1956 Yakima Bears Statistics
Team Record: 86-45
Finished 1st in the NWL
Manager: Hub Kittle (86-45)
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 66,370, Avg. 1,013
The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 86 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the NWL.
The Bears scored 810 runs and yielded 626 runs. Lefty Lewis led batters with significant playing time with a .353 average. Richard Young topped Yakima with 22 wins, while Arlen Downs added 15 or more wins, too Richard Young recorded a 3.07 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Herman Reich and Lonnie Summers both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Hub Kittle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Young | 22 | 12 | .647 | 3.07 | 47 | 32 | 267.0 | 265 | 121 | 91 | 12 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Arlen Downs | 15 | 5 | .750 | 4.50 | 39 | 25 | 188.0 | 170 | 98 | 94 | 12 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Ted Herrera | 14 | 7 | .667 | 4.14 | 31 | 21 | 161.0 | 142 | 82 | 74 | 10 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Don Boenker | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.15 | 36 | 23 | 163.0 | 182 | 79 | 57 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Drummond | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.97 | 12 | 11 | 88.0 | 64 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Jack Altman | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.00 | 26 | 3 | 81.0 | 62 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Larry Walker | 2 | 1 | .667 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denny O'Melia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Warren Cox | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Herman Reich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Palmer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Moreci | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Thurman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Good | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 37 | .684 | 3.53 | 234 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 948.0 | 885 | 455 | 372 | 46 | 395 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Lewis | 131 | 529 | 529 | 187 | 31 | 7 | 26 | .353 | .353 | .586 | .940 | 310 | |||||||||||
| Eny Wilcox | 130 | 530 | 530 | 161 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .304 | .304 | .343 | .647 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Moreci | 130 | 448 | 448 | 140 | 19 | 7 | 36 | .312 | .312 | .627 | .940 | 281 | |||||||||||
| Roy Nixon | 125 | 450 | 450 | 137 | 34 | 4 | 3 | .304 | .304 | .418 | .722 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wilson | 119 | 440 | 440 | 132 | 20 | 4 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .411 | .711 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Rich Neal | 124 | 425 | 425 | 114 | 19 | 2 | 13 | .268 | .268 | .414 | .682 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Richard Renner | 112 | 365 | 365 | 112 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .307 | .307 | .386 | .693 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Herman Reich | 91 | 274 | 274 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .281 | .281 | .383 | .664 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Peter Mikacich | 94 | 290 | 290 | 72 | 14 | 5 | 6 | .248 | .248 | .393 | .641 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Ed Zander | 58 | 186 | 186 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 10 | .258 | .258 | .484 | .742 | 90 | |||||||||||
| Ted Herrera | 34 | 57 | 57 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .316 | .579 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Arlen Downs | 43 | 77 | 77 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .221 | .377 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Don Boenker | 37 | 55 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .236 | .418 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Richard Young | 47 | 97 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .072 | .072 | .072 | .144 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Drummond | 13 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .139 | .139 | .278 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lonnie Summers | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Altman | 26 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Louis Cerruti | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Huie Jackson | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Rich | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Warren Cox | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Thurman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Phillip Tombs | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Walker | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Denny O'Melia | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Beamon | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Good | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1378 | 4342 | 4342 | 0 | 1240 | 196 | 41 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .424 | .709 | 1839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Young | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Arlen Downs | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Don Boenker | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Herrera | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Altman | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Walker | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Denny O'Melia | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Drummond | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Warren Cox | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Thurman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Palmer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Good | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 232 | 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.
