1958 Richmond Virginians Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-82
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Eddie Lopat (71-82)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 160,633, Avg. 2,100

1958 Richmond Virginians Roster

The Richmond Virginians of the International League ended the 1958 season with a record of 71 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.

The Virginians plated 668 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Deron Johnson paced Richmond with 27 home runs, while Rance Pless and Clete Boyer walloped 15 or more also. Deron Johnson drove in 103 runs. Gerry Thomas led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .292 clip. Bob Wiesler and Jim Bronstad topped the squad with 13 wins each, and Bob Wiesler recorded a 3.07 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1958 Richmond Virginians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Coates, Bobby Del Greco, Johnny James, Sonny Dixon, Jack McMahan, Bob Oldis, Deron Johnson, Danny Schell, Rance Pless, Jim Bronstad, Bob Wiesler, Bob Chakales, Bobby Kline, Jim Command and Clete Boyer.

Eddie Lopat 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
Bob Wiesler	13	9	.591	3.07	25	24		13	1		182.0	162	68	62	6	108	6	98	5	0	11
Jim Bronstad	13	12	.520	3.67	35	29		13	2		211.0	208	95	86	16	70	4	88	4	0	5
Edward Dick	12	10	.545	4.47	29	23		9	1		159.0	157	98	79	16	86	3	103	7	1	5
Bob Chakales	10	6	.625	3.44	30	21		9	4		162.0	144	73	62	13	79	8	72	3	1	4
Johnny James	8	9	.471	4.35	28	15		5	1		120.0	118	67	58	10	78	3	83	3	0	6
Jim Post	4	3	.571	2.79	36	1		0	0		58.0	53	23	18	5	32	4	45	0	0	1
Billy Bethel	4	18	.182	3.58	30	27		7	0		171.0	177	81	68	15	36	4	117	4	0	7
Jim Coates	2	0	1.000		8						0.0									0
Will Parsons	2	6	.250	3.62	29	3		0	0		72.0	74	36	29	2	48	3	33	3	0	0
George Maier	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
Jack McMahan	1	3	.250	4.22	14	2		0	0		32.0	42	20	15	1	22	1	15	1	0	1
Wade Browning	1	4	.200	3.26	32	2		0	0		80.0	63	29	29	5	45	6	57	2	0	2
Arnold Briggs	0	0			7						0.0									0
Sonny Dixon					5						0.0
James O'Reilly	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Totals	71	82	.464	3.65	315	147	0	56	9	0	1247.0	1198	590	506	89	604	42	711	32	2	42	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
Deron Johnson	154	639	570	79	148	27	5	27	103	1		58	114	.260	.328	.467	.795	266		3	2	6	5
Clete Boyer	132	563	500	82	142	25	7	22	71	1		50	93	.284	.353	.494	.847	247		4	7	2	2
John Jaciuk	146	598	530	67	140	19	8	5	59	2		58	52	.264	.335	.358	.694	190		1	4	5	7
Gerry Thomas	135	535	466	61	136	18	8	10	72	1		54	62	.292	.368	.429	.797	200		5	5	5	10
Rance Pless	144	576	529	70	131	21	2	18	72	1		38	80	.248	.301	.397	.698	210		4	2	3	2
Len Johnston	135	564	474	81	118	18	9	2	38	37		88	67	.249	.367	.338	.704	160		0	2	0	1
Bob Oldis	124	450	384	51	103	21	6	5	49	1		59	29	.268	.368	.393	.762	151		3	2	2	6
Robert Deakin	120	428	357	38	90	18	6	0	25	2		63	45	.252	.367	.336	.703	120		3	3	2	8
Bobby Del Greco	100	388	329	53	88	17	4	9	45	3		44	40	.267	.370	.426	.796	140		11	2	2	3
Bobby Kline	69	208	183	16	45	5	1	0	11	0		22	37	.246	.329	.284	.613	52		1	1	1	5
Jim Command	78	215	196	20	44	3	0	8	32	1		16	21	.224	.280	.362	.643	71		0	1	2	1
Bob Wiesler	39	88	85	9	20	4	0	3	12	0		2	17	.235	.253	.388	.641	33		0	1	0	0
Danny Schell	36	113	88	14	20	1	0	4	12	0		22	11	.227	.375	.375	.750	33		0	1	2	3
Edward Dick	39	64	54	10	13	1	0	0	5	0		8	7	.241	.339	.259	.598	14		0	2	0	0
Jim Bronstad	38	79	66	4	12	1	0	0	2	0		6	29	.182	.247	.197	.444	13		0	6	1	0
Bob Chakales	32	67	58	3	10	3	0	0	5	0		6	20	.172	.246	.224	.470	13		0	2	1	0
Wade Browning	41	39	35	3	8	0	0	0	1	1		3	3	.229	.282	.229	.511	8		0	0	1	0
Billy Bethel	30	58	53	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		3	29	.094	.143	.113	.256	6		0	2	0	0
Will Parsons	29	20	19	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	9	.105	.150	.158	.308	3		0	0	0	0
Johnny James	39	43	35	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	11	.057	.108	.057	.165	2		0	6	0	0
James O'Reilly	3	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jack McMahan	14	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0	0
Lamar North	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Post	36	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	0	0	0
George Maier	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Coates	8	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1727	5777	5052	666	1279	204	56	113	620	51	0	604	790	.253	.335	.383	.718	1934	0	35	51	35	53

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Jaciuk	1B	146	1225	99	8	127	.994	9.068
Danny Schell	1B	10	54	4	3	6	.951	5.800
Robert Deakin	2B	116	241	269	17	66	.968	4.397
Bobby Kline	2B	32	70	82	3	23	.981	4.750
Gerry Thomas	2B	24	59	52	11	16	.910	4.625
Rance Pless	3B	132	105	302	18	42	.958	3.083
Gerry Thomas	3B	11	6	18	4	1	.857	2.182
Deron Johnson	3B	11	12	19	3	4	.912	2.818
Bobby Kline	3B	10	10	22	2	3	.941	3.200
Bob Oldis	C	117	594	56	8	9	.988	5.556	4
Jim Command	C	52	266	31	6	9	.980	5.712	4
Deron Johnson	OF	143	236	14	4	1	.984	1.748
Len Johnston	OF	123	262	10	5	2	.982	2.211
Gerry Thomas	OF	95	180	7	2	1	.989	1.968
Bobby Del Greco	OF	90	189	11	3	3	.985	2.222
Danny Schell	OF	18	33	2	1	1	.972	1.944
Jim Post	P	36	2	4	2	1	.750	.167
Jim Bronstad	P	35	28	61	2	5	.978	2.543
Wade Browning	P	32	8	16	0	2	1.000	.750
Bob Chakales	P	30	9	36	1	3	.978	1.500
Billy Bethel	P	30	11	26	4	0	.902	1.233
Will Parsons	P	29	1	19	0	0	1.000	.690
Edward Dick	P	29	8	26	4	2	.895	1.172
Johnny James	P	28	6	15	4	1	.840	.750
Bob Wiesler	P	25	13	41	3	2	.947	2.160
Jack McMahan	P	14	1	7	1	1	.889	.571
Jim Coates	P	8						.000
Arnold Briggs	P	7						.000
Sonny Dixon	P	5						.000
George Maier	P	4						.000
James O'Reilly	P	3						.000
Clete Boyer	SS	132	222	371	28	76	.955	4.492
Bobby Kline	SS	22	29	42	5	10	.934	3.227
Totals		1599	3880	1662	152	417	.973	3.466	8	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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