1958 Pensacola Dons Roster
Team Record: 67-55
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (67-55)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Ballpark: Vice Admiral Mason Park
Attendance: 52,989, Avg. 869
Playoffs - Selma Cloverleafs 3 games, Pensacola Dons 2
The Pensacola Dons of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1958 season with a record of 67 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Dons scored 614 runs and allowed 621 runs. Tommy Cantrell accounted for 53 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .252. Jim Lehew led the squad with 20 wins, while Gene Walker recorded a 3.06 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Jim Lehew played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Pensacola Dons to do so.
Lou Fitzgerald served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Antoni | R | R | 6'2" | 210 | ||
| James Caldwell | R | R | June 1, 1938 | 5'10" | 185 | |
| Tommy Cantrell | R | R | June 10, 1936 | 5'11" | 175 | Fort Worth, TX US |
| Louis Caputo | R | R | June 17, 1935 | 5'9" | 175 | |
| Al Carden | R | R | September 15, 1937 | 6'0" | 155 | |
| Nelson Daehn | L | R | March 18, 1929 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Larry Deer | L | L | 6'2" | 170 | ||
| Herbert Duff | R | L | June 7, 1940 | 6'2" | 182 | |
| Jerry Fausett | R | R | December 22, 1935 | 6'1" | 190 | |
| Dick Fletcher | R | R | December 18, 1931 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Robert Healey | R | R | July 26, 1936 | 6'2" | 184 | Cleveland, OH US |
| Stanley Hughes | R | January 20, 1928 | 5'7" | 145 | Wekiwa Township, OK US | |
| Emmett Hungate | L | 5'9" | 175 | |||
| Anthony Kerick | R | R | 6'3" | 180 | ||
| Joseph Lee | L | 6'0" | 185 | |||
| Jim Lehew | R | R | August 19, 1937 | 6'0" | 185 | Baltimore, MD US |
| Larry Lowe | L | 6'0" | 178 | |||
| Francis Mango | L | L | September 17, 1938 | 6'0" | 185 | |
| William Massey | R | R | 6'0" | 206 | ||
| James McAndrews | R | 5'11" | 190 | |||
| Richard Moavero | L | L | March 29, 1939 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Harold Moore | R | December 13, 1934 | 5'10" | 165 | ||
| James Moore | R | R | 6'1" | 200 | ||
| Richard Nebinger | R | 6'1" | 173 | |||
| Robert Reho | R | 6'2" | 195 | |||
| Wayne Robbins | January 8, 1936 | |||||
| Raymond Samples | L | L | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| Richard Sosnowski | R | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Howard Sprankle | R | R | 6'3" | 210 | ||
| Gene Walker | R | R | 6'2" | 195 | ||
| Daniel Welsh | L | L | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Mike Weltman | R | May 26, 1935 | 6'1" | 177 | ||
| Albert White | R | 6'2" | 174 | |||
| Tom Whitehead | R | October 30, 1933 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
| Neb Wilson | R | R | October 11, 1922 | 6'1" | 205 | East Spencer, NC US |
| Raynor Youngdahl | R | R | September 30, 1938 | 6'3" | 195 |
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.
