1956 Sioux City Soos Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 49-91
Finished 8th in the WL
Manager: Harold Olt (0-0), Bob Clear (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Soos Park
Attendance: 40,734, Avg. 582

1956 Sioux City Soos Roster

The Sioux City Soos of the Western League ended the 1956 season with a record of 49 wins and 91 losses, finishing eighth in the WL.

The Soos plated 717 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 851 runs.

Ken Landenberger played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Sioux City Soos to do so.

Harold Olt and Bob Clear 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
Ted Thiem	11	14	.440	4.21	34	27		11			188.0	190	114	88	23	89		99	3	0	8
Ed Ludwig	9	10	.474	4.50	26	21		8			150.0	163	92	75	18	61		130	5	0	6
Richard Atkinson	7	10	.412	5.14	29	24		9			177.0	187	130	101	27	97		134	8	0	5
Vernon Cray	6	11	.353	4.62	57	2		0			115.0	118	69	59	19	49		81	2	0	12
Bob Clear	5	4	.556	6.00	22	9		5			78.0	95	56	52	21	44		60	2	0	5
Don Urquhart	3	5	.375	4.50	15	11		5			84.0	92	52	42	10	47		44	3	0	1
Gary Underhill	3	5	.375	5.14	16	10		0			63.0	68	48	36	7	44		49	2	1	2
Rogers Fister	3	14	.176	6.42	34	19		4			143.0	162	124	102	21	91		85	2	0	7
Dick Spiller	2	5	.286	6.10	23	6		1			62.0	74	53	42	13	36		43	1	0	11
Norman Johnson	0	0			6						0.0									0
Harold Norris	0	0			4						0.0									0
Clifford Savage	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Basil Mitchell	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
George Storti	0	3	.000		6						0.0									0
Douglas Bogenreif	0	4	.000		6						0.0									0
Michael Gaston	0	4	.000	6.97	8	5		2			31.0	32	26	24	0	35		18	2	2	3
Totals	49	91	.350	5.12	295	134	0	45	0	0	1091.0	1181	764	621	159	593	0	743	30	3	60	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
James Brown	134	585	540	75	150	30	2	13	65	2		37	76	.278	.325	.413	.738	223	12	2	3	3
Ken Landenberger	123	536	443	83	139	23	1	28	95	0		87	64	.314	.426	.560	.986	248	8	1	3	2
Dick Cordell	121	491	432	73	128	22	2	23	76	1		53	69	.296	.374	.516	.890	223	9	2	2	2
Donald Catchot	120	500	438	82	127	27	7	15	70	2		51	85	.290	.367	.486	.854	213	4	5	2	4
Arthur Burnett	133	609	500	83	118	18	4	19	57	4		93	91	.236	.361	.402	.763	201	7	7	5	4
Walter Fassler	108	470	410	80	117	19	0	12	52	4		46	63	.285	.359	.420	.779	172	8	3	8	3
James McArdle	86	352	308	41	94	15	1	7	53	0		37	34	.305	.379	.429	.807	132	6	0	6	1
Bill Brown	89	297	272	32	63	10	0	6	23	0		22	55	.232	.288	.335	.623	91	7	0	2	1
Gene Davis	57	222	191	28	44	9	1	2	22	1		22	44	.230	.315	.319	.634	61	2	2	6	1
Galen Williams	32	139	123	15	28	4	1	2	13	4		12	10	.228	.312	.325	.637	40	2	3	1	0
William Burton	20	90	77	10	19	2	1	0	5	7		10	7	.247	.341	.299	.640	23	1	1	2	0
Ted Thiem	46	89	83	11	19	2	1	1	12	0		2	26	.229	.244	.313	.557	26	2	0	3	1
Bob Clear	43	86	75	11	18	3	0	1	7	1		8	14	.240	.306	.320	.626	24	1	0	1	2
Ed Ludwig	28	64	58	4	11	0	0	0	3	0		2	15	.190	.230	.190	.419	11	0	1	3	0
Rogers Fister	34	51	47	1	9	2	0	0	6	0		0	21	.191	.188	.234	.422	11	0	0	3	1
Don Urquhart	22	44	32	5	6	1	0	1	5	0		10	14	.188	.372	.312	.685	10	0	0	1	1
Dick Barnhart	15	54	36	5	6	1	1	1	6	1		15	10	.167	.434	.333	.767	12	0	2	1	0
Clair Troxell	8	21	21		5									.238	.238	.238	.476	5
Dick Spiller	23	28	25	1	5	0	0	1	3	0		0	3	.200	.192	.320	.512	8	0	0	2	1
Basil Mitchell	5	7	7		4									.571	.571	.571	1.143	4
Robert Whitekiller	8	19	19		3									.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Vernon Cray	57	36	29	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	.103	.278	.103	.381	3	0	0	0	0
Michael Gaston	8	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Duane Zimmer	11	21	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	.111	.238	.111	.349	2	1	0	0	0
Richard Atkinson	29	73	59	3	2	0	0	0	2	0		5	32	.034	.109	.034	.143	2	0	0	9	0
George Storti	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Gary Underhill	16	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	3	0		2	8	.045	.120	.045	.165	1	1	0	0	1
Norman Johnson	6	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Brown	5	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Douglas Bogenreif	6	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1399	4946	4302	646	1124	188	22	132	578	27	0	524	746	.261	.343	.407	.751	1752	71	29	63	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ken Landenberger	1B	122	947	90	16	83	.985	8.500
Dick Barnhart	1B	14	129	11	0	8	1.000	1.000
Galen Williams	2B	32	62	78	12	13	.921	4.375
Gene Davis	2B	24	57	64	10	15	.924	5.042
Bill Brown	2B	18	26	29	3	4	.948	3.056
Arthur Burnett	3B	110	104	225	37	24	.899	2.991
Gene Davis	3B	20	21	39	3	3	.952	3.000
Bob Clear	3B	10	11	12	3	2	.885	2.300
James McArdle	C	83	533	65	14	6	.977	7.205	9
Bill Brown	C	48	255	30	4	6	.986	5.938	14
James Brown	OF	131	233	14	13	2	.950	1.885
Donald Catchot	OF	119	237	13	12	3	.954	2.101
Dick Cordell	OF	112	203	12	7	1	.968	1.920
William Burton	OF	20	45	1	1	1	.979	2.300
Vernon Cray	P	57	5	28	3	1	.917	.579
Ted Thiem	P	34	16	30	2	4	.958	1.353
Rogers Fister	P	34	9	28	4	1	.902	1.088
Richard Atkinson	P	29	6	21	5	3	.844	.931
Ed Ludwig	P	26	3	33	2	1	.947	1.385
Dick Spiller	P	23	5	15	2	1	.909	.870
Bob Clear	P	22	4	16	0	1	1.000	.909
Gary Underhill	P	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.000
Don Urquhart	P	15	2	14	2	0	.889	1.067
Michael Gaston	P	8						.000
George Storti	P	6						.000
Norman Johnson	P	6						.000
Douglas Bogenreif	P	6						.000
Basil Mitchell	P	5						.000
Clifford Savage	P	4						.000
Harold Norris	P	4						.000
Walter Fassler	SS	108	196	311	24	54	.955	4.694
Arthur Burnett	SS	20	36	50	8	10	.915	4.300
Gene Davis	SS	12	26	18	4	5	.917	3.667
Totals		1298	3176	1258	191	252	.959	3.416	23	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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