1956 Winnipeg Goldeyes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 63-55
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Vern Benson (63-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ballpark: Winnipeg Stadium
Attendance: 64,459, Avg. 1,093

1956 Winnipeg Goldeyes Roster

Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 1 game, Winnipeg Goldeyes 0

The Winnipeg Goldeyes of the Northern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 63 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Goldeyes plated 647 runs and conceded 598 runs. Pedro Cardenal paced all regular batters by connecting at a .315 clip. Carlos Thorne and Floyd Shiver topped Winnipeg with 11 wins each, while Ted Burgess recorded a 2.92 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Paul Toth and Vern Benson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Vern Benson 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
Floyd Shiver	11	7	.611	3.91	30	18					152.0	145	83	66	4	73
Carlos Thorne	11	10	.524	4.89	35	25					175.0	160	120	95	15	97
Hugh Coy	9	6	.600	3.50	26	19					121.0	107	64	47	2	82
Roger Cook	9	11	.450	4.40	22	20					141.0	116	85	69	12	116
Paul Toth	6	2	.750	2.86	45	1					88.0	74	42	28	1	47
Ted Burgess	6	6	.500	2.92	28	10					120.0	113	55	39	3	57
Leon McClinton	5	7	.417	4.70	23	14					113.0	115	74	59	7	47
George Doyle	4	2	.667	3.52	19	7					64.0	46	47	25	3	68
Donald Brown	0	0			1						0.0
Burlon Cloer	0	4	.000	6.65	10	4					23.0	35	24	17	1	16
Totals	61	55	.526	4.02	239	118	0	0	0	0	997.0	911	594	445	48	603	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
Pedro Cardenal	118	464	464		146	17	9	8						.315	.315	.442	.756	205
Glen Sullivan	110	391	391		108	17	4	1						.276	.276	.348	.624	136
Robert Folkert	97	321	321		99	10	5	1						.308	.308	.380	.688	122
Vern Benson	109	329	329		85	14	3	7						.258	.258	.383	.641	126
Bob Rikard	92	326	326		82	17	4	7						.252	.252	.393	.644	128
Herman Grabert	76	250	250		74	11	5	5						.296	.296	.440	.736	110
Richard Gentry	83	273	273		69	10	3	2						.253	.253	.333	.586	91
Donald Brown	98	258	258		63	10	6	1						.244	.244	.341	.585	88
Galen Williams	75	265	265		56	9	1	2						.211	.211	.275	.487	73
Glenn Butler	57	171	171		39	6	2	3						.228	.228	.339	.567	58
John Zeleznock	44	145	145		33	3	1	6						.228	.228	.386	.614	56
Carlos Thorne	51	129	129		32	5	3	2						.248	.248	.380	.628	49
Floyd Shiver	32	58	58		16	3	0	2						.276	.276	.431	.707	25
Cesar Argudin	20	76	76		16	2	0	0						.211	.211	.237	.447	18
Charlie Voss	27	79	79		13	1	0	1						.165	.165	.215	.380	17
Roger Cook	22	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
Ted Burgess	30	42	42		8	0	2	1						.190	.190	.357	.548	15
George Doyle	22	25	25		7	2	1	0						.280	.280	.440	.720	11
Rollie Rice	13	29	29		5	2	0	0						.172	.172	.241	.414	7
Gerald McGowan	10	23	23		4	1	0	0						.174	.174	.217	.391	5
Leon McClinton	24	30	30		3	1	0	0						.100	.100	.133	.233	4
Paul Toth	45	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Hugh Coy	26	41	41		2	0	0	0						.049	.049	.049	.098	2
Ron Ott	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Burlon Cloer	10	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1295	3799	3799	0	971	143	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.358	.613	1359	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Paul Toth	P	45					.000
Carlos Thorne	P	35					.000
Floyd Shiver	P	30					.000
Ted Burgess	P	28					.000
Hugh Coy	P	26					.000
Leon McClinton	P	23					.000
Roger Cook	P	22					.000
George Doyle	P	19					.000
Burlon Cloer	P	10					.000
Totals		238	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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