1958 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 65-66
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Al Lakeman (65-66)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 37,580, Avg. 574

1958 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1958 season with a record of 65 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.

The Russets tallied 769 runs and gave up 759 runs. Buck Rodgers paced Idaho Falls with 12 home runs Frank Franchi drove in 109 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .352 clip. Dick Sheldon led the squad with 12 wins, while John O'Cain recorded a 3.26 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Buck Rodgers and Jake Wood both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Al Lakeman 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
Dick Sheldon	12	4	.750	3.46	23	15		10	4		125.0	117	55	48	13	44		123	3	0	4
Gene Bacque	11	8	.579	3.94	37	17		5	0		162.0	149	91	71	10	106		134	5	0	5
George Schmid	10	7	.588	3.67	25	14		11	0		130.0	131	70	53	6	24		111	2	0	6
Fred Swertfager	8	6	.571	5.35	40	18		4	0		143.0	151	106	85	6	112		111	12	0	9
John O'Cain	7	10	.412	3.26	29	18		7	0		149.0	161	84	54	7	70		84	7	1	4
Jerry Fields	4	4	.500	6.69	14	10		3	0		74.0	98	67	55	5	51		46	6	1	2
Richard Jones	2	1	.667		9						0.0									0
Eugene Burroughs	2	3	.400	8.54	11	6		1	0		39.0	50	39	37	5	32		25	1	0	1
Donald Bridges	1	3	.250	5.14	20	1		1	0		49.0	55	39	28	6	31		36	2	2	2
Thomas Trammel	1	4	.200		7						0.0									0
Hugh McMullan					13						0.0
Eric Spence	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Ted Berner	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
John Drake	0	5	.000	7.81	14	8		0	0		53.0	72	56	46	6	47		47	1	0	6
Totals	63	58	.521	4.47	270	112	0	46	4	0	989.0	1037	636	491	66	559	0	766	41	4	44	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
Frank Franchi	124	536	421	88	148	30	5	11	109	8		106	68	.352	.481	.525	1.006	221		4	0	5
Jesse Queen	100	449	382	83	131	19	6	6	73	18		52	42	.343	.422	.471	.893	180		5	3	7
Jake Wood	103	470	412	80	127	25	12	9	70	14		51	106	.308	.383	.493	.876	203		1	3	3
Buck Rodgers	99	430	378	73	115	15	6	12	74	3		46	39	.304	.381	.471	.852	178		3	0	3
James Spyhalski	111	435	388	51	105	16	6	10	64	9		41	75	.271	.342	.420	.762	163		2	2	2
Jerry Kudajeski	74	333	282	43	99	25	3	4	59	2		45	46	.351	.443	.504	.946	142		3	1	2
Jack Crouch	75	366	317	62	96	6	2	1	25	8		38	27	.303	.379	.344	.723	109		2	7	2
John Risch	74	324	277	54	87	10	2	4	33	1		36	36	.314	.402	.408	.810	113		7	1	3
Raymond Billingsley	62	277	223	44	60	5	1	0	19	8		49	31	.269	.404	.300	.705	67		3	0	2
William Maupin	53	210	192	29	48	5	1	2	21	0		15	57	.250	.310	.318	.627	61		2	0	1
William Bennett	55	217	173	27	44	11	0	0	21	1		41	34	.254	.400	.318	.718	55		1	2	0
Norm Manning	45	187	157	27	34	4	1	0	14	3		28	26	.217	.337	.255	.592	40		1	0	1
Wilber Risser	31	141	108	24	27	2	2	1	11	4		28	6	.250	.418	.333	.752	36		4	0	1
Chuck Strange	26	108	94	5	23	0	1	1	14	4		12	22	.245	.327	.298	.625	28		0	1	1
Otto Lind	28	112	98	13	20	3	0	1	17	0		11	23	.204	.277	.265	.542	26		0	0	3
Jack Falls	25	74	53	11	17	1	1	3	13	0		19	5	.321	.514	.547	1.061	29		2	0	0
George Schmid	30	66	59	8	16	5	0	3	9	0		5	16	.271	.328	.508	.837	30		0	2	0
John O'Cain	52	95	80	5	14	1	0	0	7	0		13	17	.175	.290	.188	.478	15		0	2	0
Gene Bacque	39	66	61	7	12	1	0	1	4	0		2	27	.197	.234	.262	.497	16		1	2	0
Dick Sheldon	23	53	41	6	9	0	0	0	4	0		5	12	.220	.304	.220	.524	9		0	7	0
Gerald Blanks	21	73	65	5	9	0	0	0	1	0		8	23	.138	.233	.138	.371	9		0	0	0
Richard Jones	13	18	16	3	6	2	1	1	3	1		2	8	.375	.444	.812	1.257	13		0	0	0
John Drake	19	28	27	4	6	0	0	1	4	0		0	12	.222	.222	.333	.556	9		0	1	0
Eugene Burroughs	12	18	16	5	5	2	0	0	2	0		1	4	.312	.353	.438	.790	7		0	1	0
Fred Swertfager	40	50	39	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		9	18	.128	.292	.154	.446	6		0	2	0
Thomas Trammel	9	14	14		4									.286	.286	.286	.571	4
Donald Bridges	21	19	17	3	3	1	0	0	6	0		1	5	.176	.211	.235	.446	4		0	0	1
Ted Berner	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jerry Fields	15	33	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	13	.038	.138	.038	.176	1		0	4	0
Eric Spence	6	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1408	5239	4451	764	1273	190	50	71	679	84	0	669	814	.286	.381	.399	.781	1776	0	41	41	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jerry Kudajeski	1B	74	604	39	9	43	.986	8.689
Wilber Risser	1B	31	258	9	8	21	.971	8.613
Frank Franchi	1B	26	190	11	5	16	.976	7.731
Jack Crouch	2B	75	168	202	22	35	.944	4.933
William Bennett	2B	43	107	113	8	23	.965	5.116
Frank Franchi	2B	13	26	29	5	7	.917	4.231
John Risch	3B	65	46	118	14	12	.921	2.523
James Spyhalski	3B	41	27	59	8	6	.915	2.098
Chuck Strange	3B	26	31	55	15	1	.851	3.308
Buck Rodgers	C	68	478	42	16	7	.970	7.647	2
William Maupin	C	48	298	29	5	4	.985	6.812	9
Jack Falls	C	10	59	2	1	1	.984	6.100	5
Jesse Queen	OF	99	234	12	6	4	.976	2.485
Frank Franchi	OF	76	119	3	10	2	.924	1.605
James Spyhalski	OF	64	86	5	5	1	.948	1.422
Raymond Billingsley	OF	55	126	8	3	0	.978	2.436
Buck Rodgers	OF	30	46	3	4	1	.925	1.633
Otto Lind	OF	27	40	3	4	0	.915	1.593
Gerald Blanks	OF	20	34	2	0	1	1.000	1.800
Jake Wood	OF	17	24	1	0	0	1.000	1.471
Fred Swertfager	P	40	3	26	4	0	.879	.725
Gene Bacque	P	37	7	34	2	1	.953	1.108
John O'Cain	P	29	5	17	2	2	.917	.759
George Schmid	P	25	11	21	2	1	.941	1.280
Dick Sheldon	P	23	5	8	3	0	.812	.565
Donald Bridges	P	20	3	11	0	1	1.000	.700
Jerry Fields	P	14	2	14	2	1	.889	1.143
John Drake	P	14	2	13	2	1	.882	1.071
Hugh McMullan	P	13						.000
Eugene Burroughs	P	11	0	4	0	0	1.000	.364
Richard Jones	P	9						.000
Thomas Trammel	P	7						.000
Eric Spence	P	6						.000
Ted Berner	P	5						.000
Jake Wood	SS	86	151	242	43	29	.901	4.570
Norm Manning	SS	42	63	117	20	24	.900	4.286
Totals		1306	3254	1259	229	246	.952	3.456	16	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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