1956 Reading Indians Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Don Heffner (80-59)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 102,418, Avg. 1,474

1956 Reading Indians Roster

Playoffs - Reading Indians 3 games, Binghamton Triplets 0
Finals - Schenectady Blue Jays 3 games, Reading Indians 0

The Reading Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Indians scored 625 runs and allowed 520 runs. Cob Jarvis led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .284. Bobby Locke topped Reading with 18 wins, while Vic Lapiner added 15 or more wins, too Vic Lapiner recorded a 1.96 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1956 Reading Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gary Bell, Mudcat Grant, Ken Retzer, Bobby Locke and Walt Kellner.

Don Heffner 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
Bobby Locke	18	9	.667	2.43	28	28					226.0	167	75	61	8	106
Vic Lapiner	17	5	.773	1.96	41	20					188.0	157	52	41	8	80
Gary Bell	13	8	.619	2.84	28	27					203.0	163	82	64	7	112
Mudcat Grant	12	13	.480	3.72	33	26					203.0	218	107	84	8	87
Charles Kolakowski	8	12	.400	5.16	33	23					164.0	161	105	94	12	103
Wally Seward	5	7	.417	4.40	38	7					94.0	93	65	46	2	58
Tommy Herrera	4	3	.571	2.32	14	7					66.0	47	17	17	3	30
Eugene Law	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
John Luthern	1	2	.333		4						0.0
Walt Kellner	0	0			1						0.0
George Noonan	0	0			5						0.0
Totals	80	59	.576	3.20	229	138	0	0	0	0	1144.0	1006	503	407	48	576	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
Cob Jarvis	140	539	539		153	25	6	0						.284	.284	.353	.636	190
Mitchell June	121	458	458		129	13	10	13						.282	.282	.439	.721	201
Clell Hobson	128	442	442		117	25	3	2						.265	.265	.348	.613	154
Paul Jones	138	465	465		116	29	2	16						.249	.249	.424	.673	197
Dave Mann	97	336	336		95	12	1	6						.283	.283	.378	.661	127
Joseph Randazzo	103	358	358		93	12	1	7						.260	.260	.358	.617	128
Joe Camacho	74	252	252		69	14	2	6						.274	.274	.417	.690	105
Ken Retzer	100	271	271		67	11	1	5						.247	.247	.351	.598	95
Frank Tanana	95	270	270		66	11	2	12						.244	.244	.433	.678	117
Frank Biskup	64	166	166		39	3	0	1						.235	.235	.271	.506	45
Larry Spinner	47	141	141		26	4	1	3						.184	.184	.291	.475	41
Mudcat Grant	54	77	77		25	4	1	0						.325	.325	.403	.727	31
Donald McGinnis	42	103	103		20	2	0	2						.194	.194	.272	.466	28
Bob Truss	24	74	74		17	2	2	3						.230	.230	.432	.662	32
Bobby Locke	38	79	79		17	5	0	0						.215	.215	.278	.494	22
Robert O'Donnell	28	85	85		15	1	0	0						.176	.176	.188	.365	16
Gary Bell	28	61	61		13	1	0	0						.213	.213	.230	.443	14
Vic Lapiner	42	58	58		8	1	1	0						.138	.138	.190	.328	11
Wally Seward	38	27	27		7	0	0	0						.259	.259	.259	.519	7
Carl Porter	18	34	34		6	0	1	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	8
Charles Kolakowski	34	54	54		6	1	0	0						.111	.111	.130	.241	7
Tommy Herrera	14	19	19		4	1	1	0						.211	.211	.368	.579	7
Stanley Turner	11	10	10		3	0	0	0						.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Jim Wilkinson	10	17	17		3	1	0	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	4
John Luthern	4	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Walt Kellner	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
George Noonan	5	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eugene Law	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1502	4411	4411	0	1117	178	35	76	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.253	.361	.614	1593	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Vic Lapiner	P	41					.000
Wally Seward	P	38					.000
Charles Kolakowski	P	33					.000
Mudcat Grant	P	33					.000
Bobby Locke	P	28					.000
Gary Bell	P	28					.000
Tommy Herrera	P	14					.000
George Noonan	P	5					.000
John Luthern	P	4					.000
Eugene Law	P	4					.000
Walt Kellner	P	1					.000
Totals		229	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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