1958 Lancaster Red Roses Statistics
Team Record: 75-57
Finished 1st in the EL's South Division
Manager: Johnny Pesky (75-57)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Stumpf Field
Attendance: 81,932, Avg. 1,241
Playoffs - Lancaster Red Roses 3 games, York White Roses 1
Finals - Binghamton Triplets 3 games, Lancaster Red Roses 2
The Lancaster Red Roses of the Eastern League ended the 1958 season with a record of 75 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Red Roses led the league with 660 runs. Lancaster yielded 625 runs. Allie Benza paced the squad with 15 home runs Gordon Figard drove in 79 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Gordon Seyfried paced the team with 17 wins, while Ron Nischwitz recorded a 3.49 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Buck Rodgers, Ron Shoop, Steve Kraly, Jim Brady, Jim Proctor, Ron Nischwitz, Bubba Morton, Gordon Seyfried and Larry Foster were all players from the 1958 Lancaster Red Roses who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Johnny Pesky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Seyfried | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.51 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 223.0 | 237 | 117 | 87 | 18 | 56 | 5 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Paffel | 14 | 9 | .609 | 4.10 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 189.0 | 179 | 99 | 86 | 17 | 87 | 3 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ron Nischwitz | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.49 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 111.0 | 102 | 47 | 43 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Fickinger | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.78 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 151 | 76 | 55 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ron Rozman | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.19 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 118.0 | 126 | 66 | 55 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Vincent Trakan | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.87 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 121 | 61 | 52 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jim Brady | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.57 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 53.0 | 50 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dick Walter | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.44 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 43 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Foster | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Sharkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Donovan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Fields | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Proctor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Thurston | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Day | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hugh McMullan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 56 | .569 | 3.93 | 284 | 119 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1047.0 | 1072 | 564 | 457 | 86 | 379 | 17 | 662 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Figard | 132 | 585 | 486 | 91 | 150 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 9 | 88 | 66 | .309 | .413 | .436 | .849 | 212 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Alfred Paschal | 128 | 590 | 509 | 89 | 150 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 67 | 66 | .295 | .383 | .358 | .740 | 182 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George McCue | 131 | 591 | 466 | 95 | 121 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 11 | 108 | 68 | .260 | .404 | .352 | .756 | 164 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Manuel Diaz | 107 | 439 | 407 | 55 | 115 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 66 | 1 | 20 | 26 | .283 | .321 | .415 | .736 | 169 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bubba Morton | 94 | 398 | 331 | 49 | 107 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 57 | 6 | 57 | 45 | .323 | .424 | .426 | .850 | 141 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Allie Benza | 99 | 394 | 342 | 50 | 98 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 76 | 1 | 34 | 64 | .287 | .363 | .488 | .851 | 167 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Ron Shoop | 117 | 506 | 348 | 50 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 71 | 42 | .259 | .481 | .345 | .826 | 120 | 80 | 5 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Bill Thurston | 102 | 394 | 334 | 45 | 84 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 52 | 70 | .251 | .351 | .320 | .671 | 107 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Wendell Antoine | 53 | 191 | 174 | 19 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .293 | .332 | .379 | .711 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| William Springfield | 47 | 173 | 142 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 20 | .331 | .420 | .472 | .892 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jesse Queen | 21 | 88 | 77 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | .286 | .356 | .403 | .759 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Schroder | 17 | 71 | 60 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .333 | .406 | .350 | .756 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dick Camilli | 14 | 59 | 51 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .333 | .407 | .549 | .956 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Buck Rodgers | 19 | 73 | 63 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .254 | .347 | .444 | .792 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Rozman | 29 | 60 | 54 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .204 | .271 | .278 | .549 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Paffel | 40 | 70 | 65 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .169 | .179 | .231 | .410 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Seyfried | 37 | 94 | 73 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 24 | .137 | .289 | .260 | .549 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Foster | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .818 | .818 | .909 | 1.727 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Nischwitz | 24 | 45 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .220 | .273 | .244 | .517 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Scariato | 14 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .179 | .289 | .205 | .494 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Risch | 12 | 40 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .152 | .300 | .152 | .452 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Richard Colone | 10 | 47 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .105 | .277 | .184 | .461 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Turk | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Walter | 12 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Fickinger | 31 | 47 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .070 | .130 | .070 | .200 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Brady | 10 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Manning | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Moby Benedict | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Vincent Trakan | 65 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .048 | .412 | .048 | .459 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh McMullan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Donovan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Sharkey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Day | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1436 | 5146 | 4301 | 652 | 1169 | 152 | 52 | 61 | 583 | 57 | 0 | 624 | 688 | .272 | .377 | .374 | .751 | 1608 | 0 | 121 | 65 | 35 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Diaz | 1B | 60 | 484 | 33 | 13 | 49 | .975 | 8.617 | ||||
| Wendell Antoine | 1B | 31 | 264 | 20 | 11 | 24 | .963 | 9.161 | ||||
| Allie Benza | 1B | 22 | 196 | 4 | 2 | 20 | .990 | 9.091 | ||||
| Richard Colone | 1B | 10 | 90 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .960 | 9.600 | ||||
| Dick Camilli | 1B | 10 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 9 | .978 | 8.700 | ||||
| Alfred Paschal | 2B | 124 | 310 | 344 | 30 | 88 | .956 | 5.274 | ||||
| Allie Benza | 2B | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Manuel Diaz | 3B | 47 | 33 | 100 | 14 | 15 | .905 | 2.830 | ||||
| William Springfield | 3B | 37 | 26 | 81 | 7 | 9 | .939 | 2.892 | ||||
| John Schroder | 3B | 10 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | .771 | 2.700 | ||||
| Ron Shoop | C | 105 | 581 | 55 | 7 | 7 | .989 | 6.057 | 12 | |||
| Buck Rodgers | C | 16 | 111 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 7.625 | 3 | |||
| Wendell Antoine | C | 11 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 5.182 | 2 | |||
| George McCue | OF | 130 | 308 | 13 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 2.469 | ||||
| Bubba Morton | OF | 94 | 201 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .959 | 2.255 | ||||
| Bill Thurston | OF | 90 | 171 | 13 | 8 | 4 | .958 | 2.044 | ||||
| Allie Benza | OF | 46 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 1.630 | ||||
| Jesse Queen | OF | 21 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 2.048 | ||||
| John Risch | OF | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.091 | ||||
| Vincent Trakan | P | 65 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .385 | ||||
| Bob Paffel | P | 37 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .486 | ||||
| Gordon Seyfried | P | 36 | 7 | 45 | 4 | 3 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| John Fickinger | P | 31 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .419 | ||||
| Ron Nischwitz | P | 24 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Ron Rozman | P | 21 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .905 | ||||
| Jim Brady | P | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Dick Walter | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Foster | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Day | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Thurston | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hugh McMullan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Fields | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Sharkey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Proctor | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Donovan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordon Figard | SS | 128 | 195 | 355 | 34 | 73 | .942 | 4.297 | ||||
| Totals | 1311 | 3280 | 1253 | 172 | 329 | .963 | 3.458 | 17 | 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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