1956 Montreal Royals Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-72
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Greg Mulleavy (80-72)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ballpark: Delorimier Stadium
Attendance: 191,624, Avg. 2,521

1956 Montreal Royals Roster

Playoffs - Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games, Montreal Royals 1

The Montreal Royals of the International League ended the 1956 season with a record of 80 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.

The Royals topped the league with 756 runs. Montreal surrendered 733 runs, most in the circuit.

Dave Cole, Chuck Diering, John Roseboro, Leo Cristante, George Shuba, Fred Kipp, Sparky Anderson, Bob Wilson, Clyde Parris, Bob Hale, Bob Milliken, Dixie Howell, Bill Harris, Dick Williams, Glenn Mickens, Rocky Nelson and Chico Fernández were all players from the 1956 Montreal Royals who played in the Majors during their careers.

Greg Mulleavy 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
Fred Kipp	20	7	.741	3.33	40	33		18	2		254.0	220	116	94	22	118		127	9	0	8
Bill Harris	11	11	.500	4.42	29	26		11	3		161.0	156	91	79	16	75		70	0	1	10
Leo Cristante	9	8	.529	4.36	37	20		7	1		163.0	176	96	79	16	79		61	3	0	3
Robert Walz	9	9	.500	3.87	51	10		1	0		149.0	152	74	64	9	84		78	2	0	9
Glenn Mickens	8	7	.533	4.14	57	6		2	1		148.0	154	83	68	9	72		71	4	1	5
Frank White	8	14	.364	4.17	32	26		9	2		166.0	162	92	77	18	80		86	2	1	4
Dave Cole	5	6	.455	6.53	32	8		0	0		73.0	89	56	53	7	45		26	0	0	9
Bill Nishita	4	6	.400	4.65	27	10		4	1		89.0	109	55	46	7	31		27	1	0	1
Joe Stanek	2	1	.667		7						0.0									0
Bob Milliken	2	2	.500	5.45	9	8		2	0		38.0	45	27	23	4	16		14	0	0	1
John Forizs	1	0	1.000		5						0.0									0
Peter Nicolis	1	1	.500		7						0.0									0
Robert Hoffman	0	0			5						0.0									0
John Ceplo	0	0			2						0.0									0
Totals	80	72	.526	4.23	340	147	0	54	10	0	1241.0	1263	690	583	108	600	0	560	21	3	50	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
Clyde Parris	152	628	552	92	177	37	0	17	78	3		62	85	.321	.386	.480	.866	265		1	6	7
Bob Wilson	140	608	571	83	175	43	3	12	90	14		20	42	.306	.330	.455	.785	260		4	5	8
Jimmy Williams	146	623	550	96	164	27	9	8	55	12		60	44	.298	.366	.424	.790	233		2	6	5
Sparky Anderson	140	528	453	65	135	17	5	0	47	4		53	28	.298	.376	.358	.733	162		7	9	6
John Roseboro	125	471	381	76	104	22	2	25	78	13		74	83	.273	.400	.538	.938	205		9	4	3
Chico Fernández	89	403	368	57	102	17	2	1	32	14		24	28	.277	.318	.342	.661	126		0	7	4
Oscar Sardinas	111	330	292	43	86	15	2	7	51	1		33	48	.295	.370	.432	.801	126		3	0	2
George Shuba	113	348	280	50	68	12	0	13	56	3		55	54	.243	.385	.425	.810	119		11	0	2
Rocky Nelson	49	205	165	42	65	14	0	12	37	2		36	13	.394	.498	.697	1.195	115		1	0	3
Jasper Spears	58	248	218	24	48	7	0	2	20	1		25	29	.220	.300	.280	.579	61		1	1	3
Al Ronning	67	202	181	17	45	8	1	0	22	0		16	17	.249	.312	.304	.615	55		1	3	1
Chuck Diering	57	172	141	18	34	4	0	2	17	2		28	24	.241	.365	.312	.677	44		0	2	1
Fred Kipp	41	105	95	15	31	1	1	0	11	0		4	15	.326	.350	.358	.708	34		0	5	1
Earl York	45	158	147	13	30	7	0	1	16	0		9	28	.204	.247	.272	.519	40		0	0	2
Harry Schwegman	71	135	127	14	29	2	1	2	15	0		7	18	.228	.269	.307	.576	39		0	1	0
Bob Hale	23	99	92	19	28	1	0	2	11	0		5	3	.304	.354	.380	.734	35		2	0	0
Dixie Howell	34	73	63	9	18	2	1	1	12	0		8	10	.286	.361	.397	.758	25		0	1	1
Bill Harris	30	63	58	5	15	1	2	1	11	0		2	6	.259	.279	.397	.675	23		0	2	1
Dick Williams	13	53	50	3	13	3	0	0	6	2		3	5	.260	.302	.320	.622	16		0	0	0
Leo Cristante	37	62	54	0	9	0	0	0	5	0		2	24	.167	.186	.167	.353	9		0	3	3
Frank White	32	57	56	3	9	0	0	0	6	0		0	11	.161	.161	.161	.321	9		0	1	0
Bill Nishita	27	27	23	1	5	3	0	0	3	0		0	6	.217	.208	.348	.556	8		0	3	1
Robert Hoffman	5	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Dave Cole	32	21	19	3	2	0	0	1	1	0		2	8	.105	.190	.263	.454	5		0	0	0
Robert Walz	51	42	40	3	2	0	0	1	2	0		1	14	.050	.073	.125	.198	5		0	1	0
John Forizs	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Bob Milliken	9	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Glenn Mickens	61	45	39	3	1	0	0	0	4	0		5	10	.026	.136	.026	.162	1		0	1	0
Joe Stanek	7	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Peter Nicolis	7	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1777	5731	5040	754	1399	243	29	108	686	71	0	534	653	.278	.348	.402	.750	2024	0	42	61	54	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rocky Nelson	1B	49	383	31	1	54	.998	8.449
Earl York	1B	40	311	28	4	33	.988	8.475
Al Ronning	1B	24	163	8	2	15	.988	7.125
Bob Hale	1B	23	196	18	3	18	.986	9.304
Dick Williams	1B	13	106	17	4	12	.969	9.462
Sparky Anderson	2B	139	372	391	15	88	.981	5.489
Harry Schwegman	2B	23	45	55	3	13	.971	4.348
Clyde Parris	3B	152	132	311	27	33	.943	2.914
John Roseboro	C	113	517	55	11	5	.981	5.062	10
Al Ronning	C	33	120	8	2	1	.985	3.879	1
Dixie Howell	C	13	42	6	2	2	.960	3.692	2
Jimmy Williams	OF	141	341	5	11	0	.969	2.454
Bob Wilson	OF	135	253	10	6	1	.978	1.948
Oscar Sardinas	OF	86	160	9	6	0	.966	1.965
George Shuba	OF	78	143	2	7	0	.954	1.859
Chuck Diering	OF	49	123	1	0	0	1.000	2.531
Glenn Mickens	P	57	9	30	5	2	.886	.684
Robert Walz	P	51	5	31	2	1	.947	.706
Fred Kipp	P	40	15	60	3	4	.962	1.875
Leo Cristante	P	37	12	21	0	1	1.000	.892
Frank White	P	32	11	25	0	1	1.000	1.125
Dave Cole	P	32	3	18	1	2	.955	.656
Bill Harris	P	29	14	29	3	1	.935	1.483
Bill Nishita	P	27	4	18	2	3	.917	.815
Bob Milliken	P	9						.000
Joe Stanek	P	7						.000
Peter Nicolis	P	7						.000
Robert Hoffman	P	5						.000
John Forizs	P	5						.000
John Ceplo	P	2						.000
Chico Fernández	SS	89	200	248	24	69	.949	5.034
Jasper Spears	SS	58	118	153	10	34	.964	4.672
Totals		1598	3798	1588	154	393	.972	3.370	13	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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