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1956 San Diego Padres
Record: 95-67
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 675
Runs Allowed: 638
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Field
Attendance: 1,718,656
Manager: Jamie D'Agostini

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 7th in the NL
AA: 55-82, 8th in the NL
A: 77-60, 3rd in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
3B  Jim Finigan 27 156 613 99 206 41 3 11 54 0 1 66 74 .336 .403 .467 .869 105.5 28.7 7.9
LF *Bob Hazle 25 153 601 75 165 33 1 17 71 0 0 58 97 .275 .339 .418 .756 80.9 16.5 3.5
1B *Ed Stevens 31 151 504 70 129 20 3 10 67 0 0 66 49 .256 .341 .367 .708 62.5 10.8 1.2
SS  Alvin Dark 34 145 487 50 121 28 4 4 65 0 0 26 38 .248 .292 .347 .639 45.7 5.8 4.8
LF *Bill Howerton 34 132 367 50 95 22 4 14 52 0 0 47 71 .259 .341 .455 .796 58.2 13.0 2.8
2B  Tom Upton 29 128 336 40 89 8 0 4 38 6 1 58 40 .265 .370 .324 .695 45.9 8.7 2.7
C *Frank House 26 116 356 36 90 18 0 1 35 0 0 28 19 .253 .306 .312 .618 32.4 3.9 6.9
RF  Andy Pafko 35 128 341 48 90 13 1 14 57 0 0 30 57 .264 .325 .431 .756 46.6 8.3 2.9
1B  Don Lenhardt 33 126 320 41 63 16 1 10 44 0 0 56 81 .197 .317 .347 .664 35.1 4.2 1.8
CF *Stan Musial 35 88 264 39 59 18 4 9 44 0 1 29 42 .223 .296 .424 .721 32.5 5.1 2.2
C  Sherm Lollar 31 91 262 25 59 4 0 4 25 0 0 24 23 .225 .301 .286 .588 22.7 1.5 5.6
CF  Sam Mele 33 53 198 24 59 10 1 5 29 0 0 13 27 .298 .338 .434 .772 26.6 5.5 1.5
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 37 75 194 23 44 4 2 0 17 3 3 15 51 .227 .284 .268 .552 13.3 0.0 2.4
3B  Dick Williams 27 51 132 14 40 7 0 3 21 0 0 5 8 .303 .326 .424 .750 16.7 3.2 1.0
P #Robin Roberts 29 42 109 5 15 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 26 .138 .152 .165 .317 1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Chuck Stobbs 26 40 104 2 15 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 35 .144 .143 .173 .316 0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Lehman 28 40 95 7 15 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 16 .158 .165 .168 .333 1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Fannin 32 26 65 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Warren Spahn 35 15 46 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .087 .106 .087 .193 -1.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Sammy Meeks 33 33 35 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .143 .262 .171 .433 1.3 0.0 0.5
RF *Herb Adams 28 55 26 14 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .423 .444 .462 .906 4.7 1.6 0.1
2B  Billy Gardner 28 16 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 0.1 0.0 0.2
P *Al Aber 28 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Eddie Basinski 33 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.1
P  Alex Kellner 31 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 30 71 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Coates 23 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2059 5486 675 1386 249 25 106 650 9 6 534 801 .253 .319 .365 .684 631.6 116.9 48.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 6 5 4 8 8 6 8 3 7 2 5 6 7 6 6  
* - 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
 Robin Roberts 29 18 16 .529 42 42 0 324.0 331 127 26 76 137 3.53 23.9
*Chuck Stobbs 26 25 10 .714 40 39 1 313.3 265 84 18 51 198 2.41 37.4
*Ken Lehman 28 16 10 .615 40 38 0 278.7 267 115 33 84 144 3.71 18.1
 Cliff Fannin 32 10 12 .455 26 26 0 192.0 207 96 27 59 122 4.50 6.6
*Warren Spahn 35 7 3 .700 15 15 0 127.7 88 28 5 30 117 1.97 15.2
*Bobby Shantz 30 11 10 .524 71 0 15 83.0 83 55 7 42 37 5.96 4.6
 Jim Coates 23 6 2 .750 57 0 15 64.7 61 26 9 26 20 3.62 8.7
*Al Aber 28 2 3 .400 33 2 4 45.3 49 22 5 31 18 4.37 1.6
*Alex Kellner 31 0 1 .000 23 0 1 30.7 26 7 3 11 20 2.05 3.9
Team Totals 29.1 95 67 .586 347 162 36 1459.3 1377 560 133 410 813 3.45 120.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 1 4 3 5 2 1 1 6 1  
* - 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 31.3
F.House 801.3 88 107 465 28 1 1 .998 37.5
S.Lollar 650.7 74 75 372 21 0 2 1.000 31.8
D.Lenhardt 7.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.3 162 183 840 49 1 3 .999 34.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
E.Stevens 1154.0 129 139 1427 106 13 126 .992 11.96
S.Musial 93.6 9 18 108 5 1 11 .991 10.87
S.Mele 57.5 7 7 71 6 1 4 .987 12.05
D.Lenhardt 48.0 6 7 60 3 1 1 .984 11.81
S.Lollar 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.00
B.Howerton 8.0 1 3 11 2 0 1 1.000 14.63
E.Basinski 3.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Williams 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1373.6 153 180 1689 122 16 144 .991 11.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
J.Finigan 1320.3 147 152 288 546 22 109 .974 5.68
S.Stirnweiss 227.2 28 35 57 102 2 27 .988 6.30
T.Upton 94.7 10 13 20 52 2 11 .973 6.85
S.Meeks 8.3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
E.Basinski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Williams 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1651.8 186 205 368 700 26 147 .976 5.82
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
T.Upton 684.7 74 84 43 191 6 15 .975 3.08
S.Stirnweiss 222.3 29 30 12 61 2 4 .973 2.96
D.Williams 135.1 21 21 10 33 3 3 .935 2.86
A.Pafko 82.3 7 19 7 11 2 0 .900 1.97
S.Lollar 12.3 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
E.Basinski 10.0 0 5 3 3 0 1 1.000 5.40
A.Dark 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Finigan 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1153.7 131 169 76 302 13 24 .967 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
A.Dark 1170.7 141 143 136 461 29 79 .954 4.59
D.Williams 144.4 21 26 18 59 2 10 .975 4.80
T.Upton 91.7 7 22 14 28 3 8 .933 4.12
S.Meeks 85.3 6 23 13 34 1 9 .979 4.96
B.Gardner 36.0 3 9 4 15 0 2 1.000 4.75
S.Stirnweiss 27.5 3 7 4 12 0 2 1.000 5.24
E.Basinski 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
S.Lollar 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1558.6 181 233 190 610 35 111 .958 4.62
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
B.Howerton 762.7 84 97 181 3 1 1 .995 2.17
D.Lenhardt 641.7 75 79 131 3 2 0 .985 1.88
S.Musial 62.4 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.30
A.Pafko 10.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Stevens 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
H.Adams 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Hazle 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Williams 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1492.0 166 196 325 6 3 1 .991 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
A.Pafko 605.0 71 71 169 7 4 2 .978 2.62
S.Mele 391.2 44 44 96 3 1 0 .990 2.28
S.Musial 346.7 34 37 115 1 3 1 .975 3.01
B.Howerton 30.0 1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Williams 12.8 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
H.Adams 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
D.Lenhardt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Lollar 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1395.7 152 169 396 11 8 3 .981 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
B.Hazle 1304.7 148 149 280 2 10 1 .966 1.95
A.Pafko 98.0 10 14 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.65
S.Musial 92.4 9 12 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.34
H.Adams 10.7 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
E.Stevens 6.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50
B.Howerton 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
S.Lollar 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Mele 0.7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1516.4 167 187 326 5 11 2 .968 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
R.Roberts 324.0 42 42 21 49 1 4 .986 1.94
C.Stobbs 313.3 39 40 17 54 2 2 .973 2.04
K.Lehman 278.7 38 40 32 58 0 3 1.000 2.91
C.Fannin 192.0 26 26 11 32 1 2 .977 2.02
W.Spahn 127.7 15 15 10 21 2 1 .939 2.19
B.Shantz 83.0 0 71 4 14 0 0 1.000 1.95
J.Coates 64.7 0 57 3 27 0 1 1.000 4.18
A.Aber 45.3 2 33 2 7 1 1 .900 1.79
A.Kellner 30.7 0 23 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1459.3 162 347 101 265 7 14 .981 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Finigan .336
On-Base Pct Finigan .403
Slugging Pct Finigan .467
OPS Finigan .869
XR Finigan 105.5
Games Finigan 156
At-Bats Finigan 613
Runs Finigan 99
Hits Finigan 206
Total Bases Finigan 286
Singles Finigan 151
Doubles Finigan 41
Triples Dark, Howerton, Musial 4
Homeruns Hazle 17
RBIs Hazle 71
Stolen Bases Upton 6
Caught Stealing Stirnweiss 3
Walks Finigan, Stevens 66
Strikeouts Hazle 97
ERA Stobbs 2.41
Wins Stobbs 25
Losses Roberts 16
Winning Pct Stobbs .714
Saves Coates, Shantz 15
Games Pitched Shantz 71
Games Started Roberts 42
Complete Games Roberts, Stobbs 14
Shutouts Stobbs 5
Innings Pitched Roberts 324.0
Hits Allowed Roberts 331
Homeruns Allowed Lehman 33
Strikeouts Stobbs 198
Walks Allowed Lehman 84
Walks per 9IP Stobbs 1.5
Hits per 9IP Stobbs 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Fannin 5.7
WHiP Stobbs 1.01
OAVG Stobbs .225
OOBP Stobbs .258
OSLG Stobbs .328
OOPS Stobbs .586
Team All-Stars
Jim Finigan
Robin Roberts
Chuck Stobbs
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 28,000,000
Robin Roberts $ 10,000,000
Chuck Stobbs $ 6,990,000
Bill Howerton $ 3,750,000
Sam Mele $ 3,500,000
Andy Pafko $ 3,250,000
Don Lenhardt $ 2,500,000
Ed Stevens $ 2,500,000
Bobby Shantz $ 2,500,000
Alvin Dark $ 2,380,000
Al Aber $ 1,800,000
Alex Kellner $ 880,000
Sherm Lollar $ 650,000
Tom Upton $ 492,857
Frank House $ 350,000
Herb Adams $ 350,000
Dick Williams $ 300,000
Bob Hazle $ 300,000
Billy Gardner $ 300,000
Jim Finigan $ 300,000
Jim Coates $ 300,000
Eddie Basinski $ 300,000
Ken Lehman $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Walt Craddock
Vern Stephens		 Detroit Andy Pafko
Stan Musial
Alvin Dark
7/31 Traded Cliff Fannin
Ed Roebuck
Stan Musial
Snuffy Stirnweiss		 Cincinnati Dick Williams
Warren Spahn
7/31 Traded Vern Law Cleveland Marion Fricano
$6,700,000
7/31 Traded Eddie O'Brien St. Louis Sam Mele
10/3 Released Sammy Meeks    
 
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