Sooner State League | |
Sport: | Minor League Baseball |
President: | Jack Mealey (1947–1951) Uke Clanton (1952–1955) George Barr (1956–1957) |
Inaugural: | 1947 |
Teams: | 15 |
Country: | United States of America |
Continent: | or |
Continents: | --> |
Folded: | 1957 |
Most Champs: | 5 McAlester Rockets |
Classification: | Class D (1947–1957) |
The Sooner State League was a Class D level minor league baseball league that operated from 1947 through 1957. The league owners kept it alive in 1958, anticipating a return to play in 1959. However, when only Ardmore and Paris, Texas, were able to secure working agreements, the league folded on February 12, 1959. It was the last Class D league west of the Mississippi River. The league franchises were based in Oklahoma and Texas.
Ada Herefords 1947–1954; Ada Cementers (August 3, 1954–season end)
Ardmore Indians 1947–1952; Ardmore Cardinals 1953–1957.
Chickasha Chiefs 1948–1952
Duncan Cementers – 1947–1948; Duncan Uttmen 1949–1950
Gainesville Owls 1953–1955
Greenville Majors 1957.
Lawton Giants 1947–1951; Lawton Reds 1952–1953; Lawton Braves 1954–1957
McAlester Rockets 1947–1956
Muskogee Giants 1955–1957
Paris Orioles 1955–1957
Pauls Valley Raiders 1948–1954
Ponca City Cubs 1955–1957
Seminole Oilers 1947–1949; Seminole Ironmen 1950–1951; Seminole Oilers 1954–1957
Shawnee Hawks 1950–1957
Lawton Giants | 98 | 42 | .700 | – | 24,248 | ||
Ada Herefords | 86 | 51 | .628 | 10.5 | 41,872 | ||
McAlester Rockets | 73 | 67 | .521 | 25.0 | 43,657 | William Nebroak | |
Ardmore Indians | 72 | 67 | .518 | 25.5 | 27,943 | Dutch Prather | |
Seminole Oilers | 48 | 90 | .348 | 49.0 | 30,003 | ||
Duncan Cementers | 39 | 99 | .283 | 58.0 | 8,220 | Otto Utt |
Russell Hawley | McAlester | BA | .382 | Forrest Smith | Ada | W | 23 | |
Robert Andrlik | Ardmore | Runs | 158 | William Donaghey | Ada | SO | 244 | |
A.B. Everett | McAlester | Hits | 188 | Forest Smith | Ada | ERA | 2.00 | |
Paul Richardville | Ada | RBI | 111 | Joseph Galioto | Lawton | PCT | .800 20–5 | |
Howard Weeks | Lawton | HR | 11 | |||||
Paul Richardville | Ada | HR | 11 |
McAlester Rockets | 91 | 47 | .659 | – | 63,060 | ||
Lawton Giants | 77 | 59 | .566 | 13.0 | 33,861 | ||
Seminole Oilers | 75 | 62 | .547 | 15.5 | 40,053 | ||
Chickasha Chiefs | 73 | 63 | .537 | 17.0 | 35,640 | Ray Honeycutt | |
Ada Herefords | 63 | 76 | .453 | 28.5 | 27,050 | ||
Ardmore Indians | 60 | 78 | .435 | 31.0 | 37,944 | Donald Smith / Jim Cooke | |
Pauls Valley Raiders | 56 | 81 | .409 | 34.5 | 27,071 | ||
Duncan Cementers | 54 | 83 | .394 | 36.5 | 27,066 | Jess Welch / Otto Utt |
Cromer Smotherman | McAlester | BA | .347 | Bob Giddings | Lawton | W | 25 | |
Bob Hyatt | Pauls Valley | Runs | 122 | Tom Kruta | Ardmore | SO | 186 | |
Al Billingsley | McAlester | Hits | 190 | Buddy Yount | McAlester | ERA | 2.11 | |
Howard Martin | McAlester | RBI | 122 | Buddy Yount | McAlester | PCT | .944; 17–1 | |
Howard Martin | McAlester | HR | 19 |
Pauls Valley Raiders | 88 | 52 | .629 | – | 61,085 | ||
Lawton Giants | 87 | 52 | .626 | 0.5 | 45,501 | ||
Chickasha Chiefs | 78 | 61 | .561 | 9.5 | 59,306 | Ray Honeycutt | |
Ada Herefords | 69 | 70 | .497 | 18.5 | 33,525 | Bill Krueger | |
Duncan Uttmen | 65 | 74 | .468 | 22.5 | 36,678 | Edward Marleau / James Skidgel/ Hosea Pfeiffer | |
McAlester Rockets | 58 | 82 | .414 | 30.0 | 56,733 | ||
Ardmore Indians | 57 | 81 | .413 | 30.0 | 43,348 | Dutch Prather / James Skidgel | |
Seminole Oilers | 54 | 84 | .391 | 33.0 | 33,258 | Hugh Willingham / Paul Schoendienst |
Pete Runnels | Chickasha | BA | .372 | Jim Melton | Pauls Valley | W | 23 | |
Kelly Wingo | Chickasha | Runs | 123 | Joseph Micciche | Lawton | SO | 297 | |
Pete Runnels | Chickasha | Hits | 188 | James Spencer | Lawton | ERA | 1.96 | |
A.B. Pearson | Pauls Valley | RBI | 123 | Joseph Micciche | Lawton | PCT | .769; 20–6 | |
Daryl Spencer | Pauls Valley | HR | 23 | |||||
Bill Milligan | Ada | HR | 23 |
Ada Herefords | 96 | 41 | .701 | – | 31,981 | Bill Krueger | |
McAlester Rockets | 92 | 48 | .657 | 5.5 | 58,048 | ||
Chickasha Chiefs | 80 | 59 | .575 | 17.0 | 43,759 | Ray Honeycutt | |
Ardmore Indians | 75 | 65 | .536 | 22.5 | 44,454 | ||
Pauls Valley Raiders | 68 | 72 | .486 | 29.5 | 25,848 | Red Phillips / Joseph Jacobs | |
Seminole Ironmen | 55 | 83 | .399 | 41.5 | 21,366 | Kelly Wingo / Lloyd Giger / Dennis Rackley | |
Duncan Uttmen / Shawnee Hawks | 51 | 85 | .375 | 44.5 | 15,950 | Hosea Pfeiffer / Dutch Prather / Kelly Wingo | |
Lawton Giants | 37 | 101 | .268 | 59.5 | 31,817 |
Clinton Weaver | McAlester | BA | .378 | William Donaghey | Ada | W | 26 | |
Ron Jackson | Ada | Runs | 154 | Jack Urban | McAlester | SO | 279 | |
Jack Taylor | McAlester | Hits | 212 | Jack Urban | McAlester | ERA | 2.15 | |
Stephen Molinari | Ada | RBI | 162 | Bill Starr | Ada | PCT | .917; 11–1 | |
Stephen Molinari | Ada | HR | 39 |
Ardmore Indians | 99 | 40 | .712 | – | 40,742 | ||
Shawnee Hawks | 96 | 44 | .686 | 3.5 | 44,428 | ||
McAlester Rockets | 91 | 48 | .655 | 8.0 | 42,028 | ||
Pauls Valley Raiders | 90 | 50 | .643 | 9.5 | 27,580 | ||
Ada Herefords | 54 | 86 | .386 | 45.5 | 12,779 | ||
Chickasha Chiefs | 46 | 94 | .329 | 53.5 | 21,107 | Kelly Wingo / Jerry Jackson / Chet Bryan / William Reyes | |
Lawton Giants | 46 | 94 | .329 | 53.5 | 17,252 | Ray Baker | |
Seminole Ironmen | 37 | 103 | .264 | 62.5 | 16,915 | Ripper Collins / Dutch Prather |
Lou Fitzgerald | Shawnee | BA | .379 | Dee Sanders | McAlester | W | 27 | |
Joe Nodar | Ardmore | Runs | 179 | Ken Hemphill | Pauls Valley | W | 27 | |
Dan Toma | Pauls Valley | Hits | 195 | Armin Somonte | Ardmore | SO | 341 | |
Manuel Temes | Ardmore | Hits | 195 | Dee Sanders | McAlester | ERA | 1.67 | |
Glenn Snyder | Ardmore | RBI | 155 | Dee Sanders | McAlester | PCT | .871; 27–4 | |
Manuel Temes | Ardmore | RBI | 155 | |||||
Dan Demby | Pauls Valley | HR | 30 | |||||
Don Williamson | Pauls Valley | HR | 30 |
McAlester Rockets | 87 | 53 | .621 | – | 52,395 | William Cope | |
Pauls Valley Raiders | 80 | 59 | .576 | 6.5 | 34,500 | ||
Chickasha Chiefs | 78 | 62 | .557 | 9.0 | 27,494 | Ray Taylor | |
Shawnee Hawks | 73 | 67 | .521 | 14.0 | 44,680 | Lou Fitzgerald / James Jolly | |
Sherman Twins | 72 | 68 | .514 | 15.0 | 19,815 | ||
Lawton Reds | 63 | 77 | .450 | 24.0 | 52,807 | Tuck McWilliams | |
Ada Herefords | 57 | 82 | .410 | 29.5 | 38,387 | Bill Enos / Virl Loman / Jim England | |
Ardmore Indians | 49 | 91 | .350 | 38.0 | 24,362 | Jackie Sullivan / Royce Mills / Hugh Willingham / Clyde Baldwin / Julian Morgan |
Ray Taylor | Chickasha | BA | .365 | Charles Seymour | McAlester | W | 25 | |
Vincent Downs | Lawton | Runs | 142 | Charles Seymour | McAlester | SO | 292 | |
Jim England | Ada | Hits | 198 | Charles Seymour | McAlester | ERA | 1.91 | |
Don Williamson | Pauls Valley | RBI | 148 | Charles Seymour | McAlester | PCT | .806; 25–6 | |
Bob Hertel | McAlester | HR | 22 | |||||
Don Williamson | Pauls Valley | HR | 22 |
Ardmore Cardinals | 91 | 46 | .664 | – | 43,000 | ||
Shawnee Hawks | 86 | 53 | .619 | 6.0 | 39,441 | ||
Ada Herefords | 84 | 54 | .609 | 7.5 | 36,128 | ||
McAlester Rockets | 83 | 56 | .597 | 9.0 | 40,485 | William Cope | |
Pauls Valley Raiders | 63 | 74 | .460 | 28.0 | 18,453 | Richard Klaus | |
Sherman-Denison Twins | 61 | 77 | .442 | 30.5 | 18,784 | Red McCarty | |
Lawton Reds | 47 | 89 | .346 | 43.5 | 18,029 | Tuck McWilliams | |
Gainesville Owls | 36 | 102 | .261 | 55.5 | 20,523 | James Grigg / Ernest Shadid / Jesse Landrum |
Russ Snyder | McAlester | BA | .432 | J.L. Rhodes | Ada | W | 21 | |
Al Viotta | Ardmore | Runs | 159 | Don Huffman | Shawnee | SO | 250 | |
Russ Snyder | McAlester | Hits | 240 | James Peterson | Shawnee | ERA | 1.94 | |
Al Viotta | Ardmore | RBI | 161 | Robert Shipman | McAlester | PCT | .813; 13–3 | |
Ron Slawski | Ada | HR | 31 | |||||
Bob Norden | Ada | HR | 31 |
Shawnee Hawks | 92 | 48 | .657 | – | 42,189 | ||
Lawton Braves | 81 | 58 | .583 | 10.5 | 47,431 | ||
McAlester Rockets | 76 | 64 | .543 | 16.0 | 53,410 | Bunny Mick | |
Ardmore Cardinals | 72 | 67 | .518 | 19.5 | 31,090 | ||
Gainesville Owls | 72 | 68 | .514 | 20.0 | 14,385 | Richard Rigazio | |
Ada Herefords / Cementers | 64 | 76 | .457 | 28 | 28,482 | Louis Brower / John Densmore | |
Seminole Oilers | 61 | 79 | .436 | 31.0 | 16,840 | Tom Warren / Ray Taylor | |
Pauls Valley Raiders | 41 | 99 | .293 | 51.0 | 29,468 |
Ray Mitchell | Shawnee | BA | .371 | Wendell Doss | Lawton | W | 24 | |
Bill Fox | Shawnee | Runs | 139 | Joe Roberson | Shawnee | SO | 225 | |
Bill Fox | Shawnee | Hits | 193 | Joe Roberson | Shawnee | ERA | 2.52 | |
Jim Humbert | Shawnee | RBI | 136 | Tom Warren | Seminole | PCT | .909 10–1 | |
Gene Green | Ardmore | HR | 34 |
Lawton Braves | 95 | 44 | .683 | – | 45,554 | ||
Shawnee Hawks | 77 | 61 | .558 | 17.5 | 37,817 | ||
Muskogee Giants | 74 | 66 | .529 | 21.5 | 47,485 | Richard Klaus | |
Paris Orioles | 68 | 69 | .496 | 26.0 | 44,805 | ||
Ardmore Cardinals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 30.5 | 33,731 | ||
McAlester Rockets | 65 | 75 | .464 | 30.5 | 47,295 | Marvin Crater | |
Gainesville Owls / Ponca City Cubs | 56 | 83 | .403 | 39.0 | 26,169 | ||
Seminole Oilers | 56 | 83 | .403 | 39.0 | 26,775 | Charles Hopkins / Al Evans |
Hal Gordon | Seminole | BA | .345 | Bob Dudley | Lawton | W | 23 | |
William Caye | Muskogee | Runs | 117 | Dale Hendrickson | Lawton | SO | 256 | |
Walt Massefski | Paris | Hits | 178 | Dale Hendrickson | Lawton | ERA | 1.26 | |
Walt Massefski | Paris | RBI | 107 | Mike Kirmer | Lawton | PCT | .813 13–3 | |
James Brown | Ardmore | HR | 21 |
Ardmore Cardinals | 83 | 56 | .597 | – | 47,110 | J.C. Dunn | |
Lawton Braves | 80 | 60 | .571 | 3.5 | 30,550 | ||
Seminole Oilers | 74 | 66 | .529 | 9.5 | 31,249 | Burl Storie | |
Paris Orioles | 72 | 67 | .518 | 11.0 | 37,764 | ||
Ponca City Cubs | 70 | 70 | .500 | 13.5 | 20,674 | Don Biebel | |
Muskogee Giants | 63 | 76 | .453 | 20.0 | 37,983 | Richard Klaus | |
McAlester Rockets | 60 | 79 | .432 | 23.0 | 32,302 | Marvin Crater | |
Shawnee Hawks | 56 | 84 | .400 | 27.5 | 24,872 |
Russell Gragg | Ponca City | BA | .352 | John Bartek | Ardmore | W | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Stangel | Ardmore | Runs | 132 | Vincent Kilpela | Ardmore | SO | 276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russell Gragg | Ponca City | Hits | 183 | [Mike Mazzamorra ||Seminole||ERA||2.28
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|J.C. Dunn ||Ardmore||RBI||134||||John Bartek ||Ardmore||PCT||.778 21-6
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|[[Gene Oliver]]||Ardmore||HR||39|||| Mike Mazzamorra ||Seminole||PCT||.778 21–6 |} 1957 schedule
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