1956 Lexington Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 41-22
Finished 1st in the NSL
Manager: Danny Doyle (41-22)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Lexington, Nebraska
Ballpark: Dawson County Fairgrounds
Attendance: 28,393, Avg. 901
The Lexington Red Sox of the Nebraska State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 41 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the NSL.
The Red Sox conceded 298 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Lexington plated 447 runs. Lee Howell led all regular batters by connecting at a .322 clip. Theodore Ellis topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.76 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. Danny Doyle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Ellis | 11 | 1 | .917 | 1.76 | 16 | 9 | 97.0 | 66 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Amershek | 9 | 1 | .900 | 3.33 | 14 | 11 | 81.0 | 71 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Robert O'Day | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.33 | 15 | 8 | 81.0 | 57 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Harry Fenn | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.88 | 15 | 12 | 100.0 | 83 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Ken Bailey | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.88 | 16 | 8 | 83.0 | 85 | 56 | 45 | 4 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Trochim | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Virga | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louis Profumo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.37 | 13 | 3 | 35.0 | 32 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 41 | 22 | .651 | 3.09 | 102 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 477.0 | 394 | 240 | 164 | 26 | 262 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Knerr | 63 | 255 | 255 | 72 | 16 | 1 | 6 | .282 | .282 | .424 | .706 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Walt Napier | 58 | 220 | 220 | 64 | 12 | 6 | 11 | .291 | .291 | .550 | .841 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Joseph DeCandido | 56 | 219 | 219 | 62 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .283 | .283 | .420 | .703 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Lee Howell | 52 | 183 | 183 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .322 | .322 | .486 | .809 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Edward Vallery | 56 | 199 | 199 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 12 | .276 | .276 | .538 | .814 | 107 | |||||||||||
| John Brey | 46 | 167 | 167 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .257 | .257 | .431 | .689 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Dick Hergenrader | 41 | 144 | 144 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .382 | .660 | 55 | |||||||||||
| John Sweazy | 40 | 130 | 130 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .369 | .615 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Frederic Scane | 37 | 115 | 115 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .348 | .591 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Snider | 31 | 107 | 107 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .243 | .243 | .383 | .626 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Rusty Runge | 27 | 68 | 68 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .309 | .309 | .353 | .662 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Beaver | 25 | 68 | 68 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .279 | .485 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Robert O'Day | 18 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .282 | .282 | .538 | .821 | 21 | |||||||||||
| William Seay | 13 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .371 | .600 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Harry Fenn | 15 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .194 | .194 | .306 | .500 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Ellis | 16 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .150 | .275 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Amershek | 14 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .167 | .300 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ken Bailey | 16 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .152 | .273 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Louis Profumo | 13 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Trochim | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Virga | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John McDowell | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry McKinney | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 654 | 2133 | 2133 | 0 | 561 | 110 | 37 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .414 | .677 | 883 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Ellis | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Bailey | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Robert O'Day | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Fenn | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Amershek | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Profumo | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Virga | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Trochim | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 102 | 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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