1958 Fresno Giants Statistics
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Mike McCormick (85-55)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 54,534, Avg. 779
Playoffs - Fresno Giants 2 games, Stockton Ports 1
Finals - Fresno Giants 3 games, Visalia Redlegs 1
The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1958 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Giants scored 961 runs, best in the league. Fresno conceded 777 runs. Herman Williamson led the team with 16 home runs Neil Wilson drove in 133 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .349 average. Thomas Fitzgerald paced the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 4.03 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1958 Fresno Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Neil Wilson, Bob Farley and Ron Herbel.
Mike McCormick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Fitzgerald | 18 | 13 | .581 | 4.03 | 36 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 257.0 | 278 | 148 | 115 | 14 | 121 | 143 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ron Herbel | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.35 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 124.0 | 117 | 79 | 60 | 7 | 104 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| James Myers | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.99 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 97.0 | 87 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 31 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Blair | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.92 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 119.0 | 152 | 80 | 65 | 11 | 35 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| John Cregan | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.62 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 74.0 | 58 | 45 | 38 | 4 | 66 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Robert DeMonaco | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.35 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 120.0 | 136 | 72 | 58 | 6 | 44 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| William DeJesus | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.50 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 76.0 | 80 | 54 | 38 | 4 | 37 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Justo Martinez | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.38 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 122 | 73 | 56 | 8 | 61 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| John Hickman | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.71 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 61 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Leonard Van Patten | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.70 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 61 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Paul Zaremba | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Farley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Bandelier | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hector Cruz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ben Reniker | 28 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Troxel | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Brannon | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 48 | .613 | 4.49 | 272 | 121 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 1070.0 | 1152 | 664 | 534 | 62 | 570 | 0 | 692 | 47 | 2 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Wilson | 137 | 621 | 548 | 101 | 191 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 133 | 3 | 62 | 53 | .349 | .414 | .527 | .941 | 289 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Jack Scramaglia | 136 | 677 | 569 | 109 | 179 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 84 | 26 | 83 | 59 | .315 | .405 | .369 | .774 | 210 | 5 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Bob Farley | 137 | 639 | 473 | 128 | 151 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 88 | 12 | 158 | 86 | .319 | .486 | .459 | .945 | 217 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Richard Coleman | 136 | 618 | 499 | 100 | 143 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 98 | 12 | 100 | 114 | .287 | .409 | .455 | .864 | 227 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Sal Ferrara | 99 | 482 | 407 | 94 | 138 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 72 | 10 | 51 | 23 | .339 | .411 | .452 | .863 | 184 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Herman Williamson | 129 | 549 | 479 | 88 | 135 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 96 | 10 | 56 | 82 | .282 | .358 | .463 | .822 | 222 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Jerald Robinson | 136 | 605 | 493 | 106 | 132 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 96 | 40 | 101 | 106 | .268 | .391 | .412 | .802 | 203 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Thomas Wright | 99 | 460 | 392 | 72 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 48 | 47 | .301 | .377 | .383 | .759 | 150 | 2 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Royce Youree | 73 | 265 | 212 | 42 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 41 | 33 | .269 | .395 | .349 | .744 | 74 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Julio Rodriguez | 41 | 143 | 119 | 23 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 14 | .294 | .406 | .370 | .775 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Fitzgerald | 49 | 125 | 112 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .304 | .366 | .348 | .714 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Martin Norman | 32 | 113 | 91 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 35 | .231 | .360 | .440 | .800 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Palma | 16 | 50 | 43 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .302 | .400 | .605 | 1.005 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert DeMonaco | 18 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .268 | .320 | .588 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Justo Martinez | 44 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .346 | .541 | .385 | .925 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| William DeJesus | 21 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .211 | .318 | .263 | .581 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Myers | 16 | 44 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .150 | .209 | .200 | .409 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Hickman | 8 | 19 | 19 | 5 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Herbel | 19 | 52 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .106 | .176 | .106 | .283 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Cregan | 15 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .143 | .226 | .250 | .476 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Blair | 42 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .081 | .150 | .081 | .231 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Robert Bandelier | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hector Cruz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Troxel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Goehl | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Leonard Van Patten | 11 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Helmuth | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Brannon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Zaremba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1441 | 5713 | 4758 | 947 | 1403 | 239 | 64 | 75 | 826 | 136 | 0 | 790 | 791 | .295 | .396 | .419 | .815 | 1995 | 0 | 43 | 69 | 53 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Farley | 1B | 129 | 1074 | 94 | 19 | 107 | .984 | 9.054 | ||||
| Richard Coleman | 1B | 14 | 99 | 8 | 2 | 12 | .982 | 7.643 | ||||
| Jack Scramaglia | 2B | 136 | 346 | 404 | 30 | 83 | .962 | 5.515 | ||||
| Thomas Wright | 3B | 56 | 56 | 85 | 10 | 11 | .934 | 2.518 | ||||
| Royce Youree | 3B | 46 | 39 | 58 | 10 | 5 | .907 | 2.109 | ||||
| Martin Norman | 3B | 27 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 4 | .910 | 3.000 | ||||
| Julio Rodriguez | 3B | 15 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | .824 | 2.800 | ||||
| Neil Wilson | C | 137 | 820 | 100 | 14 | 13 | .985 | 6.715 | 12 | |||
| Jerald Robinson | OF | 135 | 325 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .971 | 2.489 | ||||
| Herman Williamson | OF | 125 | 204 | 11 | 15 | 0 | .935 | 1.720 | ||||
| Richard Coleman | OF | 116 | 169 | 18 | 11 | 2 | .944 | 1.612 | ||||
| Royce Youree | OF | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.812 | ||||
| Julio Rodriguez | OF | 14 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.929 | ||||
| Thomas Palma | OF | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.800 | ||||
| Bob Farley | OF | 10 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 2.000 | ||||
| Justo Martinez | P | 43 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .628 | ||||
| Robert Blair | P | 42 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Thomas Fitzgerald | P | 36 | 26 | 48 | 3 | 2 | .961 | 2.056 | ||||
| Ben Reniker | P | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Herbel | P | 19 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .854 | 1.842 | ||||
| Robert DeMonaco | P | 18 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 1.778 | ||||
| William DeJesus | P | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .667 | ||||
| John Cregan | P | 15 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.667 | ||||
| James Myers | P | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Leonard Van Patten | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| John Hickman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Brannon | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Bandelier | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Troxel | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Zaremba | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hector Cruz | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Farley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sal Ferrara | SS | 97 | 197 | 308 | 29 | 64 | .946 | 5.206 | ||||
| Thomas Wright | SS | 41 | 68 | 119 | 17 | 22 | .917 | 4.561 | ||||
| Totals | 1396 | 3617 | 1487 | 211 | 342 | .960 | 3.656 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
