1958 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-66
Finished 7th in the MWL
Manager: Frank Carswell (59-66)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 40,047, Avg. 641

1958 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1958 season with a record of 59 wins and 66 losses, finishing seventh in the MWL.

The Commodores plated 568 runs and allowed 631 runs.

Lorencito Fernández and Frank Carswell both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Frank Carswell 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
Clifford Adams	16	8	.667	3.48	30	21		18	2		189.0	196	90	73	16	74		145	10	2	15
Charles Malpass	15	11	.577	4.43	35	29		13	3		195.0	189	116	96	16	120		128	10	0	13
Ron Falkenhagen	9	13	.409	3.62	32	17		10	2		164.0	155	92	66	7	80		116	7	0	11
Alan Dwyer	5	4	.556	2.71	11	10		7	2		63.0	57	31	19	4	30		66	0	0	4
Orville Ponte	4	5	.444	2.20	15	11		7	1		90.0	75	35	22	0	34		53	9	1	3
William Weller	4	8	.333	2.91	24	13		7	0		96.0	75	45	31	1	82		80	2	0	8
Jerry Fields	2	4	.333	9.22	10	8		2	1		41.0	47	45	42	4	29		35	6	0	1
Dick Vigliotti	1	1	.500		6						0.0									0
Carl Smid	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
Rolland Ryan	1	1	.500		8						0.0									0
Vincent Cummings	1	3	.250	4.25	11	4		1	0		36.0	33	23	17	1	34		31	6	0	5
Ralph Myatt	0	0			4						0.0									0
Dafford Smith	0	0			8						0.0									0
Donald Hannam	0	0			2						0.0									0
Ren Jenkins	0	0			2						0.0									0
Paul Nickell	0	0			1						0.0									0
Norm Manning	0	0			1						0.0									0
Robert Frey	0	2	.000		3						0.0									0
Gary Kimmel	0	2	.000		4						0.0									0
Robert Weiss	0	3	.000	6.18	14	5		0	0		51.0	58	40	35	4	41		31	3	0	8
Totals	59	66	.472	3.90	224	118	0	65	11	0	925.0	885	517	401	53	524	0	685	53	3	68	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
Lorencito Fernández	111	488	414	74	118	18	5	2	43	3		55	36	.285	.382	.367	.749	152		12	4	3
Charles Smith	125	557	447	83	117	11	9	5	49	6		99	54	.262	.395	.360	.755	161		1	8	2
Otto Lind	101	407	371	42	85	15	5	6	59	4		29	65	.229	.284	.345	.629	128		0	5	2
Dennis Mendyk	79	324	290	41	75	15	7	7	45	5		27	77	.259	.322	.431	.753	125		1	4	2
Paul Nickell	85	322	290	33	74	12	8	6	50	1		23	54	.255	.309	.414	.723	120		2	2	5
Clarence Brooker	71	294	238	44	67	10	5	0	25	9		49	39	.282	.410	.366	.776	87		3	4	0
William Bennett	75	299	230	43	58	10	0	0	20	7		64	37	.252	.416	.296	.711	68		1	3	1
Norm Manning	52	215	168	29	49	10	1	2	22	6		43	21	.292	.434	.399	.833	67		0	3	1
Richard Beck	47	191	163	29	44	11	2	2	20	1		27	24	.270	.377	.399	.776	65		1	0	0
Richard Jones	47	196	176	21	35	8	2	0	26	0		16	34	.199	.267	.267	.534	47		1	1	2
Robert Patrick	41	128	105	14	27	4	0	1	7	1		22	24	.257	.391	.324	.714	34		1	0	0
Carl Hartman	35	111	92	14	24	4	1	1	10	2		19	17	.261	.387	.359	.746	33		0	0	0
John Whited	32	136	116	12	24	5	1	1	20	0		19	27	.207	.316	.293	.609	34		0	0	1
Ronald Knoll	23	72	64	9	16	6	1	0	9	0		6	10	.250	.324	.375	.699	24		1	1	0
Lawrence Laurie	20	63	57	5	14	3	0	0	5	0		5	6	.246	.306	.298	.605	17		0	1	0
Clifford Adams	34	85	75	8	14	1	1	1	3	1		8	18	.187	.265	.267	.532	20		0	2	0
Alfred Lavetti	29	97	83	10	13	1	1	1	4	0		13	19	.157	.271	.229	.500	19		0	1	0
Norman Griffin	18	67	54	7	11	2	0	0	2	0		10	19	.204	.338	.241	.579	13		1	2	0
Gary Smilee	17	68	57	6	10	1	0	0	4	0		9	17	.175	.309	.193	.502	11		2	0	0
Ron Falkenhagen	34	61	59	4	10	0	0	0	2	0		1	22	.169	.183	.169	.353	10		0	1	0
Bob Liggett	14	59	44	7	8	1	1	0	6	1		14	12	.182	.373	.250	.623	11		0	0	1
Donald McMullan	14	50	41	8	7	2	0	2	8	1		7	13	.171	.300	.366	.666	15		1	0	1
Charles Malpass	36	84	65	6	7	0	0	0	6	0		7	34	.108	.194	.108	.302	7		0	12	0
Al Luce	11	38	32	2	6	0	0	0	4	1		4	3	.188	.297	.188	.485	6		1	1	0
James Harrold	7	21	21		5									.238	.238	.238	.476	5
Alan Dwyer	11	30	25	4	4	0	0	0	3	0		3	13	.160	.250	.160	.410	4		0	2	0
Dafford Smith	13	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	2	1		1	3	.214	.267	.214	.481	3		0	0	0
James Parham	10	32	30	0	3	0	0	0	3	3		1	12	.100	.156	.100	.256	3		1	0	0
Ralph Myatt	4	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Thomas Webb	4	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Orville Ponte	15	34	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	19	.067	.125	.067	.192	2		0	2	0
William Weller	26	34	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	13	.059	.059	.059	.118	2		0	0	0
Frank Carswell	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Carl Smid	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jerry Fields	10	15	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		6	3	.167	.583	.333	.917	2		0	3	0
William McNally	5	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Donald Hannam	4	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Robert Weiss	15	21	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	4	.071	.222	.071	.294	1		1	3	1
Gary Kimmel	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vincent Cummings	11	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	0	0
Rolland Ryan	8	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Vigliotti	6	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Frey	3	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1311	4675	3965	559	942	151	50	37	460	53	0	592	755	.238	.339	.329	.668	1304	0	31	65	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charles Smith	1B	98	746	39	7	66	.991	8.010
Robert Patrick	1B	21	137	12	8	15	.949	7.095
Paul Nickell	1B	17	125	7	1	7	.992	7.765
William Bennett	2B	75	195	180	18	43	.954	5.000
Norman Griffin	2B	18	41	40	3	4	.964	4.500
Richard Jones	2B	16	43	43	4	10	.956	5.375
Donald McMullan	2B	12	35	23	4	4	.935	4.833
Charles Smith	3B	33	28	52	6	5	.930	2.424
Richard Jones	3B	31	26	65	15	3	.858	2.935
Lorencito Fernández	3B	26	22	51	6	6	.924	2.808
Gary Smilee	3B	16	19	25	4	2	.917	2.750
Norm Manning	3B	13	11	39	2	7	.962	3.846
Ronald Knoll	3B	13	11	21	3	1	.914	2.462
Richard Beck	C	45	269	30	6	4	.980	6.644	4
Carl Hartman	C	27	195	14	6	0	.972	7.741	7
Alfred Lavetti	C	25	147	20	4	2	.977	6.680	6
Lawrence Laurie	C	13	75	15	4	1	.957	6.923	3
Otto Lind	OF	101	189	17	5	2	.976	2.040
Dennis Mendyk	OF	78	102	4	7	1	.938	1.359
Clarence Brooker	OF	71	106	6	9	1	.926	1.577
Paul Nickell	OF	68	86	7	5	3	.949	1.368
John Whited	OF	32	56	4	2	1	.968	1.875
Bob Liggett	OF	14	28	0	4	0	.875	2.000
Robert Patrick	OF	11	12	0	3	0	.800	1.091
James Parham	OF	10	8	0	2	0	.800	.800
Charles Malpass	P	35	9	44	5	1	.914	1.514
Ron Falkenhagen	P	32	8	27	3	2	.921	1.094
Clifford Adams	P	30	5	53	2	2	.967	1.933
William Weller	P	24	3	17	2	0	.909	.833
Orville Ponte	P	15	4	12	1	1	.941	1.067
Robert Weiss	P	14	5	13	1	1	.947	1.286
Alan Dwyer	P	11	2	5	1	0	.875	.636
Vincent Cummings	P	11	3	17	1	2	.952	1.818
Jerry Fields	P	10	2	4	1	0	.857	.600
Dafford Smith	P	8						.000
Rolland Ryan	P	8						.000
Dick Vigliotti	P	6						.000
Ralph Myatt	P	4						.000
Gary Kimmel	P	4						.000
Carl Smid	P	3						.000
Robert Frey	P	3						.000
Ren Jenkins	P	2						.000
Donald Hannam	P	2						.000
Paul Nickell	P	1						.000
Norm Manning	P	1						.000
Lorencito Fernández	SS	86	137	201	35	35	.906	3.930
Norm Manning	SS	34	46	108	9	11	.945	4.529
Ronald Knoll	SS	11	18	17	6	3	.854	3.182
Totals		1239	2954	1232	205	246	.953	3.379	20	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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