1958 Durham Bulls Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 58-79
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Chuck Kress (58-79)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 31,218, Avg. 456
1958 Durham Bulls RosterTeam Record: 58-79
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Chuck Kress (58-79)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 31,218, Avg. 456
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1958 season with a record of 58 wins and 79 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.
The Bulls scored 520 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 623 runs.
Players from the 1958 Durham Bulls who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Howie Koplitz, George Smith, Chuck Kress, George Thomas, Bob Dustal and Jake Wood.
Chuck Kress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Aehl | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1.86 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 174.0 | 147 | 64 | 36 | 6 | 57 | 5 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Richard Day | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.15 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 138.0 | 117 | 50 | 33 | 7 | 59 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Howie Koplitz | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.60 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 165.0 | 144 | 89 | 66 | 11 | 78 | 7 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Paul Gatza | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.44 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 110.0 | 109 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Dustal | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.30 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 79.0 | 77 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| David Justus | 4 | 12 | .250 | 3.88 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 153.0 | 152 | 80 | 66 | 10 | 80 | 4 | 82 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dick Sheldon | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.35 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 60.0 | 59 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clifford Adams | 2 | 3 | .400 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alan Dwyer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.30 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 44.0 | 44 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Cross | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Phillip Kliewer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Walter | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.36 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 33.0 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Roger Sheppard | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 42.0 | 47 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Klunder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jere Barto | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lynwood Jones | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Sharkey | 0 | 9 | .000 | 5.45 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 76.0 | 78 | 52 | 46 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 58 | 78 | .426 | 3.42 | 236 | 125 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 1074.0 | 1009 | 534 | 408 | 65 | 511 | 34 | 686 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Brzenk | 131 | 509 | 445 | 58 | 115 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 1 | 58 | 89 | .258 | .343 | .434 | .777 | 193 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dick Patton | 87 | 358 | 324 | 35 | 95 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 18 | .293 | .354 | .386 | .740 | 125 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Cross | 106 | 450 | 385 | 42 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 57 | 35 | .234 | .334 | .304 | .638 | 117 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bowen | 87 | 328 | 303 | 42 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 6 | 19 | 20 | .277 | .321 | .376 | .697 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Maxwell | 94 | 375 | 315 | 41 | 83 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 50 | 46 | .263 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 126 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Schroder | 74 | 305 | 277 | 29 | 76 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 42 | .274 | .319 | .390 | .709 | 108 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Robinette | 86 | 347 | 315 | 37 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 29 | 56 | .232 | .301 | .390 | .691 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Smith | 83 | 343 | 300 | 40 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 34 | 76 | .227 | .318 | .317 | .634 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dan Briner | 46 | 204 | 177 | 22 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 20 | .288 | .366 | .367 | .734 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Mendyk | 50 | 198 | 180 | 16 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 43 | .244 | .306 | .372 | .678 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Inocencio Rodriguez | 44 | 153 | 135 | 14 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 34 | .296 | .366 | .459 | .825 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Tolleson | 45 | 157 | 140 | 15 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 19 | .279 | .348 | .414 | .763 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Tasker | 45 | 183 | 143 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 37 | 28 | .224 | .387 | .308 | .694 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Thomas | 24 | 100 | 92 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .272 | .330 | .326 | .656 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Nickell | 31 | 112 | 106 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 28 | .179 | .223 | .217 | .440 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Howie Koplitz | 36 | 72 | 69 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .246 | .254 | .261 | .514 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Beck | 37 | 128 | 105 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 17 | .152 | .305 | .238 | .543 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Day | 25 | 68 | 64 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .234 | .227 | .312 | .540 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jake Wood | 17 | 56 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .283 | .411 | .304 | .715 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Luce | 26 | 90 | 77 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 15 | .169 | .281 | .325 | .606 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Gatza | 25 | 67 | 62 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .194 | .242 | .435 | .678 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Donatucci | 11 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .188 | .250 | .271 | .521 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Aehl | 33 | 59 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .188 | .328 | .188 | .515 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Justus | 29 | 58 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .154 | .214 | .173 | .387 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Clessuras | 9 | 34 | 34 | 7 | .206 | .206 | .206 | .412 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| James Gilchrist | 16 | 49 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .189 | .375 | .351 | .726 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Kress | 21 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .185 | .267 | .259 | .526 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Stechmann | 16 | 63 | 53 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .094 | .238 | .113 | .351 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sheldon | 13 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .227 | .190 | .418 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clifford Adams | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Walter | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Sheppard | 8 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Klunder | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lynwood Jones | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jere Barto | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Dwyer | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Sharkey | 17 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .048 | .231 | .095 | .326 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dustal | 18 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .163 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Kliewer | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Green | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1446 | 5102 | 4500 | 502 | 1088 | 184 | 34 | 74 | 440 | 30 | 0 | 501 | 789 | .242 | .321 | .347 | .668 | 1562 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 24 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Patton | 1B | 62 | 516 | 32 | 1 | 28 | .998 | 8.839 | ||||
| John Tasker | 1B | 45 | 385 | 29 | 8 | 26 | .981 | 9.200 | ||||
| Inocencio Rodriguez | 1B | 29 | 215 | 19 | 8 | 19 | .967 | 8.069 | ||||
| George Smith | 2B | 76 | 177 | 201 | 12 | 39 | .969 | 4.974 | ||||
| Gordon Maxwell | 2B | 39 | 92 | 80 | 14 | 14 | .925 | 4.410 | ||||
| James Gilchrist | 2B | 13 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 5 | .911 | 3.154 | ||||
| James Cross | 2B | 12 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 9 | .939 | 3.833 | ||||
| Ted Brzenk | 3B | 126 | 140 | 242 | 28 | 25 | .932 | 3.032 | ||||
| Jack Bowen | C | 67 | 385 | 42 | 14 | 12 | .968 | 6.373 | 5 | |||
| Al Luce | C | 26 | 158 | 13 | 6 | 5 | .966 | 6.577 | 6 | |||
| Jim Tolleson | C | 25 | 148 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 6.520 | 3 | |||
| Richard Beck | C | 19 | 99 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .965 | 5.789 | 5 | |||
| James Robinette | OF | 86 | 141 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .943 | 1.733 | ||||
| James Cross | OF | 50 | 127 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 2.700 | ||||
| Dennis Mendyk | OF | 48 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .979 | 1.917 | ||||
| Gordon Maxwell | OF | 48 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.771 | ||||
| Dan Briner | OF | 46 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.848 | ||||
| Paul Nickell | OF | 27 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 1.815 | ||||
| Dick Patton | OF | 25 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.960 | ||||
| George Thomas | OF | 19 | 66 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .919 | 3.579 | ||||
| Jim Tolleson | OF | 14 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Jack Bowen | OF | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
| Jake Wood | OF | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.538 | ||||
| Richard Beck | OF | 13 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Aehl | P | 33 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.121 | ||||
| Howie Koplitz | P | 30 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.067 | ||||
| David Justus | P | 27 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 5 | .919 | 1.259 | ||||
| Richard Day | P | 19 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.263 | ||||
| Bob Dustal | P | 18 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Tom Sharkey | P | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Paul Gatza | P | 17 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.941 | ||||
| Dick Walter | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Dick Sheldon | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Clifford Adams | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Roger Sheppard | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alan Dwyer | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lynwood Jones | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jere Barto | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Klunder | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Cross | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phillip Kliewer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Schroder | SS | 68 | 120 | 152 | 14 | 33 | .951 | 4.000 | ||||
| James Cross | SS | 39 | 63 | 86 | 13 | 14 | .920 | 3.821 | ||||
| Robert Stechmann | SS | 16 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 13 | .907 | 4.250 | ||||
| John Donatucci | SS | 11 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 5.091 | ||||
| Totals | 1312 | 3440 | 1258 | 181 | 265 | .963 | 3.581 | 19 | 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.
