1956 Oklahoma City Indians Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 48-106
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Rudy Laskowski (0-0), Ray Cash (0-0), Jodie Beeler (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 50,113, Avg. 651

1956 Oklahoma City Indians Roster

The Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 48 wins and 106 losses, finishing eighth in the TL.

The Indians tallied 679 runs and gave up 939 runs, most in the league. Edwin Little paced Oklahoma City with 28 home runs, and Bill Antonello walloped 15 or more also. Bob Jenkins drove in 64 runs. Albie Pearson led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .371 average. Duane Wilson topped the squad with 12 wins, while Al Schroll recorded a 4.63 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Bill Antonello, Duane Wilson, Rocky Krsnich, Ernest Groth, Al Schroll, Fred Marolewski, Jodie Beeler, Albie Pearson and Walt Kellner were all players from the 1956 Oklahoma City Indians who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Rudy Laskowski, Ray Cash and Jodie Beeler 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
Duane Wilson	12	11	.522	4.65	38	32		10	0		205.0	202	136	106	16	149	1	93	6	0	20
Al Schroll	6	11	.353	4.63	28	21		8	2		142.0	147	82	73	9	93	8	68	5	0	9
Marshall Long	4	5	.444	4.50	25	6		2	0		70.0	69	40	35	6	36	6	25	2	0	5
Walt Kellner	4	10	.286	4.63	16	13		7	0		107.0	102	57	55	15	40	3	50	0	2	3
Roger Aldridge	4	13	.235	5.10	39	18		2	1		187.0	164	113	106	19	143	11	64	6	0	13
Bart DiMaggio	4	13	.235	5.66	35	18		3	1		132.0	155	95	83	18	78	0	88	1	0	7
August Schmidt	2	6	.250	5.35	28	9		3	2		101.0	131	76	60	10	49	8	38	4	3	3
Bill Slack	1	2	.333		9						0.0
Hoyt Benedict	0	0			7						0.0
Kelly Swift					39						0.0
Robert Swanson	0	0			3						0.0
George Storti					7						0.0
Ernest Groth					39						0.0
Marvin Holleman	0	0			3						0.0
Harry Hoitsma					4						0.0
Ralph Birkofer	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Albie Pearson	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Donald Graham	0	1	.000		8						0.0
Mel Heim	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Kenneth Yoke	0	3	.000		10						0.0
Totals	37	79	.319	4.94	344	117	0	35	6	0	944.0	970	599	518	93	588	37	426	24	5	60	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
Albie Pearson	122	565	480	80	178	31	4	7	40	12	10	75	33	.371	.456	.496	.952	238		3	4	3
Bob Jenkins	152	633	542	80	161	26	6	8	64	9	2	79	77	.297	.389	.411	.801	223		4	6	2
Matt Sczesny	153	684	601	63	159	21	4	5	59	4	4	68	30	.265	.338	.338	.676	203		2	7	6
Bill Antonello	117	506	467	62	134	21	4	18	62	3	4	29	56	.287	.329	.465	.793	217		2	4	4
George Wehmeyer	108	466	418	51	103	15	3	4	34	10	1	33	24	.246	.302	.325	.628	136		1	13	1
E. J. Buck	121	431	374	44	96	19	2	6	46	3	4	52	69	.257	.347	.366	.713	137		1	1	3
Earl York	67	292	256	28	83	21	1	3	35	1	1	32	21	.324	.398	.449	.847	115		0	3	1
Edwin Little	82	345	313	59	83	8	0	28	61	0	2	32	68	.265	.333	.559	.892	175		0	0	0
Joe Tanner	73	324	308	46	70	9	2	11	36	2	3	10	53	.227	.258	.377	.634	116		3	2	1
Ray Cash	89	256	230	27	57	11	1	11	38	0	1	21	49	.248	.310	.448	.758	103		1	1	3
Bart DiMaggio	63	114	107	10	26	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	27	.243	.261	.299	.560	32		0	3	1
Gary Killingsworth	36	125	108	11	26	4	0	0	10	0	1	13	18	.241	.315	.278	.592	30		0	1	3
Roger Aldridge	67	150	136	16	24	7	1	2	12	0	1	9	47	.176	.240	.287	.527	39		3	0	2
Duane Wilson	40	87	80	16	19	1	0	0	12	0	0	5	12	.238	.282	.250	.532	20		0	2	0
Al Schroll	43	81	71	12	17	3	0	4	11	2	0	9	19	.239	.333	.451	.784	32		1	0	0
Nino Spatafore	29	85	78	8	17	0	0	1	9	4	2	5	19	.218	.262	.256	.518	20		0	1	1
Walt Kellner	16	38	37	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.135	.158	.135	.293	5		0	0	0
Jodie Beeler	23	40	37	1	5	1	0	1	4	0	1	2	4	.135	.200	.243	.443	9		1	0	0
Gideon Jarvis	7	9	9		4									.444	.444	.444	.889	4
Hiram Gonzalez	12	20	18	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	4		0	0	0
Hal Gordon	5	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Daniel Keith	8	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Marshall Long	29	25	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.143	.217	.143	.360	3		0	2	0
August Schmidt	28	36	33	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.091	.143	.091	.234	3		0	1	0
Donald Graham	8	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Bill Slack	9	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Edward Krewall	5	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Donald Blaha	6	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Marvin Holleman	3	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Kenneth Yoke	10	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
Robert Swanson	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ralph Birkofer	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mel Heim	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Hoyt Benedict	7	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1546	5399	4811	622	1293	201	28	110	543	50	37	484	667	.269	.336	.391	.727	1880	0	22	51	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Edwin Little	1B	82	690	54	5	78	.993	9.073
Earl York	1B	67	518	31	10	55	.982	8.194
Matt Sczesny	2B	120	328	297	21	73	.967	5.208
Joe Tanner	2B	27	97	78	6	30	.967	6.481
Fred Marolewski	3B	42	50	92	16	7	.899	3.381
Bill Antonello	3B	37	40	64	3	5	.972	2.811
Matt Sczesny	3B	29	31	58	2	7	.978	3.069
Bob Jenkins	3B	10	0	9	4	0	.692	.900
E. J. Buck	C	101	458	63	17	12	.968	5.158	8
Ray Cash	C	65	274	36	5	8	.984	4.769	10
Albie Pearson	CF	122	335	21	10	4	.973	2.918
Nino Spatafore	CF	21	44	4	2	1	.960	2.286
Bob Jenkins	LF	91	160	15	5	3	.972	1.923
Bill Antonello	LF	60	118	11	1	4	.992	2.150
Kelly Swift	P	39						.000
Ernest Groth	P	39						.000
Roger Aldridge	P	39	9	25	3	3	.919	.872
Duane Wilson	P	38	14	37	3	4	.944	1.342
Bart DiMaggio	P	35	9	27	1	2	.973	1.029
Al Schroll	P	28	9	31	0	5	1.000	1.429
August Schmidt	P	28	3	13	3	2	.842	.571
Marshall Long	P	25	8	12	0	1	1.000	.800
Walt Kellner	P	16	5	22	1	2	.964	1.688
Kenneth Yoke	P	10	0	4	1	0	.800	.400
Bill Slack	P	9						.000
Donald Graham	P	8						.000
George Storti	P	7						.000
Hoyt Benedict	P	7						.000
Harry Hoitsma	P	4						.000
Robert Swanson	P	3						.000
Marvin Holleman	P	3						.000
Mel Heim	P	3						.000
Ralph Birkofer	P	2						.000
Albie Pearson	P	1						.000
Bob Jenkins	RF	58	98	3	4	1	.962	1.741
Gary Killingsworth	RF	25	50	4	2	0	.964	2.160
Roger Aldridge	RF	20	37	1	1	0	.974	1.900
Bill Antonello	RF	17	32	3	2	1	.946	2.059
Ernest Groth	RF	14	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.071
Bart DiMaggio	RF	10	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
George Wehmeyer	SS	108	227	367	39	82	.938	5.500
Joe Tanner	SS	43	80	164	11	28	.957	5.674
Totals		1513	3751	1546	178	418	.967	3.501	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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