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.

Tony Jacobs, Mike Goliat, Frank Barnes, Lynn Lovenguth, Bill Fischer, Ed McGhee, Johnny Hetki, Bill Miller, Ross Grimsley, Loren Babe, Pete Wojey, Archie Wilson, Sam Jethroe, Ken Johnson, Johnny Pramesa, Ed Blake, Héctor Rodríguez, Don Johnson, Lou Limmer, Ed Stevens, Marion Fricano, Bill Antonello, Rudy Árias, Dutch Romberger, Bill Wilson, Earl Battey and Carl Sawatski 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
Frank Barnes	0	0			4						0.0									0
Robert Lowe	0	0			3						0.0									0
Bill Wilson	0	0			3						0.0									0
Marion Fricano	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Rudy Árias	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 Rodríguez	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
Robert Lowe	3	1	1		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
Johnny Pramesa	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Barnes	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rudy Árias	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ed McGhee	2	1	1		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
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 Árias	P	1						.000
Héctor Rodríguez	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.