1956 Seattle Rainiers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 91-77
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Luke Sewell (0-0), Bill Brenner (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 256,625, Avg. 3,055

1956 Seattle Rainiers Roster

The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1956 season with a record of 91 wins and 77 losses, finishing second in the PCL.

Luke Sewell and Bill Brenner 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
Elmer Singleton	18	8	.692	2.55	29	29		17	4		225.7	212	74	64	16	58		110	4	0	6
Bud Podbielan	13	11	.542	3.31	34	25		12	2		198.7	202	95	73	15	50		96	2	0	3
Larry Jansen	11	2	.846	2.58	24	11		6	1		97.7	85	33	28	7	20		59	0	0	0
Art Schallock	11	9	.550	3.42	35	24		8	2		163.3	187	74	62	3	52		98	1	0	4
Howie Judson	10	13	.435	4.63	36	27		7	2		175.0	193	108	90	18	69		109	2	0	6
Don Fracchia	10	14	.417	4.44	33	21		9	0		188.3	202	105	93	18	70		70	3	1	4
Pat Scantlebury	4	2	.667	3.34	10	8		5	0		62.0	72	30	23	6	14		34	0	1	0
Vic Lombardi	4	3	.571	4.23	12	8		4	1		55.3	65	32	26	1	21		26	0	0	0
Arnie Atkins	3	1	.750	5.03	14	0		0	0		39.3	31	23	22	2	24		33	2	0	0
Lloyd Dickey	2	0	1.000	4.78	18	2		0	0		49.0	61	27	26	4	16		12	3	1	3
Bill Brenner	2	3	.400	5.26	11	7		2	0		65.0	74	42	38	7	27		23	0	0	0
Bill Kennedy	2	5	.286	2.55	43	0		0	0		67.0	57	31	19	3	23		55	1	0	1
Fred Baczewski	1	2	.333	4.86	3	3		1	0		16.7	12	10	9	0	4		3	1	0	0
Jack Lohrke	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		5.0	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0
Jerry Davis	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	1	1	0	1		1	0	0	0
Ralph Birkofer	0	0		6.00	7	0		0	0		6.0	11	4	4	0	3		2	0	0	0
Gene Hayden	0	1	.000	3.68	1	1		0	0		7.3	7	3	3	0	6		5	0	0	0
Glenn Isringhaus	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	10	4	4	0	1		5	0	0	0
Corky Valentine	0	1	.000	4.58	7	1		0	0		17.7	22	15	9	2	6		14	2	1	0
Cal Humphreys	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	3	2	0	3		0	0	0	0
Totals	91	77	.542	3.70	321	168	0	72	12	0	1451.0	1508	714	596	102	469	0	756	21	4	27	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
Art Schult	144	609	552	86	169	34	4	15	75	2		46	43	.306	.360	.464	.824	256	19	3	4	4
Bobby Balcena	160	647	560	97	165	38	2	14	62	5		71	51	.295	.379	.445	.824	249	14	8	3	5
Charles Righetti	158	649	578	61	162	23	0	0	49	1		48	22	.280	.334	.320	.654	185	18	2	15	6
Bill Glynn	166	616	551	80	146	25	1	17	74	2		56	64	.265	.333	.407	.739	224	15	2	3	4
Milt Smith	145	590	516	72	141	28	13	9	58	15		60	87	.273	.355	.430	.785	222	15	6	7	1
Joe Taylor	150	561	484	79	126	32	0	24	89	5		67	70	.260	.355	.475	.830	230	9	5	3	2
Ray Orteig	122	439	385	38	107	10	1	9	53	2		42	41	.278	.349	.379	.729	146	13	4	1	7
Carmen Mauro	95	304	275	44	81	13	0	9	39	1		20	37	.295	.343	.440	.783	121	4	2	4	3
Artie Wilson	93	298	265	33	78	9	4	0	25	6		24	19	.294	.354	.358	.712	95	11	2	4	3
Vern Stephens	73	205	188	19	50	9	0	6	27	0		12	29	.266	.307	.410	.717	77	7	0	3	2
Dick Aylward	63	175	157	14	44	6	2	0	22	0		8	18	.280	.317	.344	.661	54	6	1	8	1
Jack Lohrke	49	177	158	15	43	8	1	0	13	0		10	19	.272	.316	.335	.651	53	7	1	6	2
Sherwin Dixon	54	132	117	21	27	6	0	2	6	2		12	14	.231	.311	.333	.644	39	2	2	0	1
Jim Dyck	32	107	92	8	17	3	1	2	11	0		13	19	.185	.283	.304	.587	28	1	0	1	1
Don Fracchia	36	74	69	5	16	1	0	0	7	1		3	12	.232	.274	.246	.520	17	1	1	1	0
Harvey Zernia	57	109	95	4	16	0	0	1	7	0		11	19	.168	.252	.200	.452	19	2	0	2	1
Bud Podbielan	45	71	63	6	12	0	0	0	4	0		1	10	.190	.212	.190	.403	12	2	1	5	1
Elmer Singleton	30	83	69	4	12	0	0	1	4	0		4	20	.174	.216	.217	.434	15	1	0	9	1
Pat Scantlebury	14	29	29	5	11	3	1	0	3	0		0	5	.379	.379	.552	.931	16	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Moran	21	57	53	3	11	5	0	0	7	0		2	2	.208	.232	.302	.534	16	1	0	1	1
Bill Brenner	13	33	30	5	10	1	0	2	8	0		3	2	.333	.394	.567	.961	17	0	0	0	0
Jim Robertson	19	41	36	2	9	3	0	0	2	0		4	4	.250	.325	.333	.658	12	1	0	1	0
Art Schallock	35	58	45	7	9	1	0	0	1	0		4	17	.200	.265	.222	.488	10	0	0	9	0
Howie Judson	36	59	50	4	7	2	0	0	2	0		2	12	.140	.170	.180	.350	9	1	0	6	1
Larry Jansen	24	38	29	1	6	0	0	0	5	0		5	8	.207	.314	.207	.521	6	0	0	3	1
Vic Lombardi	15	23	21	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	1	.238	.304	.238	.542	5	0	0	0	0
Herb Anderson	3	14	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	0	0
Arnie Atkins	14	10	7	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	3	.286	.444	.286	.730	2	0	0	1	0
Ron Foisy	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Kennedy	43	13	12	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	7	.167	.231	.250	.481	3	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Dickey	20	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	3	.154	.214	.231	.445	3	0	0	0	0
Gene Hayden	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
Glenn Isringhaus	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
Fred Baczewski	3	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Duretto	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Corky Valentine	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1945	6257	5534	723	1494	262	30	111	661	42	0	535	668	.270	.336	.388	.724	2149	152	40	100	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Bill Glynn	1B	158	1309	102	13	134	.991	8.930
Vern Stephens	1B	15	96	3	2	4	.980	6.600
Harvey Zernia	1B	7	45	2	0	2	1.000	6.714
Herb Anderson	1B	3	30	1	0	5	1.000	1.333
Sherwin Dixon	2B	49	88	102	5	26	.974	3.878
Milt Smith	2B	33	64	72	10	19	.932	4.121
Jack Lohrke	2B	28	66	83	5	24	.968	5.321
Jimmy Moran	2B	20	39	39	3	11	.963	3.900
Harvey Zernia	2B	2	3	3	2	3	.750	3.000
Milt Smith	3B	112	107	278	29	33	.930	3.438
Vern Stephens	3B	30	11	49	1	4	.984	2.000
Jim Dyck	3B	19	8	33	1	4	.976	2.158
Jack Lohrke	3B	10	10	28	2	1	.950	3.800
Harvey Zernia	3B	9	6	11	2	1	.895	1.889
Charles Righetti	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ray Orteig	C	118	532	53	9	13	.985	4.958	3		23	100.0
Jim Robertson	C	16	44	3	2	1	.959	2.938	0		0
Jack Lohrke	C	3	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.667	0		0
Joe Taylor	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0		0
Bobby Balcena	OF	159	384	3	1	0	.997	2.434
Art Schult	OF	143	280	16	4	3	.987	2.070
Joe Taylor	OF	138	264	15	6	2	.979	2.022
Carmen Mauro	OF	68	110	6	0	1	1.000	1.706
Jim Dyck	OF	13	15	3	1	0	.947	1.385
Vern Stephens	OF	8	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.125
Bill Glynn	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Harvey Zernia	OF	5	1	0	0	0	1.000	.200
Bill Kennedy	P	43	1	6	2	0	.778	.163
Howie Judson	P	36	10	29	3	1	.929	1.083
Art Schallock	P	35	10	17	2	4	.931	.771
Bud Podbielan	P	34	9	34	2	3	.956	1.265
Don Fracchia	P	33	10	49	4	5	.937	1.788
Elmer Singleton	P	29	18	42	0	2	1.000	2.069
Larry Jansen	P	24	3	11	2	0	.875	.583
Lloyd Dickey	P	18						.000
Arnie Atkins	P	14						.000
Vic Lombardi	P	12						.000
Bill Brenner	P	11	0	12	0	2	1.000	1.091
Pat Scantlebury	P	10	3	11	2	0	.875	1.400
Corky Valentine	P	7	1	3	0	0	1.000	.571
Ralph Birkofer	P	7	0	1	0	1	1.000	.143
Fred Baczewski	P	3						.000
Jack Lohrke	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Glenn Isringhaus	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Cal Humphreys	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Gene Hayden	P	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jerry Davis	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Charles Righetti	SS	158	270	532	41	98	.951	5.076
Jack Lohrke	SS	6	2	20	2	2	.917	3.667
Vern Stephens	SS	4	8	6	4	1	.778	3.500
Sherwin Dixon	SS	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000
Milt Smith	SS	2	1	4	1	0	.833	2.500
Ron Foisy	SS	2	4	10	0	1	1.000	7.000
Totals		1670	3885	1702	165	411	.971	3.346	3	0	23	100.0

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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