1956 Paris Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Marty Purtell (73-52)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Paris, Illinois
Ballpark: Laker Stadium
Attendance: 60,350, Avg. 966
Playoffs - Paris Lakers 2 games, Lafayette Red Sox 0
Finals - Paris Lakers 3 games, Dubuque Packers 1
The Paris Lakers of the Midwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the MWL.
The Lakers scored 924 runs, most in the league. Paris conceded 817 runs. Lee Handley led all regular batters with a .360 average. Joe Schaffernoth topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.72 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Curtis and Joe Schaffernoth both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Marty Purtell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Schaffernoth | 21 | 6 | .778 | 2.72 | 31 | 23 | 202.0 | 173 | 89 | 61 | 16 | 71 | ||||||||||
| James Murphy | 13 | 10 | .565 | 5.13 | 32 | 22 | 163.0 | 174 | 121 | 93 | 18 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Jim Powers | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.74 | 34 | 24 | 207.0 | 216 | 145 | 109 | 20 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Rollins | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.91 | 17 | 12 | 99.0 | 94 | 69 | 54 | 6 | 68 | ||||||||||
| James Gilmore | 7 | 8 | .467 | 6.73 | 19 | 15 | 99.0 | 95 | 105 | 74 | 13 | 127 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Coley | 4 | 3 | .571 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter Babcock | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Bridgeman | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Rea | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Willie Adams | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Moses | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.47 | 14 | 4 | 38.0 | 50 | 48 | 40 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||||
| John Kreuter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Huber | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carroll Gholson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Belcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Curtis | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Charles Leader | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 51 | .585 | 4.82 | 193 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 812.0 | 807 | 581 | 435 | 78 | 482 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Handley | 126 | 480 | 480 | 173 | 29 | 5 | 16 | .360 | .360 | .542 | .902 | 260 | |||||||||||
| John Kreuter | 120 | 438 | 438 | 154 | 29 | 3 | 14 | .352 | .352 | .527 | .879 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Bill Schmidt | 125 | 436 | 436 | 145 | 30 | 6 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .456 | .789 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Phil Smolinski | 126 | 475 | 475 | 131 | 24 | 6 | 9 | .276 | .276 | .408 | .684 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Paddock | 99 | 334 | 334 | 108 | 28 | 3 | 14 | .323 | .323 | .551 | .874 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Carroll Gholson | 88 | 351 | 351 | 105 | 20 | 4 | 30 | .299 | .299 | .635 | .934 | 223 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 120 | 405 | 405 | 102 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .252 | .252 | .351 | .602 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Dock Conners | 87 | 346 | 346 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .251 | .251 | .327 | .578 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Peter Mattachione | 47 | 190 | 190 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .305 | .305 | .416 | .721 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Joe Schaffernoth | 37 | 96 | 96 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .417 | .708 | 40 | |||||||||||
| James Huber | 47 | 135 | 135 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .185 | .185 | .304 | .489 | 41 | |||||||||||
| James Gilmore | 32 | 75 | 75 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .320 | .587 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Ray Aguillard | 15 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .409 | .682 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Harry Huckemeyer | 14 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .293 | .561 | 12 | |||||||||||
| James Murphy | 32 | 66 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Rollins | 19 | 42 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Coley | 11 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jim Powers | 34 | 78 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .128 | .231 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bryant | 4 | 18 | 18 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Davis | 15 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Walter Babcock | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Rea | 9 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Leader | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Bridgeman | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Adams | 8 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Moses | 15 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Herb Parsons | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Belcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Curtis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Smith | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Evans | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1265 | 4193 | 4193 | 0 | 1211 | 216 | 47 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .434 | .723 | 1821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Powers | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| James Murphy | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Schaffernoth | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| James Gilmore | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Rollins | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Moses | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Rea | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Coley | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Leader | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Babcock | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Adams | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| James Bridgeman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Curtis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| David Belcher | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 190 | 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.
