1956 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 59-65
Finished 7th in the NL
Manager: Al Kubski (59-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 37,573, Avg. 606

1956 Grand Forks Chiefs Roster

The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 59 wins and 65 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Chiefs plated 667 runs and allowed 731 runs, most in the league. Bennie Crumpton paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .336 clip. Dave Wickersham topped Grand Forks with 13 wins, while Matt Kuhn earned a 4.05 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Dave Wickersham and Elder White both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Al Kubski 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
Dave Wickersham	13	9	.591	4.53	31	24					177.0	192	106	89	13	65
Milton Vest	11	13	.458	5.04	31	25					182.0	207	126	102	15	97
Joe Drotar	10	9	.526	4.90	26	24					167.0	164	103	91	18	106
George Miles	6	3	.667	4.33	36	7					106.0	132	75	51	4	45
Florencio Rivera	4	3	.571	5.49	13	6					59.0	58	40	36	7	33
John Reimer	4	8	.333	4.46	19	13					103.0	121	66	51	5	29
Louis Bocci	3	6	.333	5.40	16	11					75.0	86	57	45	6	37
Matt Kuhn	3	10	.231	4.05	29	11					120.0	109	81	54	8	106
William Sonne	2	3	.400	3.86	14	1					42.0	34	24	18	0	23
Walter DeLotelle	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Al Kubski	0	0			1						0.0
Kay Inglet	0	0			1						0.0
Fred Odegard	0	0			4						0.0
William Holt	0	0			1						0.0
Bill Brown	0	0			2						0.0
Russell McClenaghan	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Totals	57	65	.467	4.69	231	122	0	0	0	0	1031.0	1103	678	537	76	541	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 Washington	121	515	515		161	36	9	21						.313	.313	.540	.852	278
Bennie Crumpton	110	378	378		127	21	7	12						.336	.336	.524	.860	198
Elder White	124	492	492		121	9	7	7						.246	.246	.335	.581	165
Mike Weltman	115	425	425		111	16	7	6						.261	.261	.374	.635	159
George Kolasa	122	456	456		109	15	5	2						.239	.239	.307	.546	140
Samuel Buell	118	401	401		104	11	4	7						.259	.259	.359	.618	144
Russell McClenaghan	97	338	338		98	15	3	5						.290	.290	.396	.686	134
Thomas Brown	119	403	403		96	8	9	4						.238	.238	.333	.571	134
Al Kubski	58	140	140		38	3	0	1						.271	.271	.314	.586	44
Howard O'Flynn	29	73	73		22	3	1	1						.301	.301	.411	.712	30
William Holt	38	89	89		22	0	1	1						.247	.247	.303	.551	27
Dave Wickersham	32	61	61		10	1	0	0						.164	.164	.180	.344	11
Matt Kuhn	45	64	64		8	1	0	2						.125	.125	.234	.359	15
Franklin Williams	9	23	23		7									.304	.304	.304	.609	7
Milton Vest	31	51	51		7	0	0	0						.137	.137	.137	.275	7
Joe Drotar	26	58	58		7	0	0	1						.121	.121	.172	.293	10
Stan Stewart	7	29	29		6									.207	.207	.207	.414	6
George Miles	36	33	33		5	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303	5
Florencio Rivera	13	19	19		4	1	0	0						.211	.211	.263	.474	5
John Reimer	19	33	33		4	0	0	0						.121	.121	.121	.242	4
Donald Loustalet	3	7	7		3									.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Louis Bocci	17	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Wilton Sherman	13	28	28		2	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	2
Walter DeLotelle	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Bill Brown	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
William Sonne	14	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Odegard	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Conrad	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1326	4163	4163	0	1076	140	53	70	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.368	.626	1532	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
George Miles	P	36					.000
Dave Wickersham	P	31					.000
Milton Vest	P	31					.000
Matt Kuhn	P	29					.000
Joe Drotar	P	26					.000
John Reimer	P	19					.000
Louis Bocci	P	16					.000
William Sonne	P	14					.000
Florencio Rivera	P	13					.000
Fred Odegard	P	4					.000
Walter DeLotelle	P	3					.000
Bill Brown	P	2					.000
Kay Inglet	P	1					.000
Totals		225	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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