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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Tom Acker 1956-1959 153 77 10 5 0 0 0 2 12 46 .065 .200 .065 0 0 Apr 20 26.044 Luis Aparicio 1956-1973 2601 10230 1335 2677 394 92 83 791 736 742 .262 .311 .343 506 136 Apr 17 21.354 Bob Aspromonte 1956-1971 1324 4369 386 1103 135 26 60 457 333 459 .252 .308 .336 19 24 Sep 19 18.092 Earl Averill 1956-1963 449 1031 137 249 41 0 44 159 162 220 .242 .346 .409 3 3 Apr 19 24.223 Bobby Balcena 1956-1956 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 16 31.046 Mike Baxes 1956-1958 146 337 40 73 13 2 1 13 39 39 .217 .303 .276 1 7 Apr 17 25.121 Charlie Beamon 1956-1958 28 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .000 .056 .000 0 0 Sep 26 21.276 Fred Besana 1956-1956 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 0 0 Apr 18 25.013 Bob Blaylock 1956-1959 17 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 0 0 Jul 22 21.024 Ed Bouchee 1956-1962 670 2199 298 583 114 21 61 290 340 401 .265 .368 .419 5 8 Sep 19 23.196 Bill Bradford 1956-1956 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 24 34.240 Jim Brady 1956-1956 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 May 12 20.071 Jackie Brandt 1956-1967 1221 3895 540 1020 175 37 112 485 351 574 .262 .323 .412 45 30 Apr 21 21.359 Eddie Bressoud 1956-1967 1186 3672 443 925 184 40 94 365 359 723 .252 .319 .401 9 13 Jun 14 24.043 John Briggs 1956-1960 59 48 3 10 1 1 0 7 0 17 .208 .204 .271 0 0 Apr 17 22.084 George Brunet 1956-1971 324 418 23 37 5 0 3 12 15 220 .089 .126 .122 0 2 Sep 14 21.098 Don Buddin 1956-1962 711 2289 342 551 123 12 41 225 410 404 .241 .358 .359 15 8 Apr 17 21.348 Mack Burk 1956-1958 16 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 0 0 May 25 21.034 Wally Burnette 1956-1958 68 77 3 11 0 0 0 1 3 18 .143 .175 .143 0 0 Jul 15 27.025 Joe Caffie 1956-1957 44 127 21 37 2 1 3 11 8 19 .291 .343 .394 3 3 Sep 13 25.212 Gino Cimoli 1956-1965 969 3054 370 808 133 48 44 321 221 474 .265 .315 .383 21 6 Apr 19 26.123 Jim Coates 1956-1967 247 160 14 21 5 0 0 7 5 93 .131 .168 .163 0 0 Sep 21 24.048 Jim Constable 1956-1963 56 17 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 5 .235 .350 .294 0 0 Jun 24 23.010 Wes Covington 1956-1966 1075 2978 355 832 128 17 131 499 247 414 .279 .337 .466 7 4 Apr 19 24.023 Jerry Dahlke 1956-1956 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 6 26.333 Don Demeter 1956-1967 1109 3443 467 912 147 17 163 563 180 658 .265 .307 .459 22 25 Sep 18 21.085 Jim Derrington 1956-1957 21 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 0 0 Sep 30 16.306 Moe Drabowsky 1956-1972 591 420 24 68 10 0 3 29 13 160 .162 .189 .207 0 0 Aug 7 21.017 Solly Drake 1956-1959 141 285 41 66 10 1 2 18 32 53 .232 .311 .295 15 10 Apr 17 25.177 Don Drysdale 1956-1969 547 1169 96 218 26 7 29 113 60 370 .186 .228 .295 0 2 Apr 17 19.269 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Carl Duser 1956-1958 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 15 24.055 Turk Farrell 1956-1969 590 436 19 59 7 0 4 18 11 165 .135 .158 .179 0 0 Sep 21 22.166 Chico Fernandez 1956-1963 856 2778 270 666 91 19 40 259 213 338 .240 .292 .329 68 28 Jul 14 24.134 Bill Fischer 1956-1964 281 199 8 27 3 0 1 12 12 46 .136 .191 .166 0 0 Apr 21 25.193 Curt Flood 1956-1971 1759 6357 851 1861 271 44 85 636 444 609 .293 .342 .389 88 73 Sep 9 18.235 Tito Francona 1956-1970 1719 5121 650 1395 224 34 125 656 544 694 .272 .343 .403 46 21 Apr 17 22.165 Bob Garber 1956-1956 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 13 27.246 Hal Griggs 1956-1959 107 79 5 7 1 1 0 4 3 45 .089 .131 .127 0 1 Apr 18 27.238 Connie Grob 1956-1956 37 18 3 6 1 0 0 5 1 2 .333 .368 .389 0 0 Apr 22 23.165 Mel Held 1956-1956 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 27 27.015 Evelio Hernandez 1956-1957 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 .118 .167 .118 0 0 Sep 12 24.263 Troy Herriage 1956-1956 34 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 17 .120 .185 .120 0 0 Apr 25 25.127 Earl Hersh 1956-1956 7 13 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 .231 .231 .462 0 0 Sep 4 24.106 Whitey Herzog 1956-1963 634 1614 213 414 60 20 25 172 241 261 .257 .354 .365 13 18 Apr 17 24.160 Buddy Hicks 1956-1956 26 47 5 10 2 0 0 5 3 2 .213 .260 .255 0 1 Apr 17 29.062 Gene Host 1956-1957 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 16 23.259 Marty Keough 1956-1966 841 1796 256 434 71 23 43 176 164 318 .242 .309 .379 26 19 Apr 21 21.007 Jerry Kindall 1956-1965 742 2057 211 439 83 9 44 198 145 535 .213 .266 .327 17 11 Jul 1 21.035 Danny Kravitz 1956-1960 215 552 52 130 22 7 10 54 35 64 .236 .280 .355 1 2 Apr 17 25.118 Charley Lau 1956-1967 527 1170 105 298 63 9 16 140 109 150 .255 .318 .365 3 1 Sep 12 23.153 Angelo Lipetri 1956-1958 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 25 25.294 Joe Lonnett 1956-1959 143 325 22 54 8 0 6 27 40 74 .166 .259 .246 0 1 Apr 22 29.075 Jerry Lumpe 1956-1967 1371 4912 620 1314 190 52 47 454 428 411 .268 .325 .356 20 15 Apr 17 22.320 Lyle Luttrell 1956-1957 57 167 21 32 9 3 2 14 11 27 .192 .253 .317 5 1 May 15 26.083 Felix Mantilla 1956-1966 969 2707 360 707 97 10 89 330 256 352 .261 .329 .403 27 10 Jun 21 21.328 Joe Margoneri 1956-1957 36 37 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 11 .081 .081 .162 0 0 Apr 25 26.103 Bill Mazeroski 1956-1972 2163 7755 769 2016 294 62 138 853 447 706 .260 .299 .367 27 23 Jul 7 19.306 Mike McCormick 1956-1971 487 738 54 115 12 1 7 39 40 275 .156 .199 .203 0 2 Sep 3 17.340 Jack McMahan 1956-1956 34 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 18 23.271 Dave Melton 1956-1958 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 0 0 Apr 17 27.197 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Ron Moeller 1956-1963 54 39 2 8 1 0 0 2 8 18 .205 .340 .231 0 0 Sep 8 17.331 Red Murff 1956-1957 26 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 0 0 Apr 21 35.020 Richie Myers 1956-1956 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 21 26.014 Cholly Naranjo 1956-1956 17 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .125 .286 0 0 Jul 8 21.226 Charlie Neal 1956-1963 970 3316 461 858 113 38 87 391 337 557 .259 .329 .394 48 36 Apr 17 25.078 John Oldham 1956-1956 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 2 23.301 Charlie Peete 1956-1956 23 52 3 10 2 2 0 6 6 10 .192 .288 .308 0 2 Jul 17 27.146 Taylor Phillips 1956-1963 147 113 3 6 0 0 0 3 5 55 .053 .093 .053 0 0 Jun 8 22.356 George Piktuzis 1956-1956 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 25 24.113 Al Pilarcik 1956-1961 668 1614 205 413 66 7 22 143 185 150 .256 .334 .346 41 18 Jul 13 26.010 Rance Pless 1956-1956 48 85 4 23 3 1 0 9 10 13 .271 .354 .329 0 1 Apr 21 30.137 Herb Plews 1956-1959 346 1017 125 266 42 17 4 82 74 133 .262 .312 .348 3 9 Apr 18 27.309 Frank Robinson 1956-1976 2808 10006 1829 2943 528 72 586 1812 1420 1532 .294 .389 .537 204 77 Apr 17 20.230 Jack Sanford 1956-1967 393 665 51 105 19 2 3 37 45 240 .158 .212 .206 0 1 Sep 16 27.121 Pat Scantlebury 1956-1956 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 19 38.160 Norm Siebern 1956-1968 1406 4481 662 1217 206 38 132 636 708 748 .272 .369 .423 18 25 Jun 15 22.325 Dave Sisler 1956-1962 247 159 14 25 1 1 0 5 15 48 .157 .227 .176 0 0 Apr 21 24.188 Lou Skizas 1956-1959 239 725 80 196 27 4 30 86 50 37 .270 .317 .443 8 3 Apr 19 23.322 Hal Smith 1956-1965 570 1697 126 437 63 8 23 172 102 128 .258 .300 .345 6 8 May 2 24.336 Gordie Sundin 1956-1956 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 19 18.345 Ralph Terry 1956-1967 339 593 22 95 8 0 1 26 19 151 .160 .190 .179 0 0 Aug 6 20.210 Frank Torre 1956-1963 714 1482 150 404 78 15 13 179 155 64 .273 .349 .372 4 1 Apr 20 24.112 Bob Trowbridge 1956-1960 116 77 3 6 1 0 0 0 3 32 .078 .113 .091 0 0 Apr 22 25.300 Ozzie Virgil 1956-1969 324 753 75 174 19 7 14 73 34 91 .231 .263 .331 6 5 Sep 23 24.129 George Werley 1956-1956 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 29 18.021 Bill White 1956-1969 1673 5972 843 1706 278 65 202 870 596 927 .286 .351 .455 103 68 May 7 22.100 Ed Winceniak 1956-1957 32 67 6 14 3 0 1 8 3 12 .209 .243 .299 0 0 Apr 25 27.009 Hal Woodeshick 1956-1967 428 174 5 16 1 0 0 4 10 85 .092 .141 .098 0 0 Sep 14 24.021 Roy Wright 1956-1956 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 30 23.004 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Tom Acker 1956-1959 19 13 .594 4.12 153 23 5 1 8 380.3 365 174 43 150 256 Apr 20 26.044 Charlie Beamon 1956-1958 3 3 .500 3.91 27 5 1 1 0 71.3 64 31 4 36 45 Sep 26 21.276 Fred Besana 1956-1956 1 0 1.000 5.60 7 2 0 0 0 17.7 22 11 0 14 7 Apr 18 25.013 Bob Blaylock 1956-1959 1 7 .125 5.94 17 7 0 0 0 50.0 53 33 8 27 42 Jul 22 21.024 Bill Bradford 1956-1956 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 Apr 24 34.240 Jim Brady 1956-1956 0 0 28.42 6 0 0 0 0 6.3 15 20 3 11 3 May 12 20.071 John Briggs 1956-1960 9 11 .450 5.00 59 21 3 1 1 165.7 174 92 23 82 80 Apr 17 22.084 George Brunet 1956-1971 69 93 .426 3.62 324 213 39 15 4 1431.7 1303 576 133 581 921 Sep 14 21.098 Wally Burnette 1956-1958 14 21 .400 3.56 68 27 5 1 1 262.7 259 104 23 97 122 Jul 15 27.025 Jim Coates 1956-1967 43 22 .662 4.00 247 46 13 4 15 683.3 650 304 65 286 396 Sep 21 24.048 Jim Constable 1956-1963 3 4 .429 4.87 56 6 1 1 2 98.0 109 53 8 41 59 Jun 24 23.010 Jerry Dahlke 1956-1956 0 0 19.29 5 0 0 0 0 2.3 5 5 0 6 1 May 06 26.333 Jim Derrington 1956-1957 0 2 .000 5.23 21 6 0 0 0 43.0 38 25 6 35 17 Sep 30 16.306 Moe Drabowsky 1956-1972 88 105 .456 3.71 589 154 33 6 55 1641.0 1441 676 182 702 1162 Aug 07 21.017 Don Drysdale 1956-1969 209 166 .557 2.95 518 465 167 49 6 3432.0 3084 1124 280 855 2486 Apr 17 19.269 Carl Duser 1956-1958 1 1 .500 7.88 3 2 0 0 0 8.0 19 7 0 3 5 Sep 15 24.055 Turk Farrell 1956-1969 106 111 .488 3.45 590 134 41 5 83 1705.0 1628 653 152 468 1177 Sep 21 22.166 Bill Fischer 1956-1964 45 58 .437 4.34 281 78 16 2 13 831.3 936 401 86 210 313 Apr 21 25.193 Bob Garber 1956-1956 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 3 3 May 13 27.246 Hal Griggs 1956-1959 6 26 .188 5.50 105 45 6 1 3 347.0 372 212 43 209 172 Apr 18 27.238 Connie Grob 1956-1956 4 5 .444 7.83 37 1 0 0 1 79.3 121 69 14 26 27 Apr 22 23.165 Mel Held 1956-1956 0 0 5.14 4 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 4 1 3 4 Apr 27 27.015 Evelio Hernandez 1956-1957 1 1 .500 4.45 18 6 1 0 0 58.7 62 29 4 28 24 Sep 12 24.263 Troy Herriage 1956-1956 1 13 .071 6.64 31 16 1 0 0 103.0 135 76 16 64 59 Apr 25 25.127 Gene Host 1956-1957 0 2 .000 7.31 12 3 0 0 0 28.3 38 23 7 16 14 Sep 16 23.259 Angelo Lipetri 1956-1958 0 0 5.40 10 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 9 3 3 9 Apr 25 25.294 Joe Margoneri 1956-1957 7 7 .500 4.29 36 15 3 0 0 126.0 132 60 13 70 67 Apr 25 26.103 Mike McCormick 1956-1971 134 128 .511 3.73 484 333 91 23 12 2380.3 2281 986 255 795 1321 Sep 03 17.340 Jack McMahan 1956-1956 0 5 .000 5.04 34 9 0 0 0 75.0 87 42 8 40 22 Apr 18 23.271 Ron Moeller 1956-1963 6 9 .400 5.78 52 22 1 1 0 152.7 174 98 20 100 104 Sep 08 17.331 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Red Murff 1956-1957 2 2 .500 4.65 26 2 0 0 3 50.3 56 26 6 18 31 Apr 21 35.020 Cholly Naranjo 1956-1956 1 2 .333 4.46 17 3 0 0 0 34.3 37 17 7 17 26 Jul 08 21.226 Taylor Phillips 1956-1963 16 22 .421 4.82 147 45 9 1 6 438.7 460 235 42 211 233 Jun 08 22.356 George Piktuzis 1956-1956 0 0 7.20 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 1 2 3 Apr 25 24.113 Jack Sanford 1956-1967 137 101 .576 3.69 388 293 76 14 11 2049.3 1907 840 174 737 1182 Sep 16 27.121 Pat Scantlebury 1956-1956 0 1 .000 6.63 6 2 0 0 0 19.0 24 14 5 5 10 Apr 19 38.160 Dave Sisler 1956-1962 38 44 .463 4.33 247 59 12 1 29 656.3 622 316 70 368 355 Apr 21 24.188 Gordie Sundin 1956-1956 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 2 0 Sep 19 18.345 Ralph Terry 1956-1967 107 99 .519 3.62 338 257 75 20 11 1849.3 1748 744 216 446 1000 Aug 06 20.210 Bob Trowbridge 1956-1960 13 13 .500 3.95 116 25 4 1 5 330.3 324 145 25 156 201 Apr 22 25.300 George Werley 1956-1956 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 Sep 29 18.021 Hal Woodeshick 1956-1967 44 62 .415 3.56 427 62 7 1 61 847.3 816 335 40 389 484 Sep 14 24.021 Roy Wright 1956-1956 0 1 .000 16.88 1 1 0 0 0 2.7 8 5 1 2 0 Sep 30 23.004 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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