1956 Sacramento Solons

1956 > Class Open > 1956 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 84-84

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Tommy Heath
Represented: Sacramento, CA
Ballpark: Edmonds Field (II) (Sacramento, CA)
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
1	Thomas Agosta	22	64	257	238	30	57	7	1	1	22	7	14	29	.239	.280	.290	.569	69	5	0	3	2
2	Danny Baich	30	97	293	267	30	72	10	1	8	27	1	24	19	.270	.331	.404	.736	108	8	1	0	1
3	Gene Bearden*	35	52	96	93	7	16	2	0	1	8	0	1	15	.172	.189	.226	.415	21	2	1	1	0
4	Charles Bell	29	7	23	22	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	.182	.217	.273	.490	6	0	0	0	0
5	Cloyd Boyer	28	36	77	73	9	18	7	0	2	14	0	4	15	.247	.286	.425	.710	31	2	0	0	0
6	Harry Bright	26	131	521	479	55	136	26	2	12	61	1	30	55	.284	.326	.422	.748	202	17	3	3	6
7	Milo Candini	38	49	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0
8	Jake Crawford	28	115	396	362	44	88	13	5	8	42	2	27	52	.243	.301	.373	.674	135	18	4	1	2
9	Clay Dalrymple*	19	5	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0
10	Glenn Elliott#	36	20	36	29	1	8	0	0	0	6	0	6	10	.276	.400	.276	.676	8	0	0	1	0
11	Chuck Essegian	24	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ferris Fain*	35	70	187	147	18	37	6	0	0	16	0	39	16	.252	.412	.293	.704	43	7	1	0	0
13	Maurice Fisher	25	12	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	1	0
14	Earl Harrist	37	32	80	66	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	6	20	.076	.153	.076	.229	5	2	0	8	0
15	Al Heist	28	158	626	547	81	157	21	13	12	71	12	67	79	.287	.364	.439	.803	240	18	2	5	5
16	Chet Johnson*	38	12	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
17	Lee Jones	28	44	28	23	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	.174	.208	.217	.426	5	1	0	4	0
18	Nippy Jones	31	139	532	487	64	144	28	1	14	72	1	28	23	.296	.328	.444	.771	216	12	1	4	12
19	Joe Koppe	25	98	400	352	42	95	15	3	5	38	8	34	65	.270	.328	.372	.700	131	6	0	7	7
20	Tom Lovrich	26	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
21	Felix Mantilla	21	55	230	206	32	56	10	0	4	24	2	19	16	.272	.333	.379	.712	78	3	1	2	2
22	John McNamara	24	76	213	181	22	31	5	1	1	18	1	16	31	.171	.240	.227	.467	41	10	1	13	2
23	Ron Mrozinski	25	10	13	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	.200	.385	.200	.585	2	0	0	0	0
24	Roger Osenbaugh	26	53	58	53	9	15	3	3	1	7	0	3	9	.283	.321	.509	.831	27	1	0	2	0
25	Jerry Priddy	36	75	199	175	15	52	8	0	2	20	0	20	22	.297	.365	.377	.743	66	6	0	2	2	Stats for 2 teams
26	Hal Rice*	32	49	186	153	17	32	8	2	4	20	0	29	23	.209	.337	.366	.703	56	3	1	2	1
27	George Risley	24	164	680	610	67	176	31	3	8	54	2	52	43	.289	.347	.389	.735	237	16	5	8	5
28	Russ Rosburg	26	8	16	15	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	.133	.188	.200	.388	3	0	0	0	0
29	Cliff Ross*	27	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	Stats for 3 teams
30	Joe Stanka	24	32	58	53	2	10	2	0	0	3	0	2	19	.189	.218	.226	.445	12	0	0	3	0
31	Jerry Streeter	24	60	235	201	30	46	8	0	2	11	1	24	40	.229	.316	.299	.614	60	8	2	7	1
32	Jackie Tobin*	35	107	356	304	43	86	6	0	0	14	5	42	30	.283	.371	.303	.674	92	6	2	6	2
33	Bud Watkins	25	29	40	33	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	.061	.135	.061	.196	2	2	0	3	1
34	Wally Westlake	35	90	330	293	38	80	14	0	12	50	1	33	73	.273	.350	.444	.793	130	15	2	1	1
	34 Players	28.4	168	6112	5423	659	1410	231	37	96	601	41	524	737	.260	.326	.369	.695	2003	165	26	93	46

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	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Gene Bearden*	35	15	14	.517	3.48	34	30	12	3	206.2	215	97	80	14	56	54	1	0	1	1.311	9.4	0.6	2.4	2.4	0.96
2	Cloyd Boyer	28	10	9	.526	3.95	26	25	9	1	164.0	173	91	72	15	77	64	4	2	4	1.524	9.5	0.8	4.2	3.5	0.83
3	Milo Candini	38	3	4	.429	2.04	49	0	0	0	66.1	53	20	15	4	25	39	0	0	4	1.176	7.2	0.5	3.4	5.3	1.56
4	Mike Coen	22	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6.000	27.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
5	Glenn Elliott*	36	5	3	.625	3.40	20	12	3	1	95.1	100	50	36	7	18	39	1	0	1	1.238	9.4	0.7	1.7	3.7	2.17
6	Ferris Fain*	35	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	5.1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.125	8.4	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.00
7	Maurice Fisher	25	0	3	.000	6.59	12	1	0	0	27.1	28	21	20	3	16	9	3	0	0	1.610	9.2	1.0	5.3	3.0	0.56
8	Earl Harrist	37	16	10	.615	3.52	32	29	9	3	204.2	192	88	80	22	58	97	6	1	6	1.221	8.4	1.0	2.6	4.3	1.67
9	Chet Johnson*	38	2	1	.667	3.66	12	3	0	0	39.1	48	20	16	3	13	14	1	0	3	1.551	11.0	0.7	3.0	3.2	1.08
10	Lee Jones	28	7	1	.875	3.66	43	2	0	0	103.1	117	58	42	8	48	61	1	0	3	1.597	10.2	0.7	4.2	5.3	1.27
11	Tom Lovrich	26	1	0	1.000	4.50	9	0	0	0	18.0	15	11	9	2	8	5	1	0	0	1.278	7.5	1.0	4.0	2.5	0.63
12	Ron Mrozinski*	25	3	2	.600	4.76	10	7	2	0	39.2	54	28	21	7	16	11	0	0	2	1.765	12.3	1.6	3.6	2.5	0.69
13	Roger Osenbaugh	26	11	12	.478	4.23	37	20	6	3	166.0	169	84	78	16	72	84	1	1	9	1.452	9.2	0.9	3.9	4.6	1.17
14	Jerry Priddy	36	0	0		5.73	7	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	1.182	9.0	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.50	Stats for 2 teams
15	Cliff Ross*	27	0	0		5.40	8	1	0	0	18.1	27	15	11	3	20	6	1	0	1	2.564	13.3	1.5	9.8	2.9	0.30	Stats for 3 teams
16	Joe Stanka	24	5	14	.263	4.31	31	24	6	0	173.1	156	87	83	15	84	108	2	0	2	1.385	8.1	0.8	4.4	5.6	1.29
17	Bud Watkins	25	6	11	.353	4.60	28	15	5	1	129.0	129	76	66	10	50	49	2	0	3	1.388	9.0	0.7	3.5	3.4	0.98
	17 Players	30.6	84	84	.500		168	168

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	CS
Danny Baich	91	342	49	9	5	.978	4.30	10	22
John McNamara	73	256	25	0	6	1.000	3.85	4	10
Harry Bright	30	99	8	2	0	.982	3.57	3	3
Clay Dalrymple	5	4	1	1	0	.833	1.00	0	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Nippy Jones	134	1172	64	20	118	.984	9.22
Ferris Fain	21	157	19	4	13	.978	8.38
Jackie Tobin	16	113	11	5	17	.961	7.75
Jerry Priddy	3	9	2	1	1	.917	3.67	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Bright	92	215	209	17	57	.961	4.61
Jerry Streeter	59	174	140	14	41	.957	5.32
Jerry Priddy	42	89	84	3	30	.983	4.12	Stats for 2 teams
Thomas Agosta	10	26	24	0	6	1.000	5.00
Nippy Jones	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Risley	164	149	418	24	37	.959	3.46
Harry Bright	5	3	15	1	1	.947	3.60
Thomas Agosta	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Koppe	98	186	360	26	59	.955	5.57
Felix Mantilla	55	92	151	11	32	.957	4.42
Jerry Priddy	11	17	26	1	2	.977	3.91	Stats for 2 teams
Charles Bell	7	13	16	2	4	.935	4.14
Thomas Agosta	3	7	7	3	1	.824	4.67

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Al Heist	158	477	14	5	1	.990	3.11
Jake Crawford	102	197	9	9	1	.958	2.02
Wally Westlake	84	162	4	3	0	.982	1.98
Jackie Tobin	68	121	1	3	0	.976	1.79
Thomas Agosta	48	101	5	0	0	1.000	2.21
Hal Rice	44	86	4	1	1	.989	2.05
Ferris Fain	21	31	2	4	1	.892	1.57
Russ Rosburg	3	7	0	1	0	.875	2.33
Chuck Essegian	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Milo Candini	49	5	10	2	1	.882	0.31
Lee Jones	43	3	16	1	0	.950	0.44
Roger Osenbaugh	37	8	23	2	1	.939	0.84
Gene Bearden	34	7	44	4	2	.927	1.50
Earl Harrist	32	7	29	4	4	.900	1.13
Joe Stanka	31	6	15	3	0	.875	0.68
Bud Watkins	28	12	31	2	3	.956	1.54
Cloyd Boyer	26	9	24	3	1	.917	1.27
Glenn Elliott	20	4	12	1	2	.941	0.80
Maurice Fisher	12	0	7	0	0	1.000	0.58
Chet Johnson	12	1	8	1	0	.900	0.75
Ron Mrozinski	10	3	6	1	0	.900	0.90
Tom Lovrich	9	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.56
Cliff Ross	8	2	2	1	0	.800	0.50	Stats for 3 teams
Jerry Priddy	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29	Stats for 2 teams
Ferris Fain	3	0	0	0	0		0.00
Mike Coen	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Thomas Agosta	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	Aug 10, 1933	Sacramento, CA, US
Danny Baich	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Dec 25, 1925	Detroit, MI, US
Gene Bearden	35	L	L	6' 3.0"	198	Sep 5, 1920	Lexa, AR, US
Charles Bell	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Aug 30, 1926	Redondo Beach, CA, US
Cloyd Boyer	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Sep 1, 1927	Alba, MO, US
Harry Bright	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Sep 22, 1929	Kansas City, MO, US
Milo Candini	38	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Aug 3, 1917	Manteca, CA, US
Mike Coen	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Oct 18, 1933	Roseburg, OR, US
Jake Crawford	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 20, 1928	Campbell, MO, US
Clay Dalrymple	19	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 3, 1936	Chico, CA, US
Glenn Elliott	36	S	L	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 11, 1919	Sapulpa, OK, US
Chuck Essegian	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	200	Aug 9, 1931	Boston, MA, US
Ferris Fain	35	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Mar 29, 1921	San Antonio, TX, US
Maurice Fisher	25	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Feb 16, 1931	Uniondale, IN, US
Earl Harrist	37	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 20, 1919	Dubach, LA, US
Al Heist	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 5, 1927	Brooklyn, NY, US
Chet Johnson	38	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 1, 1917	Redmond, WA, US
Lee Jones	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 1, 1928	Fairfax, OK, US
Nippy Jones	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 29, 1925	Los Angeles, CA, US
Joe Koppe	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 19, 1930	Detroit, MI, US
Tom Lovrich	26	R	R	6' 5.0"	175	Mar 17, 1930	Los Angeles, CA, US
Felix Mantilla	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Jul 29, 1934	Isabella, PR
John McNamara	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 4, 1932	Sacramento, CA, US
Ron Mrozinski	25	R	L	5' 11.0"	160	Sep 16, 1930	White Haven, PA, US
Roger Osenbaugh	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Jun 30, 1930	Sacramento, CA, US
Jerry Priddy	36	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Nov 9, 1919	Los Angeles, CA, US
Hal Rice	32	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 11, 1924	Morganette, WV, US
George Risley	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 28, 1932	Fairfield, CT, US
Russ Rosburg	26	R	L	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 20, 1930	Seattle, WA, US
Cliff Ross	27	L	L	6' 4.0"	195	Aug 3, 1928	Philadelphia, PA, US
Joe Stanka	24	R	R	6' 6.0"	201	Jul 23, 1931	Hammon, OK, US
Jerry Streeter	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Sep 19, 1931	Modesto, CA, US
Jackie Tobin	35	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jan 8, 1921	Oakland, CA, US
Bud Watkins	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	198	Jan 23, 1931	Chicago, IL, US
Wally Westlake	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	186	Nov 8, 1920	Gridley, CA, US

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