1956 St. Cloud Rox Statistics
Team Record: 61-64
Finished 6th in the NL
Manager: Charlie Fox (61-64)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 31,964, Avg. 511
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 61 wins and 64 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Rox plated 688 runs, tops in the circuit. St. Cloud gave up 619 runs. Orlando Cepeda paced all regular batters with a .355 average. William DeJesus topped the squad with 12 wins, while Frank Funk recorded a 2.68 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 St. Cloud Rox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Frank Funk, Ernie Bowman, Orlando Cepeda, Charlie Fox and Daryl Robertson.
Charlie Fox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William DeJesus | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.97 | 34 | 22 | 181.0 | 189 | 119 | 100 | 15 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Raoul Santos | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.96 | 29 | 25 | 204.0 | 179 | 93 | 67 | 12 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Frank Funk | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.68 | 24 | 17 | 141.0 | 102 | 55 | 42 | 7 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Dick Sovde | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.03 | 20 | 12 | 113.0 | 126 | 56 | 38 | 12 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Jack Herlihy | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.98 | 27 | 17 | 131.0 | 126 | 84 | 58 | 5 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Joe Hardgrove | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.47 | 25 | 20 | 140.0 | 147 | 78 | 54 | 6 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Hochevar | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.94 | 35 | 4 | 93.0 | 89 | 59 | 51 | 9 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Donald Sager | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.21 | 15 | 1 | 28.0 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| George Walters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Bogenreif | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Herstek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Russell Helzer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Fox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norbert Kowalkowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guillermo Martinez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Coffy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cedric Wolfman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 54 | .530 | 3.67 | 232 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1031.0 | 982 | 559 | 420 | 66 | 456 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Cepeda | 125 | 499 | 499 | 177 | 33 | 9 | 26 | .355 | .355 | .613 | .968 | 306 | |||||||||||
| Inocencio Rodriguez | 124 | 442 | 442 | 147 | 20 | 3 | 20 | .333 | .333 | .527 | .860 | 233 | |||||||||||
| Paul Studstill | 122 | 479 | 479 | 139 | 22 | 2 | 6 | .290 | .290 | .382 | .672 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Daryl Robertson | 122 | 417 | 417 | 111 | 17 | 6 | 14 | .266 | .266 | .436 | .703 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Bowman | 104 | 419 | 419 | 101 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .241 | .241 | .305 | .547 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Ed Herstek | 97 | 330 | 330 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .245 | .245 | .333 | .579 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Nicky Tedesco | 76 | 220 | 220 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .314 | .314 | .341 | .655 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Fox | 83 | 240 | 240 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 1 | .271 | .271 | .338 | .608 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Robert Marburger | 62 | 202 | 202 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .198 | .198 | .257 | .455 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Lettieri | 46 | 160 | 160 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .231 | .231 | .419 | .650 | 67 | |||||||||||
| John Spreen | 53 | 155 | 155 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .181 | .181 | .277 | .458 | 43 | |||||||||||
| William DeJesus | 44 | 82 | 82 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .220 | .402 | 18 | |||||||||||
| William Boak | 14 | 52 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .327 | .558 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John Lennon | 20 | 56 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .268 | .464 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Frank Funk | 28 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .269 | .462 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Donald Patlen | 12 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Darrell Cochran | 12 | 42 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .333 | .524 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Dick Sovde | 21 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .119 | .238 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Joe Hardgrove | 26 | 44 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .114 | .227 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jack Herlihy | 27 | 53 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .075 | .075 | .113 | .189 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Raoul Santos | 30 | 58 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .052 | .052 | .052 | .103 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Hochevar | 35 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .065 | .065 | .129 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Russell Helzer | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Walters | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Norbert Kowalkowski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Coffy | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Sager | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Guillermo Martinez | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cedric Wolfman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1321 | 4134 | 4134 | 0 | 1079 | 157 | 30 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .380 | .641 | 1572 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Hochevar | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| William DeJesus | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Raoul Santos | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Herlihy | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Hardgrove | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Funk | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Sovde | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Sager | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Guillermo Martinez | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Coffy | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Cedric Wolfman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| George Walters | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Helzer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Norbert Kowalkowski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Bogenreif | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 230 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
