1956 Lincoln Chiefs Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 84-54
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Larry Shepard (84-54)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 92,554, Avg. 1,341
1956 Lincoln Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 84-54
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Larry Shepard (84-54)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 92,554, Avg. 1,341
Playoffs - Lincoln Chiefs 4 games, Amarillo Gold Sox 1
The Lincoln Chiefs of the Western League ended the 1956 season with a record of 84 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the WL.
The Chiefs led the league with 934 runs. Lincoln allowed 742 runs, least in the league.
Players from the 1956 Lincoln Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Earl Smith, Don Williams, Howie Goss, Don Rowe, Bennie Daniels and Dick Stuart.
Larry Shepard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie Daniels | 15 | 3 | .833 | 4.08 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 183.0 | 161 | 96 | 83 | 10 | 109 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Don Rowe | 13 | 7 | .650 | 4.63 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 173.0 | 173 | 97 | 89 | 15 | 112 | 164 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Don Williams | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.39 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 122.0 | 118 | 61 | 46 | 12 | 54 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Deward Williams | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.68 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 150.0 | 140 | 97 | 78 | 11 | 98 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Mike Hoffman | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.04 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 107.0 | 128 | 72 | 48 | 13 | 63 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Domingo Rossello | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.50 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 154.0 | 176 | 89 | 77 | 23 | 50 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Bill Nordberg | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.87 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 101 | 54 | 43 | 9 | 49 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Larry Shepard | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.53 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 62.0 | 76 | 53 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Andy Olsen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.72 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 46.0 | 40 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Richard Shinnick | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marcos Cobos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Brown | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Drilling | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Howie Goss | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter DeLotelle | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Mulcahy | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Tkacsik | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 52 | .603 | 4.33 | 301 | 126 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1097.0 | 1113 | 643 | 528 | 108 | 584 | 0 | 777 | 22 | 7 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Miley | 123 | 550 | 496 | 95 | 170 | 32 | 5 | 13 | 80 | 21 | 44 | 33 | .343 | .397 | .506 | .903 | 251 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Ken Toothman | 132 | 589 | 489 | 121 | 160 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 88 | 33 | 85 | 45 | .327 | .432 | .544 | .975 | 266 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Dick Stuart | 141 | 618 | 523 | 131 | 156 | 25 | 3 | 66 | 158 | 4 | 88 | 171 | .298 | .403 | .736 | 1.139 | 385 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reginaldo Grenald | 116 | 525 | 442 | 113 | 133 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 73 | 8 | 73 | 72 | .301 | .402 | .498 | .899 | 220 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| John McDevitt | 124 | 560 | 477 | 76 | 124 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 8 | 67 | 82 | .260 | .359 | .373 | .732 | 178 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Bill Jackson | 115 | 485 | 392 | 86 | 103 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 82 | 4 | 82 | 97 | .263 | .398 | .513 | .911 | 201 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Howie Goss | 103 | 440 | 388 | 67 | 94 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 77 | 12 | 42 | 102 | .242 | .324 | .474 | .798 | 184 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Al Stringer | 82 | 339 | 298 | 45 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 48 | .265 | .345 | .322 | .667 | 96 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Joe Zavattaro | 96 | 370 | 278 | 54 | 62 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 83 | 101 | .223 | .411 | .399 | .811 | 111 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marcos Cobos | 78 | 277 | 233 | 40 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 36 | 53 | .240 | .339 | .416 | .756 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bennie Daniels | 56 | 136 | 123 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 33 | .325 | .378 | .626 | 1.004 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Swarts | 32 | 141 | 119 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 18 | .244 | .341 | .370 | .710 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Don Rowe | 48 | 104 | 91 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 12 | .242 | .314 | .341 | .654 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Domingo Rossello | 32 | 66 | 51 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .255 | .397 | .431 | .828 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Deward Williams | 28 | 63 | 54 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .185 | .267 | .204 | .470 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hoffman | 35 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .231 | .286 | .282 | .568 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Earl Smith | 12 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .286 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 44 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .143 | .200 | .190 | .390 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Morse | 7 | 14 | 14 | 5 | .357 | .357 | .357 | .714 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Nordberg | 39 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .097 | .125 | .097 | .222 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shinnick | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Iammatteo | 6 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter DeLotelle | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Warren Wilson | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Brown | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Olsen | 15 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Shepard | 18 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .059 | .238 | .059 | .297 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donald Tkacsik | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Wolfe | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Cannon | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1518 | 5528 | 4695 | 910 | 1290 | 229 | 45 | 203 | 809 | 99 | 0 | 704 | 958 | .275 | .374 | .472 | .846 | 2218 | 85 | 53 | 50 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Jackson | 1B | 113 | 919 | 96 | 10 | 111 | .990 | 8.982 | ||||
| Dick Stuart | 1B | 36 | 274 | 16 | 17 | 35 | .945 | 8.056 | ||||
| Ken Toothman | 2B | 128 | 299 | 347 | 21 | 103 | .969 | 5.047 | ||||
| John McDevitt | 2B | 15 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 6 | .915 | 5.000 | ||||
| Sammy Miley | 3B | 71 | 54 | 134 | 13 | 11 | .935 | 2.648 | ||||
| John McDevitt | 3B | 54 | 33 | 95 | 9 | 7 | .934 | 2.370 | ||||
| Al Stringer | 3B | 24 | 16 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .926 | 2.083 | ||||
| Joe Zavattaro | C | 90 | 606 | 49 | 13 | 3 | .981 | 7.278 | 18 | |||
| Marcos Cobos | C | 59 | 300 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .988 | 5.627 | 3 | |||
| Reginaldo Grenald | OF | 115 | 195 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .957 | 1.730 | ||||
| Dick Stuart | OF | 108 | 142 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .920 | 1.380 | ||||
| Howie Goss | OF | 102 | 256 | 8 | 12 | 4 | .957 | 2.588 | ||||
| Sammy Miley | OF | 57 | 86 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .937 | 1.561 | ||||
| Marcos Cobos | OF | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Earl Smith | OF | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bennie Daniels | OF | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Don Williams | P | 44 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .966 | .636 | ||||
| Bill Nordberg | P | 38 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .971 | .895 | ||||
| Mike Hoffman | P | 34 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bennie Daniels | P | 30 | 13 | 61 | 5 | 6 | .937 | 2.467 | ||||
| Don Rowe | P | 29 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Domingo Rossello | P | 27 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Deward Williams | P | 26 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .821 | .885 | ||||
| Larry Shepard | P | 18 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .667 | ||||
| Andy Olsen | P | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Tom Mulcahy | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Shinnick | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Drilling | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter DeLotelle | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Brown | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Tkacsik | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcos Cobos | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howie Goss | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John McDevitt | SS | 55 | 77 | 163 | 10 | 49 | .960 | 4.364 | ||||
| Al Stringer | SS | 54 | 99 | 131 | 8 | 30 | .966 | 4.259 | ||||
| Ray Swarts | SS | 31 | 54 | 73 | 11 | 20 | .920 | 4.097 | ||||
| Totals | 1450 | 3543 | 1458 | 185 | 409 | .964 | 3.449 | 21 | 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.
