Boyd	135	455	455		95	15	3	0						.209	.209	.255	.464	116
Frank Gallardo	66	244	244		68	5	1	7						.279	.279	.393	.672	96
Roy Williams	66	260	260		67	16	2	8						.258	.258	.427	.685	111
Lawrence Koppe	60	224	224		64	5	0	0						.286	.286	.308	.594	69
Jimmy Bawcom	67	234	234		50	6	0	1						.214	.214	.252	.466	59
Pete Konyar	38	146	146		35	8	0	5						.240	.240	.397	.637	58
Joe Youngblood	40	130	130		30	1	0	5						.231	.231	.354	.585	46
William Greer	37	119	119		25	3	0	1						.210	.210	.261	.471	31
Dale Perry	28	96	96		24	3	1	3						.250	.250	.396	.646	38
Gerardo Soler	22	74	74		21	3	0	0						.284	.284	.324	.608	24
Eddie Locke	29	58	58		17	2	1	1						.293	.293	.414	.707	24
Rocco Ippolito	23	79	79		17	2	0	4						.215	.215	.392	.608	31
Edward Krewall	23	64	64		15	2	0	3						.234	.234	.406	.641	26
Robert Herron	12	47	47		12	4	0	0						.255	.255	.340	.596	16
Fidel Alvarez	36	61	61		12	0	1	2						.197	.197	.328	.525	20
Jim Basso	11	43	43		10	1	0	1						.233	.233	.326	.558	14
Pedro Osorio	17	53	53		10	0	0	2						.189	.189	.302	.491	16
Edward Sassone	57	60	60		10	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	10
Joaquin Nodar	16	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
Armando Sanchez	14	43	43		6	0	1	0						.140	.140	.186	.326	8
Howard Flynn	6	20	20		4									.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Chris Nicolosi	21	52	52		4	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	4
Bob Jones	8	23	23		3									.130	.130	.130	.261	3
Norman Durham	4	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Harry Young	5	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Mel Rainey	20	36	36		2	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	2
Alton Grimes	3	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Phillip Huerta	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Dennie Brenek	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Alfred Diez	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Donald Robertson	7	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
James Kenaga	11	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Mike Brito	7	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tommy Cantrell	6	18	18		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mario Cardenas	6	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Cathey	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mike Conovan	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Konick	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lou Fitzgerald	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Regino Garza	1	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Goodell	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joseph Griffin	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Welda Gibson	9	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Berdrow	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1293	4143	4143	0	1006	139	17	92	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.351	.594	1455	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Edward Sassone	P	56					.000
Fidel Alvarez	P	23					.000
Mel Rainey	P	20					.000
Chris Nicolosi	P	20					.000
Eddie Locke	P	15					.000
James Kenaga	P	11					.000
Welda Gibson	P	9					.000
Donald Robertson	P	7					.000
Mario Cardenas	P	6					.000
Harry Young	P	5					.000
Dennie Brenek	P	4					.000
Alfred Diez	P	3					.000
Edward Cathey	P	3					.000
Edward Konick	P	2					.000
Phillip Huerta	P	2					.000
Richard Goodell	P	2					.000
Mike Conovan	P	2					.000
Ronald Berdrow	P	2					.000
Jerry Simon	P	1					.000
Joseph Griffin	P	1					.000
Totals		194	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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