1956 Washington Senators Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 59–95 (.383), 7th place (38 games behind) in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1956 Bob Chakales 43 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .130 .130 .130 .261
1956 Bob Wiesler 38 37 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 .081 .081 .108 .189
1956 Bud Byerly 25 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
1956 Bunky Stewart 34 32 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 .219 .219 .219 .437
1956 Camilo Pascual 43 64 3 8 2 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 .125 .164 .187 .352
1956 Carlos Paula 33 82 8 15 2 1 3 13 8 15 0 2 .183 .250 .341 .591
1956 Chuck Stobbs 38 88 3 15 3 0 0 9 2 15 0 1 .170 .196 .205 .400
1956 Clint Courtney 101 284 31 85 20 3 5 44 20 10 0 5 .299 .361 .444 .804
1956 Connie Grob 37 19 3 6 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 .316 .350 .368 .718
1956 Dean Stone 42 36 3 3 1 0 0 1 4 22 0 0 .083 .214 .111 .325
1956 Dick Brodowski 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1956 Dick Tettelbach 18 67 10 10 1 2 1 9 14 15 0 1 .149 .293 .269 .561
1956 Ed Fitzgerald 64 149 15 45 8 0 2 12 20 16 0 0 .302 .385 .396 .781
1956 Eddie Yost 152 524 94 119 17 2 11 53 151 82 8 5 .227 .406 .330 .737
1956 Ernie Oravetz 88 139 20 34 3 2 0 11 27 20 1 0 .245 .365 .295 .660
1956 Evelio Hernandez 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
1956 Hal Griggs 36 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 .000 .182 .000 .182
1956 Harmon Killebrew 44 99 10 22 2 0 5 13 10 39 0 0 .222 .291 .394 .685
1956 Herb Plews 91 256 24 69 10 7 1 25 26 40 1 2 .270 .337 .375 .712
1956 Jerry Snyder 43 150 14 40 3 1 2 14 10 9 1 0 .267 .317 .340 .657
1956 Jim Lemon 146 540 77 146 21 11 27 96 65 138 2 4 .270 .347 .500 .847
1956 Jose Valdivielso 90 248 18 58 8 2 4 29 29 36 3 1 .234 .315 .331 .646
1956 Karl Olson 106 319 34 77 10 2 4 22 28 41 1 1 .241 .300 .323 .623
1956 Lou Berberet 95 207 25 54 6 3 4 27 46 33 0 0 .261 .402 .377 .779
1956 Lyle Luttrell 38 126 17 23 5 3 2 9 8 19 5 1 .183 .246 .317 .564
1956 Pedro Ramos 56 48 9 9 0 2 0 2 2 16 0 1 .187 .220 .271 .491
1956 Pete Runnels 147 582 72 179 29 9 8 76 58 64 5 5 .308 .370 .430 .800
1956 Roy Sievers 152 550 92 139 27 2 29 95 100 88 0 0 .253 .370 .467 .838
1956 Ted Abernathy 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
1956 Tex Clevenger 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1956 Tom Wright 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1956 Tony Roig 44 120 11 25 5 2 0 7 20 29 2 0 .208 .319 .283 .602
1956 Whitey Herzog 117 429 49 103 13 7 4 35 35 74 8 5 .240 .297 .331 .628
– – 154 5,277 652 1,302 198 62 112 612 690 877 37 34 .247 .336 .371 .708

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1956 Bob Chakales 43 96.0 4 4 4 0 0 94 53 43 57 3 33 1 0 0 0 4.03 1.57
1956 Bob Wiesler 37 123.0 3 12 0 0 0 141 98 88 112 3 49 21 0 3 0 6.44 2.06
1956 Bud Byerly 25 51.2 2 4 4 0 0 45 19 17 14 2 19 0 0 0 0 2.96 1.14
1956 Bunky Stewart 33 105.0 5 7 2 0 0 111 77 65 82 5 36 9 0 1 0 5.57 1.84
1956 Camilo Pascual 39 188.2 6 18 2 0 0 194 131 123 89 6 162 27 0 6 0 5.87 1.50
1956 Chuck Stobbs 37 240.0 15 15 1 0 0 264 115 96 54 1 97 33 0 15 1 3.60 1.32
1956 Connie Grob 37 79.1 4 5 1 0 0 121 79 69 26 1 27 1 0 0 0 7.83 1.85
1956 Dean Stone 41 132.0 5 7 3 0 0 148 107 92 93 7 86 21 0 2 0 6.27 1.83
1956 Dick Brodowski 7 17.2 0 3 0 0 0 31 18 18 12 0 8 3 0 1 0 9.17 2.43
1956 Evelio Hernandez 4 22.2 1 1 0 0 0 24 12 12 8 0 9 4 0 1 0 4.76 1.41
1956 Hal Griggs 34 98.2 1 6 1 0 0 120 82 66 76 1 48 12 0 1 0 6.02 1.99
1956 Pedro Ramos 37 152.0 12 10 0 0 0 178 95 89 76 3 54 18 0 4 0 5.27 1.67
1956 Ted Abernathy 5 30.1 1 3 0 0 0 35 16 14 10 1 18 4 0 2 0 4.15 1.48
1956 Tex Clevenger 20 31.2 0 0 0 0 0 33 22 19 21 0 17 1 0 0 0 5.40 1.71
– – 154 1,368.2 59 95 18 0 0 1,539 924 811 730 33 663 155 0 36 1 5.33 1.66

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1956 Bob Chakales P 43 1 25 1 27 2 .963 0.60
1956 Bob Wiesler P 37 12 24 3 39 5 .923 0.97
1956 Bud Byerly P 25 3 10 0 13 0 1.000 0.52
1956 Bunky Stewart P 33 5 22 2 29 2 .931 0.82
1956 Camilo Pascual P 39 8 31 2 41 2 .951 1.00
1956 Chuck Stobbs P 37 19 39 1 59 5 .983 1.57
1956 Connie Grob P 37 6 18 2 26 1 .923 0.65
1956 Dean Stone P 41 4 20 5 29 2 .828 0.59
1956 Dick Brodowski P 7 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 0.71
1956 Evelio Hernandez P 4 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 1.00
1956 Hal Griggs P 34 10 19 1 30 4 .967 0.85
1956 Pedro Ramos P 37 9 23 0 32 2 1.000 0.86
1956 Ted Abernathy P 5 2 13 0 15 1 1.000 3.00
1956 Tex Clevenger P 20 4 4 1 9 0 .889 0.40
1956 Clint Courtney C 76 290 35 7 332 7 22 17 43.6% .979 4.28
1956 Ed Fitzgerald C 50 206 19 6 231 5 17 8 32.0% .974 4.50
1956 Lou Berberet C 59 266 28 1 295 6 15 20 57.1% .997 4.98
1956 Pete Runnels 1B 81 693 49 4 746 73 .995 9.16
1956 Roy Sievers 1B 76 638 51 7 696 75 .990 9.07
1956 Whitey Herzog 1B 5 34 1 2 37 3 .946 7.00
1956 Harmon Killebrew 2B 4 6 4 1 11 1 .909 2.50
1956 Herb Plews 2B 66 137 166 17 320 38 .947 4.59
1956 Jerry Snyder 2B 7 17 18 4 39 5 .897 5.00
1956 Pete Runnels 2B 69 179 177 10 366 56 .973 5.16
1956 Tony Roig 2B 27 67 79 4 150 25 .973 5.41
1956 Eddie Yost 3B 135 164 303 18 485 31 .963 3.46
1956 Harmon Killebrew 3B 20 18 40 3 61 3 .951 2.90
1956 Herb Plews 3B 2 2 6 0 8 0 1.000 4.00
1956 Herb Plews SS 5 1 3 1 5 1 .800 0.80
1956 Jerry Snyder SS 35 47 106 5 158 23 .968 4.37
1956 Jose Valdivielso SS 90 144 266 23 433 58 .947 4.56
1956 Lyle Luttrell SS 37 69 100 11 180 19 .939 4.57
1956 Pete Runnels SS 3 3 3 0 6 2 1.000 2.00
1956 Tony Roig SS 19 16 31 4 51 5 .922 2.47
1956 Carlos Paula LF 9 20 0 0 20 0 1.000 2.22
1956 Dick Tettelbach LF 18 36 2 0 38 0 1.000 2.11
1956 Ernie Oravetz LF 21 23 2 2 27 0 .926 1.19
1956 Jim Lemon LF 16 37 4 2 43 2 .953 2.56
1956 Karl Olson LF 15 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 0.87
1956 Roy Sievers LF 78 148 3 2 153 1 .987 1.94
1956 Whitey Herzog LF 17 36 1 0 37 0 1.000 2.18
1956 Ernie Oravetz CF 3 2 0 1 3 0 .667 0.67
1956 Karl Olson CF 85 175 3 2 180 0 .989 2.09
1956 Whitey Herzog CF 82 200 8 5 213 0 .977 2.54
1956 Carlos Paula RF 11 17 0 1 18 0 .944 1.55
1956 Eddie Yost RF 8 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 2.25
1956 Ernie Oravetz RF 10 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 2.60
1956 Jim Lemon RF 127 266 7 10 283 4 .965 2.15
1956 Karl Olson RF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1956 Whitey Herzog RF 7 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 0.86
– – 154 4,107 1,770 171 6,048 469 54 45 45.5% .972 38.16

Post-Season Stats

No stats available.

Awards

Player Award Stats
Roy Sievers All-Star (1B) .253–29–95

Frequently asked questions about the 1956 Minnesota Twins

Who had the most hits on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Pete Runnels led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with 179 hits in 147 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Pete Runnels led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with a .308 batting average in 147 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Roy Sievers led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with 29 home runs in 152 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Eddie Yost led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with a .406 on-base percentage (OBP) in 152 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Jim Lemon led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with a .500 slugging percentage in 146 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Whitey Herzog led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with 8 stolen bases in 117 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Chuck Stobbs had a 3.60 earned-run average (ERA) in 37 games, the lowest on the 1956 Minnesota Twins.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Chuck Stobbs had a 1.32 WHIP in 37 games, the lowest on the 1956 Minnesota Twins.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Camilo Pascual led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with 162 strikeouts in 39 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Chuck Stobbs led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with 15 wins in 37 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1956 Minnesota Twins?

Bud Byerly led the 1956 Minnesota Twins with 4 saves in 25 games.