1958 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 91-62
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Cal Ermer (91-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 184,682, Avg. 2,414
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Chattanooga Lookouts 1
Finals - Birmingham Barons 4 games, Mobile Bears 1
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 91 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the SA.
The Barons scored 765 runs and conceded 668 runs. Lou Limmer walloped 30 home runs for Birmingham, while Bob Thorpe and Steve Demeter swatted 15 or more as well. Lou Limmer drove in 100 runs. Bob Thorpe led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .324 clip. Bill Harrington topped the squad with 20 wins, and Joe Grzenda and Phil Regan added 15 or more victories also Bill Harrington registered a 2.99 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1958 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Alusik, Coot Veal, Steve Demeter, Bob Miller, Bob Bruce, Tom Yewcic, Bud Black, Lou Limmer, Frank Kostro, Lou Skizas, Bob Thorpe, Jim Brady, Harry Byrd, Mel Clark, George Thomas, Phil Regan, Bill Harrington, Steve Boros, Fred Gladding, Chuck Daniel, Gail Henley and Joe Grzenda.
Cal Ermer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Harrington | 20 | 7 | .741 | 2.99 | 53 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 214.0 | 206 | 84 | 71 | 10 | 76 | 10 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Grzenda | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.19 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 223.0 | 170 | 90 | 79 | 16 | 128 | 2 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Phil Regan | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.67 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 201.0 | 177 | 98 | 82 | 13 | 106 | 2 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| David Reed | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.18 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 120 | 64 | 58 | 7 | 66 | 8 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim Raugh | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.21 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 126.0 | 105 | 58 | 45 | 8 | 61 | 15 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Harry Byrd | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.05 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 131.0 | 129 | 66 | 59 | 12 | 53 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Miller | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.25 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | 83 | 57 | 51 | 10 | 85 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Bruce | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.46 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 101.0 | 93 | 55 | 50 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Brady | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Daniel | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.29 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 62 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Herb Pearce | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bud Black | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Gladding | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Donovan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ron Rozman | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 90 | 61 | .596 | 3.66 | 331 | 143 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 1292.0 | 1145 | 607 | 525 | 92 | 646 | 49 | 835 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Demeter | 151 | 636 | 550 | 88 | 170 | 36 | 6 | 18 | 88 | 8 | 64 | 61 | .309 | .388 | .495 | .882 | 272 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Mel Clark | 140 | 602 | 542 | 75 | 160 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 96 | 0 | 46 | 38 | .295 | .349 | .448 | .797 | 243 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Bob Thorpe | 122 | 526 | 481 | 70 | 156 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 85 | 1 | 36 | 70 | .324 | .369 | .532 | .901 | 256 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Lou Limmer | 151 | 659 | 549 | 96 | 145 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 100 | 1 | 93 | 53 | .264 | .374 | .495 | .869 | 272 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Howie Phillips | 140 | 632 | 516 | 87 | 139 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 14 | 105 | 81 | .269 | .391 | .353 | .744 | 182 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Gail Henley | 147 | 618 | 508 | 88 | 134 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 1 | 86 | 78 | .264 | .372 | .390 | .761 | 198 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Dick Camilli | 87 | 324 | 291 | 32 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 27 | 27 | .268 | .332 | .402 | .734 | 117 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Carl Wagner | 97 | 331 | 273 | 42 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 52 | 29 | .242 | .365 | .443 | .808 | 121 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Coot Veal | 61 | 221 | 198 | 30 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 11 | .273 | .332 | .318 | .650 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank Kostro | 44 | 179 | 145 | 23 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | .255 | .386 | .331 | .717 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Boros | 44 | 162 | 138 | 24 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 24 | .261 | .358 | .442 | .801 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Donald Griffin | 42 | 157 | 143 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 11 | .231 | .279 | .273 | .552 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| George Alusik | 28 | 114 | 91 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9 | .286 | .400 | .418 | .818 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Thomas | 22 | 86 | 77 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .260 | .306 | .377 | .683 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tom Yewcic | 29 | 98 | 84 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .202 | .306 | .429 | .735 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Ryan | 22 | 62 | 42 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | .310 | .508 | .452 | .961 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Phil Regan | 35 | 86 | 76 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .158 | .188 | .224 | .411 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Reed | 52 | 47 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .303 | .415 | .333 | .748 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Harrington | 53 | 86 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .127 | .205 | .155 | .360 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Miller | 28 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .211 | .302 | .263 | .565 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Daniel | 23 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .261 | .261 | .435 | .696 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bruce | 19 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .207 | .273 | .207 | .480 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Byrd | 28 | 49 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .133 | .170 | .156 | .326 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Raugh | 47 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .152 | .263 | .182 | .445 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grzenda | 33 | 91 | 81 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 39 | .049 | .115 | .049 | .164 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Brady | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lou Skizas | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Gladding | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Rozman | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Herb Pearce | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1663 | 5941 | 5078 | 744 | 1354 | 244 | 43 | 132 | 684 | 34 | 0 | 667 | 655 | .267 | .354 | .410 | .764 | 2080 | 0 | 45 | 104 | 47 | 74 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Limmer | 1B | 148 | 1188 | 93 | 10 | 109 | .992 | 8.655 | ||||
| Howie Phillips | 2B | 132 | 305 | 353 | 18 | 85 | .973 | 4.985 | ||||
| Steve Boros | 2B | 16 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 5 | .953 | 3.812 | ||||
| Dick Camilli | 2B | 13 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 9 | .980 | 3.846 | ||||
| Steve Demeter | 3B | 147 | 135 | 253 | 17 | 18 | .958 | 2.639 | ||||
| Carl Wagner | C | 84 | 503 | 36 | 7 | 6 | .987 | 6.417 | 0 | |||
| Donald Griffin | C | 38 | 221 | 25 | 2 | 4 | .992 | 6.474 | 4 | |||
| Tom Yewcic | C | 25 | 131 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 5.440 | 2 | |||
| Daniel Ryan | C | 20 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.550 | 1 | |||
| Gail Henley | OF | 140 | 351 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 2.586 | ||||
| Mel Clark | OF | 135 | 260 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 1.978 | ||||
| Bob Thorpe | OF | 119 | 220 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .979 | 1.966 | ||||
| George Alusik | OF | 26 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 2.385 | ||||
| George Thomas | OF | 20 | 49 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .927 | 2.550 | ||||
| Bill Harrington | P | 53 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .736 | ||||
| David Reed | P | 49 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .592 | ||||
| Jim Raugh | P | 47 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .921 | .745 | ||||
| Phil Regan | P | 35 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .971 | ||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 33 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.242 | ||||
| Harry Byrd | P | 28 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Bob Miller | P | 25 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .560 | ||||
| Bob Bruce | P | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Chuck Daniel | P | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| Bud Black | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Rozman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Gladding | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Brady | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Pearce | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Donovan | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Mitchell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Coot Veal | SS | 59 | 117 | 142 | 8 | 37 | .970 | 4.390 | ||||
| Dick Camilli | SS | 56 | 100 | 128 | 15 | 22 | .938 | 4.071 | ||||
| Frank Kostro | SS | 36 | 67 | 89 | 15 | 21 | .912 | 4.333 | ||||
| Steve Boros | SS | 18 | 34 | 37 | 7 | 13 | .910 | 3.944 | ||||
| Totals | 1563 | 3970 | 1435 | 133 | 351 | .976 | 3.458 | 7 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
