1956 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
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
1956 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster

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.


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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
Lynn Lovenguth2412.6672.683932254279.024796832093153405
Ed Blake1711.6072.613333196248.023484721669100003
Don Johnson159.6253.533532123222.019394872274132404
Ken Johnson812.4004.47282270139.01358469138294608
Bill Fischer53.6253.091393264.068222211424111
Johnny Hetki54.5564.4234840106.0100545293848900
Ross Grimsley42.6671.751352236.0339721514001
Pete Wojey33.5004.902891079.086464374060401
Tony Jacobs35.3754.302800044.037262163514201
Dutch Romberger21.6676.002300036.044272451912001
Robert Lowe0030.00
Bill Wilson0030.00
Frank Barnes0040.00
Marion Fricano01.00060.00
Rudy Árias01.00010.00
Bill Miller02.000140.00
Totals8666.5663.453051500731701253.011775424801014790651301250

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 Jethroe14968456710516325419682291105.287.397.446.8432531493
Archie Wilson13958153283160223198453245.301.342.461.803245557
Héctor Rodríguez1506255247314317344087355.273.367.340.7061787174
Mike Goliat14961950482140263238609377.278.398.478.8772411093
Ed Stevens14055850665125121217313977.247.297.399.697202139
Loren Babe1335394545511921455467633.262.368.359.727163234
Lew Morton12248438865104211165828555.268.400.451.851175344
Carl Sawatski1063923325093111226305552.280.383.518.901172203
Bill Wilson1002952503468132145023746.272.371.508.879127341
Lynn Lovenguth6014312916352011101015.271.333.310.64340220
Walter Derucki6215613820293141221532.210.288.333.62146030
Ed Blake471171039283111001217.272.345.350.69436011
Donald Griffin2692857193009057.224.267.259.52522020
Earl Battey36126101918202702220.178.323.257.58026021
Lou Limmer26877481620211198.216.294.324.61824022
Don Johnson35897741320030420.169.210.195.40515080
Ken Johnson3258526910030212.173.200.192.39210031
Johnny Hetki343836161013013.167.189.278.46710010
Ross Grimsley141413230000013.231.286.231.5163000
Bill Fischer132018430001022.167.250.167.4173000
Bill Miller1587020001012.286.375.286.6612000
Pete Wojey282517320011039.118.250.294.5445050
Bill Antonello5661.167.167.167.3331
Bob Prentice6771.143.143.143.2861
Tony Jacobs28149010000015.111.200.111.3111040
Ed McGhee2110.000.000.000.0000
Johnny Pramesa1220.000.000.000.0000
Robert Lowe3110.000.000.000.0000
Frank Barnes4330.000.000.000.0000
Dutch Romberger2364000000023.000.333.000.3330000
Rudy Árias1220.000.000.000.0000
Totals168957924942701130118724155648490671703.263.354.405.759200104987430


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ed Stevens1B13311008413129.9898.902
Lou Limmer1B2018117217.9909.900
Mike Goliat2B14937643618116.9785.450
Loren Babe3B1281212092326.9352.578
Walter Derucki3B36226425.9772.389
Carl SawatskiC1024691715.9984.7655
Earl BatteyC34166912.9945.1472
Donald GriffinC261152654.9665.4235
Sam JethroeOF1473511161.9842.463
Archie WilsonOF1382481352.9811.891
Lew MortonOF117217532.9871.897
Bill WilsonOF891891132.9852.247
Lynn LovenguthP39222621.9601.231
Don JohnsonP3574432.9441.457
Johnny HetkiP3431710.952.588
Ed BlakeP33175362.9212.121
Pete WojeyP281920.833.357
Ken JohnsonP2882421.9411.143
Tony JacobsP2829011.000.393
Dutch RombergerP23011001.000.478
Bill MillerP1413001.000.286
Ross GrimsleyP132310.833.385
Bill FischerP131810.900.692
Marion FricanoP6.000
Frank BarnesP4.000
Bill WilsonP3.000
Robert LoweP3.000
Rudy ÁriasP1.000
Héctor RodríguezSS15026846127108.9644.860
Totals157438871570127426.9773.4671200

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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