1956 Modesto Reds Statistics
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Al Lyons (66-74)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 36,807, Avg. 526
The Modesto Reds of the California League ended the 1956 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.
The Reds led the league with 954 runs, sparked by 126 home runs. Modesto allowed 870 runs. Dick Greco paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .356 average. Don Orwiler topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.48 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1956 Modesto Reds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Lyons, Bill Koski and Paul Calvert.
Al Lyons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Orwiler | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.48 | 36 | 29 | 248.0 | 273 | 128 | 96 | 14 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Frank Cornell | 12 | 13 | .480 | 6.23 | 40 | 17 | 159.0 | 143 | 135 | 110 | 9 | 178 | ||||||||||
| Donald Nichols | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3.86 | 40 | 28 | 247.0 | 238 | 140 | 106 | 13 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Dave Faszholz | 7 | 7 | .500 | 6.73 | 19 | 13 | 95.0 | 124 | 79 | 71 | 19 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Gaggero | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.56 | 17 | 11 | 89.0 | 97 | 75 | 55 | 6 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Malvern Murphy | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.69 | 22 | 18 | 125.0 | 123 | 91 | 79 | 10 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Al Lyons | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Rounds | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.07 | 6 | 5 | 42.0 | 42 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Max Weekly | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.12 | 9 | 5 | 43.0 | 55 | 45 | 34 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Sutton | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.02 | 16 | 5 | 55.0 | 82 | 64 | 49 | 8 | 32 | ||||||||||
| David Kostenuk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Greco | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Raul Dieppa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chet Dickey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Calvert | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Mulliniks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Mehrmann | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 74 | .471 | 5.05 | 240 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1103.0 | 1177 | 781 | 619 | 83 | 651 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Greco | 140 | 539 | 539 | 192 | 39 | 3 | 44 | .356 | .356 | .685 | 1.041 | 369 | |||||||||||
| Raul Dieppa | 138 | 567 | 567 | 185 | 32 | 5 | 11 | .326 | .326 | .459 | .785 | 260 | |||||||||||
| Tony Asaro | 137 | 586 | 586 | 181 | 37 | 10 | 5 | .309 | .309 | .432 | .741 | 253 | |||||||||||
| Henry Mitchell | 140 | 562 | 562 | 167 | 24 | 8 | 18 | .297 | .297 | .464 | .762 | 261 | |||||||||||
| Joe Delfino | 138 | 474 | 474 | 152 | 19 | 11 | 6 | .321 | .321 | .445 | .766 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Glen Merklen | 140 | 539 | 539 | 128 | 9 | 7 | 15 | .237 | .237 | .364 | .601 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Fred Carpenter | 68 | 264 | 264 | 85 | 20 | 4 | 6 | .322 | .322 | .496 | .818 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Tom Tarantino | 108 | 324 | 324 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 6 | .244 | .244 | .373 | .617 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Al Lyons | 63 | 196 | 196 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 9 | .316 | .316 | .526 | .842 | 103 | |||||||||||
| John Zanze | 97 | 284 | 284 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .243 | .458 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Don Orwiler | 78 | 153 | 153 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .281 | .281 | .425 | .706 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Donald Nichols | 42 | 94 | 94 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .351 | .606 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Joe Arenivar | 13 | 56 | 56 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .321 | .393 | .714 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Frank Cornell | 41 | 65 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Malvern Murphy | 22 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Dave Faszholz | 21 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .257 | .257 | .514 | .771 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Robert Sutton | 16 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Gaggero | 17 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .258 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Richard Rubio | 9 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Mehrmann | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Max Weekly | 9 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Garten | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Aaron Jones | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Rounds | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chet Dickey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harvey Mulliniks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Hertel | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Kostenuk | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1467 | 4906 | 4906 | 0 | 1432 | 242 | 57 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .442 | .733 | 2166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Nichols | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Cornell | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Malvern Murphy | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Faszholz | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Gaggero | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Sutton | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Max Weekly | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Aaron Jones | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Rounds | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mehrmann | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Harvey Mulliniks | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Calvert | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| David Kostenuk | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Koski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Chet Dickey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 193 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
