1958 Green Bay Bluejays Statistics
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 65-64
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Pete Reiser (65-64)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Bluejay Field
Attendance: 63,782, Avg. 989
1958 Green Bay Bluejays RosterTeam Record: 65-64
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Pete Reiser (65-64)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Bluejay Field
Attendance: 63,782, Avg. 989
The Green Bay Bluejays of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1958 season with a record of 65 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
The Bluejays plated 667 runs and yielded 685 runs. Frank Howard walloped 37 home runs for Green Bay and drove in 119 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Robert Sedlak and Ed Rakow topped the team with 15 wins each, and Ed Rakow earned a 3.41 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1958 Green Bay Bluejays who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Frank Howard, Earl Robinson, Nate Smith and Ed Rakow.
Pete Reiser 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Rakow | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.41 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 211.0 | 198 | 100 | 80 | 23 | 101 | 181 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Sedlak | 15 | 16 | .484 | 4.17 | 38 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 216.0 | 202 | 119 | 100 | 21 | 114 | 192 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Rick Warren | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.44 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 149.0 | 153 | 87 | 57 | 21 | 65 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| James Steinhour | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.42 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 110.0 | 112 | 63 | 54 | 6 | 66 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Emerson Unzicker | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.87 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 133.0 | 150 | 93 | 72 | 12 | 62 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ed Strichek | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.95 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 124 | 76 | 54 | 9 | 60 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Deane Mink | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.26 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 65.0 | 79 | 48 | 38 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Scott Breeden | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joseph McCrudden | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| William Joseph | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Humber | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marshall Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Osmond Walker | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seibert Scott | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Schieffer | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Parker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roy Polk | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Mills | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 64 | .504 | 4.07 | 271 | 121 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1007.0 | 1018 | 586 | 455 | 103 | 497 | 0 | 785 | 19 | 4 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Howard | 129 | 575 | 487 | 104 | 162 | 34 | 2 | 37 | 119 | 2 | 81 | 129 | .333 | .429 | .639 | 1.067 | 311 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Andrew Van der Velde | 126 | 519 | 469 | 60 | 132 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 72 | 3 | 46 | 80 | .281 | .347 | .429 | .776 | 201 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gene Wallace | 115 | 495 | 433 | 96 | 126 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 12 | 56 | 47 | .291 | .372 | .439 | .811 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Osmond Walker | 85 | 358 | 315 | 60 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 36 | 71 | .311 | .382 | .419 | .801 | 132 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Earl Robinson | 98 | 420 | 374 | 58 | 95 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 11 | 41 | 96 | .254 | .328 | .422 | .750 | 158 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Sheldon Brodsky | 77 | 299 | 270 | 38 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 24 | 21 | .300 | .351 | .441 | .792 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Nate Smith | 89 | 322 | 276 | 34 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 32 | 41 | .283 | .367 | .435 | .802 | 120 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Robert Parker | 82 | 299 | 269 | 29 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 42 | .275 | .338 | .401 | .739 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Wade Arnold | 85 | 296 | 255 | 37 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 33 | 45 | .275 | .352 | .408 | .759 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |||
| William Robertson | 88 | 356 | 290 | 40 | 68 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 2 | 58 | 87 | .234 | .364 | .441 | .806 | 128 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Albert Fantuzzi | 30 | 128 | 117 | 15 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .256 | .307 | .419 | .726 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ed Rakow | 57 | 126 | 118 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 38 | .195 | .221 | .254 | .476 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Robert Sedlak | 45 | 93 | 80 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .200 | .238 | .212 | .451 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Plath | 21 | 83 | 72 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 26 | .208 | .313 | .361 | .674 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Abraham | 16 | 62 | 47 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .234 | .403 | .298 | .701 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Paul Cozart | 18 | 59 | 49 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .204 | .328 | .327 | .654 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rick Warren | 38 | 80 | 71 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .141 | .218 | .169 | .387 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lee Ferrerra | 14 | 49 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .209 | .306 | .279 | .585 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Scott | 12 | 51 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .191 | .255 | .362 | .617 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Rossi | 9 | 22 | 22 | 8 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Catton | 12 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .250 | .442 | .344 | .786 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emerson Unzicker | 27 | 56 | 46 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .174 | .240 | .196 | .436 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Humber | 12 | 52 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | .159 | .288 | .205 | .493 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deane Mink | 25 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ed Strichek | 54 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .167 | .268 | .194 | .463 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Steinhour | 25 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jim Phillips | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall Johnson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Schieffer | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph McCrudden | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harvey Mills | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Breeden | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1419 | 4984 | 4354 | 660 | 1165 | 190 | 46 | 124 | 586 | 61 | 0 | 519 | 863 | .268 | .348 | .418 | .765 | 1819 | 0 | 32 | 48 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Van der Velde | 1B | 125 | 1001 | 57 | 11 | 107 | .990 | 8.464 | ||||
| Earl Robinson | 1B | 10 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .982 | 5.600 | ||||
| Robert Parker | 2B | 82 | 181 | 181 | 15 | 59 | .960 | 4.415 | ||||
| Thomas Plath | 2B | 21 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 12 | .939 | 3.667 | ||||
| Earl Robinson | 2B | 16 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 9 | .938 | 3.812 | ||||
| Paul Abraham | 2B | 15 | 33 | 34 | 4 | 7 | .944 | 4.467 | ||||
| William Robertson | 3B | 69 | 46 | 121 | 27 | 15 | .861 | 2.420 | ||||
| Earl Robinson | 3B | 33 | 20 | 56 | 4 | 7 | .950 | 2.303 | ||||
| Lee Ferrerra | 3B | 12 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 2 | .759 | 1.833 | ||||
| Paul Cozart | 3B | 10 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 2.900 | ||||
| Wade Arnold | C | 72 | 417 | 25 | 6 | 4 | .987 | 6.139 | 11 | |||
| Nate Smith | C | 57 | 391 | 31 | 8 | 10 | .981 | 7.404 | 7 | |||
| Bobby Catton | C | 10 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 9.100 | 3 | |||
| Frank Howard | OF | 129 | 186 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 1.488 | ||||
| Osmond Walker | OF | 84 | 213 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 2.583 | ||||
| Sheldon Brodsky | OF | 71 | 102 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 1.535 | ||||
| Earl Robinson | OF | 52 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .974 | 1.462 | ||||
| Albert Fantuzzi | OF | 29 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .931 | 1.862 | ||||
| Nate Smith | OF | 20 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.200 | ||||
| Thomas Humber | OF | 12 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.250 | ||||
| Ed Strichek | P | 52 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .442 | ||||
| Ed Rakow | P | 39 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 1.282 | ||||
| Robert Sedlak | P | 38 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .974 | ||||
| Rick Warren | P | 24 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.042 | ||||
| Emerson Unzicker | P | 24 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 4 | .896 | 1.792 | ||||
| James Steinhour | P | 24 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .625 | ||||
| Deane Mink | P | 24 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .500 | ||||
| Joseph McCrudden | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Seibert Scott | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Osmond Walker | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Schieffer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harvey Mills | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Breeden | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Polk | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Parker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Joseph | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marshall Johnson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Humber | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Howard | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Wallace | SS | 104 | 152 | 276 | 45 | 55 | .905 | 4.115 | ||||
| William Robertson | SS | 13 | 23 | 35 | 5 | 9 | .921 | 4.462 | ||||
| George Scott | SS | 12 | 23 | 35 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 4.833 | ||||
| Totals | 1329 | 3219 | 1183 | 177 | 335 | .961 | 3.312 | 21 | 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.
