1956 Spokane Indians Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 56-77
Finished 7th in the NWL
Manager: Joe Rossi (56-77)
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 68,371, Avg. 1,028

1956 Spokane Indians Roster

The Spokane Indians of the Northwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 56 wins and 77 losses, finishing seventh in the NWL.

The Indians scored 691 runs and yielded 886 runs, most in the circuit. Ron Jackson led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .332. Bill Bottler topped Spokane with 18 wins and a team-best 3.69 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Joe Rossi played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Spokane Indians to do so.

Joe Rossi 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
Bill Bottler	18	10	.643	3.69	31	26					234.0	204	123	96	14	129
Tom Mulcahy	8	3	.727	3.77	15	8					86.0	88	45	36	4	44
Carl Rounds	6	11	.353	6.11	24	17					131.0	167	102	89	13	82
Max Weekly	6	13	.316	4.69	23	18					142.0	184	103	74	8	58
Joseph Gaggero	5	8	.385	3.89	16	12					104.0	99	52	45	9	53
Edward Luedtke	4	9	.308	7.16	29	17					142.0	183	144	113	9	115
Chuck Meekins	4	11	.267	7.20	31	15					120.0	155	120	96	14	95
Donald Schneider	2	1	.667		5						0.0
Chuck Leahy	2	1	.667	5.68	11	5					57.0	81	43	36	9	20
John Burnett	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Frederick Graham	0	0			1						0.0
Joe Rossi	0	0			2						0.0
Bob Murphy	0	0			2						0.0
Phil Page	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Patrick Flanigan	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Chet Hamamoto	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Robert Young	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Totals	56	73	.434	5.18	209	118	0	0	0	0	1016.0	1161	732	585	80	596	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
Ron Jackson	133	533	533		177	37	1	2						.332	.332	.417	.749	222
Jim Sampson	128	477	477		141	24	9	5						.296	.296	.415	.711	198
George Huffman	117	428	428		139	32	10	10						.325	.325	.516	.841	221
Eddie Murphy	119	498	498		115	21	2	4						.231	.231	.305	.536	152
Joe Rossi	96	320	320		101	22	3	5						.316	.316	.450	.766	144
Edward Rippili	94	335	335		85	10	5	2						.254	.254	.331	.585	111
Chet Hamamoto	113	373	373		78	6	0	0						.209	.209	.225	.434	84
Ron Carlon	63	182	182		41	8	3	6						.225	.225	.401	.626	73
Chadwick Bradbury	54	190	190		37	7	1	2						.195	.195	.274	.468	52
Bob Bourbeau	46	150	150		34	4	0	3						.227	.227	.313	.540	47
Bill Bottler	59	111	111		32	3	1	5						.288	.288	.468	.757	52
John Bellone	35	115	115		26	2	0	3						.226	.226	.322	.548	37
Carl Rounds	27	56	56		16	4	1	0						.286	.286	.393	.679	22
Frank DeSouza	18	39	39		12	1	0	1						.308	.308	.410	.718	16
Edward Luedtke	30	56	56		9	1	0	0						.161	.161	.179	.339	10
Chuck Leahy	16	26	26		8	1	0	0						.308	.308	.346	.654	9
Max Weekly	23	48	48		8	1	0	0						.167	.167	.188	.354	9
Donald Schneider	20	54	54		8	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	8
Tom Mulcahy	25	39	39		7	2	1	0						.179	.179	.282	.462	11
Chuck Meekins	33	37	37		3	0	0	0						.081	.081	.081	.162	3
Bob Murphy	3	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Frank Giannini	8	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
William Staley	8	27	27		2									.074	.074	.074	.148	2
Joseph Gaggero	18	32	32		2	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	2
Patrick Flanigan	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Robert Young	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
John Burnett	6	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Phil Page	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1301	4160	4160	0	1088	186	37	48	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.359	.620	1492	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Chuck Meekins	P	31					.000
Bill Bottler	P	31					.000
Edward Luedtke	P	29					.000
Carl Rounds	P	24					.000
Max Weekly	P	23					.000
Joseph Gaggero	P	16					.000
Tom Mulcahy	P	15					.000
Chuck Leahy	P	11					.000
John Burnett	P	6					.000
Patrick Flanigan	P	4					.000
Robert Young	P	3					.000
Phil Page	P	2					.000
Bob Murphy	P	2					.000
Frederick Graham	P	1					.000
Totals		198	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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