1956 Fresno Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 91-49
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (91-49)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 62,954, Avg. 899
Playoffs - Fresno Cardinals 2 games, San Jose JoSox 0
Finals - Fresno Cardinals 3 games, Stockton Ports 1
The Fresno Cardinals of the California League ended the 1956 season with a record of 91 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Cardinals scored 953 runs and yielded 716 runs. Tony Alomar led all regular hitters by hitting .356. Nelson Chittum and Howie Nunn apiece earned 23 wins on the mound for Fresno, while Nelson Chittum registered a 3.62 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1956 Fresno Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ed Lyons, Howie Nunn, Earl Smith, Tom Baker and Nelson Chittum.
Eddie Lyons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Chittum | 23 | 7 | .767 | 3.62 | 37 | 32 | 266.0 | 249 | 122 | 107 | 16 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Howie Nunn | 23 | 7 | .767 | 3.67 | 39 | 28 | 218.0 | 225 | 117 | 89 | 9 | 109 | ||||||||||
| David Dexter | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.99 | 29 | 19 | 140.0 | 137 | 86 | 62 | 6 | 112 | ||||||||||
| George Moton | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.26 | 29 | 16 | 137.0 | 146 | 105 | 80 | 12 | 93 | ||||||||||
| James Jennings | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.35 | 23 | 11 | 93.0 | 96 | 49 | 45 | 6 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Ernest Evans | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.34 | 18 | 8 | 86.0 | 97 | 62 | 51 | 4 | 56 | ||||||||||
| John DeSousa | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.50 | 9 | 7 | 64.0 | 76 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Robert Greer | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.76 | 16 | 7 | 70.0 | 62 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Tom Baker | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.04 | 12 | 10 | 69.0 | 64 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Ed Lyons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Runtes | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earl Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Perry | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.95 | 14 | 2 | 40.0 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 91 | 49 | .650 | 4.23 | 233 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1183.0 | 1186 | 687 | 556 | 67 | 699 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Alomar | 128 | 514 | 514 | 183 | 23 | 20 | 0 | .356 | .356 | .479 | .835 | 246 | |||||||||||
| Alan Willner | 133 | 562 | 562 | 177 | 29 | 6 | 14 | .315 | .315 | .463 | .778 | 260 | |||||||||||
| Eduardo Escalante | 127 | 473 | 473 | 161 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .340 | .340 | .476 | .816 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Harry Keister | 139 | 481 | 481 | 150 | 25 | 14 | 22 | .312 | .312 | .559 | .871 | 269 | |||||||||||
| Jack Krol | 131 | 503 | 503 | 144 | 24 | 7 | 8 | .286 | .286 | .410 | .696 | 206 | |||||||||||
| William Kunkle | 110 | 424 | 424 | 141 | 17 | 7 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .448 | .781 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Ed Lyons | 110 | 390 | 390 | 126 | 29 | 4 | 12 | .323 | .323 | .510 | .833 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Davis | 88 | 279 | 279 | 74 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .391 | .656 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Earl Smith | 59 | 217 | 217 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .300 | .300 | .456 | .756 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Dick Barnhart | 75 | 200 | 200 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .305 | .305 | .485 | .790 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Charles Green | 66 | 221 | 221 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .367 | .633 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Nelson Chittum | 42 | 105 | 105 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .362 | .648 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Alonzo Brooks | 52 | 77 | 77 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .299 | .519 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Howie Nunn | 39 | 79 | 79 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .228 | .443 | 18 | |||||||||||
| George Moton | 29 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .241 | .463 | 13 | |||||||||||
| David Dexter | 30 | 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .265 | .408 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Tom Baker | 15 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | |||||||||||
| James Jennings | 23 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .139 | .222 | .361 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Evans | 18 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John DeSousa | 11 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .179 | .321 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Charles Perry | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Albert Runtes | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Greer | 16 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1459 | 4785 | 4785 | 0 | 1443 | 234 | 83 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .441 | .743 | 2110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Nunn | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Nelson Chittum | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| George Moton | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| David Dexter | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| James Jennings | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Ernest Evans | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Greer | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Perry | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Baker | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| John DeSousa | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Runtes | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 230 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
