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1956 San Francisco Seals

1956 > Class Open > 1956 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 77-88

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Joe Gordon and Eddie Joost
Represented: San Francisco, CA
Ballpark: Seals Stadium (San Francisco, CA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1955 / 1957

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1	Bill Abernathie	27	36	14	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	0	0	1	0
2	Ken Aspromonte	24	141	617	549	80	154	35	4	3	42	4	60	44	.281	.352	.375	.727	206	15	2	3	3
3	Ted Bowsfield	21	5	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0
4	Jerry Casale	22	37	93	85	11	21	5	1	3	12	1	6	20	.247	.304	.435	.740	37	3	1	1	0
5	Bob DiPietro	28	126	434	365	46	98	19	3	11	60	2	63	45	.268	.376	.427	.804	156	15	2	1	3
6	Larry DiPippo*	26	98	306	264	33	66	13	1	10	45	1	40	34	.250	.349	.420	.769	111	4	0	2	0
7	Eli Grba	21	45	19	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	1	0
8	Bill Henry*	28	42	36	32	6	6	1	0	1	3	0	3	11	.188	.257	.313	.570	10	0	0	1	0
9	Eddie Joost	40	6	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	2	0	1	0	0
10	Russ Kemmerer	24	38	83	76	2	13	2	0	1	8	0	2	23	.171	.192	.237	.429	18	0	0	5	0
11	Marty Keough*	22	79	335	295	57	93	16	5	9	38	9	35	32	.315	.390	.495	.885	146	2	2	2	1
12	Leo Kiely*	26	13	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	0	0
13	Ed Lavene	22	34	68	64	5	17	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	.266	.309	.297	.606	19	1	1	0	0
14	Don Lenhardt	33	91	339	294	46	88	11	1	16	49	1	40	42	.299	.385	.507	.891	149	5	2	1	2
15	Jim Mahoney	22	156	562	499	55	114	11	3	3	37	7	45	86	.228	.292	.281	.572	140	11	2	10	6
16	Frank Malzone	26	87	351	324	34	96	14	3	6	42	1	22	18	.296	.339	.414	.753	134	14	0	3	2
17	Jack Osborn	22	13	24	17	3	3	2	0	1	3	0	5	8	.176	.364	.471	.834	8	1	0	2	0
18	Albie Pearson*	21	31	117	101	18	30	5	2	0	6	2	16	8	.297	.393	.386	.779	39	3	0	0	0
19	Jerry Priddy	36	75	199	175	15	52	8	0	2	20	0	20	22	.297	.365	.377	.743	66	6	0	2	2	Stats for 2 teams
20	Ed Sadowski	25	89	248	213	33	50	9	6	7	24	2	30	44	.235	.327	.432	.758	92	3	0	3	2
21	Al Schroll	24	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bill Slack*	23	28	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.143	.400	.143	.543	1	0	0	0	0
23	Bob Smith	28	33	68	62	3	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	24	.129	.129	.177	.306	11	3	0	6	0
24	Bob Smith	25	31	60	53	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	15	.132	.179	.132	.311	7	3	0	4	0
25	Haywood Sullivan	25	136	531	476	67	141	32	0	11	77	3	42	61	.296	.350	.433	.783	206	11	1	6	6
26	Max Surkont	34	16	39	31	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	2	10	.129	.182	.290	.472	9	2	0	6	0
27	Joe Tanner	24	82	330	306	36	86	12	1	8	37	11	18	46	.281	.322	.405	.727	124	4	2	1	3
28	Sal Taormina*	34	126	398	305	57	91	12	1	13	56	1	76	31	.298	.435	.472	.908	144	6	5	3	9
29	Bob Thollander	25	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
30	Jack Thomas	25	8	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0
31	Roy Tinney*	25	10	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
32	Anthony Tornay	26	25	43	43	1	7	3	0	0	6	0	0	4	.163	.163	.233	.395	10	3	0	0	0
33	Tom Umphlett	26	120	491	467	44	133	28	5	5	61	5	12	31	.285	.303	.398	.701	186	11	2	6	4
34	Stan Willis	21	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
35	Gordie Windhorn	22	127	481	446	59	137	14	2	8	45	13	25	41	.307	.347	.401	.749	179	10	3	6	1
	35 Players	25.8	166	6252	5535	723	1500	250	38	120	665	61	574	708	.271	.339	.395	.734	2186	134	23	74	46

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bill Abernathie	27	6	4	.600	2.63	36	1	0	0	68.1	57	22	20	6	20	20	1	1	2	1.127	7.5	0.8	2.6	2.6	1.00
2	Ted Bowsfield*	21	0	3	.000	3.80	5	4	0	0	21.1	15	15	9	2	20	13	2	0	2	1.641	6.3	0.8	8.4	5.5	0.65
3	Jerry Casale	22	19	11	.633	4.10	37	32	16	3	228.1	229	117	104	19	81	143	6	1	9	1.358	9.0	0.7	3.2	5.6	1.77
4	Eli Grba	21	7	4	.636	4.82	45	3	0	0	93.1	100	57	50	6	49	37	1	0	10	1.596	9.6	0.6	4.7	3.6	0.76
5	Bill Henry*	28	5	6	.455	4.73	29	14	5	1	104.2	115	60	55	12	34	50	3	0	0	1.424	9.9	1.0	2.9	4.3	1.47
6	Russ Kemmerer	24	12	14	.462	3.48	38	32	13	1	233.0	235	108	90	9	93	137	1	1	8	1.408	9.1	0.3	3.6	5.3	1.47
7	Leo Kiely*	26	1	3	.250	2.10	13	0	0	0	30.0	31	15	7	3	8	8	0	0	0	1.300	9.3	0.9	2.4	2.4	1.00
8	Jack Osborn	22	3	7	.300	3.30	13	10	4	0	71.0	71	27	26	2	21	27	0	1	0	1.296	9.0	0.3	2.7	3.4	1.29
9	Jerry Priddy	36	0	0		5.73	7	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	1.182	9.0	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.50	Stats for 2 teams
10	Al Schroll	24	0	3	.000	3.68	4	2	0	0	14.2	14	10	6	1	12	4	1	0	1	1.773	8.6	0.6	7.4	2.5	0.33
11	Bill Slack	23	1	2	.333	4.29	28	0	0	0	50.1	49	25	24	7	21	13	0	0	0	1.391	8.8	1.3	3.8	2.3	0.62
12	Bob Smith*	28	9	10	.474	4.44	33	25	5	1	174.1	171	96	86	11	94	107	11	1	13	1.520	8.8	0.6	4.9	5.5	1.14
13	Bob Smith*	25	8	11	.421	4.38	30	25	8	1	156.0	176	94	76	9	53	91	4	1	2	1.468	10.2	0.5	3.1	5.2	1.72
14	Max Surkont	34	4	6	.400	2.38	16	13	6	2	102.0	87	35	27	5	29	57	2	1	3	1.137	7.7	0.4	2.6	5.0	1.97
15	Bob Thollander	25	1	1	.500	2.81	3	2	2	0	16.0	18	5	5	1	5	4	0	0	0	1.438	10.1	0.6	2.8	2.2	0.80
16	Jack Thomas	25	1	2	.333	6.00	8	2	0	0	21.0	18	14	14	3	10	10	0	0	0	1.333	7.7	1.3	4.3	4.3	1.00
17	Roy Tinney*	25	0	1	.000	4.39	9	0	0	0	26.2	25	16	13	2	19	16	2	1	0	1.650	8.4	0.7	6.4	5.4	0.84
18	Stan Willis	21	0	0		1.23	3	0	0	0	7.1	6	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.364	7.4	0.0	4.9	1.2	0.25
	18 Players	25.2	77	88	.467		166	166

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	CS
Haywood Sullivan	109	532	62	10	8	.983	5.45	1	28
Ed Sadowski	51	261	24	5	4	.983	5.59	4	11
Anthony Tornay	10	38	3	0	0	1.000	4.10	1	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob DiPietro	93	783	51	10	96	.988	8.97
Larry DiPippo	76	589	29	2	64	.997	8.13
Haywood Sullivan	7	56	1	0	2	1.000	8.14
Jerry Priddy	3	9	2	1	1	.917	3.67	Stats for 2 teams
Ed Sadowski	2	3	0	0	2	1.000	1.50
Don Lenhardt	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ken Aspromonte	135	331	332	26	103	.962	4.91
Jerry Priddy	42	89	84	3	30	.983	4.12	Stats for 2 teams
Bob DiPietro	11	20	12	1	6	.970	2.91
Joe Tanner	11	20	24	3	5	.936	4.00
Ed Lavene	1	5	1	0	1	1.000	6.00
Jim Mahoney	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Malzone	87	84	200	26	25	.916	3.26
Joe Tanner	64	62	122	12	16	.939	2.88
Ed Lavene	21	13	31	1	5	.978	2.10
Eddie Joost	3	3	8	0	1	1.000	3.67
Bob DiPietro	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.50
Ed Sadowski	1	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Mahoney	154	246	493	45	99	.943	4.80
Ken Aspromonte	18	16	25	4	4	.911	2.28
Joe Tanner	14	22	35	4	8	.934	4.07
Jerry Priddy	11	17	26	1	2	.977	3.91	Stats for 2 teams
Eddie Joost	2	2	4	1	2	.857	3.00
Ed Lavene	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Frank Malzone	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gordie Windhorn	118	199	7	3	0	.986	1.75
Tom Umphlett	115	294	10	7	3	.977	2.64
Sal Taormina	92	181	9	4	3	.979	2.07
Don Lenhardt	82	138	9	4	1	.974	1.79
Marty Keough	78	185	3	2	0	.989	2.41
Albie Pearson	27	55	4	1	0	.983	2.19
Haywood Sullivan	8	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Ed Sadowski	7	12	1	1	0	.929	1.86
Bob DiPietro	3	4	0	1	0	.800	1.33

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Eli Grba	45	3	16	0	2	1.000	0.42
Russ Kemmerer	38	11	45	2	3	.966	1.47
Jerry Casale	37	6	25	2	1	.939	0.84
Bill Abernathie	36	4	9	0	0	1.000	0.36
Bob Smith	33	5	31	1	5	.973	1.09
Bob Smith	30	4	26	0	0	1.000	1.00
Bill Henry	29	3	17	1	0	.952	0.69
Bill Slack	28	1	5	0	1	1.000	0.21
Max Surkont	16	7	19	1	1	.963	1.63
Leo Kiely	13	0	6	0	1	1.000	0.46
Jack Osborn	13	5	17	0	1	1.000	1.69
Roy Tinney	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.33
Jack Thomas	8	4	1	0	0	1.000	0.63
Jerry Priddy	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29	Stats for 2 teams
Ted Bowsfield	5	1	3	1	0	.800	0.80
Al Schroll	4	5	6	0	1	1.000	2.75
Bob Thollander	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.33
Stan Willis	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bill Abernathie	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Jan 30, 1929	Torrance, CA, US
Ken Aspromonte	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 22, 1931	Brooklyn, NY, US
Ted Bowsfield	21	R	L	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 10, 1935	Vernon, BC, CA
Jerry Casale	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Sep 27, 1933	Brooklyn, NY, US
Bob DiPietro	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 1, 1927	San Francisco, CA, US
Larry DiPippo	26	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	May 24, 1930	Brooklyn, NY, US
Eli Grba	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Aug 9, 1934	Chicago, IL, US
Bill Henry	28	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Oct 15, 1927	Alice, TX, US
Eddie Joost	40	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 5, 1916	San Francisco, CA, US
Russ Kemmerer	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	198	Nov 1, 1931	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Marty Keough	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 14, 1934	Oakland, CA, US
Leo Kiely	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Nov 30, 1929	Hoboken, NJ, US
Ed Lavene	22	R		6' 0.0"	175	Aug 6, 1933	Mobile, AL, US
Don Lenhardt	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Oct 4, 1922	Alton, IL, US
Jim Mahoney	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	May 26, 1934	Englewood, NJ, US
Frank Malzone	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Feb 28, 1930	Bronx, NY, US
Jack Osborn	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jun 14, 1934	San Diego, CA, US
Albie Pearson	21	L	L	5' 5.0"	140	Sep 12, 1934	Alhambra, CA, US
Jerry Priddy	36	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Nov 9, 1919	Los Angeles, CA, US
Ed Sadowski	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jan 19, 1931	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Al Schroll	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Mar 22, 1932	New Orleans, LA, US
Bill Slack	23	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	May 3, 1933	Sarnia, ON, CA
Bob Smith	25	R	L	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 1, 1931	Woodsville, NH, US
Bob Smith	28	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	May 13, 1928	Clarence, MO, US
Haywood Sullivan	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Dec 15, 1930	Donalsonville, GA, US
Max Surkont	34	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jun 16, 1922	Central Falls, RI, US
Joe Tanner	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 16, 1931	Laurel, MS, US
Sal Taormina	34	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jun 8, 1922	San Jose, CA, US
Bob Thollander	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 30, 1930	Bensenville, TX, US
Jack Thomas	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Jun 2, 1931	Greensboro, NC, US
Roy Tinney	25	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	May 22, 1931	Altus, OK, US
Anthony Tornay	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Oct 3, 1929	San Francisco, CA, US
Tom Umphlett	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	May 12, 1930	Scotland Neck, NC, US
Stan Willis	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Sep 8, 1934	Brookfield, MO, US
Gordie Windhorn	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Dec 19, 1933	Watseka, IL, US

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