1956 Wichita Falls Spudders Statistics
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 4th in the BSL
Manager: Danny Ozark (76-64)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Ballpark: Spudder Park
Attendance: 60,891, Avg. 870
Playoffs - Corpus Christi Clippers 4 games, Wichita Falls Spudders 1
The Wichita Falls Spudders of the Big State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the BSL.
The Spudders tallied 879 runs and surrendered 783 runs. Danny Ozark led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .350 average. Donald Huffman topped Wichita Falls with 18 wins, while Edward Ritchie registered a 4.09 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Willard Hunter and Don LeJohn both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Danny Ozark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Huffman | 18 | 15 | .545 | 4.70 | 52 | 23 | 230.0 | 240 | 136 | 120 | 23 | 122 | ||||||||||
| Edward Ritchie | 14 | 11 | .560 | 4.09 | 46 | 26 | 240.0 | 228 | 126 | 109 | 25 | 126 | ||||||||||
| Willard Hunter | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.79 | 38 | 30 | 199.0 | 204 | 129 | 106 | 9 | 125 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ryan | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.25 | 39 | 15 | 144.0 | 133 | 108 | 84 | 16 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Tom Puehl | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.11 | 12 | 9 | 81.0 | 83 | 42 | 37 | 10 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Edward Knapp | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.56 | 42 | 9 | 142.0 | 147 | 86 | 72 | 17 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Robert Spier | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.80 | 11 | 9 | 60.0 | 75 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Louis Hribar | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 13 | 7 | 36.0 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Donald Kenway | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Kwiatkowski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Ozark | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Work | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deane Mink | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eldon DeRoin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Koczwara | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Wiegand | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 64 | .543 | 4.58 | 297 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1132.0 | 1141 | 686 | 576 | 104 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don LeJohn | 140 | 561 | 561 | 186 | 42 | 9 | 13 | .332 | .332 | .508 | .840 | 285 | |||||||||||
| William Davidson | 138 | 571 | 571 | 173 | 32 | 4 | 12 | .303 | .303 | .436 | .739 | 249 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Pillow | 131 | 511 | 511 | 154 | 33 | 3 | 11 | .301 | .301 | .442 | .744 | 226 | |||||||||||
| Joe Kwiatkowski | 135 | 506 | 506 | 142 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .281 | .281 | .350 | .630 | 177 | |||||||||||
| Danny Ozark | 113 | 386 | 386 | 135 | 23 | 3 | 32 | .350 | .350 | .674 | 1.023 | 260 | |||||||||||
| Gene Wallace | 132 | 455 | 455 | 131 | 24 | 10 | 5 | .288 | .288 | .418 | .705 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Hurych | 137 | 513 | 513 | 129 | 24 | 5 | 21 | .251 | .251 | .441 | .692 | 226 | |||||||||||
| Dan Gatta | 127 | 491 | 491 | 128 | 16 | 2 | 21 | .261 | .261 | .430 | .690 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Ed Allen | 49 | 139 | 139 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .324 | .403 | .727 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Fran Boniar | 50 | 157 | 157 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .287 | .287 | .382 | .669 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Ed Serrano | 35 | 113 | 113 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .265 | .504 | 30 | |||||||||||
| John Tobias | 33 | 61 | 61 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .311 | .557 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Donald Huffman | 54 | 78 | 78 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .269 | .449 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Edward Ritchie | 50 | 80 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .175 | .338 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Tom Puehl | 14 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .324 | .324 | .514 | .838 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Willie Morse | 30 | 55 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .218 | .382 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ryan | 40 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .196 | .370 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Willard Hunter | 44 | 70 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .129 | .243 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Robert Spier | 15 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Edward Knapp | 43 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .152 | .283 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Koczwara | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Eldon DeRoin | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Donald Kenway | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Hribar | 13 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Deane Mink | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Wiegand | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1560 | 4955 | 4955 | 0 | 1396 | 257 | 40 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .423 | .705 | 2096 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Huffman | P | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Ritchie | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Knapp | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Ryan | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Willard Hunter | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Hribar | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Puehl | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Spier | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Eldon DeRoin | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Wiegand | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Koczwara | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Kenway | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Work | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Deane Mink | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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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