1956 Wichita Braves Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 65-88
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: George Selkirk (65-88)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 109,207, Avg. 1,428

1956 Wichita Braves Roster

The Wichita Braves of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 65 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Braves scored 700 runs and conceded 768 runs.

Bob Thorpe, Roberto Vargas, Bob Trowbridge, Charlie Bicknell, Don Leppert, Carl Willey, Charlie Gorin, Bob Hartman, Bob Ross, Jim Pendleton, Don Bollweg, Don McMahon, Bob Hazle, Harry Hanebrink, Charlie White, Humberto Robinson, Joey Jay, Bob Roselli, Chet Nichols, Taylor Phillips, Billy Queen, Ed Charles, Bob Giggie, Earl Hersh, Georges Maranda, Chico García, Ben Taylor, Joe Koppe and Bob Talbot were all players from the 1956 Wichita Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

George Selkirk 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
Charlie Gorin	13	15	.464	4.79	38	24		11	2		186.0	206	128	99	19	73	6	120	6	0	4
Humberto Robinson	9	9	.500	3.41	31	19		9	3		145.0	135	65	55	16	56	8	92	2	0	2
Paul Cave	6	5	.545	3.96	44	9		1	1		134.0	121	67	59	14	56	6	80	6	0	4
Roberto Vargas	6	5	.545	5.33	40	5		1	1		103.0	120	71	61	9	50	5	60	2	0	5
Joey Jay	6	9	.400	4.16	27	21		6	1		145.0	143	85	67	14	56	2	128	0	1	3
Georges Maranda	5	8	.385	6.36	34	13		1	1		109.0	143	82	77	9	44	3	40	3	1	1
Carl Willey	5	10	.333	4.43	45	11		0	0		122.0	103	65	60	14	65	5	114	3	1	7
Don McMahon	4	4	.500	4.35	40	6		1	1		89.0	86	48	43	8	40	5	78	2	0	4
Bob Trowbridge	3	3	.500		8						0.0									0
Bob Giggie	3	8	.273	4.84	20	14		3	2		80.0	84	49	43	11	36	5	40	3	0	5
Taylor Phillips	2	2	.500	3.79	13	4		1	0		38.0	32	18	16	3	26	0	28	1	0	4
Chet Nichols	1	2	.333		5						0.0									0
Bob Hartman	1	2	.333	4.94	12	7		0	0		31.0	40	18	17	3	12	0	16	0	1	4
Bob Ross	1	6	.143	3.91	13	11		2	0		69.0	75	35	30	11	26	3	48	0	0	8
Charlie Bicknell	0	0			1						0.0									0
Totals	65	88	.425	4.51	371	144	0	36	12	0	1251.0	1288	731	627	131	540	48	844	28	4	51	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
Chico García	144	587	516	60	144	25	1	3	65	5		51	18	.279	.349	.349	.698	180	23	8	6	6
Earl Hersh	128	525	466	94	143	26	3	27	89	5		52	75	.307	.377	.549	.926	256	4	2	2	3
Bob Talbot	135	602	550	80	141	17	5	10	45	5		43	44	.256	.311	.360	.671	198	9	1	7	1
Harry Hanebrink	146	590	511	75	137	21	6	20	77	1		63	35	.268	.354	.450	.805	230	6	7	6	3
Bob Hazle	124	431	376	64	107	18	3	13	46	1		53	42	.285	.373	.452	.825	170	10	0	2	0
Billy Queen	123	442	388	50	99	14	2	14	55	1		43	53	.255	.326	.410	.736	159	11	1	3	7
Jim Pendleton	69	280	253	37	73	15	5	12	43	3		18	31	.289	.329	.530	.858	134	11	0	3	6
Alfred Facchini	98	329	305	27	72	7	1	1	26	6		18	38	.236	.279	.275	.554	84	6	0	6	0
Charlie White	87	275	226	28	63	16	2	6	39	1		43	36	.279	.392	.447	.839	101	5	1	2	3
Joe Koppe	54	217	170	23	41	8	3	3	14	6		44	40	.241	.397	.376	.774	64	1	0	3	0
Don Leppert	70	182	165	19	38	8	0	8	21	1		16	42	.230	.297	.424	.721	70	2	0	0	1
Eddie McHugh	32	89	79	13	21	6	0	0	3	0		8	7	.266	.337	.342	.679	27	4	1	0	1
Bob Thorpe	22	72	70	4	20	2	0	1	9	0		0	10	.286	.292	.357	.649	25	0	1	0	1
Ben Taylor	22	90	79	14	19	5	0	4	9	0		11	20	.241	.333	.456	.789	36	1	0	0	0
Bob Roselli	24	77	69	3	14	0	0	0	2	0		7	13	.203	.286	.203	.489	14	3	1	0	0
Roberto Vargas	42	39	35	6	13	1	2	0	4	0		2	7	.371	.405	.514	.920	18	0	0	2	0
Joey Jay	28	56	50	3	10	1	0	2	8	0		5	15	.200	.273	.340	.613	17	3	0	1	0
Charlie Gorin	56	72	57	6	9	1	0	0	6	0		3	15	.158	.197	.175	.372	10	0	0	11	1
Ed Charles	15	47	40	5	7	2	1	1	10	1		7	6	.175	.298	.350	.648	14	0	0	0	0
Humberto Robinson	31	53	46	4	6	1	0	1	3	0		3	20	.130	.196	.217	.413	10	0	1	2	1
Don McMahon	40	29	28	0	5	1	0	0	2	0		0	11	.179	.179	.214	.393	6	1	0	1	0
Arnie Hallgren	7	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Bob Ross	13	25	22	1	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	10	.136	.174	.227	.401	5	1	1	2	0
Carl Willey	46	41	36	5	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	18	.083	.132	.111	.243	4	0	0	3	0
Paul Cave	44	44	37	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	14	.081	.190	.081	.272	3	0	0	2	0
Taylor Phillips	13	15	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	2	0
Bob Trowbridge	8	16	16		2									.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Bob Hartman	12	11	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	2	0
Bob Giggie	20	29	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.048	.091	.048	.139	1	0	0	7	0
Georges Maranda	35	33	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.033	.065	.033	.098	1	1	0	2	0
Chet Nichols	5	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1693	5313	4676	634	1201	196	35	126	578	36	0	501	641	.257	.330	.395	.724	1845	102	25	77	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Earl Hersh	1B	32	248	17	6	16	.978	8.281
Ben Taylor	1B	22	167	13	1	11	.994	8.182
Chico García	2B	126	288	373	8	80	.988	5.246
Eddie McHugh	2B	17	49	47	6	8	.941	5.647
Ed Charles	2B	10	24	26	2	2	.962	5.000
Harry Hanebrink	3B	142	137	251	17	26	.958	2.732
Chico García	3B	13	18	15	3	2	.917	2.538
Charlie White	C	75	398	43	6	9	.987	5.880	10
Don Leppert	C	50	268	20	6	3	.980	5.760	7
Billy Queen	C	35	164	14	2	4	.989	5.086	3
Bob Roselli	C	21	107	11	5	1	.959	5.619	1
Bob Talbot	OF	133	323	8	4	4	.988	2.489
Bob Hazle	OF	103	161	7	11	1	.939	1.631
Earl Hersh	OF	100	164	7	9	0	.950	1.710
Billy Queen	OF	80	110	4	8	3	.934	1.425
Jim Pendleton	OF	50	77	7	2	1	.977	1.680
Bob Thorpe	OF	18	27	2	0	0	1.000	1.611
Carl Willey	P	45	2	9	0	0	1.000	.244
Paul Cave	P	44	5	19	4	0	.857	.545
Roberto Vargas	P	40	8	20	2	2	.933	.700
Don McMahon	P	40	9	18	1	3	.964	.675
Charlie Gorin	P	38	13	24	4	3	.902	.974
Georges Maranda	P	34	4	19	3	3	.885	.676
Humberto Robinson	P	31	3	22	2	2	.926	.806
Joey Jay	P	27	8	20	2	0	.933	1.037
Bob Giggie	P	20	2	13	0	1	1.000	.750
Bob Ross	P	13	4	11	1	0	.938	1.154
Taylor Phillips	P	13	2	6	1	0	.889	.615
Bob Hartman	P	12	1	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Bob Trowbridge	P	8						.000
Chet Nichols	P	5						.000
Charlie Bicknell	P	1						.000
Alfred Facchini	SS	75	153	237	21	51	.949	5.200
Joe Koppe	SS	53	97	167	25	30	.913	4.981
Jim Pendleton	SS	18	26	44	6	10	.921	3.889
Totals		1544	3067	1495	168	276	.964	2.955	21	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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