1956 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 86-82
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Holmes (0-0), Bill Sweeney (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 305,729, Avg. 3,640

1956 Portland Beavers Roster

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1956 season with a record of 86 wins and 82 losses, finishing third in the PCL.

Tommy Holmes and Bill Sweeney 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
René Valdés	22	11	.667	3.43	41	35		18	8		254.3	245	109	97	22	69		148	3	1	1
Bob Darnell	16	12	.571	3.94	38	26		12	0		214.7	242	114	94	21	57		111	7	0	5
Bill Werle	16	15	.516	4.41	35	34		17	1		246.7	330	131	121	27	40		82	3	1	10
Bob Alexander	12	11	.522	3.86	42	30		12	5		221.3	214	111	95	16	93		102	6	1	10
Darrell Martin	7	2	.778	3.16	35	14		4	0		136.7	144	63	48	13	55		50	5	1	3
Royce Lint	4	9	.308	4.34	34	8		4	0		112.0	127	56	54	16	46		40	1	0	2
Alex Konikowski	2	1	.667	4.85	11	4		2	0		42.7	45	23	23	5	11		28	0	0	1
Bob Hall	2	3	.400	5.60	8	5		0	0		27.3	32	20	17	3	16		16	0	0	0
Dick Fiedler	2	6	.250	3.36	27	9		3	1		80.3	84	49	30	6	23		32	8	0	5
Ray Shore	2	7	.222	3.15	52	0		0	0		68.7	55	29	24	7	45		55	1	0	2
Bill Griffin	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0		0	0		4.7	2	0	0	0	3		5	0	0	0
LeRoy Han	0	1	.000	15.43	1	1		0	0		2.3	4	4	4	1	4		2	0	0	0
Red Adams	0	2	.000	7.07	3	2		0	0		14.0	23	11	11	3	1		9	0	0	0
Dick Waibel	0	2	.000	10.57	12	0		0	0		15.3	29	18	18	1	7		2	1	0	1
Totals	86	82	.512	3.97	341	168	0	72	15	0	1441.0	1576	738	636	141	470	0	682	35	4	40	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
Luis Márquez	155	658	602	122	207	27	10	25	110	18		43	77	.344	.385	.547	.932	329	11	2	4	7
Ed Mickelson	159	650	583	90	180	29	7	21	101	5		52	80	.309	.368	.491	.858	286	10	4	8	3
Bob Borkowski	152	622	570	69	165	32	8	16	96	1		41	55	.289	.337	.458	.794	261	27	2	4	5
Jack Littrell	147	577	528	82	162	34	10	22	80	4		39	112	.307	.354	.534	.888	282	13	1	7	2
Tom Saffell	147	615	538	94	156	19	5	4	41	9		63	63	.290	.366	.366	.732	197	10	4	6	4
Sam Calderone	130	463	433	49	125	21	1	17	66	1		18	40	.289	.322	.460	.781	199	14	4	6	2
Dick Young	130	539	491	70	124	18	4	5	33	6		33	67	.253	.305	.336	.641	165	10	6	5	4
Eddie Basinski	114	347	309	32	80	11	3	5	25	2		28	43	.259	.320	.362	.682	112	12	1	6	3
Jim Baxes	98	387	333	51	80	15	4	16	57	1		49	57	.240	.339	.453	.792	151	10	2	0	3
Frank Carswell	79	263	229	33	71	12	1	13	54	0		30	15	.310	.389	.541	.931	124	10	1	1	2
Lloyd Merriman	124	300	269	35	65	6	2	2	18	2		25	33	.242	.315	.301	.617	81	1	4	2	0
Ron Bottler	68	193	172	18	39	4	0	3	20	0		19	31	.227	.302	.302	.604	52	5	0	1	1
Bill Werle	44	115	104	7	28	6	1	1	14	0		8	23	.269	.327	.375	.702	39	1	1	2	0
Leo Thomas	28	98	84	9	19	2	1	0	5	1		11	6	.226	.312	.274	.586	23	4	0	2	1
René Valdés	44	99	91	14	19	3	0	0	8	1		4	29	.209	.240	.242	.481	22	1	0	3	1
Bob Darnell	42	84	76	5	14	0	0	1	4	0		3	26	.184	.215	.224	.439	17	4	0	5	0
Darrell Martin	35	43	40	4	10	2	0	1	6	0		2	7	.250	.286	.375	.661	15	0	0	1	0
Bob Alexander	42	88	71	4	10	1	0	0	5	0		8	25	.141	.228	.155	.383	11	1	0	9	0
Royce Lint	35	38	35	3	8	1	0	1	3	0		2	9	.229	.270	.343	.613	12	2	0	1	0
Dick Fiedler	27	26	21	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		3	5	.238	.333	.286	.619	6	1	0	2	0
Bob Hall	9	9	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	4	0	0	1	0
Alex Konikowski	11	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	0	0
Artie Wilson	8	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0
Ray Shore	52	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	2	0
Billy Girdley	3	10	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0
LeRoy Han	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Griffin	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Red Adams	3	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1889	6268	5639	799	1578	245	57	153	749	52	0	481	814	.280	.338	.425	.763	2396	147	32	78	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Ed Mickelson	1B	159	1317	86	10	167	.993	8.824
Bob Borkowski	1B	15	121	7	5	17	.962	8.533
Luis Márquez	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Dick Young	2B	126	332	319	23	109	.966	5.167
Eddie Basinski	2B	50	118	96	7	41	.968	4.280
Jim Baxes	3B	96	112	235	18	36	.951	3.615
Bob Borkowski	3B	29	23	47	2	4	.972	2.414
Leo Thomas	3B	26	19	53	6	4	.923	2.769
Eddie Basinski	3B	25	17	48	5	3	.929	2.600
Luis Márquez	3B	4	2	5	0	1	1.000	1.750
Sam Calderone	C	122	530	69	7	17	.988	4.910	6		23	100.0
Ron Bottler	C	64	230	18	6	4	.976	3.875	8		10	100.0
Luis Márquez	OF	149	304	5	9	1	.972	2.074
Tom Saffell	OF	141	382	12	3	3	.992	2.794
Bob Borkowski	OF	108	192	8	3	3	.985	1.852
Lloyd Merriman	OF	95	165	3	4	2	.977	1.768
Frank Carswell	OF	63	119	3	3	2	.976	1.937
Dick Young	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Billy Girdley	OF	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Ray Shore	P	52	3	8	0	1	1.000	.212
Bob Alexander	P	42	12	31	2	2	.956	1.024
René Valdés	P	41	11	37	2	3	.960	1.171
Bob Darnell	P	38	10	31	1	1	.976	1.079
Bill Werle	P	35	10	55	0	6	1.000	1.857
Darrell Martin	P	35	2	32	1	4	.971	.971
Royce Lint	P	34	10	22	0	3	1.000	.941
Dick Fiedler	P	27	4	15	2	3	.905	.704
Dick Waibel	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Alex Konikowski	P	11	0	6	0	0	1.000	.545
Bob Hall	P	8						.000
Red Adams	P	3						.000
Bill Griffin	P	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
LeRoy Han	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jack Littrell	SS	146	226	500	47	104	.939	4.973
Eddie Basinski	SS	30	36	81	7	26	.944	3.900
Jim Baxes	SS	4	1	6	0	2	1.000	1.750
Totals		1798	4324	1842	174	569	.973	3.429	14	0	33	100.0

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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