1958 Charleston Senators Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 89-62
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Bill Norman (0-0), Bill Adair (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 162,914, Avg. 2,158

1958 Charleston Senators Roster

Playoffs - Denver Bears 4 games, Charleston Senators 3

The Charleston Senators of the American Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 89 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the AA.

The Senators topped the circuit with just 559 runs allowed. Charleston scored 641 runs. Bobo Osborne led the squad with 19 home runs and drove in 97 runs. Ron Samford paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Jerry Davie paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.45 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1958 Charleston Senators who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Doug Gallagher, Joe Presko, Fred Gladding, Chuck Daniel, Jim Proctor, Ron Samford, Jim Stump, Steve Boros, Barney Schultz, Bobo Osborne, Bubba Morton, Charley Lau, Ross Grimsley, Wayne Terwilliger, Al Cicotte, Bill Taylor, George Spencer, Tom Yewcic, Bob Bruce, Bob Miller, Buddy Hicks, Jerry Davie, Herb Moford, Jim Delsing, Ozzie Virgil, Don Lee, Vito Valentinetti, Lou Skizas, Al Corwin, Ken Walters, Milt Bolling, Billy Shantz, Stan Palys and Art Houtteman.

Bill Norman and Bill Adair 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
Jerry Davie	17	5	.773	2.45	33	26		18	6		209.0	168	65	57	7	66	0	93	5	1	3
Don Lee	14	7	.667	2.95	30	30		18	2		226.0	197	81	74	12	70	6	111	10	0	6
George Spencer	9	4	.692	2.01	41	0		0	0		85.0	62	22	19	4	22	11	30	1	0	1
Jim Stump	8	11	.421	4.21	34	23		5	2		154.0	190	94	72	6	44	5	77	3	0	0
Art Houtteman	7	9	.438	3.25	25	19		10	2		158.0	143	66	57	13	28	4	70	3	0	1
Herb Moford	6	0	1.000	0.95	15	3		3	2		57.0	41	6	6	2	17	3	42	1	0	1
Al Cicotte	5	1	.833	2.57	6	6		4	0		49.0	46	15	14	2	18	0	32	0	0	1
Joe Presko	3	3	.500	3.65	25	7		0	0		69.0	69	32	28	5	34	4	41	2	0	0
Bob Bruce	2	1	.667		6						0.0									0
Ron Rozman	2	1	.667	3.97	6	4		1	0		34.0	27	17	15	3	7	1	10	0	0	0
Bob Miller	2	2	.500		11						0.0									0
Chuck Daniel	2	4	.333	3.77	14	10		3	1		62.0	59	29	26	8	20	1	28	1	0	1
Vito Valentinetti	1	1	.500		2						0.0									0
Wyman Carey	1	5	.167	7.62	15	7		0	0		39.0	48	34	33	0	35	2	29	0	0	6
Al Corwin					5						0.0
Barney Schultz					28						0.0
Ross Grimsley					4						0.0
Richard Day	0	0			1						0.0									0
Doug Gallagher	0	0			2						0.0									0
Ken Walters	0	0			1						0.0									0
Fred Gladding	0	2	.000		3						0.0									0
Totals	79	56	.585	3.16	307	135	0	62	15	0	1142.0	1050	461	401	62	361	37	563	26	1	20	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
Jim Delsing	154	666	582	78	167	35	3	7	74	3		65	68	.287	.362	.393	.756	229		5	12	2	10
Ron Samford	151	604	549	75	165	29	4	7	51	5		35	60	.301	.350	.406	.756	223		7	12	1	2
Wayne Terwilliger	146	654	535	103	144	23	2	2	38	24		101	58	.269	.388	.331	.718	177		5	9	4	3
Bill Taylor	123	493	443	50	132	25	4	12	67	1		44	62	.298	.361	.454	.815	201		1	3	2	8
Stan Palys	129	502	444	70	128	28	4	11	60	2		41	51	.288	.343	.444	.787	197		1	7	9	9
Bobo Osborne	125	518	443	61	127	31	1	19	97	3		59	71	.287	.370	.490	.860	217		5	2	9	6
Ken Walters	123	354	329	37	84	19	1	8	50	2		15	33	.255	.287	.392	.679	129		1	5	4	3
Billy Shantz	92	290	259	27	68	11	2	1	22	1		24	24	.263	.328	.332	.660	86		2	3	2	2
Buddy Hicks	108	340	282	26	65	12	0	3	30	2		53	26	.230	.350	.305	.655	86		0	3	2	11
Ozzie Virgil	47	203	184	23	54	9	5	4	34	2		13	20	.293	.345	.462	.807	85		2	3	1	2
Charley Lau	39	130	115	10	33	5	0	3	14	0		14	9	.287	.369	.409	.778	47		1	0	0	6
Tom Yewcic	48	159	147	15	31	6	1	3	15	0		7	32	.211	.245	.327	.572	48		1	0	4	2
Lou Skizas	28	115	104	11	17	1	1	1	6	0		8	5	.163	.221	.221	.442	23		0	2	1	1
Don Lee	30	90	82	8	14	4	0	0	5	0		3	25	.171	.200	.220	.420	18		0	5	0	0
Jim Stump	35	52	49	4	12	2	0	0	5	0		0	9	.245	.245	.286	.531	14		0	3	0	0
Jerry Davie	36	80	75	9	12	1	0	0	5	0		2	21	.160	.182	.173	.355	13		0	3	0	0
Art Houtteman	25	58	54	4	8	1	0	0	1	0		2	8	.148	.179	.167	.345	9		0	2	0	0
Dick Camilli	24	68	62	3	7	2	0	1	5	1		5	5	.113	.176	.194	.370	12		0	0	1	2
Milt Bolling	22	71	67	1	7	2	0	0	2	0		4	8	.104	.155	.134	.289	9		0	0	0	0
Al Cicotte	6	19	19		6									.316	.316	.316	.632	6
Chuck Daniel	14	21	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	7	.222	.263	.278	.541	5		1	2	0	0
Wyman Carey	18	12	10	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	2	.300	.417	.400	.817	4		0	0	0	0
Ron Rozman	6	16	16		3									.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Joe Presko	25	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.176	.176	.176	.353	3		0	1	0	0
Herb Moford	15	21	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.167	.167	.167	.333	3		0	3	0	0
George Spencer	41	21	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.095	.095	.095	.190	2		0	0	0	0
Bob Bruce	7	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Steve Boros	6	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Manuel Diaz	3	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Gladding	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Miller	11	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0	0
Vito Valentinetti	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bubba Morton	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1644	5621	4968	622	1301	248	28	82	584	46	0	499	620	.262	.331	.373	.703	1851	0	32	80	42	67

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bobo Osborne	1B	125	1110	99	19	110	.985	9.672
Ken Walters	1B	15	120	11	4	5	.970	8.733
Dick Camilli	1B	12	112	4	1	15	.991	9.667
Wayne Terwilliger	2B	143	361	397	9	89	.988	5.301
Buddy Hicks	3B	65	61	103	10	12	.943	2.523
Ozzie Virgil	3B	46	54	102	7	8	.957	3.391
Lou Skizas	3B	27	30	50	3	6	.964	2.963
Milt Bolling	3B	17	15	25	5	3	.889	2.353
Billy Shantz	C	86	397	41	4	7	.991	5.093	8
Tom Yewcic	C	46	214	14	9	4	.962	4.957	1
Charley Lau	C	35	156	23	3	3	.984	5.114	0
Jim Delsing	OF	151	352	5	2	2	.994	2.364
Bill Taylor	OF	120	188	8	6	1	.970	1.633
Stan Palys	OF	116	249	10	6	3	.977	2.233
Ken Walters	OF	91	122	11	1	2	.993	1.462
George Spencer	P	41	5	20	1	2	.962	.610
Jim Stump	P	34	9	31	2	1	.952	1.176
Jerry Davie	P	33	18	63	2	4	.976	2.455
Don Lee	P	30	15	41	2	7	.966	1.867
Barney Schultz	P	28						.000
Joe Presko	P	25	1	16	0	0	1.000	.680
Art Houtteman	P	25	9	33	4	5	.913	1.680
Herb Moford	P	15	6	10	1	1	.941	1.067
Wyman Carey	P	15	1	5	0	0	1.000	.400
Chuck Daniel	P	14	7	8	1	0	.938	1.071
Bob Miller	P	11	1	2	1	0	.750	.273
Ron Rozman	P	6						.000
Al Cicotte	P	6						.000
Bob Bruce	P	6						.000
Al Corwin	P	5						.000
Ross Grimsley	P	4						.000
Fred Gladding	P	3						.000
Vito Valentinetti	P	2						.000
Doug Gallagher	P	2						.000
Ken Walters	P	1						.000
Richard Day	P	1						.000
Ron Samford	SS	147	246	454	43	85	.942	4.762
Buddy Hicks	SS	10	21	31	2	4	.963	5.200
Totals		1559	3880	1617	148	379	.974	3.526	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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