1958 Bakersfield Bears Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 84-55
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Paul Owens (84-55)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 66,785, Avg. 961

1958 Bakersfield Bears Roster

Playoffs - Visalia Redlegs 2 games, Bakersfield Bears 1

The Bakersfield Bears of the California League ended the 1958 season with a record of 84 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Bears scored 801 runs and allowed 720 runs. Barton Dupon walloped 40 home runs for Bakersfield, while Cal Emery and Charlie Fields swatted 15 or more as well. Barton Dupon drove in 136 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .317 clip. Bob Gontkosky paced the team with 19 wins, plus John Dewald, too added 15 or more wins, too John Dewald recorded a 3.6 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1958 Bakersfield Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cal Emery, Wayne Graham and Bobby Wine.

Paul Owens 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 Gontkosky	19	7	.731	3.86	35	33		18	3		252.0	232	130	108	10	184		272	5	3	21
John Dewald	15	5	.750	3.60	33	15		10	1		170.0	172	83	68	14	61		153	6	0	7
Ed Hottell	11	9	.550	4.00	43	21		5	2		200.0	201	127	89	11	100		109	4	1	11
Edward Lunsford	10	6	.625	5.68	37	15		0	0		122.0	104	85	77	3	123		85	15	1	18
Edward Hughes	9	5	.643	3.68	17	17		8	1		110.0	99	58	45	7	74		83	1	0	2
David Steplitus	6	3	.667	5.72	20	11		2	1		74.0	82	58	47	5	61		36	3	0	5
John Hogg	6	7	.462	5.26	27	13		4	0		118.0	133	77	69	8	62		53	0	1	4
Edward Kelly	4	2	.667	2.94	16	1		1	0		52.0	37	20	17	3	26		38	4	0	2
Paul Deese	2	7	.222	5.37	13	8		2	0		62.0	73	45	37	1	34		29	2	0	9
Edward Culbert	1	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
William Hurlbert	0	0			2						0.0									0
Wayne Graham	0	0			1						0.0									0
John McQuade	0	1	.000		7						0.0									0
David Weilbaecher	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Edward Brakus	0	1	.000		7						0.0									0
Ivan Abromowitz	0	2	.000		2						0.0									0
Totals	83	56	.597	4.32	266	134	0	50	8	0	1160.0	1133	683	557	62	725	0	858	40	6	79	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
Bill McGuckin	137	662	524	114	159	30	5	11	72	35		104	85	.303	.430	.443	.873	232		17	11	6
Barton Dupon	130	595	495	103	157	27	4	40	136	9		92	90	.317	.425	.630	1.055	312		3	2	3
Charlie Fields	139	621	511	95	145	18	13	15	86	21		91	119	.284	.396	.458	.854	234		9	2	8
Bobby Wine	112	504	440	78	137	13	11	11	75	4		50	68	.311	.377	.466	.843	205		0	8	6
Cal Emery	88	407	339	68	101	18	0	17	82	2		59	48	.298	.400	.501	.902	170		3	0	6
Wayne Graham	96	407	358	61	91	14	1	5	45	9		29	27	.254	.318	.341	.659	122		8	5	7
Steve Hershner	94	342	300	36	85	14	3	3	50	6		34	56	.283	.350	.380	.730	114		0	2	6
Daniel Sarver	95	364	300	39	79	16	3	3	37	10		57	55	.263	.380	.367	.746	110		1	3	3
Edward Kelly	99	330	276	59	72	12	2	4	52	4		43	50	.261	.369	.362	.731	100		6	2	3
James Huber	48	195	161	28	33	3	0	0	4	2		26	22	.205	.325	.224	.548	36		3	4	1
Paul Owens	31	120	98	11	25	2	4	0	14	1		22	16	.255	.392	.357	.749	35		0	0	0
John Dewald	35	80	67	11	21	2	1	0	3	0		8	16	.313	.395	.373	.768	25		1	4	0
Theodore Sloan	30	101	82	11	21	7	0	0	9	0		18	23	.256	.390	.341	.731	28		0	1	0
Gar McLeod	29	90	74	10	18	4	0	1	11	0		11	14	.243	.341	.338	.679	25		1	2	2
Guy Miali	18	86	66	15	14	1	0	0	0	1		16	17	.212	.373	.227	.601	15		1	3	0
Bob Gontkosky	35	104	84	11	14	1	0	1	6	0		9	34	.167	.247	.214	.462	18		0	11	0
Edgar Parsons	21	79	62	8	12	2	1	0	5	0		14	15	.194	.359	.258	.617	16		2	1	0
Jon Hockenberry	12	49	45	6	8	2	0	2	4	0		4	13	.178	.245	.356	.600	16		0	0	0
Paul Deese	13	26	26	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.269	.269	.269	.538	7		0	0	0
Ed Hottell	46	78	61	7	7	1	0	0	4	0		12	31	.115	.257	.131	.388	8		0	4	1
Edward Hughes	23	55	46	3	6	3	0	0	7	0		6	21	.130	.231	.196	.426	9		0	3	0
Peter Fannon	7	20	20		4									.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Carl Olley	9	35	35		4									.114	.114	.114	.229	4
David Steplitus	22	31	25	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		6	3	.120	.290	.120	.410	3		0	0	0
Edward Lunsford	37	43	35	8	3	0	0	0	1	0		6	20	.086	.220	.086	.305	3		0	2	0
John Hogg	27	44	37	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	17	.081	.125	.081	.206	3		0	4	1
Donald Lightner	7	22	22		2									.091	.091	.091	.182	2
Nolan Campbell	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Clyde Hampton	7	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
David Weilbaecher	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John McQuade	7	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Culbert	4	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Brakus	7	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1469	5512	4611	791	1233	190	48	113	706	104	0	719	868	.267	.369	.403	.772	1858	0	55	74	53	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Cal Emery	1B	88	797	47	14	80	.984	9.591
Paul Owens	1B	29	229	17	4	24	.984	8.483
Jon Hockenberry	1B	12	92	8	4	5	.962	8.333
Daniel Sarver	2B	83	201	200	19	55	.955	4.831
Edward Kelly	2B	24	45	43	3	9	.967	3.667
Gar McLeod	2B	22	47	54	5	13	.953	4.591
James Huber	2B	13	24	19	2	3	.956	3.308
Wayne Graham	3B	88	98	197	18	15	.942	3.352
Edward Kelly	3B	35	30	60	9	7	.909	2.571
Edgar Parsons	3B	20	19	54	6	7	.924	3.650
Steve Hershner	C	90	591	52	8	8	.988	7.144	14
James Huber	C	32	213	28	6	7	.976	7.531	8
Theodore Sloan	C	28	133	13	5	3	.967	5.214	5
Bill McGuckin	OF	137	310	13	10	3	.970	2.358
Charlie Fields	OF	136	252	19	17	2	.941	1.993
Barton Dupon	OF	130	257	20	12	8	.958	2.131
Ed Hottell	P	43	13	26	4	2	.907	.907
Edward Lunsford	P	37	6	22	5	1	.848	.757
Bob Gontkosky	P	35	10	30	3	1	.930	1.143
John Dewald	P	33	7	30	5	2	.881	1.121
John Hogg	P	27	11	20	0	0	1.000	1.148
David Steplitus	P	20	5	19	0	1	1.000	1.200
Edward Hughes	P	17	5	18	2	1	.920	1.353
Edward Kelly	P	16	3	9	1	0	.923	.750
Paul Deese	P	13	3	6	3	0	.750	.692
John McQuade	P	7						.000
Edward Brakus	P	7						.000
Edward Culbert	P	4						.000
David Weilbaecher	P	2						.000
William Hurlbert	P	2						.000
Ivan Abromowitz	P	2						.000
Wayne Graham	P	1						.000
Bobby Wine	SS	112	207	304	26	52	.952	4.562
Guy Miali	SS	18	18	44	4	9	.939	3.444
Totals		1363	3626	1372	195	318	.962	3.667	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.

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