1958 Des Moines Dodgers Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-83
Finished 8th in the WL
Manager: Roy Hartsfield (61-83)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 35,039, Avg. 487

1958 Des Moines Dodgers Roster

The Des Moines Dodgers of the Western League ended the 1958 season with a record of 61 wins and 83 losses, finishing eighth in the WL.

The Dodgers paced the circuit with just 728 runs allowed. Des Moines scored 594 runs, worst in the league,. Ron Fairly led the team with 13 home runs Fran Boniar drove in 66 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .328 clip. Jack Smith paced the squad with 11 wins, while Robert Ehrke recorded a 2.91 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Roy Hartsfield, Don LeJohn, Ray Daviault, Ron Fairly, Bob Aspromonte, Jack Smith, Chuck Templeton and Tim Harkness were all players from the 1958 Des Moines Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Roy Hartsfield 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
Jack Smith	11	11	.500	4.30	36	23		10	2		180.0	196	107	86	10	89		104	6	0	5
George Bielik	8	2	.800	3.56	47	1		0	0		91.0	93	55	36	12	35		51	3	1	1
Robert Ehrke	7	6	.538	2.91	22	15		9	3		127.0	120	54	41	7	50		79	3	0	2
Louis Hribar	7	15	.318	4.65	31	22		6	1		155.0	157	95	80	10	80		119	1	1	18
Ford Young	6	13	.316	3.56	34	19		7	2		167.0	173	79	66	11	72		103	5	0	10
Richard Duffy	5	5	.500	5.10	10	9		4	0		60.0	69	38	34	7	21		42	2	0	0
Joe Stanek	3	2	.600	2.92	11	3		1	0		37.0	33	14	12	3	17		13	1	0	0
Ray Daviault	3	4	.429	4.22	14	12		5	0		79.0	54	41	37	10	43		70	2	0	12
Derald Wooton	3	4	.429	7.50	14	9		2	0		60.0	67	63	50	11	52		32	3	0	6
Robert Walz	3	5	.375	3.23	17	7		3	0		78.0	71	41	28	4	37		52	1	1	8
George Sackey	2	2	.500		5						0.0									0
John Forizs	1	0	1.000		1						0.0									0
Raymond Suto	1	1	.500		5						0.0									0
Robert Leach	1	4	.200		7						0.0									0
Arthur Wendt					7						0.0
James Peterson	0	0			2						0.0									0
James Steinhour	0	1	.000	3.69	7	5		0	0		39.0	38	18	16	3	10		23	1	0	1
Chuck Templeton	0	4	.000	5.29	9	4		0	0		34.0	43	21	20	1	34		13	1	0	6
Totals	61	79	.436	4.11	279	129	0	47	8	0	1107.0	1114	626	506	89	540	0	701	29	3	69	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
Harold Holderfield	136	563	529	61	149	14	8	3	56	4		15	53	.282	.306	.355	.662	188	18	6	8	5
Fran Boniar	107	448	396	54	130	23	5	5	66	6		48	38	.328	.400	.449	.850	178	16	1	1	2
Bob Aspromonte	130	531	471	54	124	7	5	0	29	4		50	48	.263	.333	.299	.633	141	15	2	3	5
Don LeJohn	100	416	336	56	83	11	2	3	43	6		67	39	.247	.376	.318	.694	107	14	4	6	3
Tim Harkness	86	351	309	32	82	12	0	2	41	1		36	35	.265	.340	.324	.664	100	14	1	1	4
Todd Sickel	112	383	335	35	81	15	0	2	26	5		36	66	.242	.317	.304	.622	102	11	2	8	2
Roy Hartsfield	102	334	281	45	79	17	5	3	34	5		50	45	.281	.392	.409	.801	115	6	1	2	0
Billy Dashner	60	229	201	42	66	15	2	8	31	3		21	26	.328	.406	.542	.948	109	2	6	0	1
Ron Fairly	51	214	172	32	51	7	0	13	41	1		38	35	.297	.418	.564	.982	97	6	0	1	3
Jim Given	41	163	150	19	42	9	0	1	25	2		8	14	.280	.325	.360	.685	54	4	3	0	2
Elmer Kohorst	78	263	237	21	42	4	0	0	23	0		19	36	.177	.238	.194	.432	46	7	1	2	4
Bobby Boyd	67	213	197	18	40	6	0	1	13	1		12	27	.203	.252	.249	.501	49	12	1	3	0
Thomas Humber	29	134	114	16	29	2	4	1	18	5		11	15	.254	.331	.368	.699	42	4	3	4	2
John Tobias	48	177	134	28	29	5	1	2	10	5		39	35	.216	.397	.313	.710	42	3	1	3	0
George Scott	29	106	100	9	27	2	1	0	14	1		2	7	.270	.286	.310	.596	31	3	1	1	2
Harvey Coombs	22	68	60	13	18	2	1	0	6	2		7	6	.300	.382	.367	.749	22	0	1	0	0
Robert Hurvitz	27	81	69	11	15	1	0	4	11	0		12	29	.217	.333	.406	.739	28	3	0	0	0
Robert Parker	20	57	53	4	11	3	0	0	4	1		3	9	.208	.263	.264	.527	14	1	1	0	0
Louis Hribar	31	54	43	8	8	0	0	0	3	0		6	16	.186	.286	.186	.472	8	1	0	5	0
Edwin Lindsey	13	41	36	1	7	1	2	0	6	0		4	15	.194	.293	.333	.626	12	1	1	0	0
Jack Smith	37	69	55	3	7	0	0	0	0	0		6	16	.127	.213	.127	.340	7	3	0	8	0
William Davidson	8	28	28		6									.214	.214	.214	.429	6
Robert Walz	23	32	31	0	6	1	0	0	2	0		0	5	.194	.194	.226	.419	7	1	0	1	0
George Bielik	53	35	32	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	10	.125	.125	.125	.250	4	0	0	3	0
Robert Ehrke	22	45	35	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		6	20	.114	.244	.114	.358	4	0	0	4	0
Ford Young	35	55	49	2	4	0	0	0	3	0		2	11	.082	.118	.082	.199	4	3	0	4	0
Ray Daviault	14	33	28	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	8	.107	.167	.143	.310	4	0	0	3	0
James Peterson	4	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Robert Leach	10	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.133	.188	.133	.321	2	2	0	0	0
Derald Wooton	15	21	19	4	2	1	0	0	1	0		2	7	.105	.190	.158	.348	3	0	0	0	0
Robert Norris	11	28	21	2	2	0	1	0	2	0		6	8	.095	.296	.190	.487	4	0	0	1	0
Richard Duffy	11	27	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	9	.087	.192	.087	.279	2	0	0	1	0
Chuck Templeton	9	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Raymond Suto	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Steinhour	7	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Stanek	11	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0		2	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0
George Sackey	6	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Forizs	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1571	5267	4609	581	1158	159	37	48	514	52	0	514	692	.251	.329	.333	.662	1535	150	36	73	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tim Harkness	1B	86	767	32	10	52	.988	9.291
Jim Given	1B	40	337	31	6	32	.984	9.200
Todd Sickel	1B	17	115	3	3	14	.975	6.941
Roy Hartsfield	2B	78	141	177	14	42	.958	4.077
Todd Sickel	2B	60	107	140	13	20	.950	4.117
Robert Parker	2B	17	30	33	3	14	.955	3.706
Don LeJohn	3B	86	76	176	17	22	.937	2.930
George Scott	3B	29	27	70	3	8	.970	3.345
John Tobias	3B	12	8	24	4	1	.889	2.667
Todd Sickel	3B	11	9	22	1	1	.969	2.818
Harold Holderfield	3B	10	7	17	2	3	.923	2.400
Elmer Kohorst	C	66	374	44	11	7	.974	6.333	14
Bobby Boyd	C	57	321	48	6	9	.984	6.474	7
Robert Hurvitz	C	18	94	11	4	0	.963	5.833	5
Harold Holderfield	OF	123	255	15	6	3	.978	2.195
Fran Boniar	OF	105	199	14	6	0	.973	2.029
Billy Dashner	OF	56	86	3	3	1	.967	1.589
Ron Fairly	OF	50	128	7	3	2	.978	2.700
Thomas Humber	OF	28	80	2	2	0	.976	2.929
John Tobias	OF	27	40	2	2	0	.955	1.556
Harvey Coombs	OF	15	29	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Todd Sickel	OF	13	10	0	1	0	.909	.769
Edwin Lindsey	OF	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Bielik	P	47	3	15	3	1	.857	.383
Jack Smith	P	36	6	34	1	1	.976	1.111
Ford Young	P	34	7	42	1	2	.980	1.441
Louis Hribar	P	31	5	30	4	1	.897	1.129
Robert Ehrke	P	22	5	27	2	2	.941	1.455
Robert Walz	P	17	3	10	1	0	.929	.765
Derald Wooton	P	14	3	7	3	0	.769	.714
Ray Daviault	P	14	5	10	0	0	1.000	1.071
Joe Stanek	P	11	4	10	2	0	.875	1.273
Richard Duffy	P	10	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.200
Chuck Templeton	P	9						.000
Arthur Wendt	P	7						.000
James Steinhour	P	7						.000
Robert Leach	P	7						.000
Raymond Suto	P	5						.000
George Sackey	P	5						.000
James Peterson	P	2						.000
John Forizs	P	1						.000
Bob Aspromonte	SS	125	202	342	42	60	.928	4.352
Don LeJohn	SS	15	26	45	3	5	.959	4.733
Totals		1434	3522	1454	182	303	.965	3.470	26	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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