1956 Schenectady Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 84-54
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Dick Carter (84-54)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Schenectady, New York
Ballpark: Schenectady Stadium
Attendance: 66,458, Avg. 963
Playoffs - Schenectady Blue Jays 3 games, Allentown Cardinals 0
Finals - Schenectady Blue Jays 3 games, Reading Indians 0
The Schenectady Blue Jays of the Eastern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 84 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Blue Jays paced the circuit with just 468 runs allowed. Schenectady scored 531 runs, worst in the league,. Pancho Herrera topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .286 average. Dick Bunker led the team with 17 wins, while Hank Mason and Bob Conley also added 15 or more victories also Dick Bunker recorded a 2.09 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Al Kenders, Don Erickson, Bob Conley, Harry Anderson, John Anderson, Don Landrum, Jim Golden, Pancho Herrera and Hank Mason were all players from the 1956 Schenectady Blue Jays who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Dick Carter 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Bunker | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.09 | 34 | 24 | 202.0 | 163 | 61 | 47 | 12 | 95 | ||||||||||
Bob Conley | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.31 | 24 | 20 | 160.0 | 133 | 52 | 41 | 5 | 49 | ||||||||||
Hank Mason | 15 | 11 | .577 | 2.28 | 34 | 28 | 205.0 | 144 | 68 | 52 | 11 | 59 | ||||||||||
Charles Bowers | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.10 | 61 | 1 | 119.0 | 107 | 50 | 41 | 4 | 44 | ||||||||||
Hank Bolinda | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.67 | 19 | 18 | 128.0 | 97 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 67 | ||||||||||
John Anderson | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.10 | 22 | 21 | 154.0 | 130 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
Don Erickson | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.99 | 19 | 15 | 106.0 | 87 | 52 | 47 | 6 | 68 | ||||||||||
Rich Smithson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jerome Kucharski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
John Anderson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.41 | 16 | 2 | 37.0 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
Robert Thwaites | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
D. D. Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Dewald | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donald Kern | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
William Hill | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jim Golden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.06 | 10 | 2 | 31.0 | 35 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
Totals | 84 | 54 | .609 | 2.60 | 269 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1142.0 | 929 | 404 | 330 | 53 | 444 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Landrum | 141 | 539 | 539 | 152 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .282 | .282 | .343 | .625 | 185 | |||||||||||
Red Robbins | 140 | 544 | 544 | 140 | 29 | 6 | 15 | .257 | .257 | .415 | .673 | 226 | |||||||||||
Pancho Herrera | 131 | 476 | 476 | 136 | 24 | 0 | 14 | .286 | .286 | .424 | .710 | 202 | |||||||||||
Gerald Claycomb | 140 | 494 | 494 | 119 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .241 | .241 | .364 | .605 | 180 | |||||||||||
James Davis | 136 | 469 | 469 | 112 | 22 | 1 | 6 | .239 | .239 | .328 | .567 | 154 | |||||||||||
Edward Waytula | 141 | 482 | 482 | 98 | 10 | 6 | 6 | .203 | .203 | .286 | .490 | 138 | |||||||||||
Harry Anderson | 88 | 315 | 315 | 74 | 16 | 5 | 13 | .235 | .235 | .441 | .676 | 139 | |||||||||||
Robert DePopolo | 115 | 290 | 290 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .141 | .141 | .197 | .338 | 57 | |||||||||||
John Moskus | 50 | 131 | 131 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .405 | .672 | 53 | |||||||||||
Jack Hasten | 41 | 124 | 124 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .258 | .339 | .597 | 42 | |||||||||||
Dick Bunker | 54 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .263 | .487 | 20 | |||||||||||
George Morgan | 27 | 47 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .277 | .277 | .447 | .723 | 21 | |||||||||||
Hank Mason | 37 | 67 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .254 | .433 | 17 | |||||||||||
Al Kenders | 28 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .297 | .486 | 11 | |||||||||||
John Anderson | 22 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .191 | .340 | 9 | |||||||||||
Bob Conley | 24 | 53 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .132 | .264 | 7 | |||||||||||
Don Erickson | 22 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | |||||||||||
Paul Simmons | 15 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 5 | |||||||||||
Hank Bolinda | 30 | 43 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .116 | .209 | 5 | |||||||||||
Martin Martella | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
John Anderson | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
Charles Hood | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Rich Smithson | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Donald Kern | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jerome Kucharski | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Larry Geedey | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Sam Zivkovich | 14 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 1 | |||||||||||
William Dougan | 12 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .087 | .130 | 2 | |||||||||||
Charles Bowers | 61 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jim Golden | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
John Dewald | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Robert Thwaites | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
D. D. Vaughn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
William Hill | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1541 | 4441 | 4441 | 0 | 1032 | 162 | 28 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .336 | .569 | 1493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Bowers | P | 61 | .000 | |||||
Hank Mason | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Dick Bunker | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Bob Conley | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
John Anderson | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
Don Erickson | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Hank Bolinda | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
John Anderson | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Donald Kern | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Jim Golden | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Rich Smithson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
Jerome Kucharski | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
John Dewald | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
Robert Thwaites | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
William Hill | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
D. D. Vaughn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 269 | 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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