1958 Vancouver Mounties Statistics
Team Record: 79-73
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: Charlie Metro (79-73)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 245,590, Avg. 3,231
The Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1958 season with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the PCL.
The Mounties led the circuit with just 607 runs allowed. Vancouver scored 623 runs. Joe Durham paced the team with 18 home runs, and Ray Barker walloped 15 or more, too. Joe Durham drove in 85 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .285 clip. George Bamberger and Erv Palica paced the squad with 15 wins each, while George Bamberger registered a 2.45 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1958 Vancouver Mounties who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Russ Heman, Art Ceccarelli, Billy DeMars, Charlie White, Ben Wade, Spider Jorgensen, Owen Friend, Tom Patton, Jim Hughes, Mel Held, Charlie Beamon, Buddy Peterson, Gordie Sundin, Charlie Metro, Joe Hatten, Jerry Lane, George Bamberger, Ray Barker, Barry Shetrone, Joe Frazier, Pete Ward, Erv Palica, Jim Brideweser, Joe Durham, Jim Dyck and Ron Moeller.
Charlie Metro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bamberger | 15 | 11 | .577 | 2.45 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 184.0 | 183 | 58 | 50 | 16 | 26 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Erv Palica | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.54 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 211.0 | 217 | 100 | 83 | 14 | 54 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Art Ceccarelli | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.80 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 166.0 | 175 | 77 | 70 | 9 | 74 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Joe Hatten | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.19 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 144.0 | 149 | 75 | 67 | 14 | 55 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Russ Heman | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.20 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 166.0 | 142 | 72 | 59 | 10 | 76 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Mel Held | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.81 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 163.0 | 174 | 79 | 69 | 23 | 28 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Gordie Sundin | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.39 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 127.0 | 132 | 69 | 62 | 11 | 61 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ron Moeller | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.48 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 31.0 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Beamon | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hughes | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.61 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Roosevelt Evans | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Peterson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Lajoie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Jordan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Brideweser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Durham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Owen Friend | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Frazier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ben Wade | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Metro | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lane | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1.97 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 77 | 71 | .520 | 3.49 | 346 | 149 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 0 | 1262.0 | 1264 | 567 | 490 | 101 | 418 | 0 | 621 | 27 | 1 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Peterson | 147 | 639 | 582 | 83 | 154 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 10 | 45 | 41 | .265 | .317 | .351 | .667 | 204 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Barry Shetrone | 132 | 553 | 498 | 84 | 133 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 14 | 43 | 89 | .267 | .325 | .378 | .703 | 188 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Joe Durham | 135 | 534 | 463 | 81 | 132 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 85 | 10 | 62 | 89 | .285 | .369 | .486 | .855 | 225 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Charlie White | 119 | 406 | 351 | 38 | 102 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 47 | 44 | .291 | .377 | .376 | .753 | 132 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ray Barker | 114 | 435 | 396 | 44 | 100 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 6 | 33 | 58 | .253 | .312 | .422 | .733 | 167 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joe Frazier | 117 | 415 | 357 | 55 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 70 | 1 | 49 | 39 | .275 | .359 | .429 | .788 | 153 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Owen Friend | 115 | 403 | 371 | 40 | 97 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 23 | 95 | .261 | .308 | .431 | .739 | 160 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Spider Jorgensen | 118 | 426 | 377 | 51 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 42 | 40 | .247 | .323 | .353 | .676 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bill Lajoie | 112 | 375 | 333 | 29 | 91 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 33 | 26 | .273 | .334 | .348 | .683 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Jim Brideweser | 111 | 408 | 352 | 44 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 38 | .253 | .337 | .324 | .661 | 114 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Tom Patton | 52 | 168 | 154 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .188 | .247 | .260 | .507 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Erv Palica | 35 | 89 | 84 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .202 | .221 | .238 | .459 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Hain | 18 | 65 | 58 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | .224 | .308 | .345 | .653 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Held | 38 | 63 | 60 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .167 | .206 | .183 | .390 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Ward | 11 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .353 | .450 | .529 | .979 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Ceccarelli | 36 | 62 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .103 | .161 | .103 | .265 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Bamberger | 32 | 72 | 64 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .094 | .121 | .094 | .215 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Sundin | 25 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .100 | .163 | .100 | .263 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Russ Heman | 48 | 58 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .080 | .132 | .100 | .232 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Moeller | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Hatten | 50 | 48 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .044 | .085 | .044 | .130 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Russell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Hughes | 35 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Beamon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lane | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Metro | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Jordan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1635 | 5319 | 4743 | 581 | 1194 | 185 | 45 | 85 | 504 | 62 | 0 | 459 | 746 | .252 | .319 | .363 | .682 | 1724 | 83 | 19 | 70 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Barker | 1B | 109 | 960 | 80 | 15 | 80 | .986 | 9.541 | ||||
| Bill Lajoie | 1B | 42 | 303 | 17 | 5 | 44 | .985 | 7.619 | ||||
| Jim Brideweser | 2B | 95 | 197 | 232 | 9 | 67 | .979 | 4.516 | ||||
| Owen Friend | 2B | 68 | 153 | 191 | 12 | 41 | .966 | 5.059 | ||||
| Spider Jorgensen | 3B | 97 | 76 | 191 | 4 | 17 | .985 | 2.753 | ||||
| Owen Friend | 3B | 40 | 48 | 67 | 7 | 10 | .943 | 2.875 | ||||
| William Hain | 3B | 17 | 18 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 2.882 | ||||
| Charlie White | C | 114 | 488 | 46 | 7 | 9 | .987 | 4.684 | 7 | |||
| Tom Patton | C | 46 | 200 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 5.043 | 2 | |||
| Barry Shetrone | OF | 127 | 375 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .985 | 3.016 | ||||
| Joe Durham | OF | 127 | 224 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 1.866 | ||||
| Joe Frazier | OF | 100 | 178 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 1.820 | ||||
| Bill Lajoie | OF | 56 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.321 | ||||
| Joe Hatten | P | 49 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .839 | .531 | ||||
| Russ Heman | P | 47 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .617 | ||||
| Mel Held | P | 37 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.000 | ||||
| Art Ceccarelli | P | 35 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .743 | ||||
| Erv Palica | P | 34 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | P | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .088 | ||||
| George Bamberger | P | 31 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.516 | ||||
| Gordie Sundin | P | 25 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.440 | ||||
| Ben Wade | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Lane | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Ron Moeller | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Jordan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Beamon | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buddy Peterson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Metro | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Lajoie | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Owen Friend | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Frazier | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roosevelt Evans | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Durham | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Brideweser | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buddy Peterson | SS | 143 | 227 | 434 | 37 | 90 | .947 | 4.622 | ||||
| Jim Brideweser | SS | 14 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .964 | 3.786 | ||||
| Totals | 1541 | 3668 | 1573 | 131 | 386 | .976 | 3.401 | 9 | 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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