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.

Freddie Burdette, Buzz Clarkson, Lou Klein, John André, Eddie Haas, George Piktuzis 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 Rieder	10	6	.625	4.18	37	18		5			155.0	173	86	72	16	59		84	6	1	4
John Hricinak	9	5	.643	3.41	20	17		4			124.0	144	63	47	9	38		61	4	0	4
Don Swanson	8	5	.615	3.17	18	17		6			125.0	133	62	44	8	48		87	8	0	4
Dwight Stoddard	7	7	.500	4.65	33	11		3			122.0	122	75	63	14	67		70	1	0	5
Russell Wingo	7	7	.500	4.89	40	10		2			116.0	123	83	63	16	50		90	1	2	4
John André	6	2	.750	3.88	11	10		5			72.0	74	39	31	7	26		52	3	0	0
Bud McClure	6	3	.667	3.04	21	10		4			83.0	67	30	28	7	46		71	0	0	5
Paul Hoffmeister	6	5	.545	3.77	43	0		0			62.0	58	42	26	9	35		63	0	1	3
Tom Guderian	4	8	.333	6.00	28	7		0			75.0	100	63	50	11	47		35	4	0	4
Tom LeGros	3	2	.600	6.19	8	7		2			48.0	65	36	33	10	15		21	0	0	0
Freddie Burdette	2	3	.400	4.02	9	8		1			47.0	46	31	21	9	30		27	3	0	0
Carl Johnson	2	4	.333	5.40	10	6		1			40.0	44	37	24	6	31		31	0	0	6
Martin Garber	2	5	.286	5.71	17	8		0			52.0	59	44	33	5	33		38	2	0	2
Joe Hinchman	0	0			3						0.0									0
George Piktuzis	0	0			5						0.0									0
Ernest Pastornicky	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Pete Spasoff	0	4	.000	5.28	15	8		0			46.0	48	43	27	3	42		38	3	0	5
Totals	72	67	.518	4.33	322	137	0	33	0	0	1167.0	1256	734	562	130	567	0	768	35	4	46	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
Ernest Johnson	134	625	566	100	181	32	6	8	67	5		35	94	.320	.359	.440	.799	249	8	2	18	4
Thomas Nerad	138	588	510	81	140	32	2	24	104	3		68	73	.275	.359	.486	.845	248	8	3	0	7
Bob McKee	119	552	493	97	137	26	6	10	54	1		52	76	.278	.347	.416	.763	205	6	1	5	1
Eddie Haas	98	437	359	82	115	25	3	11	54	9		72	62	.320	.434	.499	.933	179	6	1	4	1
Lou Klein	101	385	306	73	102	22	3	17	88	2		65	25	.333	.445	.592	1.036	181	8	2	5	7
Gerald Sheehan	117	410	357	57	100	11	2	13	53	1		45	94	.280	.361	.431	.793	154	3	1	6	1
Ted Sterger	108	423	375	47	91	17	1	6	53	1		36	55	.243	.308	.341	.649	128	11	0	10	2
Rube Walker	99	338	263	31	74	13	1	2	31	0		64	30	.281	.424	.361	.785	95	7	4	3	4
Buzz Clarkson	60	254	205	45	57	11	0	13	50	3		47	21	.278	.409	.522	.931	107	8	0	0	2
George Large	71	244	209	28	50	8	4	4	27	5		30	70	.239	.335	.373	.708	78	2	1	2	2
Don Voigt	42	135	118	18	40	9	1	1	11	0		16	5	.339	.422	.458	.880	54	1	1	0	0
Hal Meek	50	149	125	22	35	8	1	2	14	0		22	18	.280	.392	.408	.800	51	2	1	1	0
Blas Fernandez	22	84	74	8	22	5	0	0	7	1		7	5	.297	.366	.365	.731	27	2	1	2	0
Dick Tindall	28	92	81	7	20	5	0	2	13	0		8	14	.247	.311	.383	.694	31	2	0	2	1
Don Eaddy	11	43	41	6	16	1	0	0	4	0		2	2	.390	.419	.415	.833	17	0	0	0	0
David Wondra	9	36	36		10									.278	.278	.278	.556	10
John Rieder	37	70	57	10	9	3	0	0	8	0		6	27	.158	.246	.211	.457	12	1	1	5	1
Carl Reynolds	20	61	50	7	8	1	1	2	7	0		7	16	.160	.311	.340	.651	17	0	4	0	0
John André	14	34	28	3	7	4	0	0	4	0		3	7	.250	.312	.393	.705	11	3	0	2	1
John Olczak	16	43	29	6	7	2	0	1	10	1		13	6	.241	.476	.414	.890	12	4	0	1	0
Al Seeger	3	16	16		6									.375	.375	.375	.750	6
Don Swanson	20	55	46	8	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	9	.130	.167	.130	.297	6	1	0	7	0
Tom Guderian	28	20	19	5	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	4	.263	.300	.316	.616	6	0	0	0	0
John Hricinak	22	48	37	6	5	2	0	0	1	0		7	14	.135	.283	.189	.472	7	3	1	2	1
Dwight Stoddard	34	43	39	3	5	0	0	1	2	0		3	14	.128	.190	.205	.396	8	0	0	1	0
Freddie Burdette	11	18	16	3	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	6	0	0	2	0
Bud McClure	23	33	29	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		4	12	.138	.242	.138	.380	4	1	0	0	0
Carl Johnson	10	14	12	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	3	.250	.357	.333	.690	4	0	1	0	0
Martin Garber	17	17	14	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	.214	.267	.214	.481	3	0	0	2	0
Daniel Lobitz	13	32	25	2	3	1	0	1	3	0		5	6	.120	.258	.280	.538	7	0	0	1	1
Gene Steiger	9	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Russell Wingo	41	35	29	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	12	.069	.156	.103	.260	3	1	0	3	0
Pete Spasoff	15	15	12	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	7	.083	.267	.167	.433	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Hoffmeister	43	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.062	.059	.062	.121	1	0	0	1	1
Tom LeGros	8	18	18		1									.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Ernest Pastornicky	5	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Piktuzis	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jacques Monette	3	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1604	5414	4639	770	1272	244	31	118	671	32	0	628	798	.274	.361	.416	.778	1932	88	25	85	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lou Klein	1B	80	608	32	4	68	.994	8.000
Don Voigt	1B	37	252	14	0	23	1.000	7.189
Gerald Sheehan	1B	19	117	5	3	13	.976	6.421
Carl Reynolds	1B	14	110	7	7	13	.944	8.357
Bob McKee	2B	119	307	356	24	104	.965	5.571
Blas Fernandez	2B	18	55	51	2	11	.981	5.889
Buzz Clarkson	3B	59	44	89	10	10	.930	2.254
Gerald Sheehan	3B	35	25	58	5	5	.943	2.371
George Large	3B	29	29	55	5	7	.944	2.897
Rube Walker	C	90	481	46	5	5	.991	5.856	13
Hal Meek	C	35	169	14	5	0	.973	5.229	3
Dick Tindall	C	25	154	18	5	5	.972	6.880	2
Thomas Nerad	OF	136	230	16	9	0	.965	1.809
Ernest Johnson	OF	132	234	13	16	0	.939	1.871
Eddie Haas	OF	93	233	9	11	0	.957	2.602
Gerald Sheehan	OF	42	63	2	2	0	.970	1.548
John Olczak	OF	10	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.700
Paul Hoffmeister	P	43	2	8	2	2	.833	.233
Russell Wingo	P	40	4	8	5	2	.706	.300
John Rieder	P	37	5	21	0	4	1.000	.703
Dwight Stoddard	P	33	0	26	1	1	.963	.788
Tom Guderian	P	28	2	15	2	0	.895	.607
Bud McClure	P	21	1	12	0	4	1.000	.619
John Hricinak	P	20	5	19	1	0	.960	1.200
Don Swanson	P	18	7	25	3	2	.914	1.778
Martin Garber	P	17	1	11	0	1	1.000	.706
Pete Spasoff	P	15	1	6	2	0	.778	.467
John André	P	11	0	14	2	4	.875	1.273
Carl Johnson	P	10	3	6	0	0	1.000	.900
Freddie Burdette	P	9						.000
Tom LeGros	P	8						.000
George Piktuzis	P	5						.000
Ernest Pastornicky	P	4						.000
Joe Hinchman	P	3						.000
Ted Sterger	SS	103	156	320	26	73	.948	4.621
George Large	SS	38	54	84	13	15	.914	3.632
Totals		1436	3369	1360	170	372	.965	3.293	18	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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