Minnesota Twins History - 1956 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1956 Washington Senators	59	95	.381	7^th	38.5	54-101	5	.250	5.33			431,647	$0	$0

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
3B	Eddie Yost	29	152	515	119	17	2	11	53	94	151	8	9	1	82	8	5	.231	.412	.336	.748	0.0
LF	Roy Sievers	29	152	550	139	27	2	29	95	92	100	5	0	4	88	0	0	.253	.370	.467	.838	0.0
1B	Pete Runnels	28	147	578	179	29	9	8	76	72	58	2	4	4	64	5	5	.310	.372	.433	.805	0.0
RF	Jim Lemon	28	146	538	146	21	11	27	96	77	65	2	2	6	138	2	4	.271	.349	.502	.850	0.0
CF	Whitey Herzog	24	117	421	103	13	7	4	35	49	35	0	8	1	74	8	5	.245	.302	.337	.639	0.0
CF	Karl Olson	25	106	313	77	10	2	4	22	34	28	1	6	5	41	1	1	.246	.305	.329	.635	0.0
C	Clint Courtney	29	101	283	85	20	3	5	44	31	20	9	1	3	10	0	5	.300	.362	.445	.807	0.0
2B	Herb Plews	28	91	256	69	10	7	1	25	24	26	1	0	2	40	1	2	.270	.337	.375	.712	0.0
SS	Jose Valdivielso	22	90	246	58	8	2	4	29	18	29	1	2	1	36	3	1	.236	.318	.333	.651	0.0
C	Lou Berberet	26	95	207	54	6	3	4	27	25	46	3	0	0	33	0	0	.261	.402	.377	.779	0.0
C	Ed Fitz Gerald	32	64	148	45	8	0	2	12	15	20	0	1	0	16	0	0	.304	.387	.399	.786	0.0
LF	Ernie Oravetz	24	88	137	34	3	2	0	11	20	27	0	2	1	20	1	0	.248	.370	.299	.669	0.0
SS	Jerry Snyder	26	43	148	40	3	1	2	14	14	10	1	2	0	9	1	0	.270	.321	.345	.665	0.0
2B	Tony Roig	28	44	119	25	5	2	0	7	11	20	0	1	1	29	2	0	.210	.321	.286	.607	0.0
SS	Lyle Luttrell	26	38	122	23	5	3	2	9	17	8	3	4	1	19	5	1	.189	.254	.328	.582	0.0
3B	Harmon Killebrew	20	44	99	22	2	0	5	13	10	10	0	0	1	39	0	0	.222	.291	.394	.685	0.0
P	Chuck Stobbs	26	38	84	15	3	0	0	9	3	2	1	4	1	15	0	1	.179	.205	.214	.419	0.0
RF	Carlos Paula	28	33	82	15	2	1	3	13	8	8	0	0	2	15	0	2	.183	.250	.341	.591	0.0
LF	Dick Tettelbach	27	18	64	10	1	2	1	9	10	14	0	3	1	15	0	1	.156	.304	.281	.585	0.0
P	Camilo Pascual	22	43	58	8	2	1	0	2	3	2	1	6	0	6	0	0	.138	.180	.207	.387	0.0
P	Pedro Ramos	21	56	44	9	0	2	0	2	9	2	0	4	0	16	0	1	.205	.239	.295	.535	0.0
P	Dean Stone	25	42	34	3	1	0	0	1	3	4	2	2	0	22	0	0	.088	.225	.118	.343	0.0
P	Bob Wiesler	25	38	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	12	0	0	.091	.091	.121	.212	0.0
P	Bunky Stewart	25	34	28	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.0
P	Bob Chakales	28	43	20	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	0.0
P	Hal Griggs	27	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	12	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0.0
P	Connie Grob	23	37	18	6	1	0	0	5	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.368	.389	.757	0.0
P	Evelio Hernandez	24	4	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	0.0
P	Ted Abernathy	23	5	11	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	0.0
P	Bud Byerly	35	25	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	0.0
P	Dick Brodowski	23	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
P	Tex Clevenger	23	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0.0
PH	Tom Wright	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
33 Players		26.9	1999	5202	1302	198	62	112	612	652	690	41	75	35	877	37	34	.250	.341	.377	.717	0.0

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
Chuck Stobbs	26	37	33	15	15	1	3.60	240.0	264	115	96	29	54	97	0	15	1	1.32	.279	0.0
Camilo Pascual	22	39	27	6	18	2	5.87	188.7	194	131	123	33	89	162	0	6	0	1.50	.291	0.0
Pedro Ramos	21	37	18	12	10	0	5.27	152.0	178	95	89	23	76	54	0	4	0	1.67	.290	0.0
Dean Stone	25	41	21	5	7	3	6.27	132.0	148	107	92	10	93	86	0	2	0	1.83	.314	0.0
Bob Wiesler	25	37	21	3	12	0	6.44	123.0	141	98	88	11	112	49	0	3	0	2.06	.308	0.0
Bunky Stewart	25	33	9	5	7	2	5.57	105.0	111	77	65	15	82	36	0	1	0	1.84	.267	0.0
Hal Griggs	27	34	12	1	6	1	6.02	98.7	120	82	66	14	76	48	0	1	0	1.99	.312	0.0
Bob Chakales	28	43	1	4	4	4	4.03	96.0	94	53	43	3	57	33	0	0	0	1.57	.284	0.0
Connie Grob	23	37	1	4	5	1	7.83	79.3	121	79	69	14	26	27	0	0	0	1.85	.344	0.0
Bud Byerly	35	25	0	2	4	4	2.96	51.7	45	19	17	6	14	19	0	0	0	1.14	.239	0.0
Tex Clevenger	23	20	1	0	0	0	5.40	31.7	33	22	19	4	21	17	0	0	0	1.71	.271	0.0
Ted Abernathy	23	5	4	1	3	0	4.15	30.3	35	16	14	2	10	18	0	2	0	1.48	.327	0.0
Evelio Hernandez	24	4	4	1	1	0	4.76	22.7	24	12	12	2	8	9	0	1	0	1.41	.282	0.0
Dick Brodowski	23	7	3	0	3	0	9.17	17.7	31	18	18	5	12	8	0	1	0	2.43	.377	0.0
14 Pitchers	24.8	399	155	59	95	18	5.33	1368.7	1539	924	811	171	730	663	0	36	1	1.66	.295	0.0

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Chuck Stobbs	37	33	19	39	5	59	1	.983	240.0	2.17
Camilo Pascual	39	27	8	31	2	41	2	.951	188.7	1.86
Pedro Ramos	37	18	9	23	2	32	0	1.000	152.0	1.89
Dean Stone	41	21	4	20	2	29	5	.828	132.0	1.64
Bob Wiesler	37	21	12	24	5	39	3	.923	123.0	2.63
Bunky Stewart	33	9	5	22	2	29	2	.931	105.0	2.31
Hal Griggs	34	12	10	19	4	30	1	.967	98.7	2.65
Bob Chakales	43	1	1	25	2	27	1	.963	96.0	2.44
Connie Grob	37	1	6	18	1	26	2	.923	79.3	2.72
Bud Byerly	25	0	3	10	0	13	0	1.000	51.7	2.26
Tex Clevenger	20	1	4	4	0	9	1	.889	31.7	2.27
Ted Abernathy	5	4	2	13	1	15	0	1.000	30.3	4.45
Evelio Hernandez	4	4	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	22.7	1.59
Dick Brodowski	7	3	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	17.7	2.55
Totals	399	155	86	254	26	358	18	.950	1368.7	2.24

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range	PB	RTO%
Clint Courtney	76	0	290	35	7	332	7	.979	608.0	4.81	3	0.0
Lou Berberet	59	0	266	28	6	295	1	.997	472.0	5.61	4	0.0
Ed Fitz Gerald	50	0	206	19	5	231	6	.974	400.0	5.06	4	0.0
Totals	185	0	762	82	18	858	14	.984	1480.0	5.13	11	0.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Pete Runnels	81	0	693	49	73	746	4	.995	648.0	10.31
Roy Sievers	76	0	638	51	75	696	7	.990	608.0	10.20
Whitey Herzog	5	0	34	1	3	37	2	.946	40.0	7.88
Totals	162	0	1365	101	151	1479	13	.991	1296.0	10.18

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Pete Runnels	69	0	179	177	56	366	10	.973	552.0	5.80
Herb Plews	66	0	137	166	38	320	17	.947	528.0	5.16
Tony Roig	27	0	67	79	25	150	4	.973	216.0	6.08
Jerry Snyder	7	0	17	18	5	39	4	.897	56.0	5.62
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	6	4	1	11	1	.909	32.0	2.81
Totals	173	0	406	444	125	886	36	.959	1384.0	5.53

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Eddie Yost	135	0	164	303	31	485	18	.963	1080.0	3.89
Harmon Killebrew	20	0	18	40	3	61	3	.951	160.0	3.26
Herb Plews	2	0	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	16.0	4.50
Totals	157	0	184	349	34	554	21	.962	1256.0	3.82

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jose Valdivielso	90	0	144	266	58	433	23	.947	720.0	5.12
Lyle Luttrell	37	0	69	100	19	180	11	.939	296.0	5.14
Jerry Snyder	35	0	47	106	23	158	5	.968	280.0	4.92
Tony Roig	19	0	16	31	5	51	4	.922	152.0	2.78
Herb Plews	5	0	1	3	1	5	1	.800	40.0	0.90
Pete Runnels	3	0	3	3	2	6	0	1.000	24.0	2.25
Totals	189	0	280	509	108	833	44	.947	1512.0	4.70

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Roy Sievers	78	0	146	3	1	151	2	.987	624.0	2.15
Ernie Oravetz	20	0	33	1	0	36	2	.944	160.0	1.91
Dick Tettelbach	18	0	37	2	0	39	0	1.000	144.0	2.44
Karl Olson	16	0	30	1	0	31	0	1.000	128.0	2.18
Whitey Herzog	15	0	35	1	0	37	1	.973	120.0	2.70
Jim Lemon	12	0	26	1	1	28	1	.964	96.0	2.53
Carlos Paula	9	0	17	0	0	17	0	1.000	72.0	2.12
Totals	168	0	324	9	2	339	6	.982	1344.0	2.23

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Karl Olson	84	0	160	3	0	165	2	.988	672.0	2.18
Whitey Herzog	84	0	196	7	0	207	4	.981	672.0	2.72
Ernie Oravetz	3	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	24.0	1.88
Totals	171	0	361	10	0	377	6	.984	1368.0	2.44

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Range
Jim Lemon	130	0	278	10	6	299	11	.963	1040.0	2.49
Carlos Paula	11	0	20	0	0	21	1	.952	88.0	2.05
Ernie Oravetz	9	0	15	1	0	17	1	.941	72.0	2.00
Eddie Yost	8	0	18	0	0	18	0	1.000	64.0	2.53
Whitey Herzog	7	0	16	1	0	17	0	1.000	56.0	2.73
Karl Olson	3	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	24.0	2.25
Totals	168	0	353	12	6	378	13	.966	1344.0	2.44

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Pete Runnels	.310
On-Base Percentage	Eddie Yost	.412
Slugging Percentage	Jim Lemon	.502
OPS	Jim Lemon	.850
Games	Eddie Yost, Roy Sievers	152
At-Bats	Pete Runnels	578
Runs	Eddie Yost	94
Hits	Pete Runnels	179
Doubles	Pete Runnels	29
Triples	Jim Lemon	11
Home Runs	Roy Sievers	29
Runs Batted In	Jim Lemon	96
Stolen Bases	Eddie Yost, Whitey Herzog	8
Caught Stealing	4 Players Tied	5
Walks	Eddie Yost	151
Strikeouts	Jim Lemon	138

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Chuck Stobbs	15
Losses	Camilo Pascual	18
Saves	Bob Chakales, Bud Byerly	4
Games	Bob Chakales	43
Games Started	Chuck Stobbs	33
Complete Games	Chuck Stobbs	15
Shutouts	Chuck Stobbs	1
Innings Pitched	Chuck Stobbs	240.0
Hits Allowed	Chuck Stobbs	264
Home Runs Allowed	Camilo Pascual	33
Strikeouts	Camilo Pascual	162
Walks Allowed	Bob Wiesler	112
Earned Run Average	Chuck Stobbs	3.60
Walks + Hits per IP	Chuck Stobbs	1.32
BABIP	Chuck Stobbs	.279