1956 Peoria Chiefs Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 58-58
Finished 4th in the IIIL
Manager: George Kissell (58-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Woodruff Field
Attendance: 54,359, Avg. 937

1956 Peoria Chiefs Roster

The Peoria Chiefs of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1956 season with a record of 58 wins and 58 losses, finishing fourth in the IIIL.

The Chiefs tallied 559 runs and gave up 569 runs. Bob White topped batters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Joe McClain led Peoria with 13 wins, while Jim Hiland recorded a 2.5 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Joe McClain and Don Choate both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

George Kissell 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
Joe McClain	13	9	.591	3.55	34	19					185.0	163	88	73	11	64
Glen Crable	12	11	.522	3.56	35	19					187.0	187	87	74	12	61
Jim Hiland	9	3	.750	2.50	17	13					115.0	101	41	32	10	59
Harvey Cohen	9	5	.643	3.00	31	19					141.0	128	62	47	11	84
Bill Knox	9	8	.529	4.30	28	19					155.0	168	95	74	14	62
Richard Hicks	2	4	.333		9						0.0
Dick Spiller	2	5	.286	3.27	13	6					55.0	65	26	20	3	20
Peter Shultis	1	2	.333	6.62	17	4					34.0	41	29	25	1	38
Michael Gaston	1	3	.250	8.76	18	4					38.0	52	45	37	2	37
Manuel Estrada	0	0			2						0.0
Ulysses Holliman	0	0			2						0.0
Michael O'Connor	0	0			1						0.0
Ed Schneider	0	0			2						0.0
Kedy Curl	0	1	.000	3.12	19	2					26.0	22	12	9	1	20
Dick Ghelfi	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Donald Bradley	0	2	.000		7						0.0
Don Choate	0	3	.000	4.34	14	2					29.0	27	18	14	1	13
Totals	58	58	.500	3.78	251	107	0	0	0	0	965.0	954	503	405	66	458	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
Bob White	116	437	437		135	26	2	10						.309	.309	.446	.755	195
Lyle Krall	107	410	410		114	30	1	6						.278	.278	.400	.678	164
Bob Bauer	115	418	418		111	23	2	20						.266	.266	.474	.739	198
Jack Siemer	115	433	433		103	17	5	6						.238	.238	.342	.580	148
Albert Morris	102	315	315		73	16	1	7						.232	.232	.356	.587	112
Clair Troxell	94	320	320		65	13	0	2						.203	.203	.262	.466	84
Joseph Ellison	91	280	280		58	8	0	17						.207	.207	.418	.625	117
Gene Davis	63	220	220		55	5	2	8						.250	.250	.400	.650	88
Donald Brown	59	183	183		43	9	2	2						.235	.235	.339	.574	62
Bob Shawver	47	156	156		38	10	0	3						.244	.244	.365	.609	57
Joe McClain	44	77	77		22	11	0	0						.286	.286	.429	.714	33
Glen Crable	40	76	76		20	1	1	2						.263	.263	.382	.645	29
John Zeleznock	19	73	73		17	4	0	3						.233	.233	.411	.644	30
Harvey Cohen	31	49	49		14	2	0	3						.286	.286	.510	.796	25
Bill Knox	29	61	61		14	1	0	0						.230	.230	.246	.475	15
Larry Smith	16	49	49		10	0	0	0						.204	.204	.204	.408	10
Peter Johnson	13	36	36		8	3	0	0						.222	.222	.306	.528	11
Jim Hiland	17	34	34		7	3	0	1						.206	.206	.382	.588	13
Stan Anderson	14	40	40		7	1	0	0						.175	.175	.200	.375	8
Donald Loehr	12	32	32		6	2	1	0						.188	.188	.312	.500	10
Roberto Vea	8	24	24		5									.208	.208	.208	.417	5
Dick Spiller	13	20	20		4	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Michael Gaston	19	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Richard Hicks	12	13	13		2	0	1	0						.154	.154	.308	.462	4
Sam Goodsoozian	4	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Peter Shultis	17	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Don Choate	15	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Donald Bradley	7	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Kedy Curl	19	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Ghelfi	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Manuel Estrada	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1262	3802	3802	0	936	185	18	90	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.375	.622	1427	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Glen Crable	P	35					.000
Joe McClain	P	34					.000
Harvey Cohen	P	31					.000
Bill Knox	P	28					.000
Kedy Curl	P	19					.000
Michael Gaston	P	18					.000
Peter Shultis	P	17					.000
Jim Hiland	P	17					.000
Don Choate	P	14					.000
Dick Spiller	P	13					.000
Richard Hicks	P	9					.000
Donald Bradley	P	7					.000
Ed Schneider	P	2					.000
Ulysses Holliman	P	2					.000
Dick Ghelfi	P	2					.000
Manuel Estrada	P	2					.000
Michael O'Connor	P	1					.000
Totals		251	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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