1956 Waco Pirates Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 3rd in the BSL
Manager: Monty Basgall (78-62)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Waco, Texas
Ballpark: Katy Park
Attendance: 39,096, Avg. 559

1956 Waco Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Port Arthur Chieftans 4 games, Waco Pirates 3

The Waco Pirates of the Big State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the BSL.

The Pirates plated 797 runs and gave up 709 runs. Warren Wilson led batters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Ramon Salgado topped Waco with 21 wins, while James Hardison added 15 or more wins also James Hardison registered a 2.97 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Monty Basgall played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Waco Pirates to do so.

Monty Basgall 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
Ramon Salgado	21	10	.677	3.16	40	30					282.0	262	117	99	19	76
James Hardison	18	9	.667	2.97	47	24					221.0	183	88	73	10	110
Andy Olsen	10	6	.625	4.84	22	16					119.0	116	69	64	10	57
Don Corella	10	14	.417	4.13	33	25					194.0	202	112	89	11	82
Charlie Beene	7	3	.700	4.82	30	8					112.0	115	77	60	11	61
Ken Barbao	4	5	.444	5.58	25	6					92.0	104	66	57	9	56
Keith LeNoue	2	4	.333	5.80	9	8					45.0	56	38	29	3	34
James Mehan	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
Gerardo Torres	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Stan Patchell	1	1	.500		6						0.0
Walter DeLotelle	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Ronald May	1	2	.333	4.07	9	6					42.0	43	30	19	1	24
Robert Kennedy	1	5	.167	8.13	10	4					31.0	35	31	28	2	29
Jerry McClure	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Jack Stonestreet	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Totals	78	62	.557	4.10	254	127	0	0	0	0	1138.0	1116	628	518	76	529	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
Hermenio Cortes	127	501	501		155	30	5	15						.309	.309	.479	.788	240
Oscar Rodriguez	134	508	508		151	36	6	11						.297	.297	.457	.754	232
Stanley Malec	130	535	535		151	27	2	14						.282	.282	.419	.701	224
John Wrye	128	467	467		137	29	2	25						.293	.293	.525	.818	245
Warren Wilson	107	435	435		136	31	3	11						.313	.313	.474	.786	206
Elias Osorio	104	385	385		118	28	3	23						.306	.306	.574	.881	221
Herbie Gilbert	91	268	268		72	14	1	2						.269	.269	.351	.619	94
Clement Yaskowitz	52	198	198		62	11	1	5						.313	.313	.455	.768	90
Monty Basgall	54	154	154		50	8	0	4						.325	.325	.455	.779	70
Francis Glamp	43	156	156		48	8	2	8						.308	.308	.538	.846	84
Donald Becker	56	158	158		37	2	0	4						.234	.234	.323	.557	51
Robert Riedel	42	139	139		26	1	0	0						.187	.187	.194	.381	27
Tommy Munoz	23	72	72		18	1	1	4						.250	.250	.458	.708	33
Ramon Salgado	41	105	105		18	5	0	0						.171	.171	.219	.390	23
Jack Falls	21	69	69		16	2	1	5						.232	.232	.507	.739	35
Don Corella	34	62	62		12	1	0	0						.194	.194	.210	.403	13
Robert Kennedy	20	27	27		9	1	1	1						.333	.333	.556	.889	15
James Hardison	48	85	85		9	3	0	0						.106	.106	.141	.247	12
Andy Olsen	22	40	40		7	0	0	1						.175	.175	.250	.425	10
Keith LeNoue	10	19	19		4	1	0	0						.211	.211	.263	.474	5
Ralph Wilcox	12	27	27		4	2	0	0						.148	.148	.222	.370	6
Charlie Beene	30	37	37		4	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.216	4
James Mehan	8	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Ken Barbao	27	31	31		2	0	0	1						.065	.065	.161	.226	5
Jerry McClure	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Gerardo Torres	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ronald May	9	16	16		1									.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Stan Patchell	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Stonestreet	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Walter DeLotelle	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1395	4524	4524	0	1251	241	28	134	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.431	.708	1950	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
James Hardison	P	47					.000
Ramon Salgado	P	40					.000
Don Corella	P	33					.000
Charlie Beene	P	30					.000
Ken Barbao	P	25					.000
Andy Olsen	P	22					.000
Ronald May	P	9					.000
Keith LeNoue	P	9					.000
James Mehan	P	7					.000
Stan Patchell	P	6					.000
Jack Stonestreet	P	5					.000
Jerry McClure	P	4					.000
Walter DeLotelle	P	4					.000
Gerardo Torres	P	3					.000
Totals		244	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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