1956 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics
Team Record: 64-61
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: George Staller (64-61)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 60,673, Avg. 971
Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 1 game, Winnipeg Goldeyes 0
Finals - Duluth-Superior White Sox 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 64 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pheasants scored 594 runs and conceded 607 runs. Leonard Hunt led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .317 clip. Elliott Coleman and Wes Stock topped Aberdeen with 14 wins each, while Elliott Coleman registered a 2.56 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Wes Stock and George Staller both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
George Staller served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Stock | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.33 | 30 | 23 | 181.0 | 169 | 90 | 67 | 15 | 109 | ||||||||||
| Elliott Coleman | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.56 | 28 | 23 | 193.0 | 139 | 84 | 55 | 11 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Stan Silcott | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.78 | 31 | 22 | 162.0 | 172 | 93 | 68 | 10 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Dick Niesyto | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.96 | 44 | 2 | 76.0 | 70 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Joe Bierly | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.03 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 116.0 | 88 | 58 | 39 | 10 | 54 | 107 | ||||||||
| Dusty Rhodes | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.29 | 31 | 16 | 126.0 | 130 | 82 | 60 | 13 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Pat Gosney | 2 | 4 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sherrill Hall | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.81 | 25 | 9 | 86.0 | 92 | 53 | 46 | 4 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Jack Male | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Luther Conger | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Wisniewski | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.93 | 10 | 5 | 42.0 | 40 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||
| William Russ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Stocker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Staller | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Collier | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 61 | .512 | 3.51 | 246 | 114 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 983.0 | 901 | 527 | 383 | 69 | 533 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hunt | 100 | 356 | 356 | 113 | 26 | 6 | 12 | .317 | .317 | .525 | .843 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Benson | 125 | 450 | 450 | 104 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .282 | .513 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Guy Lavalliere | 100 | 322 | 322 | 91 | 15 | 0 | 3 | .283 | .283 | .357 | .640 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Terry Sparks | 92 | 308 | 308 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 8 | .273 | .273 | .403 | .675 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Paulsen | 99 | 301 | 301 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 6 | .226 | .226 | .336 | .561 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Walt Massefski | 67 | 252 | 252 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 6 | .246 | .246 | .377 | .623 | 95 | |||||||||||
| Richard Simpson | 54 | 202 | 202 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .386 | .678 | 78 | |||||||||||
| George Pfister | 70 | 251 | 251 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .299 | .510 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Bob Geels | 60 | 224 | 224 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .277 | .504 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Jack Male | 83 | 227 | 227 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .203 | .203 | .286 | .489 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Bob Musgrave | 55 | 176 | 176 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .403 | .653 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bird | 58 | 164 | 164 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .335 | .585 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Whitey DeHart | 49 | 169 | 169 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .225 | .225 | .314 | .538 | 53 | |||||||||||
| James Burton | 36 | 134 | 134 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .403 | .664 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 35 | 97 | 97 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .278 | .278 | .433 | .711 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Elliott Coleman | 31 | 73 | 73 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .219 | .315 | .534 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Wes Stock | 37 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .183 | .317 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Stan Silcott | 38 | 64 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .172 | .297 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Nix | 8 | 25 | 25 | 7 | .280 | .280 | .280 | .560 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Dusty Rhodes | 35 | 45 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .156 | .289 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Alvin Conway | 7 | 18 | 18 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Collier | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Gosney | 16 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .278 | .389 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Joe Bierly | 20 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .053 | .053 | .132 | .184 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Sherrill Hall | 25 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .037 | .037 | .037 | .074 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Russ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Niesyto | 45 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Luther Conger | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Wisniewski | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1367 | 4045 | 4045 | 0 | 972 | 160 | 31 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .341 | .581 | 1380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Niesyto | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Silcott | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Dusty Rhodes | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Wes Stock | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Elliott Coleman | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Sherrill Hall | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Bierly | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Wisniewski | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Pat Gosney | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Luther Conger | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Collier | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Stocker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| William Russ | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| George Staller | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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