1956 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 62-64
Finished 5th in the MWL
Manager: Al Unser (62-64)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 64,263, Avg. 1,020
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 62 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the MWL.
The Commodores surrendered 663 runs, least in the league. Decatur tallied 699 runs. Lindon Duncan led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .349 clip. Fran Thomas topped the squad with 12 wins, while Richard Hicks recorded a 2.27 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Decatur Commodores who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Al Unser, Duke Carmel, Chris Cannizzaro and Jimmie Schaffer.
Al Unser 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Thomas | 12 | 15 | .444 | 4.07 | 31 | 24 | 166.0 | 160 | 92 | 75 | 12 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Harry Melia | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.50 | 37 | 8 | 136.0 | 131 | 84 | 68 | 8 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Richard Hicks | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.27 | 17 | 14 | 107.0 | 87 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Gary Groce | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.12 | 32 | 23 | 188.0 | 198 | 110 | 86 | 7 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.66 | 16 | 15 | 91.0 | 99 | 47 | 37 | 2 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Dale Bithell | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.62 | 26 | 5 | 77.0 | 93 | 44 | 31 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Tom Langan | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.79 | 29 | 13 | 101.0 | 110 | 77 | 65 | 5 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Robert Foreman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.42 | 12 | 8 | 59.0 | 49 | 43 | 29 | 4 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Ed Schneider | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.79 | 16 | 8 | 76.0 | 78 | 41 | 32 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Hubert Phipps | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Quinlan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan Bell | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Howard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John DeSousa | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Shultis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 64 | .492 | 4.05 | 246 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1001.0 | 1005 | 574 | 450 | 44 | 576 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Schmitt | 127 | 491 | 491 | 140 | 29 | 7 | 8 | .285 | .285 | .422 | .707 | 207 | |||||||||||
| Lindon Duncan | 106 | 381 | 381 | 133 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .349 | .349 | .457 | .806 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Miller | 123 | 432 | 432 | 126 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .292 | .292 | .389 | .681 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Jack Chinchar | 119 | 417 | 417 | 105 | 24 | 2 | 12 | .252 | .252 | .405 | .657 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Frank Hartman | 106 | 348 | 348 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 7 | .284 | .284 | .417 | .701 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Larry Cunningham | 97 | 376 | 376 | 98 | 12 | 11 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .375 | .636 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Duke Carmel | 91 | 343 | 343 | 87 | 16 | 4 | 10 | .254 | .254 | .411 | .665 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Bill Miller | 87 | 280 | 280 | 81 | 24 | 0 | 8 | .289 | .289 | .461 | .750 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Jimmie Schaffer | 59 | 207 | 207 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .290 | .290 | .411 | .700 | 85 | |||||||||||
| James Teller | 39 | 127 | 127 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .268 | .465 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 40 | 104 | 104 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .240 | .452 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Donald Drake | 23 | 62 | 62 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .258 | .258 | .548 | .806 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Gary Groce | 39 | 66 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .258 | .485 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Charles Howard | 45 | 84 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .202 | .381 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Robert Whitekiller | 26 | 66 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .303 | .515 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Ed Schneider | 20 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .344 | .344 | .469 | .812 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 20 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .256 | .256 | .419 | .674 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Tom Langan | 32 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .242 | .424 | .667 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Louis Sepe | 10 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .346 | .615 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hicks | 23 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .256 | .436 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Fran Thomas | 31 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .109 | .218 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dale Bithell | 26 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Harry Melia | 37 | 45 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .089 | .156 | 4 | |||||||||||
| John DeSousa | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Unser | 7 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Foreman | 12 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| James Butler | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Shultis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hubert Phipps | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jan Bell | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1374 | 4145 | 4145 | 0 | 1101 | 206 | 46 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .385 | .650 | 1594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Melia | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Groce | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Fran Thomas | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Langan | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Bithell | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Hicks | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Schneider | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Ghelfi | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Foreman | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Hubert Phipps | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Jan Bell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Patrick Quinlan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Shultis | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 236 | 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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