1956 YEARBOOK - TML Amtmlam.org/records/YRBK1956.pdf1956 YEARBOOK SEASON R23 TML Champion Jupiter Marcos Complete TML Records and Career Statistics at:

1956 YEARBOOK

SEASON R23

TML Champion Jupiter Marcos

Complete TML Records and Career Statistics at: www.tmlam.org/history.html

TML 1956 Season Highlights at a Glance by Biff Barnes Sr. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/4/1956, BV56-BY56, Griffith Stadium Burning Bunyans AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ed Bailey c 4 3 3 2 8 0 .290

Beverly 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 11 1 Bailey socked a 3-run HR in the 2nd and a Grand Slam

Bloomington 4 5 0 1 4 0 3 1 x 18 17 0 in the 5th to drive in 8 and lead his team to victory.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/30/1956, SM56-MO56, Ebbets Field The seasons longest game ended when Moosens Granny

123 456 789 012 345 R H E Hammer drove home the winning run with an RBI double

Summer 102 001 210 000 000 7 16 1 in the 15th. After both starting pitchers had long

Moosen 023 020 000 000 001 8 13 0 departed, both bullpens were outstanding.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/18/1956, BV56-CH57, Busch Stadium ** NO-HITTER **

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Micmacs IP H R ER BB K ERA

Beverly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Jim Davis (W 3-1) 9 0 1 1 4 4 3.30

Cheticamp 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x 2 8 0 Top of 9th inning saw Davis issue 2 walks and 2 HBP!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/3/1956, WW56-AV56, Briggs Stadium Avalanche AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Dick Gernert 1b 5 3 4 2 8 2 .384

Walla Walla 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 8 14 0 Gernert hit a 3-run HR and a Grand Slam in the 5th

Albany 1 2 0 0 8 11 4 1 0 27 21 0 & 6th innings, respectively, to fuel the big rallies!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/25/1956, SM56-BY56, Griffith Stadium Burning Bunyans AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Eddie Mathews cf 6 6 5 2 9 2 .306

Summer 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 13 2 Mathews led the TMLs largest blowout game of the

Bloomington 3 0 4 10 5 4 2 1 x 29 31 1 season, driving in 9 runs with 2 HRs and a 2B.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/10/1956, DT56-BV57, Briggs Stadium ** NO-HITTER **

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Hillbillies IP H R ER BB K ERA

Duluth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Willard Schmidt(W 4-8) 10 0 0 0 4 5 4.56

Beverly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 Schmidt completes 9th extra-inning TML no-hitter!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/3/1956, SM56-NA57, Forbes Field ** NO-HITTER **

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Bevers IP H R ER BB K ERA

Summer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Don Newcombe (W 22-6) 9 0 1 0 2 4 2.04

North Adams 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x 4 6 3 Newcombe tosses 6th TML non-shutout no-hitter.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/8/1956, WW56-MO56, Ebbets Field Squirrelv AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Jackie Brandt cf 5 1 3 1 8 0 .278

Walla Walla 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 0 Leadoff batter Brandt drove in 8 of his teams 9 runs,

Moosen 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 x 9 11 0 with the big blow being a Grand Slam in the 6th.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The longest winning streak was 14 games by both North Adams (6/7-6/23) and Albany (7/17-7/31).

The longest losing streak was a length 22 games by Walla Walla (6/8-7/5). Beverly lost 20 in a

row from 4/20-5/13. Summer went 3-40 from 8/20 until the end of the season!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mickey Mantle was voted Player of the Year for a record 6th time in the past 9 years and for an

unprecedented 3rd consecutive season! Mantle led the TML in HR (65), RBI (188), Runs (180),

EXBH (90), SLG (.691), Walks (115) and RC (189).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Williams is the new TML Career Leader in AVG (.365), SLG (.702), OBP (.488) and RC/27 (13.3).

Teammate Mickey Mantle is now #2 in all four categories (AVG .329, SLG .636, OBP .451, RC/27 11.2).

Hank Aaron remains in 2nd place in HRs, 54 HRs behind Career HR leader Barry Bonds (743 HR)! Aaron

also remains the Career RBI leader with 2344 and is still in 2nd place in Career EXBH (1332), but is

the new leader in TB (6264), passing Bonds. Frank Robinson and Aaron remain 1-2 in GW-RBI, 302 and

300, respectively. Sandy Koufax slipped to #2 in Career ERA (2.77) behind Mariano Rivera (2.68).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/5/1956, JM56-AV56, Briggs Stadium

The Jupiter Marcos completed their quest of winning the TML Retro Championship, having dedicated

this season to their late GM/Manager Marc Kramer. After surviving a grueling 7-game series with

rival North Adams, the Marcos had to overcome a 2-0 deficit in the TML World Series against Hall of

Fame laden, two-time defending TML Champs Albany Avalanche to win the title in 6 games! MVP Minnie

Minoso hit .346, with 9 runs and 8 RBI in the post season. For the Jupiter franchise, it was only

their 2nd TML Championship, but the most memorable. For Pat Barrys Albany squad, they had advanced

to their 3rd straight TML World Series, after getting past a tough Brooklyn team in 5 games. What

hurt Albany was Jupiters ability to pitch around Player of the Year Mickey Mantle (10 walks),

while holding Ted Williams to a .136 AVG and Duke Snider to a .056 AVG. Wait till next year!

Table of Contents

Final TML 1956 American Standings .......................................... 1 All Star Team .................................................................................... 2 TML World Series Jupiter vs. Albany................................................3

Atmospheric Conference Final North Adams vs. Jupiter ..........................5 Oceanic Conference Final Brooklyn vs. Albany. ........................................7 Pitching Gems (No-Hitters: J.Davis, W.Schmidt, D.Newcombe) ....................9

American Association (Player & Pitcher of the Year) ............ 10 Final 1956 American Association Stats ...................................... 11

Individual Team Pages: Albany Avalanche (AV) ....................................................................................17 Arkansas Travelers (AR) ...................................................................................18 Beverly Hillbillies (BV) ......................................................................................19 Bloomington Burning Bunyans (BY) ...............................................................20 Brooklyn Browns (BB) .......................................................................................21 Cheticamp Micmacs (CH) .................................................................................22 Coachella Valley Earthquakes (EQ) ................................................................23 Duluth Thundercats (DT) .................................................................................24 Jupiter Marcos (JM) ............................................................................................25 Moosen Squirrel (MO) .......................................................................................26 North Adams Bevers (NA) ...............................................................................27 Sioux Falls Fighting Sioux (SF) ........................................................................28 Summer Cyclones (SM) .....................................................................................29 Walla Walla Wombats (WW) ...........................................................................30

Stat Key ................................................................................................................31 (Cover Design & Yearbook Layout by Mike Landin)

TML AMERICAN

1956 Final Standings

Oceanic Conference Atmospheric Conference

W-L Pct. GB W-L Pct. GB

Albany 113-41 .734 -- Jupiter 105-49 .682 --

Brooklyn 76-78 .494 37 North Adams 105-49 .682 --

Coachella Vly 74-80 .481 39 Cheticamp 95-59 .617 10

Moosen 65-89 .422 48 Bloomington 91-63 .591 14

Beverly 55-99 .357 58 Arkansas 84-70 .545 21

Duluth 46-108 .299 67 Sioux Falls 83-71 .539 22

Walla Walla 42-112 .273 71 Summer 44-110 .286 61

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American Playoff Results

Conference Finals: Albany defeated Brooklyn 4 games to 1

Jupiter defeated North Adams 4 games to 3

TML World Series

Jupiter defeated Albany 4 games to 2

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1956 All Stars

Starter Back-up

Catcher: Yogi Berra (CH) Stan Lopata (AR) Firstbase: Ted Kluszewski (AR) Joe Adcock (SF)

Secondbase: Jim Gilliam (BY) Don Blasingame (JM)

Thirdbase: Eddie Mathews (BY) Willie Jones (MO)

Shortstop: Harvey Kuenn (JM) Johnny Logan (MO)

Outfield: Mickey Mantle (AV) Duke Snider (AV)

Outfield: Ted Williams (AV) Charlie Maxwell (BB)

Outfield: Stan Musial (AR) Bill Virdon (NA)

Starting Pitcher: Don Newcombe (NA)

Closer: Hersh Freeman (SF)

Remaining Starters Remaining Pitchers

Bob Rush (AV) Sandy Koufax (BB)

Herb Score (JM) Warren Spahn (EQ)

Billy Pierce (NA) Tom Brewer (CH)

Early Wynn (BY) Turk Lown (CH)

Whitey Ford (EQ) Clem Labine (AV)

Frank Lary (SF) Tom Morgan (EQ)

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TML World Series Jupiter vs. Albany

Jupiter Marcos (JM) vs. Albany Avalanche (AV)

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JM 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 0

AV 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 x 10 10 1 JM Starter: Score(21-5, 2.72) AV Starter: Rush(23-3, 2.33) Win-Rush(1-0) Loss-Score(0-1) HR-White(1), Williams(1).

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JM 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 1

AV 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 7 9 0 JM Starter: Jones(15-5, 3.40) AV Starter: Mizell(17-6, 3.61) Win-Mossi(1-0) Loss-Crone(0-1) HR-Kuenn(1), Mantle(1), Skowron(1), Valo(1).

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AV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

JM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 1 7 0 AV Starter: Erskine(10-4, 3.43) JM Starter: Dickson(19-5, 3.50) Win-Dickson(1-0) Loss-Erskine(0-1) HR-none.

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AV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0

JM 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 x 6 9 0 AV Starter: Conley(12-6, 3.04) JM Starter: Johnson(15-2, 3.21) Win-Johnson(1-0) Loss-Conley(0-1) HR-none.

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AV 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 7 2

JM 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 x 7 16 0 AV Starter: Rush(23-3, 2.33) JM Starter: Score(21-5, 2.72) Win-Score(1-1) Save-Crone(1) Loss-Rush(1-1) HR-Mantle(2), Snider(1), Crandall(1), Minoso(1).

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JM 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 1

AV 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 4 0 JM Starter: Jones(15-5, 3.40) AV Starter: Brosnan(6-0, 3.18) Win-Klippstein(1-0) Save-Crone(2) Loss-Labine(0-1) HR-none.

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Jupiter Marcos Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Hal Naragon 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill White .500 6 22 5 11 5 2 1 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0

Harvey Kuenn .409 6 22 4 9 5 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1

Minnie Minoso .318 6 22 4 7 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0

Don Blasingame .269 6 26 3 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Fred Hatfield .250 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Boyer .238 6 21 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 0

Charlie Peete .211 6 19 3 4 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Sarni .182 6 22 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

Hank Aaron .182 6 22 3 4 3 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0

Gail Harris .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .188 6 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0

Total .284 6 197 27 56 26 4 1 3 16 30 2 3 3 2 2

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K

Murry Dickson 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 4 2 2

Johnny Klippstein 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

Dean Stone 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Connie Johnson 0.90 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10.0 6 1 1 0 2 1 7

Sam Jones 3.29 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 8 5 5 2 14 1 9

Art Ditmar 3.38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1

Herb Score 10.61 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 10 11 11 3 15 0 10

Ray Crone 11.57 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 4.2 7 6 6 2 3 0 1

Total 4.10 4 2 2 1 6 8 1 1 52.2 37 25 24 7 40 5 31

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS

Jupiter 6 158 73 2 15 233 .991 2 1 0

Albany Avalanche Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Eddie Yost .667 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nellie Fox .316 6 19 1 6 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Al Smith .304 6 23 2 7 3 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Gernert .300 4 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0

Mickey Mantle .278 6 18 5 5 2 1 0 2 10 2 0 0 0 1 0

Del Crandall .267 6 15 2 4 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Elmer Valo .250 5 4 2 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Roy McMillan .188 6 16 4 3 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Williams .136 6 22 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Skowron .125 5 16 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

Duke Snider .056 6 18 3 1 1 0 0 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 0

Smoky Burgess .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Cerv .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jerry Coleman .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .000 6 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0

Total .206 6 180 25 37 24 8 0 7 40 31 0 0 2 1 0


Wally Burnette 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

Larry Jackson 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

Don Mossi 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1

Johnny Schmitz 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Carl Erskine 1.29 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 4

Wilmer Mizell 2.70 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 3 2 2 1 3 0 5

Clem Labine 4.91 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 0 2 0 2

Jim Brosnan 5.06 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5.1 5 3 3 0 1 0 5

Roy Face 5.40 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.1 7 3 2 1 0 0 3

Bob Rush 6.00 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.0 17 10 8 1 1 0 5

Gene Conley 7.71 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 0 2 0 3

Total 4.24 2 4 0 1 6 14 0 0 51.0 56 27 24 3 16 0 30


Albany 6 153 65 3 4 221 .986 0 2 2

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North Adams vs. Jupiter Atmospheric Conference Final

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NA 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 12 1

JM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 NA Starter: Newcombe(23-6, 1.97) JM Starter: Score(21-5, 2.72) Win-Newcombe(1-0) Save-Acker(1) Loss-Score(0-1) HR-none.

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NA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0

JM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 1 NA Starter: Maglie(12-3, 3.14) JM Starter: Jones(15-5, 3.40) Win-Klippstein(1-0) Loss-Delock(0-1) HR-none.

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JM 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 6 1

NA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 JM Starter: Dickson(19-5, 3.50) NA Starter: Pierce(19-9, 3.02) Win-Dickson(1-0) Save-Jolly(1) Loss-Pierce(0-1) HR-Aaron(1).

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JM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

NA 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 7 10 1 JM Starter: Buhl(15-10, 3.18) NA Starter: Sullivan(12-8, 3.41) Win-Sullivan(1-0) Loss-Buhl(0-1) HR-Moss(1).

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JM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0

NA 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 x 9 13 1 JM Starter: Score(21-5, 2.72) NA Starter: Newcombe(23-6, 1.97) Win-Newcombe(2-0) Loss-Score(0-2) HR-none.

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NA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1

JM 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 x 3 6 0 NA Starter: Maglie(12-3, 3.14) JM Starter: Jones(15-5, 3.40) Win-Jones(1-0) Save-Klippstein(1) Loss-Maglie(0-1) HR-Repulski(1), Aaron(2).

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NA 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 2

JM 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 14 1 NA Starter: Pierce(19-9, 3.02) JM Starter: Dickson(19-5, 3.50) Win-Johnson(1-0) Loss-Sullivan(1-1) HR-Boyer(1).

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Jupiter Marcos Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Minnie Minoso .367 7 30 5 11 4 3 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0

Bill White .333 7 27 1 9 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 1

Hal Naragon .333 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fred Hatfield .333 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hank Aaron .250 7 28 3 7 7 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0

Ken Boyer .233 7 30 2 7 4 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0

Harvey Kuenn .179 7 28 4 5 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0

Bill Sarni .160 7 25 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0

Charlie Peete .125 7 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0

Don Blasingame .097 7 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Baxes .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Frazier .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Ginsberg .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gail Harris .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hoot Evers .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .143 7 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0

Total .214 7 248 20 53 19 11 2 3 23 36 2 2 1 2 1


Art Ditmar 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0

Dick Hall 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Connie Johnson 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Dave Jolly 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Steve Ridzik 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Johnny Klippstein 1.42 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 2 0 1

Sam Jones 1.76 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 9 3 3 1 7 0 17

Dean Stone 1.80 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 3

Murry Dickson 3.60 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.0 13 6 6 0 9 0 5

Herb Score 8.74 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 18 11 11 0 9 1 9

Bob Buhl 13.50 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4.0 9 6 6 1 1 0 2

Ray Crone 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1

Total 4.03 4 3 2 1 7 18 0 0 67.0 63 30 30 2 36 2 40


Jupiter 7 201 84 4 11 289 .986 0 0 0

North Adams Bevers Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Al Pilarcik .667 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bubba Phillips .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pete Daley .455 4 11 1 5 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0

Vic Power .333 7 30 5 10 6 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

Roberto Clemente .300 7 30 6 9 1 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0

Rip Repulski .250 7 28 6 7 6 1 1 1 3 8 2 0 0 0 0

Ray Jablonski .241 7 29 4 7 4 1 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Virdon .226 7 31 3 7 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0

Red Schoendienst .219 7 32 3 7 3 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Groat .133 7 30 1 4 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0

Les Moss .125 6 8 1 1 4 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0

Hank Bauer .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Walker Cooper .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .188 7 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 0

Total .247 7 255 30 63 29 7 1 2 36 40 4 2 0 0 0


Bob Chakales 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Friend 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 2

Vern Law 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Don Newcombe 1.15 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15.2 12 3 2 0 3 0 10

Frank Sullivan 2.45 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 11.0 9 3 3 1 6 0 7

Sal Maglie 3.00 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.0 9 4 4 1 3 0 8

Billy Pierce 3.60 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 7 4 0 3 0 7

Ike Delock 3.86 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1

Tom Acker 4.91 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1

Total 2.17 3 4 1 1 7 12 1 1 66.1 53 20 16 3 23 0 36


North Admas 7 199 83 7 5 289 .976 0 2 1

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Brooklyn vs. Albany Oceanic Conference Final

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1314 R H E BB 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 AV 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 0 BB Starter: Foytack(15-15, 3.76) AV Starter: Rush(23-3, 2.33) Win-Burnette(1-0) Loss-Coleman(0-1) HR-Robinson,F 2 (1,2), House(1), Mantle(1), Williams(1), Snider(1).

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E BB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 AV 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 x 7 11 1 BB Starter: Koufax(19-12, 3.98) AV Starter: Mizell(17-6, 3.61) Win-Mizell(1-0) Save-Labine(1) Loss-Koufax(0-1) HR-Bell(1), Mantle(2).

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E AV 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 19 2 BB 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 x 12 13 2 AV Starter: Erskine(10-4, 3.43) BB Starter: Jansen(11-18, 5.73) Win-Martin(1-0) Loss-Face(0-1) HR-Mantle(3), Williams(2), Lemon(1).

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AV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 10 0

BB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 13 2 AV Starter: Conley(12-6, 3.04) BB Starter: Sturdivant(16-6, 2.92) Win-Mossi(1-0) Save-Jackson(1) Loss-Sturdivant(0-1) HR-none.

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AV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1

BB 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 AV Starter: Rush(23-3, 2.33) BB Starter: Foytack(15-15, 3.76) Win-Rush(1-0) Save-Face(1) Loss-Roebuck(0-1) HR-Mantle(4), Bolling(1).

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Albany Avalanche Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Bob Cerv .667 5 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Duke Snider .435 5 23 4 10 1 1 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0

Roy McMillan .429 5 14 1 6 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0

Mickey Mantle .409 5 22 7 9 9 0 1 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Williams .409 5 22 4 9 4 2 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0

Nellie Fox .391 5 23 2 9 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Dick Gernert .364 3 11 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Elmer Valo .333 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jerry Coleman .250 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Al Smith .227 5 22 6 5 2 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0

Del Crandall .214 5 14 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

Smoky Burgess .125 2 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Skowron .067 4 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0

Eddie Yost .000 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .077 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Total .310 5 200 30 62 28 8 3 7 29 28 1 0 1 0 0


Wally Burnette 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Wilmer Mizell 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 2 2 0 1 3 0 6

Don Mossi 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5.0 5 2 0 0 2 0 5

Bob Turley 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

Gene Conley 1.13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.0 7 1 1 0 0 0 6

Bob Rush 2.25 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.0 12 4 4 3 5 1 6

Clem Labine 3.38 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2.2 4 1 1 0 1 0 2

Jim Brosnan 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

Roy Face 9.64 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 4.2 6 5 5 1 1 0 5

Carl Erskine 13.50 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 6 7 5 1 6 0 2

Larry Jackson 27.00 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1

Total 3.24 4 1 3 0 5 17 0 0 50.0 45 24 18 6 20 1 36


Albany 5 150 60 4 3 214 .981 0 0 1

Brooklyn Browns Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Frank Robinson .409 5 22 7 9 4 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1

Jackie Robinson .333 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Lemon .318 5 22 2 7 6 2 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0

Gus Bell .278 5 18 3 5 6 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0

Frank Bolling .273 5 22 5 6 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0

Frank House .235 4 17 1 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

Joe DeMaestri .182 5 22 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0

Andy Carey .167 5 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Charlie Maxwell .143 5 21 3 3 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0

Tito Francona .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Tom Gastall .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .111 5 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 0

Total .237 5 190 24 45 24 6 2 6 20 36 1 1 3 0 1


Tom Sturdivant 2.08 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.2 9 5 2 0 5 0 11

Paul Foytack 3.06 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17.2 14 6 6 4 8 0 13

Ed Roebuck 3.38 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2.2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1

Morrie Martin 3.60 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.0 8 2 2 0 1 0 0

Rip Coleman 4.50 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 6.0 10 3 3 1 5 0 1

Sandy Koufax 9.00 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 6 6 1 8 0 2

Larry Jansen 15.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3.0 8 7 5 1 2 0 0

Total 4.59 1 4 0 0 5 8 0 0 49.0 62 30 25 7 29 0 28


Brooklyn 5 147 65 6 9 218 .972 2 0 0

* 8 *

TML American No-Hitters

5/18/1956, BV56-CH56, Busch Stadium

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Beverly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

Cheticamp 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x 2 8 0

Micmacs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA

Jim Davis (W 3-1) 9.0 0 1 1 4 4 123 67 3.30

9/10/1956, DT56-BV56, Briggs Stadium

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

Duluth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Beverly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1

Hillbillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA

Willard Schmidt(W 4-8) 10.0 0 0 0 4 5 120 69 4.56

10/3/1956, SM56-NA56, Forbes Field

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Summer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

North Adams 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 x 4 6 3

Bevers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA

Don Newcombe(W 22-6) 9.0 0 1 0 2 4 100 67 2.04

TML American 1-Hitters 4/ 4 SM at BV J.Nuxhall 1W, 2K 0out/8th Won 5-0 4/16 CH at WW H.Wehmeier 4W, 5K, 1out/5th Won 15-0 6/26 DT at MO R.Roberts 2W, 5K, 0out/7th Won 1-0 7/14 SM ar AR S.Kline 0W, 7K, 0out/8th Won 14-0 8/18 SM at CH T.Phillips 2W, 3K, 0out/4th Won 13-0 10/12 EQ at BV W.Ford 7W, 8K, 1out/7th Won 11-1

Combined 1-Hitters

None

Note: there were 31 2-hitters, combined or otherwise.

* 9 *

Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 Mickey Mantle AV 13 1 178

2 Stan Musial AR 4 2 3 1 2 1 89

3 Ted Williams AV 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 88

4 Duke Snider AV 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 83

5 Frank Robinson BB 1 3 5 4 83

6 Charlie Maxwell BB 1 1 3 3 2 1 58

7 Eddie Mathews BY 2 4 4 1 45

8 Ted Kluszewski AR 1 1 1 3 34

9 Minnie Minoso JM 2 1 1 27

10 Al Kaline EQ 2 1 1 24

11 Bill Virdon NA 3 1 3 1 22

12 Henry Aaron JM 2 3 1 21

13 Joe Adcock SF 1 1 2 12

14 Harvey Kuenn JM 3 4 10

15 Ed Bailey BY 1 8

16 Wally Moon MO 1 8

17 Yogi Berra CH 1 1 7

18 Willie Mays BV 1 1 5

19 Willie Jones MO 1 5

20 Jackie Jensen SF 1 1 3

21 Gus Bell BB 1 122 Richie Ashburn CH 1 1

Pitcher 1 2 3 4 5

1 Don Newcombe NA 12 1 1 91

2 Bob Rush AV 2 9 1 1 553 Herb Score JM 3 9 1 41

4 Early Wynn BY 4 3 115 Warren Spahn EQ 1 1 1 1 106 Whitey Ford EQ 2 4 87 Sandy Koufax BB 1 1 1 68 Billy Pierce NA 2 1 5

9 Frank Lary AR 1 1 410 Johnny Antonelli AR 1 211 Bob Lemon AR 1 212 Billy Hoeft AV 1 113 Connie Johnson JM 1 114 Dick Donovan SM 1 1

Player of the Year

Mickey Mantle (AV)

Pitcher of the Year

Don Newcombe (NA)

Fireman of the Year

Hersh Freeman (SF)

* 10 *

TML American Team StatsFinal TML 1956

TEAM AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27North Adams .300 .419 .351 154 5507 820 1650 786 287 54 87 2306 418 17 551 58 49 12 13 41 167 789 5.1

Jupiter .296 .441 .361 154 5537 913 1639 884 264 81 125 2440 538 13 602 30 53 12 7 53 173 871 5.7

Cheticamp .287 .412 .364 154 5385 810 1548 761 247 48 110 2221 650 11 616 74 51 43 16 29 164 821 5.4

Albany .285 .476 .382 154 5363 1031 1531 999 235 39 237 2555 823 34 651 32 52 32 3 49 190 991 6.5

Arkansas .284 .456 .358 154 5407 837 1535 809 254 26 209 2468 611 21 646 69 40 25 11 38 171 877 5.7

Bloomington .282 .428 .363 154 5468 884 1543 856 232 35 165 2340 694 30 601 46 59 32 19 31 128 873 5.6

Sioux Falls .270 .424 .352 154 5375 781 1453 747 218 29 184 2281 658 6 765 35 47 25 14 42 181 801 5.1

Brooklyn .268 .429 .342 154 5354 754 1433 731 197 36 199 2299 576 29 887 44 41 19 17 47 150 781 5.1

Beverly .258 .385 .340 154 5282 694 1361 668 206 55 119 2034 656 26 635 51 58 56 25 33 168 700 4.5

Moosen .247 .380 .318 154 5287 669 1307 645 223 51 126 2010 540 5 633 34 42 27 9 32 141 644 4.1

Walla Walla .243 .366 .307 154 5236 595 1272 575 184 34 130 1914 470 16 772 47 45 21 9 37 161 579 3.7

Duluth .238 .352 .299 154 5270 488 1252 468 220 36 103 1853 441 12 725 23 23 20 17 27 147 540 3.4

Coachella Vly .231 .342 .320 154 5121 603 1185 570 195 46 93 1751 662 51 727 51 38 61 17 26 139 581 3.7

Summer .226 .315 .284 154 5189 481 1173 460 161 33 78 1634 409 0 825 46 34 33 19 23 113 466 3.0

Totals .266 .339 74781 19882 3123 1965 8146 9636 632 196 2193 4.7

.403 2156 10360 9959 603 30106 271 640 418 508 10237

Team ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG SHO INN H R ER HR BB IW K HBP WP BK AVGNorth Adams 3.30 105 49 .682 25 7 41 154 150 70 20 1386.0 1309 557 508 106 471 10 737 41 24 2 .247

Albany 3.34 113 41 .734 32 17 55 154 217 46 15 1386.2 1222 582 515 114 533 5 763 28 21 2 .234

Jupiter 3.41 105 49 .682 32 15 50 154 191 42 20 1394.1 1215 601 529 113 673 12 910 32 30 3 .233

Cheticamp 3.65 95 59 .617 37 7 52 154 216 40 12 1390.0 1281 628 564 129 532 16 623 50 17 5 .243

Coachella Vly 3.83 74 80 .481 20 5 33 154 166 60 8 1368.2 1392 655 583 135 477 18 650 24 28 0 .261

Arkansas 3.97 84 70 .545 29 11 45 154 203 43 10 1379.0 1345 667 608 112 513 27 612 33 24 0 .254

Bloomington 4.01 91 63 .591 37 14 63 154 268 21 7 1383.0 1427 724 616 141 451 21 754 37 14 0 .265

Beverly 4.31 55 99 .357 15 10 26 154 204 29 9 1372.1 1373 786 657 167 649 16 557 42 17 7 .259

Brooklyn 4.42 76 78 .494 18 6 33 154 136 42 11 1371.1 1415 742 673 155 627 21 703 28 29 12 .267

Sioux Falls 4.52 83 71 .539 35 17 61 154 231 28 5 1383.0 1639 782 694 114 556 27 670 43 20 2 .294

Duluth 4.64 46 108 .299 15 5 29 154 264 18 12 1362.1 1460 788 702 145 649 30 742 36 28 1 .276

Moosen 4.87 65 89 .422 22 14 31 154 238 33 6 1366.2 1498 833 739 187 552 22 637 34 31 7 .279

Summer 5.37 44 110 .286 20 6 32 154 243 25 4 1360.0 1534 895 811 182 620 25 698 33 31 2 .285

Walla Walla 6.74 42 112 .273 11 16 18 154 162 31 2 1351.1 1772 1120 1012 165 843 21 580 47 49 1 .320

Totals 4.31 1078 348 569 2889 141 19882 9211 8146 9636 363 .266

1078 .500 150 2156 528 19254.2 10360 1965 271 508 44

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TML American Fielding StatsFinal TML 1956

Team PCT G PO A E DP TC PB SB CS SB% CPO PPODuluth .983 154 4087 1816 101 169 6004 5 40 14 .741 1 6

Arkansas .983 154 4137 1970 106 154 6213 0 33 19 .635 0 7

Moosen .982 154 4100 1940 113 172 6153 12 19 12 .613 2 2

Cheticamp .981 154 4170 1869 114 161 6153 7 21 14 .600 1 3

Brooklyn .981 154 4114 1844 114 192 6072 13 34 12 .739 0 3

Coachella Vly .980 154 4106 1825 118 138 6049 32 28 13 .683 0 4

Summer .980 154 4080 1843 118 159 6041 10 42 17 .712 0 2

Jupiter .980 154 4183 1813 121 190 6117 27 20 18 .526 0 3

Albany .980 154 4160 1811 121 153 6092 5 27 13 .675 2 0

Walla Walla .980 154 4054 1922 124 210 6100 26 37 13 .740 3 1

North Adams .979 154 4158 1764 129 157 6051 13 19 12 .613 0 1

Sioux Falls .978 154 4149 1885 134 168 6168 6 33 16 .673 0 3

Bloomington .974 154 4149 1881 164 172 6194 6 35 13 .729 1 11

Beverly .971 154 4117 1930 180 184 6227 10 30 10 .750 1 3

Totals .979 57764 1757 85634 418 .681 49

2156 26113 2379 172 196 11

Golden Glove Awards

Firstbase Secondbase ThirdbaseJoe Collins (BV) Curt Roberts (EQ) Ken Boyer (JM)1.000, 131 G, 0 E, 599 PO, 71 DP .993, 154 G, 6 E, 562 A, 112 DP .970, 154 G, 13 E, 320 A, 39 DP

Shortstop Leftfield CenterfieldChico Fernandez(SM) Charlie Peete (JM) Chuck Diering (EQ).985, 147 G, 12 E, 606 A, 103 DP 1.000, 154 G, 0 E, 9 A, 294 PO 1.000, 154 G, 0 E, 9 A, 443 PO

Rightfield Catcher PitcherFrank Thomas (AR) Del Crandall (AV) Warren Spahn (EQ)1.000 154 G, 0 E, 8 A, 286 PO .998, 133 G, 1 E, 2 PB, xx% SB% .987, 36 G, 1 E, 3 DP, 77 TC

* 12 *

TML American Batting LeadersFinal TML 1956

Batting Average Games At Bats RunsWilliams AV .373 35 tied with 154 Temple AR 663 Mantle AV 180

Virdon NA .371 Aaron JM 658 Ashburn CH 139

Kuenn JM .364 Aparicio EQ 652 Blasingame JM 134

Musial AR .357 Logan AR 651 Jensen SF 133

Aaron JM .348 Blasingame JM 647 Gilliam BY 133

Groat NA .338 Kuenn JM 645 Mathews BY 132

Runnels CH .330 Maxwell BB 643 Minoso JM 127

Maxwell BB .330 Ashburn CH 640 Robinson,Frank BB 125

Kaline EQ .327 White JM 640 Maxwell BB 125

Mantle AV .323 Runnels CH 636 Snider AV 121

Ashburn CH .322 Boyer JM 632 Aaron JM 119

Kluszewski AR .319 Gilliam BY 631 Kuenn JM 117

Schendiest NA .317 Kluszewski AR 627 Smith AV 116

Robinson,Frank BB .313 Banks WW 624 White JM 114

Blasingame JM .311 Piersall CH 622 Virdon NA 111

Hits Runs Batted In Doubles TriplesKuenn JM 235 Mantle AV 188 Berra CH 48 Peete JM 27

Virdon NA 229 Aaron JM 156 Kuenn JM 48 Roberts EQ 19

Aaron JM 229 Kluszewski AR 151 Piersall CH 45 Bruton BY 15

Musial AR 215 Snider AV 149 Roberts EQ 42 Minoso JM 14

Maxwell BB 212 Robinson,Frank BB 136 Musial AR 39 Brandt MO 12

Runnels CH 210 Bell BB 133 Lollar SF 37 White JM 12

Ashburn CH 206 Mathews BY 133 Aaron JM 37 Fox AV 11

Blasingame JM 201 Berra CH 125 Lopez BY 36 Mays BV 11

Kluszewski AR 200 Lopez BY 123 White JM 36 Ashburn CH 11

Mantle AV 197 Minoso JM 121 Snider AV 34 7 tied with 10

Kaline EQ 196 Boyer JM 119 Williams AV 33

Temple AR 194 Adcock SF 118 Dark CH 33

Gilliam BY 192 Kaline EQ 116 Logan AR 33

Berra CH 186 Lemon BB 113 Smith AV 32

Boyer JM 186 Ennis MO 113 4 tied with 31

Homeruns Total Bases Slugging Pct. On Base Pct.Mantle AV 65 Mantle AV 421 Mantle AV .691 Williams AV .494

Kluszewski AR 50 Kluszewski AR 366 Williams AV .644 Musial AR .439

Snider AV 46 Aaron JM 364 Adcock SF .627 Mantle AV .429

Adcock SF 45 Robinson,Frank BB 353 Robinson,Frank BB .607 Ashburn CH .420

Robinson,Frank BB 45 Snider AV 352 Snider AV .598 Gilliam BY .411

Lemon BB 38 Musial AR 345 Kluszewski AR .584 Jones MO .411

Mathews BY 38 Maxwell BB 333 Musial AR .572 Virdon NA .410

Lopata AR 33 Berra CH 326 Aaron JM .553 Kuenn JM .410

Maxwell BB 33 Kuenn JM 320 Lemon BB .548 Robinson,Frank BB .410

Post DT 31 Mathews BY 319 Berra CH .536 Maxwell BB .404

Bell BB 31 Virdon NA 318 Mathews BY .533 Blasingame JM .402

Doby AR 28 Lemon BB 317 Bell BB .523 Minoso JM .401

Berra CH 28 Bell BB 312 Lopata AR .521 Snider AV .401

Jensen SF 28 Adcock SF 308 Vernon DT .518 Mathews BY .400

Musial AR 27 White JM 306 Maxwell BB .518 Jensen SF .400

Walks Stolen Bases Runs Created RC/27 OutsMantle AV 115 Aparicio EQ 40-8 Mantle AV 189 Williams AV 12.5

Gilliam BY 115 Mays BV 29-11 Musial AR 149 Mantle AV 11.8

Jones MO 110 Mantle AV 20-2 Maxwell BB 141 Musial AR 9.7

Diering EQ 107 Gilliam BY 17-8 Robinson,Frank BB 141 Maxwell BB 8.6

Jensen SF 106 Fernandez SM 14-11 Snider AV 140 Robinson,Frank BB 8.6

Mathews BY 105 Moon MO 12-2 Mathews BY 134 Snider AV 8.5

Doby AR 103 Ashburn CH 11-2 Kuenn JM 129 Virdon NA 8.4

Ashburn CH 103 Reese BV 11-4 Virdon NA 127 Mathews BY 8.2

Blasingame JM 100 Temple AR 10-3 Kluszewski AR 127 Kuenn JM 8.0

Snider AV 97 White JM 10-6 Ashburn CH 127 Adcock SF 7.7

Williams AV 94 Rizzuto SM 8-1 Williams AV 127 Minoso JM 7.7

Moon MO 93 Jensen SF 8-2 Minoso JM 127 Berra CH 7.6

Musial AR 89 Hoak EQ 8-3 Aaron JM 126 Ashburn CH 7.6

Lopata AR 87 Drake CH 8-4 Berra CH 126 Jones MO 7.5

2 tied with 86 Fondy SM 7-3 Jensen SF 120 Moon MO 7.5

* 13 *

TML American Pitching LeadersFinal TML 1956

Earned Run Average Games Complete Games ShutoutsNewcombe NA 1.97 Howell EQ 60 Spahn EQ 27 Newcombe NA 7

Rush AV 2.33 Freeman SF 54 Newcombe NA 23 Sturdivant BB 6

Score JM 2.72 Lown CH 53 Donovan SM 19 Rush AV 6

Ford EQ 2.82 Labine AV 51 Rush AV 19 Score JM 6

Sturdivant BB 2.92 Feller BV 49 Foytack BB 16 Dickson JM 5

Pierce NA 3.02 Minner MO 49 Lary SF 15 Pierce NA 5

Conley AV 3.04 Zuverink MO 49 Dickson JM 14 Wynn BY 4

Maglie NA 3.14 Loes MO 48 Roberts MO 14 Hacker EQ 4

Buhl JM 3.18 Face AV 47 Friend NA 13 10 tied with 3

Johnson JM 3.21 McLish DT 47 Ford EQ 13

Wehmeier CH 3.27 Valntineti SM 46 Lemon AR 13

Wynn BY 3.28 Fowler BY 45 Garcia WW 12

Spahn EQ 3.28 Jansen BB 45 Pierce NA 12

Brewer CH 3.34 Konstanty DT 45 Score JM 12

Jones JM 3.40 Lawrence BY 45 4 tied with 11

Wins Losses Walks StrikeoutsRush AV 23-3 Ferrarese SM 5-24 Koufax BB 159 Score JM 271

Newcombe NA 23-6 Sisler DT 10-22 Foytack BB 157 Pascual DT 228

Score JM 21-5 Garcia WW 7-21 Wiesler WW 154 Foytack BB 223

Wynn BY 21-8 Burdette SM 7-20 Ferrarese SM 134 Sisler DT 177

Lary SF 20-9 Hacker EQ 14-20 Jones JM 125 Jones JM 176

Dickson JM 19-5 Feller BV 2-19 Score JM 122 Wynn BY 171

Brewer CH 19-9 Pascual DT 6-19 Sisler DT 122 Roberts MO 170

Pierce NA 19-9 Jansen BB 11-18 Nuxhall BV 120 Lary SF 166

Lemon AR 19-10 Kretlow MO 6-17 Mizell AV 117 Ferrarese SM 162

Koufax BB 19-12 Wiesler WW 9-16 Buhl JM 114 Pierce NA 158

Spahn EQ 19-13 Roberts MO 17-16 Stewart WW 113 Mizell AV 157

Mizell AV 17-6 Foytack BB 15-15 Griggs WW 105 Johnson JM 149

Friend NA 17-11 5 tied with 14 Brewer CH 104 Ford EQ 149

Roberts MO 17-16 Crimian SF 104 Garcia WW 147

2 tied with 16 Craig MO 101 Spahn EQ 145

Innings Pitched Opp. Batting Avg. Walks per 9 IP Strikeouts per 9 IPSpahn EQ 307.0 Rush AV .189 Wiesler WW 6.8 Score JM 9.5

Koufax BB 289.2 Newcombe NA .197 Ferrarese SM 6.1 Pascual DT 8.6

Lary SF 288.2 Score JM .206 Jones JM 5.6 Jones JM 7.9

Hacker EQ 273.0 Brewer CH .216 Foytack BB 5.3 Foytack BB 7.5

Foytack BB 268.1 Buhl JM .218 Koufax BB 4.9 Ferrarese SM 7.4

Lemon AR 266.0 Harshman AR .222 Mizell AV 4.7 Johnson JM 6.8

Roberts MO 262.2 Ford EQ .222 Kretlow MO 4.7 Mizell AV 6.3

Newcombe NA 261.0 Sturdivant BB .222 Nuxhall BV 4.6 Sisler DT 6.2

Score JM 257.2 Wehmeier CH .227 Moore SF 4.6 Hoeft AV 6.2

Sisler DT 257.2 Jones JM .229 Buhl JM 4.3 Haddix BY 6.2

Crimian SF 257.1 Foytack BB .229 Sisler DT 4.3 Garcia WW 6.1

Rush AV 255.0 Johnson JM .230 Score JM 4.3 Wynn BY 6.1

Wynn BY 252.2 Mizell AV .231 Porterf'ld BV 4.1 Sturdivant BB 6.0

Kline AR 250.0 Spahn EQ .235 Ramos MO 4.1 Pierce NA 5.8

Ford EQ 249.0 Wynn BY .238 Brewer CH 4.0 Roberts MO 5.8

Saves Blown Saves Relief Points Winning PercentageLown CH 30 Freeman SF 11 Freeman SF 40 Rush AV .885

Freeman SF 30 Wilhelm WW 10 Lown CH 36 Johnson JM .882

Labine AV 21 Ridzik JM 8 Labine AV 30 Score JM .808

Morgan EQ 19 Labine AV 8 Morgan EQ 24 Newcombe NA .793

Grissom AR 17 Narleski BY 6 Narleski BY 21 Dickson JM .792

Bessent SM 15 Jolly JM 5 Grissom AR 21 Jones JM .750

Zuverink MO 15 Zuverink MO 5 Bessent SM 18 Mizell AV .739

Narleski BY 15 Grissom AR 5 Zuverink MO 18 Sturdivant BB .727

Jolly JM 14 Morgan EQ 5 Ridzik JM 17 Wynn BY .724

Ridzik JM 12 Miller,B BV 4 Jolly JM 17 Wehmeier CH .722

Roebuck BB 10 11 tied with 3 Kinder AR 16 Lary SF .690

Delock NA 9 Roebuck BB 14 Brewer CH .679

Acker NA 9 Lawrence BY 13 Pierce NA .679

Lawrence BY 8 Acker NA 13 Conley AV .667

Wilhelm WW 8 Face AV 13 Lemon AR .655

* 14 *

TML American Miscellaneous LeadersFinal TML 1956

Intentional Walks Strikeouts Caught Stealing Hit by PitchLemon BB 26 Lemon BB 157 Fernandez SM 14-11 Minoso JM 27

Colavito EQ 22 Nelson SM 152 Mays BV 29-11 Robinson,Frank BB 18

Boyd EQ 19 Diering EQ 115 Williams DT 5-10 Lollar SF 12

Bailey BY 18 Adcock SF 111 Gilliam BY 17-8 Fox AV 12

Hemus WW 14 Roberts EQ 111 Aparicio EQ 40-8 Courtney BV 10

Amoros BV 12 Post DT 108 White JM 10-6 Hemus WW 9

Mantle AV 9 Doby AR 102 Banks WW 3-4 Peete JM 8

Crandall AV 8 Robinson,Frank BB 101 Bruton BY 4-4 Berra CH 8

Mays BV 8 Mantle AV 100 Carey BB 5-4 Kell DT 7

Kaline EQ 8 Lopata AR 96 Robinson,Jacki BB 6-4 Vernon DT 7

Daley NA 6 Snider AV 96 Drake CH 8-4 Clemente NA 7

Lepcio AR 6 Causey SM 94 Reese BV 11-4 Smith AV 7

Jackson AR 6 Fernandez SM 87 7 tied with 3 Ennis MO 7

Peete JM 6 Peete JM 82 Ashburn CH 7

Mathews BY 6 Banks WW 80 5 tied with 6

Sacrifice Bunts Sacrifice Flys Ground into DPs Game Winning RBIDiering EQ 21 Piersall CH 12 Peete JM 40 Snider AV 25

Lemon AR 14 Peete JM 10 Aaron JM 39 Aaron JM 24

Nuxhall BV 12 Mathews BY 10 Runnels CH 31 Kluszewski AR 21

Jones JM 11 Wertz WW 9 Furillo SF 30 Robinson,Frank BB 20

Kucks CH 11 Clemente NA 9 Jensen SF 30 Williams AV 18

Score JM 11 Bell BB 9 Simpson MO 29 Runnels CH 18

Lary SF 11 Aaron JM 9 Fox AV 27 Mathews BY 17

Robinson,Frank BB 11 Lopez BY 8 Boyer JM 26 Repulski NA 16

Logan AR 11 Snider AV 8 Boyd EQ 25 Kaline EQ 16

Friend NA 10 Doby AR 8 Fernandez SM 25 Minoso JM 16

Robinson,Jacki BB 10 10 tied with 7 Mays BV 25 Berra CH 16

Reese BV 10 Kaline EQ 25 Adcock SF 15

6 tied with 9 Kluszewski AR 25 Bell BB 15

Piersall CH 25 Jensen SF 15

Robinson,Frank BB 25 2 tied with 14

Starts Games in Relief Hits Allowed Homeruns AllowedHacker EQ 40 Howell EQ 60 Lary SF 311 Roberts MO 46

Koufax BB 40 Freeman SF 54 Roberts MO 310 Pascual DT 42

Crimian SF 38 Lown CH 53 Hacker EQ 305 Hacker EQ 41

Lary SF 38 Minner MO 49 Consuegra SF 303 Jansen BB 40

Pascual DT 37 Zuverink MO 49 Crimian SF 299 Porterf'ld BV 35

Sisler DT 37 Labine AV 49 Garcia WW 291 Lehman SM 30

Kline AR 37 Loes MO 48 Jansen BB 287 Spahn EQ 30

Roberts MO 37 Face AV 46 Koufax BB 282 Koufax BB 30

Ferrarese SM 36 4 tied with DT 45 Spahn EQ 274 Poholsky BY 29

3 tied with 35 Kline AR 254 Burdette SM 29

Wild Pitches Balks Most Run Support Quality StartsLiddle WW 16 Koufax BB 6 Lary SF 229 Newcombe NA 25

Ferrarese SM 12 King CH 4 Mizell AV 228 Wynn BY 25

Score JM 10 Feller BV 4 Rush AV 217 Koufax BB 25

Foytack BB 9 Foytack BB 4 Koufax BB 212 Rush AV 24

Brown MO 8 Craig MO 3 Kline AR 206 Buhl JM 23

Antonelli AR 8 Aber BV 2 Score JM 203 Nuxhall BV 23

Craig MO 8 Ramos MO 2 Hoeft AV 202 Score JM 23

Pascual DT 8 Buhl JM 2 Crimian SF 202 Spahn EQ 23

5 tied with 7 Lary SF 2 Lemon AR 200 Crimian SF 23

15 tied with 1 Wynn BY 199 2 tied with 22

Runs Allowed Earned Runs Allowed Hit by Pitch Relief WinsJansen BB 165 Jansen BB 154 Santiago WW 21 Freeman SF 10

Roberts MO 156 Roberts MO 145 Kucks CH 14 Kinder AR 9

Garcia WW 150 Wiesler WW 142 Sisler DT 14 Labine AV 9

Wiesler WW 147 Garcia WW 138 Sullivan NA 12 Face AV 7

Hacker EQ 147 Hacker EQ 136 Jansen BB 12 Howell EQ 7

Ferrarese SM 146 Ferrarese SM 130 Crimian SF 11 Narleski BY 6

Crimian SF 144 Crimian SF 128 Kline AR 10 Lown CH 6

Pascual DT 142 Koufax BB 128 Lary SF 10 Meyer NA 6

Koufax BB 141 Kline AR 125 3 tied with 9 7 tied with 5

Kline AR 139 Pascual DT 124

* 15 *

vs. RHP vs. LHP ShutoutsTeam W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT.

Albany 80 - 27 .748 Cheticamp 36 - 12 .750 North Adams 20 - 4 .833

North Adams 77 - 31 .713 Albany 33 - 14 .702 Jupiter 20 - 4 .833

Jupiter 75 - 36 .676 Jupiter 30 - 13 .698 Albany 15 - 4 .789

Bloomington 65 - 47 .580 Bloomington 26 - 16 .619 Cheticamp 12 - 7 .632

Cheticamp 59 - 47 .557 North Adams 28 - 18 .609 Duluth 12 - 20 .375

Arkansas 60 - 49 .550 Sioux Falls 33 - 23 .589 Brooklyn 11 - 10 .524

Sioux Falls 50 - 48 .510 Arkansas 24 - 21 .533 Arkansas 10 - 2 .833

Brooklyn 55 - 56 .495 Brooklyn 21 - 22 .488 Beverly 9 - 9 .500

Coachella Vly 53 - 57 .482 Coachella Vly 21 - 23 .477 Coachella Vly 8 - 8 .500

Moosen 41 - 62 .398 Moosen 24 - 27 .471 Bloomington 7 - 11 .389

Beverly 39 - 69 .361 Beverly 16 - 30 .348 Moosen 6 - 14 .300

Summer 35 - 74 .321 Duluth 12 - 35 .255 Sioux Falls 5 - 9 .357

Walla Walla 35 - 74 .321 Summer 9 - 36 .200 Summer 4 - 26 .133

Duluth 34 - 73 .318 Walla Walla 7 - 38 .156 Walla Walla 2 - 13 .133

758 - 750 .503 320 - 328 .494 141 - 141 .500

Miscellaneous Team Stats TML American 1956

Home Record Road Record 1-Run Games Extra Inning GamesTeam W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT.

North Adams 63 - 14 .818 Albany 53 - 24 .688 North Adams 24 - 14 .632 North Adams 9 - 3 .750

Albany 60 - 17 .779 Jupiter 50 - 27 .649 Coachella Vly 31 - 23 .574 Coachella Vly 10 - 4 .714

Jupiter 55 - 22 .714 Cheticamp 49 - 28 .636 Albany 21 - 16 .568 Cheticamp 9 - 4 .692

Bloomington 51 - 26 .662 Sioux Falls 46 - 31 .597 Sioux Falls 21 - 18 .538 Sioux Falls 11 - 6 .647

Cheticamp 46 - 31 .597 Arkansas 43 - 34 .558 Cheticamp 18 - 16 .529 Bloomington 11 - 7 .611

Coachella Vly 43 - 34 .558 North Adams 42 - 35 .545 Summer 19 - 17 .528 Albany 7 - 7 .500

Brooklyn 41 - 36 .532 Bloomington 40 - 37 .519 Bloomington 21 - 19 .525 Brooklyn 8 - 8 .500

Arkansas 41 - 36 .532 Brooklyn 35 - 42 .455 Walla Walla 16 - 15 .516 Duluth 9 - 9 .500

Moosen 39 - 38 .506 Coachella Vly 31 - 46 .403 Brooklyn 22 - 22 .500 Jupiter 8 - 9 .471

Sioux Falls 37 - 40 .481 Beverly 28 - 49 .364 Arkansas 20 - 21 .488 Walla Walla 4 - 7 .364

Duluth 30 - 47 .390 Moosen 26 - 51 .338 Moosen 19 - 20 .487 Arkansas 5 - 9 .357

Beverly 27 - 50 .351 Summer 22 - 55 .286 Jupiter 19 - 22 .463 Beverly 5 - 10 .333

Summer 22 - 55 .286 Walla Walla 20 - 57 .260 Duluth 20 - 30 .400 Moosen 4 - 10 .286

Walla Walla 22 - 55 .286 Duluth 16 - 61 .208 Beverly 15 - 33 .313 Summer 3 - 10 .231

577 - 501 .535 501 - 577 .465 286 - 286 .500 103 - 103 .500

* 16 *

ALBANY Avalanche Manager: Pat Barry (Elizabeth) Age: 60 Occupation: Retired

The Season Story

After winning championships for two straight seasons, Albany fell to Jupiter in the World Series. I hope Marc

is smiling somewhere. The Albany outfield of Mantle, William and Snider carried the squad with total homers

of 136, run 398, ribbies 427, and runs created of 455. Fox and McMillian were strong up the middle and

Gernert and Skowrun, sharing first base, socked 36 homers between them. Bob Rush 23-3 2.33 anchored the

staff. Mizell was solid at 17-6, but ultimately the team could have used another solid starter. The old Larry

Jackson was missed. Next year the team is again poised to make a playoff run. Again, the pitching will go as

far as the offense will take it.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Rhodes,Dusty .429 .714 .556 16 14 6 6 5 1 0 1 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20.7

Williams,Ted *.373 .644 *.494 115 399 97 149 90 33 0 25 257 94 2 30 0 1 0 0 2 22 127 *12.5

Coleman,Jerry .333 .333 .409 32 18 2 6 2 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4.2

Valo,Elmer .326 .541 .415 95 135 30 44 21 8 0 7 73 21 0 9 0 2 0 0 1 7 30 8.0

Mantle,Mickey .323 *.691 .429 154 609 *180 197 *188 21 4 *65 *421 ^115 9 100 2 4 20 2 1 12 *189 11.8

Gernert,Dick .317 .560 .404 94 284 50 90 76 9 0 20 159 41 0 46 0 1 0 0 1 8 65 8.6

Burgess,Smoky .308 .498 .385 99 211 34 65 39 7 0 11 105 28 3 12 0 4 0 0 1 5 42 7.2

Snider,Duke .302 .598 .401 154 589 121 178 149 34 1 46 352 97 2 96 3 8 1 0 5 24 140 8.5

Cerv,Bob .296 .530 .374 86 115 21 34 24 8 5 3 61 14 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 7 21 6.4

Fox,Nellie .295 .412 .375 154 570 86 168 86 18 11 9 235 63 4 6 3 3 4 0 12 27 86 5.3

Hatton,Grady .286 .286 .375 12 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.6

Smith,Al .285 .446 .380 151 529 116 151 65 32 7 13 236 76 0 67 1 3 3 1 7 15 92 6.3

Skowron,Bill .282 .473 .370 114 372 57 105 73 15 4 16 176 50 5 58 2 6 0 0 5 20 62 5.7

McMillan,Roy .273 .313 .372 153 531 89 145 51 9 6 0 166 80 1 60 4 4 2 0 6 17 66 4.3

Crandall,Del .241 .426 .310 134 319 50 77 63 21 1 12 136 31 8 24 1 5 0 0 3 14 39 4.1

Yost,Eddie .204 .308 .371 114 221 45 45 24 5 0 6 68 60 0 34 1 4 2 0 1 5 31 4.5

Pitchers .157 .209 .237 154 440 46 69 43 14 0 3 92 45 0 99 15 5 0 0 3 5 25 1.7

Total .285 .476 .382 154 5363 1031 1531 999 235 39 237 2555 823 34 651 32 52 32 3 49 190 991 6.5

Name ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG Sho INN H R ER HR BB IW K HB WP BK OAVG

Surkont,Max 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8.2 7 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 .219

Mossi,Don 2.21 7 0 1.000 2 2 7 3 33 1 0 69.1 47 22 17 1 19 1 40 0 1 0 .184

Rush,Bob 2.33 ^23 3 *.885 0 0 0 32 0 19 6 255.0 175 79 66 19 61 0 106 6 3 0 *.189

Face,Roy 2.75 7 0 1.000 6 3 13 1 46 0 0 72.0 60 22 22 9 17 0 50 1 0 0 .226

Conley,Gene 3.04 12 6 .667 0 1 1 19 5 8 1 157.0 145 63 53 12 52 0 63 4 2 0 .246

Brosnan,Jim 3.18 6 0 1.000 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 56.2 47 23 20 3 33 0 37 0 0 0 .222

Erskine,Carl 3.43 10 4 .714 0 0 0 18 2 3 1 126.0 103 54 48 7 56 0 68 2 1 0 .224

Burnette,Wally 3.43 6 3 .667 0 1 0 10 4 3 1 81.1 72 36 31 9 31 1 30 0 2 1 .240

Mizell,Wilmer 3.61 17 6 .739 0 0 0 33 0 4 1 224.2 194 99 90 24 117 1 157 6 2 0 .231

Labine,Clem 3.72 11 11 .500 21 8 30 2 49 1 1 75.0 75 36 31 11 26 2 49 2 1 0 .253

Hoeft,Billy 4.11 12 7 .632 0 0 0 26 1 7 2 170.2 193 87 78 12 59 0 117 3 7 0 .283

Jackson,Larry 4.57 1 1 .500 2 1 2 1 29 0 0 45.1 39 23 23 2 28 0 23 1 1 1 .229

Turley,Bob 6.46 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 19 0 0 23.2 27 18 17 2 23 0 16 2 0 0 .300

Kiely,Leo 7.04 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7.2 15 7 6 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 .395

Schmitz,Johnny 7.24 1 0 1.000 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 13.2 23 11 11 1 8 0 3 1 0 0 .371

Total 3.34 113 41 .734 32 17 55 154 217 46 15 1386.2 1222 582 515 114 533 5 763 28 21 2 .234

* 17 *

ARKANSAS Travelers Manager: Bill Willie Jelks (Lynda) Age: 74 Occupation: Retired USAF Flyboy

The Season Story

A very disappointing year for the Travs. Going into the season with very high expectations, the picture looked

rosy through one third of the season but a pitching staff collapse spelled doom after that. Stan the Man and

Big Klu had great years as expected and most other offensive players did their job. This same crew returns in

1955 but expectations of contention are much cooler than before.


Northey,Ron .412 .588 .476 21 17 3 7 7 0 0 1 10 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 10.6

Tuttle,Bill .409 .500 .480 83 22 4 9 4 2 0 0 11 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10.0

Musial,Stan .357 .572 .439 154 603 102 215 111 39 5 27 345 89 3 33 1 3 2 2 2 23 149 9.7

Kluszewski,Ted .319 .584 .368 154 627 106 200 151 16 0 50 366 47 2 39 0 7 3 1 6 25 127 7.5

Temple,Johnny .293 .338 .360 154 *663 88 194 60 30 0 0 224 66 0 44 2 1 10 3 4 11 85 4.7

Thomas,Frank .287 .430 .336 154 595 67 171 64 25 0 20 256 40 0 62 1 3 2 1 5 20 82 4.9

Jackson,Randy .279 .483 .346 126 323 54 90 49 26 8 8 156 31 6 41 2 5 2 0 5 15 51 5.4

Logan,Johnny .278 .438 .347 154 651 106 181 80 33 7 19 285 66 1 55 11 3 1 0 4 22 97 5.2

Lopata,Stan .276 .521 .373 154 551 105 152 95 30 3 33 287 87 2 96 2 5 4 1 1 24 105 6.6

White,Sammy .273 .636 .385 73 11 2 3 4 1 0 1 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4.7

Lepcio,Ted .272 .463 .354 103 268 42 73 45 12 0 13 124 32 6 71 1 0 1 2 2 7 43 5.6

Doby,Larry .255 .444 .363 154 599 109 153 93 25 2 28 266 103 0 102 0 8 0 0 3 14 102 5.9

Baumholtz,Frank .235 .471 .435 22 17 2 4 5 1 0 1 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 8.6

Philley,Dave .227 .295 .352 53 44 7 10 1 3 0 0 13 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 3.6

Spencer,Daryl .200 .200 .250 12 15 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.8

Pitchers .175 .267 .234 154 401 40 70 38 11 1 8 107 29 0 93 48 3 0 1 3 4 28 2.0

Total .284 .456 .358 154 5407 837 1535 809 254 26 209 2468 611 21 646 69 40 25 11 38 171 877 5.7


Masterson,Walt 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .100

Dorish,Harry 1.50 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 18.0 15 5 3 0 11 1 3 1 0 0 .231

Gorman,Tom 2.76 1 3 .250 1 1 2 0 34 0 0 42.1 37 16 13 2 20 3 8 2 0 0 .236

Grissom,Marv 2.78 4 2 .667 17 5 21 0 27 0 0 32.1 32 11 10 0 8 0 18 1 0 0 .267

Parnell,Mel 3.25 10 5 .667 0 0 0 19 0 7 3 138.2 130 52 50 9 54 1 40 0 1 0 .251

Grim,Bob 3.38 1 0 1.000 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 5.1 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 .176

Lemon,Bob 3.48 19 10 .655 0 0 0 35 0 13 3 266.0 248 112 103 25 84 5 116 8 3 0 .245

Harshman,Jack 3.76 12 11 .522 0 0 0 26 0 11 0 194.0 160 86 81 19 87 2 119 2 7 0 .222

Kinder,Ellis 4.20 9 3 .750 7 3 16 0 36 0 0 45.0 46 21 21 4 14 2 6 1 0 0 .266

Gomez,Ruben 4.26 1 4 .200 1 0 2 0 43 0 0 76.0 83 45 36 6 27 1 30 2 0 0 .280

Jeffcoat,Hal 4.35 0 2 .000 0 0 0 2 19 0 0 39.1 41 22 19 2 20 1 9 0 2 0 .268

Kline,Ron 4.50 14 13 .519 0 0 0 37 1 7 3 250.0 254 139 125 26 79 2 123 10 3 0 .259

Antonelli,Johnny 4.62 13 11 .542 0 0 0 34 0 5 1 214.1 234 120 110 15 79 4 119 5 8 0 .275

Munger,Red 5.28 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 29.0 34 18 17 1 12 2 9 0 0 0 .296

Johnson,Ernie 5.84 0 3 .000 1 1 1 0 9 0 0 12.1 15 8 8 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 .283McDermott,Mickey 6.75 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 13.1 12 10 10 2 13 3 3 0 0 0 .255

Total 3.97 84 70 .545 29 11 45 154 203 43 10 1379.0 1345 667 608 112 513 27 612 33 24 0 .254

* 18 *

BEVERLY Hillbillies Manager: Mike Dickinson (Andrea) Age: 47 Occupation: Meteorologist/Philanthropist

The Season Story

A disastrous first two-thirds of the season put the Hillbillies in a deep hole they couldn't recover from. Overall

the offense and pitching were mediocre (dare I say... adequate) but the fielding was atrocious. The middle

infield was a black hole with 2b committing 38 errors and ss committing 32. Third base was worse with an ugly

42 errors. Left fielders put up 20 errors and the great Willie Mays had 15 errors in CF. Only the Hillbilly 1st

basemen finished the year without a miscue. Bob Nieman paced the offense in limited at bats. Willie Mays led

the team in home runs but was otherwise disappointing. Joe Nuxhall led the team with 13 wins. There are pieces

in place to have a respectable team. The only question is when (if?) it all comes together.


Courtney,Clint .312 .429 .388 76 205 29 64 29 21 0 1 88 16 2 4 0 1 1 1 10 6 34 6.2

Nieman,Bob .309 .504 .419 116 379 61 117 61 11 3 19 191 71 2 53 0 3 2 1 3 12 83 8.0

Goodman,Billy .297 .426 .341 76 209 28 62 16 14 5 1 89 14 1 11 3 2 0 0 1 1 32 5.6

Noren,Irv .293 .415 .444 38 41 7 12 3 2 0 1 17 12 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 8.3

Amoros,Sandy .288 .482 .434 69 226 39 65 36 7 5 9 109 64 12 30 0 7 0 2 0 3 53 8.2

Skizas,Lou .281 .452 .322 107 221 29 62 41 13 2 7 100 15 0 17 0 3 1 0 0 12 29 4.5

Baker,Gene .279 .402 .327 136 480 64 134 71 19 2 12 193 35 0 35 2 6 4 1 2 12 63 4.6

Mays,Willie .273 .455 .341 149 600 84 164 106 21 11 22 273 63 8 64 0 7 29 ^11 2 25 88 5.0

Reese,Pee Wee .259 .338 .326 149 545 68 141 45 25 0 6 184 55 0 71 10 4 11 4 1 19 60 3.7

Slaughter,Enos .254 .396 .338 95 240 33 61 29 14 10 0 95 30 0 18 0 1 1 0 1 5 33 4.9

Walls,Lee .252 .466 .321 139 262 40 66 39 16 8 8 122 24 1 42 2 1 2 1 3 8 38 4.9

Hofman,Bobby .238 .265 .316 138 366 29 87 31 10 0 0 97 41 0 47 0 3 0 1 2 12 31 2.9

Collins,Joe .226 .373 .338 139 177 25 40 30 2 0 8 66 32 0 16 0 4 2 0 0 6 24 4.4

O'Connell,Danny .214 .289 .346 130 415 50 89 31 8 7 3 120 83 0 38 7 5 2 3 3 12 47 3.6

Grammas,Alex .206 .221 .270 96 68 9 14 7 1 0 0 15 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.2

Campanella,Roy .197 .375 .308 104 309 35 61 37 7 0 16 116 50 0 59 1 6 1 0 2 20 34 3.3

Strickland,George .186 .237 .279 99 97 14 18 13 2 0 1 23 13 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 2.2

Thomson,Bobby .146 .366 .186 27 41 4 6 8 0 0 3 15 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.6

Pitchers .244 .302 .300 154 401 46 98 35 13 2 2 121 30 0 101 26 3 0 0 3 10 38 3.0

Total .258 .385 .340 154 5282 694 1361 668 206 55 119 2034 656 26 635 51 58 56 25 33 168 700 4.5


Aber,Al 2.49 0 1 .000 1 0 1 0 28 0 0 43.1 38 20 12 2 19 1 13 0 1 2 .232

Byrne,Tommy 3.57 0 2 .000 0 1 0 1 21 0 0 53.0 51 26 21 3 28 1 27 2 0 0 .252

Staley,Gerry 3.70 3 6 .333 1 1 2 6 9 3 0 65.2 61 27 27 7 13 0 13 4 0 0 .246

Nuxhall,Joe 3.74 13 13 .500 0 0 0 33 0 6 2 233.1 218 118 97 14 120 3 120 6 0 0 .247

Porterfield,Bob 3.81 9 12 .429 0 0 1 24 19 6 1 212.2 202 118 90 35 97 3 93 5 5 0 .243

Miller,Bob 4.20 6 4 .600 5 4 10 3 34 1 0 64.1 64 32 30 10 16 2 26 4 3 1 .262

Larsen,Don 4.62 5 12 .294 1 0 1 20 4 2 1 140.1 132 87 72 24 74 1 74 4 0 0 .244

Schmidt,Willard 4.73 4 10 .286 0 0 0 19 1 3 2 121.2 110 74 64 17 69 1 48 3 1 0 .245

Hughes,Jim 4.74 6 2 .750 0 0 3 7 30 0 0 98.2 85 54 52 11 64 1 33 1 3 0 .236

Nixon,Willard 5.03 6 9 .400 0 0 0 22 0 4 2 141.1 167 93 79 16 66 2 72 8 4 0 .291

Feller,Bob 5.08 2 19 .095 4 1 4 19 30 4 0 163.0 202 112 92 23 66 1 31 3 0 4 .300Collum,Jackie 5.40 1 9 .100 3 3 4 0 28 0 0 35.0 43 25 21 5 17 0 7 2 0 0 .309

Total 4.31 55 99 .357 15 10 26 154 204 29 9 1372.1 1373 786 657 167 649 16 557 42 17 7 .259

* 19 *

BLOOMINGTON Burning Bunyans Manager: Bob Weisman (Janet) Age: 57 Occupation: Meteorology Professor

The Season Story

Another fun and exciting season of Bunyans baseball. The burning was again from the offense as Eddie

Mathews had a stellar year (319 total bases), ably supported by Jim Gilliam, Hector Lopez, and Ed Bailey in a

huge part-time role (BY catchers hit 39 HRs on the season). This accounted for some of the pitchers leading in

run support (Poholsky 15-8, but 4.95 era). Early Wynn (21-8, 3.28 era) lost a shot at the Pitcher of the Year in

an ill-fated relief appearance (1/3 inning, 7 runs against SF). However, the offense was bundled more tightly

than usual, so there were times when the offense lapsed. However, the Bunyans were quite sore by the number

of batted balls kicked. 164 errors led to 108 unearned runs, tied with Walla Walla for second worst, just behind

Beverly. So, Bloomington gets to be the best 4th place team in TML history(??). The entertainment value will

continue as long as Mathews rolls on, but how long will the pleasant smiles stay glued on the faces of Lake

Wobegone denizens??? Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Foiles,Hank .367 .620 .402 46 79 13 29 18 6 1 4 49 5 0 10 0 2 0 0 1 3 19 9.3

Boone,Ray .345 .612 .443 96 116 23 40 31 7 0 8 71 22 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 33 11.2

Caffie,Joe .341 .439 .449 55 41 7 14 3 1 0 1 18 6 0 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 10 9.5

Bailey,Ed .336 .598 .448 129 348 66 117 88 9 2 26 208 72 18 30 0 4 1 0 2 10 96 10.5

Mauch,Gene .306 .429 .414 41 49 11 15 6 0 0 2 21 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 7.1

Gilliam,Jim .304 .384 .411 153 631 133 192 49 27 7 3 242 ^115 1 25 2 4 17 8 2 6 111 6.5

Lopez,Hector .301 .482 .360 151 602 94 181 123 36 5 21 290 55 0 77 3 8 2 1 5 12 106 6.4

Mathews,Eddie .301 .533 .400 151 599 132 180 133 25 0 38 319 105 6 72 1 10 3 2 1 11 134 8.2

Wilson,Red .297 .495 .396 94 212 39 63 44 13 1 9 105 36 0 13 2 2 0 0 0 7 43 7.2

Jacobs,Spook .295 .328 .405 54 61 18 18 9 2 0 0 20 12 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 5.7

Woodling,Gene .294 .431 .424 101 306 65 90 52 18 0 8 132 70 0 16 2 3 0 0 1 9 61 7.1

Del Greco,Bobby .287 .464 .373 125 237 30 68 41 15 3 7 110 30 1 43 1 1 0 2 3 4 42 6.4

Bruton,Billy .277 .418 .299 147 620 90 172 76 21 15 12 259 20 0 68 3 7 4 4 2 9 76 4.3

Torre,Frank .268 .318 .317 136 403 39 108 34 14 0 2 128 29 0 11 4 3 2 0 1 15 39 3.3

Crowe,George .267 .493 .345 66 150 22 40 32 5 1 9 74 16 0 28 0 2 0 0 3 4 26 6.0

Carrasquel,Chico .229 .305 .300 148 410 38 94 50 10 0 7 125 40 1 55 1 6 0 0 4 12 38 3.1

Morgan,Bobby .218 .346 .318 86 133 15 29 19 5 0 4 46 20 0 32 0 1 0 1 0 8 13 3.2

Delsing,Jim .122 .244 .288 76 41 8 5 8 2 0 1 10 10 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2.8

Seminick,Andy .120 .240 .214 27 25 3 3 3 0 0 1 6 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.0

Pitchers .210 .264 .251 154 405 38 85 37 16 0 2 107 20 0 80 27 2 0 1 3 12 27 2.0

Total .282 .428 .363 154 5468 884 1543 856 232 35 165 2340 694 30 601 46 59 32 19 31 128 873 5.6 Name ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG Sho INN H R ER HR BB IW K HB WP BK OAVG

Narleski,Ray 2.43 6 6 .500 15 6 21 0 32 0 0 37.0 24 12 10 4 19 1 30 2 0 0 .180

Wynn,Early 3.28 21 8 .724 0 0 1 35 2 10 4 252.2 228 103 92 19 72 4 171 9 1 0 .238

Lawrence,Brooks 3.65 5 1 .833 8 2 13 0 45 0 0 56.2 62 27 23 6 24 1 28 1 0 0 .281

Simmons,Curt 3.70 15 8 .652 1 1 3 27 8 2 1 189.2 180 95 78 14 81 0 89 7 0 0 .248

Stobbs,Chuck 3.73 10 10 .500 0 0 0 33 0 6 1 219.1 243 109 91 21 46 2 100 2 4 0 .280

Susce,George 3.89 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 26 0 0 41.2 42 21 18 8 21 1 14 4 0 0 .264

Fowler,Art 4.05 2 4 .333 6 1 8 0 45 0 0 73.1 87 44 33 3 21 4 37 0 1 0 .291

Palica,Erv 4.26 2 2 .500 0 0 2 1 39 0 0 57.0 60 35 27 6 20 1 23 0 1 0 .275

Haddix,Harvey 4.39 9 12 .429 0 0 0 30 0 1 0 188.2 192 107 92 19 61 2 129 2 1 0 .261

Wight,Bill 4.81 3 4 .429 5 3 8 0 36 0 0 33.2 36 21 18 4 13 1 17 2 1 0 .267

Poholsky,Tom 4.95 15 8 .652 1 1 3 28 5 2 0 187.1 202 115 103 29 52 3 95 4 3 0 .270Hurd,Tom 6.07 3 0 1.000 0 0 3 0 30 0 0 46.0 71 35 31 8 21 1 21 4 2 0 .370

Total 4.01 91 63 .591 37 14 63 154 268 21 7 1383.0 1427 724 616 141 451 21 754 37 14 0 .265

* 20 *

BROOKLYN Browns Manager: Jim Pertierra (Janet) Age: 67 Occupation: Platform Manager - Cushman and Wakefield

The Season Story

Again the second best offense in the Division and some of the worst pitching this side of Summer, Brooklyn

finished surprisingly in second place, but not surprisingly below .500 and survived a season dog fight with old

foes, Coachella for the right to get hammered by Albany in the Conference championships. But, surprisingly,

the Browns held their own going down in 5 hard fought 9th inning (or longer) games to the Mighty Avalanche.

The offense was mighty and led, as it has been for the past 19 seasons by the great, overlooked, Frank Robinson,

who announced his retirement early in the season as he felt that he was too young to catch up with the major

league fastball any longer. The best trade I ever made was moving up one spot (needlessly) in the draft to get

Frank and he never was going anywhere other than to the Hall of Fame. Here's to you Mr. Robinson, Brooklyn

loves you more than you will know. We will never be the same.


Siebern,Norm .500 .500 .833 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 45.9

Zauchin,Norm .500 .500 .500 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.5

Rivera,Jim .429 1.429 .429 9 7 2 3 5 1 0 2 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15.4

Maxwell,Charlie .330 .518 .404 154 643 125 212 86 18 2 33 333 84 1 78 0 5 0 0 0 7 141 8.6

Robinson,Frank .313 .607 .410 154 582 125 182 136 22 7 45 353 82 0 101 11 6 0 3 18 25 141 8.6

Francona,Tito .310 .759 .355 29 29 7 9 9 1 0 4 22 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 11.0

Bell,Gus .305 .523 .373 154 597 86 182 133 31 3 31 312 67 0 52 8 9 2 2 3 11 119 7.2

Hunter,Billy .299 .464 .333 25 97 11 29 7 4 6 0 45 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 4.8

Bolling,Frank .296 .414 .379 77 314 45 93 27 19 3 4 130 40 0 50 5 2 2 1 3 5 52 6.0

Robinson,Jackie .296 .462 .404 129 314 69 93 38 12 2 12 145 55 0 26 10 2 6 4 3 17 57 6.1

Lemon,Jim .279 .548 .372 154 578 77 161 113 22 10 38 317 86 *26 *157 0 4 1 1 2 23 113 6.8

Carey,Andy .249 .354 .302 112 410 43 102 39 17 1 8 145 33 0 56 1 6 5 4 1 8 44 3.6

House,Frank .237 .323 .288 91 350 28 83 46 4 1 8 113 20 0 27 0 3 1 1 6 12 31 2.9

DeMaestri,Joe .237 .312 .285 129 481 55 114 31 18 0 6 150 29 0 71 1 0 1 0 3 8 43 3.1

Kennedy,Bob .203 .323 .278 42 158 15 32 12 4 0 5 51 16 0 25 0 1 0 0 1 6 14 2.8

Herzog,Whitey .200 .400 .200 4 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7

Gastall,Tom .183 .242 .239 68 252 11 46 19 9 0 2 61 14 0 33 0 1 0 0 5 14 13 1.5

Hale,Bob .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Jackson,Ron .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Nelson,Rocky .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Pitchers .168 .204 .227 154 530 52 89 27 14 1 1 108 40 0 203 8 2 0 0 1 8 26 1.5


O'Brien,Johnny 2.38 1 1 .500 2 1 3 0 8 0 0 11.1 9 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 .214

Roebuck,Ed 2.84 4 2 .667 10 3 14 0 27 0 0 25.1 21 8 8 1 14 2 17 0 4 0 .226

Sturdivant,Tom 2.92 16 6 .727 1 0 5 17 14 11 6 172.1 142 57 56 18 46 1 114 4 4 0 .222

Foytack,Paul 3.76 15 15 .500 2 0 2 33 5 16 2 268.1 227 122 112 20 157 4 223 2 9 4 .229

Koufax,Sandy 3.98 19 12 .613 0 1 0 ^40 3 5 1 289.2 282 141 128 30 *159 ^6 120 2 6 *6 .260

Drysdale,Don 4.22 3 5 .375 0 0 0 12 0 4 0 96.0 101 55 45 7 31 0 47 4 2 0 .267

Coleman,Rip 4.81 2 10 .167 1 0 2 9 23 0 0 110.1 155 71 59 14 43 0 45 0 0 0 .335

Littlefield,Dick 5.19 4 8 .333 1 0 3 11 8 0 0 85.0 86 53 49 15 42 2 54 2 1 0 .262

Jansen,Larry 5.73 11 18 .379 1 1 3 31 14 6 0 242.0 287 *165 *154 40 81 4 71 12 0 1 .293

Martin,Morrie 7.24 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 34 0 0 64.2 101 60 52 8 42 1 7 2 1 1 .367Baumann,Frank 9.95 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.1 4 7 7 1 9 0 3 0 1 0 .182

Total 4.42 76 78 .494 18 6 33 154 136 42 11 1371.1 1415 742 673 155 627 21 703 28 29 12 .267

* 21 *

CHETICAMP Micmacs Manager: Eric Rogers Age: 59 Occupation: Meteorologist

The Season Story

The '56 retro Micmacs had a fine season, the league's 4th best record, a unspectacular but decent rotation led by

Tom Brewer (19-9), one the leagues leading closers with Turk Lown (30 SV), and a solid offense, 3rd in batting

average and 2nd in on-base percentage, led by Ashburn, Runnels, and Berra. Unfortunately Cheticamp had the

misfortune of being in the powerhouse Atmospheric Division, and did not quite have the talent to keep pace

with North Adams and Jupiter. The 1954 squad looks to be good enough to contend again. Will it be good

enough? We'll see. Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Miranda,Willie .417 .417 .500 104 12 1 5 4 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8.0

Runnels,Pete .330 .453 .390 154 636 99 210 102 22 10 12 288 66 1 68 5 6 4 2 0 31 107 6.1

Triandos,Gus .324 .520 .406 74 204 31 66 40 10 0 10 106 30 1 27 2 4 0 0 1 7 44 7.8

Ashburn,Richie .322 .433 .420 154 640 139 206 66 31 11 6 277 103 0 51 5 2 11 2 7 9 127 7.6

Belardi,Wayne .314 .457 .385 74 70 9 22 6 2 1 2 32 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 12 6.4

Berra,Yogi .306 .536 .382 154 608 100 186 125 ^48 4 28 326 71 1 38 1 7 1 0 8 16 126 7.6

Torgeson,Earl .296 .460 .442 92 324 66 96 56 11 3 12 149 85 0 36 2 2 6 1 1 10 73 8.1

Neal,Charlie .296 .367 .384 64 98 11 29 6 7 0 0 36 14 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 4.7

Piersall,Jimmy .296 .441 .345 154 622 94 184 96 45 6 11 274 52 1 52 7 *12 4 3 1 25 90 5.0

Valdivielso,Jose .286 .286 .286 9 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.1

Dark,Al .278 .359 .318 154 568 58 158 65 33 5 1 204 31 2 51 3 4 0 1 4 9 65 4.1

Blaylock,Marv .271 .417 .345 90 288 35 78 50 5 5 9 120 34 0 54 2 3 2 1 0 10 41 4.9

Miksis,Eddie .267 .345 .337 111 322 36 86 32 11 1 4 111 34 1 35 5 2 2 0 1 9 38 4.1

Drake,Solly .257 .310 .354 86 171 25 44 16 4 1 1 53 26 0 21 0 1 8 4 0 4 20 4.0

Thompson,Hank .250 .455 .366 93 176 28 44 38 9 0 9 80 33 1 17 1 3 1 1 1 3 32 6.1

Thurman,Bob .230 .328 .288 60 61 6 14 2 3 0 1 20 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3.3

Malzone,Frank .208 .333 .200 46 24 3 5 6 0 0 1 8 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.3

Avila,Bobby .190 .252 .335 112 147 20 28 11 4 1 1 37 31 0 27 3 0 2 1 1 10 13 2.6

Pitchers .209 .229 .259 154 407 48 85 38 2 0 2 93 27 0 114 37 4 2 0 2 11 27 1.9


King,Nellie 2.20 4 3 .571 1 3 5 0 35 0 0 45.0 33 11 11 3 14 0 13 1 0 4 .210

Lown,Turk 2.20 6 4 .600 ^30 3 36 0 53 0 0 65.1 43 18 16 4 29 1 40 2 1 0 .186

Wehmeier,Herm 3.27 13 5 .722 1 0 1 22 12 8 3 187.1 156 72 68 13 66 2 84 8 1 0 .227

Brewer,Tom 3.34 19 9 .679 0 0 0 32 0 9 2 231.2 186 102 86 17 104 1 126 2 2 0 .216

Kellner,Alex 3.40 11 6 .647 0 0 0 17 3 3 1 121.2 125 51 46 15 39 1 54 1 0 0 .265

Davis,Jim 3.54 7 5 .583 1 1 1 11 22 2 1 96.2 76 43 38 7 47 1 52 4 0 0 .212

Phillips,Taylor 3.58 1 2 .333 1 0 1 6 15 1 1 65.1 70 29 26 3 24 1 19 7 0 0 .268

Kucks,Johnny 3.72 16 9 .640 0 0 0 31 2 10 2 227.1 220 110 94 20 73 3 79 14 6 1 .248

Wilson,Jim 3.88 12 11 .522 0 0 0 28 0 7 2 209.0 203 96 90 21 82 4 105 6 3 0 .255

LaPalme,Paul 4.82 3 2 .600 3 0 6 2 19 0 0 37.1 35 23 20 7 16 1 10 0 0 0 .248

Flowers,Ben 4.95 2 1 .667 0 0 2 1 36 0 0 56.1 71 31 31 10 17 1 18 2 3 0 .316Houtteman,Art 7.28 1 2 .333 0 0 0 4 19 0 0 47.0 63 42 38 9 21 0 23 3 1 0 .320

Total 3.65 95 59 .617 37 7 52 154 216 40 12 1390.0 1281 628 564 129 532 16 623 50 17 5 .243

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COACHELLA VALLEY Earthquakes Manager: Mike Landin (Teri) Age: 64 Occupation: Retired/Part-time Professor/Softball Player

The Season Story

For the fifth straight season, the Quakes watched Conference rival Albany run away and hide. However, this

time, even with a sub-.500 record, the Quakes were in a Wild Card battle with Brooklyn that lasted until the

final games of Period 3. It is truly amazing how much good pitching can carry a team, as the Quakes were near

the bottom in batting. Al Kaline was a lone standout, batting .327, with 115 RC. Luis Aparicio provided a

spark in the lineup, but there was not much more. Warren Spahn (19-13) just missed a 20-win season and to

show you how bad the offense was, Whitey Ford (13-14) had a losing record, despite a terrific 2.82 ERA.

Warren Hacker (14-20) was a workhorse, starting 40 times and racking up a 20-loss season. The Quakes

roster takes yet another major hit for 1955. A few roster moves will be made as the rebuilding process begins in

earnest.


Pless,Rance .365 .365 .435 29 52 4 19 6 0 0 0 19 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 7.4

Kaline,Al .327 .493 .400 154 600 96 196 116 30 8 18 296 70 8 51 0 3 6 1 5 25 115 7.2

Averill,Earl .321 .569 .403 121 109 13 35 13 12 0 5 62 13 1 27 0 0 0 0 2 2 25 9.0

Mele,Sam .281 .547 .386 73 128 23 36 33 7 0 9 70 23 0 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 29 8.3

Boyd,Bob .267 .362 .398 127 232 20 62 33 11 1 3 84 49 19 9 0 1 0 0 2 25 29 4.0

Aparicio,Luis .265 .321 .324 154 652 101 173 35 16 7 2 209 54 0 71 6 1 *40 8 3 10 74 3.9

Pisoni,Jim .250 .333 .280 22 48 5 12 9 1 0 1 16 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2.8

Colavito,Rocky .235 .404 .387 121 332 45 78 56 6 4 14 134 81 22 42 0 3 0 0 3 9 55 5.6

Snyder,Jerry .233 .267 .258 36 30 4 7 1 1 0 0 8 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.1

Paula,Carlos .229 .448 .295 34 96 12 22 10 1 1 6 43 9 0 18 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 4.5

Diering,Chuck .217 .288 .342 154 562 80 122 46 19 0 7 162 107 0 115 *21 5 1 1 2 7 65 3.7

Kellert,Frank .206 .279 .282 84 262 22 54 28 8 1 3 73 28 0 38 0 3 1 0 1 11 20 2.5

Smalley,Roy .189 .216 .268 41 37 2 7 1 1 0 0 8 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.9

Hoak,Don .180 .249 .272 154 551 54 99 57 13 5 5 137 70 0 56 7 5 8 3 2 10 41 2.3

Roberts,Curt .179 .340 .262 154 553 50 99 57 42 19 3 188 64 0 111 0 7 4 2 1 10 51 2.9

Atwell,Toby .172 .270 .279 139 429 32 74 38 12 0 10 116 65 1 40 4 6 0 2 1 16 33 2.4

Pitchers .201 .281 .232 154 448 40 90 31 15 0 7 126 15 0 95 13 0 0 0 3 7 29 2.1


Ford,Whitey 2.82 13 14 .481 0 0 0 30 0 13 1 249.0 208 94 78 23 95 4 149 3 2 0 .222

Morgan,Tom 2.94 5 4 .556 19 5 24 0 35 0 0 33.2 34 13 11 2 12 2 11 2 0 0 .264

Spahn,Warren 3.28 19 13 .594 0 0 0 35 1 *27 2 *307.0 274 120 112 30 68 5 145 6 3 0 .235

Worthington,Al 3.90 8 14 .364 1 0 1 24 2 6 1 170.2 183 89 74 9 76 2 108 4 2 0 .271

Hernandez,Evelio 4.24 6 8 .429 0 0 0 21 0 3 0 142.1 150 71 67 18 60 1 20 0 6 0 .270

Arroyo,Luis 4.28 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 33.2 39 22 16 6 15 0 14 0 0 0 .300

Bunning,Jim 4.37 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 22.2 22 13 11 2 18 1 11 1 6 0 .244

Hacker,Warren 4.48 14 20 .412 0 0 0 ^40 0 11 4 273.0 305 147 136 41 68 2 135 4 0 0 .279

Abernathy,Ted 4.56 1 3 .250 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25.2 33 14 13 0 11 0 12 1 0 0 .311

Howell,Dixie 4.80 7 3 .700 0 0 7 0 *60 0 0 80.2 114 50 43 3 39 1 40 3 7 0 .334McMahan,Jack 6.53 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 25 0 0 30.1 30 22 22 1 15 0 5 0 2 0 .263

Total 3.83 74 80 .481 20 5 33 154 166 60 8 1368.2 1392 655 583 135 477 18 650 24 28 0 .261

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DULUTH Thundercats Manager: Kevin Tyle (Bryan) Age: 53 Occupation: Computer Administrator/Meteorologist

The Season Story

Another long and painful season, although Duluth at least played competitively at home. Probably the brightest

spot was Billy Martin's fine fielding at second base; word is that a 26-year old named George Steinbrenner was

impressed. Mickey Vernon led the offense with a .916 OPS, while George Kell paced the squad with 31 HR's.

The pitching was pretty weak, although Dick Sisler and Joe Black did surprisingly well as starter and reliever,

respectively. Some glimmers of hope are there, but likely too few and far between to produce winning seasons

for a while more.


Small,Jim .402 .489 .444 89 92 10 37 10 6 1 0 45 7 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 8.9

Fitz Gerald,Ed .367 .478 .447 96 90 14 33 8 7 0 1 43 12 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 3 19 8.4

Vernon,Mickey .307 .518 .398 137 436 63 134 59 31 5 17 226 59 2 32 1 0 0 0 7 21 87 7.2

Smith,Hal .284 .366 .320 66 194 18 55 15 11 1 1 71 10 0 17 1 1 0 0 1 7 21 3.9

Plews,Herb .267 .363 .350 89 292 31 78 19 14 4 2 106 38 1 38 0 1 3 1 0 8 38 4.6

Williams,Dick .263 .370 .305 129 438 44 115 31 15 1 10 162 26 1 58 2 1 5 10 1 10 45 3.5

Kell,George .248 .339 .307 129 448 39 111 37 23 3 4 152 32 3 47 4 2 0 0 7 15 45 3.4

Post,Wally .247 .505 .302 131 473 62 117 68 25 2 31 239 37 0 108 0 3 5 0 1 13 70 5.1

Mazeroski,Bill .237 .284 .318 74 190 21 45 9 6 0 1 54 23 0 15 1 1 1 0 0 5 18 3.2

Dropo,Walt .234 .336 .303 85 214 19 50 25 6 2 4 72 23 0 28 0 4 0 1 0 6 22 3.4

Walker,Rube .230 .304 .255 107 365 23 84 38 14 2 3 111 13 0 27 0 5 1 0 1 7 28 2.6

Long,Dale .229 .479 .315 108 96 13 22 21 2 2 6 46 12 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 5.3

Mantilla,Felix .224 .289 .253 106 76 4 17 7 1 2 0 22 2 0 9 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 2.3

Greengrass,Jim .218 .363 .339 83 284 30 62 24 18 1 7 103 52 0 52 0 0 0 1 0 12 35 4.0

Pope,Dave .218 .268 .225 137 395 16 86 37 12 1 2 106 4 0 73 0 4 0 0 1 1 24 2.1

Cole,Dick .214 .233 .306 103 266 13 57 15 1 2 0 62 35 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 13 19 2.3

Martin,Billy .203 .316 .247 120 478 43 97 32 14 2 12 151 23 0 53 0 0 4 3 5 10 36 2.4

Kravitz,Danny .167 .381 .255 45 42 3 7 1 0 3 1 16 5 0 2 0 0 0

Documents

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