1958 Tri-City Braves Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 62-73
Finished 5th in the NWL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (62-73)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 45,283, Avg. 671

1958 Tri-City Braves Roster

The Tri-City Braves of the Northwest League ended the 1958 season with a record of 62 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the NWL.

The Braves scored 671 runs and yielded 736 runs, most in the circuit. Harry Williams led Tri-City with 18 home runs, while Ray Looney and Sonny Piver walloped 15 or more also. Sonny Piver drove in 75 runs. Reginald Hamilton topped all regular hitters by hitting .304. James Vogelgesang paced the squad with 11 wins, and Joe Drotar recorded a 3.21 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Ray Hathaway played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tri-City Braves to do so.

Ray Hathaway 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
James Vogelgesang	11	12	.478	5.46	31	22		7	0		160.0	170	126	97	14	92		76	10	0	11
Dick Newberg	10	12	.455	4.13	35	24		8	3		170.0	156	93	78	9	125		144	6	0	3
Donald Dobrino	10	13	.435	4.83	25	22		14	0		164.0	197	120	88	15	77		111	4	1	7
Joe Drotar	9	5	.643	3.21	34	6		4	1		129.0	105	59	46	8	70		93	11	1	7
John Kelly	8	3	.727	4.70	19	17		4	1		92.0	94	55	48	2	83		95	3	0	9
Leon Hurst	4	7	.364	4.50	20	11		6	0		90.0	112	62	45	7	40		65	3	0	5
Robert Vega	3	0	1.000	4.24	15	1		0	0		34.0	28	21	16	2	19		26	1	0	5
Rudy Trbovich	2	3	.400	5.94	11	6		2	0		53.0	70	45	35	7	18		30	2	0	2
Octavio Acosta	2	7	.222	4.50	16	8		3	0		60.0	76	36	30	1	34		41	5	0	3
Sonny Piver	1	0	1.000		1						0.0									0
Jerry McClure	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
Hillory Stanton	1	4	.200	3.94	15	4		2	0		48.0	55	30	21	1	16		20	1	1	0
Bob Wade	0	0			2						0.0									0
Harry Williams	0	0			3						0.0									0
Leonard Lindborg	0	0			1						0.0									0
Robert Koski	0	0			3						0.0									0
Jim Cammel	0	0			1						0.0									0
Rex Rupert	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Richard Shinnick	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Ray Hathaway	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Arturo Miro	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Barney Kunert	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Totals	62	73	.459	4.54	252	121	0	50	5	0	1000.0	1063	647	504	66	574	0	701	46	3	52	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
Reginald Hamilton	132	570	514	91	156	10	4	13	59	50		49	77	.304	.363	.414	.778	213		2	0	5
Jack Riley	132	512	435	68	127	26	8	6	61	14		65	51	.292	.382	.430	.812	187		2	4	6
Ray Looney	119	492	416	81	120	21	11	17	72	10		72	82	.288	.395	.514	.910	214		2	1	1
Sonny Piver	100	390	353	67	108	15	7	17	75	14		27	55	.306	.352	.533	.885	188		1	4	5
Harry Williams	93	391	351	64	99	20	4	18	63	15		33	73	.282	.347	.516	.863	181		3	2	2
Franklin Williams	78	317	298	46	86	13	7	5	33	4		15	37	.289	.328	.430	.758	128		3	0	1
Robert Koski	100	370	309	45	78	15	3	4	35	0		52	90	.252	.361	.359	.721	111		3	2	4
Albert Muench	90	324	272	29	69	11	1	2	38	1		43	50	.254	.356	.324	.680	88		3	1	5
Earl Fackler	53	218	205	24	60	6	2	2	19	6		10	42	.293	.326	.371	.696	76		0	3	0
Leonard Lindborg	46	192	157	32	42	8	1	12	30	5		24	26	.268	.387	.561	.948	88		8	1	2
Donald Whitcomb	61	191	182	23	40	9	0	7	28	0		4	42	.220	.238	.385	.623	70		1	2	2
Roy Stotler	39	151	137	15	29	2	0	1	10	1		12	25	.212	.273	.248	.522	34		0	1	1
Reyes Figueroa	34	107	102	14	25	5	3	2	15	1		3	23	.245	.271	.412	.683	42		1	0	1
Duane Emaar	14	53	45	9	17	2	0	0	8	0		6	3	.378	.442	.422	.865	19		0	1	1
Donald Dobrino	33	76	68	8	15	2	0	0	7	3		7	25	.221	.289	.250	.539	17		0	0	1
Eugene Cooke	18	62	46	10	13	2	1	1	5	0		9	3	.283	.407	.435	.842	20		2	3	2
James Vogelgesang	35	66	61	10	12	4	1	0	5	0		2	19	.197	.222	.295	.517	18		0	3	0
Dick Minice	16	65	58	4	10	1	0	0	3	1		5	12	.172	.246	.190	.436	11		1	0	1
Morris Cigar	13	46	41	5	8	0	0	1	2	2		4	8	.195	.267	.268	.535	11		0	1	0
Leon Hurst	20	37	33	6	6	2	0	0	1	0		1	4	.182	.206	.242	.448	8		0	3	0
Jerry McClure	5	10	10		5									.500	.500	.500	1.000	5
John Kelly	19	37	30	2	5	0	0	0	4	0		1	14	.167	.194	.167	.360	5		0	6	0
Joe Drotar	34	52	45	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		5	23	.111	.200	.111	.311	5		0	2	0
Dick Newberg	35	63	54	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		7	34	.093	.197	.093	.289	5		0	2	0
Hillory Stanton	16	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	3		0	0	0
Rudy Trbovich	11	20	16	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	7	.188	.263	.250	.513	4		0	1	1
Barney Kunert	7	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Robert Vega	15	12	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	2		0	4	0
Octavio Acosta	16	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.118	.211	.118	.328	2		0	2	0
Ray Hathaway	5	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Wade	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Shinnick	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rex Rupert	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Arturo Miro	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1397	4881	4297	667	1152	175	53	108	578	127	0	462	837	.268	.341	.409	.750	1757	0	32	49	41	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ray Looney	1B	119	917	61	25	90	.975	8.218
Dick Minice	1B	16	133	10	2	13	.986	8.938
Albert Muench	2B	90	205	226	16	52	.964	4.789
Franklin Williams	2B	44	97	117	12	23	.947	4.864
Jack Riley	3B	130	133	225	38	19	.904	2.754
Sonny Piver	C	79	460	47	14	3	.973	6.418	37
Donald Whitcomb	C	51	283	27	10	6	.969	6.078	8
Duane Emaar	C	12	64	7	4	1	.947	5.917	3
Robert Koski	OF	94	135	11	5	4	.967	1.553
Harry Williams	OF	93	204	15	4	2	.982	2.355
Earl Fackler	OF	51	58	0	3	0	.951	1.137
Leonard Lindborg	OF	46	87	5	6	0	.939	2.000
Roy Stotler	OF	35	75	5	0	1	1.000	2.286
Franklin Williams	OF	32	43	2	4	0	.918	1.406
Sonny Piver	OF	20	26	4	0	1	1.000	1.500
Eugene Cooke	OF	15	14	1	1	0	.938	1.000
Dick Newberg	P	35	12	30	2	1	.955	1.200
Joe Drotar	P	34	14	24	1	5	.974	1.118
James Vogelgesang	P	31	9	31	3	0	.930	1.290
Donald Dobrino	P	25	10	30	4	1	.909	1.600
Leon Hurst	P	20	5	14	3	2	.864	.950
John Kelly	P	19	5	23	1	0	.966	1.474
Octavio Acosta	P	16	3	23	0	2	1.000	1.625
Robert Vega	P	15	3	2	1	0	.833	.333
Hillory Stanton	P	15	2	12	1	0	.933	.933
Rudy Trbovich	P	11	1	9	1	0	.909	.909
Barney Kunert	P	5						.000
Ray Hathaway	P	5						.000
Jerry McClure	P	4						.000
Harry Williams	P	3						.000
Robert Koski	P	3						.000
Bob Wade	P	2						.000
Richard Shinnick	P	2						.000
Rex Rupert	P	2						.000
Arturo Miro	P	2						.000
Sonny Piver	P	1						.000
Leonard Lindborg	P	1						.000
Jim Cammel	P	1						.000
Reginald Hamilton	SS	130	195	380	51	63	.919	4.423
Totals		1309	3193	1341	212	289	.955	3.464	48	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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