1956 Shawnee Hawks Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 8th in the SSL
Manager: Jack Banta (56-84)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Shawnee, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 24,872, Avg. 355

1956 Shawnee Hawks Roster

The Shawnee Hawks of the Sooner State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the SSL.

The Hawks scored 842 runs and allowed 932 runs, most in the circuit.

Bill Kunkel played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Shawnee Hawks to do so.

Jack Banta 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
Bill Kunkel	9	13	.409	4.50	40	15		6	0		166.0	181	122	83	9	87	0	150	7	1	9
Matthew Ray	8	7	.533	5.97	35	13		5	0		181.0	203	145	120	16	119	1	159	4	2	5
Ray Wheeler	7	7	.500	4.13	18	18		12	3		135.0	91	64	62	9	76	0	181	5	1	8
Fritz Stanek	6	6	.500	4.37	20	11		4	0		101.0	105	54	49	2	44	1	71	1	3	7
Ford Young	6	11	.353	5.07	19	19		9	0		119.0	142	102	67	12	60	0	69	7	0	17
Joe Roberson	5	6	.455	6.08	14	11		5	0		77.0	75	65	52	9	50	0	60	8	0	3
Orlene Murray	4	13	.235	6.24	26	20		8	0		137.0	139	115	95	10	133	0	85	5	3	10
Michael Ackerson	3	2	.600	3.83	6	6		4	0		47.0	52	23	20	3	13	0	43	2	0	0
Andrew Mang	2	0	1.000		7						0.0
William Minick	1	1	.500		7						0.0
Tom Cole	1	2	.333		4						0.0
Edward Cox	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Maurice Gross	1	2	.333		4						0.0
Robert Hale	1	2	.333		7						0.0
James Bergey	1	4	.200		8						0.0
James McGee	0	0			1						0.0
Tom Sleeper	0	0			1						0.0
Ronald Roper	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Robert Weiss	0	5	.000	8.06	15	4		2	0		67.0	74	78	60	9	77	0	64	11	1	14
Totals	56	84	.400	5.31	240	117	0	55	3	0	1030.0	1062	768	608	79	659	2	882	50	11	73	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
Anthony Lembo	140	661	531	118	170	25	10	5	92	5	3	115	56	.320	.442	.433	.875	230		5	5	5
Tom Sleeper	134	602	505	115	168	24	14	14	100	17	7	90	109	.333	.438	.519	.956	262		5	1	1
Glen Plaster	109	503	425	77	129	24	2	14	106	3	0	69	40	.304	.401	.468	.869	199		3	2	4
Galen Mote	130	596	467	90	108	20	5	2	63	1	0	118	77	.231	.388	.308	.697	144		5	1	5
Fred Minton	94	449	410	67	106	15	5	2	29	11	5	35	69	.259	.320	.334	.654	137		2	2	0
Donald Dunn	120	545	462	72	104	18	5	2	45	4	1	72	91	.225	.331	.299	.630	138		3	4	4
Wade Arnold	133	515	431	61	98	14	8	6	70	3	0	72	82	.227	.339	.339	.678	146		4	2	6
James McGee	99	344	308	52	67	6	3	1	38	2	1	33	58	.218	.297	.266	.564	82		2	1	0
William Dunnam	40	177	162	30	51	11	5	1	23	7	4	11	32	.315	.358	.463	.821	75		1	1	2
Dave Nidiffer	37	148	114	20	26	5	6	0	21	0	0	28	37	.228	.372	.377	.749	43		1	0	5
Don Williams	21	87	76	11	18	2	0	1	3	0	0	8	20	.237	.310	.303	.612	23		0	3	0
Michael Young	19	82	69	13	16	2	4	1	15	0	0	9	25	.232	.341	.420	.762	29		3	0	1
Ray Wheeler	20	60	53	4	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	13	.245	.310	.264	.574	14		1	2	0
Matthew Ray	35	85	72	11	12	2	1	0	7	0	0	12	21	.167	.286	.222	.508	16		0	1	0
Ford Young	22	55	46	5	10	2	0	0	7	0	0	7	10	.217	.321	.261	.582	12		0	2	0
Joe Roberson	15	35	35	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	.257	.257	.286	.543	10		0	0	0
Orlene Murray	26	58	54	6	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	17	.148	.193	.185	.378	10		2	1	0
John Moore	12	44	36	7	7	2	1	0	4	0	0	5	2	.194	.293	.306	.598	11		0	3	0
Fritz Stanek	21	42	38	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.184	.244	.184	.428	7		0	1	0
Bill Kunkel	41	66	57	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	31	.123	.177	.123	.300	7		0	4	1
Warren Simpson	4	13	13		5									.385	.385	.385	.769	5
Robert Weiss	16	28	22	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	10	.182	.357	.273	.630	6		0	0	0
James Bergey	8	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Michael Ackerson	6	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Maurice Gross	4	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Robert Hale	7	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Andrew Mang	7	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Claude Crater	3	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Cole	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Cox	6	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Minick	7	12	12		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Roper	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1342	5278	4469	775	1150	176	70	49	641	54	21	702	812	.257	.360	.361	.721	1613	0	37	36	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Anthony Lembo	1B	140	1081	81	18	83	.985	8.300
Galen Mote	2B	27	63	65	6	13	.955	4.741
James McGee	2B	24	58	67	12	12	.912	5.208
Donald Dunn	2B	19	38	42	12	12	.870	4.211
Galen Mote	3B	81	82	152	18	11	.929	2.889
Tom Sleeper	3B	42	49	61	13	8	.894	2.619
Wade Arnold	C	119	945	63	24	15	.977	8.471	19
James McGee	C	24	161	24	16	8	.920	7.708	8
Glen Plaster	OF	109	178	11	9	4	.955	1.734
Fred Minton	OF	93	155	12	18	1	.903	1.796
Tom Sleeper	OF	88	141	11	18	1	.894	1.727
William Dunnam	OF	40	99	5	10	0	.912	2.600
Dave Nidiffer	OF	34	46	4	6	2	.893	1.471
James McGee	OF	32	43	4	3	2	.940	1.469
Michael Young	OF	17	26	2	3	0	.903	1.647
Bill Kunkel	P	40	10	38	5	4	.906	1.200
Matthew Ray	P	35	4	33	0	2	1.000	1.057
Orlene Murray	P	26	3	24	5	0	.844	1.038
Fritz Stanek	P	20	4	28	1	1	.970	1.600
Ford Young	P	19	3	13	2	0	.889	.842
Ray Wheeler	P	18	2	31	1	1	.971	1.833
Robert Weiss	P	15	2	11	5	2	.722	.867
Joe Roberson	P	14	2	22	3	2	.889	1.714
James Bergey	P	8						.000
William Minick	P	7						.000
Andrew Mang	P	7						.000
Robert Hale	P	7						.000
Edward Cox	P	6						.000
Michael Ackerson	P	6						.000
Maurice Gross	P	4						.000
Tom Cole	P	4						.000
Ronald Roper	P	2						.000
Tom Sleeper	P	1						.000
James McGee	P	1						.000
Donald Dunn	SS	96	115	233	58	39	.857	3.625
Don Williams	SS	21	40	45	13	9	.867	4.048
Galen Mote	SS	19	41	37	14	7	.848	4.105
Totals		1265	3391	1119	293	239	.939	3.565	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.

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