1956 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-67
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Dixie Walker (83-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 179,739, Avg. 2,397

1956 Rochester Red Wings Roster

Playoffs - Rochester Red Wings 4 games, Miami Marlins 1
Finals - Rochester Red Wings 4 games, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1956 season with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the IL.

The Red Wings scored 661 runs and yielded 615 runs.

Members of the 1956 Rochester Red Wings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Herb Moford, Bob Blaylock, John Mackinson, Eddie Phillips, Neal Hertweck, Stan Jok, Jack Faszholz, Joe Cunningham, Allie Clark, Jay Van Noy, Gary Blaylock, Eddie Kasko, Ed Mayer, Gary Geiger, Bill Greason, Tom Burgess, Gene Green, Duke Markell, Cot Deal, Dick Rand, Mel Nelson and Mel Wright.

Dixie Walker 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
Cot Deal	15	7	.682	4.39	45	19		9	0		205.0	213	116	100	22	81		96	4	1	8
John Mackinson	14	7	.667	4.01	34	28		8	2		182.0	179	82	81	15	74		80	5	0	12
Duke Markell	10	10	.500	3.07	53	16		7	3		167.0	145	61	57	15	67		101	1	0	5
Bob Blaylock	9	4	.692	1.67	15	13		9	3		108.0	71	28	20	7	48		92	4	0	1
Gary Blaylock	8	5	.615	3.02	22	16		4	1		125.0	114	47	42	8	46		70	6	0	4
Jack Faszholz	7	13	.350	4.86	24	20		6	1		124.0	142	78	67	16	48		36	1	0	0
Kelton Russell	5	5	.500	4.21	27	16		4	1		94.0	96	48	44	10	48		44	1	1	1
Mel Wright	5	6	.455	3.05	27	0		0	0		56.0	53	26	19	5	16		33	1	0	1
Gary Geiger	3	2	.600	3.78	29	7		0	0		100.0	104	47	42	7	56		77	5	1	9
Bill Greason	2	1	.667		5						0.0									0
Ed Donnelly	2	2	.500	5.75	9	4		2	0		36.0	43	26	23	3	14		10	1	1	1
Jack Roberts	1	0	1.000		9						0.0									0
Herb Moford	1	1	.500		6						0.0									0
Ed Mayer	1	4	.200		14						0.0									0
Mel Nelson	0	0			7						0.0									0
Totals	83	67	.553	3.72	326	139	0	49	11	0	1197.0	1160	559	495	108	498	0	639	29	4	42	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
Eddie Kasko	147	665	590	83	179	23	1	9	67	10		53	44	.303	.360	.392	.752	231		2	15	5
Joe Cunningham	133	567	460	83	147	27	10	11	73	2		94	51	.320	.440	.493	.933	227		8	1	4
Gene Green	121	460	424	57	127	25	3	23	96	0		24	49	.300	.343	.535	.878	227		6	2	4
Ron Plaza	121	481	417	69	124	23	1	5	30	2		55	66	.297	.378	.393	.772	164		0	8	1
Tom Burgess	132	520	423	60	119	20	6	10	71	1		84	52	.281	.401	.428	.829	181		3	6	4
Dick Rand	115	431	381	36	106	30	3	12	44	2		48	79	.278	.360	.467	.828	178		1	1	0
Mel Nelson	131	463	427	49	104	16	6	4	35	2		29	100	.244	.295	.337	.632	144		3	2	2
Eddie Phillips	75	248	214	27	51	5	0	6	24	2		30	35	.238	.343	.346	.689	74		4	0	0
Stan Jok	49	180	158	22	40	3	1	4	17	0		17	16	.253	.337	.361	.698	57		3	2	0
Jay Van Noy	81	212	184	14	39	7	1	3	19	0		24	26	.212	.299	.310	.608	57		0	1	3
Cot Deal	79	141	122	13	38	8	0	7	22	0		15	21	.311	.386	.549	.935	67		1	1	2
Sherwin Dixon	41	163	132	25	31	8	1	1	8	6		26	21	.235	.365	.333	.698	44		1	4	0
Jack Huesman	45	145	115	20	24	4	0	2	9	5		25	13	.209	.350	.296	.646	34		0	5	0
Gary Geiger	38	57	52	7	17	5	0	0	12	0		4	16	.327	.375	.423	.798	22		0	1	0
Neal Hertweck	19	81	66	7	15	3	0	2	9	0		15	7	.227	.370	.364	.734	24		0	0	0
Gary Blaylock	29	52	49	9	11	2	0	4	5	0		2	20	.224	.255	.510	.765	25		0	1	0
John Mackinson	34	75	63	4	9	0	0	0	4	0		5	13	.143	.206	.143	.349	9		0	7	0
Duke Markell	53	50	44	1	7	1	0	0	0	0		2	16	.159	.196	.182	.377	8		0	4	0
Jack Faszholz	24	48	44	4	5	2	1	0	2	0		3	14	.114	.170	.205	.375	9		0	1	0
Ed Donnelly	10	11	11	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		0	4	.364	.364	.455	.818	5		0	0	0
Kelton Russell	27	34	32	4	3	0	0	0	1	1		1	17	.094	.121	.094	.215	3		0	1	0
Mel Wright	27	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	2		0	0	0
Ed Mayer	14	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Jack Roberts	9	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Herb Moford	6	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Bob Blaylock	15	42	36	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	14	.028	.079	.028	.107	1		0	4	0
Al Grandcolas	7	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joseph Ellison	4	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Greason	6	12	12		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1592	5187	4503	600	1206	213	34	103	552	33	0	560	698	.268	.351	.399	.750	1796	0	32	67	25	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Cunningham	1B	131	1063	98	5	93	.996	8.863
Neal Hertweck	1B	19	186	13	2	17	.990	1.474
Ron Plaza	2B	113	239	261	14	66	.973	4.425
Jack Huesman	2B	38	64	99	1	18	.994	4.289
Sherwin Dixon	2B	20	63	34	2	10	.980	4.850
Eddie Phillips	3B	53	58	71	12	8	.915	2.434
Jay Van Noy	3B	47	32	67	8	7	.925	2.106
Stan Jok	3B	47	37	75	3	8	.974	2.383
Sherwin Dixon	3B	18	18	24	4	1	.913	2.333
Dick Rand	C	110	538	31	5	7	.991	5.173	6
Gene Green	C	56	251	23	3	2	.989	4.893	3
Mel Nelson	OF	130	320	15	16	3	.954	2.577
Tom Burgess	OF	128	232	8	3	3	.988	1.875
Gene Green	OF	64	117	7	5	3	.961	1.938
Eddie Phillips	OF	28	25	0	2	0	.926	.893
Jay Van Noy	OF	26	26	1	2	0	.931	1.038
Duke Markell	P	53	8	10	3	1	.857	.340
Cot Deal	P	45	13	24	4	2	.902	.822
John Mackinson	P	34	7	28	1	3	.972	1.029
Gary Geiger	P	29	5	21	0	1	1.000	.897
Mel Wright	P	27	5	10	0	2	1.000	.556
Kelton Russell	P	27	3	13	0	0	1.000	.593
Jack Faszholz	P	24	6	18	3	0	.889	1.000
Gary Blaylock	P	22	9	19	3	1	.903	1.273
Bob Blaylock	P	15	12	14	2	1	.929	1.733
Ed Mayer	P	14	1	5	0	0	1.000	.429
Jack Roberts	P	9						.000
Ed Donnelly	P	9						.000
Mel Nelson	P	7						.000
Herb Moford	P	6						.000
Bill Greason	P	5						.000
Eddie Kasko	SS	147	300	465	27	85	.966	5.204
Totals		1501	3638	1454	130	342	.975	3.392	9	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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