TEAM HISTORY Saturday, 10/11/1956

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C PYTHIAS RUSS Round 2 pick: P WILLIE FOSTER Round 3 pick: 2B Rogers Hornsby Round 4 pick: P SAM STREETER Round 5 pick: P Freddie Fitzsimmons Round 6 pick: 3B Jimmy Dykes Round 7 pick: CF ALEJANDRO OMS Round 8 pick: CF Bibb Falk Round 9 pick: RF Kiki Cuyler Round 10 pick: P Pete Donohue Round 11 pick: 1B George Burns Round 12 pick: SS Ray FRENCH Round 13 pick: P Willie LUDOLPH Round 14 pick: P Dutch Ruether Round 15 pick: RF Cliff Heathcote Round 16 pick: 2B DICK SEAY Round 17 pick: 1B Gus SUHR Round 18 pick: P WILLIAM BELL Round 19 pick: LF Les Mann Round 20 pick: SS Topper Rigney Round 21 pick: P JESSE HUBBARD Round 22 pick: C Frank Snyder Round 23 pick: P Benn Karr Round 24 pick: P Earl KUNZ Round 25 pick: P Claude Willoughby Round 26 pick: C Grover Hartley Round 27 pick: CF Rube Bressler Round 28 pick: P Jimmy Ring Round 29 pick: CF Wally Shaner Round 30 pick: 2B Doc Gautreau Round 31 pick: 3B Heinie Groh Round 32 pick: P Ike Powers Round 33 pick: P Guy Cantrell Round 34 pick: CF Ike Eichrodt Round 35 pick: CF Irish Meusel Round 36 pick: 3B William Marriott Round 37 pick: 2B Bobby Kahn

Final Record :

Wins : 80, Losses : 74, Pct. : .519, Position in Division : 6, 9.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1928 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Very Good...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Del Bissonette Round 2 pick: CF Max West Round 3 pick: P Si Johnson Round 4 pick: CF Red Dorman Round 5 pick: P Les Bartholomew Round 6 pick: 1B Bill Windle

Final Record :

Wins : 79, Losses : 75, Pct. : .513, Position in Division : 5, 22.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1929 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P SUG CORNELIUS Round 2 pick: C Rick Ferrell Round 3 pick: LF Evar Swanson Round 4 pick: LF Jim Mosolf Round 5 pick: 2B Carey Selph Round 6 pick: SS Bill Narleski Round 7 pick: P Herb Cobb Round 8 pick: P Mel Ingram

Final Record :

Wins : 86, Losses : 68, Pct. : .558, Position in Division : 2, 2.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1930 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Joe Vosmik Round 2 pick: P Leroy Jackson Round 3 pick: RF Dutch HOLLAND Round 4 pick: RF Ted Gullic

Final Record :

Wins : 81, Losses : 73, Pct. : .526, Position in Division : 2, 7.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1931 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Ivy Andrews Round 2 pick: 2B Les Mallon Round 3 pick: RF Mike Kreevich Round 4 pick: 3B Art GARIBALDI

Final Record :

Wins : 79, Losses : 75, Pct. : .513, Position in Division : 3, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1932 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 3B Stan Hack Round 2 pick: P Fabian Kowalik Round 3 pick: P ERNEST CARTER Round 4 pick: P Jim Winford Round 5 pick: RF Mike Powers

Final Record :

Wins : 81, Losses : 73, Pct. : .526, Position in Division : 3, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1933 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Sam GIBSON Round 2 pick: CF Bernard UHALT Round 3 pick: P BOB EVANS Round 4 pick: C Johnny Pasek Round 5 pick: 2B Freddie Muller

Final Record :

Wins : 76, Losses : 78, Pct. : .494, Position in Division : 3, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1934 Recap :

Final Record :

Wins : 94, Losses : 61, Pct. : .606, Position in Division : 2, 1.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1935 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Good...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF FRED WILSON. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C Sammy Holbrook. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: C Jack Redmond Round 4 pick: 3B Joe Coscarart Round 5 pick: P Herman Fink

Final Record :

Wins : 94, Losses : 60, Pct. : .610, Position in Division : 2, 1.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1936 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Dee Moore. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Randy Gumpert. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: SS Salty Parker Round 4 pick: C Bruce Ogrodowski Round 5 pick: P Ted Olson

Final Record :

Wins : 80, Losses : 74, Pct. : .519, Position in Division : 3, 13.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1937 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: SS BUSTER CLARKSON. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P ALLEN BRYANT JR.. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B MARSHALL LEWIS Round 4 pick: CF CHUCK BOWEN Round 5 pick: P CHESTER BUCHANAN

Final Record :

Wins : 77, Losses : 77, Pct. : .500, Position in Division : 3, 15.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1938 Recap :

Team market falls to Slightly Above Average.

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Joe Rogalski. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: CF Ernie Koy. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Oscar Grimes Round 4 pick: SS Steve Mesner Round 5 pick: C Hank Helf

Final Record :

Wins : 89, Losses : 65, Pct. : .578, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1939 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P WILLIE HUTCHINSON. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C EVERETT MARCELLE. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Johnny Berardino Round 4 pick: 3B Pinky May Round 5 pick: 2B Al Glossop Frankie Hayes won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher. George Selkirk won the Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 81, Losses : 73, Pct. : .526, Position in Division : 2, 4.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1940 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Mickey Harris. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Johnny Hutchings. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Lefty Hoerst Ted Gullic won the Slick Fielder Award at First Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 87, Losses : 67, Pct. : .565, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1941 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Ernie White. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Lefty Wilkie Round 3 pick: P Dick Newsome BILL PERKINS won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher. Bobby Kahn won the Slick Fielder Award at Second Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 80, Losses : 74, Pct. : .519, Position in Division : 2, 2.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1942 Recap :

Fan loyalty increases to Very Good!

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Ray Scarborough. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Ellis Clary Round 3 pick: P Bill Fleming Round 4 pick: RF Max Marshall Johnny Berardino won the Slick Fielder Award at Second Base. Pinky May won the Slick Fielder Award at Third Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 66, Losses : 88, Pct. : .429, Position in Division : 5, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1943 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Emmett O'neill. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: CF Milt Byrnes Round 3 pick: P Red Munger Round 4 pick: LF Charlie Metro Round 5 pick: C Hugh Poland BILL PERKINS won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 65, Losses : 89, Pct. : .422, Position in Division : 5, 20.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1944 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Rex Cecil Round 2 pick: SS Vic Barnhart. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Dain Clay Round 4 pick: P Al Jurisich Round 5 pick: SS Tony York BILL PERKINS won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 59, Losses : 95, Pct. : .383, Position in Division : 5, 28.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1945 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Andy Seminick. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Wally Flager. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Vance Dinges Round 4 pick: SS Claude Corbitt Round 5 pick: P Don Hendrickson

Final Record :

Wins : 64, Losses : 90, Pct. : .416, Position in Division : 5, 20.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1946 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Good...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: LF Ralph Kiner. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Johnny Hetki. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Woody Abernathy. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Junior Walsh Round 4 pick: P Lou Possehl

Final Record :

Wins : 56, Losses : 98, Pct. : .364, Position in Division : 5, 29.5 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1947 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Average...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Duke Snider. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: RF Wally Westlake. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: C Matt Batts. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: SS Ralph Lapointe Round 5 pick: P Don Johnson Round 6 pick: P Gene Bearden

Final Record :

Wins : 65, Losses : 89, Pct. : .422, Position in Division : 5, 16.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1948 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Richie Ashburn. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Bobby Young. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Jack Harshman Round 4 pick: C Tom Wright Round 5 pick: LF Don White Round 6 pick: P Mike Palm Duke Snider was named Foster League Rookie of the Year ! He batted .357 in 546 AB, with 10 homers and 96 RBI.

Final Record :

Wins : 72, Losses : 82, Pct. : .468, Position in Division : 4, 13.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1949 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Fair...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Smoky Burgess. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Roger Bowman. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Cloyd Boyer. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Jim Bilbrey. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Bill Reeder Red Munger won the Slick Fielder Award at Pitcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 80, Losses : 74, Pct. : .519, Position in Division : 3, 9.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1950 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 3B Randy Jackson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Willard Nixon. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Frank Smith. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: C Bob Rinker. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: C Joe Erautt Ellis Clary won the Slick Fielder Award at First Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 72, Losses : 82, Pct. : .468, Position in Division : 4, 14.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1951 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Bob Turley. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Sam Jones. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Frank Thomas. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Ben Flowers. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Johnny Logan. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Dick Cole Round 3 pick: P Earl Mossor Round 3 pick: SS Willy Miranda Round 4 pick: RF Karl Olson Round 5 pick: P Turk Lown Round 6 pick: P George Estock Sam Jones was named Foster League Rookie of the Year ! In 35 games started, he pitched 265.1 innings, fanning 158 and walking 111 batters. Smoky Burgess won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 70, Losses : 84, Pct. : .455, Position in Division : 2, 22.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1952 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Poor...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Ron Kline. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Sammy Esposito. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 3B Loren Babe Round 4 pick: 2B Jerry Snyder Round 5 pick: CF George Schmees Round 6 pick: SS Bud Hardin

Final Record :

Wins : 81, Losses : 73, Pct. : .526, Position in Division : 2, 8.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1953 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Steve Kraly. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Eddie O'brien. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Felipe Montemayor Round 4 pick: 2B Harry Hanebrink Round 5 pick: RF Joe Szekely Steve Kraly was named Foster League Rookie of the Year ! In 34 games started, he pitched 270.2 innings, fanning 154 and walking 123 batters. Billy Goodman won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 78, Losses : 76, Pct. : .506, Position in Division : 2, 9.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1954 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Gordon Jones. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Alex Grammas. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: C Billy Shantz. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: C El Tappe Round 5 pick: P Paul Giel Round 6 pick: C Steve Korcheck

Final Record :

Wins : 80, Losses : 74, Pct. : .519, Position in Division : 2, 8.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1955 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: SS Clete Boyer. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 2B Don Blasingame. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Bud Daley. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Luis Arroyo. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: C Pete Daley Round 5 pick: SS Kenny Kuhn Round 6 pick: P Floyd Wooldridge Round 7 pick: 3B Juan Delis Duke Snider was named Foster League-Batter of the Year! He batted .316 in 519 AB, with 46 homers and 137 RBI. Smoky Burgess won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 89, Losses : 65, Pct. : .578, Position in Division : 2, 3.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1956 Recap :

Fan loyalty increases to Fair!

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 2B Bill Mazeroski. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C Charlie Lau. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Dave Sisler. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Mel Held Duke Snider was named Foster League-Batter of the Year! He batted .365 in 537 AB, with 55 homers and 145 RBI.

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