1958 Cedar Rapids Braves Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 77-53
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Alex Monchak (77-53)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 81,437, Avg. 1,253

1958 Cedar Rapids Braves Roster

Playoffs - Cedar Rapids Braves 3 games, Davenport DavSox 2

The Cedar Rapids Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1958 season with a record of 77 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.

The Braves led the league with just 590 runs allowed. Cedar Rapids scored 714 runs. Horace Garner paced the team with 27 home runs, while Hawk Taylor, Bill Moss, Joe Trenary and Larry Click each walloped 15 or more, too. Bill Moss and Horace Garner each recorded 79 runs batted in. Dick Selinger topped all regular batters by connecting at a .317 clip. Bill Hamilton paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.18 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1958 Cedar Rapids Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bobby Knoop, Hawk Taylor, Denis Menke, Bob Hendley and Bob Botz.

Alex Monchak 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
Bill Hamilton	15	10	.600	2.18	32	29		17	3		227.0	190	77	55	17	57		183	5	0	5
Bob Hendley	14	5	.737	2.81	25	20		13	2		157.0	145	65	49	10	62		142	5	0	4
Jack Caffery	11	4	.733	3.12	17	17		9	1		124.0	108	50	43	13	72		98	4	0	3
Bob Botz	9	6	.600	4.29	18	17		8	0		130.0	125	69	62	17	51		125	3	0	6
George Player	7	5	.583	6.28	17	14		5	0		86.0	97	76	60	11	57		69	3	0	4
Bobby Dudley	6	2	.750	2.42	33	1		0	0		78.0	63	25	21	7	36		48	1	1	2
Luis DeLeon	6	4	.600	4.85	12	11		7	0		78.0	97	51	42	12	22		46	2	0	1
Dave Martens	3	0	1.000	5.40	13	0		0	0		30.0	35	20	18	4	11		25	3	0	1
Robert York	3	7	.300	3.71	18	6		3	0		80.0	69	42	33	8	53		57	3	0	7
Joe Trenary	1	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
Mike Dalton	1	1	.500		10						0.0									0
Richard Ramont	1	2	.333		7						0.0									0
John Stratton	0	0			1						0.0									0
Ernie Christoff	0	0			2						0.0									0
Cecil Burford	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Bob Lee	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Jim King	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
John Huda	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Chuck Hickman	0	3	.000		6						0.0									0
Totals	77	53	.592	3.48	231	115	0	62	6	0	990.0	929	475	383	99	421	0	793	29	1	33	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
John Stratton	126	584	495	101	149	27	1	14	70	12		75	69	.301	.401	.444	.846	220		8	6	0
Dick Selinger	128	544	460	53	146	35	1	5	52	0		73	52	.317	.409	.430	.840	198		2	4	5
Horace Garner	109	440	377	69	118	23	0	27	79	2		55	55	.313	.408	.589	.997	222		6	1	1
Hawk Taylor	106	449	397	66	118	17	1	22	71	3		45	61	.297	.368	.511	.880	203		2	1	4
Bill Moss	123	548	424	77	116	30	3	17	79	1		98	112	.274	.426	.479	.905	203		16	8	2
Bobby Knoop	121	475	417	63	114	22	1	7	61	3		41	83	.273	.340	.381	.721	159		5	4	8
Larry Click	96	401	367	70	110	14	3	22	59	5		27	93	.300	.346	.534	.880	196		0	5	2
Sidney Goldfader	86	342	313	55	92	15	2	13	50	1		26	57	.294	.350	.479	.829	150		1	2	0
Joe Trenary	106	362	328	58	81	15	2	16	44	7		23	94	.247	.301	.451	.753	148		3	7	1
Wayne Cummings	59	210	178	26	31	3	0	6	22	0		29	52	.174	.286	.292	.578	52		0	0	3
Don Ganus	33	125	110	15	26	2	0	4	13	2		13	16	.236	.323	.364	.686	40		1	1	0
Bill Hamilton	36	92	72	10	15	2	0	0	8	0		11	22	.208	.326	.236	.562	17		2	6	1
Alfredo Reynolds	13	52	46	9	13	1	1	0	2	0		5	0	.283	.365	.348	.713	16		1	0	0
Denis Menke	13	54	45	9	12	2	0	1	6	1		7	13	.267	.370	.378	.748	17		1	0	1
Jack Caffery	18	54	49	3	11	3	0	1	6	0		1	16	.224	.240	.347	.587	17		0	4	0
Bob Botz	20	57	50	7	11	1	0	1	6	0		1	10	.220	.235	.300	.535	15		0	6	0
Bob Hendley	26	67	55	9	10	1	0	0	2	0		6	22	.182	.274	.200	.474	11		1	5	0
George Player	18	37	34	2	8	2	0	1	3	0		1	7	.235	.257	.382	.639	13		0	2	0
Ty Clayton	9	32	32		7									.219	.219	.219	.438	7
Bobby Dudley	33	26	21	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		3	11	.143	.250	.238	.488	5		0	2	0
Ernie Christoff	2	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Robert York	18	26	22	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	3	.091	.130	.091	.221	2		0	3	0
Luis DeLeon	12	32	23	3	2	0	1	0	3	0		3	12	.087	.222	.174	.396	4		1	5	0
Mike Dalton	10	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1		1	1	0
Dave Martens	13	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Bob Lee	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Ramont	7	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim King	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Chuck Hickman	6	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Huda	5	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1359	5057	4360	707	1198	217	16	157	640	37	0	545	864	.275	.360	.440	.800	1918	0	51	73	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Moss	1B	123	968	62	14	95	.987	8.374
Bobby Knoop	2B	111	265	269	24	59	.957	4.811
John Stratton	2B	12	23	26	2	4	.961	4.083
Dick Selinger	3B	128	101	239	35	23	.907	2.656
Sidney Goldfader	C	72	521	40	22	5	.962	7.792	13
Wayne Cummings	C	51	333	30	5	4	.986	7.118	11
Hawk Taylor	C	13	103	8	3	1	.974	8.538	4
Horace Garner	OF	102	123	8	4	2	.970	1.284
Larry Click	OF	92	236	9	9	1	.965	2.663
Hawk Taylor	OF	91	110	8	11	1	.915	1.297
Joe Trenary	OF	74	118	3	4	1	.968	1.635
Don Ganus	OF	28	42	2	3	0	.936	1.571
Sidney Goldfader	OF	15	17	2	0	0	1.000	1.267
Alfredo Reynolds	OF	11	23	0	0	0	1.000	2.091
Bobby Dudley	P	33	2	13	1	4	.938	.455
Bill Hamilton	P	32	10	47	2	2	.966	1.781
Bob Hendley	P	25	5	34	5	3	.886	1.560
Robert York	P	18	6	15	1	1	.955	1.167
Bob Botz	P	18	10	20	0	0	1.000	1.667
George Player	P	17	1	18	1	3	.950	1.118
Jack Caffery	P	17	4	15	1	1	.950	1.118
Dave Martens	P	13	1	3	0	0	1.000	.308
Luis DeLeon	P	12	4	12	1	1	.941	1.333
Mike Dalton	P	10	1	7	0	1	1.000	.800
Richard Ramont	P	7						.000
Chuck Hickman	P	6						.000
John Huda	P	5						.000
Joe Trenary	P	4						.000
Bob Lee	P	4						.000
Cecil Burford	P	4						.000
Jim King	P	3						.000
Ernie Christoff	P	2						.000
John Stratton	P	1						.000
John Stratton	SS	114	177	288	54	52	.896	4.079
Denis Menke	SS	12	17	23	7	7	.851	3.333
Totals		1280	3221	1201	209	271	.955	3.455	28	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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