Los Angeles Angels Clubhouse Monday, 4/21/1956

Team Stats & Info

Manager: Nolan Ryan Record: 8 Wins, 11 Losses, .421 Winning Pct. Home Record: 4 Wins, 5 Losses Away Record: 4 Wins, 6 Losses 1 Run Games Record: 3 Wins, 2 Losses X-Innings Record: 0 Wins, 0 Losses Record vs LHP: 2 Wins, 3 Losses Record vs RHP: 6 Wins, 8 Losses Payroll: $27,246,314 (19th) Fan Interest: 1/100 (20th) Batting AVG: .253 (16th) Homeruns: 13 (16th) Walks: 67 (10th) Stolen Bases: 5 (T-9th) Runs Scored: 87 (15th) Pitching ERA: 5.78 (19th) Opponents AVG: .295 (20th) HRs Allowed: 17 (12th) Walks Allowed: 74 (14th) Runs Allowed: 120 (18th)

Reports & News

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Active Roster

Player # Pos Birthday Bats Throws AVG HR RBI SB OPS   CATCHERS                       ROY CAMPANELLA 7 C 11/19/1921 Right Right .196 3 14 0 .722   Les Peden 3 C 9/17/1923 Right Right .278 2 5 0 1.020   INFIELDER                       Walt Dropo 16 1B 1/30/1923 Right Right .233 0 7 0 .626   Billy Gardner 43 2B 7/19/1927 Right Right .318 2 11 0 .831   Andy Carey 68 3B 10/18/1931 Right Right .269 0 3 0 .704   Dick Schofield 20 SS 1/7/1935 Both Right .279 0 6 0 .669   Jim Command 94 3B 10/15/1928 Left Right .400 0 2 0 .900   Jim Brideweser 93 SS 2/13/1927 Right Right .214 0 2 0 .481   OUTFIELDER                       Elmer Valo 23 LF 3/5/1921 Left Right .241 0 6 0 .616   Willie Mays 96 CF 5/6/1931 Right Right .338 3 14 5 .991   Al Smith 29 RF 2/7/1928 Right Right .450 1 6 0 1.342   Steve Souchock 1 CF 3/3/1919 Right Right .000 0 0 0 .286   Jay Porter 33 CF 1/17/1933 Right Right .214 1 1 0 .643   Roman Mejias 58 LF 8/9/1930 Right Right .161 1 6 0 .417

Player # Role Birthday Bats Throws ERA W L S WHIP   STARTERS                       Phil Haugstad 53 SP 2/23/1924 Right Right 0.00 0 0 0     Sandy Koufax 77 SP 12/30/1935 Right Left 3.32 3 1 0 1.43   Ken Johnson 20 SP 1/14/1923 Left Left 6.16 1 4 0 1.86   Don Gross 23 SP 6/30/1931 Left Left 3.98 0 4 0 1.36   Duane Pillette 43 SP 7/24/1922 Right Right 9.95 1 1 0 1.97   RELIEVERS                       Mike Naymick 62 CL 9/6/1917 Right Right 5.06 1 0 3 1.88   Ryne Duren 31 CL 2/22/1929 Right Right 9.53 1 0 0 2.03   Dick Marlowe 8 MR 6/27/1929 Right Right 4.26 0 0 0 1.58   Corky Valentine 56 MR 1/4/1929 Right Right 0.00 0 0 0 1.00   Bob Milliken 16 MR 8/25/1926 Right Right 6.75 1 1 0 1.65   Duke Simpson 12 MR 9/15/1927 Right Right 7.11 0 0 0 1.74

Tired Position Players

ROY CAMPANELLA Billy Gardner

Injuries & Disabled List

Player Status Recovery Time Time on DL left Diagnosis Joe Black OUT full season 40 days Torn Thigh Muscle

Lineups

LINEUP VS RHP Pos 1) L E. Valo LF 2) R A. Carey 3B 3) R W. Mays CF 4) R R. CAMPANELLA C 5) R A. Smith RF 6) R W. Dropo 1B 7) S D. Schofield SS 8) R B. Gardner 2B 9) LINEUP VS RHP+DH Pos 1) L E. Valo RF 2) R J. Porter LF 3) R W. Mays CF 4) R R. CAMPANELLA C 5) R A. Smith DH 6) R W. Dropo 1B 7) R A. Carey 3B 8) S D. Schofield SS 9) R B. Gardner 2B LINEUP VS LHP Pos 1) R A. Smith RF 2) R A. Carey 3B 3) R W. Mays CF 4) R R. CAMPANELLA C 5) R W. Dropo 1B 6) L E. Valo LF 7) R B. Gardner 2B 8) S D. Schofield SS 9) LINEUP VS LHP+DH Pos 1) R J. Porter LF 2) R A. Carey 3B 3) R W. Mays CF 4) R R. CAMPANELLA C 5) R W. Dropo 1B 6) R A. Smith DH 7) L E. Valo RF 8) R B. Gardner 2B 9) S D. Schofield SS

Pitching Staff

Starting Rotation 1) L S. Koufax 2) L K. Johnson 3) L D. Gross 4) R D. Pillette 5) R P. Haugstad Mopup Reliever 1) R D. Marlowe 2) Middle Reliever 1) R C. Valentine 2) R R. Duren 3) R D. Marlowe 4) Setup Reliever 1) R B. Milliken 2) R D. Simpson Closer 1) R M. Naymick

E-Mail Messages

Date: Friday, 1/31/1956 Subject: Fan Reaction Hello Boss, The reactions by the fans to the loss of Red Treadway are terrible! The overall fan interest decreases a lot! Sincerly, Your PR Director Date: Friday, 1/31/1956 Subject: Fan Reaction Hello Boss, Our fans are shocked that you did not keep JAMES BROWN on the team! The overall fan interest almost crashed! Sincerly, Your PR Director Date: Friday, 1/31/1956 Subject: Reese Diggs returns. 40 year old Pitcher Reese Diggs returns from retirement and is now a free agent. Regards, League Commissioner Date: Thursday, 2/13/1956 Subject: Thank you, I'll sign! Your contract offer is really what I'm looking for. I'm looking forward to playing with Los Angeles! Regards, Dick Sisler Date: Friday, 2/14/1956 Subject: Thank you, I'll sign! Your contract offer is really what I'm looking for. I'm looking forward to playing with Los Angeles! Regards, Wally Flager Date: Friday, 2/14/1956 Subject: Thank you, I'll sign! Your contract offer is really what I'm looking for. I'm looking forward to playing with Los Angeles! Regards, Mike Naymick Date: Saturday, 2/15/1956 Subject: Thank you, I'll sign! Your contract offer is really what I'm looking for. I'm looking forward to playing with Los Angeles! Regards, FORD SMITH Date: Sunday, 2/16/1956 Subject: I'll sign elsewhere Sorry, Detroit has made the best overall offer. I'll sign with them. Good luck this season! Regards, Creepy Crespi Date: Wednesday, 2/19/1956 Subject: Waiver claim/Sign Hello, you have claimed Charlie Gassaway off waivers and signed him. Regards, Assistant GM Date: Wednesday, 2/19/1956 Subject: Fan Reaction Hello Boss, Our fans seem to be pleased by the signing of Charlie Gassaway. The overall fan interest increases slightly. Sincerly, Your PR Director Date: Saturday, 3/1/1956 Subject: I'll sign elsewhere Sorry, Homestead has made the best overall offer. I'll sign with them. Good luck this season! Regards, Bitsy Mott Date: Saturday, 3/1/1956 Subject: Thank you, I'll sign! Your contract offer is really what I'm looking for. I'm looking forward to playing with Los Angeles! Regards, Leo Thomas Date: Saturday, 3/1/1956 Subject: Thank you, I'll sign! Your contract offer is really what I'm looking for. I'm looking forward to playing with Los Angeles! Regards, Phil Haugstad Date: Tuesday, 4/1/1956 Subject: Fan Reaction Hello Boss, Our fans are shocked that you did not keep Charlie Gassaway on the team! The overall fan interest almost crashed! Sincerly, Your PR Director Date: Tuesday, 4/1/1956 Subject: Fan Reaction Hello Boss, The reactions by the fans to the loss of FORD SMITH are terrible! The overall fan interest decreases a lot! Sincerly, Your PR Director Date: Tuesday, 4/1/1956 Subject: Retirement Dear Sir, The time has come. I'll leave the show after this year. I guess I will have to make room for the young players. Sincerely, Mike Naymick Out of the Park Developments - The place for baseball and boxing simulation games Out of the Park Baseball Homepage - The home of the Out of the Park Baseball Series