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1956 Big State League Batting Leaders

1955 Season 1957 Season

Classification: B

Overall: 560 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 games in season

Attendance: 917,439 (1,638/game)

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Jim Kirby	33	PTA	B		136	608	530	90	190	34	2	11	105	14	66	27	.359	.429	.493	.922	261	4	2	6	13
2	Danny Ozark	32	WFL	B	BRO	113	455	386	92	135	23	3	32	101	15	59	50	.350	.441	.674	1.114	260	6	1	3	11
3	Don LeJohn	22	WFL	B	BRO	140	653	561	111	186	42	9	13	86	13	79	51	.332	.411	.508	.919	285	1	6	6	2
4	Bill Lajoie*	22	LUB	B	BAL	129	588	504	91	165	24	6	16	84	16	72	62	.327	.414	.494	.908	249	5	3	4	3
5	Al Isreal?	29	ABL	B	KCA	104	467	433	62	141	29	4	12	72	5	28	36	.326	.364	.494	.858	214	1	0	5	1
6	Monty Basgall	34	WAC	B	PIT	54	185	154	20	50	8	0	4	24	0	24	9	.325	.408	.455	.862	70	1	1	5	1
7	Julio Palazzini	25	PTA	B		99	470	405	72	131	23	1	3	39	6	57	33	.324	.407	.407	.815	165	1	6	1	5
8	Joseph Christian	25	CPC	B	MLN	140	646	557	119	179	40	17	15	142	5	80	64	.321	.406	.535	.941	298	3	0	6	1
9	Keith Carpenter	32	CPC	B	MLN	140	656	558	113	178	33	4	3	90	4	80	35	.319	.407	.409	.815	228	8	2	8	4
10	Willie Tasby	23	LUB	B	BAL	75	327	286	56	91	24	2	20	72	6	31	51	.318	.383	.626	1.009	179	3	1	6	1
11	Joseph Gauci	24	LUB	B	BAL	39	159	146	13	46	8	2	1	19	4	10	10	.315	.361	.418	.779	61	1	1	1	0
12	Warren Wilson?	24	WAC	B	PIT	107	504	435	98	136	31	3	11	57	14	62	59	.313	.405	.474	.878	206	6	0	1	1
13	Clement Yaskowitz	23	WAC	B	PIT	52	212	198	22	62	11	1	5	29	1	10	40	.313	.346	.455	.801	90	1	1	2	0
14	Donald Smith	23	LUB	B	BAL	78	353	315	54	98	16	7	13	63	2	35	49	.311	.380	.530	.910	167	1	0	2	1
15	Hermenio Cortes	23	WAC	B	PIT	127	551	501	78	155	30	5	15	100	3	40	82	.309	.354	.479	.833	240	0	0	10	5
16	Francis Glamp?	24	WAC	B	PIT	43	199	156	39	48	8	2	8	33	4	42	42	.308	.457	.539	.996	84	1	0	0	0
17	Elias Osorio*	25	WAC	B	PIT	104	449	385	74	118	28	3	23	85	1	53	70	.307	.385	.574	.959	221	2	0	9	3
18	Charles Ferrante*	23	LUB	B	BAL	137	588	496	93	151	29	7	20	99	10	83	48	.304	.406	.512	.918	254	4	2	3	9
19	William Davidson	20	WFL	B	BRO	138	644	571	115	173	32	4	12	75	12	55	48	.303	.371	.436	.807	249	10	2	6	1
20	Rogelio Álvarez	18	PTA	B		82	334	308	34	93	8	4	4	38	4	20	60	.302	.349	.393	.742	121	3	2	1	2
21	Jack Wilkinson	29	CPC	B	MLN	41	202	169	43	51	8	2	1	21	1	29	10	.302	.405	.391	.796	66	1	2	1	0
22	Leonard Williams	28	CPC	B	MLN	68	299	262	57	79	15	4	16	61	7	29	54	.302	.373	.573	.945	150	3	1	4	2
23	Clarence Pillow?	22	WFL	B	BRO	131	586	511	92	154	33	3	11	81	6	57	67	.301	.372	.442	.814	226	4	8	6	1
24	Leo Posada	22	CPC	B	MLN	135	593	489	106	147	29	11	15	70	10	89	84	.301	.418	.497	.915	243	10	4	1	1
25	Joe Ala	25	ABL	B	KCA	38	162	147	25	44	7	1	5	28	0	10	12	.299	.364	.463	.827	68	5	0	0	0
26	Oscar Rodriguez	25	WAC	B	PIT	134	601	508	97	151	36	6	11	93	4	77	60	.297	.388	.457	.845	232	3	6	7	0
27	Sibby Sisti	35	CPC	B	MLN	101	424	350	76	104	24	3	4	46	5	66	45	.297	.407	.417	.824	146	1	4	3	0
28	Benjamin Dye	24	CPC	B	MLN	39	189	162	37	48	5	4	0	21	5	23	20	.296	.378	.377	.754	61	0	1	3	0
29	John Wrye?	21	WAC	B	PIT	128	530	467	85	137	29	2	25	87	2	53	46	.293	.372	.525	.897	245	6	3	1	7
30	William Hain	22	LUB	B	BAL	80	347	295	60	86	15	6	13	62	7	46	69	.292	.392	.515	.907	152	4	0	2	1
31	Edward Kneuper*	29	VCT	B		140	621	556	76	162	33	0	25	103	1	54	40	.291	.353	.486	.838	270	2	3	6	8
32	Dudley Whitley	21	CPC	B	MLN	88	411	361	56	105	11	4	2	39	5	38	71	.291	.355	.360	.715	130	0	8	4	0
33	Bill Robertson	22	CPC	B	MLN	70	329	274	51	79	13	6	18	65	6	48	53	.288	.389	.577	.966	158	1	0	6	3
34	LeRoy Schmidt*	22	ABL	B	KCA	51	232	198	37	57	9	2	5	25	3	28	31	.288	.377	.429	.806	85	2	1	3	0
35	William Stephens?	25	BMT	B	STL	140	603	535	75	154	27	5	18	95	4	56	79	.288	.354	.458	.812	245	3	1	8	6
36	Gene Wallace	23	WFL	B	BRO	132	564	455	82	131	24	10	5	77	8	97	65	.288	.409	.418	.826	190	0	6	6	8
37	Fran Boniar	23	WFL	B	BRO	50	187	157	23	45	7	1	2	29	0	24	12	.287	.390	.382	.773	60	4	0	2	0
38	Tom Venditelli?	26	ABL	B	KCA	131	589	478	97	137	22	4	4	62	4	95	35	.287	.405	.375	.779	179	3	8	5	1
39	Kenny Hilyer?	23	BMT	B	STL	111	488	430	73	123	28	2	15	67	6	47	31	.286	.358	.465	.823	200	3	5	3	1
40	Lawrence Koppe?	22	VCT	B		60	265	224	27	64	5	0	0	20	3	34	22	.286	.376	.308	.684	69	0	4	3	0
41	Roberto Vea	22	BMT	B	STL	111	452	433	63	123	16	4	8	49	3	10	37	.284	.304	.395	.699	171	4	1	4	0
42	Osmond Walker*	24	ABL	B	KCA	90	445	381	73	108	18	6	1	34	20	56	25	.284	.379	.370	.749	141	4	2	2	2
43	Kenneth Harris?	24	VCT	B		87	396	354	54	100	15	5	10	38	10	28	61	.283	.339	.438	.776	155	3	9	2	4
44	Ronald Mills?	22	ABL	B	KCA	136	582	506	77	143	28	5	19	82	2	65	70	.283	.360	.470	.831	238	1	2	8	9
45	John Slachta?	26	BMT	B	STL	136	559	466	68	132	23	1	2	52	1	83	60	.283	.394	.350	.743	163	3	5	2	1
46	Mike Fandozzi	29	PTA	B		124	581	476	82	134	22	4	2	39	9	89	38	.282	.399	.357	.756	170	6	7	3	2
47	Stanley Malec	23	WAC	B	PIT	130	601	535	85	151	27	2	14	60	21	49	71	.282	.345	.419	.764	224	6	4	7	1
48	Joe Kwiatkowski?	29	WFL	B	BRO	135	596	506	85	142	20	3	3	57	18	79	97	.281	.379	.350	.728	177	2	7	2	3
49	Rufus Johnson?	26	CPC	B	MLN	44	198	168	29	47	6	6	4	36	7	24	28	.280	.360	.458	.819	77	0	1	5	1
50	Frank Gallardo?	33	VCT	B		66	293	244	31	68	5	1	7	35	3	40	38	.279	.389	.393	.782	96	4	5	0	0
51	Robert Kosis?	24	BMT	B	STL	88	350	317	47	88	15	1	14	48	3	27	49	.278	.332	.464	.796	147	1	1	4	1
52	E.C. Leslie	25	LUB	B	BAL	45	219	191	38	53	8	1	0	21	5	26	12	.278	.362	.330	.692	63	0	1	1	0
53	Rudy Mayling?	26	ABL	B	KCA	136	613	519	101	144	31	6	32	103	11	81	145	.278	.383	.545	.928	283	9	2	2	3
54	Claude St. Vincent?	23	PTA	B		96	405	340	52	94	14	0	16	58	3	53	49	.277	.376	.459	.835	156	3	6	3	1
55	Alonso Brathwaite	26	ABL	B	KCA	48	221	205	33	56	10	0	3	14	5	11	13	.273	.317	.366	.682	75	2	3	0	0
56	Howard Jennings?	24	PTA	B		39	191	169	26	46	6	0	1	13	10	16	25	.272	.340	.325	.666	55	2	3	1	0
57	Victor Comolli	27	PTA	B		96	353	298	50	80	19	1	10	47	1	46	49	.269	.368	.440	.807	131	3	2	4	5
58	Don Deckman?	21	PTA	B		138	583	483	71	130	15	5	5	65	9	87	73	.269	.382	.352	.734	170	4	5	4	2
59	Paul Dobkowski?	25	VCT	B		127	533	461	66	124	13	2	14	59	10	63	75	.269	.357	.397	.754	183	2	3	4	1
60	Herbie Gilbert?	24	WAC	B	PIT	91	315	268	43	72	14	1	2	38	3	37	66	.269	.363	.351	.714	94	4	4	2	0
61	LaCoy Smith?	23	BMT	B	STL	100	418	363	46	97	13	9	1	31	8	45	52	.267	.348	.361	.709	131	3	1	6	2
62	George Smith	25	BMT	B	STL	140	632	566	93	150	14	2	2	39	15	56	77	.265	.334	.307	.641	174	3	6	1	3
63	Alfred DePhillips	23	ABL	B	KCA	84	293	257	23	67	9	2	2	25	0	34	25	.261	.347	.335	.682	86	0	2	0	2
64	Dan Gatta	21	WFL	B	BRO	127	549	491	85	128	16	2	21	100	6	53	64	.261	.334	.430	.764	211	2	1	2	6
65	George Wegerek	23	ABL	B	KCA	116	490	434	66	113	22	9	22	72	5	49	96	.260	.332	.505	.837	219	0	2	5	2
66	Roy Williams?	--	VCT	B		66	295	260	50	67	16	2	8	38	5	28	43	.258	.333	.427	.760	111	3	1	3	1
67	Mickey Brdar*	23	BMT	B	STL	114	458	411	56	105	11	10	4	47	6	33	23	.256	.317	.360	.677	148	6	4	4	2
68	Arthur Oody*	22	ABL	B	KCA	69	268	247	31	63	11	1	2	31	2	14	39	.255	.300	.332	.632	82	3	1	3	1
69	Pete Hamman	26	CPC	B	MLN	85	358	301	56	76	12	2	2	31	2	51	50	.253	.359	.326	.684	98	1	1	4	0
70	Eugene Hurych?	20	WFL	B	BRO	137	589	513	102	129	24	5	21	93	19	64	152	.252	.334	.441	.774	226	3	2	7	1
71	Dick Santaniello?	21	LUB	B	BAL	54	228	207	32	52	7	2	3	14	4	19	21	.251	.313	.348	.661	72	0	1	1	0
72	Ralph Lairmore	18	LUB	B	BAL	63	224	192	24	47	8	0	2	23	0	28	25	.245	.345	.318	.663	61	2	1	1	5
73	Roy Cato	23	CPC	B	MLN	104	399	329	51	80	12	2	1	42	3	63	68	.243	.366	.301	.667	99	2	3	2	0
74	Walter Radocay?	25	BMT	B	STL	40	174	144	22	35	7	3	2	10	2	26	28	.243	.368	.375	.743	54	3	0	1	0
75	Pete Konyar	29	VCT	B		38	163	146	22	35	8	0	5	17	0	15	21	.240	.313	.397	.710	58	1	0	1	0
76	Tex Sanner*	35	PTA	B		62	226	201	25	48	9	0	6	34	0	23	22	.239	.320	.373	.693	75	1	1	0	2
77	Robert Barron	23	LUB	B	BAL	114	473	412	63	98	17	1	11	47	3	52	78	.238	.328	.364	.692	150	5	0	4	3
78	Donald Becker?	23	WAC	B	PIT	56	189	158	19	37	2	0	4	20	2	31	26	.234	.360	.323	.683	51	0	0	0	2
79	Teddy Tate?	24	BMT	B	STL	73	270	247	22	56	6	2	2	31	2	22	46	.227	.290	.292	.582	72	0	1	0	1
80	Ronald Lacey?	20	CPC	B	MLN	100	353	292	40	66	9	3	2	39	1	52	70	.226	.341	.298	.639	87	1	4	4	4
81	Jimmy Bawcom	26	VCT	B		67	284	234	33	50	6	0	1	22	3	44	43	.214	.346	.252	.598	59	4	1	1	2
82	Bobby Boyd	25	VCT	B		135	562	455	53	95	15	3	0	29	3	97	73	.209	.353	.255	.608	116	5	4	1	2
83	Paul Petrosky?	21	ABL	B	KCA	56	197	172	20	35	8	1	2	19	2	19	32	.204	.289	.297	.585	51	2	3	1	0