1956 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-63
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (0-0), Charlie Metro (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 39,497, Avg. 598
1956 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1956 season with a record of 69 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Russets plated 736 runs and conceded 697 runs. Bob Johnson led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .357 clip. Gordon Seyfried topped Idaho Falls with 11 wins, while Dick Bays earned a 1.88 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Johnson and Gordon Seyfried both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Stan Wasiak and Charlie Metro served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Gordon Seyfried117.6113.582218151.01628360950
David Reed107.5884.744114129.01438668645
Dick Bays92.8181.881713110.0692923245
Rowland Davies64.6003.241613100.0894436254
Bob McDaniel66.5004.87191298.01176953936
Dick Armbruster54.5564.74141174.0794839638
Alan Dwyer55.5002.2516888.0592922140
Anthony Russo55.5004.9023468.0654537945
Orville Ponte36.3335.42191083.01057050637
Nikko Koleff22.5004.1513639.0322818233
William Wright23.4004.2417668.0735232354
Bob Paffel24.3333.3315446.0432917235
Bill Nolan24.3335.9221973.0865348542
Alfred Mathews13.25040.0
Earl Castille0010.0
George Walters01.00050.0
Totals6963.5234.0226312800001127.0112266550362554000000

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
Bob Johnson13255555519843197.357.357.541.897300
Richard Colone1043913919714714.248.248.427.675167
Ben Mateosky843223229320613.289.289.509.798164
John Schroder71282282921420.326.326.390.716110
James Green89287287841244.293.293.404.697116
Jack Bowen9428028070913.250.250.321.57190
James Lumadue6724124167943.278.278.386.66493
Dick Anderson62250250671067.268.268.440.708110
Paul Petro63204204611414.299.299.436.73589
Paul Nickell6022022061672.277.277.395.67387
James Gilchrist5318218247211.258.258.297.55554
Rosario Ciatto4513713734701.248.248.321.56944
Ronald Wenson3411211224221.214.214.295.50933
Thomas O'Brien27898923100.258.258.270.52824
Dale Cartier3310910923332.211.211.349.56038
Stan Wasiak30797920130.253.253.342.59527
Stan Hubert27878720320.230.230.310.54027
Richard Daniels2810210218110.176.176.206.38221
Teddy Tate19393911100.282.282.308.59012
Bob McDaniel1936369110.250.250.333.58312
Dick Bays1734348210.235.235.353.58812
David Reed4435358000.229.229.229.4578
William Wright2026267100.269.269.308.5778
Bill Nolan2124246001.250.250.375.6259
William Maupin1831316100.194.194.226.4197
Rowland Davies1633335000.152.152.152.3035
Donald Meadows1242425200.119.119.167.2867
Gordon Seyfried2351515000.098.098.098.1965
Bob Paffel1514144100.286.286.357.6435
Orville Ponte1924243000.125.125.125.2503
Dick Armbruster1425253000.120.120.120.2403
Gerald Linnell6661.167.167.167.3331
Alfred Mathews4771.143.143.143.2861
Nikko Koleff1513131100.077.077.154.2312
Anthony Russo2318181000.056.056.056.1111
Alan Dwyer1627270000.000.000.000.0000
George Walters5110.000.000.000.0000
Totals14294415441501183181716300000.268.268.384.652169500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
David ReedP41.000
Anthony RussoP23.000
Gordon SeyfriedP22.000
Bill NolanP21.000
Orville PonteP19.000
Bob McDanielP19.000
William WrightP17.000
Dick BaysP17.000
Alan DwyerP16.000
Rowland DaviesP16.000
Bob PaffelP15.000
Dick ArmbrusterP14.000
Nikko KoleffP13.000
George WaltersP5.000
Alfred MathewsP4.000
Earl CastilleP1.000
Totals2630000.000

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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