1958 Cocoa Indians Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 64-78
Finished 5th in the FSL
Manager: Paul O'Dea (64-78)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Charles D. Provost Park
Attendance: 16,563, Avg. 233

1958 Cocoa Indians Roster

The Cocoa Indians of the Florida State League ended the 1958 season with a record of 64 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the FSL.

The Indians scored 704 runs and allowed 710 runs. Clarence Bartunek led Cocoa with 21 home runs, while Jerome Webb walloped 15 or more, too. Jerome Webb drove in 92 runs. Clarence Bartunek topped all regular batters with a .322 average. Billy Carter paced the team with 17 wins, plus Larry Smith added 15 or more wins, too Larry Smith recorded a 2.9 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1958 Cocoa Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Lawrence, Jim Weaver, Larry Brown and Ramón López.

Paul O'Dea 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
Billy Carter	17	11	.607	3.93	37	27		18	0		206.0	196	116	90	10	99	4	89	10	0	8
Larry Smith	15	8	.652	2.90	31	22		16	2		183.0	187	81	59	9	58	13	106	5	0	2
Russ Fischer	10	9	.526	4.06	34	20		9	0		164.0	175	94	74	7	83	11	69	8	0	3
Jim Weaver	9	12	.429	3.54	37	23		7	0		178.0	153	98	70	8	108	9	154	11	0	9
William Fazekas	5	17	.227	6.26	33	22		11	0		161.0	161	130	112	7	171	5	131	7	1	15
Claude Pinder	2	3	.400	4.21	10	7		3	0		47.0	49	30	22	4	29	2	31	5	0	2
Allen Powell	2	4	.333	7.24	8	6		1	0		41.0	41	40	33	3	49	4	38	1	0	3
James Happel	2	8	.200	4.50	18	10		6	0		80.0	92	60	40	6	40	1	45	5	1	3
Ramón López	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
William Carney	1	2	.333		6						0.0									0
Clarence Bartunek	0	0			1						0.0									0
Larry Brown	0	0			2						0.0									0
James Wyatt	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Curtis White	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Totals	64	78	.451	4.25	228	137	0	71	2	0	1060.0	1054	649	500	54	637	49	663	52	2	45	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
Clarence Bartunek	121	489	422	93	136	29	4	21	89	11	4	61	67	.322	.409	.559	.968	236		2	2	2
Jerome Webb	140	566	496	73	132	22	3	20	92	3	6	56	88	.266	.346	.444	.789	220		6	5	3
Jim Lawrence	136	527	462	80	128	20	3	12	73	13	10	56	74	.277	.357	.411	.768	190		3	3	3
James Card	135	505	435	69	125	20	8	9	63	13	5	45	80	.287	.364	.432	.797	188		10	11	4
Wayne Newberry	121	473	392	63	106	20	6	10	52	14	4	58	100	.270	.373	.429	.801	168		9	9	5
Richard Kowalczyk	134	503	425	72	106	18	6	0	46	9	2	69	76	.249	.355	.320	.675	136		2	5	2
Billy Ray Roberson	66	291	238	62	85	15	4	4	39	4	2	38	15	.357	.447	.504	.951	120		3	9	3
Larry Brown	65	263	231	33	61	11	0	3	27	3	2	32	21	.264	.354	.351	.704	81		0	0	0
James McFarland	90	277	248	32	55	8	1	4	31	6	3	19	63	.222	.284	.310	.594	77		4	2	4
Robert Wilson	51	231	185	42	47	11	2	1	22	16	2	40	29	.254	.393	.351	.744	65		3	2	1
Daniel Vlahovic	80	251	229	25	47	7	1	0	23	4	1	9	41	.205	.242	.245	.486	56		3	7	3
Larry Smith	34	75	65	11	20	2	0	0	13	0	0	9	11	.308	.400	.338	.738	22		1	0	0
Jim Weaver	42	92	82	10	16	2	0	0	4	3	0	6	23	.195	.250	.220	.470	18		0	4	0
Billy Carter	37	88	63	5	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	16	17	.222	.383	.270	.653	17		1	7	1
William Fazekas	40	79	67	5	14	0	0	1	6	0	0	7	17	.209	.293	.254	.547	17		1	4	0
Vernon Benner	24	80	74	8	14	3	1	1	9	0	0	5	19	.189	.238	.297	.535	22		0	0	1
Ramón López	20	57	50	5	13	1	0	0	3	2	0	5	9	.260	.327	.280	.607	14		0	2	0
Fred Krase	11	45	40	6	9	0	2	0	1	3	1	5	10	.225	.311	.325	.636	13		0	0	0
Russ Fischer	34	67	58	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	27	.155	.234	.172	.407	10		0	3	0
James Happel	19	33	25	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	5	.280	.455	.280	.735	7		0	0	0
Claude Pinder	10	21	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.167	.211	.167	.377	3		1	2	0
Allen Powell	9	15	15		2									.133	.133	.133	.267	2
William Carney	6	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Curtis White	5	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Wyatt	4	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1434	5042	4334	702	1150	193	41	86	604	104	42	550	799	.265	.352	.388	.741	1683	0	49	77	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jerome Webb	1B	140	1063	62	17	99	.985	8.036
Richard Kowalczyk	2B	106	271	219	24	47	.953	4.623
Billy Ray Roberson	2B	22	49	47	6	12	.941	4.364
Wayne Newberry	2B	13	35	38	6	13	.924	5.615
James Card	3B	133	149	247	38	18	.912	2.977
James McFarland	C	75	360	52	20	12	.954	5.493	7
Jim Lawrence	C	67	369	22	13	13	.968	5.836	0
Clarence Bartunek	OF	120	213	12	9	3	.962	1.875
Wayne Newberry	OF	82	170	14	12	2	.939	2.244
Daniel Vlahovic	OF	72	125	11	7	1	.951	1.889
Jim Lawrence	OF	68	78	7	6	6	.934	1.250
Robert Wilson	OF	51	101	4	6	1	.946	2.059
Ramón López	OF	17	19	5	2	1	.923	1.412
Vernon Benner	OF	14	18	1	2	0	.905	1.357
Fred Krase	OF	11	25	1	1	0	.963	2.364
Billy Carter	P	37	3	36	0	2	1.000	1.054
Jim Weaver	P	36	5	51	2	2	.966	1.556
Russ Fischer	P	34	5	34	2	3	.951	1.147
William Fazekas	P	32	7	38	4	3	.918	1.406
Larry Smith	P	30	10	44	1	2	.982	1.800
James Happel	P	18	2	10	1	3	.923	.667
Claude Pinder	P	10	0	12	0	0	1.000	1.200
Allen Powell	P	8						.000
William Carney	P	6						.000
Curtis White	P	5						.000
James Wyatt	P	3						.000
Ramón López	P	3						.000
Larry Brown	P	2						.000
Clarence Bartunek	P	1						.000
Larry Brown	SS	65	86	161	16	31	.939	3.800
Billy Ray Roberson	SS	44	72	108	16	21	.918	4.091
Richard Kowalczyk	SS	27	47	75	15	16	.891	4.519
Totals		1352	3282	1311	226	311	.953	3.397	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.

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