1958 Springfield Giants Statistics
Team Record: 68-65
Finished 1st in the EL's North Division
Manager: Andy Gilbert (68-65)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 84,974, Avg. 1,278
The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1958 season with a record of 68 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Giants led the league with just 544 runs allowed. Springfield scored 562 runs. John Weekly paced the team with 11 home runs José Pagán drove in 77 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Dick LeMay and Julio Navarro paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Chester Vincent registered a 1.73 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1958 Springfield Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Verle Tiefenthaler, José Pagán, Charlie Dees, Julio Navarro, Bob Perry, John Weekly, Dick LeMay, Jim Duffalo, Rudy Hernández, Ernie Bowman, Roy Wright and Roger McCardell.
Andy Gilbert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Navarro | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.07 | 37 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 214.0 | 167 | 81 | 73 | 10 | 115 | 5 | 142 | 17 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Dick LeMay | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.98 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 181.0 | 162 | 92 | 80 | 7 | 107 | 8 | 131 | 11 | 1 | 6 | |||
| George Case | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.03 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 175.0 | 153 | 63 | 59 | 10 | 61 | 6 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Roy Wright | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.88 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 123.0 | 123 | 63 | 53 | 3 | 82 | 11 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Vic Davis | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.57 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 116.0 | 94 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 80 | 6 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Chester Vincent | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.73 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 109.0 | 109 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.86 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 74.0 | 74 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Duffalo | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.18 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Dennison | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.55 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 57 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Reggie Lee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| William DeJesus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rudy Hernández | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 65 | .511 | 3.51 | 289 | 129 | 0 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 1109.0 | 982 | 492 | 433 | 43 | 616 | 51 | 695 | 50 | 3 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Dees | 132 | 584 | 534 | 77 | 158 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 8 | 28 | 103 | .296 | .345 | .406 | .752 | 217 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| José Pagán | 126 | 554 | 513 | 68 | 153 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 77 | 13 | 25 | 39 | .298 | .331 | .407 | .738 | 209 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Ernie Bowman | 127 | 568 | 531 | 65 | 131 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 25 | 65 | .247 | .280 | .307 | .587 | 163 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bob Perry | 109 | 456 | 418 | 54 | 117 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 6 | 29 | 57 | .280 | .327 | .431 | .758 | 180 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| John Weekly | 130 | 539 | 450 | 70 | 116 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 74 | 93 | .258 | .372 | .402 | .774 | 181 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Ed Herstek | 134 | 524 | 456 | 51 | 108 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 57 | 58 | .237 | .322 | .316 | .638 | 144 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Jack Lewis | 112 | 422 | 390 | 44 | 91 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 30 | 68 | .233 | .287 | .323 | .610 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Roger McCardell | 66 | 265 | 233 | 36 | 72 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 28 | 30 | .309 | .380 | .455 | .835 | 106 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank Reveira | 100 | 291 | 249 | 19 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 23 | .261 | .360 | .333 | .693 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Charles Garivaltis | 49 | 142 | 127 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .244 | .312 | .354 | .666 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Enos | 42 | 131 | 116 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .250 | .326 | .302 | .627 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick LeMay | 37 | 81 | 68 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .162 | .250 | .162 | .412 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Cooper | 20 | 79 | 58 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 12 | .172 | .368 | .259 | .627 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Julio Navarro | 38 | 81 | 70 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .129 | .184 | .129 | .313 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vic Davis | 25 | 43 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .190 | .190 | .214 | .405 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Case | 35 | 64 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .088 | .161 | .105 | .267 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Cassidy | 10 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .174 | .321 | .174 | .495 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roy Wright | 43 | 43 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .125 | .243 | .188 | .431 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Caputo | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Chester Vincent | 44 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .115 | .207 | .115 | .322 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Spicuzza | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 17 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .091 | .200 | .091 | .291 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Pollitt | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Duffalo | 23 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Dennison | 19 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Pavlick | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reggie Lee | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rudy Hernández | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William DeJesus | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1486 | 5049 | 4512 | 550 | 1135 | 202 | 39 | 49 | 499 | 50 | 0 | 408 | 703 | .252 | .317 | .346 | .663 | 1562 | 0 | 38 | 63 | 28 | 55 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Dees | 1B | 132 | 1168 | 60 | 20 | 96 | .984 | 9.303 | ||||
| Ernie Bowman | 2B | 126 | 302 | 358 | 24 | 69 | .965 | 5.238 | ||||
| José Pagán | 2B | 11 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.636 | ||||
| José Pagán | 3B | 117 | 125 | 232 | 13 | 21 | .965 | 3.051 | ||||
| Bob Perry | 3B | 12 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.333 | ||||
| Frank Reveira | C | 70 | 364 | 41 | 12 | 2 | .971 | 5.786 | 11 | |||
| Roger McCardell | C | 62 | 396 | 38 | 4 | 5 | .991 | 7.000 | 4 | |||
| John Weekly | OF | 129 | 307 | 25 | 12 | 2 | .965 | 2.574 | ||||
| Jack Lewis | OF | 102 | 186 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 1.912 | ||||
| Bob Perry | OF | 96 | 161 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .966 | 1.802 | ||||
| Charles Garivaltis | OF | 31 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.516 | ||||
| Patrick Enos | OF | 30 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Ron Cooper | OF | 17 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.765 | ||||
| Chester Vincent | P | 43 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .326 | ||||
| Roy Wright | P | 42 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .690 | ||||
| Julio Navarro | P | 37 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.054 | ||||
| George Case | P | 35 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .865 | .914 | ||||
| Dick LeMay | P | 28 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.393 | ||||
| Jim Duffalo | P | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .609 | ||||
| Vic Davis | P | 22 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.136 | ||||
| Robert Dennison | P | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .579 | ||||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | P | 16 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.062 | ||||
| Rudy Hernández | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| William DeJesus | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reggie Lee | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Herstek | SS | 133 | 229 | 367 | 40 | 63 | .937 | 4.481 | ||||
| Totals | 1356 | 3396 | 1385 | 148 | 273 | .970 | 3.526 | 15 | 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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