1956 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Lou Klein (72-67)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 67,973, Avg. 978
1956 Des Moines Bruins Roster

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1956 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the WL.

The Bruins scored 781 runs and allowed 752 runs.

Lou Klein, John André, Buzz Clarkson, George Piktuzis, Eddie Haas, Freddie Burdette and Don Eaddy were all players from the 1956 Des Moines Bruins who played in the Majors during their careers.

Lou Klein 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 Rieder106.6254.1837185155.01738672165984614
John Hricinak95.6433.4120174124.0144634793861404
Don Swanson85.6153.1718176125.0133624484887804
Dwight Stoddard77.5004.6533113122.01227563146770105
Russell Wingo77.5004.8940102116.01238363165090124
John André62.7503.881110572.074393172652300
Bud McClure63.6673.042110483.067302874671005
Paul Hoffmeister65.5453.77430062.058422693563013
Tom Guderian48.3336.00287075.01006350114735404
Tom LeGros32.6006.1987248.0653633101521000
Freddie Burdette23.4004.0298147.046312193027300
Carl Johnson24.3335.40106140.044372463131006
Martin Garber25.2865.71178052.059443353338202
Joe Hinchman0030.00
George Piktuzis0050.00
Ernest Pastornicky01.00040.00
Pete Spasoff04.0005.28158046.048432734238305
Totals7267.5184.33322137033001167.012567345621305670768354460

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
Ernest Johnson13462556610018132686753594.320.359.440.79924982184
Thomas Nerad138588510811403222410436873.275.359.486.8452488307
Bob McKee11955249397137266105415276.278.347.416.7632056151
Eddie Haas9843735982115253115497262.320.434.499.9331796141
Lou Klein10138530673102223178826525.333.445.5921.0361818257
Gerald Sheehan11741035757100112135314594.280.361.431.7931543161
Ted Sterger108423375479117165313655.243.308.341.649128110102
Rube Walker99338263317413123106430.281.424.361.785957434
Buzz Clarkson602542054557110135034721.278.409.522.9311078002
George Large7124420928508442753070.239.335.373.708782122
Don Voigt421351181840911110165.339.422.458.880541100
Hal Meek5014912522358121402218.280.392.408.800512110
Blas Fernandez2284748225007175.297.366.365.731272120
Dick Tindall289281720502130814.247.311.383.694312021
Don Eaddy1143416161004022.390.419.415.833170000
David Wondra9363610.278.278.278.55610
John Rieder37705710930080627.158.246.211.457121151
Carl Reynolds2061507811270716.160.311.340.651170400
John André143428374004037.250.312.393.705113021
John Olczak16432967201101136.241.476.414.890124010
Al Seeger316166.375.375.375.7506
Don Swanson205546860001029.130.167.130.29761070
Tom Guderian282019551002014.263.300.316.61660000
John Hricinak2248376520010714.135.283.189.47273121
Dwight Stoddard3443393500120314.128.190.205.39680010
Freddie Burdette111816342000005.250.250.375.62560020
Bud McClure2333293400010412.138.242.138.38041000
Carl Johnson101412431000013.250.357.333.69040100
Martin Garber171714330001016.214.267.214.48130020
Daniel Lobitz133225231013056.120.258.280.53870011
Gene Steiger917172.118.118.118.2352
Russell Wingo4135291210000312.069.156.103.26031030
Pete Spasoff151512311000037.083.267.167.43320000
Paul Hoffmeister431816110001006.062.059.062.12110011
Tom LeGros818181.056.056.056.1111
Ernest Pastornicky5330.000.000.000.0000
George Piktuzis5220.000.000.000.0000
Jacques Monette3770.000.000.000.0000
Totals160454144639770127224431118671320628798.274.361.416.7781932882585370


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Lou Klein1B8060832468.9948.000
Don Voigt1B37252140231.0007.189
Gerald Sheehan1B191175313.9766.421
Carl Reynolds1B141107713.9448.357
Bob McKee2B11930735624104.9655.571
Blas Fernandez2B185551211.9815.889
Buzz Clarkson3B5944891010.9302.254
Gerald Sheehan3B35255855.9432.371
George Large3B29295557.9442.897
Rube WalkerC904814655.9915.85613
Hal MeekC351691450.9735.2293
Dick TindallC251541855.9726.8802
Thomas NeradOF1362301690.9651.809
Ernest JohnsonOF13223413160.9391.871
Eddie HaasOF932339110.9572.602
Gerald SheehanOF4263220.9701.548
John OlczakOF10170001.0001.700
Paul HoffmeisterP432822.833.233
Russell WingoP404852.706.300
John RiederP37521041.000.703
Dwight StoddardP3302611.963.788
Tom GuderianP2821520.895.607
Bud McClureP21112041.000.619
John HricinakP2051910.9601.200
Don SwansonP1872532.9141.778
Martin GarberP17111011.000.706
Pete SpasoffP151620.778.467
John AndréP1101424.8751.273
Carl JohnsonP1036001.000.900
Freddie BurdetteP9.000
Tom LeGrosP8.000
George PiktuzisP5.000
Ernest PastornickyP4.000
Joe HinchmanP3.000
Ted StergerSS1031563202673.9484.621
George LargeSS3854841315.9143.632
Totals143633691360170372.9653.2931800

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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