1956 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-63
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (0-0), Charlie Metro (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 39,497, Avg. 598

1956 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1956 season with a record of 69 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Russets plated 736 runs and conceded 697 runs. Bob Johnson led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .357 clip. Gordon Seyfried topped Idaho Falls with 11 wins, while Dick Bays earned a 1.88 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Johnson and Gordon Seyfried both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Stan Wasiak and Charlie Metro 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
Gordon Seyfried	11	7	.611	3.58	22	18					151.0	162	83	60	9	50
David Reed	10	7	.588	4.74	41	14					129.0	143	86	68	6	45
Dick Bays	9	2	.818	1.88	17	13					110.0	69	29	23	2	45
Rowland Davies	6	4	.600	3.24	16	13					100.0	89	44	36	2	54
Bob McDaniel	6	6	.500	4.87	19	12					98.0	117	69	53	9	36
Dick Armbruster	5	4	.556	4.74	14	11					74.0	79	48	39	6	38
Alan Dwyer	5	5	.500	2.25	16	8					88.0	59	29	22	1	40
Anthony Russo	5	5	.500	4.90	23	4					68.0	65	45	37	9	45
Orville Ponte	3	6	.333	5.42	19	10					83.0	105	70	50	6	37
Nikko Koleff	2	2	.500	4.15	13	6					39.0	32	28	18	2	33
William Wright	2	3	.400	4.24	17	6					68.0	73	52	32	3	54
Bob Paffel	2	4	.333	3.33	15	4					46.0	43	29	17	2	35
Bill Nolan	2	4	.333	5.92	21	9					73.0	86	53	48	5	42
Alfred Mathews	1	3	.250		4						0.0
Earl Castille	0	0			1						0.0
George Walters	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Totals	69	63	.523	4.02	263	128	0	0	0	0	1127.0	1122	665	503	62	554	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
Bob Johnson	132	555	555		198	43	19	7						.357	.357	.541	.897	300
Richard Colone	104	391	391		97	14	7	14						.248	.248	.427	.675	167
Ben Mateosky	84	322	322		93	20	6	13						.289	.289	.509	.798	164
John Schroder	71	282	282		92	14	2	0						.326	.326	.390	.716	110
James Green	89	287	287		84	12	4	4						.293	.293	.404	.697	116
Jack Bowen	94	280	280		70	9	1	3						.250	.250	.321	.571	90
James Lumadue	67	241	241		67	9	4	3						.278	.278	.386	.664	93
Dick Anderson	62	250	250		67	10	6	7						.268	.268	.440	.708	110
Paul Petro	63	204	204		61	14	1	4						.299	.299	.436	.735	89
Paul Nickell	60	220	220		61	6	7	2						.277	.277	.395	.673	87
James Gilchrist	53	182	182		47	2	1	1						.258	.258	.297	.555	54
Rosario Ciatto	45	137	137		34	7	0	1						.248	.248	.321	.569	44
Ronald Wenson	34	112	112		24	2	2	1						.214	.214	.295	.509	33
Thomas O'Brien	27	89	89		23	1	0	0						.258	.258	.270	.528	24
Dale Cartier	33	109	109		23	3	3	2						.211	.211	.349	.560	38
Stan Wasiak	30	79	79		20	1	3	0						.253	.253	.342	.595	27
Stan Hubert	27	87	87		20	3	2	0						.230	.230	.310	.540	27
Richard Daniels	28	102	102		18	1	1	0						.176	.176	.206	.382	21
Teddy Tate	19	39	39		11	1	0	0						.282	.282	.308	.590	12
Bob McDaniel	19	36	36		9	1	1	0						.250	.250	.333	.583	12
Dick Bays	17	34	34		8	2	1	0						.235	.235	.353	.588	12
David Reed	44	35	35		8	0	0	0						.229	.229	.229	.457	8
William Wright	20	26	26		7	1	0	0						.269	.269	.308	.577	8
Bill Nolan	21	24	24		6	0	0	1						.250	.250	.375	.625	9
William Maupin	18	31	31		6	1	0	0						.194	.194	.226	.419	7
Rowland Davies	16	33	33		5	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303	5
Donald Meadows	12	42	42		5	2	0	0						.119	.119	.167	.286	7
Gordon Seyfried	23	51	51		5	0	0	0						.098	.098	.098	.196	5
Bob Paffel	15	14	14		4	1	0	0						.286	.286	.357	.643	5
Orville Ponte	19	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Dick Armbruster	14	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
Gerald Linnell	6	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Alfred Mathews	4	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Nikko Koleff	15	13	13		1	1	0	0						.077	.077	.154	.231	2
Anthony Russo	23	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Alan Dwyer	16	27	27		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Walters	5	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1429	4415	4415	0	1183	181	71	63	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.384	.652	1695	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
David Reed	P	41					.000
Anthony Russo	P	23					.000
Gordon Seyfried	P	22					.000
Bill Nolan	P	21					.000
Orville Ponte	P	19					.000
Bob McDaniel	P	19					.000
William Wright	P	17					.000
Dick Bays	P	17					.000
Alan Dwyer	P	16					.000
Rowland Davies	P	16					.000
Bob Paffel	P	15					.000
Dick Armbruster	P	14					.000
Nikko Koleff	P	13					.000
George Walters	P	5					.000
Alfred Mathews	P	4					.000
Earl Castille	P	1					.000
Totals		263	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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