1956 McAlester Rockets Statistics
Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 60-79
Finished 7th in the SSL
Manager: Marvin Crater (60-79)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: McAlester, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Jefferson-Lee Stadium
Attendance: 32,302, Avg. 465
1956 McAlester Rockets RosterTeam Record: 60-79
Finished 7th in the SSL
Manager: Marvin Crater (60-79)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: McAlester, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Jefferson-Lee Stadium
Attendance: 32,302, Avg. 465
The McAlester Rockets of the Sooner State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the SSL.
The Rockets scored 735 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 906 runs.
Phil Mudrock and Marshall Renfroe both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Marvin Crater 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Pignatello | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.23 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 183.0 | 169 | 103 | 86 | 11 | 133 | 4 | 152 | 6 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Fred Taylor | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.35 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 165.0 | 164 | 149 | 98 | 18 | 108 | 2 | 108 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Reynolds Wright | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5.59 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 148.0 | 138 | 119 | 92 | 5 | 145 | 1 | 147 | 10 | 2 | 23 | |||
| Duke Addis | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.11 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 140.0 | 122 | 70 | 64 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Duane Kinart | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.56 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 144.0 | 154 | 110 | 89 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Jack Hoy | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.03 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 132 | 83 | 66 | 8 | 71 | 5 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Robert Coscia | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.82 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 113 | 110 | 91 | 9 | 108 | 0 | 96 | 10 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Ken Travis | 3 | 3 | .500 | 13.59 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 47 | 29 | 74 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ed Jamieson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Swango | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Bracey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ted Worthington | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marshall Renfroe | 1 | 5 | .167 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Anthony | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carl Long | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Doering | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Phil Mudrock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 79 | .432 | 5.57 | 277 | 121 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1067.0 | 1039 | 773 | 660 | 74 | 712 | 13 | 807 | 40 | 7 | 92 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert McClish | 120 | 552 | 474 | 76 | 144 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 44 | .304 | .377 | .371 | .749 | 176 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Dave Irby | 121 | 555 | 503 | 98 | 140 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 26 | 4 | 43 | 94 | .278 | .332 | .461 | .793 | 232 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Donald Dallas | 111 | 502 | 436 | 64 | 125 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 92 | .287 | .364 | .422 | .786 | 184 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Bruce Swango | 124 | 533 | 447 | 80 | 100 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 111 | .224 | .333 | .349 | .682 | 156 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Joseph Cintron | 79 | 376 | 295 | 60 | 92 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 56 | .312 | .448 | .478 | .926 | 141 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Pete Anthony | 105 | 458 | 352 | 76 | 91 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 99 | 87 | .259 | .419 | .494 | .913 | 174 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Roy West | 82 | 299 | 259 | 22 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 63 | .224 | .314 | .274 | .589 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Donald Pierce | 51 | 235 | 197 | 33 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 28 | .239 | .353 | .330 | .683 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Hobart Powell | 58 | 271 | 197 | 54 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 46 | .234 | .437 | .401 | .838 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Moore | 53 | 222 | 191 | 20 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 44 | .220 | .306 | .257 | .562 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| William Grilliot | 40 | 171 | 147 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | .197 | .310 | .238 | .548 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Tracy | 62 | 222 | 178 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 47 | .157 | .297 | .180 | .477 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bob Lysen | 28 | 116 | 109 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .211 | .259 | .385 | .644 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reynolds Wright | 63 | 120 | 109 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 32 | .211 | .283 | .303 | .586 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bentley | 32 | 154 | 128 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 26 | .172 | .303 | .289 | .592 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Crater | 19 | 81 | 69 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .290 | .370 | .319 | .689 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jackie Ferrell | 20 | 84 | 75 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .253 | .321 | .427 | .748 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Pignatello | 44 | 106 | 100 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .180 | .217 | .220 | .437 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Taylor | 39 | 80 | 68 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .206 | .308 | .279 | .587 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Covell | 16 | 52 | 49 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .224 | .269 | .347 | .616 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rubio | 10 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .294 | .368 | .353 | .721 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duane Kinart | 37 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .164 | .246 | .164 | .410 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Mobley | 11 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .190 | .277 | .262 | .539 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hoy | 37 | 52 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .160 | .192 | .180 | .372 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duke Addis | 20 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .151 | .167 | .226 | .393 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Coscia | 26 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .167 | .222 | .190 | .413 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marshall Renfroe | 10 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .333 | .412 | .333 | .745 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Elton Blackman | 10 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Cunningham | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Worthington | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Bracey | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Travis | 7 | 18 | 18 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Mudrock | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Long | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1467 | 5583 | 4746 | 733 | 1155 | 195 | 53 | 79 | 636 | 66 | 28 | 707 | 991 | .243 | .343 | .357 | .700 | 1693 | 0 | 41 | 33 | 56 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert McClish | 1B | 120 | 1035 | 57 | 26 | 86 | .977 | 9.100 | ||||
| William Grilliot | 1B | 18 | 149 | 11 | 7 | 7 | .958 | 8.889 | ||||
| Joseph Cintron | 2B | 51 | 134 | 138 | 20 | 27 | .932 | 5.333 | ||||
| Dave Irby | 2B | 43 | 98 | 89 | 14 | 25 | .930 | 4.349 | ||||
| Donald Pierce | 2B | 30 | 86 | 80 | 13 | 13 | .927 | 5.533 | ||||
| Jerry Moore | 2B | 14 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 12 | .867 | 5.571 | ||||
| Pete Anthony | 3B | 104 | 127 | 204 | 20 | 18 | .943 | 3.183 | ||||
| Bob Lysen | 3B | 26 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 3 | .875 | 2.692 | ||||
| Roy West | C | 63 | 423 | 42 | 15 | 6 | .969 | 7.381 | 33 | |||
| Ralph Tracy | C | 35 | 241 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 7.429 | 14 | |||
| William Grilliot | C | 20 | 105 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 5.950 | 3 | |||
| Marvin Crater | C | 19 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 7.579 | 4 | |||
| Alvin Covell | C | 15 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 6.400 | 8 | |||
| Bruce Swango | OF | 120 | 169 | 13 | 18 | 1 | .910 | 1.517 | ||||
| Donald Dallas | OF | 110 | 137 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .948 | 1.318 | ||||
| Hobart Powell | OF | 57 | 130 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .918 | 2.351 | ||||
| Billy Bentley | OF | 32 | 61 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .928 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joseph Cintron | OF | 26 | 43 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .878 | 1.654 | ||||
| Ralph Tracy | OF | 25 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jackie Ferrell | OF | 20 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .784 | 1.450 | ||||
| Roy West | OF | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 1.143 | ||||
| Carlos Mobley | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Fred Taylor | P | 37 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .907 | 1.324 | ||||
| Jack Hoy | P | 35 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .657 | ||||
| Reynolds Wright | P | 34 | 11 | 39 | 5 | 0 | .909 | 1.471 | ||||
| Duane Kinart | P | 34 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.265 | ||||
| Vincent Pignatello | P | 30 | 8 | 39 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 1.567 | ||||
| Robert Coscia | P | 26 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .750 | .692 | ||||
| Duke Addis | P | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Ken Bracey | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Marshall Renfroe | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Swango | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Long | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ted Worthington | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Travis | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phil Mudrock | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Jamieson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Doering | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Anthony | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Irby | SS | 78 | 103 | 228 | 44 | 30 | .883 | 4.244 | ||||
| Jerry Moore | SS | 32 | 42 | 94 | 19 | 17 | .877 | 4.250 | ||||
| Donald Pierce | SS | 21 | 29 | 62 | 20 | 11 | .820 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1381 | 3555 | 1362 | 322 | 269 | .939 | 3.560 | 62 | 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.
