1956 Lawton Braves Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the SSL
Manager: Travis Jackson (80-60)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 30,550, Avg. 436

1956 Lawton Braves Roster

Playoffs - Seminole Oilers 3 games, Lawton Braves 1

The Lawton Braves of the Sooner State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the SSL.

The Braves led the circuit with just 707 runs allowed. Lawton scored 883 runs. Travis Jackson 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
Hank Hemmerly	18	9	.667	1.93	32	27		22	0		224.0	202	106	48	13	118	0	165	8	1	11
Donald Eason	15	8	.652	2.97	26	24		15	1		185.0	155	77	61	7	60	1	162	4	0	1
Jim Kuykendall	13	8	.619	3.04	34	24		13	1		213.0	163	79	72	15	92	1	174	6	0	6
William Rochford	10	3	.769	3.74	22	15		6	1		125.0	136	68	52	6	42	3	103	3	1	6
Bob Stoico	9	11	.450	5.92	30	20		7	0		152.0	156	110	100	17	114	2	105	5	0	9
Waymon Terry	4	6	.400	6.19	24	4		1	0		64.0	70	64	44	7	59	1	51	4	1	6
Richard Dickson	3	2	.600		6						0.0
George Pearson	3	3	.500	9.75	18	4		2	0		48.0	67	57	52	3	42	1	37	3	0	1
Bill Moss	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
Bob Kirby	2	0	1.000		2						0.0
Ed Lampe	1	4	.200	6.38	15	6		1	0		48.0	53	46	34	2	59	1	50	2	0	5
William Jackson	0	0			9						0.0
Alan Janes	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Bill Hamilton	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Richard Allen	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Stephen Beckman	0	3	.000	4.50	8	5		2	0		48.0	41	27	24	2	37	0	40	1	0	1
Totals	80	60	.571	3.96	236	129	0	69	3	0	1107.0	1043	634	487	72	623	10	887	36	3	46	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
Gary Anderson	138	673	600	123	169	28	2	3	56	12	2	62	38	.282	.349	.350	.699	210		1	8	2
Doug Smith	134	611	533	102	165	29	4	19	123	3	0	64	75	.310	.381	.486	.866	259		2	4	8
Don Ganus	140	630	529	113	160	31	9	8	63	7	1	91	85	.302	.407	.440	.847	233		4	3	3
Daniel Staniec	140	584	511	84	120	14	5	5	61	13	1	63	127	.235	.323	.311	.634	159		4	5	1
Kenneth Aycock	116	506	419	95	117	25	5	17	94	7	2	75	92	.279	.395	.484	.879	203		7	2	3
Bill Moss	98	439	359	76	89	16	4	17	71	3	0	70	110	.248	.375	.457	.832	164		5	2	3
William Gilmore	77	213	160	58	86	25	0	7	60	2	2	49	29	.538	.643	.825	1.468	132		2	0	2
Kenneth Hansen	75	343	291	59	84	20	0	19	62	1	1	42	64	.289	.378	.553	.932	161		3	2	5
Philip Cole	66	240	204	26	56	2	3	2	32	0	2	31	50	.275	.371	.343	.714	70		1	3	1
Ronald Eason	73	299	247	35	50	4	0	0	32	2	0	42	32	.202	.324	.219	.543	54		4	3	3
Charlie Hoffses	37	169	132	25	37	6	3	6	27	3	0	33	40	.280	.429	.508	.936	67		2	1	1
Hank Hemmerly	40	110	101	13	24	4	0	1	14	0	0	3	19	.238	.267	.307	.574	31		1	5	0
Jim Kuykendall	40	96	85	11	22	4	0	2	10	0	0	7	18	.259	.312	.376	.688	32		0	3	1
Donald Eason	26	86	64	11	16	5	0	1	6	0	0	16	15	.250	.400	.375	.775	24		0	6	0
Bob Stoico	36	82	75	8	15	2	0	0	4	1	0	4	16	.200	.241	.227	.467	17		0	3	0
Don Harter	20	84	73	7	11	2	0	0	6	1	1	7	23	.151	.241	.178	.419	13		2	1	1
William Jackson	29	73	53	8	8	1	0	1	5	1	0	16	21	.151	.338	.226	.564	12		0	2	2
Joseph Zdanis	13	42	33	7	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	14	.212	.350	.273	.623	9		1	2	0
William Rochford	28	60	51	4	7	3	0	0	4	0	0	8	16	.137	.254	.196	.450	10		0	1	0
George DesMeules	8	27	27		6									.222	.222	.222	.444	6
Waymon Terry	26	32	25	6	5	0	1	1	8	0	0	4	7	.200	.300	.400	.700	10		0	2	1
Richard Dickson	6	13	13		4									.308	.308	.308	.615	4
Stephen Beckman	8	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Ed Lampe	16	21	15	0	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	9	.133	.300	.200	.500	3		0	1	1
Richard Allen	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Lee Freeman	1	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Bill Hamilton	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
George Pearson	20	28	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.048	.200	.048	.248	1		0	3	0
Bob Kirby	5	15	15		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Alan Janes	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1422	5502	4662	875	1266	224	36	109	744	56	12	701	908	.272	.369	.405	.774	1889	0	39	62	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Doug Smith	1B	133	1128	46	25	107	.979	8.827
Daniel Staniec	2B	140	318	384	48	96	.936	5.014
Don Ganus	3B	138	93	197	50	14	.853	2.101
Ronald Eason	C	69	534	34	10	3	.983	8.232	6
William Gilmore	C	66	449	31	12	5	.976	7.273	9
Kenneth Aycock	OF	106	167	14	11	1	.943	1.708
Bill Moss	OF	98	168	15	14	3	.929	1.867
Kenneth Hansen	OF	75	98	3	10	0	.910	1.347
Charlie Hoffses	OF	37	53	4	3	1	.950	1.541
Philip Cole	OF	22	85	5	4	0	.957	4.091
Don Harter	OF	19	24	1	3	0	.893	1.316
William Jackson	OF	15	19	1	4	0	.833	1.333
Joseph Zdanis	OF	11	11	1	5	0	.706	1.091
Jim Kuykendall	P	34	5	39	5	1	.898	1.294
Hank Hemmerly	P	32	11	56	2	2	.971	2.094
Bob Stoico	P	30	8	39	1	2	.979	1.567
Donald Eason	P	26	6	43	5	2	.907	1.885
Waymon Terry	P	24	3	11	0	0	1.000	.583
William Rochford	P	22	3	19	1	2	.957	1.000
George Pearson	P	18	3	11	0	0	1.000	.778
Ed Lampe	P	15	4	4	2	1	.800	.533
William Jackson	P	9						.000
Stephen Beckman	P	8						.000
Richard Dickson	P	6						.000
Bill Moss	P	4						.000
Bill Hamilton	P	3						.000
Bob Kirby	P	2						.000
Richard Allen	P	2						.000
Alan Janes	P	1						.000
Gary Anderson	SS	138	261	382	65	91	.908	4.659
Totals		1303	3451	1340	280	331	.945	3.677	15	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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