1956 Kearney Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 35-28
Finished 3rd in the NSL
Manager: Randy Gumpert (35-28)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kearney, Nebraska
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 30,943, Avg. 982
The Kearney Yankees of the Nebraska State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 35 wins and 28 losses, finishing third in the NSL.
The Yankees plated 446 runs and conceded 398 runs. Jay Ward topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .331. Ronald Fahnestock led Kearney with 7 wins and a team-best 3.38 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1956 Kearney Yankees who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Deron Johnson, Hal Reniff, Phil Mudrock and Jay Ward.
Randy Gumpert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Fahnestock | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.38 | 17 | 9 | 88.0 | 86 | 47 | 33 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ken Bracey | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.94 | 19 | 5 | 64.0 | 65 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Hal Reniff | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.99 | 15 | 9 | 74.0 | 70 | 61 | 41 | 6 | 60 | ||||||||||
| John Kopp | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.66 | 11 | 8 | 58.0 | 63 | 45 | 30 | 4 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Wendell Maupin | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.43 | 16 | 6 | 56.0 | 66 | 48 | 40 | 4 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Richard Rump | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.35 | 12 | 9 | 60.0 | 61 | 43 | 29 | 4 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Robert Leonard | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Stoehr | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.36 | 11 | 3 | 47.0 | 48 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Phil Mudrock | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.45 | 7 | 44.0 | 36 | 12 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Wade Hammond | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harold Holder | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Long | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 35 | 28 | .556 | 4.42 | 129 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 491.0 | 495 | 313 | 241 | 31 | 240 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Ward | 62 | 254 | 254 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 7 | .331 | .331 | .480 | .811 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Deron Johnson | 63 | 243 | 243 | 80 | 9 | 3 | 24 | .329 | .329 | .687 | 1.016 | 167 | |||||||||||
| William Fries | 50 | 165 | 165 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .394 | .394 | .582 | .976 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Moore | 61 | 251 | 251 | 61 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .295 | .538 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Cunningham | 55 | 225 | 225 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .253 | .253 | .382 | .636 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Mobley | 53 | 193 | 193 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .321 | .560 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Claiborne Leonard | 57 | 171 | 171 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .263 | .386 | .649 | 66 | |||||||||||
| James Dunbar | 58 | 195 | 195 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .226 | .226 | .385 | .610 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Tucker | 23 | 83 | 83 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .325 | .325 | .566 | .892 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Hayman | 29 | 79 | 79 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .228 | .430 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Fahnestock | 21 | 37 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .405 | .405 | .514 | .919 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Billy Bentley | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | .421 | .421 | .421 | .842 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Bracey | 19 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .370 | .667 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Hal Reniff | 17 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .406 | .656 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Richard Padgett | 13 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Wendell Maupin | 18 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 9 | |||||||||||
| John Kopp | 11 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .261 | .478 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Delbert Snyder | 8 | 27 | 27 | 5 | .185 | .185 | .185 | .370 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Stoehr | 17 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Richard Rump | 12 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .190 | .381 | .571 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Martinez | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Mudrock | 7 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Holder | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Huffstetler | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Long | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Arrigoni | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Leonard | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wade Hammond | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Anderson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 694 | 2192 | 2192 | 0 | 607 | 86 | 18 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .417 | .694 | 915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Bracey | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Fahnestock | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Wendell Maupin | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Hal Reniff | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Rump | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Rudolph Stoehr | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| John Kopp | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Leonard | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Mudrock | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Long | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Wade Hammond | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Holder | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 129 | 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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