1956 Mattoon Phillies Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 61-65
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Benny Zientara (61-65)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Mattoon, Illinois
Ballpark: Mattoon Baseball Park
Attendance: 35,144, Avg. 558

1956 Mattoon Phillies Roster

The Mattoon Phillies of the Midwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 61 wins and 65 losses, finishing sixth in the MWL.

The Phillies scored 831 runs and surrendered 904 runs, most in the circuit. Eddie Logan led all regular batters by hitting .384. Mike Wallace topped Mattoon with 15 wins and a team-best 4.21 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Art Mahaffey and Benny Zientara both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Benny Zientara 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
Mike Wallace	15	9	.625	4.21	31	22					188.0	194	111	88	14	104
Tom Shima	12	9	.571	4.40	27	25					182.0	173	123	89	12	102
David Weilbaecher	5	1	.833	5.93	26	4					82.0	100	72	54	2	55
James Mowbray	5	8	.385	5.59	25	9					87.0	96	68	54	4	56
Art Mahaffey	4	4	.500	5.28	10	10					75.0	89	53	44	2	47
Ed Smrekar	3	3	.500	4.50	15	5					60.0	66	41	30	3	52
Fred Brancato	3	3	.500	7.46	11	6					41.0	45	47	34	2	51
William Juhay	3	8	.273	7.83	15	12					69.0	96	72	60	8	51
Cloyce Sowell	2	2	.500		7						0.0
Frank Augustiny	2	2	.500	8.14	14	5					42.0	69	62	38	5	45
Bob Queen	2	2	.500	8.23	10	6					35.0	47	40	32	4	31
Jerry Kettle	2	8	.200	9.94	15	12					67.0	85	86	74	12	81
Tom Pakes	1	0	1.000	7.56	10	0					25.0	33	26	21	1	17
Stanley Corley	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Chuck Longwello	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Walter Suttlemyre	0	0			1						0.0
William Kezman	0	0			1						0.0
Clarence Shimfessel	0	0			2						0.0
Perry McElveen	0	0			5						0.0
Henry Seecs	0	3	.000		3						0.0
Totals	61	65	.484	5.84	237	116	0	0	0	0	953.0	1093	801	618	69	692	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
Eddie Logan	121	528	528		203	39	13	15						.384	.384	.593	.977	313
Nathan Dickerson	126	488	488		149	27	8	13						.305	.305	.473	.779	231
Dave Gottschalk	115	420	420		128	22	1	19						.305	.305	.498	.802	209
Charlie Randall	96	350	350		108	21	3	19						.309	.309	.549	.857	192
Walter Suttlemyre	98	378	378		105	11	4	3						.278	.278	.352	.630	133
Ben Jonietz	86	345	345		92	17	7	5						.267	.267	.400	.667	138
Clarence Shimfessel	82	216	216		65	9	1	4						.301	.301	.407	.708	88
Carl Olley	71	238	238		63	8	6	2						.265	.265	.374	.639	89
Thomas Bornman	58	177	177		56	6	2	6						.316	.316	.475	.791	84
Victor Collier	52	195	195		56	15	5	1						.287	.287	.431	.718	84
William Whiteko	34	134	134		40	8	0	3						.299	.299	.425	.724	57
Jackie Robinson	47	152	152		29	4	0	0						.191	.191	.217	.408	33
Edward Miller	23	65	65		19	5	0	0						.292	.292	.369	.662	24
Mike Wallace	31	75	75		14	2	0	0						.187	.187	.213	.400	16
Neil Schwandt	30	107	107		14	2	0	0						.131	.131	.150	.280	16
Ed Smrekar	19	38	38		11	1	0	1						.289	.289	.395	.684	15
Tom Shima	29	66	66		9	1	0	0						.136	.136	.152	.288	10
Jack Deaner	5	17	17		5									.294	.294	.294	.588	5
David Weilbaecher	26	26	26		5	0	0	0						.192	.192	.192	.385	5
Frank Racz	11	32	32		5	1	0	0						.156	.156	.188	.344	6
William Juhay	15	24	24		4	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	4
John Johnson	3	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Chuck Longwello	6	14	14		3									.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Frank Augustiny	14	17	17		3	1	0	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	4
Jerry Kettle	15	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
James Mowbray	25	30	30		3	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	3
Cloyce Sowell	7	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Fred Brancato	11	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Bob Queen	11	15	15		2	1	0	0						.133	.133	.200	.333	3
Perry McElveen	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Stanley Corley	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Henry Seecs	3	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Pakes	10	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Art Mahaffey	10	31	31		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1299	4253	4253	0	1203	201	50	91	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.418	.701	1777	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mike Wallace	P	31					.000
Tom Shima	P	27					.000
David Weilbaecher	P	26					.000
James Mowbray	P	25					.000
Ed Smrekar	P	15					.000
Jerry Kettle	P	15					.000
William Juhay	P	15					.000
Frank Augustiny	P	14					.000
Fred Brancato	P	11					.000
Bob Queen	P	10					.000
Tom Pakes	P	10					.000
Art Mahaffey	P	10					.000
Cloyce Sowell	P	7					.000
Perry McElveen	P	5					.000
Chuck Longwello	P	5					.000
Stanley Corley	P	4					.000
Henry Seecs	P	3					.000
William Kezman	P	1					.000
Totals		234	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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