1956 Salem Senators Statistics
Team Record: 64-68
Finished 3rd in the NWL
Manager: Hal Luby (64-68)
Location: Salem, Oregon
Ballpark: George E. Waters Field
Attendance: 66,629, Avg. 1,010
The Salem Senators of the Northwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 64 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the NWL.
The Senators plated 616 runs and yielded 605 runs. Chuck Essegian paced all regular batters by hitting .366. Jerry Cade topped Salem with 17 wins, while Andrew George, too added 15 or more wins, too Andrew George recorded a 2.7 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1956 Salem Senators who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hal Luby, Chuck Essegian, John Weekly and Ray Webster.
Hal Luby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Cade | 17 | 13 | .567 | 3.48 | 48 | 26 | 233.0 | 204 | 106 | 90 | 12 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Andrew George | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.70 | 29 | 23 | 193.0 | 174 | 80 | 58 | 9 | 91 | ||||||||||
| William Walsh | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.20 | 29 | 21 | 178.0 | 181 | 100 | 83 | 5 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Adolph Satalich | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.58 | 33 | 29 | 219.0 | 223 | 108 | 87 | 13 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie King | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.53 | 13 | 8 | 57.0 | 74 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Bartow | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ross Rugne | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Melvin Krause | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marion Cowdell | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keith Bowman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Red Whitson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.90 | 4 | 4 | 30.0 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 59 | .504 | 3.62 | 182 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 910.0 | 892 | 455 | 366 | 44 | 433 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Dunn | 121 | 472 | 472 | 150 | 24 | 9 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .407 | .725 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Essegian | 110 | 358 | 358 | 131 | 26 | 3 | 28 | .366 | .366 | .690 | 1.056 | 247 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Krause | 125 | 472 | 472 | 131 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .278 | .278 | .337 | .614 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Ray Webster | 132 | 462 | 462 | 117 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .253 | .253 | .320 | .574 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Frank Szekula | 123 | 432 | 432 | 101 | 15 | 3 | 10 | .234 | .234 | .352 | .586 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Russ Rosburg | 74 | 245 | 245 | 82 | 20 | 4 | 11 | .335 | .335 | .584 | .918 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Koepf | 92 | 290 | 290 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .300 | .541 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Ronnie King | 82 | 167 | 167 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .251 | .251 | .335 | .587 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Elbert Williams | 35 | 99 | 99 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .394 | .667 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Carl Brady | 37 | 104 | 104 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .337 | .596 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Harold Swanson | 34 | 111 | 111 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .324 | .550 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Adolph Satalich | 33 | 71 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .183 | .183 | .254 | .437 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Andrew George | 30 | 70 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .143 | .257 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Cade | 48 | 81 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .099 | .099 | .099 | .198 | 8 | |||||||||||
| James Warren | 18 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .130 | .130 | .239 | .370 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Red Whitson | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| William Martin | 11 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .150 | .150 | .350 | .500 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Harold Kelley | 6 | 22 | 22 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Marion Cowdell | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerome Bartow | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Weekly | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Len Costa | 6 | 19 | 19 | 1 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Walsh | 29 | 67 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .015 | .015 | .015 | .030 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ross Rugne | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Bowman | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal Luby | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1179 | 3657 | 3657 | 0 | 954 | 152 | 33 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .372 | .633 | 1361 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Cade | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Adolph Satalich | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| William Walsh | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew George | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Marion Cowdell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Red Whitson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ross Rugne | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Jerome Bartow | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Elmer Franklin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Bowman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 162 | 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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