1958 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: George Staller (67-73)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 64,552, Avg. 922

1958 Knoxville Smokies Roster

The Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1958 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.

The Smokies paced the league with 652 runs. Knoxville allowed 692 runs, most in the circuit.

Players from the 1958 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Gordie Sundin, Bo Belinsky, Spider Wilhelm, Bill Powell, Dave Nicholson, Ron Hansen, Angelo Dagres, Jack Fisher, Chuck Estrada, John Papa, Jerry Walker, Leo Burke, George Staller and Frank Zupo.

George Staller 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
Jerry Walker	18	4	.818	2.61	28	26		14	3		200.0	164	69	58	9	78	3	126	2	1	3
Chuck Estrada	15	11	.577	3.61	39	30		9	0		217.0	177	99	87	13	153	3	181	5	0	9
Bill Powell	7	8	.467	3.70	70	7		1	0		141.0	127	67	58	11	57	4	58	2	0	2
Jim Miller	6	4	.600	4.45	53	2		0	0		97.0	101	59	48	10	37	4	71	4	0	5
George Gaffney	6	12	.333	4.03	27	17		3	0		125.0	149	80	56	13	47	0	72	2	1	8
Roosevelt Evans	5	9	.357	3.97	25	17		6	2		118.0	101	67	52	8	73	5	92	9	2	7
Jim Hicks	3	2	.600	4.75	19	9		0	0		55.0	58	40	29	5	31	1	26	0	0	2
Kedy Curl	2	1	.667	4.15	15	1		0	0		39.0	44	26	18	2	7	0	31	0	0	1
Daniel Welsh	2	2	.500		6						0.0									0
Bert Barth	1	0	1.000		5						0.0									0
Gordie Sundin	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
Steve Dalkowski	1	4	.200	7.93	11	10		0	0		42.0	17	41	37	0	95	0	82	2	1	10
John Papa	0	0			2						0.0									0
Rowland Davies	0	0			2						0.0									0
Kelly Searcy	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Bo Belinsky	0	2	.000		7						0.0									0
Jack Fisher	0	2	.000		2						0.0									0
Jack Brown	0	3	.000		4						0.0									0
Donald Bruns	0	3	.000	5.29	12	2		0	0		34.0	39	23	20	5	17	2	6	1	0	0
Ronald Babkoff	0	4	.000		6						0.0									0
Totals	67	73	.479	3.90	340	121	0	33	5	0	1068.0	977	571	463	76	595	22	745	27	5	47	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
Leo Burke	140	586	511	95	157	33	9	17	71	3		57	74	.307	.388	.507	.895	259		12	4	2	9
Angelo Dagres	134	546	470	86	146	12	14	12	61	8		65	64	.311	.393	.472	.865	222		2	4	5	5
Blas Fernandez	122	462	402	58	105	15	8	6	39	6		51	27	.261	.351	.383	.734	154		5	3	1	7
Alfred Nagel	115	437	378	50	97	28	5	13	63	1		45	59	.257	.336	.460	.797	174		1	12	1	5
Guy Lavalliere	108	364	303	40	84	13	3	3	41	1		43	21	.277	.377	.370	.747	112		7	9	2	5
Charlie Smiley	86	330	267	51	81	17	1	6	49	0		56	46	.303	.422	.442	.864	118		2	1	4	3
Ron Hansen	90	355	301	30	65	7	1	6	36	3		38	47	.216	.300	.306	.606	92		3	2	11	4
Frank Montgomery	76	307	256	44	64	9	2	2	18	1		46	30	.250	.365	.324	.689	83		2	0	3	2
Raymond Murawski	59	199	178	20	43	10	1	1	22	0		16	18	.242	.299	.326	.625	58		0	2	3	0
Robert Barron	47	178	155	22	41	3	8	0	19	0		16	30	.265	.337	.387	.724	60		2	3	2	0
Oscar Sierra	42	172	145	23	38	6	1	4	23	1		21	3	.262	.349	.400	.749	58		1	0	5	0
Robert Kennel	58	165	147	18	38	4	3	1	21	0		15	17	.259	.329	.347	.676	51		1	1	1	2
Kenneth Tippery	44	177	154	24	34	8	2	2	19	0		16	21	.221	.293	.338	.631	52		1	3	3	2
Richard Simpson	38	151	139	19	32	4	4	5	20	2		5	19	.230	.265	.424	.690	59		2	4	1	0
Frank Zupo	35	120	106	10	29	3	0	2	16	0		10	12	.274	.345	.358	.703	38		2	1	1	1
Spider Wilhelm	29	106	95	10	23	4	1	1	11	1		7	7	.242	.286	.337	.623	32		0	1	3	0
Dave Nicholson	25	102	88	13	18	2	2	2	10	0		13	33	.205	.314	.341	.655	30		1	0	0	0
Bill Raehse	20	62	58	8	17	1	0	1	9	0		2	5	.293	.323	.362	.685	21		1	0	1	0
Jerry Walker	33	88	86	4	14	2	1	0	7	0		1	12	.163	.172	.209	.382	18		0	1	0	0
Chuck Estrada	41	89	76	8	9	2	0	0	9	0		6	18	.118	.181	.145	.325	11		0	6	1	0
Whitey DeHart	11	28	27	2	7	2	0	0	1	0		0	5	.259	.286	.333	.619	9		1	0	0	0
Bill Powell	70	36	34	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		1	14	.176	.200	.206	.406	7		0	1	0	0
Roosevelt Evans	34	47	37	5	6	0	0	0	1	1		10	8	.162	.340	.162	.503	6		0	0	0	0
Gordie Sundin	3	6	6		4									.667	.667	.667	1.333	4
Donald Bruns	14	13	12	0	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	2	.250	.308	.583	.891	7		0	0	0	0
Jim Miller	53	25	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.125	.160	.125	.285	3		0	0	0	0
George Gaffney	27	46	44	2	3	0	0	0	4	0		1	21	.068	.089	.068	.157	3		0	1	0	0
Bert Barth	8	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Gary Walker	5	16	16		2									.125	.125	.125	.250	2
George Staller	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Jack Fisher	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
William Rozich	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Kedy Curl	15	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.100	.250	.100	.350	1		0	0	0	0
James Dunlap	5	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Steve Dalkowski	11	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	1	0	0
Jim Hicks	19	19	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	5	.062	.211	.062	.273	1		0	0	0	0
Daniel Welsh	6	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Brown	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rowland Davies	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bo Belinsky	7	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Papa	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Babkoff	6	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1651	5319	4615	648	1178	186	68	84	574	29	0	548	634	.255	.337	.380	.717	1752	0	46	60	50	45

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charlie Smiley	1B	73	587	37	9	64	.986	8.548
Oscar Sierra	1B	42	356	22	0	30	1.000	9.000
Bill Raehse	1B	14	86	5	3	8	.968	6.500
Blas Fernandez	2B	62	124	153	8	40	.972	4.468
Frank Montgomery	2B	60	129	112	19	33	.927	4.017
Kenneth Tippery	2B	27	65	41	1	14	.991	3.926
Leo Burke	3B	42	46	76	10	5	.924	2.905
Robert Barron	3B	37	38	63	12	11	.894	2.730
Spider Wilhelm	3B	19	23	44	6	5	.918	3.526
Richard Simpson	3B	18	17	37	5	6	.915	3.000
Kenneth Tippery	3B	12	9	25	2	2	.944	2.833
Guy Lavalliere	C	93	521	53	9	6	.985	6.172	11
Robert Kennel	C	36	224	16	2	4	.992	6.667	6
Frank Zupo	C	28	166	15	6	3	.968	6.464	9
Angelo Dagres	OF	129	235	11	8	2	.969	1.907
Alfred Nagel	OF	105	182	9	4	0	.979	1.819
Leo Burke	OF	94	220	20	12	8	.952	2.553
Raymond Murawski	OF	47	74	5	1	0	.988	1.681
Dave Nicholson	OF	25	37	1	3	0	.927	1.520
Richard Simpson	OF	21	39	0	0	0	1.000	1.857
Bill Powell	P	70	3	18	3	0	.875	.300
Jim Miller	P	53	6	22	0	1	1.000	.528
Chuck Estrada	P	39	12	25	2	3	.949	.949
Jerry Walker	P	28	11	34	1	2	.978	1.607
George Gaffney	P	27	1	10	1	1	.917	.407
Roosevelt Evans	P	25	8	24	4	2	.889	1.280
Jim Hicks	P	19	3	6	1	1	.900	.474
Kedy Curl	P	15	2	5	1	0	.875	.467
Donald Bruns	P	12	5	9	2	2	.875	1.167
Steve Dalkowski	P	11	0	5	1	0	.833	.455
Bo Belinsky	P	7						.000
Daniel Welsh	P	6						.000
Ronald Babkoff	P	6						.000
Bert Barth	P	5						.000
Kelly Searcy	P	4						.000
Jack Brown	P	4						.000
Gordie Sundin	P	3						.000
John Papa	P	2						.000
Jack Fisher	P	2						.000
Rowland Davies	P	2						.000
Ron Hansen	SS	90	177	254	26	55	.943	4.789
Blas Fernandez	SS	43	60	123	16	23	.920	4.256
Totals		1457	3466	1280	178	331	.964	3.257	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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