
1956 Los Angeles Angels Statistics
Team Record: 107-61
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Bob Scheffing (107-61)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Los Angeles, California
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 271,982, Avg. 3,238
The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1956 season with a record of 107 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the PCL.
Bob Scheffing 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 Hillman | 21 | 7 | .750 | 3.38 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 210.3 | 207 | 90 | 79 | 16 | 60 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Gene Fodge | 19 | 7 | .731 | 4.31 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 192.0 | 204 | 100 | 92 | 13 | 82 | 122 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Dick Drott | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.39 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 196.7 | 198 | 119 | 96 | 23 | 108 | 184 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Bob Anderson | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.65 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.3 | 103 | 43 | 31 | 5 | 52 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Bob Thorpe | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.86 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 155.7 | 183 | 95 | 84 | 24 | 60 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Marino Pieretti | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.90 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 156.0 | 191 | 99 | 85 | 16 | 53 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Ray Bauer | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.16 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.7 | 85 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 25 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Red Adams | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.07 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 86.3 | 102 | 48 | 39 | 14 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hy Cohen | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.70 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
John Briggs | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.62 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 80.0 | 109 | 56 | 50 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Harry Perkowski | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.78 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 90.3 | 106 | 57 | 48 | 10 | 41 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Swanson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.79 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
John Hricinak | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Pete Spasoff | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
John André | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.04 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Tom LeGros | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
George Piktuzis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 107 | 61 | .637 | 4.28 | 384 | 167 | 0 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 1434.7 | 1583 | 802 | 683 | 147 | 579 | 0 | 838 | 29 | 5 | 39 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Bilko | 162 | 709 | 597 | 163 | 215 | 18 | 6 | 55 | 164 | 4 | 104 | 105 | .360 | .453 | .687 | 1.140 | 410 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Casey Wise | 168 | 768 | 705 | 122 | 202 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 7 | 50 | 51 | .287 | .332 | .379 | .711 | 267 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 4 | ||
Gene Mauch | 146 | 650 | 566 | 123 | 197 | 29 | 3 | 20 | 84 | 2 | 70 | 43 | .348 | .424 | .516 | .940 | 292 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||
Jim Bolger | 165 | 656 | 592 | 88 | 193 | 37 | 4 | 28 | 147 | 3 | 48 | 42 | .326 | .376 | .544 | .919 | 322 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||
Bob Speake | 158 | 666 | 580 | 107 | 174 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 111 | 14 | 74 | 100 | .300 | .377 | .490 | .867 | 284 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
George Freese | 137 | 544 | 474 | 87 | 138 | 31 | 4 | 22 | 113 | 5 | 53 | 49 | .291 | .365 | .513 | .877 | 243 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||
Gale Wade | 101 | 435 | 383 | 77 | 112 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 67 | 16 | 43 | 62 | .292 | .368 | .507 | .875 | 194 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
El Tappe | 100 | 363 | 303 | 30 | 81 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 40 | .267 | .367 | .350 | .717 | 106 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
Bob Coats | 103 | 267 | 237 | 45 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 24 | 16 | .316 | .378 | .346 | .724 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Joe Hannah | 93 | 277 | 239 | 29 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 34 | 46 | .272 | .364 | .343 | .707 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Lorenzo Davis | 64 | 160 | 152 | 19 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .316 | .340 | .493 | .833 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Eddie Haas | 41 | 186 | 149 | 34 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 23 | .275 | .400 | .403 | .803 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Don Lauters | 39 | 112 | 100 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .260 | .312 | .400 | .712 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Bob Thorpe | 35 | 66 | 62 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .274 | .308 | .403 | .711 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dick Drott | 35 | 81 | 75 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .187 | .192 | .293 | .486 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Dave Hillman | 37 | 88 | 76 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .158 | .210 | .171 | .381 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Marino Pieretti | 38 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .244 | .261 | .311 | .572 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Gene Fodge | 47 | 71 | 65 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .169 | .206 | .185 | .390 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Jim Fanning | 12 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .345 | .481 | .826 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Harry Perkowski | 24 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .206 | .229 | .412 | .640 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Briggs | 19 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .161 | .188 | .290 | .478 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Goryl | 12 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .190 | .308 | .381 | .689 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Red Adams | 15 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .118 | .143 | .118 | .261 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richie Myers | 15 | 45 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .111 | .256 | .139 | .395 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Buzz Clarkson | 8 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .273 | .529 | .364 | .893 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ray Bauer | 49 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .158 | .273 | .158 | .431 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Swanson | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hy Cohen | 5 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
George Piktuzis | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Spasoff | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Anderson | 71 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .050 | .050 | .200 | .250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pidge Browne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John André | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Hricinak | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1922 | 6442 | 5660 | 1000 | 1678 | 257 | 36 | 202 | 940 | 56 | 0 | 625 | 775 | .296 | .367 | .462 | .829 | 2613 | 136 | 37 | 67 | 53 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Bilko | 1B | 162 | 1280 | 105 | 17 | 139 | .988 | 8.549 | ||||
Bob Speake | 1B | 5 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.600 | ||||
Lorenzo Davis | 1B | 3 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .949 | 12.333 | ||||
Gene Mauch | 2B | 138 | 339 | 384 | 22 | 100 | .970 | 5.239 | ||||
Casey Wise | 2B | 14 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 15 | .987 | 5.357 | ||||
Don Lauters | 2B | 13 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .941 | 3.692 | ||||
Lorenzo Davis | 2B | 10 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 7 | .940 | 4.700 | ||||
George Freese | 3B | 129 | 93 | 267 | 19 | 25 | .950 | 2.791 | ||||
Lorenzo Davis | 3B | 20 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 2.550 | ||||
Don Lauters | 3B | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
Gene Mauch | 3B | 8 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 5 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
Johnny Goryl | 3B | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .850 | 2.125 | ||||
Buzz Clarkson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
El Tappe | C | 96 | 467 | 42 | 9 | 14 | .983 | 5.302 | 5 | 17 | 100.0 | |
Joe Hannah | C | 80 | 405 | 39 | 4 | 6 | .991 | 5.550 | 4 | 16 | 100.0 | |
Jim Fanning | C | 8 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 5.500 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | |
Lorenzo Davis | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Bolger | OF | 163 | 344 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .989 | 2.172 | ||||
Bob Speake | OF | 155 | 372 | 17 | 6 | 6 | .985 | 2.510 | ||||
Gale Wade | OF | 99 | 244 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .977 | 2.545 | ||||
Bob Coats | OF | 53 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.698 | ||||
Eddie Haas | OF | 41 | 72 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .930 | 1.951 | ||||
Don Lauters | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Lorenzo Davis | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Bob Anderson | P | 70 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .414 | ||||
Ray Bauer | P | 49 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .952 | .816 | ||||
Gene Fodge | P | 44 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 5 | .975 | .886 | ||||
Marino Pieretti | P | 38 | 11 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .896 | 1.132 | ||||
Dick Drott | P | 35 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
Dave Hillman | P | 33 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.515 | ||||
Bob Thorpe | P | 29 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.069 | ||||
Harry Perkowski | P | 22 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .955 | ||||
John Briggs | P | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
Red Adams | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
John Hricinak | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
Don Swanson | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
Hy Cohen | P | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
Tom LeGros | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
George Piktuzis | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
John André | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Pete Spasoff | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Casey Wise | SS | 157 | 268 | 466 | 37 | 101 | .952 | 4.675 | ||||
Richie Myers | SS | 10 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 7 | .932 | 4.100 | ||||
Don Lauters | SS | 5 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .897 | 5.200 | ||||
Totals | 1783 | 4299 | 1798 | 171 | 476 | .973 | 3.420 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 100.0 |
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.
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