1956 Cedar Rapids Raiders Statistics
Team Record: 44-76
Finished 7th in the IIIL
Manager: George Scherger (44-76)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 47,352, Avg. 789
The Cedar Rapids Raiders of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1956 season with a record of 44 wins and 76 losses, finishing seventh in the IIIL.
The Raiders plated 538 runs and gave up 709 runs, most in the league. Don Musto topped all regular batters with a .315 average. Robert Sedlak paced Cedar Rapids with 9 wins, while Maurice McCall registered a 3.5 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Cedar Rapids Raiders who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ed Palmquist, Dick Tracewski, Clyde McNeal and Danny McDevitt.
George Scherger served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Sedlak | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5.15 | 35 | 26 | 180.0 | 180 | 121 | 103 | 15 | 122 | ||||||||||
| James Herlihy | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.95 | 22 | 5 | 73.0 | 67 | 46 | 32 | 6 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Danny McDevitt | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.52 | 20 | 16 | 120.0 | 87 | 68 | 47 | 1 | 94 | ||||||||||
| Maurice McCall | 5 | 12 | .294 | 3.50 | 23 | 18 | 131.0 | 131 | 65 | 51 | 13 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Earl Gorden | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ted Matecki | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.21 | 21 | 1 | 42.0 | 50 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 14 | ||||||||||
| James Sprankle | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.96 | 18 | 5 | 69.0 | 70 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Joe Roberson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.51 | 14 | 5 | 49.0 | 48 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Sylvester Zacher | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.14 | 14 | 6 | 63.0 | 81 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Sheridan | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.28 | 23 | 9 | 87.0 | 110 | 65 | 51 | 9 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Dick Wiegand | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alexander Ropek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Stark | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arthur McBride | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arturo Seijas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Vold | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Mills | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Banals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Strichek | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louis Hribar | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Kenway | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.24 | 20 | 7 | 46.0 | 58 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 39 | 69 | .361 | 4.82 | 250 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 860.0 | 882 | 576 | 461 | 70 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde McNeal | 116 | 452 | 452 | 137 | 18 | 1 | 27 | .303 | .303 | .527 | .830 | 238 | |||||||||||
| Jose Duenas | 116 | 442 | 442 | 123 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .342 | .620 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Gene Johnson | 120 | 433 | 433 | 118 | 15 | 4 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .367 | .640 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Don Musto | 94 | 359 | 359 | 113 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .315 | .315 | .401 | .716 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Arthur McBride | 120 | 439 | 439 | 111 | 21 | 4 | 10 | .253 | .253 | .387 | .640 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Fran Boniar | 58 | 218 | 218 | 58 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .353 | .619 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Dick Tracewski | 55 | 212 | 212 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .358 | .618 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Frank Scannelli | 81 | 249 | 249 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .221 | .221 | .269 | .490 | 67 | |||||||||||
| William Dixon | 79 | 218 | 218 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .193 | .193 | .248 | .440 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Elbert Jarvis | 39 | 135 | 135 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .230 | .230 | .319 | .548 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Ed Allen | 42 | 124 | 124 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .274 | .516 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Bob Yoder | 36 | 139 | 139 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .201 | .201 | .273 | .475 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Robert Sedlak | 35 | 62 | 62 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .306 | .581 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Harold Holderfield | 21 | 73 | 73 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .288 | .521 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Pasquale Salerno | 16 | 56 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Ed Palmquist | 16 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 | .206 | .294 | .500 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Danny McDevitt | 22 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .195 | .366 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Albert Karan | 21 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .238 | .405 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Maurice McCall | 23 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .186 | .349 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Sylvester Zacher | 14 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Sheridan | 24 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .152 | .152 | .273 | .424 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jack Whitehead | 18 | 47 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .085 | .106 | .191 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ted Matecki | 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Herlihy | 22 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Earl Gorden | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Joe Roberson | 14 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Al Durden | 8 | 28 | 28 | 2 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Alexander Ropek | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Kenway | 21 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| James Sprankle | 18 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .050 | .050 | .200 | .250 | 4 | |||||||||||
| George Scherger | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wiegand | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Mills | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Banals | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Strichek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack O'Keefe | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Louis Hribar | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1305 | 4026 | 4026 | 0 | 1004 | 160 | 30 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .249 | .344 | .594 | 1386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Sedlak | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Sheridan | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Maurice McCall | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| James Herlihy | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Matecki | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Danny McDevitt | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Kenway | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| James Sprankle | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Sylvester Zacher | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Roberson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Gorden | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Stark | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Alexander Ropek | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Hribar | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Strichek | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Banals | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Wiegand | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Arturo Seijas | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Harvey Mills | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Vold | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
