1956 Quincy Gems Statistics
Team Record: 56-64
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Vern Hoscheit (56-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Quincy, Illinois
Ballpark: Q-Stadium
Attendance: 35,308, Avg. 588
The Quincy Gems of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1956 season with a record of 56 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.
The Gems plated 626 runs and gave up 649 runs. Dick Windle led batters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Charles Seymour topped Quincy with 11 wins and a team-best 2.59 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Marshall Renfroe and Bud Zipfel both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Vern Hoscheit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Seymour | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.59 | 34 | 17 | 184.0 | 158 | 64 | 53 | 13 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Bill Banker | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.56 | 26 | 20 | 152.0 | 163 | 90 | 77 | 10 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Kipper | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.56 | 20 | 18 | 139.0 | 128 | 75 | 55 | 12 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Briggs | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.48 | 26 | 19 | 133.0 | 163 | 113 | 81 | 14 | 69 | ||||||||||
| David Palmer | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.91 | 27 | 15 | 129.0 | 122 | 77 | 56 | 9 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Madden | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.11 | 31 | 13 | 140.0 | 122 | 81 | 64 | 12 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Malvern Murphy | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leigh Lawrence | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 4 | 33.0 | 38 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Lucas | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shirley Poff | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.79 | 24 | 8 | 77.0 | 94 | 58 | 41 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Donald McClamrock | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marshall Renfroe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chet Dickey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Lupica | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 10 | 0 | 19.0 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 64 | .467 | 3.90 | 220 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1006.0 | 1015 | 570 | 436 | 74 | 472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Windle | 115 | 416 | 416 | 133 | 26 | 3 | 11 | .320 | .320 | .476 | .796 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Jack Ladra | 120 | 464 | 464 | 121 | 22 | 2 | 5 | .261 | .261 | .349 | .610 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Lewis Gilbert | 119 | 421 | 421 | 115 | 13 | 7 | 26 | .273 | .273 | .523 | .796 | 220 | |||||||||||
| Pete Vitale | 120 | 434 | 434 | 100 | 15 | 3 | 11 | .230 | .230 | .355 | .585 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Tom McDonald | 98 | 372 | 372 | 89 | 26 | 3 | 10 | .239 | .239 | .406 | .645 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Robert Deakin | 65 | 233 | 233 | 76 | 14 | 4 | 5 | .326 | .326 | .485 | .811 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Sam Chetta | 93 | 276 | 276 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .246 | .246 | .337 | .583 | 93 | |||||||||||
| August Suhr | 59 | 221 | 221 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .348 | .624 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Joey Tucker | 40 | 142 | 142 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .324 | .570 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Kent Kurtz | 36 | 95 | 95 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .253 | .253 | .432 | .684 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Bud Zipfel | 45 | 108 | 108 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .222 | .398 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Joe Arenivar | 16 | 50 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .260 | .520 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Roy Mantle | 15 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .298 | .553 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Madden | 32 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .212 | .404 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Kipper | 22 | 53 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .245 | .434 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bernie Schreiber | 18 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .225 | .425 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bill Banker | 28 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .174 | .304 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Leigh Lawrence | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter Messina | 7 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Rippili | 8 | 24 | 24 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Arnold Briggs | 26 | 44 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Donald McClamrock | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Shirley Poff | 24 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 2 | |||||||||||
| David Palmer | 27 | 47 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .064 | .106 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Charles Seymour | 35 | 51 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .039 | .039 | .039 | .078 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Frank Lucas | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Kabbes | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Malvern Murphy | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Lupica | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1208 | 3721 | 3721 | 0 | 925 | 158 | 31 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .249 | .369 | .618 | 1373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Seymour | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Mickey Madden | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| David Palmer | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Briggs | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Banker | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Shirley Poff | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Alfred Kipper | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Vincent Lupica | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Malvern Murphy | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Lucas | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Donald McClamrock | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Leigh Lawrence | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Marshall Renfroe | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Chet Dickey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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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