1956 Keokuk Kernels Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 60-59
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Merrill May (60-59)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Keokuk, Iowa
Ballpark: Joyce Park
Attendance: 47,440, Avg. 797

1956 Keokuk Kernels Roster

The Keokuk Kernels of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1956 season with a record of 60 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.

The Kernels scored 650 runs and allowed 582 runs. John Rucker led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .332. Dave Wegerek topped Keokuk with 13 wins and a team-best 2.94 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Carl Mathias and Billy Williams both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Merrill May 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
Dave Wegerek	13	8	.619	2.94	45	14					187.0	144	83	61	13	75
Jim Coppock	12	10	.545	3.07	37	19					173.0	151	92	59	8	109
Thomas Trossen	11	9	.550	4.34	29	23					174.0	166	102	84	9	95
Carl Mathias	9	8	.529	4.25	32	22					180.0	161	108	85	17	94
Ernest Craumer	7	5	.583	3.34	23	17					124.0	96	63	46	8	86
Wilmer Moton	5	15	.250	3.45	35	14					133.0	130	80	51	9	62
Don Schaeffer	3	4	.429	5.42	16	10					73.0	69	54	44	7	55
Totals	60	59	.504	3.71	217	119	0	0	0	0	1044.0	917	582	430	71	576	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
John Rucker	114	440	440		146	26	2	12						.332	.332	.482	.814	212
Theodore Narleski	118	470	470		142	34	3	10						.302	.302	.451	.753	212
Billy Williams	119	493	493		136	23	10	8						.276	.276	.412	.688	203
Jim Vande Wettering	110	391	391		114	27	7	13						.292	.292	.496	.788	194
Pete Carmona	119	443	443		113	19	0	4						.255	.255	.325	.580	144
Robert Stephens	88	347	347		109	22	0	5						.314	.314	.421	.735	146
Arlan Barber	88	309	309		101	22	1	12						.327	.327	.521	.848	161
Allan Meyer	54	208	208		55	1	1	10						.264	.264	.423	.688	88
Don Saner	28	108	108		38	15	2	3						.352	.352	.611	.963	66
Bob Truss	40	139	139		29	5	0	3						.209	.209	.309	.518	43
Richard Myers	45	128	128		23	2	0	3						.180	.180	.266	.445	34
Robert Riggenbach	20	65	65		16	3	0	0						.246	.246	.292	.538	19
Jim Coppock	37	60	60		12	1	0	0						.200	.200	.217	.417	13
Ernest Craumer	27	53	53		10	4	1	0						.189	.189	.302	.491	16
Donald Kelley	12	43	43		9	2	0	0						.209	.209	.256	.465	11
Dave Wegerek	48	61	61		9	2	0	0						.148	.148	.180	.328	11
Thomas Trossen	29	67	67		9	2	0	1						.134	.134	.209	.343	14
Wilmer Moton	48	65	65		8	2	0	0						.123	.123	.154	.277	10
Don Schaeffer	16	27	27		7	0	1	0						.259	.259	.333	.593	9
George Ettenger	11	27	27		7	0	1	0						.259	.259	.333	.593	9
George Repasky	12	41	41		7	1	1	0						.171	.171	.244	.415	10
Carl Mathias	37	67	67		4	0	0	0						.060	.060	.060	.119	4
Richard Ernst	2	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1222	4058	4058	0	1104	213	30	84	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.272	.401	.673	1629	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dave Wegerek	P	45					.000
Jim Coppock	P	37					.000
Wilmer Moton	P	35					.000
Carl Mathias	P	32					.000
Thomas Trossen	P	29					.000
Ernest Craumer	P	23					.000
Don Schaeffer	P	16					.000
Totals		217	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.

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