1956 Omaha Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 82-71
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (82-71)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 212,859, Avg. 2,782
Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 2
The Omaha Cardinals of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Cardinals scored 751 runs and gave up 669 runs.
Gordon Jones, Charlie Peete, Mel Wright, Dick Schofield, Tom Alston, Benny Valenzuela, Toby Atwell, Vern Benson, Stan Jok, Billy Muffett, Wally Shannon, Eddie Phillips, Jim Pearce, Herb Moford, Nelson Burbrink, Ray Coleman, Danny Schell, Marty Kutyna, Tom Cheney, Jim Command, Luis Arroyo, Bob Stephenson, Chuck Harmon, Don Lassetter, Barney Schultz, Ross Grimsley, Frank Barnes and Ed Mayer were all players from the 1956 Omaha Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Johnny Keane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Jones | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.88 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 172.0 | 183 | 70 | 55 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Herb Moford | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.23 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 134.0 | 123 | 74 | 63 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Tom Cheney | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.93 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 169.0 | 150 | 65 | 55 | 18 | 64 | 1 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barney Schultz | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.19 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 118.0 | 110 | 67 | 55 | 18 | 41 | 6 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jim Pearce | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.78 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 176.0 | 175 | 90 | 74 | 14 | 61 | 2 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.24 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 121.0 | 116 | 68 | 57 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Ed Mayer | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.80 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 90.0 | 95 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Marty Kutyna | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.12 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 72.0 | 63 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ed Donnelly | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.58 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 50.0 | 63 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ross Grimsley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.08 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 85.0 | 98 | 52 | 48 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luis Arroyo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Michael Gaston | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Clear | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Barnes | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Muffett | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mel Wright | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 79 | 68 | .537 | 3.78 | 327 | 141 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 1211.0 | 1204 | 606 | 508 | 111 | 378 | 23 | 783 | 31 | 3 | 23 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Peete | 116 | 492 | 417 | 84 | 146 | 28 | 6 | 16 | 63 | 3 | 68 | 58 | .350 | .444 | .561 | 1.005 | 234 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Danny Schell | 139 | 591 | 491 | 90 | 143 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 90 | 1 | 81 | 55 | .291 | .390 | .473 | .862 | 232 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Mo Mozzali | 132 | 500 | 434 | 63 | 131 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 4 | 54 | 37 | .302 | .373 | .389 | .762 | 169 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Tom Alston | 122 | 489 | 418 | 88 | 128 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 80 | 4 | 58 | 61 | .306 | .394 | .536 | .930 | 224 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Wally Shannon | 119 | 441 | 405 | 52 | 121 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 30 | 44 | .299 | .346 | .378 | .723 | 153 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dick Schofield | 108 | 444 | 396 | 60 | 117 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 43 | 56 | .295 | .365 | .465 | .830 | 184 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wally Lammers | 118 | 444 | 387 | 47 | 101 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 45 | 42 | .261 | .336 | .344 | .680 | 133 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Harmon | 58 | 257 | 242 | 50 | 87 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 4 | 12 | 31 | .360 | .385 | .603 | .989 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Nelson Burbrink | 111 | 370 | 309 | 42 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 56 | 30 | .256 | .370 | .337 | .706 | 104 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stan Jok | 69 | 276 | 232 | 38 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 38 | 36 | .289 | .391 | .440 | .830 | 102 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim Command | 45 | 149 | 132 | 13 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .318 | .372 | .432 | .803 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Asdrubal Baro | 56 | 155 | 131 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 18 | .305 | .390 | .389 | .779 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ray Coleman | 48 | 112 | 104 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .250 | .291 | .317 | .608 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Phillips | 23 | 74 | 61 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .230 | .356 | .328 | .684 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benny Valenzuela | 16 | 59 | 50 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .220 | .339 | .340 | .679 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Cheney | 31 | 63 | 52 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .192 | .222 | .231 | .453 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 46 | 64 | 57 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .175 | .238 | .246 | .484 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Jones | 28 | 71 | 59 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .169 | .222 | .169 | .392 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Don Lassetter | 24 | 69 | 60 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .167 | .246 | .183 | .430 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Toby Atwell | 28 | 81 | 64 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .141 | .304 | .188 | .491 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James McArdle | 11 | 61 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 5 | .250 | .650 | .321 | .971 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sherwin Dixon | 12 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .226 | .294 | .387 | .681 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Schultz | 46 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .167 | .219 | .300 | .519 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marty Kutyna | 27 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Donnelly | 21 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Getter | 10 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .148 | .207 | .259 | .466 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Mayer | 18 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .133 | .133 | .300 | .433 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pearce | 34 | 62 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .074 | .138 | .074 | .212 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mel Wright | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Grimsley | 22 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .111 | .226 | .111 | .337 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Herb Moford | 40 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .071 | .093 | .071 | .164 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vern Benson | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Muffett | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Clear | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luis Arroyo | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1709 | 5604 | 4838 | 720 | 1353 | 208 | 46 | 112 | 686 | 27 | 0 | 617 | 652 | .280 | .361 | .411 | .772 | 1989 | 124 | 30 | 69 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Alston | 1B | 103 | 802 | 66 | 10 | 67 | .989 | 8.427 | ||||
| Mo Mozzali | 1B | 60 | 480 | 34 | 2 | 40 | .996 | 8.567 | ||||
| Wally Shannon | 2B | 80 | 149 | 207 | 10 | 39 | .973 | 4.450 | ||||
| Wally Lammers | 2B | 79 | 165 | 213 | 11 | 33 | .972 | 4.785 | ||||
| Stan Jok | 3B | 67 | 67 | 130 | 11 | 11 | .947 | 2.940 | ||||
| Wally Shannon | 3B | 29 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.621 | ||||
| Wally Lammers | 3B | 27 | 18 | 53 | 5 | 6 | .934 | 2.630 | ||||
| Tom Alston | 3B | 19 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .920 | 2.421 | ||||
| Benny Valenzuela | 3B | 13 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 2.923 | ||||
| Nelson Burbrink | C | 105 | 587 | 56 | 11 | 8 | .983 | 6.124 | 14 | |||
| Jim Command | C | 43 | 195 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 4.837 | 5 | |||
| Toby Atwell | C | 22 | 101 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 5.000 | 5 | |||
| Danny Schell | OF | 137 | 263 | 14 | 10 | 4 | .965 | 2.022 | ||||
| Charlie Peete | OF | 112 | 275 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .976 | 2.518 | ||||
| Mo Mozzali | OF | 66 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.409 | ||||
| Chuck Harmon | OF | 57 | 148 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .962 | 2.684 | ||||
| Asdrubal Baro | OF | 41 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.220 | ||||
| Ray Coleman | OF | 31 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.323 | ||||
| Don Lassetter | OF | 20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Eddie Phillips | OF | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.529 | ||||
| Barney Schultz | P | 45 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .938 | .667 | ||||
| Herb Moford | P | 39 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .769 | ||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | P | 37 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .676 | ||||
| Jim Pearce | P | 34 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .935 | .853 | ||||
| Tom Cheney | P | 29 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.172 | ||||
| Gordon Jones | P | 27 | 17 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.889 | ||||
| Marty Kutyna | P | 26 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .808 | ||||
| Ross Grimsley | P | 20 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .850 | ||||
| Ed Mayer | P | 18 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.444 | ||||
| Mel Wright | P | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank Barnes | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Muffett | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Arroyo | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Gaston | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Clear | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Schofield | SS | 102 | 161 | 227 | 25 | 45 | .939 | 3.804 | ||||
| Totals | 1557 | 3764 | 1337 | 140 | 271 | .973 | 3.276 | 24 | 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.
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