1956 Ardmore Cardinals Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 1st in the SSL
Manager: J. C. Dunn (83-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Cardinal Park
Attendance: 47,110, Avg. 678

1956 Ardmore Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Ardmore Cardinals 3 games, Paris Orioles 2
Finals - Seminole Oilers 4 games, Ardmore Cardinals 3

The Ardmore Cardinals of the Sooner State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the SSL.

The Cardinals paced the circuit with 918 runs. Ardmore surrendered 814 runs.

Gene Oliver played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Ardmore Cardinals to do so.

J. C. Dunn served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
John Bartek	21	6	.778	3.80	39	29		17	2		232.0	218	135	98	13	147	0	226	7	0	5
James Turk	15	9	.625	3.91	36	22		14	2		191.0	178	111	83	12	83	0	175	10	1	4
Dick Wodka	15	9	.625	4.05	39	21		14	0		200.0	193	117	90	21	93	0	126	9	3	5
Vincent Kilpela	14	9	.609	0.62	36	25		14	1		231.0	168	115	16	12	142	1	276	6	2	10
Jack Voyles	4	3	.571	4.92	22	10		2	0		86.0	72	64	47	8	67	1	55	2	0	4
Thomas Fassler	2	3	.400		11						0.0
Delane Hulsey	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Charles Purtle	1	3	.250		8						0.0
Bobby Lovell	0	0			4						0.0
Phil Jantze	0	0			1						0.0
J. C. Dunn	0	0			1						0.0
Jimmy Bradley	0	0			1						0.0
Larry Riggs	0	1	.000		3						0.0
John Andeits	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Elwyn Walker	0	2	.000		5						0.0
Totals	73	48	.603	3.20	211	107	0	61	5	0	940.0	829	542	334	66	532	2	858	34	6	28	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
J. C. Dunn	133	563	489	119	164	24	4	27	134	40	8	62	41	.335	.410	.566	.976	277		3	4	5
Gene Oliver	122	558	484	100	161	34	2	39	113	6	3	70	122	.333	.414	.653	1.067	316		0	0	4
Phil Jantze	121	548	439	86	153	29	9	3	91	12	1	91	34	.349	.463	.476	.939	209		9	2	7
Pete Aviotti	113	527	474	90	146	35	4	11	90	10	1	43	37	.308	.363	.468	.832	222		1	4	5
Robert Stangel	130	628	498	132	140	24	7	1	42	65	11	121	90	.281	.425	.363	.788	181		4	4	1
Jimmy Bradley	130	568	479	87	116	27	4	11	65	28	8	80	123	.242	.353	.384	.737	184		3	4	2
Walt Matthews	109	496	405	96	109	27	3	11	62	4	4	79	78	.269	.396	.432	.828	175		8	1	3
Curtis Jantze	70	289	239	56	62	16	2	5	42	9	6	42	52	.259	.378	.406	.783	97		4	3	1
Merle Wise	68	254	229	26	46	13	3	2	29	4	0	19	63	.201	.273	.310	.583	71		4	1	1
Ron Ott	42	173	156	19	35	3	2	2	15	1	0	15	35	.224	.291	.308	.598	48		0	1	1
Carl Cassell	40	158	137	15	33	6	0	2	11	0	1	19	34	.241	.329	.328	.658	45		0	0	2
James Turk	54	132	108	15	23	11	1	0	13	0	0	16	20	.213	.312	.333	.645	36		0	7	1
Ed Napoleon	12	54	48	5	19	5	1	0	10	0	2	4	2	.396	.453	.542	.994	26		1	1	0
John Bartek	41	114	96	17	19	6	1	0	16	0	0	15	30	.198	.306	.281	.588	27		0	3	0
Stanley Bivins	30	127	103	15	18	2	1	1	10	1	0	22	34	.175	.320	.243	.563	25		0	2	0
Dick Wodka	43	95	87	7	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	4	22	.172	.226	.218	.444	19		2	2	0
Vincent Kilpela	36	101	83	6	14	0	0	0	8	0	0	6	22	.169	.233	.169	.402	14		1	11	0
Ronald Kiser	17	72	54	8	8	0	1	0	3	0	0	18	15	.148	.361	.185	.546	10		0	0	0
Jack Voyles	25	40	34	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.147	.216	.176	.393	6		0	3	0
Thomas Fassler	11	19	19	2	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	.211	.211	.368	.579	7		0	0	0
Charles Purtle	9	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Bill Harrison	5	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Bob Price	9	23	23		2									.087	.087	.087	.174	2
Bobby Lovell	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Riggs	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Delane Hulsey	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Elwyn Walker	5	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Andeits	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1387	5579	4724	903	1296	265	46	116	766	180	45	729	874	.274	.374	.424	.797	2001	0	40	53	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Walt Matthews	1B	108	909	42	33	33	.966	8.806
Ronald Kiser	1B	17	173	10	2	12	.989	1.765
Pete Aviotti	2B	113	226	267	37	52	.930	4.363
J. C. Dunn	2B	19	44	46	12	12	.882	4.737
Phil Jantze	3B	109	115	214	29	18	.919	3.018
J. C. Dunn	3B	27	23	41	6	3	.914	2.370
James Turk	3B	11	9	13	3	0	.880	2.000
Ron Ott	C	42	329	24	7	1	.981	8.405	10
Merle Wise	C	40	294	25	4	3	.988	7.975	10
Carl Cassell	C	38	315	27	6	3	.983	9.000	4
Curtis Jantze	C	20	133	3	2	0	.986	6.800	2
Robert Stangel	OF	129	256	11	13	3	.954	2.070
Gene Oliver	OF	115	166	6	24	0	.878	1.496
J. C. Dunn	OF	78	89	6	6	1	.941	1.218
Curtis Jantze	OF	47	65	8	6	2	.924	1.553
Stanley Bivins	OF	30	41	7	6	0	.889	1.600
Merle Wise	OF	18	7	1	2	0	.800	.444
Ed Napoleon	OF	12	18	0	5	0	.783	1.500
Dick Wodka	P	39	8	47	5	3	.917	1.410
John Bartek	P	39	9	43	1	1	.981	1.333
James Turk	P	36	35	37	7	0	.911	2.000
Vincent Kilpela	P	36	5	27	0	1	1.000	.889
Jack Voyles	P	22	4	14	3	1	.857	.818
Thomas Fassler	P	11	2	10	2	0	.857	1.091
Charles Purtle	P	8						.000
Elwyn Walker	P	5						.000
Bobby Lovell	P	4						.000
Larry Riggs	P	3						.000
Delane Hulsey	P	3						.000
John Andeits	P	2						.000
Phil Jantze	P	1						.000
J. C. Dunn	P	1						.000
Jimmy Bradley	P	1						.000
Jimmy Bradley	SS	127	173	288	62	51	.881	3.630
Phil Jantze	SS	12	23	26	4	3	.925	4.083
Totals		1323	3471	1243	287	203	.943	3.563	26	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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