1958 Lexington Red Sox Statistics

Nebraska State League (NSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 30-33
Finished 5th in the NSL
Manager: Jack Kaiser (30-33)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Lexington, Nebraska
Ballpark: Dawson County Fairgrounds
Attendance: 12,838, Avg. 408

1958 Lexington Red Sox Roster

The Lexington Red Sox of the Nebraska State League ended the 1958 season with a record of 30 wins and 33 losses, finishing fifth in the NSL.

The Red Sox scored 360 runs and conceded 337 runs. Richard DiGiacomo recorded 34 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .251 clip. Bill Spanswick led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 3.13 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bill Spanswick played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lexington Red Sox to do so.

Jack Kaiser 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
Bill Spanswick	7	4	.636	3.13	14	11		8	2		92.0	48	40	32	4	63		142	7	0	7
Raymond Geiser	6	2	.750	3.14	12	7		4	0		63.0	50	32	22	1	43		79	1	1	2
Brad Griffith	5	3	.625	4.11	18	8		2	0		70.0	62	43	32	6	50		76	3	0	2
Tommy Kraus	5	3	.625	5.00	16	4		1	0		63.0	55	40	35	5	45		65	5	0	1
Robert Mirer	4	3	.571	4.50	17	7		2	0		58.0	55	40	29	3	48		60	1	0	8
Robert Wheeler	1	3	.250	3.69	15	5		1	1		39.0	37	31	16	3	29		41	1	0	2
John Soviero	1	4	.200	3.00	13	6		1	0		48.0	41	30	16	1	34		41	2	0	2
Robert Hansen	1	4	.200	4.97	9	5		1	0		38.0	41	42	21	2	29		30	5	0	0
Kelly Pigue	0	0			1						0.0									0
Thomas Fletcher	0	0			1						0.0									0
Alfred Plosky	0	1	.000		8						0.0									0
Junior Dowdy	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Gary Modrell	0	4	.000	5.85	7	4		1	0		20.0	20	18	13	1	7		15	1	0	1
Totals	30	32	.484	3.96	136	57	0	21	3	0	491.0	409	316	216	26	348	0	549	26	1	25	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
Richard DiGiacomo	60	279	223	47	56	5	4	1	34	3		50	24	.251	.399	.323	.722	72		5	1	0
John Gould	45	187	153	31	45	6	3	2	24	0		29	42	.294	.405	.412	.817	63		1	2	2
Ken Knutson	47	197	168	30	44	9	3	3	27	2		26	45	.262	.371	.405	.775	68		3	0	0
Ron Staples	50	199	156	30	39	11	0	3	29	1		40	38	.250	.409	.378	.787	59		2	1	0
Gerald Lorek	49	210	170	31	38	7	1	7	26	0		35	34	.224	.371	.400	.771	68		5	0	0
Joe Fox	50	208	165	29	34	7	1	1	22	0		41	29	.206	.364	.279	.643	46		0	2	0
William Jensen	49	205	172	30	33	9	1	3	15	0		30	38	.192	.319	.308	.627	53		2	1	0
Bill Dennis	26	110	92	19	23	3	1	5	24	5		15	29	.250	.361	.467	.829	43		1	2	0
Robert Blackford	43	151	114	15	20	5	1	1	8	2		33	56	.175	.367	.263	.630	30		2	1	1
Robert Mendoza	31	105	89	16	17	3	1	2	15	2		11	31	.191	.288	.315	.603	28		2	1	2
William Moniak	17	58	51	9	15	3	1	1	11	2		5	11	.294	.362	.451	.813	23		1	0	1
Charles Kredar	36	123	100	19	15	0	0	3	15	5		17	23	.150	.287	.240	.527	24		3	1	2
Timothy Carroll	16	39	31	5	13	1	0	0	9	0		6	4	.419	.487	.452	.939	14		0	0	2
Larry Smoot	25	69	63	9	13	1	0	3	17	1		5	18	.206	.275	.365	.640	23		1	0	0
William Lister	20	43	33	7	10	1	2	0	7	0		10	7	.303	.465	.455	.920	15		0	0	0
Bill Spanswick	14	40	31	4	6	0	0	2	4	0		7	7	.194	.342	.387	.729	12		0	2	0
Brad Griffith	23	27	22	5	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	9	.227	.292	.273	.564	6		0	3	0
Kelly Pigue	10	25	23	6	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	6	.217	.280	.217	.497	5		1	0	0
Robert Hansen	9	13	13		4									.308	.308	.308	.615	4
John Soviero	13	18	13	3	3	0	0	0	3	0		3	4	.231	.353	.231	.584	3		0	1	1
Raymond Geiser	13	34	26	5	3	0	0	1	5	0		8	15	.115	.324	.231	.554	6		0	0	0
Junior Dowdy	6	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Robert Wheeler	15	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	2		0	1	0
Tommy Kraus	17	23	21	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.095	.174	.095	.269	2		0	0	0
Robert Mirer	17	28	23	3	2	0	0	0	2	1		2	12	.087	.160	.087	.247	2		0	3	0
Gary Peterson	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gary Modrell	9	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Alfred Plosky	8	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Ferdinand	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Raymond Krieger	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	724	2426	1984	358	449	72	19	38	303	24	0	380	492	.226	.357	.339	.696	673	0	29	22	11	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gerald Lorek	1B	49	328	18	9	30	.975	7.061
Richard DiGiacomo	2B	59	121	119	10	26	.960	4.068
Ken Knutson	3B	25	12	42	8	9	.871	2.160
Robert Blackford	3B	24	16	34	10	2	.833	2.083
Ron Staples	C	38	380	22	11	1	.973	1.579	11
Larry Smoot	C	10	84	2	0	0	1.000	8.600	5
William Lister	C	10	71	4	2	0	.974	7.500	4
Timothy Carroll	C	10	54	1	2	0	.965	5.500	2
William Jensen	OF	48	44	3	5	0	.904	.979
John Gould	OF	43	69	2	9	1	.888	1.651
Charles Kredar	OF	32	44	2	3	1	.939	1.438
Bill Dennis	OF	25	34	4	3	1	.927	1.520
Robert Mendoza	OF	23	24	2	5	0	.839	1.130
William Moniak	OF	13	13	1	3	0	.824	1.077
Brad Griffith	P	18	4	12	1	0	.941	.889
Robert Mirer	P	17	2	7	1	0	.900	.529
Tommy Kraus	P	16	1	9	0	0	1.000	.625
Robert Wheeler	P	15	2	8	3	0	.769	.667
Bill Spanswick	P	14	3	13	4	1	.800	1.143
John Soviero	P	13	1	14	1	2	.938	1.154
Raymond Geiser	P	12	2	20	1	2	.957	1.833
Robert Hansen	P	9						.000
Alfred Plosky	P	8						.000
Gary Modrell	P	7						.000
Junior Dowdy	P	5						.000
Kelly Pigue	P	1						.000
Thomas Fletcher	P	1						.000
Joe Fox	SS	36	50	75	16	10	.887	3.472
Ken Knutson	SS	19	24	43	7	5	.905	3.526
Robert Blackford	SS	10	10	21	9	2	.775	3.100
Totals		610	1393	478	123	93	.938	3.067	22	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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