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1956 Oakland Athletics
Record: 88-74
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 763
Runs Allowed: 724
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,280,534
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the AL
AA: 57-80, 7th in the AL
A: 67-70, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Larry Doby 32 156 569 106 145 36 4 39 110 1 0 80 132 .255 .344 .538 .882 104.8 18.7 4.9
1B *Eddie Lukon 35 154 536 95 145 25 4 39 121 0 0 87 93 .271 .370 .550 .921 109.0 21.1 4.0
2B #Jim Gilliam 27 152 525 77 143 29 8 5 61 20 12 86 25 .272 .372 .387 .758 77.3 11.7 7.1
SS  Jim Brideweser 29 141 550 67 156 26 2 11 64 30 4 52 51 .284 .343 .398 .741 77.6 12.1 5.1
C  Bruce Edwards 32 138 482 66 137 12 2 14 73 0 1 49 67 .284 .353 .405 .757 69.5 11.0 5.8
2B  Chico Carrasquel 28 120 391 44 107 20 2 6 45 8 0 51 21 .274 .361 .381 .742 53.8 7.8 5.3
DH  Pat Seerey 33 133 368 47 79 8 1 14 46 0 1 69 112 .215 .336 .356 .692 46.1 4.6 1.9
CF *Bill Bruton 30 137 350 74 103 18 6 7 51 37 12 42 35 .294 .368 .440 .808 59.3 10.4 4.8
LF *Paul O'Dea 35 114 287 41 82 6 0 2 24 3 0 31 49 .286 .354 .328 .682 34.0 3.9 2.0
CF  Carl Furillo 34 106 265 31 82 9 1 2 42 3 4 24 31 .309 .369 .374 .742 34.3 5.1 3.3
1B *Billy Klaus 27 115 260 36 72 9 1 6 29 2 1 31 25 .277 .352 .388 .740 35.9 5.4 2.9
3B  Bob Dillinger 37 116 249 40 61 7 3 3 17 23 11 12 27 .245 .279 .333 .612 22.2 1.0 2.0
C  Sammy White 27 59 158 15 41 9 0 2 20 0 0 6 17 .259 .289 .354 .644 14.6 1.1 1.7
P  Carl Scheib 29 41 120 7 22 5 0 1 12 0 0 0 21 .183 .180 .250 .430 5.2 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Byrd 31 40 83 4 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 21 .108 .108 .145 .253 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 25 32 87 4 19 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .218 .218 .230 .448 3.3 0.0 0.0
DH  Vic Power 28 54 84 4 22 2 0 0 12 0 1 5 2 .262 .303 .286 .589 5.8 0.0 0.4
P #Ted Gray 31 32 78 3 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 28 .115 .127 .179 .306 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Sam Jones 30 55 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 .250 .250 .250 .500 1.3 0.0 0.0
RF  Bill Wilson 27 14 13 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .231 .267 .308 .574 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Russ Kemmerer 24 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Don Lund 33 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -0.4 0.0 0.1
P  Virgil Jester 28 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Stan Palys 26 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Dave Hoskins 30 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Humberto Robinson 26 38 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Willard Schmidt 28 32 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P  Tom Gorman 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2063 5520 763 1448 225 34 153 741 128 47 628 800 .262 .337 .399 .735 753.4 114.4 51.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 5 4 8 4 6 5 1 8 4 2 2 3 5 4 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Carl Scheib 29 19 16 .543 41 41 0 328.0 296 159 49 147 235 4.36 17.8
 Harry Byrd 31 19 11 .633 40 40 0 281.0 259 143 33 121 188 4.58 13.7
 Gene Conley 25 15 5 .750 32 32 0 253.7 192 72 10 66 198 2.55 27.3
*Ted Gray 31 11 15 .423 32 32 0 233.3 189 101 41 129 239 3.90 13.3
 Sam Jones 30 6 9 .400 55 8 4 107.7 110 61 11 67 74 5.10 4.3
 Russ Kemmerer 24 4 2 .667 33 4 2 61.0 56 26 3 27 28 3.84 5.1
 Humberto Robinson 26 6 4 .600 38 1 18 46.7 44 10 4 11 25 1.93 10.2
 Willard Schmidt 28 5 2 .714 32 1 1 40.3 35 19 6 24 21 4.24 3.6
 Dave Hoskins 30 1 1 .500 17 2 0 33.3 26 19 10 12 14 5.13 1.2
 Virgil Jester 28 0 1 .000 13 1 0 29.3 28 15 5 7 10 4.60 0.4
*Bob Ross 27 0 5 .000 15 0 3 17.0 21 12 4 17 15 6.35 0.0
 Ed Head 38 0 0 .000 8 0 0 12.7 10 3 1 3 12 2.13 1.3
 Tom Acker 26 2 3 .400 9 0 1 9.7 17 10 2 4 3 9.32 0.0
 Tom Gorman 31 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2.7 5 5 3 0 0 16.92 0.0
*Ron Mrozinski 25 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 28.6 88 74 .543 369 162 29 1456.6 1288 655 182 635 1062 4.05 98.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 4 3 4 2 7 4 6 1 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 34.1
B.Edwards 1123.3 125 127 849 37 6 0 .993 36.7
S.White 333.3 37 39 237 8 0 2 1.000 20.0
Team Total 1456.7 162 166 1086 45 6 2 .995 34.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
P.Seerey 923.7 113 117 1040 73 13 87 .988 10.84
E.Lukon 264.0 31 33 295 18 3 26 .991 10.67
B.Dillinger 149.0 12 39 169 12 0 21 1.000 10.93
V.Power 61.3 6 15 66 7 0 7 1.000 10.71
B.Klaus 38.3 0 16 52 2 0 0 1.000 12.68
B.Edwards 12.3 0 3 16 1 0 2 1.000 12.41
D.Lund 5.0 0 3 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Wilson 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 228 1648 113 16 144 .991 10.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
J.Gilliam 1285.0 145 149 238 494 10 93 .987 5.13
B.Klaus 167.7 17 27 38 64 2 14 .981 5.48
J.Brideweser 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Dillinger 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 178 278 558 12 107 .986 5.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
J.Brideweser 995.0 111 119 82 219 8 14 .974 2.72
B.Dillinger 366.7 43 48 22 85 7 9 .939 2.63
B.Klaus 84.0 8 15 2 18 2 3 .909 2.14
D.Lund 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Carrasquel 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gilliam 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.White 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 188 106 324 18 26 .960 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
C.Carrasquel 947.0 113 116 131 375 22 65 .958 4.81
B.Klaus 295.0 29 43 41 108 4 20 .974 4.55
J.Brideweser 134.7 14 18 10 54 2 9 .970 4.28
B.Dillinger 69.0 6 16 7 23 0 3 1.000 3.91
S.White 4.7 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.93
P.O'Dea 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
V.Power 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
C.Furillo 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1456.7 162 199 193 562 29 99 .963 4.66
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
E.Lukon 891.0 101 105 164 4 0 3 1.000 1.70
P.O'Dea 525.3 61 67 92 5 3 1 .970 1.66
P.Seerey 16.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Edwards 12.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
S.Palys 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Lund 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gilliam 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Wilson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Furillo 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 186 263 9 3 4 .989 1.68
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
B.Bruton 789.3 84 117 226 6 1 1 .996 2.65
C.Furillo 515.7 67 70 154 3 3 1 .981 2.74
E.Lukon 93.0 9 14 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
P.O'Dea 20.0 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
P.Seerey 13.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
D.Lund 12.3 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
L.Doby 11.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Wilson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.3 162 220 412 9 4 2 .991 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
L.Doby 1304.3 147 150 253 8 3 1 .989 1.80
V.Power 71.0 8 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
P.O'Dea 41.0 4 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
C.Furillo 31.3 3 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
P.Seerey 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Palys 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lund 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 181 283 8 3 1 .990 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
C.Scheib 328.0 41 41 23 72 3 3 .969 2.61
H.Byrd 281.0 40 40 16 41 2 7 .966 1.83
G.Conley 253.7 32 32 13 32 2 1 .957 1.60
T.Gray 233.3 32 32 12 45 1 3 .983 2.20
S.Jones 107.7 8 55 8 19 0 3 1.000 2.26
R.Kemmerer 61.0 4 33 7 11 0 5 1.000 2.66
H.Robinson 46.7 1 38 2 12 0 2 1.000 2.70
W.Schmidt 40.3 1 32 5 8 1 1 .929 2.90
D.Hoskins 33.3 2 17 0 8 0 2 1.000 2.16
V.Jester 29.3 1 13 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Ross 17.0 0 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.59
E.Head 12.7 0 8 0 7 0 0 1.000 4.98
T.Acker 9.7 0 9 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.80
T.Gorman 2.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Mrozinski 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.6 162 369 89 267 9 28 .975 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Edwards .284
On-Base Pct Gilliam .372
Slugging Pct Lukon .550
OPS Lukon .921
XR Lukon 109.0
Games Doby 156
At-Bats Doby 569
Runs Doby 106
Hits Brideweser 156
Total Bases Doby 306
Singles Brideweser 117
Doubles Doby 36
Triples Gilliam 8
Homeruns Doby, Lukon 39
RBIs Lukon 121
Stolen Bases Bruton 37
Caught Stealing Bruton, Gilliam 12
Walks Lukon 87
Strikeouts Doby 132
ERA Conley 2.55
Wins Byrd, Scheib 19
Losses Scheib 16
Winning Pct Conley .750
Saves Robinson 18
Games Pitched Jones 55
Games Started Scheib 41
Complete Games Scheib 21
Shutouts Scheib 3
Innings Pitched Scheib 328.0
Hits Allowed Scheib 296
Homeruns Allowed Scheib 49
Strikeouts Gray 239
Walks Allowed Scheib 147
Walks per 9IP Conley 2.3
Hits per 9IP Conley 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 9.2
WHiP Conley 1.02
OAVG Conley .206
OOBP Conley .259
OSLG Conley .302
OOPS Conley .561
Team All-Stars
Gene Conley
Bruce Edwards
Eddie Lukon
Carl Scheib
Player Salaries
Larry Doby $ 15,100,000
Pat Seerey $ 7,500,000
Ted Gray $ 6,650,000
Gene Conley $ 6,542,857
Eddie Lukon $ 6,500,000
Carl Scheib $ 5,900,000
Bruce Edwards $ 3,500,000
Bob Dillinger $ 3,000,000
Sam Jones $ 2,537,143
Jim Brideweser $ 2,321,429
Harry Byrd $ 1,994,286
Carl Furillo $ 1,880,000
Jim Gilliam $ 1,800,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 1,278,571
Ed Head $ 401,000
Paul O'Dea $ 400,000
Willard Schmidt $ 350,000
Sammy White $ 350,000
Bill Bruton $ 300,000
Tom Acker $ 300,000
Virgil Jester $ 300,000
Bill Wilson $ 300,000
Russ Kemmerer $ 300,000
Billy Klaus $ 300,000
Ron Mrozinski $ 300,000
Stan Palys $ 300,000
Vic Power $ 300,000
Humberto Robinson $ 300,000
Bob Ross $ 300,000
Dave Hoskins $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Russ Kemmerer Montreal $11,000,000
Sal Yvars
3/3 Traded Sal Yvars Montreal Russ Kemmerer
10/3 Released Art Schallock    
10/3 Released Tom Gorman    
10/3 Released Don Lund    
 
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