1956 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 75-78
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Max Macon (0-0), Roy Hartsfield (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 102,004, Avg. 1,333

1956 St. Paul Saints Roster

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 75 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Saints scored 744 runs and surrendered 783 runs.

Players from the 1956 St. Paul Saints who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norm Larker, Chuck Templeton, Karl Spooner, Bob Lillis, Don Elston, Lee Wheat, Ed Winceniak, Stan Williams, Roy Hartsfield, Bert Hamric, Ralph Mauriello, Solly Drake, Johnny Bucha and Joe Pignatano.

Max Macon and Roy Hartsfield 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
Glenn McMinn	14	11	.560	4.31	38	23		9	0		188.0	188	112	90	26	62	4	95	4	0	5
John Jancse	11	8	.579	4.39	31	26		8	1		158.0	173	86	77	18	50	3	61	5	0	4
Stan Williams	9	7	.562	4.54	24	22		5	2		127.0	124	76	64	14	70	2	95	11	2	7
Joe Stanek	9	10	.474	4.20	30	18		3	1		133.0	156	72	62	14	61	2	52	1	1	6
Don Elston	7	8	.467	3.75	45	10		1	0		132.0	130	65	55	14	50	8	104	5	0	5
Lee Wheat	6	3	.667	5.51	38	0		0	0		67.0	73	42	41	8	13	2	29	3	0	1
Chuck Templeton	6	9	.400	4.33	27	22		4	0		135.0	123	70	65	20	101	2	111	4	1	4
Ronnie Lee	5	9	.357	4.07	50	1		0	0		95.0	92	48	43	12	41	3	43	6	0	6
John Forizs	3	7	.300	6.61	21	13		1	1		83.0	101	71	61	10	59	3	51	2	1	2
Wade Browning	2	2	.500	4.89	27	3		0	0		57.0	58	35	31	9	32	2	34	0	1	0
Ron Kump	1	0	1.000		6						0.0									0
John Ceplo	1	1	.500	4.94	17	0		0	0		31.0	33	24	17	4	16	1	18	1	0	2
Ralph Mauriello	1	1	.500	5.36	10	7		0	0		42.0	43	30	25	5	38	0	31	1	0	3
Joe Roberson	0	0			3						0.0									0
Mike Rodriguez	0	0			1						0.0									0
Billy Darden	0	0			4						0.0									0
Peter Nicolis	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Karl Spooner	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Totals	75	78	.490	4.55	381	145	0	31	5	0	1248.0	1294	731	631	154	593	32	724	43	6	45	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
Norm Larker	150	619	534	82	165	34	5	13	77	4		71	32	.309	.394	.464	.859	248	12	7	3	4
Bob Lillis	144	634	590	96	157	33	2	18	65	18		31	48	.266	.300	.420	.721	248	12	1	5	7
Roy Hartsfield	140	568	502	66	144	24	3	19	80	4		56	58	.287	.358	.460	.818	231	11	2	4	4
Lacey Curry	114	435	399	55	122	21	4	4	43	14		26	36	.306	.349	.409	.757	163	8	2	5	3
Bert Hamric	117	432	381	58	114	16	6	10	52	10		46	58	.299	.371	.451	.823	172	7	0	1	4
Lyle Olsen	112	439	398	60	110	12	4	5	45	4		33	32	.276	.330	.364	.695	145	11	1	3	4
Granny Gladstone	130	447	393	71	109	22	2	12	59	5		48	72	.277	.360	.435	.795	171	10	4	0	2
Johnny Bucha	109	382	338	50	96	17	1	13	57	1		35	32	.284	.346	.456	.802	154	11	1	1	7
Bud Hutson	119	411	371	40	92	16	7	17	67	1		29	71	.248	.304	.466	.770	173	4	3	3	5
Joe Pignatano	81	258	224	37	66	11	1	5	29	13		28	32	.295	.378	.420	.798	94	5	2	4	0
Solly Drake	55	221	195	35	65	13	6	9	27	6		23	26	.333	.400	.600	1.000	117	2	0	1	2
Ed Winceniak	52	182	161	26	44	9	3	6	27	1		17	24	.273	.344	.478	.823	77	2	1	2	1
Ronnie Lee	52	37	35	4	11	2	0	1	7	0		1	12	.314	.333	.457	.790	16	0	0	1	0
Don Elston	45	47	41	4	11	1	0	0	2	0		1	5	.268	.286	.293	.578	12	2	0	5	0
Glenn McMinn	38	67	59	9	10	1	0	0	1	0		5	16	.169	.231	.186	.417	11	0	0	2	1
Wade Browning	39	30	29	3	8	2	0	0	1	0		1	6	.276	.300	.345	.645	10	0	0	0	0
Stan Williams	26	50	46	3	7	1	0	0	4	0		1	27	.152	.170	.174	.344	8	0	0	3	0
John Jancse	33	54	47	6	7	0	1	0	5	0		4	16	.149	.216	.191	.407	9	0	0	3	0
Chuck Templeton	27	46	44	2	6	0	0	1	1	0		0	22	.136	.136	.205	.341	9	0	0	2	0
Pedro Almenares	13	24	22	0	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	7	.227	.250	.227	.477	5	1	1	0	1
John Forizs	30	30	25	6	5	1	0	0	1	0		2	8	.200	.259	.240	.499	6	0	0	3	0
Joe Stanek	30	49	45	3	5	1	0	0	5	0		3	13	.111	.167	.133	.300	6	0	0	1	0
Frank Marchio	14	19	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	1	.118	.211	.118	.328	2	1	0	0	0
Jim Koranda	7	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Peter Nicolis	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Ralph Mauriello	10	15	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	0	0	0	0
John Ceplo	20	9	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Wheat	38	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Darden	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Roberson	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ron Kump	7	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Scannelli	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mike Rodriguez	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Karl Spooner	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1772	5548	4960	723	1364	237	45	133	658	81	0	466	666	.275	.338	.421	.759	2090	101	25	52	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Norm Larker	1B	150	1249	97	20	125	.985	8.973
Roy Hartsfield	2B	110	208	311	15	61	.972	4.718
Lacey Curry	2B	33	71	81	1	27	.993	4.606
Ed Winceniak	2B	21	43	54	3	11	.970	4.619
Lyle Olsen	3B	99	118	181	10	19	.968	3.020
Ed Winceniak	3B	24	30	42	3	5	.960	3.000
Johnny Bucha	C	91	462	53	7	11	.987	5.659	16
Joe Pignatano	C	68	380	35	3	9	.993	6.103	7
Granny Gladstone	OF	116	208	16	8	4	.966	1.931
Bert Hamric	OF	104	188	16	7	1	.967	1.962
Bud Hutson	OF	97	156	5	5	2	.970	1.660
Lacey Curry	OF	67	162	9	5	0	.972	2.552
Solly Drake	OF	51	112	4	6	0	.951	2.275
Roy Hartsfield	OF	28	42	5	0	1	1.000	1.679
Frank Marchio	OF	13	7	0	0	0	1.000	.538
Lyle Olsen	OF	11	11	0	1	0	.917	1.000
Ronnie Lee	P	50	5	21	1	1	.963	.520
Don Elston	P	45	9	22	3	3	.912	.689
Lee Wheat	P	38	2	16	0	0	1.000	.474
Glenn McMinn	P	38	8	25	0	0	1.000	.868
John Jancse	P	31	3	35	0	2	1.000	1.226
Joe Stanek	P	30	8	19	2	0	.931	.900
Chuck Templeton	P	27	6	20	1	1	.963	.963
Wade Browning	P	27	3	9	2	1	.857	.444
Stan Williams	P	24	6	17	2	3	.920	.958
John Forizs	P	21	2	5	1	1	.875	.333
John Ceplo	P	17	2	6	0	0	1.000	.471
Ralph Mauriello	P	10	1	3	0	1	1.000	.400
Ron Kump	P	6						.000
Peter Nicolis	P	5						.000
Karl Spooner	P	4						.000
Billy Darden	P	4						.000
Joe Roberson	P	3						.000
Mike Rodriguez	P	1						.000
Bob Lillis	SS	144	304	395	27	98	.963	4.854
Totals		1608	3806	1502	133	387	.976	3.301	23	0	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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