1956 Wellsville Braves Statistics

Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 74-46
Finished 1st in the PONYL
Manager: Alex Monchak (74-46)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wellsville, New York
Ballpark: Tullar Field
Attendance: 30,470, Avg. 508

1956 Wellsville Braves Roster

Playoffs - Wellsville Braves 2 games, Hornell Dodgers 1
Finals - Wellsville Braves 3 games, Olean Oilers 2

The Wellsville Braves of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1956 season with a record of 74 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the PONYL.

The Braves plated 719 runs, tops in the circuit. Wellsville gave up 599 runs.

Alex Monchak and Ron Henry both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Alex Monchak 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
Antonio Diaz	17	6	.739	3.36	25	23		19	2		185.0	174	94	69	10	69		144	6	0	9
Keith Nicolls	14	6	.700	1.75	22	18		18	2		149.0	131	44	29	6	40		127	2	5	2
George Player	13	5	.722	3.42	25	21		13	1		163.0	146	75	62	18	90		124	2	0	4
Robert MacNeil	13	10	.565	3.37	27	24		13	2		163.0	170	87	61	6	60		138	10	0	6
Bob Lee	5	4	.556	5.19	15	11		5	1		78.0	100	56	45	3	76		57	2	0	3
John Matta	3	2	.600		6						0.0
Robert Theiss	3	2	.600	4.96	11	5		3	1		49.0	26	33	27	2	39		40	3	0	0
Gerald Stillings	3	4	.429	4.75	9	7		2	0		53.0	62	40	28	2	37		43	5	1	5
Jerome Johnson	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Joseph Kujanik	1	0	1.000		11						0.0
John Huda	1	2	.333		8						0.0
Gabriel Ramos	0	0			3						0.0
Juan Guzman	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Ellis	0	0			2						0.0
Ernie Christoff	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Alex Monchak	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Denny O'Melia	0	1	.000		7						0.0
Harold DeMars	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Totals	74	46	.617	3.44	189	109	0	73	9	0	840.0	809	429	321	47	411	0	673	30	6	29	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
Pedro Alomar	118	524	461	76	140	24	5	9	84	11		52	61	.304	.375	.436	.811	201		4	1	6
Sidney Goldfader	103	420	380	79	125	23	1	18	88	4		34	65	.329	.382	.537	.919	204		1	1	4
Juan Guzman	120	534	444	82	125	23	3	2	78	2		69	31	.282	.386	.360	.747	160		10	6	5
James Nester	119	512	424	74	120	23	2	4	76	7		74	43	.283	.395	.375	.770	159		6	6	2
Bob Ellis	113	506	413	99	115	21	2	1	63	10		87	36	.278	.404	.346	.751	143		1	4	1
Joseph Edgley	118	527	422	79	107	24	4	6	52	15		89	83	.254	.394	.372	.766	157		11	2	3
Ron Henry	90	346	309	47	95	15	3	10	50	4		28	43	.307	.362	.472	.834	146		1	3	5
Lou Balsz	79	342	278	60	72	11	3	9	38	2		60	45	.259	.394	.417	.811	116		2	2	0
Clarence Powell	54	194	163	25	34	7	0	0	8	0		27	30	.209	.323	.252	.574	41		1	2	1
Pete Peterson	18	84	66	15	25	4	0	4	17	2		14	11	.379	.500	.621	1.121	41		3	0	1
Alex Monchak	35	114	99	9	21	3	0	2	12	0		10	12	.212	.295	.303	.598	30		2	2	1
Joseph Rucco	28	137	95	20	20	2	1	3	16	1		39	24	.211	.441	.347	.789	33		1	1	1
Keith Nicolls	24	66	62	5	19	3	0	0	6	1		2	1	.306	.328	.355	.683	22		0	2	0
George Player	27	77	70	8	14	4	0	0	6	0		2	8	.200	.222	.257	.479	18		0	5	0
Antonio Diaz	25	78	64	11	11	3	0	0	7	1		6	25	.172	.239	.219	.458	14		0	7	1
Carlos Ramirez	20	46	46	9	10	3	0	0	4	0		0	6	.217	.217	.283	.500	13		0	0	0
Robert MacNeil	28	69	62	2	8	1	0	0	6	0		2	24	.129	.156	.145	.301	9		0	5	0
Gerald Stillings	12	30	27	4	7	2	0	0	3	0		2	6	.259	.310	.333	.644	9		0	1	0
John Huda	8	16	16		4									.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Robert Theiss	111	17	12	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		3	6	.250	.353	.250	.603	3		0	0	2
Gabriel Ramos	7	14	14		3									.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Michael O'Keefe	7	18	18		3									.167	.167	.167	.333	3
John Matta	6	19	19		3									.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Ernie Christoff	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Harold DeMars	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Denny O'Melia	7	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Bob Lee	16	33	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		4	11	.037	.156	.037	.193	1		0	1	1
Jerome Johnson	6	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joseph Kujanik	11	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1320	4747	4015	708	1088	196	24	68	617	60	0	604	573	.271	.369	.383	.752	1536	0	43	51	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lou Balsz	1B	79	633	51	11	60	.984	8.658
Pete Peterson	1B	18	141	9	3	12	.980	8.333
Alex Monchak	1B	12	88	6	1	15	.989	7.833
Pedro Alomar	1B	11	98	1	3	8	.971	9.000
Bob Ellis	2B	108	259	182	23	69	.950	4.083
Alex Monchak	2B	11	18	25	0	3	1.000	3.909
James Nester	3B	108	90	178	39	19	.873	2.481
Sidney Goldfader	C	73	508	44	21	3	.963	7.562	19
Ron Henry	C	47	357	36	14	5	.966	8.362	14
Joseph Edgley	OF	118	232	12	6	3	.976	2.068
Pedro Alomar	OF	107	169	13	11	4	.943	1.701
Clarence Powell	OF	44	47	6	3	1	.946	1.205
Ron Henry	OF	38	36	3	3	0	.929	1.026
Joseph Rucco	OF	28	45	3	1	0	.980	1.714
Sidney Goldfader	OF	24	29	2	2	0	.939	1.292
James Nester	OF	11	15	7	2	2	.917	2.000
Robert MacNeil	P	27	8	25	3	1	.917	1.222
George Player	P	25	8	36	1	1	.978	1.760
Antonio Diaz	P	25	15	22	4	2	.902	1.480
Keith Nicolls	P	22	13	23	4	2	.900	1.636
Bob Lee	P	15	3	9	1	1	.923	.800
Robert Theiss	P	11	1	4	0	1	1.000	.455
Joseph Kujanik	P	11	1	4	0	1	1.000	.455
Gerald Stillings	P	9						.000
John Huda	P	8						.000
Denny O'Melia	P	7						.000
John Matta	P	6						.000
Jerome Johnson	P	6						.000
Harold DeMars	P	6						.000
Ernie Christoff	P	4						.000
Gabriel Ramos	P	3						.000
Bob Ellis	P	2						.000
Alex Monchak	P	1						.000
Juan Guzman	P	1						.000
Juan Guzman	SS	115	174	324	47	59	.914	4.330
Totals		1141	2988	1025	203	272	.952	3.517	33	0	0

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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