1956 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

| Level: MLB

Location: Philadelphia,PA
Team Record: 71-83 .461
Result: 5th in National League
Manager(s): Mayo Smith
General Manager: Roy Hamey
Stadium: Connie Mack Stadium
Attendance: 934,798
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Phillies affiliate history

Oldest Player: Murry Dickson (39)
Youngest Player: Mack Burk (21)
Longest Tenure: Granny Hamner (13)
Top Hitter: Richie Ashburn (6)
Top Pitcher: Robin Roberts (6)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 84.01%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Brooklyn	93	61	.604	--
Milwaukee	92	62	.597	1.0
Cincinnati	91	63	.591	2.0
St. Louis	76	78	.494	17.0
Philadelphia	71	83	.461	22.0
NY Giants	67	87	.435	26.0
Pittsburgh	66	88	.429	27.0
Chi Cubs	60	94	.390	33.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
14	Del Ennis	of	23	31	-	MLB	153	630	80	164	23	3	26	95	7	3	33	62	3	8	3	3	15	.260	.299	.430	729	271	672	490	88	4.9	.253
1	Richie Ashburn	of	6	29	-	MLB	154	628	94	190	26	8	3	50	10	1	79	45	5	3	6	1	4	.303	.384	.384	768	241	719	450	112	6.7	.322
29	Stan Lopata	c	9	30	-	MLB	146	535	96	143	33	7	32	95	5	2	75	93	1	10	4	9	17	.267	.353	.535	888	286	624	424	109	7.0	.265
6	Willie Jones	3b	25	30	-	MLB	149	520	88	144	20	4	17	78	5	4	92	49	1	6	3	5	15	.277	.383	.429	812	223	621	403	97	6.5	.277
12	Marv Blaylock	1b	38	26	-	MLB	136	460	61	117	14	8	10	50	5	1	50	86	2	2	5	5	10	.254	.327	.385	712	177	522	364	62	4.6	.290
2	Granny Hamner	if	67	29	-	MLB	122	401	42	90	24	3	4	42	2	0	30	42	0	5	3	4	13	.224	.276	.329	605	132	438	331	39	3.2	.240
7	Ted Kazanski	2b-ss	-	22	-	MLB	117	379	35	80	11	1	4	34	0	2	20	41	1	6	3	3	8	.211	.251	.277	528	105	406	315	24	2.1	.226
15	Elmer Valo	of	64	35	-	MLB	98	291	40	84	13	3	5	37	7	6	48	21	3	6	1	2	7	.289	.392	.405	798	118	345	223	53	6.4	.296
23	Jim Greengrass	of	-	28	-	MLB	86	215	24	44	9	2	5	25	0	0	28	43	0	3	1	2	11	.205	.294	.335	629	72	246	185	20	2.9	.231
4	Solly Hemus	2b	46	33	-	MLB	78	187	24	54	10	4	5	24	1	1	28	21	7	2	1	2	6	.289	.397	.465	863	87	225	143	39	7.4	.301
17	Roy Smalley	ss	-	30	-	MLB	65	168	14	38	9	3	0	16	0	0	23	29	1	4	2	0	4	.226	.323	.315	638	53	194	136	19	3.7	.273
21	Andy Seminick	c	-	35	-	MLB	60	161	16	32	3	1	7	23	3	0	31	38	1	7	2	0	8	.199	.332	.360	692	58	195	139	18	3.6	.216
16	Frank Baumholtz	of	-	37	-	MLB	76	100	13	27	0	0	0	9	0	2	6	6	1	0	2	3	3	.270	.309	.270	579	27	112	83	8	2.6	.278
36	Robin Roberts	p	-	29	-	MLB	43	100	8	20	2	1	1	8	0	0	6	13	1	0	3	2	3	.200	.248	.270	518	27	112	88	6	1.9	.216
20	Harvey Haddix	p	-	30	-	MLB	46	93	6	22	4	0	0	10	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	2	.237	.276	.280	555	26	98	73	7	2.6	.265
28	Curt Simmons	p	-	27	-	MLB	39	72	6	17	3	0	0	9	0	0	4	9	0	0	2	1	0	.236	.273	.278	551	20	79	58	6	2.8	.266
26	Saul Rogovin	p	-	32	-	MLB	22	36	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	4	39	36	-2	-1.6	.143
9	Glen Gorbous	of	-	25	-	MLB	15	33	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364	6	33	27	1	0.5	.187
4	Bobby Morgan	2b-ss	-	30	-	MLB	8	25	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.355	.200	555	5	31	21	2	2.5	.238
25	Stu Miller	p	-	28	-	MLB	29	25	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	.160	.364	.200	564	5	34	22	3	3.8	.174
19	Bob Miller	p	-	30	-	MLB	49	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.130	.091	221	2	25	23	-2	-1.9	.133
35	Joe Lonnett	c	-	29	-	MLB	16	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.250	.182	432	4	24	19	0	-0.1	.267
39	Ed Bouchee	1b	-	23	-	MLB	9	22	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.407	.364	771	8	27	16	4	6.5	.375
42	Jack Meyer	p	-	24	-	MLB	41	20	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	2	0	2	.200	.238	.350	588	7	23	20	1	0.8	.250
8	Bob Bowman	of	-	25	-	MLB	6	16	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.187	.500	687	8	16	13	2	3.4	.222
20	Murry Dickson	p	-	39	-	MLB	3	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	3	9	6	1	4.0	.429
22	Herm Wehmeier	p	-	29	-	MLB	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	8	-	-	.000
38	Ron Negray	p	-	26	-	MLB	39	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.500	.429	929	3	9	5	1	7.4	.750
39	Jim Owens	p	-	22	-	MLB	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	452	1	8	6	0	0.3	.333
15,48	Wally Westlake	of	-	35	-	MLB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-2.9	.000
48	Jack Sanford	p	-	27	-	MLB	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
22	Ben Flowers	p	-	29	-	MLB	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	3	2	0	-0.0	.000
34	Mack Burk	c	-	21	-	MLB	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
33	Duane Pillette	p	-	33	-	MLB	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	2	-	-	.000
45	Angelo Lipetri	p	-	25	-	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
44	Turk Farrell	p	-	22	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							154	5204	668	1313	207	49	121	616	45	23	585	673	27	62	52	42	132	.252	.329	.381	710	1981	5910	4140	714	4.7	.268

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
36	Robin Roberts	6	29	-	MLB	19	18	4.45	43	37	22	1	6	3	297.1	328	155	147	46	40	157	2	0	1.24	9.93	1.39	1.21	4.75	0.25	--	0.60
20	Harvey Haddix	7	30	-	MLB	12	8	3.48	31	26	11	2	4	2	206.2	196	98	80	23	55	154	3	0	1.21	8.54	1.00	2.40	6.71	0.36	--	0.66
28	Curt Simmons	19	27	-	MLB	15	10	3.36	33	27	14	0	3	0	198.0	186	95	74	17	65	88	1	0	1.27	8.45	0.77	2.95	4.00	0.74	--	0.79
19	Bob Miller	42	30	-	MLB	3	6	3.24	49	6	3	1	14	5	122.1	115	55	44	14	34	53	3	1	1.22	8.46	1.03	2.50	3.90	0.64	--	0.90
25	Stu Miller	-	28	-	MLB	5	8	4.47	24	15	2	0	4	0	106.2	109	65	53	16	51	55	3	0	1.50	9.20	1.35	4.30	4.64	0.93	--	1.14
26	Saul Rogovin	50	32	-	MLB	7	6	4.98	22	18	3	0	1	0	106.2	122	65	59	22	27	48	2	0	1.40	10.29	1.86	2.28	4.05	0.56	--	0.64
42	Jack Meyer	45	24	-	MLB	7	11	4.41	41	7	2	0	19	2	96.0	86	49	47	8	51	66	2	0	1.43	8.06	0.75	4.78	6.19	0.77	--	0.65
38	Ron Negray	-	26	-	MLB	2	3	4.18	39	4	0	0	15	3	66.2	72	36	31	6	24	44	1	1	1.44	9.72	0.81	3.24	5.94	0.55	--	0.69
22	Ben Flowers	52	29	-	MLB	0	2	5.71	32	0	0	0	17	0	41.0	54	29	26	9	10	22	2	0	1.56	11.85	1.98	2.20	4.83	0.45	--	1.18
39	Jim Owens	-	22	-	MLB	0	4	7.28	10	5	0	0	1	0	29.2	35	26	24	3	22	22	0	0	1.92	10.62	0.91	6.67	6.67	1.00	--	1.10
33	Duane Pillette	-	33	-	MLB	0	0	6.56	20	0	0	0	6	0	23.1	32	21	17	2	12	10	0	0	1.89	12.34	0.77	4.63	3.86	1.20	--	1.21
20	Murry Dickson	12	39	-	MLB	0	3	5.09	3	3	0	0	0	0	23.0	20	15	13	1	12	1	0	0	1.39	7.83	0.39	4.70	0.39	12.00	--	1.03
22	Herm Wehmeier	34	29	-	MLB	0	2	4.05	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	18	9	9	2	11	8	0	0	1.45	8.10	0.90	4.95	3.60	1.38	--	1.32
48	Jack Sanford	-	27	-	MLB	1	0	1.38	3	1	0	0	1	0	13.0	7	2	2	0	13	6	0	0	1.54	4.85	0.00	9.00	4.15	2.17	--	0.75
45	Angelo Lipetri	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	3.27	6	0	0	0	3	0	11.0	7	5	4	2	3	8	0	0	0.91	5.73	1.64	2.45	6.55	0.38	--	0.79
2	Granny Hamner	-	29	-	MLB	0	1	4.32	3	1	0	0	2	0	8.1	10	4	4	0	2	4	0	0	1.44	10.80	0.00	2.16	4.32	0.50	--	0.43
44	Turk Farrell	-	22	-	MLB	0	1	12.46	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	2.08	12.46	0.00	6.23	0.00	--	--	1.75
30	Bob Ross	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	8.10	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.1	4	3	3	1	2	4	1	0	1.80	10.80	2.70	5.40	10.80	0.50	--	1.00
Totals: (36 players)						71	83	4.20	154	154	57	4	97	15	1,377	1407	738	643	121	437	750	20	2	1.38	9.19	1.12	2.86	4.90	0.58	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Stan Lopata	C	102		573	24	11	10	.982	0.00
Andy Seminick	C	54		266	23	7	2	.976	0.00
Joe Lonnett	C	7		24	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mack Burk	C	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Marv Blaylock	1B	124		949	72	8	86	.992	0.00
Stan Lopata	1B	39		300	16	5	31	.984	0.00
Ed Bouchee	1B	6		54	3	0	6	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ted Kazanski	2B	116		246	261	11	68	.979	0.00
Solly Hemus	2B	49		94	93	5	18	.974	0.00
Granny Hamner	2B	11		6	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bobby Morgan	2B	3		7	7	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Jones	3B	149		202	264	13	23	.973	0.00
Bobby Morgan	3B	5		7	11	3	1	.857	0.00
Solly Hemus	3B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Granny Hamner	SS	110		177	302	32	69	.937	0.00
Roy Smalley	SS	60		81	142	12	32	.949	0.00
Ted Kazanski	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Richie Ashburn	OF	154		503	11	9	3	.983	0.00
Del Ennis	OF	153		269	8	11	0	.962	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	87		167	4	6	0	.966	0.00
Jim Greengrass	OF	62		104	3	1	1	.991	0.00
Frank Baumholtz	OF	15		23	2	1	0	.962	0.00
Glen Gorbous	OF	8		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Bowman	OF	5		5	0	1	0	.833	0.00
Marv Blaylock	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Miller	P	49	122	9	19	0	1	1.000	2.06
Robin Roberts	P	43	297	12	50	2	4	.969	1.88
Jack Meyer	P	41	96	4	17	1	2	.955	1.97
Ron Negray	P	39	66	4	11	1	1	.937	2.04
Curt Simmons	P	33	198	4	35	1	3	.975	1.77
Ben Flowers	P	32	41	0	11	1	1	.917	2.41
Harvey Haddix	P	31	206	7	30	1	1	.974	1.61
Stu Miller	P	24	106	9	18	0	0	1.000	2.29
Saul Rogovin	P	22	106	10	12	1	1	.957	1.86
Duane Pillette	P	20	23	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.56
Jim Owens	P	10	29	2	5	0	2	1.000	2.16
Angelo Lipetri	P	6	11	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.45
Murry Dickson	P	3	23	0	6	0	1	1.000	2.35
Granny Hamner	P	3	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.11
Bob Ross	P	3	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	5.81
Jack Sanford	P	3	13	0	2	0	1	1.000	1.38
Herm Wehmeier	P	3	20	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.45
Turk Farrell	P	1	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	6.59

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