1956 | Western Canada Baseball Season Stats


	1956 Season Stats

	WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE : For the second straight season, Cliff Pemberton of Saskatoon copped the Western Canada League individual batting championship with a mark of .349 in 66 games, according to official figures released by the Howe News Bureau of Chicago. Last season in 1955, Pemberton hit for a .360 average. Phillip Oyler of Edmonton was runner-up with a .333 average in 47 games. Pemberton topped the league in hits with 90, total bases with 138, and three-base hits with nine. Robert Herron of North Battleford bashed out the most doubles, 18, and batted in the most runs, 60. Thomas Shollin of Edmonton hit the most home runs, 12. Jose Valladares of Saskatoon scored the most runs, 58, and stole the most bases, 17. Kenneth Guffey of Edmonton drew the most passes, 53, while at the other end of the scale, Buddy Burgess of Moose Jaw struck out the most times, 54. Norman Huletz of Regina was hit most often by a pitched ball, 10 times. Jerry White of Regina produced the most sacrifice bunts, seven, while Robert Gerst of Edmonton and Edward Morris of Lloydminster tied for the honor of supplying the most sacrifice flies, four each. Edmonton once again led the league in batting with a .278 average and led in most runs scored, 356. North Battleford topped the league in home runs with 44. North Battleford also won team fielding honors with a mark of .955. Edmonton turned in two triple plays, which is believed to be a league record, and led in double-play production with 66 twin killings. Dale Zeigler, Edmonton left-hander, topped the pitchers in the ERA ratings with a mark of 2.32. He allowed 26 earned runs in 101 innings. Michael Dayne of North Battleford won the most games, 13, and started the most contests along with Ronald Watts of Moose Jaw, at 17 each. Douglas Gostlin of Saskatoon pitched the most complete games,13. Thomas Garcia of North Battleford worked the most innings, 142, and faced the most batters, 542. James Stevens of Saskatoon struck out the most batsmen, 124, while Zeigler issued the most walks 79. Watts allowed the most hits, 145, Ben Reniker of Moose Jaw the most runs, 86, and North Battleford's Ben Griggs the most homers, 13. Average : Cliff Pemberton SKG - .349 Hits : Pemberton SKG - 90 Doubles : Bob Herron NB & Jose Valladares SKG - 18 Triples : Pemberton SKG - 9 Home Runs : Tom Shollin EDE - 12 Runs : Valladares SKG - 58 RBI : Herron NB - 60 Stolen Bases : Valladares SKG - 17 OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE RECORDS * SEASON 1956 * RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1956 * COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR SH SF SB BB HB SO LOB RBI PCT Edmonton 2164 356 311 601 840 75 31 34 46 13 44 276 18 362 520 296 278 N Battleford 2266 354 311 604 877 95 23 44 20 13 63 238 13 327 458 311 267 Saskatoon 2227 345 288 583 789 98 33 14 28 23 86 321 19 279 536 275 262 Lloydminster 2100 323 349 533 732 74 19 29 16 11 49 262 18 354 484 226 254 Regina 1995 261 363 478 664 78 21 22 34 13 35 254 26 352 468 235 240 Moose Jaw 1929 214 387 454 592 67 26 13 35 4 43 217 19 341 406 174 235 INDIVIDUAL BATTING (TEN OR MORE GAMES) BATS LEFT. #SWITCH HITTER* BATTER G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Skousen, Owen EDE 22 43 8 17 1 1 0 0 5 9 10 .395 Tucker, WayneL EDE* 27 89 13 33 4 0 0 1 10 4 18 .371 Pemberton, Clifford SKG* 66 258 38 90 12 9 6 8 27 9 52 .349 Garay, Edward SKG 47 147 25 50 10 2 0 5 25 6 40 .340 Oyler, Phillip EDE 47 192 34 64 8 7 5 6 23 29 38 .333 Pedrazzini, Joseph RGB 48 178 27 59 9 1 4 2 24 11 26 .331 Stewart, Donald LM 17 75 15 24 3 2 0 3 9 13 10 .320 Shollin, Thomas EDE 63 233 46 74 11 5 12 6 32 32 44 .318 Williams, Willie LM 62 204 45 64 12 3 7 7 54 19 45 .314 Valladares, Jose SKG 67 243 58 76 18 6 0 17 50 20 21 .313 Shahzade, Arthur RGB 60 216 39 67 9 2 2 13 32 28 27 .310 Herron, Robert NB 68 258 41 79 18 2 11 6 31 47 60 .306 LaComb, Gary EDE 62 256 54 78 13 5 4 14 23 36 37 .305 Lott, Benjamin LM 61 252 53 75 11 5 10 9 22 30 38 .298 Karpinski, John LM 56 209 42 62 11 2 9 1 23 11 43 .297 Kalamaris, John RGB 27 91 10 27 4 1 1 0 12 13 14 .297 Pennington, Gary 17EDE-50SKG 67 247 47 73 9 2 7 15 28 46 37 .296 Ford, John NB 64 241 41 71 12 1 2 4 30 24 29 .295 Ing, Cyril EDE* 10 34 6 10 0 0 1 0 8 8 5 .294 Tate, Curtis NB 68 284 41 83 11 2 5 8 12 17 43 .292 Stone, Arthur NB 48 117 26 34 6 1 0 14 15 12 13 .291 Dayne, Michael NB* 41 59 14 17 2 1 2 2 10 11 12 .288 Maggio, Carl EDE* 55 196 31 56 8 3 3 5 24 32 22 .286 Bloomfield, Bud SKG 43 161 24 46 4 2 0 9 17 10 18 .286 Warren, Richard RGB 13 56 7 16 1 0 0 0 3 5 6 .286 Karpinski, Stanley LM 55 157 20 44 4 1 1 1 7 20 29 .280 Rodriguez, Earnest MJM* 61 229 47 64 8 3 0 10 30 9 13 .279 Doucette, John EDE 18 36 5 10 0 0 0 2 3 9 2 .278 Gerst, Robert EDE 61 232 39 64 9 4 3 2 30 28 41 .276 Bussan, Mark 5SKG-59NB 64 221 46 61 11 2 3 4 35 28 27 .276 Phair, Robert RGB 56 206 26 56 9 3 3 4 22 25 31 .272 Kalski, Edward LM 21 48 6 13 0 0 0 2 4 5 4 .271 Huletz, Norman RGB 56 200 34 54 8 1 0 10 36 18 23 .270 Garcia, Thomas NB# 31 60 9 16 4 2 1 1 6 15 13 .267 Rubio, Richard MJM 61 217 30 57 11 5 2 10 26 17 25 .263 Taylor, Roy MJM 28 69 10 18 2 0 0 0 3 3 5 .261 Blackman, Jesse NB# 67 254 27 66 3 5 8 6 9 40 30 .260 Guffey, Kenneth EDE 58 200 43 52 7 1 2 2 53 33 23 .260 Breckner, Leonard SKG 36 123 11 32 10 1 1 3 9 11 20 .260 Cameron, Mark RGB 40 116 13 30 3 1 0 0 8 16 11 .259 Ryan, James EDE 18 66 9 17 3 0 1 0 5 12 11 .258 Bristol, Jack NB 29 39 12 10 1 0 3 0 6 14 7 .256 Nelson, Kenneth NB 66 254 36 64 7 3 2 13 12 25 24 .252 Worth, Arthur NB* 64 220 27 55 15 2 7 1 36 44 33 .250 Satalich, Richard LM 53 196 25 49 5 0 1 12 28 38 21 .250 Valentine, James LM 59 237 32 59 11 0 0 0 18 23 31 .249 Herrera, Mario SKG 47 178 33 44 3 0 1 10 28 12 15 .247 Bertotti, Edward EDE 38 162 24 40 2 1 0 3 12 20 14 .247 Zayas, Roberto LM 56 203 30 50 5 2 2 10 18 37 12 .246 Motley, Jack 39SKG-15MJM 54 187 23 46 8 3 2 2 25 27 27 .246 Morgan, Gordon 15SKG-44MJM 59 200 16 48 14 2 1 1 14 43 19 .240 Munatones, Conrad EDE 57 206 19 49 5 7 3 2 15 41 27 .238 Irvin, Donald SKG 15 38 6 9 0 0 0 5 3 7 4 .237 McLeod, Jack SKG 33 64 13 15 2 3 0 1 17 8 8 .234 Levaggi, Anthony RGB* 59 211 29 49 10 3 7 1 31 50 25 .232 Halsey, Tuck RGB 41 104 18 24 6 2 2 2 16 34 10 .231 Burgess, Buddy MJM 58 206 23 47 10 3 3 11 17 54 21 .228 Neal, Charles SKG* 51 153 23 34 6 2 1 6 48 22 15 .222 Reniker, Ben MJM 35 59 5 13 1 1 0 0 6 15 4 .220 Karbowski, Robert SKG 26 78 5 17 4 0 0 2 4 9 3 .218 Doepker, Richard MJM 18 37 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 .216 Gaitan, Joseph MJM 46 139 17 29 4 2 0 2 39 32 8 .209 Shirley, James SKG* 48 134 13 28 3 1 0 4 17 14 13 .209 Green, Louis NB 53 130 17 27 1 1 0 0 22 8 10 .208 Loepp, James RGB 22 39 2 8 1 0 0 0 5 8 2 .205 Murphy, Lee RGB 59 222 25 44 8 4 3 0 21 48 32 .198 Gustin, Keith LM 50 167 17 33 4 2 1 0 27 40 11 .198 Jarrett, James MJM 59 205 16 40 6 3 0 0 15 16 26 .195 Gostlin, Douglas SKG 26 48 12 9 1 2 0 0 8 17 2 .188 Yahario, Willie MJM* 12 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 .188 Madsen, Edwin EDE 28 108 8 20 3 0 0 0 7 20 8 .185 Bartylla, Buzz MJM* 16 22 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 10 1 .182 Burgess, Jerry RGB 21 45 8 8 2 3 0 0 14 8 4 .178 Henrich, Robert EDE 27 102 14 18 2 2 0 0 7 26 7 .176 Button, Lyle 16SKG-9NB 25 34 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 10 3 .176 Morris, Edward LM 53 191 22 33 5 1 0 3 26 40 19 .173 McMillan, Glenn MJM 19 58 7 10 2 0 0 6 8 10 3 .172 Hiltel, Theodore MJM* 58 167 13 27 1 0 3 0 12 25 13 .162 Zeigler, Dale EDE* 19 37 0 6 1 1 0 0 6 8 2 .162 White, Jerry RGB 46 147 14 23 4 0 0 2 16 26 16 .156 Jones, Robert 5SKG-9EDE 14 32 6 5 0 0 0 1 2 10 2 .156 Kirk, Donald EDE 14 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 7 2 .154 Griggs, Ben NB 24 48 7 7 2 2 0 0 1 19 2 .146 Bowes, Jack SKG 25 35 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 10 1 .143 Tuggle, Gale NB* 34 66 8 9 1 0 0 2 8 1 10 .136 Bentley, Bev SKG 10 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 .125 Brown, Bernard LM 24 94 5 11 0 0 0 1 6 9 6 .117 Ball, Gary LM 12 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 .111 Cavillan, David RGB 22 46 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 14 4 .109 Stevens, James SKG 17 38 3 4 0 0 0 0 5 6 7 .105 Tesch, Oscar LM 16 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 .100 Watts, Ronald MJM 24 51 2 5 0 0 0 0 7 23 2 .098 Hatsell, William RGB 12 32 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 8 1 .063 Bull, Arthur EDE* 16 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 2 .063 Hansen, James 3MJM-19LM 22 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 13 1 .036 Gray, Roger RGB* 10 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 .000 Hobson, Lewis SKG* 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 .000 Bailey, William LM 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 .000 WCBL Less than 10 games G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT McNabb, Morris RGB 1 3 1 .333 Vold, Ralph EDE* 9 27 8 .296 Hayes, Garth MJM 1 4 1 .250 Verreau, Mervin NB* 8 8 2 .250 Peerless, Charles RGB 3 8 2 .250 Doyle, Wayne SKG 6 14 3 .214 Hanna, Jack LM 7 20 4 .200 Nicholson, Roy LM-MJM 7 20 4 .200 Bentley, Max SKG* 4 11 2 .182 Vanderlaan, William RGB 6 13 2 .154 Taft, Robert SKG 6 20 3 .150 Laskowski, Robert RGB 5 8 1 .125 Alvarez, Ruben MJM 6 9 1 .111 Heffel, Kenneth EDE 6 10 1 .100 Axon, Donald LM-NB 9 4 0 .000 Haroldson, Bruce LM 1 1 0 .000 Perranoski, Ron LM 1 1 0 .000 Tanner, Ed LM 1 3 0 .000 Dean, Lester NB 2 2 0 .000 Cochrane, Dennis RGB 1 5 0 .000 Ebel, Walter RGB 1 4 0 .000 Sachs, Kenneth RGB 1 2 0 .000 Knutson, Gerald SKG 3 7 0 .000 EDE = Edmonton Eskimos, SKG = Saskatoon Gems, NB = North Battleford Beavers, LM = Lloydminster Meridians, MJM = Moose Jaw Mallards, RGB = Regina Braves OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE FIELDING RECORDS * SEASON 1956 * FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3, 1956 ** COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. TEAM FIELDING FINAL STANDINGS G DP TP PB PO A E PCT W L T PCT N.Battleford 68 49 0 13 1742 651 114 .955 Edmonton 37 26 0 .587 Saskatoon 67 57 0 10 1749 680 141 .945 Saskatoon 39 28 0 .582 Edmonton 63 66 2 10 1641 742 140 .945 N.Battleford 37 31 0 .544 Regina 60 42 0 21 1521 613 128 .943 Lloydminster 26 36 0 .419 Lloydminster 62 51 0 25 1593 747 151 .939 Moose Jaw 22 40 0 .355 Moose Jaw 62 53 0 15 1548 717 174 .929 Regina 18 42 0 .300 INDIVIDUAL FIELDING (TEN OR MORE GAMES) * THROWS LEFT FIRST BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Pedrazzini,RGB* 39 360 20 6 31 .984 Ryan,EDE 17 137 10 4 17 .974 Blackman,NB 64 443 26 8 29 .983 McLeod,SKG 12 89 4 3 8 .969 Phair,RGB* 14 110 3 2 5 .983 Guffey,EDE* 45 403 26 14 30 .968 Karpinski J,LM 41 354 22 8 30 .979 Hiltel,MJM* 50 394 24 17 32 .961 Neal,SKG* 45 380 18 9 32 .978 Morris,LM 13 117 2 6 9 .952 TRIPLE PLAYS: Guffey 2. Worth,NB* 12 53 5 5 2 .921 SECOND BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP .PCT Tucker,EDE 22 63 66 2 21 .985 Ing,EDE 10 24 22 2 8 .958 White,RGB 43 95 110 6 22 .972 Gaitan,MJM 45 112 109 15 28 .936 Ford,NB 49 120 117 8 20 .967 Stone,NB 34 62 48 8 11 .932 Lott,LM 61 203 182 14 34 .965 Taylor,MJM 16 38 48 7 8 .925 Valladares,SKG 67 161 175 13 35 .963 Gerst,EDE 21 42 63 9 11 .321 TRIPLE PLAY: Gerst THIRD BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP .PCT Gerst,EDE 40 49 91 7 15 .952 Madsen,EDE 23 27 35 9 6 .873 Pemberton,SKG 50 58 85 11 7 .929 Valentine,LM 25 31 57 14 5 .863 Williams,LM 42 62 105 14 8 .923 Rubio,MJM 59 63 48 21 11 .841 Tate,NB 66 70 106 16 11 .917 Karbowski,SKG 15 13 26 8 3 .830 Murphy,RGB 48 50 93 15 3 .905 SHORTSTOPS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Williams,LM 23 52 70 12 10 .910 Henrich,EDE 25 58 62 15 20 .889 Stone,NB 12 25 24 5 2 .907 Bertotti,EDE 38 59 124 23 15 .888 Bloomfield,SKG 43 47 115 17 20 .905 Hatsell,RGB 11 13 17 4 4 .882 Irvin,SKG 10 15 23 4 4 .905 Burgess,MJM 58 97 190 40 32 .878 Bussan,SKG-NB 60 121 128 29 29 .896 Valentine,LM 35 54 108 23 16 .876 Huletz,RGB 44 69 124 23 23 .894 Motley,SKG-MJM 13 15 24 11 2 .780 TRIPLE PLAY: Bertotti. OUTFIELDERS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Morris,LM 23 34 2 0 0 1.000 Motley,SKG-MJM 34 58 5 4 0 .940 Ford,NB 16 22 1 0 1 1.000 Munatones,MJM 52 69 8 5 1 .939 Karpkinski S,LM 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 Rodriguez,MJM* 61 156 10 11 6 .938 Shahzade,RGB 51 116 0 1 0 .991 Zayas,LM 55 105 4 8 1 .932 Levaggi,RGB* 47 78 6 1 2 .988 Oyler,EDE* 47 60 6 5 0 .930 Halsey,RGB 15 37 3 1 0 .976 Pennington,EDE-SKC67 107 10 9 4 .929 Herrera,SKG 47 104 3 3 1 .973 Morgan,SKG-MJM 59 93 6 8 0 .925 Maggio,EDE* 54 100 6 3 0 .972 Phair,RGB* 42 83 2 7 0 .924 Herron,NB 68 112 3 4 0 .966 Worth,NB* 55 68 4 6 0 .923 Nelson,NB 66 150 13 6 3 .964 Pemberton,SKG 18 24 0 2 0 .923 McMillan,MJM 18 21 3 1 0 .960 Breckner,SKG* 29 47 3 5 1 .909 Satalich,LM 53 134 16 8 3 .949 Guffey,EDE* 13 18 2 2 0 .909 Kalski,LM 11 16 1 1 1 .944 Reniker,MJM 11 9 1 1 0 .909 LaComb,EDE 55 88 8 6 1 .941 Stewart,LM 17 29 1 4 0 .882 TRIPLE PLAY: LaComb CATCHERS G PO A E DP PB PCT G PO A E DP PB PCT Green,NB 51 270 26 2 3 6 .993 Cameron,RGB 33 137 18 5 2 6 .969 Shirley,SKG 32 252 14 3 3 1 .989 Garrett,MJM 58 282 49 14 1 14 .959 Garay,SKG 33 247 29 5 3 8 .982 Gustin,LM 48 157 32 8 2 22 .959 Shollin,EDE 62 407 44 11 6 10 .976 Kalamaris,RGB 22 113 7 13 1 5 .902 Tuggle,NB 28 126 15 4 1 6 .972 Morris,LM 16 34 8 7 1 3 .857 TRIPLE PLAY: Shollin PITCHERS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Dayne,NB* 23 7 31 0 2 1.000 Zeigler,EDE* 18 9 22 3 1 .912 Cavillan,RGB* 20 5 21 0 1 1.000 Doepker,MJM 17 5 25 3 1 .909 Leopp,RGB 16 4 21 0 0 1.000 Yahario,MJM* 12 2 8 1 0 .909 Bowes,SKG 22 2 19 0 1 1.000 Burgess,RGB 14 2 17 2 0 .905 Kirk,EDE* 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 Watts,MJM 22 5 37 5 1 .894 Bailey,LM 20 0 9 0 0 1.000 Karpinski J,LM 10 3 13 2 0 .889 Hobson,SKG 11 1 4 0 0 1.000 McLeod,SKG 12 3 13 2 0 .889 Skousen,EDE 17 3 33 1 4 .973 Garcia,NB 24 2 21 3 2 .885 Karpkinski S,LM 24 8 25 1 2 .971 Brown,LM 11 2 19 3 0 .875 Halsey,RGB 16 4 30 1 0 .971 Button,SKG-NB 23 1 26 4 2 .871 Gostlin,SKG 17 10 21 1 1 .969 Jones,SKG-EDE 14 5 21 4 0 .867 Griggs,NB 21 3 27 1 3 .968 Bartylla,MJM* 16 0 11 2 0 .846 Bristol,NB* 20 3 17 1 1 .952 Hansen,MJM-LM 19 10 16 5 1 .839 Tesch,LM 15 5 14 1 0 .950 Stevens,SKG 17 1 18 6 0 .760 Doucette,EDE 16 5 21 2 0 .929 Bull,EDE 16 1 11 4 0 .750 Reniker,MJM 19 0 23 2 0 .920 Gray,RGB* 10 0 6 2 0 .750 OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE PITCHERS' RECORDS * SEASON 1956 * FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3, 1956 COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILL. PITCHERS' RECORDS: Include pitchers in 66 or more innings rated according to earned run average per-9-inning game. * THROWS LEFT G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO HB WP ERA Zeigler, Dale ED* 18 12 7 6 2 101 363 49 68 5 79 102 13 11 2.32 Gostlin, Douglas SK 17 15 13 11 5 135 483 42 101 8 77 83 5 3 2.33 Vold, Ralph ED 9 8 8 6 2 72 275 22 68 1 23 57 1 3 2.38 Karpinski, Stan LM 24 13 10 9 5 128 491 50 122 3 25 44 0 3 2.60 Bowes, Jack SK 22 8 4 6 3 93 335 38 67 1 36 90 4 2 2.61 Stevens, James SK 17 14 9 9 8 114 398 54 84 2 77 124 4 10 2.92 Hansen, James 3MJ-16LM 19 11 3 6 5 84 329 51 88 2 38 23 0 3 3.00 Dayne, Mike NB* 23 17 11 13 5 136 534 66 144 9 36 91 3 3 3.24 Garcia, Thomas NB 24 15 9 9 7 142 542 68 128 9 74 111 8 3 3.36 Griggs, Ben NB 21 16 7 7 7 129 472 67 106 13 73 102 9 2 3.63 Watts, Ronald MJ 22 17 10 7 10 131 519 76 145 7 52 66 5 3 3.71 Bristol, Jack NB* 20 10 3 5 7 75 282 43 76 6 30 48 3 0 3.72 Doucette, John ED 16 10 5 5 6 87 323 46 69 2 58 66 3 2 3.74 Button, Lyle 14SK-9NB 23 8 3 5 3 84 334 49 90 2 50 68 3 2 3.75 Skousen, Owen ED 17 12 6 9 5 97 386 60 99 7 36 43 3 5 3.90 McLeod, Jack SK 12 10 4 3 4 66 263 44 65 0 28 39 3 2 4.23 Jones, Robert 5SK-9ED 14 12 5 5 5 89 346 56 87 1 48 65 4 9 4.24 Cavillan, David RG* 20 12 9 7 7 109 429 68 118 9 30 45 3 4 4.54 Doepker, Richard MJ 17 14 8 4 9 105 391 62 99 3 77 67 2 9 4.54 Burgess, Jerry RG 14 9 5 2 7 85 325 70 111 2 40 56 3 3 5.29 Reniker, Ben MJ 19 15 8 7 6 112 444 86 122 3 66 62 5 7 5.30 Karpinski, John LM 10 9 5 3 5 69 255 55 84 4 40 27 2 3 5.48 Halsey, Tuck RG 16 12 10 5 8 97 418 72 110 9 33 52 1 2 5.57 Brown, Barney LM 11 11 3 4 6 67 290 63 93 7 30 14 2 2 6.31 Bartylla, Buzz MJ* 16 8 0 2 7 66 283 65 82 9 48 40 2 6 7.23 Kirk, Donald ED* 14 9 2 4 4 66 281 63 93 5 37 40 0 3 7.23 Loepp, James RG 16 8 4 1 6 67 262 63 99 3 35 37 3 3 7.79 BALKS: Bowes, Doucette, Skousen, Brown. SHUTOUTS: Zeigler 3, Vold 2, S.Karpkinski 2, Bowes 1, Hansen 2, Dayne 3, Garcia, Watts, Bristol, Doucette, Skousen, Doepker, Reniker, Halsey 2, Kirk. PITCHERS IN FEWER THAN 66 INNINGS WITH AT LEAST ONE DECISION RATED ACCORDING TO EARNED RUN AVERAGE PER 9-INNING GAME. G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO HB WP ERA Knutson, Gerald SK 3 2 1 2 1 21 68 2 14 0 9 9 0 0 0.86 Kalski, Edward LM 8 2 1 0 3 29 106 12 31 1 11 8 0 0 2.48 Vanderlaan, William RG 5 5 4 1 3 38 130 14 24 2 7 24 0 0 2.84 Bull, Arthur ED 16 4 1 3 3 52 192 25 43 0 28 39 1 3 2.94 Dea, Murray ED* 3 0 0 0 1 9 39 12 10 0 10 2 0 0 4.00 Doyle, Wayne SK 6 5 1 3 2 35 144 19 45 1 14 38 1 2 4.37 Hobson, Lewis SK 11 5 1 1 2 39 148 23 36 2 26 27 3 0 4.38 Tesch, Oscar LM 15 7 1 1 4 58 214 38 51 6 59 31 5 3 4.50 Bailey, William LM 20 1 0 2 2 45 177 37 62 0 36 13 3 2 4.60 Morgan, Gordon MJ 5 0 0 1 0 17 76 15 24 0 9 7 3 0 4.71 Laskowski, Robert RG* 5 3 1 0 3 27 110 24 33 0 14 9 1 0 5.00 Yahario, Willie MJ* 12 3 1 1 2 41 173 30 47 4 18 22 0 2 5.05 Ball, Gary LM 9 6 1 1 5 43 159 34 39 5 27 11 2 1 5.44 Munatones, Conrad MJ 3 1 0 0 1 6 25 5 9 0 3 2 0 0 6.00 Gray, Roger RG* 10 9 3 2 6 56 235 48 74 2 30 24 2 2 6.27 Axon, Donald 3NB-6LM 9 1 0 0 2 14 57 13 17 1 13 3 1 1 7.07 Worth, Arthur NB* 4 4 1 1 2 29 103 24 36 7 13 18 0 3 7.45 Alvarez, Ruben MJ 6 3 2 0 4 30 135 31 43 4 11 15 1 1 8.10 Peerless, Charles RG* 2 2 1 0 2 12 53 12 20 0 9 6 0 0 8.25 Haroldson, Bruce LM 1 1 0 0 1 5 18 8 6 0 4 3 0 010.80 BALKS: Vanderlaan. SHUTOUTS: Knutson. PITCHERS WITH NO DECISIONS LISTED IN ORDER OF INNINGS PITCHED: G IP Verreau, Mervin NB 8 26 Taylor, Roy MJ 2 5 Stacks, Ken RG 1 5 Dean, Les NB 2 4 Blackman, Jesse NB 1 3 Perranoski, Ron LM 1 3 Pennington, Gary SK 1 2 Neal, Charles SK* 1 1 Pedrazzini, Joseph RG* 1 1 MANDAK LEAGUE : In the Mandak League, Dolph Regelsky of Williston took the batting title with a .362 average. Art Pennington of Bismarck was second at .357, followed by Carl Paylor of Williston with a .348 mark, Tex Dargie of Bismarck at .346, and Sam Hill of Bismarck at .335. Al Leap of Bismarck won the home run crown, with 23, three ahead of teammate Hill. Jim Leavitt of Williston batted in the most runs, 80. Hill and Butch Lawing of Dickinson tied for second, each with 73. Average : Dolph Regelsky WL - .362 Hits : Sam Hill BI - 108 Doubles : Al Cihocki BI - 30 Triples : Art Pennington BI - 11 Home Runs : Al Leap BI - 23 RBI : Butch Lawing DI & Hill BI - 73 AB R H HR PCT Bismarck 2815 481 858 111 .305 Williston 2939 490 844 80 .287 Minot 2790 430 757 77 .271 Dickinson 2652 389 712 50 .268 MANDAK FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Scarborough, Dean MI 44 17 3 0 1 6 .386 Regelsky, Dolph WL 271 98 17 4 19 68 .362 Pennington, Art BI 294 105 10 11 10 51 .357 Paylor, Carl WL 155 54 11 3 1 22 .348 Dargie, Tex BI 301 104 20 6 3 33 .346 Hill, Sam BI 322 108 19 2 20 73 .335 Raehse, Bill WL 325 107 20 0 17 60 .329 Barr, Ed MI 253 82 11 2 12 62 .324 Weatherly, Roy WL/BI 176 57 8 1 9 39 .324 Healy, Dennis WL 106 34 7 0 1 15 .321 Daugherty, Hal MI 322 103 22 3 12 56 .320 McLean, Zoonie MI 262 83 20 3 6 50 .317 Kropf, John BI 228 72 13 5 13 43 .316 Van Eman, Bob MI 208 65 12 1 8 46 .313 Johnson, Everett DI 225 70 13 2 5 32 .311 Spatafore, Pete WL 119 37 7 6 2 15 .311 Hockenbury, Bill BI 293 90 9 4 18 59 .307 Lawing, Garland DI 270 83 10 3 19 73 .307 Cihocki, Al BI 310 95 30 1 5 51 .306 Daehn, Nelson WL 345 105 21 5 4 36 .304 Sharp, Bill WL 250 75 7 0 0 18 .300 Elkins, Preston WL 150 45 5 0 14 40 .300 Bowman, Duke MI 284 83 22 2 6 45 .292 Chepkauskas, Dan WL/DI 257 75 6 0 6 30 .292 Didier, Gerald DI 231 66 7 3 3 33 .286 Leap, Al BI 305 87 14 0 23 61 .285 Perez, Mike BI 204 56 7 2 0 26 .275 Leavitt, Jim WL 272 74 9 2 5 30 .272 Jankowski, Bill DI 290 78 11 3 3 31 .269 Orner, Chuck MI 113 30 6 3 4 20 .265 Anderson, Andy MI 141 37 7 0 7 18 .262 Joffe, Milt DI 287 74 10 5 8 31 .258 Bush, Carl MI 297 76 15 6 11 38 .256 Berns, Ray WL 312 79 12 6 7 48 .253 Johnson, Earl A DI 220 55 6 0 1 32 .250 Brenzel, Fred DI/BI 80 20 2 1 0 10 .250 Moore, Dee WL 28 7 1 0 0 3 .250 Afremow, Buddy DI 235 58 8 4 2 21 .247 Krsnich, Rocky DI 58 14 0 0 2 6 .241 Karbokski, Bob WL/DI 90 21 3 0 2 13 .233 Williams, Dewey MI 154 35 0 1 1 9 .227 Boyer, Lynn DI 58 13 1 1 1 7 .224 Juelke, Connie BI 59 13 6 0 4 12 .220 Spaeter, Bill WL 59 13 2 0 0 4 .220 Corcoran, Don MI 262 56 9 3 4 25 .214 Smith, Don MI 48 10 0 0 2 4 .208 Ball, Bob BI 21 4 2 0 0 3 .190 Giuliano, Tom DI 51 9 2 1 1 5 .176 Wolf, Pius BI 25 4 1 0 2 7 .160 Phalen, Dan WL 17 2 0 1 0 0 .118 WL = Williston Oilers, BI = Bismarck Barons, MI = Minot Mallards, DI = Dickinson Packers Sugar Cain of the Minot Mallards won the ERA title for the second straight year. Cain finished at 2.29, a marked improvement over his 2.94 of 1955. Preston Elkins of Williston ended Cain's three-year reign as Strikeout King with 110. Cain's 1953 record of 123 remains. Elkins also topped the league in wins, with 15, a new high. Williston teammate Jack Sanoff had 14 victories. Both surpassed Neil Lettau's total of 13, in 1954. Elkins tossed the most innings, 176. IP H BB SO W L ERA Sugar Cain M 130 127 44 82 10 5 2.29 Bill Hockenbury B 27 25 14 9 2 1 2.33 Al Lyons W 44 37 6 29 4 1 2.46 Preston Elkins W 176 163 37 110 15 4 2.71 Pete Taylor M 110 109 24 37 8 7 2.86 Jack Sanoff W 150 130 47 83 14 3 3.00 Ed Williams W 91 95 20 45 5 6 3.37 Dick Kelly M 95 90 25 35 6 5 3.50 Jim Michalec D 138 141 66 78 8 9 3.78 Vic Stryska B 140 165 28 67 9 7 3.86 Joe Piercey M 38 39 12 9 1 2 4.02 Gene Nelson B 44 53 24 13 3 1 4.10 Gerald Fahr D 146 190 25 62 7 10 4.31 Chuck Donley W 61 72 21 37 4 3 4.43 Tom Guderian M 43 47 25 16 3 1 4.50 Norm Johnson W 83 87 41 45 5 5 4.55 Mike Schultz M 37 42 13 6 2 1 4.63 Roger Higgins B 121 157 25 62 12 1 4.91 Dirk Gibbons M 109 127 32 58 6 7 4.95 Don Herman W 38 38 14 19 1 3 4.98 Walt Bryja D 71 84 19 30 3 3 5.07 Don Smith M 16 21 11 5 0 1 5.07 Mel Heim D 139 166 62 80 6 10 5.18 Fred Brenzel B 105 132 42 48 5 8 5.23 Chuck Eisemann B 15 19 6 11 1 0 5.40 John Fitzgerald B 84 97 45 53 4 7 5.46 Malcolm Landry B 98 115 79 29 9 3 5.51 Charles Griffith M 11 11 6 3 0 0 5.72 Bill Oster M 34 34 16 29 1 2 5.82 Whitney Ulrich W 33 29 23 7 1 4 6.00 Red Rose D 31 45 8 19 1 4 6.09 Tony Garcia B 120 152 38 44 4 7 6.30 Bob Laskowski D 35 61 13 16 0 3 7.46 Mel Duncan M 29 32 20 14 3 1 7.76 Bill Washburn W 11 20 9 7 0 0 8.18 SOUTHERN (SASKATCHEWAN) LEAGUE : Big Ed Heidt, the Regina Cardinals' handyman, captured the 1956 Southern League batting crown with a hefty .435 average. Heidt collected 30 hits including 11 for extra bases in 69 times at bat. Ted Pasch of the Moose Jaw Lakers was the runner-up at an even .400. Runs Scored - Murray Smail MJL - 30 Hits - Herb Lovett MJL and Mel Hennenfent MJL - tied with 34 Doubles - Mel Hennenfent MJL - 9 Triples - Ed Bearss ND - 6 Home Runs - Nasie Schnell ES - 3 SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Heidt, Ed RC 69 30 .435 Pasch, Ted MJL 55 22 .400 Lovett, Herb MJL 88 34 .386 Schnell, Nasie ES 90 33 3 .367 Bearss, Eddie ND 78 28 6 .359 Covert, Keith WY 69 24 .348 Wetsch, Dale ES 64 22 .344 Hennenfent, Mel MJL 101 34 9 .337 Cochrane Denny RGR 71 23 .324 Mohr, Ken RGR 53 17 .321 Quinn, Jim ND 88 28 .318 Hayes, Garth MJL 86 27 .314 Bent, Buzz WY 87 27 .310 Goodhue, Sam RGR 53 16 .302 Smail, Murray MJL 30 ES = Estevan Maple Leafs, RGR = Regina Red Sox, MJL = Moose Jaw Lakers, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, WY = Weyburn Beavers, AS = Assiniboia Aces, RC = Regina Cardinals BASIN LEAGUE : Only the statistics of the Huron Elks are final. The stats noted (1) are up to August 1st (as printed in the August 7th edition of the The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN). The regular schedule ended August 13th. BASIN LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Futch, Tom PC 135 52 4 33 .385 (1) Frickie, Fred YT 142 53 38 .373 (1) Ransom, Jimmy WP 138 51 .370 (1) Donovan, Paul WLS 126 46 13 38 .365 (1) White, Bill VH 126 46 .365 (1) Lebedz, George VH 97 33 6 .340 (1) Vossen, John WP 133 45 .338 (1) Welch, Milt PC 130 44 .338 (1) Rickey, Oville MK 130 44 .338 (1) Scarborough, Dean HU 146 49 13 .336 (1) Ware, Al WP 12 37 (1) Bethea, Jim CB 12 (1) Boros, Steve PC 5 (1) Lutz, Joe MK 16 40 (1) Williams, Bob WLS 10 40 (1) Messick, Harry PC 10 (1) Jorgensen, Merlyn YT 35 (1) Anderson, Gary CB 34 (1) Scarborough, Dean HU 162 25 55 13 0 1 6 2 14 .340 Juelke, Connie HU 154 26 41 4 1 6 11 16 22 .266 McKee, Vern HU 166 17 40 6 2 3 7 30 18 .241 Jamieson, Dick HU 113 6 27 7 1 0 4 13 12 .239 Hunton, John HU 125 12 28 2 0 0 5 2 6 .224 Soltis, Bob HU 72 13 16 1 2 3 7 10 8 .222 Thiel, John HU 143 14 29 7 0 3 22 11 17 .203 Swota, Andy HU 52 4 10 1 1 0 2 5 5 .192 Spaeter, Bill HU 58 5 11 2 0 0 5 10 4 .190 Eisenmann, Chuck HU 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 .125 Brittin, Jack HU 26 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 1 .115 Drapcho, Ed HU 27 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 .074 Washburn, Bill HU 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 .000 WLS = Watertown Lake Sox, VH = Valentine Hearts, MK = Mitchell Kernels, YT = Yankton Terrys, WP = Winner Pheasants, PC = Pierre Cowboys, CB = Chamberlain Chiefs, HU = Huron Elks The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 16, 1956 (1) To August 1, The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 7, 1956