1956 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-84
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Nick Cullop (69-84)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 163,128, Avg. 2,132

1956 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the International League ended the 1956 season with a record of 69 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.

The Red Birds plated 646 runs and gave up 729 runs.

Walt Craddock, José Santiago, Jerry Schypinski, Butch McCord, Spook Jacobs, Bob Kuzava, Billy Shantz, Jake Thies, Bill Kern, Bob Spicer, Dave Melton, Ray Noble, Glenn Cox, Ray Herbert, Bill Stewart, Johnny Lipon, Bill Harrington, Russ Sullivan, Floyd Wooldridge, Mike Kume, Al Pilarcik, Al Pinkston, Art Ceccarelli, Carl Duser, Frank Verdi, Curt Roberts and Ed Mierkowicz were all players from the 1956 Columbus Red Birds who played in the Majors during their careers.

Nick Cullop 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
Bob Spicer	12	4	.750	3.08	56	0		0	0		108.0	123	44	37	8	43		45	4	0	1
Glenn Cox	11	10	.524	3.70	28	23		12	2		175.0	167	86	72	15	86		74	3	0	4
Bob Kuzava	10	8	.556	3.57	26	25		7	1		169.0	166	71	67	15	63		99	0	0	5
Ray Herbert	9	9	.500	4.44	26	26		9	1		152.0	168	95	75	11	60		70	4	1	6
Carl Duser	6	7	.462	4.08	19	17		6	1		108.0	111	56	49	11	48		55	2	0	0
Floyd Wooldridge	6	9	.400	4.50	57	3		0	0		108.0	110	57	54	11	44		65	1	0	1
Mike Kume	5	6	.455	4.72	33	20		5	1		141.0	160	85	74	11	59		64	2	1	1
Jake Thies	4	10	.286	4.50	28	17		5	1		112.0	116	73	56	12	52		40	4	1	2
Bill Harrington	3	5	.375	4.69	17	9		2	1		71.0	78	37	37	5	38		27	3	0	0
Art Ceccarelli	2	6	.250	4.42	17	9		0	0		55.0	69	31	27	4	33		39	1	0	2
José Santiago	1	4	.200		11						0.0									0
Jack Hale	0	0			1						0.0									0
Walt Craddock	0	0			2						0.0									0
John Wingo	0	0			2						0.0									0
Charles Haag	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Hugh Holder	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Jim Miller	0	4	.000	6.37	28	1		0	0		65.0	85	49	46	8	37		39	0	0	2
Totals	69	84	.451	4.23	359	150	0	46	8	0	1264.0	1353	684	594	111	563	0	617	24	3	24	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
Russ Sullivan	146	604	504	91	144	28	11	18	80	3		87	63	.286	.393	.492	.885	248		4	6	3
Johnny Lipon	122	500	448	60	139	23	6	6	46	2		42	28	.310	.368	.429	.796	192		1	5	4
Russ Rose	152	625	547	63	138	17	5	3	48	5		61	55	.252	.331	.318	.649	174		4	11	2
Butch McCord	147	548	488	62	134	23	3	8	52	0		49	40	.275	.344	.383	.727	187		4	4	3
Al Pilarcik	91	381	326	62	106	12	4	18	76	5		44	30	.325	.402	.552	.954	180		2	3	6
Curt Roberts	87	371	325	50	104	17	0	8	35	0		40	28	.320	.395	.446	.841	145		1	4	1
Benjamin Downs	109	381	334	43	97	14	4	12	51	0		42	38	.290	.369	.464	.833	155		0	4	1
Ray Noble	132	475	396	43	91	12	0	13	64	0		69	56	.230	.347	.359	.705	142		4	2	4
Frank Verdi	62	238	214	24	53	9	0	2	14	1		21	12	.248	.318	.318	.636	68		1	2	0
Bill Kern	61	263	236	26	47	15	0	4	18	0		23	42	.199	.268	.314	.582	74		0	2	2
Billy Shantz	65	202	185	16	45	4	1	1	19	1		16	13	.243	.302	.292	.594	54		0	0	1
Spook Jacobs	25	117	102	12	35	1	1	0	9	2		12	9	.343	.417	.373	.790	38		1	2	0
Bill Stewart	26	112	76	17	19	6	0	2	13	0		33	14	.250	.473	.408	.881	31		1	0	2
Jerry Schypinski	27	97	80	10	18	3	1	0	4	0		14	5	.225	.340	.288	.628	23		0	3	0
Ray Herbert	36	70	65	4	15	3	0	2	6	0		3	17	.231	.265	.369	.634	24		0	2	0
Bob Kuzava	26	70	62	3	13	0	0	0	1	0		5	19	.210	.269	.210	.478	13		0	3	0
Carl Duser	24	41	40	5	10	0	0	0	4	0		0	7	.250	.250	.250	.500	10		0	1	0
Glenn Cox	31	68	56	5	8	3	0	1	6	0		6	23	.143	.250	.250	.500	14		2	4	0
Dave Melton	17	33	30	2	7	1	0	0	5	0		1	5	.233	.258	.267	.525	8		0	2	0
Jake Thies	29	39	32	3	7	0	1	0	1	0		3	12	.219	.286	.281	.567	9		0	4	0
Gill Daley	6	13	13		5									.385	.385	.385	.769	5
Bill Harrington	18	27	27	1	5	2	0	0	2	0		0	5	.185	.185	.259	.444	7		0	0	0
Floyd Wooldridge	57	18	15	1	4	0	0	1	2	0		2	4	.267	.353	.467	.820	7		0	1	0
Bob Spicer	57	23	17	2	4	2	0	0	1	0		2	2	.235	.316	.353	.669	6		0	4	0
Al Pinkston	12	22	22	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	.182	.182	.227	.409	5		0	0	0
Mike Kume	33	45	37	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		3	16	.081	.150	.108	.258	4		0	5	0
Jim Miller	34	17	16	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	1	0
Albert Vassey	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Walt Craddock	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
John Wingo	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Theodore Del Guercio	1	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Art Ceccarelli	18	13	11	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	4	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		0	0	0
José Santiago	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Totals	1667	5427	4717	612	1262	197	37	99	561	19	0	581	552	.268	.349	.388	.737	1830	0	25	75	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Butch McCord	1B	141	1209	83	10	121	.992	9.163
Johnny Lipon	1B	10	89	8	0	9	1.000	9.700
Curt Roberts	2B	86	218	267	12	63	.976	5.640
Spook Jacobs	2B	25	59	80	2	24	.986	5.560
Frank Verdi	2B	23	52	74	2	19	.984	5.478
Jerry Schypinski	2B	19	52	60	1	9	.991	5.895
Johnny Lipon	3B	98	73	173	12	25	.953	2.510
Frank Verdi	3B	31	25	54	5	9	.940	2.548
Ray Noble	C	119	556	57	7	14	.989	5.151	2
Billy Shantz	C	40	176	20	3	4	.985	4.900	0
Russ Sullivan	OF	138	245	10	7	2	.973	1.848
Benjamin Downs	OF	109	163	7	12	2	.934	1.560
Al Pilarcik	OF	91	191	13	5	3	.976	2.242
Bill Kern	OF	60	175	4	6	0	.968	2.983
Bill Stewart	OF	26	54	3	1	1	.983	2.192
Floyd Wooldridge	P	57	3	24	0	1	1.000	.474
Bob Spicer	P	56	7	30	1	2	.974	.661
Mike Kume	P	33	6	18	1	1	.960	.727
Jake Thies	P	28	7	26	4	0	.892	1.179
Jim Miller	P	28	8	15	1	1	.958	.821
Glenn Cox	P	28	9	36	2	3	.957	1.607
Bob Kuzava	P	26	1	27	2	1	.933	1.077
Ray Herbert	P	26	13	44	1	7	.983	2.192
Carl Duser	P	19	4	19	1	0	.958	1.211
Bill Harrington	P	17	5	19	0	0	1.000	1.412
Art Ceccarelli	P	17	4	12	0	0	1.000	.941
José Santiago	P	11	0	3	0	0	1.000	.273
Hugh Holder	P	4						.000
Charles Haag	P	4						.000
John Wingo	P	2						.000
Walt Craddock	P	2						.000
Jack Hale	P	1						.000
Russ Rose	SS	152	261	417	28	100	.960	4.461
Totals		1527	3665	1603	126	421	.977	3.450	2	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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