1956 Richmond Virginians Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-79
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Eddie Lopat (74-79)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 214,533, Avg. 2,804

1956 Richmond Virginians Roster

The Richmond Virginians of the International League ended the 1956 season with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.

The Virginians scored 585 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 614 runs.

Members of the 1956 Richmond Virginians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Cicotte, Cal Neeman, Frank Leja, Bobby Kline, Moe Thacker, Dick Starr, Neal Watlington, Rance Pless, Jim Coates, Tom Hamilton, Eddie Lopat, Moe Burtschy, Jerry Lumpe, Bill Connelly, Steve Kraly, Hal Rice, Bill Voiselle, Niles Jordan, Sonny Dixon, Dee Phillips, Bill Renna and Lou Skizas.

Eddie Lopat 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
Al Cicotte	15	12	.556	3.03	33	29		13	1		205.0	151	84	69	15	106		129	6	0	6
Eddie Lopat	11	6	.647	2.85	21	21		9	2		136.0	134	53	43	12	29		30	3	0	1
Niles Jordan	10	10	.500	3.05	27	24		6	0		165.0	145	63	56	12	61		81	7	1	4
Angelo Nardella	9	10	.474	4.53	28	18		2	0		135.0	136	73	68	11	62		60	1	0	2
Jim Post	7	6	.538	3.34	29	18		4	4		132.0	106	50	49	9	77		78	5	0	3
Sonny Dixon	6	5	.545	2.88	46	0		0	0		75.0	63	29	24	10	20		40	0	0	0
Jim Coates	6	12	.333	4.80	35	21		3	1		148.0	133	86	79	9	92		85	7	2	4
Dick Starr	4	2	.667	5.80	27	2		0	0		76.0	96	59	49	6	40		47	1	1	3
Ed Cereghino	3	9	.250	4.39	32	13		1	0		123.0	111	65	60	9	90		72	4	0	5
Moe Burtschy	2	1	.667	2.57	12	4		2	0		42.0	41	16	12	3	16		28	2	0	1
Steve Kraly	1	3	.250	6.30	10	3		0	0		30.0	35	21	21	4	24		11	2	0	3
Ivan Abromowitz	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bill Connelly	0	0			6						0.0									0
Bill Voiselle	0	3	.000		15						0.0									0
Totals	74	79	.484	3.76	322	153	0	40	8	0	1267.0	1151	599	530	100	617	0	661	38	4	32	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
Len Johnston	153	685	619	83	182	26	5	1	43	40		58	64	.294	.354	.357	.711	221		2	2	4
Jerry Lumpe	129	540	487	63	136	22	5	4	41	5		49	27	.279	.343	.370	.712	180		0	0	4
Dee Phillips	126	493	456	40	123	19	2	3	35	3		26	44	.270	.312	.340	.652	155		3	6	2
Tom Hamilton	106	395	349	37	97	13	3	9	47	1		36	11	.278	.344	.410	.753	143		1	5	4
Bill Renna	87	356	301	63	94	16	3	20	76	2		47	47	.312	.407	.585	.992	176		4	0	4
Bobby Kline	105	384	350	26	85	11	2	2	36	1		24	36	.243	.287	.303	.590	106		0	4	6
Neal Watlington	89	257	236	32	69	9	3	6	30	0		18	14	.292	.340	.432	.772	102		0	1	2
Al Van Alstyne	76	284	250	34	66	9	1	4	22	3		29	45	.264	.345	.356	.701	89		3	0	2
Rance Pless	59	235	215	31	64	9	2	6	21	0		19	27	.298	.357	.442	.799	95		1	0	0
Cal Neeman	62	218	197	22	49	12	0	3	26	0		17	31	.249	.317	.355	.672	70		3	0	1
Hal Rice	57	222	189	28	40	11	3	8	32	1		28	31	.212	.315	.429	.744	81		2	0	3
Joseph Tesauro	35	118	97	11	34	3	1	1	15	3		20	20	.351	.458	.433	.891	42		0	0	1
Moe Thacker	40	141	128	7	18	4	1	2	11	0		11	43	.141	.213	.234	.447	30		1	0	1
Al Cicotte	37	77	70	5	15	3	1	1	12	0		6	16	.214	.276	.329	.605	23		0	1	0
Alfred Facchini	20	69	63	7	12	1	1	0	4	2		6	10	.190	.261	.238	.499	15		0	0	0
Angelo Nardella	28	49	43	1	9	1	0	0	2	0		4	9	.209	.277	.233	.509	10		0	2	0
Eddie Lopat	27	63	60	0	9	2	0	0	4	0		3	14	.150	.190	.183	.374	11		0	0	0
Frank Leja	16	42	36	2	8	0	0	0	1	0		6	2	.222	.333	.222	.556	8		0	0	0
Niles Jordan	29	66	52	4	8	1	0	0	4	0		8	20	.154	.286	.173	.459	9		2	3	1
Pablo Rivera	12	39	36	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		3	2	.194	.256	.222	.479	8		0	0	0
Jim Post	31	45	39	10	6	0	1	0	5	0		4	16	.154	.244	.205	.450	8		1	0	1
Lou Skizas	16	41	37	3	5	1	0	0	4	0		4	5	.135	.220	.162	.382	6		0	0	0
Ed Cereghino	32	35	27	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		7	16	.148	.314	.185	.499	5		0	0	1
Jim Coates	35	51	39	4	4	1	1	1	2	0		7	24	.103	.239	.256	.496	10		0	5	0
Dick Starr	27	21	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.176	.263	.176	.440	3		0	2	0
Vic Marasco	13	33	28	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	2	.107	.212	.107	.319	3		0	0	1
Steve Kraly	15	10	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.286	.500	.286	.786	2		0	0	0
Sonny Dixon	46	19	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284	2		0	1	0
Moe Burtschy	12	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	1	0
Bill Voiselle	15	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1535	5005	4461	522	1155	176	35	71	481	61	0	450	601	.259	.327	.362	.689	1614	0	23	33	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tom Hamilton	1B	99	835	57	6	78	.993	9.010
Dee Phillips	1B	40	279	22	7	35	.977	7.525
Frank Leja	1B	10	78	4	1	4	.988	8.200
Bobby Kline	2B	102	277	261	13	68	.976	5.275
Dee Phillips	2B	48	124	101	2	31	.991	4.688
Pablo Rivera	2B	11	18	23	5	4	.891	3.727
Rance Pless	3B	59	70	107	5	9	.973	3.000
Neal Watlington	C	62	284	17	3	5	.990	4.855	6
Cal Neeman	C	56	310	23	3	5	.991	5.946	2
Moe Thacker	C	38	188	27	5	4	.977	5.658	2
Len Johnston	OF	153	338	11	15	3	.959	2.281
Bill Renna	OF	86	172	9	5	3	.973	2.105
Al Van Alstyne	OF	74	189	5	6	1	.970	2.622
Hal Rice	OF	55	105	3	3	0	.973	1.964
Joseph Tesauro	OF	26	31	3	1	0	.971	1.308
Dee Phillips	OF	21	30	1	2	0	.939	1.476
Sonny Dixon	P	46	6	13	0	2	1.000	.413
Jim Coates	P	35	10	19	2	2	.935	.829
Al Cicotte	P	33	15	32	1	5	.979	1.424
Ed Cereghino	P	32	7	17	1	1	.960	.750
Jim Post	P	29	3	15	0	1	1.000	.621
Angelo Nardella	P	28	10	35	2	2	.957	1.607
Dick Starr	P	27	2	5	1	3	.875	.259
Niles Jordan	P	27	11	26	1	2	.974	1.370
Eddie Lopat	P	21	10	24	1	1	.971	1.619
Bill Voiselle	P	15	1	5	0	0	1.000	.400
Moe Burtschy	P	12	1	7	0	1	1.000	.667
Steve Kraly	P	10	4	4	0	0	1.000	.800
Bill Connelly	P	6						.000
Ivan Abromowitz	P	1						.000
Jerry Lumpe	SS	128	193	377	26	69	.956	4.453
Alfred Facchini	SS	20	29	59	7	12	.926	4.400
Totals		1410	3630	1312	124	351	.976	3.505	10	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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