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1956 Seattle Mariners
Record: 87-75
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 825
Runs Allowed: 801
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,160,157
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 4th in the AL
AA: 71-66, 4th in the AL
A: 58-79, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
CF *Cal Abrams 32 154 569 93 160 32 5 11 66 0 0 113 113 .281 .403 .413 .816 99.2 22.1 3.3
1B *Ted Kluszewski 31 156 607 89 164 37 3 36 107 0 0 59 50 .270 .333 .519 .852 96.7 19.0 2.3
3B  Bill Serena 31 151 573 100 156 31 2 34 103 0 0 87 147 .272 .369 .511 .880 100.9 20.9 4.2
RF  Wally Post 26 157 588 99 164 38 3 26 95 0 0 59 120 .279 .345 .486 .831 94.2 19.5 2.3
2B  George Strickland 30 154 548 81 142 26 0 7 59 0 0 75 95 .259 .351 .345 .696 71.4 11.6 5.3
SS  Danny O'Connell 29 156 539 62 147 38 2 17 87 0 0 56 39 .273 .342 .445 .787 76.8 14.2 6.2
1B  Steve Bilko 27 144 443 71 100 26 2 27 79 0 0 70 136 .226 .331 .476 .807 72.4 13.4 2.2
C *Joe Ginsberg 29 88 293 44 92 16 0 3 34 0 0 34 21 .314 .383 .399 .782 39.5 7.5 2.3
C  Ed Fitz Gerald 32 67 206 23 56 10 2 0 23 0 0 20 19 .272 .333 .340 .673 22.7 3.2 2.2
1B *Dick Kryhoski 31 109 185 36 65 14 0 11 48 0 0 10 11 .351 .383 .605 .988 36.7 9.0 0.4
C  Roy Campanella 34 64 172 13 39 5 0 3 10 0 0 17 33 .227 .296 .308 .604 15.0 1.1 1.3
LF  Dino Restelli 31 77 149 29 36 4 0 13 32 0 0 27 24 .242 .358 .530 .888 27.4 5.5 0.6
2B  Granny Hamner 29 74 142 18 25 6 1 7 22 0 0 5 35 .176 .201 .380 .582 10.8 0.0 1.4
P  Frank Lary 26 44 115 15 29 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 42 .252 .277 .261 .538 8.3 0.1 0.0
P  Ralph Terry 20 44 107 7 14 2 1 0 7 0 0 1 26 .131 .138 .168 .306 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Beard 27 42 76 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 23 .053 .099 .053 .151 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Donovan 28 29 80 7 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 .125 .136 .138 .273 -1.3 0.0 0.0
RF *Phil Cavarretta 39 31 80 18 29 7 0 0 11 3 4 10 7 .363 .433 .450 .883 13.6 3.2 0.3
1B *George Vico 32 48 55 9 11 4 1 1 8 0 0 3 0 .200 .241 .364 .605 4.3 0.0 0.1
3B *Bobby Young 31 22 36 8 7 1 2 0 5 0 0 4 12 .194 .268 .333 .602 3.5 0.1 0.5
P  Warren Hacker 31 87 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  George O'Donnell 27 20 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 1.6 0.6 0.0
P  Bob Purkey 26 41 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Ruben Gomez 28 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Burdette 29 79 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2039 5580 825 1455 300 24 196 806 3 4 660 989 .261 .339 .428 .767 791.5 151.3 34.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 2 2 8 2 1 8 1 2 8 3 2 2 1 2  
* - 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
 Frank Lary 26 23 12 .657 44 44 0 350.3 346 177 39 104 155 4.55 21.2
 Ralph Terry 20 18 15 .545 44 44 0 317.3 340 159 36 92 135 4.51 15.0
 Ralph Beard 27 11 12 .478 42 42 0 277.3 273 141 7 156 82 4.58 10.0
 Dick Donovan 28 16 11 .593 29 29 0 229.7 248 107 36 39 74 4.19 14.1
 Warren Hacker 31 6 10 .375 87 2 9 104.3 139 66 19 29 36 5.69 2.5
 Lew Burdette 29 8 8 .500 79 0 7 95.3 98 48 13 28 30 4.53 7.1
 Bob Purkey 26 4 4 .500 41 0 8 47.3 59 24 7 19 18 4.56 3.1
 George O'Donnell 27 1 2 .333 20 0 2 28.3 35 14 7 10 3 4.45 1.6
 Ruben Gomez 28 0 1 .000 1 1 0 8.0 8 5 1 3 3 5.63 0.0
Team Totals 26.9 87 75 .537 387 162 26 1458.0 1546 741 165 480 536 4.57 74.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 5 4 3 7 4 5 2 8 5  
* - 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
J.Ginsberg 603.3 65 78 241 23 3 0 .989 33.3
E.Fitz Gerald 494.3 56 59 197 22 2 2 .991 26.3
R.Campanella 357.7 41 44 125 10 0 1 1.000 42.9
D.Restelli 1.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Hamner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1458.0 162 184 565 55 5 3 .992 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
T.Kluszewski 1348.3 150 155 1834 170 13 171 .994 13.38
D.Kryhoski 105.0 12 13 145 6 3 12 .981 12.94
S.Bilko 2.7 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 13.53
B.Young 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Cavarretta 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 172 1981 178 16 183 .993 13.33
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
G.Strickland 1291.3 148 148 305 620 29 138 .970 6.45
G.Hamner 121.0 11 25 32 58 1 16 .989 6.69
B.Young 36.7 3 10 10 26 0 5 1.000 8.84
B.Serena 7.0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43
S.Bilko 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.0 162 187 349 708 30 160 .972 6.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
B.Serena 1278.3 143 144 88 368 29 38 .940 3.21
G.Hamner 106.7 11 13 15 21 0 1 1.000 3.04
D.O'Connell 39.0 4 4 3 16 1 3 .950 4.38
B.Young 18.0 2 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Strickland 16.0 2 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1458.0 162 166 109 414 30 42 .946 3.23
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
D.O'Connell 1289.7 150 151 222 607 17 113 .980 5.79
G.Hamner 117.3 7 29 23 50 3 10 .961 5.60
B.Young 48.0 5 6 7 18 0 5 1.000 4.69
P.Cavarretta 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Kryhoski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 188 253 677 20 129 .979 5.74
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
S.Bilko 1081.3 125 128 239 4 1 3 .996 2.02
P.Cavarretta 167.0 20 20 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.78
C.Abrams 88.0 10 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
G.Vico 49.7 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.63
D.Kryhoski 39.0 0 23 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
D.Restelli 26.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
W.Post 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 201 309 5 1 3 .997 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
C.Abrams 1226.0 136 141 328 7 3 3 .991 2.46
D.Restelli 226.0 26 31 52 2 2 1 .964 2.15
P.Cavarretta 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Bilko 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 176 381 9 5 4 .987 2.41
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
W.Post 1284.0 143 144 266 9 8 3 .972 1.93
D.Kryhoski 146.0 16 18 27 0 1 0 .964 1.66
D.Restelli 27.0 3 3 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.33
P.Cavarretta 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 166 299 10 9 4 .972 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
F.Lary 350.3 44 44 30 66 2 2 .980 2.47
R.Terry 317.3 44 44 24 73 4 4 .960 2.75
R.Beard 277.3 42 42 20 48 3 3 .958 2.21
D.Donovan 229.7 29 29 14 62 4 2 .950 2.98
W.Hacker 104.3 2 87 11 34 2 4 .957 3.88
L.Burdette 95.3 0 79 6 20 1 1 .963 2.45
B.Purkey 47.3 0 41 6 6 0 0 1.000 2.28
G.O'Donnell 28.3 0 20 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.27
R.Gomez 8.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1458.0 162 387 114 312 16 17 .964 2.63
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Abrams .281
On-Base Pct Abrams .403
Slugging Pct Kluszewski .519
OPS Serena .880
XR Serena 100.9
Games Post 157
At-Bats Kluszewski 607
Runs Serena 100
Hits Post, Kluszewski 164
Total Bases Kluszewski 315
Singles Abrams 112
Doubles O'Connell, Post 38
Triples Abrams 5
Homeruns Kluszewski 36
RBIs Kluszewski 107
Stolen Bases Cavarretta 3
Caught Stealing Cavarretta 4
Walks Abrams 113
Strikeouts Serena 147
ERA Donovan 4.19
Wins Lary 23
Losses Terry 15
Winning Pct Lary .657
Saves Hacker 9
Games Pitched Hacker 87
Games Started Lary, Terry 44
Complete Games Lary 16
Shutouts Lary 2
Innings Pitched Lary 350.3
Hits Allowed Lary 346
Homeruns Allowed Lary 39
Strikeouts Lary 155
Walks Allowed Beard 156
Walks per 9IP Donovan 1.5
Hits per 9IP Beard 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Lary 4.0
WHiP Donovan 1.25
OAVG Lary .258
OOBP Donovan .303
OSLG Beard .345
OOPS Beard .702
Team All-Stars
Frank Lary
Bill Serena
Player Salaries
Ted Kluszewski $ 12,000,000
Bill Serena $ 7,960,000
Cal Abrams $ 6,000,000
Lew Burdette $ 3,057,143
Warren Hacker $ 3,000,000
Steve Bilko $ 1,800,000
Joe Ginsberg $ 1,707,143
Wally Post $ 1,700,000
Danny O'Connell $ 1,100,000
Dick Donovan $ 1,000,000
Ralph Beard $ 300,000
Phil Cavarretta $ 300,000
Ed Fitz Gerald $ 300,000
Ruben Gomez $ 300,000
Dick Kryhoski $ 300,000
Bobby Young $ 300,000
Frank Lary $ 300,000
George O'Donnell $ 300,000
Bob Purkey $ 300,000
Dino Restelli $ 300,000
George Strickland $ 300,000
Ralph Terry $ 300,000
George Vico $ 300,000
Granny Hamner $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
9/22 Released Roy Campanella    
 
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