1956 San Francisco Seals Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 77-88
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Eddie Joost (0-0), Joe Gordon (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: San Francisco, California
Ballpark: Seals Stadium
Attendance: 183,241, Avg. 2,221

1956 San Francisco Seals Roster

The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1956 season with a record of 77 wins and 88 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.

Eddie Joost and Joe Gordon 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
Jerry Casale	19	11	.633	4.10	37	32		16	3		228.3	229	117	104	19	81		143	6	1	9
Russ Kemmerer	12	14	.462	3.48	38	32		13	1		233.0	235	108	90	9	93		137	1	1	8
Bob Smith	9	10	.474	4.44	33	25		5	1		174.3	171	96	86	11	94		107	11	1	13
Bob Smith	8	11	.421	4.38	30	25		8	1		156.0	176	94	76	9	53		91	4	1	2
Eli Grba	7	4	.636	4.82	45	3		0	0		93.3	100	57	50	6	49		37	1	0	10
Bill Abernathie	6	4	.600	2.63	36	1		0	0		68.3	57	22	20	6	20		20	1	1	2
Bill Henry	5	6	.455	4.73	29	14		5	1		104.7	115	60	55	12	34		50	3	0	0
Max Surkont	4	6	.400	2.38	16	13		6	2		102.0	87	35	27	5	29		57	2	1	3
Jack Osborn	3	7	.300	3.30	13	10		4	0		71.0	71	27	26	2	21		27	0	1	0
Bob Thollander	1	1	.500	2.81	3	2		2	0		16.0	18	5	5	1	5		4	0	0	0
Bill Slack	1	2	.333	4.29	28	0		0	0		50.3	49	25	24	7	21		13	0	0	0
Jack Thomas	1	2	.333	6.00	8	2		0	0		21.0	18	14	14	3	10		10	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	1	3	.250	2.10	13	0		0	0		30.0	31	15	7	3	8		8	0	0	0
Stan Willis	0	0		1.23	3	0		0	0		7.3	6	4	1	0	4		1	0	0	0
Jerry Priddy	0	0		4.05	4	0		0	0		6.7	6	3	3	3	1		1	0	0	0
Roy Tinney	0	1	.000	4.39	9	0		0	0		26.7	25	16	13	2	19		16	2	1	0
Al Schroll	0	3	.000	3.68	4	2		0	0		14.7	14	10	6	1	12		4	1	0	1
Ted Bowsfield	0	3	.000	3.80	5	4		0	0		21.3	15	15	9	2	20		13	2	0	2
Totals	77	88	.467	3.89	354	165	0	59	9	0	1425.0	1423	723	616	101	574	0	739	34	8	50	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
Ken Aspromonte	141	617	549	80	154	35	4	3	42	4		60	44	.281	.352	.375	.727	206	15	2	3	3
Haywood Sullivan	136	531	476	67	141	32	0	11	77	3		42	61	.296	.350	.433	.783	206	11	1	6	6
Gordie Windhorn	127	481	446	59	137	14	2	8	45	13		25	41	.307	.347	.401	.749	179	10	3	6	1
Tom Umphlett	120	491	467	44	133	28	5	5	61	5		12	31	.285	.303	.398	.701	186	11	2	6	4
Jim Mahoney	156	562	499	55	114	11	3	3	37	7		45	86	.228	.292	.281	.572	140	11	2	10	6
Bob DiPietro	126	434	365	46	98	19	3	11	60	2		63	45	.268	.376	.427	.804	156	15	2	1	3
Frank Malzone	87	351	324	34	96	14	3	6	42	1		22	18	.296	.339	.414	.753	134	14	0	3	2
Marty Keough	79	335	295	57	93	16	5	9	38	9		35	32	.315	.390	.495	.885	146	2	2	2	1
Sal Taormina	126	398	305	57	91	12	1	13	56	1		76	31	.298	.435	.472	.908	144	6	5	3	9
Don Lenhardt	91	339	294	46	88	11	1	16	49	1		40	42	.299	.385	.507	.891	149	5	2	1	2
Joe Tanner	82	330	306	36	86	12	1	8	37	11		18	46	.281	.322	.405	.727	124	4	2	1	3
Larry DiPippo	98	306	264	33	66	13	1	10	45	1		40	34	.250	.349	.420	.769	111	4	0	2	0
Ed Sadowski	89	248	213	33	50	9	6	7	24	2		30	44	.235	.327	.432	.758	92	3	0	3	2
Albie Pearson	31	117	101	18	30	5	2	0	6	2		16	8	.297	.393	.386	.779	39	3	0	0	0
Jerry Priddy	31	92	86	8	26	2	0	1	5	0		5	7	.302	.337	.360	.697	31	3	0	0	1
Jerry Casale	37	93	85	11	21	5	1	3	12	1		6	20	.247	.304	.435	.740	37	3	1	1	0
Ed Lavene	34	68	64	5	17	2	0	0	4	0		3	0	.266	.309	.297	.606	19	1	1	0	0
Russ Kemmerer	38	83	76	2	13	2	0	1	8	0		2	23	.171	.192	.237	.429	18	0	0	5	0
Bob Smith	33	68	62	3	8	0	0	1	2	0		0	24	.129	.129	.177	.306	11	3	0	6	0
Tony Tornay	25	43	43	1	7	3	0	0	6	0		0	4	.163	.163	.233	.395	10	3	0	0	0
Bob Smith	31	60	53	7	7	0	0	0	1	0		3	15	.132	.179	.132	.311	7	3	0	4	0
Bill Henry	42	36	32	6	6	1	0	1	3	0		3	11	.188	.257	.312	.570	10	0	0	1	0
Max Surkont	16	39	31	2	4	2	0	1	3	0		2	10	.129	.182	.290	.472	9	2	0	6	0
Bill Abernathie	36	14	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	6	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	0	0	1	0
Jack Osborn	13	24	17	3	3	2	0	1	3	0		5	8	.176	.364	.471	.834	8	1	0	2	0
Ted Bowsfield	5	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	6	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	2	0	1	0	0
Leo Kiely	13	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Thollander	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Slack	28	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.143	.400	.143	.543	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Thomas	8	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0
Roy Tinney	10	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
Eli Grba	45	19	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	1	0
Al Schroll	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Willis	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1950	6242	5534	722	1500	251	38	120	670	63	0	565	708	.271	.339	.395	.734	2187	133	26	74	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Bob DiPietro	1B	93	783	51	10	96	.988	8.968
Larry DiPippo	1B	76	589	29	2	64	.997	8.132
Haywood Sullivan	1B	7	56	1	0	2	1.000	8.143
Ed Sadowski	1B	2	3	0	0	2	1.000	1.500
Don Lenhardt	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ken Aspromonte	2B	135	331	332	26	103	.962	4.911
Joe Tanner	2B	11	20	24	3	5	.936	4.000
Bob DiPietro	2B	11	20	12	1	6	.970	2.909
Jim Mahoney	2B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Ed Lavene	2B	1	5	1	0	1	1.000	6.000
Frank Malzone	3B	87	84	200	26	25	.916	3.264
Joe Tanner	3B	64	62	122	12	16	.939	2.875
Ed Lavene	3B	21	13	31	1	5	.978	2.095
Eddie Joost	3B	3	3	8	0	1	1.000	3.667
Bob DiPietro	3B	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Ed Sadowski	3B	1	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.000
Haywood Sullivan	C	109	532	62	10	8	.983	5.450	1		28	100.0
Ed Sadowski	C	51	261	24	5	4	.983	5.588	4		11	100.0
Tony Tornay	C	10	38	3	0	0	1.000	4.100	1		0
Gordie Windhorn	OF	118	199	7	3	0	.986	1.746
Tom Umphlett	OF	115	294	10	7	3	.977	2.643
Sal Taormina	OF	92	181	9	4	3	.979	2.065
Don Lenhardt	OF	82	138	9	4	1	.974	1.793
Marty Keough	OF	78	185	3	2	0	.989	2.410
Albie Pearson	OF	27	55	4	1	0	.983	2.185
Haywood Sullivan	OF	8	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Ed Sadowski	OF	7	12	1	1	0	.929	1.857
Bob DiPietro	OF	3	4	0	1	0	.800	1.333
Eli Grba	P	45	3	16	0	2	1.000	.422
Russ Kemmerer	P	38	11	45	2	3	.966	1.474
Jerry Casale	P	37	6	25	2	1	.939	.838
Bill Abernathie	P	36	4	9	0	0	1.000	.361
Bob Smith	P	33	5	31	1	5	.973	1.091
Bob Smith	P	30	4	26	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bill Henry	P	29	3	17	1	0	.952	.690
Bill Slack	P	28	1	5	0	1	1.000	.214
Max Surkont	P	16	7	19	1	1	.963	1.625
Jack Osborn	P	13	5	17	0	1	1.000	1.692
Leo Kiely	P	13	0	6	0	1	1.000	.462
Roy Tinney	P	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	.333
Jack Thomas	P	8	4	1	0	0	1.000	.625
Ted Bowsfield	P	5	1	3	1	0	.800	.800
Al Schroll	P	4	5	6	0	1	1.000	2.750
Jerry Priddy	P	4						.000
Stan Willis	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Bob Thollander	P	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333
Jim Mahoney	SS	154	246	493	45	99	.943	4.799
Ken Aspromonte	SS	18	16	25	4	4	.911	2.278
Joe Tanner	SS	14	22	35	4	8	.934	4.071
Ed Lavene	SS	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Eddie Joost	SS	2	2	4	1	2	.857	3.000
Frank Malzone	SS	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Totals		1761	4234	1741	182	475	.970	3.393	6	0	39	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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