1958 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 84-63
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Eddie Bockman (0-0), Gale Pringle (0-0)
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 85,931, Avg. 1,169

1958 Amarillo Gold Sox Roster

The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Western League ended the 1958 season with a record of 84 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the WL.

The Gold Sox plated 886 runs and conceded 787 runs. Al Pinkston paced Amarillo with 24 home runs, while Dixie Upright and John Goodell walloped 15 or more, too. Al Pinkston drove in 126 runs. Dixie Upright led all regular batters by connecting at a .343 clip. Hugh Blanton topped the squad with 20 wins, and Gale Pringle recorded a 2.38 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1958 Amarillo Gold Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Eddie Bockman, Al Pinkston, Eric MacKenzie, Dixie Upright and Bill Bradford.

Eddie Bockman and Gale Pringle 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
Hugh Blanton	20	6	.769	4.76	37	31		11	1		240.0	292	144	127	24	107		138	7	0	6
Gale Pringle	14	3	.824	2.38	61	3		3	1		136.0	124	46	36	9	39		115	3	1	5
James Johnson	14	11	.560	3.79	42	31		8	0		216.0	238	119	91	16	93		137	5	0	7
Dick Bays	8	4	.667	4.63	40	6		1	0		103.0	106	60	53	6	34		55	4	1	2
Ray Bauer	7	3	.700	3.38	45	1		0	0		64.0	69	29	24	4	24		34	0	0	0
Garland Brill	7	6	.538	4.00	22	16		4	0		108.0	127	56	48	9	37		55	1	0	7
Jim Russell	5	9	.357	5.80	28	20		4	0		138.0	172	102	89	13	59		82	5	1	4
Al Curtis	4	12	.250	5.91	33	22		6	1		160.0	210	129	105	14	67		106	3	1	4
Gerald Speck	2	5	.286	4.91	14	10		2	0		55.0	64	45	30	3	17		30	0	0	2
Kenneth Moursund	1	0	1.000		1						0.0									0
Joseph Gushanas	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
Richard Jack					6						0.0
Noel Oquendo	0	0			3						0.0									0
Michael Acker	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bill Bradford	0	2	.000		9						0.0									0
Totals	83	62	.572	4.45	346	140	0	39	3	0	1220.0	1402	730	603	98	477	0	752	28	4	37	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
Al Pinkston	148	674	606	114	204	44	5	24	126	3		55	69	.337	.392	.545	.936	330	15	3	5	5
Dixie Upright	146	661	554	106	190	33	7	17	116	1		96	101	.343	.436	.520	.956	288	7	1	3	7
Billy Shields	137	600	521	96	158	40	9	12	96	20		58	105	.303	.380	.484	.864	252	8	10	5	6
Jerry Streeter	141	655	549	113	156	28	11	10	59	16		85	131	.284	.383	.430	.813	236	6	4	15	2
Clyde Perry	148	687	591	104	154	21	10	3	63	17		84	87	.261	.354	.345	.700	204	11	3	7	2
John Goodell	147	660	532	103	125	21	7	17	86	9		113	105	.235	.368	.397	.765	211	14	4	3	8
Teddy Tate	127	486	411	64	103	11	2	3	55	0		66	57	.251	.350	.309	.659	127	11	0	3	6
Joseph Pahr	89	366	316	43	92	16	1	6	52	1		39	36	.291	.372	.405	.777	128	10	4	3	4
Jim Russell	75	123	110	16	33	4	3	4	22	0		12	29	.300	.374	.500	.874	55	4	1	0	0
Larry Segovia	28	130	111	22	28	1	2	2	12	5		18	18	.252	.357	.351	.708	39	2	0	1	0
Eddie Bockman	39	116	97	18	27	8	0	1	16	3		16	20	.278	.388	.392	.780	38	2	2	0	1
Eric MacKenzie	35	101	89	10	21	1	0	0	9	0		9	15	.236	.317	.247	.564	22	0	2	0	1
Hugh Blanton	38	109	93	15	21	6	1	3	14	0		10	22	.226	.301	.409	.710	38	2	0	6	0
Len Attyd	16	70	64	7	17	4	0	1	11	0		5	9	.266	.314	.375	.689	24	2	0	0	1
Al Curtis	36	64	53	4	13	0	0	1	5	0		7	11	.245	.339	.302	.641	16	1	1	2	1
Jim Johnson	15	58	51	8	11	0	0	1	4	0		7	10	.216	.310	.275	.585	14	2	0	0	0
James Johnson	43	89	75	5	9	2	0	1	0	0		8	29	.120	.200	.187	.387	14	0	0	4	2
Garland Brill	22	42	38	3	8	1	1	0	6	0		3	8	.211	.268	.289	.558	11	1	0	1	0
Gale Pringle	62	45	42	4	8	2	0	0	3	0		2	13	.190	.227	.238	.465	10	0	0	1	0
Dick Bays	40	34	30	4	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	10	.200	.250	.200	.450	6	0	0	2	0
Gerald Speck	14	21	17	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.294	.368	.294	.663	5	0	1	2	0
Roger Herrscher	4	16	16		4									.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Kenneth Moursund	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Noel Oquendo	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joseph Gushanas	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ray Bauer	45	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	2	0
Bill Bradford	9	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1612	5826	4981	862	1393	243	59	106	757	75	0	698	894	.280	.369	.416	.785	2072	98	36	65	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dixie Upright	1B	146	1233	91	18	130	.987	9.068
Jerry Streeter	2B	141	363	423	31	104	.962	5.574
Joseph Pahr	3B	81	61	143	10	19	.953	2.519
Billy Shields	3B	35	38	79	17	10	.873	3.343
Eddie Bockman	3B	19	7	38	3	2	.938	2.368
Len Attyd	3B	16	11	23	3	2	.919	2.125
Teddy Tate	C	114	637	83	4	14	.994	6.316	8
Eric MacKenzie	C	25	142	12	0	1	1.000	6.160	3
Jim Johnson	C	13	72	8	5	3	.941	6.154	1
Al Pinkston	OF	147	248	11	15	1	.945	1.762
John Goodell	OF	147	237	4	10	0	.960	1.639
Billy Shields	OF	97	251	8	4	1	.985	2.670
Larry Segovia	OF	28	63	4	0	2	1.000	2.393
Gale Pringle	P	61	6	19	2	1	.926	.410
Ray Bauer	P	45	5	13	0	3	1.000	.400
James Johnson	P	42	12	51	5	4	.926	1.500
Dick Bays	P	40	6	19	2	0	.926	.625
Hugh Blanton	P	37	26	44	3	2	.959	1.892
Al Curtis	P	33	8	28	0	4	1.000	1.091
Jim Russell	P	28	2	20	4	0	.846	.786
Garland Brill	P	22	10	18	0	2	1.000	1.273
Gerald Speck	P	14	0	5	0	1	1.000	.357
Bill Bradford	P	9						.000
Richard Jack	P	6						.000
Joseph Gushanas	P	4						.000
Noel Oquendo	P	3						.000
Kenneth Moursund	P	1						.000
Michael Acker	P	1						.000
Clyde Perry	SS	148	251	434	51	103	.931	4.628
Totals		1503	3689	1578	187	409	.966	3.504	12	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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