1956 Omaha Cardinals Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 82-71
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (82-71)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 212,859, Avg. 2,782

1956 Omaha Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 2

The Omaha Cardinals of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Cardinals scored 751 runs and gave up 669 runs.

Gordon Jones, Mel Wright, Charlie Peete, Dick Schofield, Benny Valenzuela, Toby Atwell, Tom Alston, Danny Schell, Marty Kutyna, Ray Coleman, Nelson Burbrink, Herb Moford, Vern Benson, Jim Pearce, Stan Jok, Eddie Phillips, Wally Shannon, Billy Muffett, Ed Mayer, Frank Barnes, Barney Schultz, Don Lassetter, Tom Cheney, Bob Stephenson, Jim Command, Chuck Harmon, Luis Arroyo and Ross Grimsley were all players from the 1956 Omaha Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.

Johnny Keane 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 Jones	13	8	.619	2.88	27	21		9	2		172.0	183	70	55	14	32	3	102	4	0	2
Herb Moford	12	9	.571	4.23	39	16		4	2		134.0	123	74	63	13	37	3	85	8	0	7
Tom Cheney	10	5	.667	2.93	29	22		10	3		169.0	150	65	55	18	64	1	122	2	0	0
Barney Schultz	9	12	.429	4.19	45	10		2	2		118.0	110	67	55	18	41	6	95	4	0	4
Jim Pearce	9	13	.409	3.78	34	29		8	1		176.0	175	90	74	14	61	2	117	2	1	2
Glen Stabelfeld	8	8	.500	4.24	37	9		2	0		121.0	116	68	57	10	37	3	80	2	1	4
Ed Mayer	6	5	.545	2.80	18	12		4	1		90.0	95	38	28	3	25	0	50	2	1	3
Marty Kutyna	4	2	.667	4.12	26	5		2	0		72.0	63	38	33	8	32	1	55	1	0	1
Ed Donnelly	3	1	.750	5.58	13	6		3	1		50.0	63	35	31	4	18	1	19	2	0	0
Ross Grimsley	3	4	.429	5.08	20	11		3	0		85.0	98	52	48	8	24	2	48	3	0	0
Luis Arroyo	1	0	1.000		5						0.0									0
Michael Gaston	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
Bob Clear	0	0			3						0.0									0
Frank Barnes					7						0.0
Billy Muffett	0	0			5						0.0									0
Mel Wright	0	0		3.38	15	0		0	0		24.0	28	9	9	1	7	1	10	1	0	0
Totals	79	68	.537	3.78	327	141	0	47	12	0	1211.0	1204	606	508	111	378	23	783	31	3	23	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
Charlie Peete	116	492	417	84	146	28	6	16	63	3		68	58	.350	.444	.561	1.005	234	10	3	3	1
Danny Schell	139	591	491	90	143	17	3	22	90	1		81	55	.291	.390	.473	.862	232	22	4	6	9
Mo Mozzali	132	500	434	63	131	17	3	5	58	4		54	37	.302	.373	.389	.762	169	11	0	4	8
Tom Alston	122	489	418	88	128	25	4	21	80	4		58	61	.306	.394	.536	.930	224	9	6	2	5
Wally Shannon	119	441	405	52	121	15	4	3	53	0		30	44	.299	.346	.378	.723	153	6	0	4	2
Dick Schofield	108	444	396	60	117	18	8	11	57	0		43	56	.295	.365	.465	.830	184	4	2	0	3
Wally Lammers	118	444	387	47	101	17	3	3	47	3		45	42	.261	.336	.344	.680	133	7	2	4	6
Chuck Harmon	58	257	242	50	87	17	6	10	49	4		12	31	.360	.385	.603	.989	146	1	0	0	3
Nelson Burbrink	111	370	309	42	79	13	0	4	48	3		56	30	.256	.370	.337	.706	104	12	1	2	2
Stan Jok	69	276	232	38	67	9	1	8	32	4		38	36	.289	.391	.440	.830	102	9	2	2	2
Jim Command	45	149	132	13	42	4	1	3	19	0		13	11	.318	.372	.432	.803	57	4	0	1	3
Asdrubal Baro	56	155	131	20	40	6	1	1	14	1		18	18	.305	.390	.389	.779	51	3	2	1	3
Ray Coleman	48	112	104	13	26	4	0	1	11	0		5	10	.250	.291	.317	.608	33	4	1	2	0
Eddie Phillips	23	74	61	4	14	1	1	1	8	0		7	11	.230	.356	.328	.684	20	0	5	1	0
Benny Valenzuela	16	59	50	9	11	1	1	1	8	0		9	5	.220	.339	.340	.679	17	1	0	0	0
Tom Cheney	31	63	52	5	10	2	0	0	2	0		2	9	.192	.222	.231	.453	12	3	0	9	0
Glen Stabelfeld	46	64	57	4	10	4	0	0	10	0		4	22	.175	.238	.246	.484	14	0	1	1	1
Gordon Jones	28	71	59	6	10	0	0	0	5	0		4	13	.169	.222	.169	.392	10	2	0	8	0
Don Lassetter	24	69	60	4	10	1	0	0	9	0		7	7	.167	.246	.183	.430	11	3	0	0	2
Toby Atwell	28	81	64	3	9	1	1	0	2	0		15	7	.141	.304	.188	.491	12	4	0	2	0
James McArdle	11	61	28	3	7	2	0	0	3	0		32	5	.250	.650	.321	.971	9	1	0	1	0
Sherwin Dixon	12	34	31	6	7	3	1	0	6	0		2	7	.226	.294	.387	.681	12	2	1	0	0
Barney Schultz	46	35	30	2	5	0	2	0	5	0		2	6	.167	.219	.300	.519	9	2	0	3	0
Marty Kutyna	27	19	19	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	5	.211	.211	.263	.474	5	0	0	0	0
Ed Donnelly	21	25	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.182	.217	.182	.399	4	0	0	2	0
Dick Getter	10	29	27	2	4	0	0	1	3	0		2	5	.148	.207	.259	.466	7	1	0	0	0
Ed Mayer	18	33	30	1	4	2	0	1	1	0		0	12	.133	.133	.300	.433	9	1	0	3	0
Jim Pearce	34	62	54	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		4	29	.074	.138	.074	.212	4	1	0	4	0
Mel Wright	15	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0	0	0
Ross Grimsley	22	32	27	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	5	.111	.226	.111	.337	3	1	0	1	0
Herb Moford	40	46	42	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	12	.071	.093	.071	.164	3	0	0	3	0
Vern Benson	1	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Billy Muffett	7	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bob Clear	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Luis Arroyo	5	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1709	5604	4838	720	1353	208	46	112	686	27	0	617	652	.280	.361	.411	.772	1989	124	30	69	50	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tom Alston	1B	103	802	66	10	67	.989	8.427
Mo Mozzali	1B	60	480	34	2	40	.996	8.567
Wally Shannon	2B	80	149	207	10	39	.973	4.450
Wally Lammers	2B	79	165	213	11	33	.972	4.785
Stan Jok	3B	67	67	130	11	11	.947	2.940
Wally Shannon	3B	29	16	31	3	0	.940	1.621
Wally Lammers	3B	27	18	53	5	6	.934	2.630
Tom Alston	3B	19	11	35	4	4	.920	2.421
Benny Valenzuela	3B	13	16	22	2	1	.950	2.923
Nelson Burbrink	C	105	587	56	11	8	.983	6.124	14
Jim Command	C	43	195	13	5	0	.977	4.837	5
Toby Atwell	C	22	101	9	2	0	.982	5.000	5
Danny Schell	OF	137	263	14	10	4	.965	2.022
Charlie Peete	OF	112	275	7	7	0	.976	2.518
Mo Mozzali	OF	66	87	6	1	0	.989	1.409
Chuck Harmon	OF	57	148	5	6	1	.962	2.684
Asdrubal Baro	OF	41	47	3	1	0	.980	1.220
Ray Coleman	OF	31	40	1	0	0	1.000	1.323
Don Lassetter	OF	20	32	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Eddie Phillips	OF	17	26	0	0	0	1.000	1.529
Barney Schultz	P	45	13	17	2	0	.938	.667
Herb Moford	P	39	5	25	1	1	.968	.769
Glen Stabelfeld	P	37	9	16	2	1	.926	.676
Jim Pearce	P	34	7	22	2	0	.935	.853
Tom Cheney	P	29	7	27	1	3	.971	1.172
Gordon Jones	P	27	17	34	1	2	.981	1.889
Marty Kutyna	P	26	5	16	1	1	.955	.808
Ross Grimsley	P	20	6	11	1	0	.944	.850
Ed Mayer	P	18	5	21	3	2	.897	1.444
Mel Wright	P	15	3	4	0	1	1.000	.467
Ed Donnelly	P	13	1	12	0	1	1.000	1.000
Frank Barnes	P	7						.000
Billy Muffett	P	5						.000
Luis Arroyo	P	5						.000
Michael Gaston	P	4						.000
Bob Clear	P	3						.000
Dick Schofield	SS	102	161	227	25	45	.939	3.804
Totals		1557	3764	1337	140	271	.973	3.276	24	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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