1956 Great Falls Electrics Statistics
Team Record: 64-68
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Lou Rochelli (64-68)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 74,469, Avg. 1,128
The Great Falls Electrics of the Pioneer League ended the 1956 season with a record of 64 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.
The Electrics scored 690 runs and gave up 699 runs. Paul Stammen led batters with significant playing time with a .325 average. Mike Warnitsky topped Great Falls with 14 wins and a team-best 3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Dick Scott and Lou Rochelli both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Lou Rochelli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Warnitsky | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.00 | 35 | 22 | 210.0 | 213 | 91 | 70 | 12 | 67 | ||||||||||
| John Schieffer | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3.20 | 29 | 25 | 197.0 | 175 | 102 | 70 | 15 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Robert Spier | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.12 | 22 | 16 | 120.0 | 130 | 67 | 55 | 8 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Alexander Ropek | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.71 | 27 | 21 | 165.0 | 145 | 85 | 68 | 8 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Jim Stark | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.85 | 22 | 11 | 117.0 | 94 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Frank Minton | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.21 | 32 | 7 | 92.0 | 85 | 54 | 43 | 2 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Whitney Armstrong | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.67 | 21 | 9 | 81.0 | 77 | 67 | 51 | 3 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Clinton Lord | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.80 | 23 | 5 | 45.0 | 47 | 40 | 29 | 2 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Don Jorissen | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roy Polk | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.23 | 5 | 5 | 31.0 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Keith Kelley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Utley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Scott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Page | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Rose | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.02 | 16 | 4 | 40.0 | 53 | 58 | 49 | 5 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 68 | .485 | 4.12 | 251 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1106.0 | 1060 | 652 | 506 | 64 | 672 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Browne | 129 | 471 | 471 | 144 | 25 | 5 | 3 | .306 | .306 | .399 | .705 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Richard Ray | 126 | 427 | 427 | 133 | 36 | 6 | 11 | .311 | .311 | .501 | .813 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Wiley | 127 | 467 | 467 | 130 | 16 | 6 | 8 | .278 | .278 | .390 | .668 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Stuart | 109 | 410 | 410 | 117 | 27 | 8 | 6 | .285 | .285 | .434 | .720 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Paul Stammen | 113 | 357 | 357 | 116 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .325 | .325 | .392 | .717 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Van der Velde | 132 | 429 | 429 | 107 | 14 | 7 | 13 | .249 | .249 | .406 | .655 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Robert Norris | 108 | 374 | 374 | 105 | 20 | 6 | 3 | .281 | .281 | .390 | .671 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Allen Norris | 112 | 342 | 342 | 85 | 15 | 4 | 6 | .249 | .249 | .368 | .617 | 126 | |||||||||||
| Frank Amaya | 99 | 350 | 350 | 84 | 20 | 8 | 1 | .240 | .240 | .351 | .591 | 123 | |||||||||||
| David Germann | 68 | 205 | 205 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .346 | .620 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Mike Warnitsky | 35 | 79 | 79 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .215 | .405 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Fred Minton | 11 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .400 | .689 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Robert Spier | 40 | 62 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .210 | .210 | .323 | .532 | 20 | |||||||||||
| John Schieffer | 32 | 73 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .151 | .288 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Harold Holderfield | 11 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .195 | .390 | 8 | |||||||||||
| William Werry | 18 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .191 | .362 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Frank Minton | 49 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .132 | .263 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Page | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Stark | 24 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .128 | .231 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lou Rochelli | 22 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .130 | .217 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Alexander Ropek | 27 | 49 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .082 | .082 | .082 | .163 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Rose | 17 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Clinton Lord | 24 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Whitney Armstrong | 22 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Joe Fernandez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Jorissen | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Utley | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roy Polk | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Scott | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1483 | 4436 | 4436 | 0 | 1172 | 208 | 56 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .374 | .638 | 1657 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Warnitsky | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Minton | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| John Schieffer | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Alexander Ropek | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Clinton Lord | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Stark | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Spier | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Whitney Armstrong | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Rose | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Don Jorissen | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Roy Polk | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Page | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| George Utley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Scott | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Kelley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Cole | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 251 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
