1956 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Kerby Farrell (92-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 231,189, Avg. 3,002
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 3
Finals - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Denver Bears 0
The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Indians conceded 628 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Indianapolis plated 788 runs.
Players from the 1956 Indianapolis Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Stan Pawloski, Joe Altobelli, Bobby Young, Stu Locklin, Ted Beard, Russ Nixon, George Spencer, Don Minnick, Hank Izquierdo, Hank Aguirre, Dick Tomanek, Rod Graber, Carroll Hardy, Earl Averill, Stan Pitula, Roger Maris, Johnny Gray, Billy Harrell, Bud Daley, Rudy Regalado, Dave Pope, Larry Raines, Dolan Nichols and Ron Northey.
Kerby Farrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Pitula | 15 | 4 | .789 | 3.73 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 164.0 | 163 | 81 | 68 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Dolan Nichols | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.96 | 37 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 200.0 | 211 | 101 | 88 | 15 | 73 | 6 | 78 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Bud Daley | 11 | 1 | .917 | 2.31 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 105.0 | 84 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Eddie Gasque | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.61 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 147.0 | 136 | 70 | 59 | 15 | 64 | 2 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hank Aguirre | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.50 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 133.0 | 104 | 43 | 37 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Gray | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.72 | 41 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 169.0 | 146 | 60 | 51 | 14 | 64 | 6 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Howard Rodemoyer | 7 | 8 | .467 | 6.69 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 96 | 62 | 58 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Marion Murszewski | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.46 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 109.0 | 119 | 57 | 54 | 8 | 51 | 8 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| George Spencer | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.95 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 99 | 54 | 50 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Minnick | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.43 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 73 | 45 | 40 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Tomanek | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.52 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 46.0 | 40 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Melton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 92 | 62 | .597 | 3.81 | 343 | 154 | 0 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1298.0 | 1271 | 628 | 550 | 121 | 472 | 41 | 684 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Raines | 148 | 633 | 563 | 105 | 174 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 66 | 22 | 56 | 106 | .309 | .375 | .446 | .821 | 251 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Joe Altobelli | 145 | 586 | 528 | 69 | 134 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 81 | 8 | 36 | 67 | .254 | .307 | .434 | .740 | 229 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Roger Maris | 131 | 485 | 433 | 77 | 127 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 75 | 7 | 41 | 55 | .293 | .356 | .494 | .850 | 214 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Billy Harrell | 135 | 525 | 455 | 76 | 127 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 14 | 56 | 68 | .279 | .355 | .409 | .763 | 186 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Dave Pope | 100 | 414 | 367 | 66 | 111 | 18 | 9 | 25 | 76 | 4 | 41 | 69 | .302 | .370 | .605 | .975 | 222 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Young | 97 | 347 | 309 | 56 | 102 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 32 | 34 | .330 | .390 | .466 | .856 | 144 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Russ Nixon | 105 | 348 | 320 | 38 | 102 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 23 | 25 | .319 | .367 | .447 | .814 | 143 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rudy Regalado | 95 | 359 | 311 | 55 | 100 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 36 | 20 | .322 | .394 | .537 | .931 | 167 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Stan Pawloski | 124 | 471 | 397 | 56 | 96 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 53 | 1 | 60 | 52 | .242 | .347 | .375 | .722 | 149 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Ted Beard | 116 | 335 | 259 | 56 | 70 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 11 | 71 | 49 | .270 | .426 | .432 | .859 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Allen Jones | 69 | 218 | 196 | 23 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 18 | 34 | .245 | .306 | .367 | .673 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stu Locklin | 55 | 148 | 133 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .308 | .349 | .398 | .748 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Carroll Hardy | 21 | 88 | 78 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 13 | .385 | .435 | .577 | 1.012 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rod Graber | 22 | 84 | 63 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 7 | .270 | .429 | .413 | .841 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Earl Averill | 22 | 64 | 58 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .241 | .297 | .517 | .814 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dolan Nichols | 41 | 86 | 79 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .165 | .202 | .291 | .494 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Randazzo | 16 | 46 | 43 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .279 | .304 | .488 | .793 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stan Pitula | 43 | 71 | 65 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .185 | .254 | .292 | .546 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Izquierdo | 19 | 49 | 44 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .292 | .318 | .610 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Gray | 41 | 61 | 55 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .164 | .207 | .164 | .371 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Howard Rodemoyer | 34 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .320 | .393 | .440 | .833 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bud Daley | 21 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .182 | .341 | .182 | .523 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Gasque | 37 | 52 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marion Murszewski | 44 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .147 | .147 | .147 | .294 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Northey | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .364 | .500 | .727 | 1.227 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Spencer | 50 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Aguirre | 16 | 53 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .041 | .060 | .041 | .101 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Tomanek | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Minnick | 19 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Riggenbach | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Biskup | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1800 | 5705 | 5015 | 789 | 1385 | 213 | 81 | 137 | 729 | 84 | 0 | 541 | 764 | .276 | .348 | .433 | .781 | 2171 | 110 | 38 | 65 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Altobelli | 1B | 144 | 1181 | 100 | 15 | 126 | .988 | 8.896 | ||||
| Rudy Regalado | 1B | 12 | 82 | 6 | 4 | 17 | .957 | 7.333 | ||||
| Bobby Young | 2B | 96 | 201 | 268 | 5 | 60 | .989 | 4.885 | ||||
| Stan Pawloski | 2B | 36 | 67 | 87 | 1 | 27 | .994 | 4.278 | ||||
| Larry Raines | 2B | 24 | 60 | 73 | 4 | 14 | .971 | 5.542 | ||||
| Stan Pawloski | 3B | 92 | 88 | 182 | 14 | 20 | .951 | 2.935 | ||||
| Rudy Regalado | 3B | 69 | 71 | 111 | 17 | 12 | .915 | 2.638 | ||||
| Russ Nixon | C | 95 | 402 | 37 | 9 | 5 | .980 | 4.621 | 9 | |||
| Allen Jones | C | 65 | 275 | 33 | 8 | 4 | .975 | 4.738 | 3 | |||
| Roger Maris | OF | 121 | 200 | 15 | 8 | 3 | .964 | 1.777 | ||||
| Ted Beard | OF | 105 | 196 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .967 | 1.924 | ||||
| Dave Pope | OF | 98 | 217 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 2.255 | ||||
| Billy Harrell | OF | 88 | 196 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .976 | 2.273 | ||||
| Stu Locklin | OF | 32 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.656 | ||||
| Carroll Hardy | OF | 21 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.381 | ||||
| Rod Graber | OF | 18 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 2.056 | ||||
| Joseph Randazzo | OF | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Earl Averill | OF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| George Spencer | P | 50 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .420 | ||||
| Marion Murszewski | P | 44 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .205 | ||||
| Johnny Gray | P | 41 | 14 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.049 | ||||
| Stan Pitula | P | 37 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .703 | ||||
| Dolan Nichols | P | 37 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.108 | ||||
| Eddie Gasque | P | 34 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.118 | ||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | P | 29 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .897 | ||||
| Bud Daley | P | 21 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.095 | ||||
| Don Minnick | P | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .895 | ||||
| Hank Aguirre | P | 16 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dick Tomanek | P | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Jim Melton | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Raines | SS | 123 | 233 | 372 | 35 | 87 | .945 | 4.919 | ||||
| Billy Harrell | SS | 33 | 49 | 92 | 13 | 12 | .916 | 4.273 | ||||
| Totals | 1637 | 3751 | 1593 | 164 | 409 | .970 | 3.265 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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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