1956 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-77
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Glenn McQuillen (0-0), Joe Torpey (0-0), Frank Calo (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 53,431, Avg. 769

1956 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

The Syracuse Chiefs of the Eastern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 62 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Chiefs scored 545 runs and yielded 585 runs. Frederick Flemming topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .283. Jerry Davie, Vincent Trakan and Richard Duffy paced Syracuse with 9 wins each, while Vincent Trakan registered a 2.29 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Glenn McQuillen, Don Bradey, Carl Linhart, Kent Hadley, Bob Shaw, Hal White, Jerry Davie and John Ritchey were all players from the 1956 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Glenn McQuillen, Joe Torpey and Frank Calo 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
Richard Duffy	9	8	.529	3.43	21	19					147.0	120	64	56	14	62
Vincent Trakan	9	9	.500	2.29	31	20					181.0	160	64	46	9	36
Jerry Davie	9	10	.474	3.84	30	19					136.0	114	71	58	10	65
Don Bradey	7	13	.350	3.10	46	14					180.0	148	85	62	9	73
Bob Shaw	6	7	.462	3.26	19	12					91.0	89	41	33	6	35
Jack Walters	5	4	.556	5.16	21	12					89.0	106	55	51	13	35
John Isaac	4	4	.500	3.29	28	10					104.0	109	49	38	7	45
Tom Van Remmen	2	6	.250	4.20	22	8					75.0	76	38	35	7	40
Richard Schultz	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Jack Jones	1	1	.500		7						0.0
Duke Dawson	1	1	.500		6						0.0
Robert Hamley	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Ronald Williams	1	3	.250		6						0.0
Joseph Emery	1	4	.200	1.95	7	6					37.0	37	17	8	1	14
Joe Torpey	0	0			2						0.0
Dick Barr	0	0			2						0.0
Hal White	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Totals	62	77	.446	3.32	272	127	0	0	0	0	1091.0	1000	505	403	77	441	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
Harry Durkin	134	493	493		128	23	6	6						.260	.260	.367	.627	181
Richard Giedlin	135	465	465		125	17	2	11						.269	.269	.385	.654	179
Frederick Flemming	109	403	403		114	18	6	5						.283	.283	.395	.677	159
Chico Terry	125	433	433		97	13	2	1						.224	.224	.270	.494	117
Joe Torpey	118	392	392		89	13	2	1						.227	.227	.278	.505	109
Frank Calo	92	320	320		84	12	1	3						.262	.262	.334	.597	107
Michael Turturro	77	213	213		47	5	0	1						.221	.221	.258	.479	55
Joe Melago	44	170	170		43	6	2	2						.253	.253	.347	.600	59
Carl Linhart	48	151	151		42	9	2	4						.278	.278	.444	.722	67
Kent Hadley	29	97	97		28	6	0	6						.289	.289	.536	.825	52
Howard Boles	34	114	114		21	2	0	8						.184	.184	.412	.596	47
Glenn McQuillen	37	80	80		17	1	0	1						.212	.212	.262	.475	21
Richard Duffy	25	57	57		13	2	1	0						.228	.228	.298	.526	17
Don Bradey	55	64	64		13	6	0	0						.203	.203	.297	.500	19
Bill Thurston	21	53	53		12	1	0	0						.226	.226	.245	.472	13
Richard Bentfield	15	51	51		10	3	0	0						.196	.196	.255	.451	13
John Ritchey	19	54	54		10	2	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	12
Vincent Trakan	33	60	60		10	1	1	0						.167	.167	.217	.383	13
Barney Elser	13	45	45		9	1	0	0						.200	.200	.222	.422	10
William Hoffer	25	53	53		9	1	1	0						.170	.170	.226	.396	12
Edward Vickers	25	47	47		6	1	0	0						.128	.128	.149	.277	7
John Isaac	28	31	31		4	1	0	0						.129	.129	.161	.290	5
Bob Shaw	32	31	31		4	1	0	0						.129	.129	.161	.290	5
Donald McAndrews	12	36	36		4	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	4
Jack Walters	21	28	28		3	1	0	0						.107	.107	.143	.250	4
Jerry Davie	34	43	43		3	0	0	0						.070	.070	.070	.140	3
Robert Hamley	5	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Ronald Williams	6	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Tom Van Remmen	22	23	23		2	1	0	1						.087	.087	.261	.348	6
Jack Jones	7	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Modesto Perez	9	23	23		1									.043	.043	.043	.087	1
Duke Dawson	6	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joseph Emery	7	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Schultz	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mel Kerestes	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Rowe	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Barr	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1427	4094	4094	0	958	147	26	50	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.234	.319	.553	1307	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Don Bradey	P	46					.000
Vincent Trakan	P	31					.000
Jerry Davie	P	30					.000
John Isaac	P	28					.000
Tom Van Remmen	P	22					.000
Jack Walters	P	21					.000
Richard Duffy	P	21					.000
Bob Shaw	P	19					.000
Jack Jones	P	7					.000
Joseph Emery	P	7					.000
Ronald Williams	P	6					.000
Duke Dawson	P	6					.000
Robert Hamley	P	5					.000
Richard Schultz	P	3					.000
Dick Barr	P	2					.000
Hal White	P	1					.000
Totals		270	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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