1956 Ponca City Cubs Statistics
Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 5th in the SSL
Manager: Donald Biebel (70-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Ponca City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Conoco Park
Attendance: 20,674, Avg. 295
1956 Ponca City Cubs RosterTeam Record: 70-70
Finished 5th in the SSL
Manager: Donald Biebel (70-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Ponca City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Conoco Park
Attendance: 20,674, Avg. 295
The Ponca City Cubs of the Sooner State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the SSL.
The Cubs scored 865 runs and allowed 872 runs.
Players from the 1956 Ponca City Cubs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Brewer, Sammy Drake, Ed Donnelly, Billy Williams and Lou Johnson.
Donald Biebel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Hall | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.95 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 187.0 | 173 | 108 | 82 | 21 | 66 | 1 | 131 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||
| James Schandevel | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.02 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 217.0 | 190 | 125 | 97 | 18 | 146 | 0 | 200 | 4 | 1 | 22 | |||
| Ed Donnelly | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.64 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 161.0 | 168 | 119 | 83 | 16 | 86 | 3 | 110 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Michael Morrison | 8 | 11 | .421 | 6.26 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 141.0 | 109 | 114 | 98 | 17 | 161 | 2 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Ron Goerger | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.24 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 87.0 | 84 | 55 | 41 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Del Walker | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.80 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 120.0 | 116 | 89 | 64 | 17 | 120 | 0 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
| James Gilmore | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.83 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 53 | 43 | 41 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Zafarana | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.58 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 50 | 49 | 38 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Jim Brewer | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.23 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 91.0 | 106 | 84 | 63 | 16 | 54 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Kenneth Latke | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Rollins | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Searcy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Biebel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Renko | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Petrovich | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 70 | .500 | 4.92 | 287 | 132 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1110.0 | 1049 | 786 | 607 | 128 | 812 | 8 | 947 | 40 | 6 | 98 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Gragg | 140 | 642 | 520 | 118 | 183 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 120 | 71 | 8 | 109 | 37 | .352 | .462 | .498 | .960 | 259 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Horace Greenwood | 139 | 655 | 561 | 124 | 181 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 35 | 8 | 85 | 46 | .323 | .412 | .401 | .813 | 225 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Lou Johnson | 110 | 498 | 423 | 88 | 125 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 75 | 33 | 9 | 63 | 104 | .296 | .396 | .459 | .855 | 194 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Loudenback | 132 | 569 | 502 | 91 | 121 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 61 | 154 | .241 | .327 | .410 | .737 | 206 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Donald Biebel | 132 | 523 | 427 | 72 | 106 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 80 | 65 | .248 | .372 | .361 | .732 | 154 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Sammy Drake | 87 | 427 | 326 | 102 | 93 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 58 | 34 | 2 | 90 | 54 | .285 | .445 | .491 | .936 | 160 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Allison Owen | 124 | 531 | 429 | 64 | 93 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 89 | 142 | .217 | .352 | .347 | .699 | 149 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Gene Dziadura | 62 | 270 | 218 | 40 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 42 | .294 | .408 | .491 | .898 | 107 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Carl Reynolds | 64 | 284 | 237 | 50 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 74 | .249 | .357 | .498 | .855 | 118 | 12 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Fred Eubler | 38 | 157 | 137 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 24 | .182 | .269 | .234 | .503 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Peter Mattachione | 27 | 113 | 102 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .216 | .279 | .265 | .544 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Schandevel | 46 | 108 | 95 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 21 | .179 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ray Giroux | 37 | 86 | 70 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | .200 | .349 | .286 | .635 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Hall | 48 | 77 | 63 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .175 | .250 | .206 | .456 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Del Walker | 35 | 62 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .189 | .228 | .245 | .473 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Fred Owens | 27 | 84 | 64 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | .156 | .349 | .266 | .615 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Davis | 17 | 65 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .170 | .312 | .264 | .577 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Goerger | 14 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .216 | .275 | .270 | .545 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Radford | 16 | 52 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .178 | .269 | .267 | .536 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Virgil Givens | 17 | 65 | 54 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .148 | .292 | .148 | .440 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Morrison | 33 | 63 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 26 | .103 | .161 | .121 | .282 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Donnelly | 33 | 67 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .082 | .138 | .082 | .220 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mayfield | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Williams | 13 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .235 | .409 | .235 | .644 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Gilmore | 13 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Cooke | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Zafarana | 25 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .125 | .300 | .250 | .550 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Renko | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Petrovich | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Chatham | 7 | 21 | 21 | 1 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Davis | 9 | 22 | 22 | 1 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Latke | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Brewer | 33 | 36 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Rollins | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1524 | 5643 | 4719 | 861 | 1198 | 177 | 55 | 104 | 700 | 238 | 51 | 768 | 1005 | .254 | .363 | .381 | .744 | 1797 | 0 | 57 | 67 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Reynolds | 1B | 63 | 487 | 22 | 16 | 16 | .970 | 8.079 | ||||
| Russ Gragg | 1B | 57 | 430 | 28 | 7 | 27 | .985 | 8.035 | ||||
| Donald Davis | 1B | 16 | 118 | 4 | 3 | 15 | .976 | 7.625 | ||||
| Dennis Loudenback | 2B | 131 | 255 | 341 | 48 | 48 | .925 | 4.550 | ||||
| Sammy Drake | 2B | 12 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 6 | .908 | 4.917 | ||||
| Allison Owen | 3B | 76 | 68 | 133 | 26 | 8 | .885 | 2.645 | ||||
| Sammy Drake | 3B | 26 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 1 | .838 | 2.192 | ||||
| Peter Mattachione | 3B | 20 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 1 | .815 | 2.200 | ||||
| Virgil Givens | 3B | 15 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Donald Biebel | C | 114 | 810 | 68 | 16 | 12 | .982 | 7.702 | 17 | |||
| Ray Giroux | C | 25 | 142 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .962 | 6.000 | 7 | |||
| Wallace Radford | C | 16 | 95 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .972 | 6.625 | 3 | |||
| Horace Greenwood | OF | 137 | 237 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .917 | 1.766 | ||||
| Lou Johnson | OF | 108 | 215 | 10 | 17 | 1 | .930 | 2.083 | ||||
| Russ Gragg | OF | 88 | 187 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .961 | 2.216 | ||||
| Fred Eubler | OF | 38 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .925 | .974 | ||||
| Sammy Drake | OF | 17 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 2.412 | ||||
| Allison Owen | OF | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .733 | ||||
| Donald Biebel | OF | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .417 | ||||
| Billy Williams | OF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| David Hall | P | 46 | 9 | 46 | 4 | 3 | .932 | 1.196 | ||||
| James Schandevel | P | 36 | 8 | 47 | 5 | 1 | .917 | 1.528 | ||||
| Jim Brewer | P | 33 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .424 | ||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 31 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 2 | .891 | 1.323 | ||||
| Michael Morrison | P | 30 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .897 | .867 | ||||
| John Zafarana | P | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .200 | ||||
| Del Walker | P | 24 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 3 | .833 | 1.042 | ||||
| Ron Goerger | P | 14 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .762 | 1.143 | ||||
| Anthony Petrovich | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| James Gilmore | P | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Kenneth Latke | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Rollins | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Renko | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Biebel | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Searcy | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Dziadura | SS | 60 | 94 | 132 | 17 | 23 | .930 | 3.767 | ||||
| Sammy Drake | SS | 39 | 56 | 66 | 19 | 11 | .865 | 3.128 | ||||
| Allison Owen | SS | 23 | 30 | 55 | 12 | 4 | .876 | 3.696 | ||||
| Fred Owens | SS | 20 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 6 | .837 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1425 | 3481 | 1265 | 307 | 202 | .939 | 3.331 | 27 | 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.
