1958 Columbus Foxes Statistics
Team Record: 74-52
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Brandy Davis (74-52)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 32,689, Avg. 519
Playoffs - Dothan Cardinals 3 games, Columbus Foxes 1
The Columbus Foxes of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1958 season with a record of 74 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Foxes scored 702 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Dan Kanapkey led Columbus with 12 home runs Arthur Fletcher accounted for 64 RBI. Brandy Davis paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .342. William Williams topped the team with 16 wins, while Jack Decker and Nicholas Prozeralik added 15 or more victories also Larry Lewis recorded a 2.17 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Rod Miller and Brandy Davis both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Brandy Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Williams | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.38 | 38 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 197.0 | 178 | 112 | 74 | 10 | 94 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Nicholas Prozeralik | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.42 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 171.0 | 158 | 92 | 65 | 8 | 95 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Jack Decker | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.15 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 163.0 | 147 | 88 | 57 | 7 | 60 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Anthony Hopey | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.56 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 202.0 | 188 | 109 | 80 | 16 | 101 | 160 | 12 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| Charles Spell | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.69 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 97.0 | 78 | 42 | 29 | 7 | 44 | 93 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Lewis | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.17 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 86 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 47 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Joe Campbell | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Pearson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.76 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 37 | 43 | 32 | 0 | 61 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Robert Petty | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dorman Schuber | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brandy Davis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Kimbrel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luther Shead | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 52 | .587 | 3.28 | 247 | 122 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1018.0 | 899 | 536 | 371 | 50 | 517 | 0 | 777 | 43 | 5 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Snipp | 124 | 572 | 489 | 82 | 136 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 16 | 62 | 48 | .278 | .359 | .342 | .700 | 167 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||
| Brandy Davis | 112 | 467 | 365 | 100 | 125 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 26 | 86 | 45 | .342 | .467 | .447 | .914 | 163 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Arthur Fletcher | 110 | 467 | 413 | 58 | 118 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 44 | 30 | .286 | .354 | .363 | .717 | 150 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Orland Feltmann | 124 | 542 | 460 | 77 | 115 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 20 | 74 | 117 | .250 | .354 | .337 | .691 | 155 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Dan Kanapkey | 73 | 283 | 254 | 40 | 75 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 18 | 30 | .295 | .354 | .496 | .850 | 126 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Stanley Schultz | 92 | 378 | 288 | 51 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 80 | 54 | .253 | .418 | .292 | .709 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Plath | 63 | 269 | 245 | 35 | 67 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 15 | 47 | .273 | .316 | .408 | .724 | 100 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| George Scott | 54 | 232 | 208 | 33 | 64 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 23 | .308 | .370 | .404 | .773 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Catton | 51 | 197 | 161 | 33 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 26 | 16 | .348 | .454 | .534 | .988 | 86 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Jules Lacoste | 47 | 210 | 176 | 32 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 25 | 31 | .250 | .338 | .324 | .662 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Anthony Hopey | 66 | 167 | 140 | 23 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 29 | .250 | .312 | .321 | .634 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Boone | 36 | 132 | 117 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 25 | .265 | .348 | .368 | .716 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nicholas Prozeralik | 51 | 114 | 97 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 27 | .268 | .355 | .351 | .705 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Victor Shukis | 59 | 224 | 176 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 41 | 92 | .148 | .327 | .250 | .577 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Albert Caesar | 18 | 72 | 64 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .297 | .347 | .516 | .863 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Rod Miller | 18 | 71 | 63 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | .286 | .357 | .429 | .786 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dale Rice | 36 | 139 | 111 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 16 | .153 | .309 | .189 | .498 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| William Williams | 40 | 82 | 67 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .164 | .263 | .179 | .442 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Jack Decker | 48 | 84 | 72 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 33 | .153 | .265 | .278 | .543 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Langer | 8 | 21 | 21 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dorman Schuber | 9 | 23 | 23 | 4 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Dickie Crowe | 8 | 27 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Campbell | 7 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| John Kimbrel | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Pearson | 15 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bob Bertschy | 8 | 20 | 20 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Lewis | 43 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .071 | .257 | .071 | .329 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charles Spell | 23 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .059 | .083 | .147 | .230 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Robert Petty | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Phillips | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther Shead | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1358 | 4918 | 4168 | 685 | 1094 | 167 | 41 | 46 | 570 | 93 | 0 | 594 | 770 | .262 | .357 | .355 | .712 | 1481 | 0 | 43 | 68 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Fletcher | 1B | 108 | 905 | 56 | 27 | 88 | .973 | 8.898 | ||||
| Anthony Hopey | 1B | 14 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.143 | ||||
| Lou Snipp | 2B | 100 | 251 | 271 | 27 | 69 | .951 | 5.220 | ||||
| Jules Lacoste | 2B | 22 | 52 | 65 | 8 | 17 | .936 | 5.318 | ||||
| Thomas Plath | 3B | 44 | 40 | 93 | 15 | 10 | .899 | 3.023 | ||||
| Dan Kanapkey | 3B | 28 | 25 | 49 | 15 | 5 | .831 | 2.643 | ||||
| Jules Lacoste | 3B | 24 | 24 | 46 | 12 | 6 | .854 | 2.917 | ||||
| Rod Miller | 3B | 17 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 2 | .756 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stanley Schultz | 3B | 14 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 2.857 | ||||
| Bobby Catton | C | 46 | 277 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .990 | 6.543 | 3 | |||
| Victor Shukis | C | 44 | 286 | 12 | 13 | 2 | .958 | 6.773 | 10 | |||
| Ronald Boone | C | 29 | 192 | 13 | 8 | 4 | .962 | 7.069 | 2 | |||
| Orland Feltmann | OF | 123 | 169 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .947 | 1.439 | ||||
| Brandy Davis | OF | 109 | 214 | 11 | 10 | 5 | .957 | 2.064 | ||||
| Stanley Schultz | OF | 79 | 115 | 8 | 14 | 1 | .898 | 1.557 | ||||
| Dan Kanapkey | OF | 35 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 1.257 | ||||
| Dale Rice | OF | 31 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.806 | ||||
| Victor Shukis | OF | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.636 | ||||
| Larry Lewis | P | 43 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .442 | ||||
| William Williams | P | 38 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 0 | .889 | 1.053 | ||||
| Jack Decker | P | 38 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .923 | .947 | ||||
| Anthony Hopey | P | 36 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 4 | .949 | 1.556 | ||||
| Nicholas Prozeralik | P | 30 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .907 | 1.300 | ||||
| Charles Spell | P | 23 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .696 | ||||
| Robert Pearson | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Joe Campbell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luther Shead | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dorman Schuber | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Kimbrel | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Petty | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandy Davis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Scott | SS | 54 | 91 | 175 | 13 | 31 | .953 | 4.926 | ||||
| Lou Snipp | SS | 23 | 44 | 56 | 7 | 17 | .935 | 4.348 | ||||
| Albert Caesar | SS | 18 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 7 | .859 | 3.389 | ||||
| Thomas Plath | SS | 15 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 5 | .886 | 2.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1235 | 3007 | 1175 | 235 | 290 | .947 | 3.386 | 15 | 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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