1958 Corpus Christi Giants Statistics
Team Record: 77-75
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Ray Murray (77-75)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Ballpark: Schepps Palms
Attendance: 87,774, Avg. 1,155
Playoffs - Corpus Christi Giants 4 games, Houston Buffalos 1
Finals - Corpus Christi Giants 4 games, Austin Senators 1
The Corpus Christi Giants of the Texas League ended the 1958 season with a record of 77 wins and 75 losses, finishing third in the TL.
The Giants scored 760 runs, best in the league. Corpus Christi conceded 728 runs, most in the circuit. Michael Lutz walloped 39 home runs for the squad, while Ray Murray, Eric Rodin and James Miller each added 15 or more as well. Michael Lutz drove in 111 runs. Eric Rodin led all regular batters with a .320 average. Frank Funk topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.6 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Spider Wilhelm, Frank Funk, Al Papai, Bill Froats, Jay Van Noy, Ray Murray, Rudy Hernández, Eddie Fisher and Eric Rodin were all players from the 1958 Corpus Christi Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Ray Murray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Funk | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.60 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 149.0 | 113 | 52 | 43 | 10 | 59 | 10 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Richard Maibauer | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.04 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 214.0 | 222 | 112 | 96 | 20 | 91 | 3 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Eddie Fisher | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.43 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 147.0 | 145 | 67 | 56 | 13 | 38 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Sovde | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.32 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 217.0 | 222 | 103 | 80 | 10 | 58 | 11 | 164 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charles Fowler | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.64 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 161.0 | 150 | 97 | 83 | 20 | 76 | 5 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Willie Franco | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.53 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 167.0 | 177 | 99 | 84 | 22 | 66 | 14 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tom Bowers | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.03 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Andersen | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.61 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 85.0 | 91 | 68 | 53 | 7 | 53 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tony Risinger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eric Rodin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Neil Roberts | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Papai | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Tosheff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Froats | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rudy Hernández | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 45 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 71 | .503 | 4.02 | 278 | 136 | 0 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 1208.0 | 1200 | 649 | 539 | 109 | 464 | 50 | 747 | 24 | 3 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Rodin | 146 | 605 | 534 | 89 | 171 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 95 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 39 | .320 | .391 | .549 | .940 | 293 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Michael Lutz | 152 | 642 | 546 | 114 | 171 | 31 | 3 | 39 | 111 | 8 | 6 | 80 | 76 | .313 | .403 | .595 | .998 | 325 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| James Miller | 149 | 628 | 575 | 92 | 166 | 38 | 7 | 19 | 85 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 114 | .289 | .341 | .478 | .819 | 275 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| James Rice | 152 | 687 | 581 | 99 | 157 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 66 | 10 | 6 | 89 | 74 | .270 | .367 | .384 | .751 | 223 | 2 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Ray Murray | 93 | 304 | 283 | 45 | 101 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 31 | .357 | .395 | .622 | 1.017 | 176 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Albert Stieglitz | 107 | 378 | 338 | 43 | 98 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 54 | .290 | .340 | .470 | .811 | 159 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Jay Van Noy | 80 | 276 | 254 | 40 | 72 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 49 | .283 | .341 | .484 | .825 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Means | 104 | 330 | 290 | 44 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 53 | .217 | .303 | .338 | .641 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Burr | 48 | 179 | 159 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .245 | .320 | .308 | .628 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Spider Wilhelm | 34 | 138 | 125 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | .248 | .307 | .352 | .659 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eddie Fisher | 23 | 65 | 57 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .263 | .306 | .439 | .745 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Charles Fowler | 30 | 66 | 61 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .197 | .210 | .311 | .521 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Richard Maibauer | 36 | 83 | 76 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .145 | .185 | .197 | .383 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dick Sovde | 37 | 81 | 68 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 26 | .132 | .211 | .147 | .358 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jack Wilkinson | 12 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .261 | .370 | .348 | .718 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Funk | 50 | 53 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .122 | .189 | .122 | .311 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Franco | 35 | 62 | 57 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .105 | .136 | .123 | .258 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Andersen | 21 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Wehmeyer | 11 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Hernández | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| John Spicuzza | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Bowers | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Dorsey | 19 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .133 | .188 | .267 | .454 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Tosheff | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Wells | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Juan Senties | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .083 | .091 | .174 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Froats | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nelson Daehn | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Risinger | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1396 | 4760 | 4220 | 648 | 1156 | 223 | 36 | 143 | 604 | 45 | 42 | 424 | 670 | .274 | .342 | .445 | .788 | 1880 | 0 | 32 | 53 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Means | 1B | 59 | 459 | 27 | 8 | 43 | .984 | 8.237 | ||||
| Bob Burr | 1B | 46 | 346 | 21 | 2 | 25 | .995 | 7.978 | ||||
| Jay Van Noy | 1B | 42 | 209 | 21 | 4 | 30 | .983 | 5.476 | ||||
| Eric Rodin | 1B | 15 | 109 | 11 | 2 | 9 | .984 | 8.000 | ||||
| James Rice | 2B | 152 | 364 | 372 | 27 | 79 | .965 | 4.842 | ||||
| Spider Wilhelm | 3B | 32 | 35 | 66 | 4 | 4 | .962 | 3.156 | ||||
| Jay Van Noy | 3B | 19 | 9 | 37 | 5 | 3 | .902 | 2.421 | ||||
| Albert Stieglitz | C | 93 | 489 | 44 | 7 | 7 | .987 | 5.731 | 18 | |||
| Ray Murray | C | 69 | 380 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .995 | 6.014 | 11 | |||
| Eric Rodin | CF | 120 | 209 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .973 | 1.817 | ||||
| Richard Means | CF | 43 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.488 | ||||
| James Miller | CF | 14 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 2.429 | ||||
| James Miller | LF | 132 | 270 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .966 | 2.136 | ||||
| Eric Rodin | LF | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.455 | ||||
| Frank Funk | P | 45 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .533 | ||||
| Dick Sovde | P | 37 | 13 | 34 | 7 | 2 | .870 | 1.270 | ||||
| Richard Maibauer | P | 35 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 1.171 | ||||
| Willie Franco | P | 35 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.514 | ||||
| Charles Fowler | P | 28 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.500 | ||||
| Eddie Fisher | P | 22 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Kenneth Andersen | P | 21 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .714 | ||||
| Neil Roberts | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Bowers | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Tony Risinger | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Hernández | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Papai | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Tosheff | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Rodin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Froats | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Lutz | RF | 152 | 254 | 9 | 9 | 4 | .967 | 1.730 | ||||
| George Wehmeyer | SS | 11 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 3.545 | ||||
| Totals | 1285 | 3330 | 897 | 112 | 227 | .974 | 3.289 | 29 | 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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