1956 Shreveport Sports Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Mel McGaha (69-85)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 88,943, Avg. 1,155
1956 Shreveport Sports RosterTeam Record: 69-85
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Mel McGaha (69-85)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 88,943, Avg. 1,155
The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the TL.
The Sports scored 761 runs and allowed 832 runs. Ken Guettler crushed 62 homers for Shreveport, while Les Peden walloped 15 or more as well. Ken Guettler drove in 143 runs. Ev Joyner topped all regular batters by connecting at a .344 clip. Dave Newkirk led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.34 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Fred Martin, Ray Yochim, Walt Craddock, Tommy Fine, Dale Coogan, Bill Miller and Les Peden were all players from the 1956 Shreveport Sports who played in the Majors during their careers.
Mel McGaha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Newkirk | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.34 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 167.0 | 154 | 88 | 62 | 10 | 88 | 8 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Fred Martin | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.33 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 100 | 39 | 37 | 10 | 35 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ray Knoblauch | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.74 | 37 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 207.0 | 214 | 125 | 109 | 22 | 114 | 7 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Walt Craddock | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.26 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 150.0 | 143 | 73 | 71 | 11 | 66 | 5 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Miller | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.13 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 85.0 | 69 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Ivan Abromowitz | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.09 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gale Pringle | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.16 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 | 109 | 63 | 63 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tommy Fine | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 68 | 43 | 35 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Yochim | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.80 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 62 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Lee | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Bogan | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.39 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 45 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Waibel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.64 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 74 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Carroll Dial | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.18 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 60 | 38 | 35 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Russell Harris | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Faulk | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Barnhardt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mel McGaha | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill George | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Stegall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Fuller | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Coddington | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 77 | .454 | 4.48 | 373 | 131 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1161.0 | 1191 | 668 | 578 | 122 | 575 | 62 | 617 | 27 | 3 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ev Joyner | 150 | 652 | 584 | 114 | 201 | 43 | 5 | 13 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 34 | .344 | .409 | .502 | .910 | 293 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dale Coogan | 153 | 651 | 579 | 83 | 174 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 5 | 61 | 71 | .301 | .369 | .415 | .783 | 240 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| James Ackeret | 150 | 616 | 543 | 56 | 144 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 73 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 52 | .265 | .334 | .368 | .703 | 200 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Ken Guettler | 140 | 584 | 481 | 115 | 141 | 20 | 1 | 62 | 143 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 87 | .293 | .402 | .726 | 1.128 | 349 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Jack Hollis | 146 | 611 | 544 | 72 | 135 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 52 | .248 | .321 | .340 | .661 | 185 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Les Peden | 137 | 539 | 464 | 61 | 131 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 53 | .282 | .365 | .483 | .848 | 224 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| William Parsons | 129 | 433 | 381 | 64 | 98 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 52 | .257 | .329 | .328 | .658 | 125 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Billy Lynn | 111 | 364 | 341 | 44 | 94 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | .276 | .317 | .346 | .663 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack Wilkinson | 87 | 355 | 304 | 35 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 30 | .234 | .338 | .306 | .644 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mel McGaha | 73 | 208 | 187 | 28 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .326 | .362 | .535 | .897 | 100 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| J. W. Jones | 72 | 151 | 136 | 14 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .272 | .327 | .353 | .679 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pete Hamman | 39 | 153 | 136 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .235 | .307 | .309 | .616 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ray Knoblauch | 38 | 79 | 73 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .219 | .237 | .233 | .470 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rac Slider | 18 | 65 | 56 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .250 | .317 | .268 | .585 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Irving Carlson | 31 | 81 | 73 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .178 | .259 | .288 | .547 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Newkirk | 35 | 64 | 55 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .182 | .262 | .200 | .462 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benjamin Dye | 10 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .280 | .357 | .320 | .677 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gale Pringle | 38 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .222 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Miller | 23 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .207 | .258 | .241 | .499 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Craddock | 26 | 54 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ray Yochim | 11 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .312 | .353 | .438 | .790 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Richardson | 7 | 20 | 20 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Waibel | 21 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .399 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Fine | 21 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .263 | .278 | .541 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Lee | 11 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Abromowitz | 12 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fred Martin | 64 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Russell Harris | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Coddington | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Bogan | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fred Stegall | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carroll Dial | 22 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .154 | .231 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Lutz | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Fuller | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Claude Northrup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Billy Faulk | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1825 | 5946 | 5246 | 748 | 1433 | 253 | 29 | 136 | 713 | 40 | 37 | 570 | 624 | .273 | .344 | .410 | .755 | 2152 | 0 | 20 | 73 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Coogan | 1B | 152 | 1292 | 84 | 16 | 110 | .989 | 9.053 | ||||
| Mel McGaha | 1B | 14 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .983 | 4.071 | ||||
| Jack Hollis | 2B | 145 | 449 | 375 | 26 | 89 | .969 | 5.683 | ||||
| James Ackeret | 3B | 148 | 145 | 393 | 42 | 29 | .928 | 3.635 | ||||
| Les Peden | C | 125 | 564 | 80 | 7 | 8 | .989 | 5.152 | 6 | |||
| J. W. Jones | C | 57 | 196 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 3.789 | 1 | |||
| William Parsons | CF | 84 | 205 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .964 | 2.548 | ||||
| Billy Lynn | CF | 72 | 185 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .959 | 2.611 | ||||
| Ev Joyner | LF | 145 | 299 | 18 | 11 | 1 | .966 | 2.186 | ||||
| Mel McGaha | LF | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Fred Martin | P | 64 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .344 | ||||
| Gale Pringle | P | 38 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .316 | ||||
| Ray Knoblauch | P | 37 | 17 | 43 | 2 | 5 | .968 | 1.622 | ||||
| Dave Newkirk | P | 33 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .939 | ||||
| Walt Craddock | P | 26 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .654 | ||||
| Bill Miller | P | 20 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.300 | ||||
| Tommy Fine | P | 20 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Carroll Dial | P | 20 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Dick Waibel | P | 18 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .895 | .944 | ||||
| Charles Bogan | P | 18 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Bill George | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ivan Abromowitz | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Ray Yochim | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Lee | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Russell Harris | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Fuller | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Coddington | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mel McGaha | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Stegall | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Faulk | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Bumgardner | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Barnhardt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Guettler | RF | 138 | 189 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .971 | 1.442 | ||||
| William Parsons | RF | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .696 | ||||
| Billy Lynn | RF | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jack Wilkinson | SS | 81 | 144 | 275 | 20 | 42 | .954 | 5.173 | ||||
| Pete Hamman | SS | 33 | 50 | 108 | 13 | 13 | .924 | 4.788 | ||||
| Irving Carlson | SS | 23 | 26 | 54 | 7 | 9 | .920 | 3.478 | ||||
| Rac Slider | SS | 15 | 35 | 58 | 6 | 15 | .939 | 6.200 | ||||
| Mel McGaha | SS | 10 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .963 | 5.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1663 | 3955 | 1723 | 202 | 348 | .966 | 3.414 | 7 | 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.
