1956 Wichita Braves

1956 > Class AAA > 1956 American Association
Overall: 65-88
Scored 700 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-83

Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves-NL
Manager: George Selkirk
Represented: Wichita, KS
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium (Wichita, KS)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1955 / 1957

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Don Bollweg*	35	125	506	431	66	107	13	5	19	73	4	65	69	.248	.347	.434	.780	187	12	2	4	4		Stats for 2 teams
2	Paul Cave*	22	44	44	37	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	.081	.190	.081	.272	3	0	0	2	0
3	Ed Charles	23	15	47	40	5	7	2	1	1	10	1	7	6	.175	.298	.350	.648	14	0	0	0	0
4	Alfred Facchini	25	98	329	305	27	72	7	1	1	26	6	18	38	.236	.279	.275	.554	84	6	0	6	0
5	Chico Garcia	31	144	587	516	60	144	25	1	3	65	5	51	18	.279	.349	.349	.698	180	23	8	6	6
6	Bob Giggie	22	20	29	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.048	.091	.048	.139	1	0	0	7	0
7	Charlie Gorin*	28	56	72	57	6	9	1	0	0	6	0	3	15	.158	.197	.175	.372	10	0	0	11	1
8	Arnold Hallgren	23	7		9		3								.333
9	Harry Hanebrink*	28	146	590	511	75	137	21	6	20	77	1	63	35	.268	.354	.450	.805	230	6	7	6	3
10	Bob Hartman	18	12	11	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	2	0
11	Bob Hazle*	25	124	431	376	64	107	18	3	13	46	1	53	42	.285	.373	.452	.825	170	10	0	2	0
12	Earl Hersh*	24	128	525	466	94	143	26	3	27	89	5	52	75	.307	.377	.549	.926	256	4	2	2	3
13	Joey Jay#	20	28	56	50	3	10	1	0	2	8	0	5	15	.200	.273	.340	.613	17	3	0	1	0
14	Joe Koppe	25	54	217	170	23	41	8	3	3	14	6	44	40	.241	.397	.376	.774	64	1	0	3	0
15	Don Leppert	24	70	182	165	19	38	8	0	8	21	1	16	42	.230	.297	.424	.721	70	2	0	0	1
16	Georges Maranda	24	35	33	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	.033	.065	.033	.098	1	1	0	2	0
17	Edward McHugh	27	32	89	79	13	21	6	0	0	3	0	8	7	.266	.337	.342	.679	27	4	1	0	1
18	Don McMahon	26	40	29	28	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	.179	.179	.214	.393	6	1	0	1	0
19	Chet Nichols#	25	5		6		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
20	Jim Pendleton	32	69	280	253	37	73	15	5	12	43	3	18	31	.289	.329	.530	.858	134	11	0	3	6
21	Taylor Phillips*	23	13	15	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	2	0
22	Billy Queen	27	123	442	388	50	99	14	2	14	55	1	43	53	.255	.326	.410	.736	159	11	1	3	7
23	Humberto Robinson	26	31	53	46	4	6	1	0	1	3	0	3	20	.130	.196	.217	.413	10	0	1	2	1
24	Bob Roselli	24	24	77	69	3	14	0	0	0	2	0	7	13	.203	.286	.203	.489	14	3	1	0	0
25	Bob Ross	27	13	25	22	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	.136	.174	.227	.401	5	1	1	2	0
26	Bob Talbot	29	135	602	550	80	141	17	5	10	45	5	43	44	.256	.311	.360	.671	198	9	1	7	1
27	Ben Taylor*	28	22	90	79	14	19	5	0	4	9	0	11	20	.241	.333	.456	.789	36	1	0	0	0
28	Bob Thorpe	29	22	72	70	4	20	2	0	1	9	0	0	10	.286	.292	.357	.649	25	0	1	0	1
29	Bob Trowbridge	26	8		16		2								.125
30	Roberto Vargas*	27	42	39	35	6	13	1	2	0	4	0	2	7	.371	.405	.514	.920	18	0	0	2	0
31	Charlie White*	28	87	275	226	28	63	16	2	6	39	1	43	36	.279	.392	.447	.839	101	5	1	2	3
32	Carl Willey	25	46	41	36	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	18	.083	.132	.111	.243	4	0	0	3	0
	32 Players	27.6	153	5783	5071	700	1300	209	39	144	643	39	568	721	.256	.332	.398	.730	2019	112	27	81	36	33

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Charlie Bicknell	27	0	0			1
2	Paul Cave	22	6	5	.545	3.96	44	9		1	1	134.0	121	67	59	14	56	6	80	6	0	4	1.321	8.1	0.9	3.8	5.4	1.43
3	Bob Giggie	22	3	8	.273	4.84	20	14		3	2	80.0	84	49	43	11	36	5	40	3	0	5	1.500	9.4	1.2	4.0	4.5	1.11
4	Charlie Gorin*	28	13	15	.464	4.79	38	24		11	2	186.0	206	128	99	19	73	6	120	6	0	4	1.500	10.0	0.9	3.5	5.8	1.64
5	Bob Hartman*	18	1	2	.333	4.94	12	7		0	0	31.0	40	18	17	3	12	0	16	0	1	4	1.677	11.6	0.9	3.5	4.6	1.33
6	Joey Jay	20	6	9	.400	4.16	27	21		6	1	145.0	143	85	67	14	56	2	128	0	1	3	1.372	8.9	0.9	3.5	7.9	2.29
7	Georges Maranda	24	5	8	.385	6.36	34	13		1	1	109.0	143	82	77	9	44	3	40	3	1	1	1.716	11.8	0.7	3.6	3.3	0.91
8	Don McMahon	26	4	4	.500	4.35	40	6		1	1	89.0	86	48	43	8	40	5	78	2	0	4	1.416	8.7	0.8	4.0	7.9	1.95
9	Chet Nichols*	25	1	2	.333		5
10	Taylor Phillips*	23	2	2	.500	3.79	13	4		1	0	38.0	32	18	16	3	26	0	28	1	0	4	1.526	7.6	0.7	6.2	6.6	1.08
11	Humberto Robinson	26	9	9	.500	3.41	31	19		9	3	145.0	135	65	55	16	56	8	92	2	0	2	1.317	8.4	1.0	3.5	5.7	1.64
12	Bob Ross*	27	1	6	.143	3.91	13	11		2	0	69.0	75	35	30	11	26	3	48	0	0	8	1.464	9.8	1.4	3.4	6.3	1.85
13	Bob Trowbridge	26	3	3	.500		8
14	Roberto Vargas*	27	6	5	.545	5.33	40	5		1	1	103.0	120	71	61	9	50	5	60	2	0	5	1.650	10.5	0.8	4.4	5.2	1.20
15	Carl Willey	25	5	10	.333	4.43	45	11		0	0	122.0	103	65	60	14	65	5	114	3	1	7	1.377	7.6	1.0	4.8	8.4	1.75
	15 Players	24.4	65	88	.425	4.47	153	153	113	40	13	1320.0	1358	768	656	138	569	51	880	28	4	53	1.460	9.3	0.9	3.9	6.0	1.55

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Charlie White	75	398	43	6	9	.987	5.88	10
Don Leppert	50	268	20	6	3	.980	5.76	7
Billy Queen	35	164	14	2	4	.989	5.09	3
Bob Roselli	21	107	11	5	1	.959	5.62	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Don Bollweg	117	977	74	16	100	.985	8.98	Stats for 2 teams
Earl Hersh	32	248	17	6	16	.978	8.28
Ben Taylor	22	167	13	1	11	.994	8.18

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chico Garcia	126	288	373	8	80	.988	5.25
Edward McHugh	17	49	47	6	8	.941	5.65
Ed Charles	10	24	26	2	2	.962	5.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harry Hanebrink	142		137	251	17	26	.958	2.73
Chico Garcia	13		18	15	3	2	.917	2.54

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alfred Facchini	75	153	237	21	51	.949	5.20
Joe Koppe	53	97	167	25	30	.913	4.98
Jim Pendleton	18	26	44	6	10	.921	3.89

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Talbot	133	323	8	4	4	.988	2.49
Bob Hazle	103	161	7	11	1	.939	1.63
Earl Hersh	100	164	7	9	0	.950	1.71
Billy Queen	80	110	4	8	3	.934	1.43
Jim Pendleton	50	77	7	2	1	.977	1.68
Bob Thorpe	18	27	2	0	0	1.000	1.61

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Carl Willey	45	2	9	0	0	1.000	0.24
Paul Cave	44	5	19	4	0	.857	0.55
Don McMahon	40	9	18	1	3	.964	0.68
Roberto Vargas	40	8	20	2	2	.933	0.70
Charlie Gorin	38	13	24	4	3	.902	0.97
Georges Maranda	34	4	19	3	3	.885	0.68
Humberto Robinson	31	3	22	2	2	.926	0.81
Joey Jay	27	8	20	2	0	.933	1.04
Bob Giggie	20	2	13	0	1	1.000	0.75
Taylor Phillips	13	2	6	1	0	.889	0.62
Bob Ross	13	4	11	1	0	.938	1.15
Bob Hartman	12	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.17
Bob Trowbridge	8						0.00
Chet Nichols	5						0.00
Charlie Bicknell	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Charlie Bicknell	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 27, 1928	Plainfield, NJ, US
Don Bollweg	35	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 12, 1921	Wheaton, IL, US
Paul Cave	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	179	Nov 2, 1933	New Canton, VA, US
Ed Charles	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Apr 29, 1933	Daytona Beach, FL, US
Alfred Facchini	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Mar 12, 1931	San Francisco, CA, US
Chico Garcia	31	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	Dec 24, 1924	Veracruz, Veracruz, MX
Bob Giggie	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Aug 13, 1933	Dorchester, MA, US
Charlie Gorin	28	L	L	5' 10.0"	165	Feb 6, 1928	Waco, TX, US
Arnold Hallgren	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 12, 1933	Windfield, AB, CA
Harry Hanebrink	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Nov 12, 1927	St. Louis, MO, US
Bob Hartman	18	R	L	5' 11.0"	185	Aug 28, 1937	Kenosha, WI, US
Bob Hazle	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 9, 1930	Laurens, SC, US
Earl Hersh	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	205	May 21, 1932	Ebbvale, MD, US
Joey Jay	20	S	R	6' 4.0"	228	Aug 15, 1935	Middletown, CT, US
Joe Koppe	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 19, 1930	Detroit, MI, US
Don Leppert	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	Oct 19, 1931	Indianapolis, IN, US
Georges Maranda	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jan 15, 1932	Levis, QC, CA
Edward McHugh	27	R		5' 10.0"	170	1929
Don McMahon	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Jan 4, 1930	Brooklyn, NY, US
Chet Nichols	25	S	L	6' 1.0"	165	Feb 22, 1931	Pawtucket, RI, US
Jim Pendleton	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jan 7, 1924	St. Charles, MO, US
Taylor Phillips	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	185	Jun 18, 1933	Atlanta, GA, US
Billy Queen	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 28, 1928	Gastonia, NC, US
Humberto Robinson	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	155	Jun 25, 1930	Colon, Colon, PA
Bob Roselli	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 10, 1931	San Francisco, CA, US
Bob Ross	27	R	L	6' 0.0"	165	Nov 2, 1928	Fullerton, CA, US
Bob Talbot	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Jun 6, 1927	Visalia, CA, US
Ben Taylor	28	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 30, 1927	Metropolis, IL, US
Bob Thorpe	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 19, 1926	Caryville, FL, US
Bob Trowbridge	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 27, 1930	Hudson, NY, US
Roberto Vargas	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	May 29, 1929	Santurce, PR
Charlie White	28	L	R	5' 11.0"	192	Aug 12, 1927	Kinston, NC, US
Carl Willey	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 6, 1931	Cherryfield, ME, US

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