1958 Columbus Red Birds Statistics
Team Record: 77-77
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Clyde King (77-77)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 196,644, Avg. 2,554
Playoffs - Montreal Royals 4 games, Columbus Red Birds 3
The Columbus Red Birds of the International League ended the 1958 season with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Red Birds scored 611 runs and yielded 665 runs. Bill Causion led Columbus with 16 home runs Jim Pendleton drove in 68 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .312 clip. Whammy Douglas paced the team with 16 wins, while Bennie Daniels registered a 2.31 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1958 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hardy Peterson, Laurin Pepper, Ken Hamlin, Don Rowe, Joe Gibbon, Bennie Daniels, Paul Pettit, Red Swanson, Dave Wickersham, Whammy Douglas, Tony Bartirome, Gair Allie, George O'Donnell, Red Witt, Johnny Lipon, Lynn Lovenguth, Luis Arroyo, Howie Goss, Jim Pendleton, Jim Baumer, Spook Jacobs, Bob Kelly, Dick Rand and Cholly Naranjo.
Clyde King 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whammy Douglas | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.35 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 212.0 | 196 | 87 | 79 | 20 | 85 | 5 | 160 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bennie Daniels | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.31 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 160.0 | 122 | 55 | 41 | 9 | 56 | 2 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Luis Arroyo | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.01 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 108 | 58 | 49 | 12 | 47 | 7 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| George O'Donnell | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.25 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 146.0 | 151 | 78 | 69 | 10 | 37 | 14 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Joe Gibbon | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.80 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 147.0 | 136 | 79 | 62 | 9 | 87 | 5 | 127 | 11 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Cholly Naranjo | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.92 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 111.0 | 109 | 55 | 36 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Red Witt | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.46 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 52.0 | 41 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Kelly | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.50 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 54.0 | 56 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Red Swanson | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.02 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 102 | 57 | 48 | 10 | 34 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Rowe | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.95 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 63 | 47 | 43 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Dobrino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laurin Pepper | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Wickersham | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 64 | .511 | 3.69 | 323 | 131 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 1143.0 | 1084 | 563 | 468 | 96 | 474 | 47 | 774 | 37 | 3 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Jacobs | 150 | 664 | 590 | 86 | 172 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 61 | 35 | .292 | .358 | .344 | .702 | 203 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bill Causion | 148 | 618 | 547 | 79 | 158 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 66 | 4 | 63 | 120 | .289 | .361 | .459 | .820 | 251 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Jim Pendleton | 123 | 529 | 490 | 73 | 153 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 3 | 34 | 86 | .312 | .356 | .473 | .830 | 232 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Leo Rodriguez | 135 | 546 | 509 | 46 | 141 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 3 | 24 | 33 | .277 | .314 | .383 | .697 | 195 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Howie Goss | 149 | 561 | 522 | 59 | 125 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 54 | 9 | 29 | 123 | .239 | .285 | .398 | .683 | 208 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Dick Rand | 126 | 443 | 373 | 41 | 103 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 61 | 87 | .276 | .378 | .426 | .804 | 159 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Gair Allie | 107 | 384 | 322 | 37 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 49 | 69 | .248 | .354 | .354 | .708 | 114 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Paul Pettit | 86 | 339 | 281 | 38 | 75 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 49 | .267 | .374 | .466 | .840 | 131 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Tony Bartirome | 132 | 297 | 262 | 23 | 66 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 29 | 21 | .252 | .321 | .328 | .649 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ken Hamlin | 34 | 157 | 146 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 20 | .295 | .333 | .438 | .772 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lipon | 78 | 191 | 171 | 18 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 19 | .240 | .309 | .310 | .618 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Onuska | 51 | 136 | 128 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .266 | .299 | .352 | .650 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Emil Panko | 44 | 162 | 145 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .228 | .302 | .366 | .668 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Baumer | 25 | 105 | 94 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .213 | .282 | .362 | .643 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Whammy Douglas | 37 | 83 | 77 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 37 | .130 | .183 | .182 | .365 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Daniels | 31 | 74 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .153 | .278 | .203 | .481 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Marcos Cobos | 13 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .233 | .361 | .333 | .694 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cholly Naranjo | 17 | 42 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .184 | .244 | .211 | .454 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Witt | 7 | 21 | 21 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Miguel Fernandez | 11 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .227 | .292 | .273 | .564 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Malec | 15 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .172 | .273 | .172 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George O'Donnell | 55 | 43 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .118 | .162 | .118 | .280 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gibbon | 32 | 51 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .083 | .137 | .146 | .283 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Washington | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Kelly | 9 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Rowe | 23 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Arroyo | 62 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .120 | .120 | .200 | .320 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardy Peterson | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Red Swanson | 30 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Whitcomb | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Wickersham | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1749 | 5659 | 5048 | 597 | 1316 | 211 | 63 | 89 | 551 | 37 | 0 | 495 | 846 | .261 | .327 | .380 | .708 | 1920 | 0 | 23 | 58 | 35 | 70 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Bartirome | 1B | 119 | 682 | 36 | 7 | 49 | .990 | 6.034 | ||||
| Paul Pettit | 1B | 85 | 653 | 53 | 11 | 61 | .985 | 8.306 | ||||
| Spook Jacobs | 2B | 142 | 282 | 407 | 20 | 61 | .972 | 4.852 | ||||
| Gair Allie | 3B | 70 | 46 | 135 | 12 | 18 | .938 | 2.586 | ||||
| Leo Rodriguez | 3B | 39 | 37 | 75 | 4 | 6 | .966 | 2.872 | ||||
| Johnny Lipon | 3B | 31 | 18 | 54 | 7 | 8 | .911 | 2.323 | ||||
| Jim Baumer | 3B | 22 | 17 | 61 | 4 | 6 | .951 | 3.545 | ||||
| Dick Rand | C | 115 | 680 | 37 | 6 | 6 | .992 | 6.235 | 8 | |||
| Bill Onuska | C | 38 | 191 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 5.500 | 4 | |||
| Marcos Cobos | C | 12 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.583 | 0 | |||
| Bill Causion | OF | 147 | 231 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .937 | 1.626 | ||||
| Howie Goss | OF | 145 | 379 | 12 | 14 | 2 | .965 | 2.697 | ||||
| Jim Pendleton | OF | 121 | 169 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .967 | 1.455 | ||||
| Emil Panko | OF | 39 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Stanley Malec | OF | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.083 | ||||
| Gair Allie | OF | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| Luis Arroyo | P | 61 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .213 | ||||
| George O'Donnell | P | 55 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .952 | .727 | ||||
| Whammy Douglas | P | 37 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.081 | ||||
| Red Swanson | P | 30 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Laurin Pepper | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Gibbon | P | 26 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 1.423 | ||||
| Bennie Daniels | P | 22 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 2.409 | ||||
| Don Rowe | P | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .812 | .684 | ||||
| Cholly Naranjo | P | 17 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 2.059 | ||||
| Bob Kelly | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lynn Lovenguth | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Red Witt | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Dobrino | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leo Rodriguez | SS | 96 | 156 | 265 | 14 | 56 | .968 | 4.385 | ||||
| Ken Hamlin | SS | 34 | 59 | 106 | 10 | 14 | .943 | 4.853 | ||||
| Gair Allie | SS | 19 | 25 | 52 | 7 | 7 | .917 | 4.053 | ||||
| Totals | 1620 | 3843 | 1521 | 159 | 314 | .971 | 3.311 | 12 | 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.
