1956 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Kerby Farrell (92-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 231,189, Avg. 3,002

1956 Indianapolis Indians Roster

Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 3
Finals - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Denver Bears 0

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the AA.

The Indians conceded 628 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Indianapolis plated 788 runs.

Players from the 1956 Indianapolis Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ted Beard, Stan Pawloski, Joe Altobelli, Bobby Young, George Spencer, Russ Nixon, Don Minnick, Stu Locklin, Hank Izquierdo, Dick Tomanek, Hank Aguirre, Rod Graber, Carroll Hardy, Earl Averill, Stan Pitula, Roger Maris, Dave Pope, Bud Daley, Rudy Regalado, Billy Harrell, Dolan Nichols, Larry Raines, Ron Northey and Johnny Gray.

Kerby Farrell 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
Stan Pitula	15	4	.789	3.73	37	22		10	1		164.0	163	81	68	21	47	2	68	2	1	2
Dolan Nichols	12	8	.600	3.96	37	28		10	2		200.0	211	101	88	15	73	6	78	6	2	3
Bud Daley	11	1	.917	2.31	21	13		8	1		105.0	84	32	27	8	29	0	54	2	0	1
Eddie Gasque	11	7	.611	3.61	34	22		3	0		147.0	136	70	59	15	64	2	95	2	0	3
Hank Aguirre	10	6	.625	2.50	16	16		10	2		133.0	104	43	37	8	46	3	87	3	0	1
Johnny Gray	10	7	.588	2.72	41	20		9	3		169.0	146	60	51	14	64	6	114	4	0	2
Howard Rodemoyer	7	8	.467	6.69	29	6		1	0		78.0	96	62	58	11	37	1	42	3	1	2
Marion Murszewski	6	8	.429	4.46	44	10		2	0		109.0	119	57	54	8	51	8	55	5	1	2
George Spencer	5	4	.556	4.95	50	1		0	0		91.0	99	54	50	4	23	7	39	4	0	1
Don Minnick	3	6	.333	6.43	19	10		2	0		56.0	73	45	40	11	25	6	17	1	0	2
Dick Tomanek	2	3	.400	3.52	13	6		1	1		46.0	40	23	18	6	13	0	35	1	0	1
Jim Melton	0	0			2						0.0									0
Totals	92	62	.597	3.81	343	154	0	56	10	0	1298.0	1271	628	550	121	472	41	684	33	5	20	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
Larry Raines	148	633	563	105	174	19	14	10	66	22		56	106	.309	.375	.446	.821	251	4	5	6	3
Joe Altobelli	145	586	528	69	134	18	10	19	81	8		36	67	.254	.307	.434	.740	229	18	7	9	6
Roger Maris	131	485	433	77	127	20	8	17	75	7		41	55	.293	.356	.494	.850	214	7	4	2	5
Billy Harrell	135	525	455	76	127	18	10	7	56	14		56	68	.279	.355	.409	.763	186	12	0	9	5
Dave Pope	100	414	367	66	111	18	9	25	76	4		41	69	.302	.370	.605	.975	222	6	1	1	4
Bobby Young	97	347	309	56	102	16	7	4	39	3		32	34	.330	.390	.466	.856	144	7	0	3	3
Russ Nixon	105	348	320	38	102	19	5	4	44	3		23	25	.319	.367	.447	.814	143	7	2	2	1
Rudy Regalado	95	359	311	55	100	19	3	14	60	1		36	20	.322	.394	.537	.931	167	8	4	4	4
Stan Pawloski	124	471	397	56	96	19	2	10	53	1		60	52	.242	.347	.375	.722	149	18	5	7	2
Ted Beard	116	335	259	56	70	11	5	7	36	11		71	49	.270	.426	.432	.859	112	3	1	2	2
Allen Jones	69	218	196	23	48	9	0	5	29	1		18	34	.245	.306	.367	.673	72	4	0	2	2
Stu Locklin	55	148	133	23	41	9	0	1	22	1		8	8	.308	.349	.398	.748	53	3	2	2	3
Carroll Hardy	21	88	78	9	30	7	1	2	15	3		7	13	.385	.435	.577	1.012	45	1	0	3	0
Rod Graber	22	84	63	14	17	0	3	1	9	3		18	7	.270	.429	.413	.841	26	1	1	0	2
Earl Averill	22	64	58	9	14	1	0	5	13	2		4	13	.241	.297	.517	.814	30	0	1	0	1
Dolan Nichols	41	86	79	10	13	3	2	1	11	0		4	13	.165	.202	.291	.494	23	2	0	2	1
Joseph Randazzo	16	46	43	8	12	4	1	1	7	0		2	1	.279	.304	.488	.793	21	2	0	0	1
Stan Pitula	43	71	65	9	12	1	0	2	9	0		5	22	.185	.254	.292	.546	19	1	1	0	0
Hank Izquierdo	19	49	44	7	11	0	0	1	10	0		2	5	.250	.292	.318	.610	14	1	1	1	1
Johnny Gray	41	61	55	1	9	0	0	0	3	0		3	20	.164	.207	.164	.371	9	2	0	3	0
Howard Rodemoyer	34	30	25	6	8	1	1	0	2	0		2	3	.320	.393	.440	.833	11	1	1	2	0
Bud Daley	21	41	33	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		8	5	.182	.341	.182	.523	6	1	0	0	0
Eddie Gasque	37	52	48	2	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	15	.125	.160	.125	.285	6	0	0	2	0
Marion Murszewski	44	34	34	1	5	0	0	0	3	0		0	19	.147	.147	.147	.294	5	0	0	0	0
Ron Northey	11	14	11	3	4	1	0	1	2	0		3	1	.364	.500	.727	1.227	8	0	0	0	0
George Spencer	50	19	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	0	0	0	0
Hank Aguirre	16	53	49	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	23	.041	.060	.041	.101	2	0	0	3	0
Dick Tomanek	13	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.077	.200	.077	.277	1	0	2	0	0
Don Minnick	19	19	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	4	.056	.105	.056	.161	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Biskup	6	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Riggenbach	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1800	5705	5015	789	1385	213	81	137	729	84	0	541	764	.276	.348	.433	.781	2171	110	38	65	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Altobelli	1B	144	1181	100	15	126	.988	8.896
Rudy Regalado	1B	12	82	6	4	17	.957	7.333
Bobby Young	2B	96	201	268	5	60	.989	4.885
Stan Pawloski	2B	36	67	87	1	27	.994	4.278
Larry Raines	2B	24	60	73	4	14	.971	5.542
Stan Pawloski	3B	92	88	182	14	20	.951	2.935
Rudy Regalado	3B	69	71	111	17	12	.915	2.638
Russ Nixon	C	95	402	37	9	5	.980	4.621	9
Allen Jones	C	65	275	33	8	4	.975	4.738	3
Roger Maris	OF	121	200	15	8	3	.964	1.777
Ted Beard	OF	105	196	6	7	2	.967	1.924
Dave Pope	OF	98	217	4	4	1	.982	2.255
Billy Harrell	OF	88	196	4	5	0	.976	2.273
Stu Locklin	OF	32	52	1	1	0	.981	1.656
Carroll Hardy	OF	21	48	2	0	1	1.000	2.381
Rod Graber	OF	18	34	3	2	1	.949	2.056
Joseph Randazzo	OF	12	9	0	1	0	.900	.750
Earl Averill	OF	10	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.100
George Spencer	P	50	6	15	2	2	.913	.420
Marion Murszewski	P	44	1	8	0	0	1.000	.205
Johnny Gray	P	41	14	29	0	5	1.000	1.049
Stan Pitula	P	37	11	15	1	0	.963	.703
Dolan Nichols	P	37	12	29	0	1	1.000	1.108
Eddie Gasque	P	34	9	29	1	2	.974	1.118
Howard Rodemoyer	P	29	8	18	0	2	1.000	.897
Bud Daley	P	21	7	16	2	0	.920	1.095
Don Minnick	P	19	3	14	0	4	1.000	.895
Hank Aguirre	P	16	4	16	3	1	.870	1.250
Dick Tomanek	P	13	4	8	2	0	.857	.923
Jim Melton	P	2						.000
Larry Raines	SS	123	233	372	35	87	.945	4.919
Billy Harrell	SS	33	49	92	13	12	.916	4.273
Totals		1637	3751	1593	164	409	.970	3.265	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.