1956 Lafayette Red Sox Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-56
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Len Okrie (69-56)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Lafayette, Indiana
Ballpark: Columbian Park
Attendance: 42,821, Avg. 685

1956 Lafayette Red Sox Roster

Playoffs - Paris Lakers 2 games, Lafayette Red Sox 0

The Lafayette Red Sox of the Midwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 69 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the MWL.

The Red Sox tallied 759 runs and allowed 760 runs. Nicky Hopkins led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .323 clip. Charlie Smith topped Lafayette with 21 wins and a team-best 2.9 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tracy Stallard and Jay Ritchie both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Len Okrie 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
Charlie Smith	21	4	.840	2.90	31	29					242.0	218	110	78	11	115
Bruce Robarge	13	11	.542	5.06	29	29					169.0	181	119	95	12	109
Jay Ritchie	9	6	.600	3.15	41	0					80.0	78	44	28	4	33
Norman Luoni	6	13	.316	4.44	24	24					148.0	149	107	73	12	101
James Owens	5	4	.556	5.60	31	5					119.0	129	97	74	6	102
Tracy Stallard	5	8	.385	4.50	17	15					104.0	106	71	52	4	72
Robert O'Day	4	1	.800	5.28	10	7					58.0	62	45	34	1	31
James Dokos	3	1	.750	6.00	15	4					45.0	45	34	30	4	30
John Patula	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Frank Gavel	1	1	.500		8						0.0
Donald Soderstrom	1	3	.250	11.10	11	6					30.0	47	38	37	4	42
Don Long	0	0			1						0.0
John Overton	0	0			4						0.0
Earl Baldwin	0	0			2						0.0
Joe Riazzi	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Dick Goyette	0	1	.000		2						0.0
John Bagonzi	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Louis Profumo	0	1	.000	9.00	1						5.0	6		5		6
Totals	69	56	.552	4.55	246	119	0	0	0	0	1000.0	1021	665	506	58	641	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
Nicky Hopkins	115	468	468		151	28	13	12						.323	.323	.515	.838	241
Don Long	109	430	430		135	27	10	9						.314	.314	.486	.800	209
John Liprando	123	442	442		123	28	5	9						.278	.278	.425	.704	188
James Hirsch	110	383	383		117	21	5	9						.305	.305	.457	.762	175
Joseph Theis	96	350	350		109	21	8	12						.311	.311	.520	.831	182
Dale DeSilva	124	458	458		109	25	5	14						.238	.238	.406	.644	186
William Cottrell	82	304	304		80	14	4	4						.263	.263	.375	.638	114
Armand Diferdinando	78	272	272		67	18	0	5						.246	.246	.368	.614	100
Freddie Duvall	34	119	119		30	6	1	6						.252	.252	.471	.723	56
Patrick Quinlan	20	87	87		26	9	2	0						.299	.299	.448	.747	39
James Atkinson	20	71	71		25	5	0	0						.352	.352	.423	.775	30
Arch Nebron	38	111	111		22	5	0	3						.198	.198	.324	.523	36
Gale Dennis	14	51	51		17	2	2	0						.333	.333	.451	.784	23
Fred Bower	37	84	84		17	2	0	2						.202	.202	.298	.500	25
Norman Luoni	43	72	72		13	2	0	1						.181	.181	.250	.431	18
Edward Vallery	15	42	42		12	4	0	1						.286	.286	.452	.738	19
Lee Howell	14	50	50		11	0	2	1						.220	.220	.360	.580	18
Bruce Robarge	32	59	59		8	1	0	0						.136	.136	.153	.288	9
Charlie Smith	31	82	82		8	1	0	0						.098	.098	.110	.207	9
Mac Hagler	13	34	34		7	1	1	0						.206	.206	.294	.500	10
Jay Ritchie	41	23	23		6	0	0	0						.261	.261	.261	.522	6
James Lee	10	30	30		6	1	0	1						.200	.200	.333	.533	10
Jack Arrigo	5	15	15		4									.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Harry Krnacik	6	18	18		4									.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Robert O'Day	11	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	4
Tom Costello	5	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Donald Soderstrom	12	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Frederic Scane	3	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
James Dokos	15	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	2
James Owens	31	36	36		2	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	2
Tracy Stallard	17	38	38		2	0	0	0						.053	.053	.053	.105	2
John Overton	4	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
John McDowell	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Dick Goyette	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Joe Riazzi	9	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
John Brey	8	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Frank Gavel	9	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Louis Profumo	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Bagonzi	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Patula	6	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1351	4239	4239	0	1130	221	58	89	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.409	.676	1734	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jay Ritchie	P	41					.000
Charlie Smith	P	31					.000
James Owens	P	31					.000
Bruce Robarge	P	29					.000
Norman Luoni	P	24					.000
Tracy Stallard	P	17					.000
James Dokos	P	15					.000
Donald Soderstrom	P	11					.000
Robert O'Day	P	10					.000
Joe Riazzi	P	9					.000
Frank Gavel	P	8					.000
John Bagonzi	P	6					.000
John Patula	P	4					.000
John Overton	P	4					.000
Dick Goyette	P	2					.000
Earl Baldwin	P	2					.000
Louis Profumo	P	1					.000
Totals		245	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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