1958 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Hubert Bates (84-70)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 178,791, Avg. 2,322

1958 Atlanta Crackers Roster

Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 0

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Crackers scored 740 runs and gave up 659 runs. Sammy Meeks led Atlanta with 21 home runs and drove in 94 runs. Bruce Barmes paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Bob Hartman topped the squad with 20 wins, while Ray Rippelmeyer registered a 2.93 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1958 Atlanta Crackers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sammy Meeks, Carl Powis, Jim Umbricht, John DeMerit, Ebba St. Claire, Charlie Gorin, Bob Hartman, Terry Fox, Don Kaiser, Ray Rippelmeyer, Ken MacKenzie, Daryl Robertson, Bob Giggie, Mike Krsnich, Bruce Barmes, Chuck Cottier, Bob Botz, Bob Uecker, Roy Hawes, Georges Maranda and Dick Phillips.

Hubert Bates 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
Bob Hartman	20	10	.667	2.94	38	31		19	3		233.0	202	87	76	24	78	4	163	1	1	5
Ken MacKenzie	14	11	.560	3.63	33	26		11	1		191.0	195	89	77	25	52	3	103	0	0	0
Bob Giggie	12	7	.632	3.10	26	20		8	2		145.0	142	54	50	10	53	3	88	1	0	4
Ray Rippelmeyer	11	8	.579	2.93	21	19		10	3		132.0	128	55	43	12	55	2	71	7	1	3
Paul Cave	9	7	.562	3.62	46	14		6	2		149.0	144	76	60	15	64	3	86	8	0	5
Jim Umbricht	6	10	.375	4.06	54	12		3	1		173.0	145	85	78	18	81	10	116	4	0	1
Don Kaiser	3	2	.600	4.25	12	8		2	0		55.0	67	34	26	2	19	2	14	0	0	2
Noel Mickelsen	3	7	.300	4.67	24	7		2	0		81.0	83	54	42	8	31	5	47	2	0	1
John O'Donnell	2	1	.667	4.20	21	1		0	0		45.0	43	23	21	7	27	4	22	0	0	1
Charlie Gorin	2	3	.400	3.90	32	6		1	0		83.0	79	41	36	6	48	4	63	0	0	2
Terry Fox	2	4	.333	4.67	16	8		2	0		54.0	58	33	28	7	24	3	36	2	0	1
Dale Hendrickson	0	0			3						0.0									0
Georges Maranda	0	0			5						0.0									0
Bob Botz	0	0			1						0.0									0
Totals	84	70	.545	3.60	332	152	0	64	12	0	1341.0	1286	631	537	134	532	43	809	25	2	25	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
Chuck Cottier	153	653	583	32	157	29	8	8	62	2		53	70	.269	.332	.388	.719	226		4	8	5	7
Sammy Meeks	135	571	499	81	147	27	2	21	94	1		52	62	.295	.360	.483	.843	241		5	4	11	9
Bruce Barmes	140	571	484	80	145	13	3	2	35	5		74	37	.300	.391	.351	.742	170		1	8	4	1
John DeMerit	136	570	506	72	130	20	5	13	70	6		52	105	.257	.326	.393	.720	199		3	3	6	2
Dick Phillips	98	435	380	64	113	18	5	13	58	2		47	27	.297	.378	.474	.852	180		3	4	1	4
Bob Hartsfield	109	437	381	53	107	22	3	6	44	1		42	47	.281	.357	.402	.758	153		4	8	2	5
Mike Krsnich	84	359	324	48	96	28	3	11	49	2		27	37	.296	.347	.503	.850	163		1	2	5	2
Ebba St. Claire	105	415	341	37	89	8	4	6	45	0		63	43	.261	.384	.361	.745	123		7	1	3	12
Clarence Riddle	96	370	315	43	78	15	1	11	53	1		50	75	.248	.351	.406	.758	128		2	0	3	5
Bob Montag	93	287	220	48	57	12	2	13	41	2		62	44	.259	.427	.509	.936	112		3	1	1	3
Jim Solt	32	116	110	8	26	6	0	1	10	1		5	14	.236	.270	.318	.588	35		0	1	0	2
James Callaway	29	84	68	12	18	1	1	0	6	0		14	2	.265	.390	.309	.699	21		0	2	0	0
Carl Powis	17	74	63	10	16	3	0	1	7	1		9	6	.254	.356	.349	.705	22		1	1	0	1
Don Frailey	16	58	49	5	15	1	0	1	6	0		9	11	.306	.414	.388	.802	19		0	0	0	1
Ray Rippelmeyer	26	58	52	9	14	2	1	1	8	0		1	12	.269	.296	.404	.700	21		1	4	0	0
Jim Umbricht	54	68	60	4	11	0	0	0	6	0		6	9	.183	.258	.183	.441	11		0	2	0	0
Ken MacKenzie	34	74	58	5	10	0	0	0	8	0		8	13	.172	.257	.172	.430	10		0	4	4	0
Daryl Robertson	9	36	36		9									.250	.250	.250	.500	9
Bob Giggie	27	57	48	2	9	2	0	0	5	0		1	17	.188	.204	.229	.433	11		0	8	0	0
Bob Uecker	15	60	52	7	9	1	0	1	3	0		6	10	.173	.259	.250	.509	13		0	2	0	1
Noel Mickelsen	24	29	26	4	8	0	0	0	4	0		3	11	.308	.379	.308	.687	8		0	0	0	0
Jerry Streeter	9	31	31		8									.258	.258	.258	.516	8
Roy Hawes	12	40	35	3	8	1	0	0	4	0		4	4	.229	.308	.257	.565	9		0	1	0	0
Paul Cave	47	56	48	4	8	0	0	0	4	0		5	20	.167	.245	.167	.412	8		0	3	0	0
Bob Hartman	38	95	82	7	8	0	0	0	6	0		10	28	.098	.196	.098	.293	8		0	3	0	0
William Reynolds	10	36	31	2	6	0	0	1	3	0		5	9	.194	.306	.290	.596	9		0	0	0	2
Terry Fox	16	18	18	1	4	2	0	0	2	0		0	6	.222	.222	.333	.556	6		0	0	0	0
John O'Donnell	27	31	29	2	4	0	1	0	3	0		1	7	.138	.161	.207	.368	6		0	0	1	0
Charlie Gorin	34	28	18	4	2	1	0	0	2	0		7	5	.111	.360	.167	.527	3		0	3	0	0
Don Kaiser	12	21	18	2	1	1	0	0	4	0		2	9	.056	.150	.111	.261	2		0	1	0	0
Dale Hendrickson	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Georges Maranda	5	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1645	5744	4971	649	1313	213	39	110	642	24	0	618	740	.264	.347	.389	.736	1934	0	35	74	46	57

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Clarence Riddle	1B	93	702	70	8	100	.990	8.301
Mike Krsnich	1B	43	361	24	4	39	.990	8.953
Bob Montag	1B	13	72	10	0	12	1.000	6.308
Sammy Meeks	1B	11	72	4	3	10	.962	6.909
Chuck Cottier	2B	153	414	455	31	141	.966	5.680
Sammy Meeks	3B	68	46	110	8	12	.951	2.294
Bob Hartsfield	3B	65	57	106	9	12	.948	2.508
Mike Krsnich	3B	26	34	48	9	10	.901	3.154
Ebba St. Claire	C	100	573	47	5	6	.992	6.200	6
Jim Solt	C	25	144	3	3	1	.980	5.880	2
James Callaway	C	19	99	7	3	0	.972	5.579	8
Bob Uecker	C	15	77	12	4	1	.957	5.933	0
John DeMerit	OF	135	356	9	9	1	.976	2.704
Bruce Barmes	OF	132	259	8	7	2	.974	2.023
Bob Montag	OF	65	98	1	5	0	.952	1.523
Bob Hartsfield	OF	37	42	2	1	0	.978	1.189
Carl Powis	OF	17	28	1	0	1	1.000	1.706
Don Frailey	OF	14	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.071
Mike Krsnich	OF	13	27	1	1	0	.966	2.154
Dick Phillips	OF	11	21	2	0	0	1.000	2.091
Jim Umbricht	P	54	10	39	1	1	.980	.907
Paul Cave	P	46	11	26	1	1	.974	.804
Bob Hartman	P	38	11	27	0	2	1.000	1.000
Ken MacKenzie	P	33	7	18	0	1	1.000	.758
Charlie Gorin	P	32	3	14	2	0	.895	.531
Bob Giggie	P	26	11	28	0	1	1.000	1.500
Noel Mickelsen	P	24	4	12	0	0	1.000	.667
Ray Rippelmeyer	P	21	17	30	1	4	.979	2.238
John O'Donnell	P	21	3	7	1	2	.909	.476
Terry Fox	P	16	3	13	0	1	1.000	1.000
Don Kaiser	P	12	0	7	2	0	.778	.583
Georges Maranda	P	5						.000
Dale Hendrickson	P	3						.000
Bob Botz	P	1						.000
Dick Phillips	SS	86	184	224	20	70	.953	4.744
Sammy Meeks	SS	50	83	152	10	31	.959	4.700
Totals		1523	3843	1518	148	462	.973	3.520	16	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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