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 Roster

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, Tommy Fine, Walt Craddock, Ray Yochim, Bill Miller, Dale Coogan and Les Peden were all players from the 1956 Shreveport Sports who played in the Majors during their careers.

Mel McGaha 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
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
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.

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