1956 Philadelphia Phillies

71-83 • 0.461 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

71 Wins
83 Losses
0.461 Win %
5th Rank
668 R 738 RA
Diff -70

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⚡ Quick Stats

668 Runs Scored
738 Runs Allowed
-70 Run Diff
934K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .252 1% below the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .327 2% above the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .322 6% below the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 4.20 11% worse than the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 668 1% above the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 934,798
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Avg per Game 12,140

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Richie Ashburn 0.303 2 Solly Hemus 0.289 3 Elmer Valo 0.289 4 Willie Jones 0.277 5 Frank Baumholtz 0.270

Home Runs

1 Stan Lopata 32 2 Del Ennis 26 3 Willie Jones 17 4 Marv Blaylock 10 5 Andy Seminick 7

RBI

1 Del Ennis 95 2 Stan Lopata 95 3 Willie Jones 78 4 Richie Ashburn 50 5 Marv Blaylock 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Del Ennis 153 630 80 164 0 0 26 95 33 62 7 0.260
Richie Ashburn 154 628 94 190 0 0 3 50 79 45 10 0.303
Stan Lopata 146 535 96 143 0 0 32 95 75 93 5 0.267
Willie Jones 149 520 88 144 0 0 17 78 92 49 5 0.277
Marv Blaylock 136 460 61 117 0 0 10 50 50 86 5 0.254
Granny Hamner 122 401 42 90 0 0 4 42 30 42 2 0.224
Ted Kazanski 117 379 35 80 0 0 4 34 20 41 0 0.211
Elmer Valo 98 291 40 84 0 0 5 37 48 21 7 0.289
Jim Greengrass 86 215 24 44 0 0 5 25 28 43 0 0.205
Solly Hemus 78 187 24 54 0 0 5 24 28 21 1 0.289
Roy Smalley 65 168 14 38 0 0 0 16 23 29 0 0.226
Andy Seminick 60 161 16 32 0 0 7 23 31 38 3 0.199
Frank Baumholtz 76 100 13 27 0 0 0 9 6 6 0 0.270
Robin Roberts 43 100 8 20 0 0 1 8 6 13 0 0.200
Harvey Haddix 46 93 6 22 0 0 0 10 5 10 0 0.237
Curt Simmons 39 72 6 17 0 0 0 9 4 9 0 0.236
Saul Rogovin 22 36 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.111
Glen Gorbous 15 33 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.182
Stu Miller 29 25 7 4 0 0 0 1 8 2 0 0.160
Bobby Morgan 8 25 1 5 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 0.200
Ed Bouchee 9 22 0 6 0 0 0 1 5 6 0 0.273
Joe Lonnett 16 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.182
Bob Miller 49 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.091
Jack Meyer 41 20 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 7 0 0.200
Bob Bowman 6 16 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0.188
Murry Dickson 3 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Herm Wehmeier 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Ron Negray 39 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.429
Jim Owens 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.167
Wally Westlake 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Jack Sanford 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ben Flowers 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Mack Burk 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Turk Farrell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Angelo LiPetri 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Duane Pillette 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Ross 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Miller 3.24 2 Curt Simmons 3.36 3 Harvey Haddix 3.48 4 Ron Negray 4.19 5 Jack Meyer 4.41

Wins

1 Robin Roberts 19 2 Curt Simmons 15 3 Harvey Haddix 12 4 Jack Meyer 7 5 Saul Rogovin 7

Strikeouts

1 Robin Roberts 157 2 Harvey Haddix 154 3 Curt Simmons 88 4 Jack Meyer 66 5 Stu Miller 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Robin Roberts 19 18 4.45 43 37 3 297.1 40 157
Harvey Haddix 12 8 3.48 31 26 2 206.2 55 154
Curt Simmons 15 10 3.36 33 27 0 198.0 65 88
Bob Miller 3 6 3.24 49 6 5 122.1 34 53
Stu Miller 5 8 4.47 24 15 0 106.2 51 55
Saul Rogovin 7 6 4.98 22 18 0 106.2 27 48
Jack Meyer 7 11 4.41 41 7 2 96.0 51 66
Ron Negray 2 3 4.19 39 4 3 66.2 24 44
Ben Flowers 0 2 5.71 32 0 0 41.0 10 22
Jim Owens 0 4 7.28 10 5 0 29.2 22 22
Duane Pillette 0 0 6.56 20 0 0 23.1 12 10
Murry Dickson 0 3 5.09 3 3 0 23.0 12 1
Herm Wehmeier 0 2 4.05 3 3 0 20.0 11 8
Jack Sanford 1 0 1.38 3 1 0 13.0 13 6
Angelo LiPetri 0 0 3.27 6 0 0 11.0 3 8
Granny Hamner 0 1 4.32 3 1 0 8.1 2 4
Turk Farrell 0 1 12.46 1 1 0 4.1 3 0
Bob Ross 0 0 8.10 3 0 0 3.1 2 4

👥 Roster (37)

Richie Ashburn Frank Baumholtz Marv Blaylock Ed Bouchee Bob Bowman Mack Burk Murry Dickson Del Ennis Turk Farrell Ben Flowers Glen Gorbous Jim Greengrass +25 more

37 players

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