1956 Muskogee Giants Statistics
Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 6th in the SSL
Manager: Richard Klaus (63-76)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 37,983, Avg. 547
1956 Muskogee Giants RosterTeam Record: 63-76
Finished 6th in the SSL
Manager: Richard Klaus (63-76)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 37,983, Avg. 547
The Muskogee Giants of the Sooner State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the SSL.
The Giants scored 741 runs and conceded 887 runs.
Neil Wilson and Bob Perry both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Calder | 13 | 13 | .500 | 1.99 | 34 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 235.0 | 226 | 121 | 52 | 13 | 102 | 4 | 194 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Robert Reed | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.53 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 159.0 | 169 | 115 | 80 | 16 | 68 | 4 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Leonard Bacon | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.32 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 146.0 | 165 | 109 | 70 | 16 | 87 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Robert Miller | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.36 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 130.0 | 154 | 100 | 63 | 12 | 63 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Cedric Wolfman | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.32 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 93.0 | 87 | 72 | 55 | 4 | 88 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Stan Denny | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.72 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 143.0 | 146 | 111 | 75 | 12 | 86 | 4 | 124 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Chris Riddell | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 | 91 | 48 | 37 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Michael Coffy | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.88 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 70 | 61 | 39 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gary Bogatay | 2 | 2 | .500 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Kochis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Fleming | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 62.0 | 68 | 47 | 37 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Klaus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Hagemann | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chico Zayas | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 76 | .453 | 4.08 | 264 | 128 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 1120.0 | 1176 | 784 | 508 | 96 | 595 | 20 | 815 | 31 | 6 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Clark | 137 | 608 | 546 | 84 | 148 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 53 | 66 | .271 | .337 | .366 | .703 | 200 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bob Perry | 129 | 558 | 489 | 86 | 136 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 97 | 11 | 5 | 56 | 97 | .278 | .361 | .479 | .839 | 234 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Stephens | 95 | 444 | 392 | 56 | 101 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 45 | 75 | .258 | .337 | .334 | .671 | 131 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| John Stockton | 109 | 483 | 390 | 74 | 94 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 76 | 73 | .241 | .368 | .379 | .747 | 148 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Earl Hemberger | 82 | 356 | 305 | 60 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 56 | .289 | .380 | .475 | .855 | 145 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Neil Wilson | 103 | 343 | 296 | 48 | 83 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 35 | .280 | .367 | .389 | .756 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Klaus | 86 | 283 | 209 | 37 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 30 | .278 | .459 | .364 | .823 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Lennon | 61 | 268 | 229 | 47 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 32 | .245 | .348 | .393 | .741 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jody Boring | 50 | 229 | 188 | 42 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 47 | .229 | .355 | .351 | .706 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gene Calder | 62 | 181 | 148 | 21 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 28 | .264 | .377 | .331 | .708 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Popravak | 27 | 135 | 116 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 34 | .293 | .388 | .405 | .793 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Preston Carpenter | 45 | 185 | 135 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 53 | .237 | .429 | .348 | .777 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Malcolm Kingins | 45 | 184 | 154 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 25 | .195 | .298 | .266 | .565 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jay Jones | 36 | 159 | 133 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 35 | .203 | .333 | .353 | .687 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Bacon | 39 | 91 | 84 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .274 | .299 | .452 | .751 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Norman Watson | 31 | 134 | 116 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 33 | .190 | .299 | .233 | .531 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Reed | 55 | 108 | 100 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | .200 | .226 | .330 | .556 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gordon Bretzing | 29 | 116 | 107 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .187 | .250 | .206 | .456 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Holland | 16 | 69 | 62 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .258 | .333 | .452 | .785 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hatcher | 16 | 52 | 47 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .234 | .275 | .319 | .594 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald Booher | 13 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | .212 | .317 | .250 | .567 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Miller | 37 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Denny | 31 | 58 | 51 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .176 | .236 | .196 | .432 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Orland Johnson | 8 | 30 | 30 | 7 | .233 | .233 | .233 | .467 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Cedric Wolfman | 17 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .250 | .400 | .650 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Howard Gershberg | 10 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | .217 | .486 | .348 | .834 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Cassidy | 11 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .200 | .459 | .200 | .659 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Fleming | 14 | 40 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .147 | .250 | .235 | .485 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chico Zayas | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Riddell | 16 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .111 | .219 | .111 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Hagemann | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Coffy | 19 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Wood | 8 | 30 | 30 | 2 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Green | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Bogatay | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Kochis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1478 | 5453 | 4653 | 736 | 1151 | 138 | 40 | 105 | 621 | 85 | 29 | 674 | 897 | .247 | .346 | .362 | .708 | 1684 | 0 | 45 | 51 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Hemberger | 1B | 82 | 596 | 40 | 14 | 68 | .978 | 7.756 | ||||
| Malcolm Kingins | 1B | 37 | 307 | 13 | 8 | 26 | .976 | 8.649 | ||||
| Gene Calder | 1B | 11 | 74 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .920 | 7.364 | ||||
| Jody Boring | 2B | 50 | 132 | 134 | 17 | 36 | .940 | 5.320 | ||||
| Kenneth Stephens | 2B | 35 | 87 | 93 | 18 | 18 | .909 | 5.143 | ||||
| Nicholas Popravak | 2B | 29 | 70 | 81 | 13 | 13 | .921 | 5.207 | ||||
| Donald Booher | 2B | 13 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 11 | .874 | 5.846 | ||||
| Charles Clark | 2B | 12 | 39 | 20 | 1 | 7 | .983 | 4.917 | ||||
| Charles Clark | 3B | 62 | 59 | 110 | 28 | 13 | .858 | 2.726 | ||||
| Richard Klaus | 3B | 45 | 33 | 64 | 21 | 7 | .822 | 2.156 | ||||
| Richard Holland | 3B | 16 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | .854 | 2.562 | ||||
| Neil Wilson | C | 79 | 514 | 37 | 13 | 2 | .977 | 6.975 | 15 | |||
| Preston Carpenter | C | 44 | 313 | 27 | 7 | 5 | .980 | 7.727 | 10 | |||
| William Hatcher | C | 12 | 88 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 7.583 | 1 | |||
| Bob Perry | OF | 123 | 249 | 18 | 16 | 2 | .943 | 2.171 | ||||
| John Stockton | OF | 107 | 259 | 8 | 16 | 2 | .943 | 2.495 | ||||
| John Lennon | OF | 61 | 99 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .916 | 1.787 | ||||
| Jay Jones | OF | 35 | 59 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .941 | 1.829 | ||||
| Norman Watson | OF | 30 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 2.600 | ||||
| Gordon Bretzing | OF | 29 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .947 | 1.862 | ||||
| Robert Reed | P | 39 | 4 | 38 | 7 | 2 | .857 | 1.077 | ||||
| Robert Miller | P | 36 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .583 | ||||
| Gene Calder | P | 34 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.529 | ||||
| Stan Denny | P | 30 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leonard Bacon | P | 25 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .833 | .800 | ||||
| Michael Coffy | P | 19 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| Cedric Wolfman | P | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .882 | ||||
| Chris Riddell | P | 15 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Gary Bogatay | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .154 | ||||
| James Fleming | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chico Zayas | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Kochis | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Hagemann | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Klaus | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Clark | SS | 61 | 113 | 131 | 41 | 33 | .856 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Stephens | SS | 59 | 84 | 158 | 49 | 24 | .832 | 4.102 | ||||
| Richard Klaus | SS | 13 | 13 | 40 | 5 | 8 | .914 | 4.077 | ||||
| Totals | 1309 | 3415 | 1244 | 334 | 304 | .933 | 3.559 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
