1956 Danville Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 83-69
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Salty Parker (83-69)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 75,688, Avg. 996
Playoffs - Danville Leafs 3 games, Durham Bulls 1
Finals - Fayetteville Highlanders 4 games, Danville Leafs 2
The Danville Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1956 season with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Leafs plated 748 runs and gave up 709 runs. Leon Wagner led all regular hitters by hitting .330. Vic Davis and Albert Wilson topped Danville with 18 wins each, while Albert Wilson recorded a 2.92 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Danville Leafs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included José Pagán, Tony Taylor, Leon Wagner, Frank Funk and Willie McCovey.
Salty Parker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Wilson | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.92 | 33 | 26 | 191.0 | 157 | 80 | 62 | 8 | 118 | ||||||||||
| Vic Davis | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.55 | 43 | 25 | 223.0 | 188 | 106 | 88 | 28 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Matty | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.50 | 27 | 19 | 144.0 | 129 | 64 | 56 | 13 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Joe Blasko | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.37 | 42 | 19 | 179.0 | 154 | 89 | 67 | 20 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Andersen | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.95 | 31 | 17 | 132.0 | 120 | 79 | 58 | 11 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.98 | 42 | 13 | 131.0 | 130 | 72 | 58 | 9 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Donald Tkacsik | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.57 | 12 | 7 | 58.0 | 56 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 47 | ||||||||||
| William Pruett | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.41 | 11 | 9 | 66.0 | 61 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Tommy McIntyre | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.07 | 13 | 4 | 44.0 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Joe Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Bennett | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Hardgrove | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Lloyd | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Julio Solano | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Paladino | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Lastres | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jacob Jacobsen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Funk | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.20 | 8 | 5 | 25.0 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 69 | .546 | 3.56 | 304 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1193.0 | 1064 | 593 | 472 | 104 | 623 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Wagner | 152 | 543 | 543 | 179 | 23 | 2 | 51 | .330 | .330 | .661 | .991 | 359 | |||||||||||
| Willie McCovey | 152 | 519 | 519 | 161 | 38 | 8 | 29 | .310 | .310 | .582 | .892 | 302 | |||||||||||
| José Pagán | 147 | 566 | 566 | 160 | 30 | 4 | 10 | .283 | .283 | .403 | .686 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Tony Taylor | 150 | 544 | 544 | 145 | 28 | 7 | 13 | .267 | .267 | .415 | .682 | 226 | |||||||||||
| Bob Hildenbrand | 129 | 477 | 477 | 130 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .300 | .572 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Stanford Grossman | 138 | 429 | 429 | 108 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .303 | .555 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Jack Lewis | 107 | 369 | 369 | 107 | 17 | 4 | 12 | .290 | .290 | .455 | .745 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Roy Nelson | 125 | 392 | 392 | 90 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .230 | .230 | .324 | .554 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Heim | 98 | 290 | 290 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .169 | .169 | .217 | .386 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Ed Herstek | 33 | 93 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .258 | .473 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Vic Davis | 44 | 75 | 75 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .320 | .573 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Beier | 24 | 84 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .214 | .381 | 18 | |||||||||||
| John Spreen | 32 | 66 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .288 | .455 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Matty | 28 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .217 | .413 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Lettieri | 9 | 23 | 23 | 6 | .261 | .261 | .261 | .522 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 42 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .389 | .556 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Joe Blasko | 42 | 50 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .140 | .260 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Albert Wilson | 33 | 76 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .092 | .171 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jack Elias | 9 | 23 | 23 | 4 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Frailey | 8 | 29 | 29 | 4 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Andersen | 31 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .087 | .087 | .152 | .239 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Tommy McIntyre | 13 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Julio Solano | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Funk | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Lloyd | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .778 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Robert Koperwhats | 7 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Tkacsik | 12 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Pruett | 12 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Joe Hawthorne | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Paladino | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jacob Jacobsen | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Dunevant | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Bennett | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Brady | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Lastres | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Hardgrove | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Orland Johnson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1643 | 4896 | 4896 | 0 | 1257 | 218 | 32 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .391 | .648 | 1914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Davis | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Gordon Dyment | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Blasko | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Wilson | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Andersen | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Matty | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy McIntyre | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Tkacsik | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| William Pruett | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Lloyd | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Funk | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Hardgrove | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Paladino | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Bennett | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jacob Jacobsen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| George Lastres | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Julio Solano | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Hawthorne | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 304 | 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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