1956 Lewiston Broncs Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-59
Finished 2nd in the NWL
Manager: Hillis Layne (72-59)
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Ballpark: Bengal Field
Attendance: 53,472, Avg. 816

1956 Lewiston Broncs Roster

The Lewiston Broncs of the Northwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 72 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the NWL.

The Broncs paced the league with 812 runs, spearheaded by 99 home runs. Lewiston allowed 750 runs. Hillis Layne led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .354. John Anderson topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.66 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Hillis Layne played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lewiston Broncs to do so.

Hillis Layne 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
John Anderson	13	1	.929	2.66	16	14					122.0	113	42	36	5	32
James Benton	12	13	.480	5.18	33	24					191.0	216	131	110	18	94
Gerald Jacobs	11	11	.500	3.80	31	21					154.0	154	107	65	8	101
Bob Wadsworth	10	10	.500	4.55	26	21					174.0	186	108	88	11	83
Bob Spry	7	6	.538	4.92	18	13					106.0	98	65	58	8	62
Willie Franco	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
Merrill Schelich	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Ralph Rose	0	0			4						0.0
Ronnie Watts	0	1	.000		7						0.0
Don Fornall	0	3	.000		3						0.0
Totals	56	47	.544	4.30	148	93	0	0	0	0	747.0	767	453	357	50	372	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
Gene Klingler	131	450	450		155	38	1	14						.344	.344	.527	.871	237
Howard Keefe	129	485	485		151	26	6	8						.311	.311	.439	.751	213
Joseph Riney	124	457	457		145	27	5	28						.317	.317	.582	.899	266
Joe Jacobs	122	444	444		131	23	1	6						.295	.295	.392	.687	174
Hillis Layne	109	362	362		128	24	0	15						.354	.354	.544	.898	197
Bruce McIntosh	99	370	370		115	13	7	11						.311	.311	.473	.784	175
Doug Osburn	95	366	366		103	13	8	5						.281	.281	.402	.683	147
Mervyn Donahue	98	344	344		79	21	0	2						.230	.230	.308	.538	106
Carl Schmidt	84	293	293		78	15	4	5						.266	.266	.396	.662	116
Merrill Schelich	51	106	106		25	2	0	2						.236	.236	.311	.547	33
Don Brownfield	23	78	78		19	3	1	0						.244	.244	.308	.551	24
Raul Reza	28	78	78		15	2	0	0						.192	.192	.218	.410	17
John Anderson	20	55	55		14	1	0	0						.255	.255	.273	.527	15
Gerald Jacobs	43	83	83		14	4	2	0						.169	.169	.265	.434	22
James Benton	34	79	79		12	5	0	2						.152	.152	.291	.443	23
Bill Cox	11	37	37		10	2	0	1						.270	.270	.405	.676	15
Robert Brown	20	63	63		10	1	1	0						.159	.159	.206	.365	13
Bob Wadsworth	26	70	70		10	1	0	0						.143	.143	.157	.300	11
Ralph Rose	8	7	7		4									.571	.571	.571	1.143	4
Willie Franco	4	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Bob Spry	18	33	33		3	1	0	0						.091	.091	.121	.212	4
Don Fornall	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ronnie Watts	7	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Totals	1287	4287	4287	0	1226	222	36	99	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.424	.710	1817	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
James Benton	P	33					.000
Gerald Jacobs	P	31					.000
Bob Wadsworth	P	26					.000
Bob Spry	P	18					.000
John Anderson	P	16					.000
Ronnie Watts	P	7					.000
Willie Franco	P	4					.000
Don Fornall	P	3					.000
Totals		138	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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