1960 Sioux City Soos Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Bobby Hofman (71-68)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Soos Park
Attendance: 41,385, Avg. 595
The Sioux City Soos of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1960 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
The Soos topped the circuit with 809 runs, ignited by 145 home runs. Sioux City allowed 730 runs. Virgil Bernhardt paced the team with 16 home runs Joe Ala recorded 97 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .322. Gordy Nevers led the squad with 13 wins, while Diego Seguí recorded a 3.97 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
John O'Donoghue, Dave Thies, John Wyatt, Gordon MacKenzie, Dale Willis, Norm Bass, Diego Seguí and Dick Howser were all players from the 1960 Sioux City Soos who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bobby Hofman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordy Nevers | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.37 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 175.0 | 132 | 106 | 85 | 8 | 147 | 1 | 181 | 7 | 1 | 21 | |||
| Diego Seguí | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.97 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 154.0 | 153 | 81 | 68 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 108 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jack Bristol | 10 | 9 | .526 | 6.30 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 140.0 | 158 | 111 | 98 | 20 | 75 | 3 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jerry Mercer | 10 | 12 | .455 | 5.65 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 153.0 | 155 | 111 | 96 | 14 | 105 | 2 | 113 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Dave Thies | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.42 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 78.0 | 64 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Norm Bass | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.89 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 162.0 | 143 | 96 | 88 | 12 | 110 | 4 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bruce Haroldson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.77 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 72 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Bob Aylmer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.22 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 78 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 48 | 4 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dale Willis | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.80 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 57 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| John Wyatt | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.66 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Dembia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.52 | 11 | 0 | 29.0 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tim Hayes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron McCutcheon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Lippold | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John O'Donoghue | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 4.56 | 236 | 136 | 0 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 1160.0 | 1086 | 676 | 588 | 94 | 715 | 20 | 971 | 31 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Reedy | 134 | 610 | 505 | 86 | 136 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 78 | 11 | 85 | 43 | .269 | .377 | .374 | .751 | 189 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Joe Ala | 118 | 507 | 410 | 81 | 132 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 97 | 4 | 78 | 55 | .322 | .442 | .502 | .944 | 206 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | ||
| William Spiers | 99 | 449 | 377 | 78 | 110 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 72 | 18 | 64 | 97 | .292 | .395 | .480 | .875 | 181 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Charlie Bennett | 131 | 552 | 476 | 62 | 107 | 33 | 1 | 14 | 79 | 1 | 63 | 132 | .225 | .322 | .387 | .709 | 184 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Hogg | 102 | 470 | 403 | 80 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 62 | 91 | .261 | .360 | .432 | .791 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Overcash | 92 | 387 | 315 | 63 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 0 | 65 | 60 | .251 | .379 | .451 | .830 | 142 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Ron Debus | 51 | 234 | 199 | 34 | 66 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 22 | .332 | .427 | .538 | .965 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Bernhardt | 78 | 308 | 244 | 53 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 59 | 2 | 64 | 60 | .254 | .409 | .504 | .913 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dick Howser | 44 | 216 | 149 | 59 | 52 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 62 | 9 | .349 | .546 | .564 | 1.110 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Phil Risinger | 39 | 183 | 176 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .278 | .306 | .369 | .675 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sidney Smithdeal | 60 | 225 | 195 | 35 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 77 | .236 | .333 | .395 | .728 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron McCutcheon | 52 | 168 | 148 | 26 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 24 | .264 | .351 | .453 | .804 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Scercy | 45 | 194 | 168 | 25 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 41 | .202 | .294 | .381 | .675 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 50 | 188 | 154 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 42 | .169 | .314 | .273 | .587 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diego Seguí | 22 | 70 | 70 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cornelius Egan | 30 | 107 | 92 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 16 | .207 | .311 | .250 | .561 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Tanner | 26 | 86 | 71 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 20 | .239 | .353 | .549 | .902 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack Bristol | 43 | 95 | 86 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .186 | .255 | .198 | .453 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Thies | 12 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .364 | .371 | .515 | .887 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordy Nevers | 29 | 75 | 72 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .167 | .178 | .222 | .400 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Mercer | 31 | 65 | 57 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 32 | .175 | .230 | .211 | .440 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Bass | 25 | 64 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 36 | .153 | .194 | .373 | .566 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Bucher | 11 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .296 | .457 | .481 | .939 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Wright | 16 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .211 | .302 | .237 | .539 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Aylmer | 34 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .152 | .200 | .242 | .442 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Wyatt | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Dale Willis | 18 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .182 | .269 | .227 | .497 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Haroldson | 16 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John O'Donoghue | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Dembia | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Lippold | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tim Hayes | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1438 | 5497 | 4640 | 807 | 1192 | 216 | 41 | 145 | 723 | 67 | 0 | 744 | 1000 | .257 | .363 | .415 | .778 | 1925 | 0 | 50 | 26 | 37 | 35 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Overcash | 1B | 91 | 765 | 40 | 10 | 62 | .988 | 8.846 | ||||
| Leroy Scercy | 1B | 45 | 393 | 18 | 10 | 41 | .976 | 9.133 | ||||
| William Spiers | 2B | 94 | 242 | 251 | 27 | 59 | .948 | 5.245 | ||||
| Cornelius Egan | 2B | 28 | 47 | 75 | 6 | 11 | .953 | 4.357 | ||||
| Ron McCutcheon | 2B | 16 | 37 | 44 | 5 | 6 | .942 | 5.062 | ||||
| Joe Ala | 3B | 112 | 64 | 238 | 26 | 19 | .921 | 2.696 | ||||
| Ron McCutcheon | 3B | 18 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .878 | 2.000 | ||||
| Virgil Bernhardt | C | 74 | 534 | 67 | 16 | 8 | .974 | 8.122 | 13 | |||
| Gordon MacKenzie | C | 46 | 362 | 26 | 7 | 4 | .982 | 8.435 | 13 | |||
| James Tanner | C | 17 | 118 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 7.529 | 3 | |||
| Jay Bucher | C | 10 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 6.300 | 9 | |||
| Charlie Bennett | OF | 127 | 189 | 12 | 10 | 4 | .953 | 1.583 | ||||
| Buddy Reedy | OF | 121 | 154 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .948 | 1.347 | ||||
| Ronald Hogg | OF | 100 | 174 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .938 | 1.800 | ||||
| Sidney Smithdeal | OF | 55 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.582 | ||||
| Melvin Wright | OF | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Bob Aylmer | P | 33 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .697 | ||||
| Jack Bristol | P | 29 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.172 | ||||
| Jerry Mercer | P | 28 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.393 | ||||
| Gordy Nevers | P | 27 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 5 | .907 | 1.815 | ||||
| Norm Bass | P | 25 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.560 | ||||
| Diego Seguí | P | 21 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 2.333 | ||||
| Dale Willis | P | 18 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.167 | ||||
| Bruce Haroldson | P | 16 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .812 | ||||
| Thomas Dembia | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Dave Thies | P | 10 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | ||||
| John O'Donoghue | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Wyatt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Lippold | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Hayes | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron McCutcheon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Debus | SS | 45 | 65 | 106 | 8 | 22 | .955 | 3.800 | ||||
| Dick Howser | SS | 43 | 63 | 130 | 20 | 30 | .906 | 4.488 | ||||
| Phil Risinger | SS | 39 | 43 | 102 | 6 | 16 | .960 | 3.718 | ||||
| Totals | 1329 | 3470 | 1428 | 199 | 306 | .961 | 3.685 | 38 | 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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