1958 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Statistics
Team Record: 72-51
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Ken Silvestri (72-51)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota
Ballpark: Barnett Field
Attendance: 52,942, Avg. 861
Playoffs - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 1 game, Minot Mallards 0
Finals - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 2 games, St. Cloud Rox 1
The Fargo-Moorhead Twins of the Northern League ended the 1958 season with a record of 72 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Fargo- Twins scored 703 runs and surrendered 583 runs. Glen Merklen led Moorhead with 20 home runs and drove in 104 runs. Don Brummer paced all regular batters with a .315 average. Dick Stewart topped the team with 15 wins, while Duane Kinart recorded a 2.79 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Don Lock and Jay Ward both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ken Silvestri 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Stewart | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.55 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 195.0 | 191 | 99 | 77 | 10 | 67 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Duane Kinart | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.79 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 174.0 | 160 | 73 | 54 | 11 | 86 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Bruce Swango | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.84 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 150.0 | 111 | 70 | 64 | 9 | 68 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| James Burton | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.32 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 150.0 | 161 | 94 | 72 | 20 | 82 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Curtis Johnson | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.09 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 88 | 51 | 36 | 6 | 79 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Kopp | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.24 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 55.0 | 46 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jon Rovelto | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.48 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 42 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Wendell Maupin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Walker | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.02 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 55 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Dumas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Scheuerman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Nowakowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vaughn Shell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles Ziegenbein | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Pignatello | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Stoehr | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.34 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 39 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 72 | 51 | .585 | 3.67 | 208 | 109 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 957.0 | 893 | 506 | 390 | 70 | 496 | 0 | 536 | 55 | 2 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Brummer | 119 | 568 | 480 | 119 | 151 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 16 | 63 | 26 | .315 | .394 | .408 | .802 | 196 | 5 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Mike Weldon | 120 | 575 | 462 | 80 | 128 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 90 | 38 | .277 | .395 | .346 | .741 | 160 | 5 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Glen Merklen | 123 | 555 | 433 | 76 | 110 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 104 | 3 | 109 | 95 | .254 | .402 | .453 | .855 | 196 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Ronald Paul | 123 | 526 | 426 | 61 | 107 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 8 | 83 | 84 | .251 | .375 | .347 | .723 | 148 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Don Lock | 121 | 528 | 408 | 71 | 105 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 13 | 112 | 133 | .257 | .422 | .407 | .829 | 166 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Robert Mayer | 73 | 344 | 252 | 55 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 84 | 59 | .258 | .444 | .381 | .825 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Norm Kampschror | 87 | 371 | 304 | 54 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 5 | 59 | 84 | .214 | .347 | .345 | .692 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Marcus Thublin | 74 | 322 | 248 | 57 | 61 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 67 | 103 | .246 | .416 | .399 | .815 | 99 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Curtis Johnson | 62 | 125 | 119 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .269 | .304 | .311 | .615 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Rubio | 28 | 120 | 98 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 10 | .224 | .367 | .367 | .734 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Swango | 38 | 83 | 74 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .284 | .354 | .432 | .786 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Carlos Mobley | 25 | 107 | 90 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 21 | .233 | .355 | .389 | .744 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roy West | 18 | 66 | 55 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .309 | .375 | .400 | .775 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Joseph Mueller | 13 | 51 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | .279 | .392 | .279 | .671 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Taylor | 17 | 54 | 44 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .273 | .370 | .386 | .757 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Duane Kinart | 28 | 70 | 58 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .207 | .254 | .276 | .530 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| James Burton | 25 | 70 | 60 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .200 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dick Stewart | 30 | 85 | 74 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 35 | .122 | .207 | .122 | .329 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jay Ward | 7 | 24 | 24 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Groves | 11 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .146 | .271 | .244 | .515 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Christiansen | 21 | 86 | 64 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 25 | .094 | .314 | .141 | .455 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steven Crihfield | 12 | 44 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .139 | .279 | .250 | .529 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Scheuerman | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .750 | .750 | .750 | 1.500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Walker | 13 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .143 | .182 | .190 | .372 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Kopp | 10 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .130 | .231 | .261 | .492 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Wendell Maupin | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Vincent Pignatello | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jon Rovelto | 9 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Dumas | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Stoehr | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vaughn Shell | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Nowakowski | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Ziegenbein | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1239 | 4927 | 3992 | 688 | 1001 | 137 | 41 | 77 | 594 | 78 | 0 | 790 | 820 | .251 | .377 | .363 | .741 | 1451 | 0 | 46 | 60 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Merklen | 1B | 123 | 994 | 61 | 17 | 141 | .984 | 8.577 | ||||
| Don Brummer | 2B | 119 | 334 | 367 | 21 | 121 | .971 | 5.891 | ||||
| Marcus Thublin | 3B | 60 | 90 | 105 | 21 | 14 | .903 | 3.250 | ||||
| Richard Rubio | 3B | 25 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 3 | .891 | 2.280 | ||||
| Ronald Paul | 3B | 14 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | .895 | 3.643 | ||||
| Joseph Mueller | 3B | 11 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .941 | 2.909 | ||||
| Norm Kampschror | C | 82 | 443 | 43 | 13 | 10 | .974 | 5.927 | 27 | |||
| Roy West | C | 16 | 83 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.125 | 5 | |||
| John Christiansen | C | 16 | 83 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 5.750 | 1 | |||
| Steven Crihfield | C | 11 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 4.273 | 2 | |||
| Don Lock | OF | 115 | 196 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 1.765 | ||||
| Ronald Paul | OF | 109 | 279 | 11 | 9 | 3 | .970 | 2.661 | ||||
| Robert Mayer | OF | 73 | 144 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .955 | 2.055 | ||||
| Carlos Mobley | OF | 24 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Curtis Johnson | OF | 15 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 2.533 | ||||
| Marcus Thublin | OF | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.727 | ||||
| Donald Groves | OF | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
| Curtis Johnson | P | 41 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .585 | ||||
| Dick Stewart | P | 29 | 13 | 42 | 5 | 1 | .917 | 1.897 | ||||
| Duane Kinart | P | 27 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 5 | .905 | 1.407 | ||||
| James Burton | P | 25 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.040 | ||||
| Bruce Swango | P | 23 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.391 | ||||
| Thomas Walker | P | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Jon Rovelto | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Kopp | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudolph Stoehr | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wendell Maupin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Dumas | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vincent Pignatello | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Scheuerman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Nowakowski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Ziegenbein | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vaughn Shell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Weldon | SS | 120 | 220 | 350 | 40 | 95 | .934 | 4.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1163 | 3128 | 1215 | 171 | 413 | .962 | 3.734 | 35 | 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.
