
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 Hank Aguirre, Joe Altobelli, Earl Averill, Ted Beard, Bud Daley, Rod Graber, Johnny Gray, Carroll Hardy, Billy Harrell, Hank Izquierdo, Stu Locklin, Roger Maris, Don Minnick, Dolan Nichols, Russ Nixon, Ron Northey, Stan Pawloski, Stan Pitula, Dave Pope, Larry Raines, Rudy Regalado, George Spencer, Dick Tomanek and Bobby Young.
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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