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1956 Philadelphia Phillies Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
71-83, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 668 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84
Manager: Mayo Smith (71-83)
Ballpark: Connie Mack Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 934,798 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Richie Ashburn HOF 29 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 19, 1927 9 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0
Frank Baumholtz 37 L L 175 Oct 7, 1918 9 76 12 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 15 59 0
Marv Blaylock 26 L L 175 Sep 30, 1929 3 136 112 136 136 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 2
Ed Bouchee 23 L L 6' 1" 205 Mar 7, 1933 1st 9 6 9 9 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Bob Bowman 25 R R 6' 1" 195 May 10, 1931 2 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 0
Mack Burk 21 R R 6' 4" 180 Apr 21, 1935 1st 15 0 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Murry Dickson 39 R R 157 Aug 21, 1916 15 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Del Ennis 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 11 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 153 0 0
Turk Farrell 22 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 8, 1934 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Flowers 29 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 15, 1927 4 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Gorbous 25 L R 6' 2" 175 Jul 8, 1930 2 15 6 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 7 2
Jim Greengrass 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 24, 1927 5 86 48 86 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 60 62 28 0
Harvey Haddix 30 L L 170 Sep 18, 1925 5 46 27 46 46 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
Granny Hamner 29 R R 5' 10" 163 Apr 26, 1927 13 122 103 122 122 3 0 0 11 0 110 0 0 0 0 5 0
Solly Hemus 33 L R 5' 9" 175 Apr 17, 1923 8 78 44 78 78 0 0 0 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
Willie Jones 30 R R 6' 1" 192 Aug 16, 1925 10 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Kazanski 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 25, 1934 4 117 107 117 117 0 0 0 116 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Angelo Lipetri 25 R R 180 Jul 6, 1930 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Lonnett 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 7, 1927 1st 16 3 16 16 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Stan Lopata 30 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 12, 1925 9 146 140 146 146 0 102 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 All-Star
Jack Meyer 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 23, 1932 2 41 7 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Miller 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1926 8 49 6 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stu Miller 28 R R 165 Dec 26, 1927 4 29 15 29 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bobby Morgan 30 R R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1926 6 8 6 8 8 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Negray 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 26, 1930 3 39 4 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Owens 22 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 16, 1934 2 10 5 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duane Pillette 33 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 24, 1922 8 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Roberts HOF 29 B R 6' 0" 190 Sep 30, 1926 9 43 37 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Saul Rogovin 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 10, 1923 7 22 18 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Ross 27 R L 6' 0" 165 Nov 2, 1928 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Sanford 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 18, 1929 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Seminick 35 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 14 60 49 60 60 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Curt Simmons 27 L L 6' 0" 187 May 19, 1929 9 39 27 39 39 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Roy Smalley 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 9, 1926 9 65 53 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 5 0
Elmer Valo 35 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 15 98 84 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 87 11 0
Herm Wehmeier 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 18, 1927 11 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Westlake 35 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 10 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played