1956 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 86-66
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Bruno Betzel (86-66)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Maple Leaf Stadium
Attendance: 315,161, Avg. 4,147
Playoffs - Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games, Montreal Royals 1
Finals - Rochester Red Wings 4 games, Toronto Maple Leafs 3
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League ended the 1956 season with a record of 86 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Maple Leafs scored 703 runs and yielded 586 runs.
Pete Wojey, Bill Wilson, Archie Wilson, Ed Stevens, Carl Sawatski, Dutch Romberger, Héctor Rodríguez, Johnny Pramesa, Bill Miller, Ed McGhee, Lynn Lovenguth, Lou Limmer, Don Johnson, Ken Johnson, Sam Jethroe, Tony Jacobs, Johnny Hetki, Ross Grimsley, Mike Goliat, Marion Fricano, Bill Fischer, Ed Blake, Earl Battey, Frank Barnes, Loren Babe, Rudy Árias and Bill Antonello were all players from the 1956 Toronto Maple Leafs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bruno Betzel 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lynn Lovenguth | 24 | 12 | .667 | 2.68 | 39 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 279.0 | 247 | 96 | 83 | 20 | 93 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Ed Blake | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.61 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 248.0 | 234 | 84 | 72 | 16 | 69 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Don Johnson | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.53 | 35 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 222.0 | 193 | 94 | 87 | 22 | 74 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Ken Johnson | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.47 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 139.0 | 135 | 84 | 69 | 13 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Bill Fischer | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.09 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 64.0 | 68 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Johnny Hetki | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.42 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 106.0 | 100 | 54 | 52 | 9 | 38 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ross Grimsley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.75 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 36.0 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Pete Wojey | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.90 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 86 | 46 | 43 | 7 | 40 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Tony Jacobs | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 37 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Dutch Romberger | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.00 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 44 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Robert Lowe | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bill Wilson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Barnes | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Marion Fricano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Rudy Ãrias | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Bill Miller | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 86 | 66 | .566 | 3.45 | 305 | 150 | 0 | 73 | 17 | 0 | 1253.0 | 1177 | 542 | 480 | 101 | 479 | 0 | 651 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Jethroe | 149 | 684 | 567 | 105 | 163 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 68 | 22 | 91 | 105 | .287 | .397 | .446 | .843 | 253 | 14 | 9 | 3 | |||
Archie Wilson | 139 | 581 | 532 | 83 | 160 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 84 | 5 | 32 | 45 | .301 | .342 | .461 | .803 | 245 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |||
Héctor RodrÃguez | 150 | 625 | 524 | 73 | 143 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 73 | 55 | .273 | .367 | .340 | .706 | 178 | 7 | 17 | 4 | |||
Mike Goliat | 149 | 619 | 504 | 82 | 140 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 86 | 0 | 93 | 77 | .278 | .398 | .478 | .877 | 241 | 10 | 9 | 3 | |||
Ed Stevens | 140 | 558 | 506 | 65 | 125 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 1 | 39 | 77 | .247 | .297 | .399 | .697 | 202 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
Loren Babe | 133 | 539 | 454 | 55 | 119 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 6 | 76 | 33 | .262 | .368 | .359 | .727 | 163 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Lew Morton | 122 | 484 | 388 | 65 | 104 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 58 | 2 | 85 | 55 | .268 | .400 | .451 | .851 | 175 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
Carl Sawatski | 106 | 392 | 332 | 50 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 63 | 0 | 55 | 52 | .280 | .383 | .518 | .901 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Bill Wilson | 100 | 295 | 250 | 34 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 50 | 2 | 37 | 46 | .272 | .371 | .508 | .879 | 127 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
Lynn Lovenguth | 60 | 143 | 129 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .271 | .333 | .310 | .643 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Walter Derucki | 62 | 156 | 138 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 32 | .210 | .288 | .333 | .621 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Ed Blake | 47 | 117 | 103 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .272 | .345 | .350 | .694 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Donald Griffin | 26 | 92 | 85 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .224 | .267 | .259 | .525 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Earl Battey | 36 | 126 | 101 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 20 | .178 | .323 | .257 | .580 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Lou Limmer | 26 | 87 | 74 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 8 | .216 | .294 | .324 | .618 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
Don Johnson | 35 | 89 | 77 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .169 | .210 | .195 | .405 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
Ken Johnson | 32 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .173 | .200 | .192 | .392 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
Johnny Hetki | 34 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .189 | .278 | .467 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Ross Grimsley | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Fischer | 13 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Miller | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pete Wojey | 28 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .118 | .250 | .294 | .544 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Bill Antonello | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Prentice | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Tony Jacobs | 28 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Ed McGhee | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Pramesa | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Lowe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Frank Barnes | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Dutch Romberger | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rudy Ãrias | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1689 | 5792 | 4942 | 701 | 1301 | 187 | 24 | 155 | 648 | 49 | 0 | 671 | 703 | .263 | .354 | .405 | .759 | 2001 | 0 | 49 | 87 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Stevens | 1B | 133 | 1100 | 84 | 13 | 129 | .989 | 8.902 | ||||
Lou Limmer | 1B | 20 | 181 | 17 | 2 | 17 | .990 | 9.900 | ||||
Mike Goliat | 2B | 149 | 376 | 436 | 18 | 116 | .978 | 5.450 | ||||
Loren Babe | 3B | 128 | 121 | 209 | 23 | 26 | .935 | 2.578 | ||||
Walter Derucki | 3B | 36 | 22 | 64 | 2 | 5 | .977 | 2.389 | ||||
Carl Sawatski | C | 102 | 469 | 17 | 1 | 5 | .998 | 4.765 | 5 | |||
Earl Battey | C | 34 | 166 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 5.147 | 2 | |||
Donald Griffin | C | 26 | 115 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .966 | 5.423 | 5 | |||
Sam Jethroe | OF | 147 | 351 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .984 | 2.463 | ||||
Archie Wilson | OF | 138 | 248 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 1.891 | ||||
Lew Morton | OF | 117 | 217 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 1.897 | ||||
Bill Wilson | OF | 89 | 189 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 2.247 | ||||
Lynn Lovenguth | P | 39 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 1.231 | ||||
Don Johnson | P | 35 | 7 | 44 | 3 | 2 | .944 | 1.457 | ||||
Johnny Hetki | P | 34 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .588 | ||||
Ed Blake | P | 33 | 17 | 53 | 6 | 2 | .921 | 2.121 | ||||
Pete Wojey | P | 28 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
Ken Johnson | P | 28 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
Tony Jacobs | P | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .393 | ||||
Dutch Romberger | P | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .478 | ||||
Bill Miller | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Ross Grimsley | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
Bill Fischer | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
Marion Fricano | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank Barnes | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Wilson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Lowe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Rudy Ãrias | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Héctor RodrÃguez | SS | 150 | 268 | 461 | 27 | 108 | .964 | 4.860 | ||||
Totals | 1574 | 3887 | 1570 | 127 | 426 | .977 | 3.467 | 12 | 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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