1956 Williamsport Grays Statistics
Team Record: 60-78
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: John Fitzpatrick (60-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 78,853, Avg. 1,143
The Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 60 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.
The Grays scored 544 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Tony Bartirome paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .305 clip. Don Schultz topped Williamsport with 13 wins and a team-best 2.76 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ron Blackburn, Brandy Davis, Tony Bartirome, Curt Roberts, Joe Christopher, Jim Waugh and Nick Koback were all players from the 1956 Williamsport Grays who played in the Majors during their careers.
John Fitzpatrick served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Schultz | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.76 | 47 | 8 | 140.0 | 125 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Jack Brown | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.62 | 21 | 19 | 144.0 | 15 | 70 | 58 | 8 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Jack Sanford | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.18 | 33 | 23 | 185.0 | 177 | 100 | 86 | 14 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Harry Gilbert | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.14 | 24 | 21 | 137.0 | 122 | 82 | 63 | 7 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Charles Bullock | 7 | 15 | .318 | 4.53 | 30 | 20 | 171.0 | 181 | 100 | 86 | 15 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.18 | 17 | 11 | 102.0 | 80 | 41 | 36 | 9 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.49 | 19 | 11 | 116.0 | 108 | 54 | 45 | 9 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Dean Lakatosh | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.88 | 30 | 18 | 129.0 | 124 | 86 | 70 | 19 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Buheller | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Flynn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Nordberg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Waugh | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Tkacsik | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.20 | 5 | 5 | 30.0 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 78 | .435 | 3.91 | 240 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1154.0 | 966 | 607 | 501 | 87 | 570 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Buheller | 138 | 528 | 528 | 140 | 20 | 3 | 12 | .265 | .265 | .383 | .648 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Brandy Davis | 139 | 508 | 508 | 138 | 21 | 5 | 3 | .272 | .272 | .350 | .622 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Tony Bartirome | 115 | 442 | 442 | 135 | 19 | 7 | 0 | .305 | .305 | .380 | .686 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Rex Babcock | 140 | 507 | 507 | 131 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .258 | .258 | .325 | .584 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Joe Christopher | 120 | 441 | 441 | 125 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .345 | .628 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Cartmill | 116 | 393 | 393 | 95 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .242 | .242 | .305 | .547 | 120 | |||||||||||
| Harry Dunlop | 96 | 296 | 296 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .318 | .568 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Nick Koback | 68 | 198 | 198 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 2 | .313 | .313 | .424 | .737 | 84 | |||||||||||
| John Richardson | 59 | 174 | 174 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .305 | .529 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Figard | 74 | 220 | 220 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .164 | .164 | .255 | .418 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Bob Flynn | 46 | 130 | 130 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .177 | .177 | .285 | .462 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Charles Bullock | 33 | 75 | 75 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .253 | .507 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Taylor | 27 | 82 | 82 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .280 | .512 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Jack Brown | 22 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .315 | .315 | .444 | .759 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 30 | 54 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .296 | .537 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Curt Roberts | 11 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .297 | .297 | .459 | .757 | 17 | |||||||||||
| George Conrad | 13 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Lee Utt | 17 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .438 | .625 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Burbage | 18 | 53 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .245 | .415 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Dean Lakatosh | 30 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .256 | .442 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jack Sanford | 33 | 60 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .117 | .117 | .117 | .233 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Bennie Crumpton | 14 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Don Schultz | 48 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .171 | .314 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Elias Osorio | 8 | 17 | 17 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Gilbert | 24 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .109 | .196 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Donald Tkacsik | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | 20 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .105 | .184 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bill Nordberg | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Brockell | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jim Waugh | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1479 | 4574 | 4574 | 0 | 1145 | 164 | 28 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .329 | .579 | 1503 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Schultz | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Sanford | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Dean Lakatosh | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Bullock | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Gilbert | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Brown | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Blackburn | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Benny Malcolm | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Nordberg | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Tkacsik | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Waugh | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 235 | 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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