1958 Little Rock Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 74-80
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Les Peden (74-80)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 67,810, Avg. 881
The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.
The Travelers scored 673 runs and allowed 741 runs. Kent Hadley walloped 34 home runs for Little Rock, while Charles Secrest and Les Peden swatted 15 or more as well. Charles Secrest accounted for 99 RBI. Les Peden topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .334 average. Dutch Romberger led the team with 18 wins, and Bob Davis earned a 2.17 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1958 Little Rock Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Fred Hahn, Bob Davis, Harry Elliott, Bud Black, Bill Bradford, Bob Spicer, Kent Hadley, Bill Kern, Les Peden, Al Grunwald, Gordon MacKenzie, John Tsitouris, Howie Reed, Grady Wilson, Pete Castiglione, Al Aber, Don Williams, Chuck Locke, George Brunet, Jim Small and Dutch Romberger.
Les Peden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Romberger | 18 | 5 | .783 | 2.48 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 117 | 41 | 35 | 10 | 47 | 11 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Spicer | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.91 | 40 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 237.0 | 254 | 123 | 103 | 18 | 82 | 5 | 107 | 8 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Bob Davis | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.17 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 170.0 | 153 | 56 | 41 | 12 | 73 | 8 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |||
| George Brunet | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.53 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 97.0 | 73 | 47 | 38 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Fred Hahn | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.85 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 79 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Al Grunwald | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.62 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 133 | 83 | 78 | 11 | 78 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Don Williams | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 2 | 1 | .667 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Aber | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.73 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 44 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Miller | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.94 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 47 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jack Nora | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Howie Reed | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.91 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Louis Heyman | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Nance | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bud Black | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Bradford | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Les Peden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Locke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Tsitouris | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Bober | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.61 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41.0 | 53 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 63 | 66 | .488 | 3.99 | 311 | 101 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 997.0 | 1027 | 519 | 442 | 78 | 460 | 37 | 564 | 34 | 2 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Secrest | 154 | 671 | 570 | 82 | 160 | 33 | 8 | 21 | 99 | 5 | 83 | 68 | .281 | .371 | .477 | .848 | 272 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Les Peden | 133 | 525 | 458 | 67 | 153 | 29 | 3 | 26 | 88 | 1 | 59 | 46 | .334 | .412 | .581 | .993 | 266 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Kent Hadley | 132 | 546 | 477 | 82 | 117 | 15 | 3 | 34 | 91 | 2 | 64 | 122 | .245 | .334 | .503 | .837 | 240 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Rac Slider | 144 | 577 | 497 | 66 | 110 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 70 | 65 | .221 | .320 | .312 | .632 | 155 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| R. C. Otey | 122 | 487 | 408 | 55 | 91 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 23 | .223 | .338 | .262 | .600 | 107 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Grady Wilson | 111 | 397 | 352 | 32 | 88 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 38 | 44 | .250 | .320 | .301 | .621 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Alan Scott | 99 | 379 | 347 | 43 | 83 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 34 | 1 | 29 | 100 | .239 | .302 | .412 | .714 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Small | 86 | 364 | 307 | 49 | 81 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 55 | 58 | .264 | .375 | .342 | .717 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Grunwald | 103 | 244 | 222 | 32 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 46 | .279 | .344 | .468 | .813 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Louis Heyman | 94 | 267 | 237 | 21 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 45 | .215 | .300 | .266 | .565 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pete Castiglione | 53 | 188 | 175 | 24 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | .240 | .283 | .303 | .586 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald Brown | 37 | 132 | 114 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .246 | .323 | .360 | .683 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Spicer | 45 | 99 | 76 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 11 | .145 | .283 | .211 | .493 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Claude Horn | 14 | 58 | 45 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .222 | .379 | .333 | .713 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Davis | 25 | 66 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .145 | .200 | .164 | .364 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kern | 13 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .200 | .349 | .314 | .663 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Agosta | 13 | 52 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .152 | .235 | .174 | .409 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 14 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .140 | .327 | .256 | .583 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bober | 8 | 16 | 16 | 5 | .312 | .312 | .312 | .625 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| George Brunet | 18 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .114 | .139 | .114 | .253 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Miller | 16 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Romberger | 55 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .097 | .176 | .097 | .273 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Hahn | 14 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .105 | .174 | .105 | .279 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Tsitouris | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Bradford | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Howie Reed | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Locke | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Nora | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Aber | 18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .000 | .357 | .000 | .357 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1570 | 5344 | 4636 | 610 | 1136 | 177 | 41 | 117 | 567 | 23 | 0 | 603 | 732 | .245 | .333 | .377 | .710 | 1746 | 0 | 24 | 49 | 32 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Hadley | 1B | 128 | 1081 | 104 | 9 | 107 | .992 | 9.258 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | 1B | 29 | 229 | 17 | 2 | 25 | .992 | 8.483 | ||||
| R. C. Otey | 2B | 111 | 291 | 280 | 16 | 61 | .973 | 5.144 | ||||
| Donald Brown | 2B | 24 | 41 | 50 | 5 | 9 | .948 | 3.792 | ||||
| Grady Wilson | 2B | 15 | 32 | 35 | 4 | 9 | .944 | 4.467 | ||||
| Thomas Agosta | 2B | 10 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 5 | .906 | 5.800 | ||||
| Grady Wilson | 3B | 76 | 54 | 106 | 16 | 18 | .909 | 2.105 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | 3B | 41 | 53 | 81 | 8 | 6 | .944 | 3.268 | ||||
| Les Peden | 3B | 27 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 5 | .904 | 2.444 | ||||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 3B | 14 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 1 | .907 | 3.500 | ||||
| Les Peden | C | 96 | 432 | 56 | 6 | 6 | .988 | 5.083 | 22 | |||
| Louis Heyman | C | 74 | 358 | 28 | 7 | 8 | .982 | 5.216 | 3 | |||
| Charles Secrest | OF | 153 | 396 | 13 | 12 | 1 | .971 | 2.673 | ||||
| Alan Scott | OF | 97 | 179 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .938 | 1.876 | ||||
| Jim Small | OF | 85 | 151 | 7 | 11 | 2 | .935 | 1.859 | ||||
| Claude Horn | OF | 13 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.231 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | OF | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Bill Kern | OF | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.900 | ||||
| Dutch Romberger | P | 55 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .473 | ||||
| Bob Spicer | P | 40 | 16 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.550 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | P | 33 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .966 | .848 | ||||
| Bob Davis | P | 25 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 4 | .938 | 1.800 | ||||
| Bud Black | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Aber | P | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Miller | P | 16 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Donald Nance | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Hahn | P | 13 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| George Brunet | P | 13 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | P | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| John Bober | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Tsitouris | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howie Reed | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Nora | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Williams | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Locke | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Heyman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Bradford | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Les Peden | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rac Slider | SS | 142 | 283 | 401 | 35 | 83 | .951 | 4.817 | ||||
| Grady Wilson | SS | 24 | 23 | 51 | 3 | 14 | .961 | 3.083 | ||||
| Totals | 1493 | 3779 | 1501 | 177 | 377 | .968 | 3.537 | 25 | 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.
