1958 Elmira Pioneers Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 50-74
Finished 8th in the NYPL
Manager: Mel Kerestes (0-0), Packy Rogers (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 32,980, Avg. 532
1958 Elmira Pioneers RosterTeam Record: 50-74
Finished 8th in the NYPL
Manager: Mel Kerestes (0-0), Packy Rogers (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 32,980, Avg. 532
The Elmira Pioneers of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1958 season with a record of 50 wins and 74 losses, finishing eighth in the NYPL.
The Pioneers conceded 557 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Elmira plated 487 runs, worst in the circuit,. Zoilo Versalles accounted for 50 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .292. Héctor Maestri led the team with 16 wins, while Joseph Laspagnoletta recorded a 2.87 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1958 Elmira Pioneers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Zoilo Versalles, Héctor Maestri and Packy Rogers.
Mel Kerestes and Packy Rogers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héctor Maestri | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.52 | 42 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 156.0 | 194 | 94 | 61 | 9 | 126 | 210 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Joseph Laspagnoletta | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.87 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 138.0 | 112 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 90 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Joseph Snyder | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.25 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 110.0 | 124 | 72 | 52 | 2 | 52 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Alejandro Castro | 5 | 11 | .312 | 3.28 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 162.0 | 169 | 87 | 59 | 7 | 60 | 121 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Dean Wilderman | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.60 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 44 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dale Wise | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.05 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 127.0 | 115 | 58 | 43 | 2 | 54 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Scalzi | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 59 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Thomas Heflin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Shrode | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.50 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 40 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 27 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Paul Dewey | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.60 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 55 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mel Kerestes | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Repasky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Potts | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Martin McGuire | 0 | 7 | .000 | 5.85 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 64 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 50 | 74 | .403 | 3.66 | 232 | 118 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 931.0 | 976 | 510 | 379 | 37 | 541 | 0 | 775 | 25 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoilo Versalles | 124 | 568 | 497 | 71 | 145 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 59 | 68 | .292 | .370 | .386 | .756 | 192 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Julian Castro | 78 | 330 | 306 | 38 | 93 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 49 | .304 | .350 | .418 | .768 | 128 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Repasky | 101 | 431 | 391 | 41 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 72 | .238 | .300 | .335 | .635 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Frank Hurtt | 109 | 447 | 365 | 45 | 86 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 98 | .236 | .367 | .329 | .696 | 120 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Hardy | 104 | 448 | 375 | 46 | 84 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 52 | .224 | .335 | .299 | .633 | 112 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Clarence Weatherspoon | 85 | 368 | 327 | 48 | 82 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 23 | .251 | .322 | .306 | .628 | 100 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mel Kerestes | 76 | 290 | 239 | 29 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 24 | .293 | .399 | .368 | .768 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| John Cuesta | 46 | 182 | 164 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .360 | .418 | .402 | .820 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Watkins | 47 | 229 | 194 | 25 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 36 | .201 | .320 | .258 | .578 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 31 | 127 | 116 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .276 | .312 | .371 | .683 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Morris | 39 | 166 | 134 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 31 | .239 | .376 | .321 | .697 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jackie Ferrell | 26 | 108 | 89 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 22 | .225 | .352 | .292 | .644 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Gann | 26 | 108 | 86 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 35 | .221 | .361 | .360 | .722 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Catalino Ramos | 40 | 138 | 120 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .158 | .252 | .217 | .469 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Timlin | 23 | 89 | 75 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | .227 | .348 | .293 | .642 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher Virruso | 28 | 132 | 107 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 28 | .159 | .311 | .178 | .488 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Graf | 22 | 87 | 79 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .190 | .241 | .228 | .469 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Culpepper | 21 | 68 | 62 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .210 | .279 | .323 | .602 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Laspagnoletta | 28 | 67 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .229 | .373 | .292 | .665 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Héctor Maestri | 51 | 129 | 94 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 23 | .117 | .323 | .128 | .450 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Joseph Hadly | 16 | 68 | 57 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .158 | .284 | .193 | .477 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Snyder | 26 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .250 | .385 | .281 | .666 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alejandro Castro | 40 | 66 | 61 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .131 | .145 | .148 | .293 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dean Wilderman | 11 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .333 | .611 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Scalzi | 11 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dale Wise | 21 | 48 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .100 | .217 | .100 | .317 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Potts | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Packy Rogers | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin McGuire | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .091 | .286 | .182 | .468 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Shrode | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Heflin | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Durdan | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Dewey | 17 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Davis | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1300 | 4850 | 4162 | 483 | 998 | 144 | 35 | 32 | 388 | 58 | 23 | 573 | 770 | .240 | .334 | .314 | .649 | 1308 | 0 | 35 | 47 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hardy | 1B | 103 | 897 | 60 | 9 | 73 | .991 | 9.291 | ||||
| Julian Castro | 1B | 20 | 175 | 12 | 5 | 13 | .974 | 9.350 | ||||
| Mel Kerestes | 2B | 58 | 116 | 132 | 11 | 26 | .958 | 4.276 | ||||
| George Repasky | 2B | 38 | 89 | 107 | 13 | 19 | .938 | 5.158 | ||||
| Frank Hurtt | 2B | 34 | 56 | 86 | 12 | 11 | .922 | 4.176 | ||||
| Frank Hurtt | 3B | 75 | 76 | 126 | 23 | 9 | .898 | 2.693 | ||||
| Bobby Morris | 3B | 39 | 36 | 59 | 11 | 3 | .896 | 2.436 | ||||
| John Cuesta | C | 41 | 359 | 16 | 7 | 5 | .982 | 9.146 | 3 | |||
| Catalino Ramos | C | 36 | 192 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .986 | 6.056 | 6 | |||
| Jim Graf | C | 22 | 159 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 7.636 | 10 | |||
| James Gann | C | 21 | 151 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .977 | 8.000 | 13 | |||
| Clarence Weatherspoon | OF | 85 | 177 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .949 | 2.188 | ||||
| George Repasky | OF | 60 | 84 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Julian Castro | OF | 48 | 88 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .943 | 2.083 | ||||
| William Watkins | OF | 47 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 2.532 | ||||
| Don Williams | OF | 30 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.267 | ||||
| Christopher Virruso | OF | 28 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Tom Timlin | OF | 22 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bill Culpepper | OF | 18 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jackie Ferrell | OF | 15 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Joseph Hadly | OF | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Héctor Maestri | P | 42 | 5 | 48 | 5 | 6 | .914 | 1.262 | ||||
| Alejandro Castro | P | 39 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 1 | .887 | 1.205 | ||||
| Joseph Laspagnoletta | P | 26 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Joseph Snyder | P | 25 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .857 | .960 | ||||
| Dale Wise | P | 20 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.450 | ||||
| Paul Dewey | P | 17 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| Martin McGuire | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .462 | ||||
| Dean Wilderman | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Robert Scalzi | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Thomas Heflin | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Shrode | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Potts | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mel Kerestes | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Repasky | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Zoilo Versalles | SS | 123 | 220 | 361 | 15 | 71 | .975 | 4.724 | ||||
| Totals | 1205 | 3212 | 1261 | 177 | 256 | .962 | 3.712 | 32 | 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.
