1958 San Jose Pirates/Las Vegas Wranglers Statistics
Team Record: 54-81
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Jack Paepke (54-81)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: San Jose, California; Las Vegas, Nevada
Ballpark: Elks Stadium, Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 23,845, Avg. 353
The San Jose Pirates/Las Vegas Wranglers of the California League ended the 1958 season with a record of 54 wins and 81 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.San Jose (14-18) moved to Las Vegas May 26.
The Pirates/Wranglers scored 625 runs and allowed 902 runs, most in the circuit. Jim Campbell paced San Jose/Las Vegas with 11 home runs Freed Messner drove in 73 runs. Angel Figueroa topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Frederick Rick led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.27 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Elmo Plaskett, Larry Foss, Ron Brand, Jim Campbell, Bob Veale, Bob Lee and Tom Butters were all players from the 1958 San Jose Pirates/Las Vegas Wranglers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jack Paepke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Rick | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.27 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 209.0 | 239 | 129 | 76 | 5 | 59 | 144 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Bob Lee | 10 | 13 | .435 | 5.07 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 183.0 | 192 | 142 | 103 | 11 | 134 | 165 | 7 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Jim Gleason | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.77 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 167.0 | 183 | 131 | 107 | 14 | 125 | 127 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Louis Profumo | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.21 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 95.0 | 118 | 73 | 55 | 8 | 57 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mort Ek | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.13 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 107 | 80 | 64 | 7 | 81 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Larry Foss | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 59.0 | 54 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Veale | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.43 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 63.0 | 60 | 52 | 38 | 3 | 55 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Harold Perry | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.59 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 112 | 74 | 51 | 10 | 64 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Richard Donnelly | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Butters | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.00 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 48 | 47 | 30 | 2 | 47 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ronnie Wilkins | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chester Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Angel Figueroa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Minice | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom King | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Paepke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 40 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Daniels | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank Jackson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 54 | 81 | .400 | 4.91 | 242 | 121 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1048.0 | 1153 | 794 | 572 | 63 | 672 | 0 | 796 | 45 | 5 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Figueroa | 103 | 462 | 433 | 52 | 132 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 47 | .305 | .343 | .351 | .694 | 152 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Villard Wright | 133 | 589 | 495 | 76 | 129 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 70 | 30 | 82 | 128 | .261 | .368 | .408 | .776 | 202 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Freed Messner | 111 | 457 | 394 | 57 | 114 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 73 | 2 | 52 | 105 | .289 | .371 | .454 | .825 | 179 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Dick Minice | 115 | 493 | 421 | 50 | 107 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 59 | 61 | .254 | .350 | .335 | .685 | 141 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Ronnie Wilkins | 80 | 352 | 300 | 46 | 87 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 52 | 44 | .290 | .395 | .367 | .762 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elmo Plaskett | 65 | 303 | 260 | 48 | 83 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 8 | 38 | 36 | .319 | .407 | .488 | .896 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jim Campbell | 81 | 352 | 295 | 55 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 45 | 63 | .281 | .384 | .441 | .825 | 130 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Eugene Cooke | 59 | 268 | 216 | 34 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 35 | 40 | .282 | .407 | .356 | .763 | 77 | 11 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Morris Cigar | 53 | 234 | 191 | 46 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 35 | .298 | .418 | .497 | .915 | 95 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Owings | 56 | 228 | 192 | 30 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 31 | 36 | .260 | .366 | .385 | .751 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Richard Babich | 44 | 194 | 173 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 37 | .254 | .321 | .358 | .680 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jack Paepke | 48 | 144 | 108 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 35 | 30 | .306 | .476 | .333 | .809 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ron Brand | 50 | 190 | 163 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 22 | .196 | .303 | .288 | .592 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Chester Jackson | 46 | 172 | 141 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 42 | .206 | .341 | .255 | .596 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Harold Perry | 31 | 76 | 71 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .282 | .320 | .324 | .644 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Taylor | 25 | 87 | 78 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 34 | .167 | .244 | .218 | .462 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Gleason | 38 | 90 | 82 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 35 | .122 | .200 | .183 | .383 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Lee | 36 | 83 | 66 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 37 | .121 | .250 | .152 | .402 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mort Ek | 30 | 76 | 68 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 35 | .118 | .200 | .162 | .362 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frederick Rick | 48 | 98 | 84 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 49 | .095 | .200 | .095 | .295 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dick McDonald | 22 | 86 | 76 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | .092 | .198 | .105 | .303 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Foss | 11 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Prevedello | 10 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | .121 | .275 | .121 | .396 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Louis Profumo | 21 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tom Butters | 13 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .294 | .400 | .694 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Veale | 19 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .150 | .292 | .250 | .542 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Tom King | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Hoehn | 6 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Daniels | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Aneiro Moncion | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Donnelly | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Jackson | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1385 | 5232 | 4484 | 620 | 1138 | 173 | 59 | 53 | 550 | 103 | 0 | 625 | 1018 | .254 | .349 | .354 | .703 | 1588 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Minice | 1B | 114 | 898 | 72 | 15 | 63 | .985 | 8.509 | ||||
| Richard Babich | 1B | 21 | 154 | 11 | 5 | 10 | .971 | 7.857 | ||||
| Angel Figueroa | 2B | 94 | 204 | 222 | 13 | 36 | .970 | 4.532 | ||||
| Ronald Owings | 2B | 19 | 37 | 44 | 7 | 6 | .920 | 4.263 | ||||
| Chester Jackson | 2B | 14 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 7 | .944 | 3.643 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | 3B | 53 | 54 | 97 | 14 | 7 | .915 | 2.849 | ||||
| Jim Campbell | 3B | 28 | 22 | 50 | 6 | 1 | .923 | 2.571 | ||||
| Richard Babich | 3B | 19 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 5 | .921 | 3.053 | ||||
| Chester Jackson | 3B | 12 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 2.083 | ||||
| Andrew Prevedello | 3B | 10 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .844 | 2.700 | ||||
| Freed Messner | C | 109 | 711 | 82 | 31 | 12 | .962 | 7.275 | 21 | |||
| Jack Paepke | C | 15 | 96 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 6.733 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Owings | C | 13 | 95 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 7.615 | 4 | |||
| Villard Wright | OF | 132 | 248 | 10 | 15 | 3 | .945 | 1.955 | ||||
| Ronnie Wilkins | OF | 80 | 116 | 14 | 9 | 2 | .935 | 1.625 | ||||
| Eugene Cooke | OF | 59 | 132 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .953 | 2.390 | ||||
| Morris Cigar | OF | 53 | 139 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .960 | 2.717 | ||||
| Dick McDonald | OF | 20 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.750 | ||||
| Ronald Owings | OF | 19 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.316 | ||||
| Jack Paepke | OF | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Frederick Rick | P | 40 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .897 | .875 | ||||
| Jim Gleason | P | 34 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| Bob Lee | P | 31 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.194 | ||||
| Mort Ek | P | 21 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.048 | ||||
| Louis Profumo | P | 19 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .895 | ||||
| Harold Perry | P | 18 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.222 | ||||
| Bob Veale | P | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Larry Foss | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Tom Butters | P | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Jack Paepke | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Payne | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom King | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Jackson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Daniels | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Wilkins | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Minice | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Donnelly | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chester Jackson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angel Figueroa | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Campbell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Campbell | SS | 53 | 88 | 138 | 26 | 15 | .897 | 4.264 | ||||
| Ron Brand | SS | 40 | 71 | 97 | 24 | 20 | .875 | 4.200 | ||||
| Gerald Taylor | SS | 20 | 24 | 38 | 3 | 4 | .954 | 3.100 | ||||
| Chester Jackson | SS | 18 | 37 | 36 | 10 | 4 | .880 | 4.056 | ||||
| Totals | 1270 | 3323 | 1183 | 237 | 207 | .950 | 3.548 | 27 | 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.
