1956 Waterloo White Hawks Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 62-56
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Ira Hutchinson (62-56)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 46,119, Avg. 782
1956 Waterloo White Hawks Roster

The Waterloo White Hawks of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1956 season with a record of 62 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.

The White Hawks tallied 649 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Norm Cash topped all regular batters with a .334 average. Glen Rosenbaum led Waterloo with 15 wins, while Thomas Richards registered a 2.8 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1956 Waterloo White Hawks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Fritz Ackley, Norm Cash, Ed Hobaugh, Deacon Jones, Jack Kralick and Jim McAnany.

Ira Hutchinson 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
Glen Rosenbaum155.7503.573522164.016984651760
Richard Grant138.6194.612922162.0189107831656
Ed Hobaugh114.7332.952015125.01044341643
Thomas Richards104.7142.801816132.01005341964
Ray Preston36.3335.532213109.011583671361
Lewis Glidewell12.3335.4326158.0605835340
Fritz Ackley13.2504.5013334.0272117522
Charles Selby19.1006.15121160.0835141827
Bill Knapek0070.0
Wayne Sperry01.00070.0
Jack Kralick01.0003.79619.0211789
Al McKinney04.00070.0
Totals5547.5394.152021030000863.086851739877382000000

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
Norm Cash11541941914020323.334.334.561.895235
Dick Patton1184614611353732.293.293.399.692184
Jim Lynn11745345312627711.278.278.442.720200
Jerry Olesko1074144141101410.266.266.304.570126
Ned Johnson9128628670711.245.245.287.53182
Eugene Martin8627027061911.226.226.278.50475
Don Bacon57221221551012.249.249.330.57973
Jim McAnany5417617644635.250.250.403.65371
Robert Rous5716216237712.228.228.321.54952
Robert Sagers27979732911.330.330.474.80446
Charley Massey3411911928531.235.235.353.58842
Charley Schaffernoth3811211226501.232.232.304.53634
Arthur Schippers15434315002.349.349.488.83721
Thomas Richards26595915331.254.254.458.71227
Deacon Jones18505012120.240.240.340.58017
Richard Grant29626210110.161.161.210.37113
Ed Hobaugh2042429200.214.214.262.47611
Glen Rosenbaum3550509300.180.180.240.42012
Charles Selby1828288200.286.286.357.64310
Rudy Stanzel523237.304.304.304.6097
Ray Preston2433337300.212.212.303.51510
Del Johnston1026266003.231.231.577.80815
William Pauletich926266.231.231.231.4626
Jack Kralick6663.500.500.5001.0003
Al McKinney9993.333.333.333.6673
Thomas Denny821213.143.143.143.2863
Lewis Glidewell2612122200.167.167.333.5004
Fritz Ackley1516162000.125.125.125.2502
Bill Knapek7551.200.200.200.4001
Dick Heihs5660000.000.000.000.0000
Wayne Sperry7440000.000.000.000.0000
Totals1193371137110982173315600000.265.265.373.638138500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Glen RosenbaumP35.000
Richard GrantP29.000
Lewis GlidewellP26.000
Ray PrestonP22.000
Ed HobaughP20.000
Thomas RichardsP18.000
Fritz AckleyP13.000
Charles SelbyP12.000
Wayne SperryP7.000
Al McKinneyP7.000
Bill KnapekP7.000
Jack KralickP6.000
Totals2020000.000

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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