1958 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 56-95
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Del Wilber (56-95)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 96,883, Avg. 1,283
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 56 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Colonels scored 560 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 723 runs. Willie Tasby led Louisville with 22 home runs and drove in 95 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .322 clip. Fred Besana topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.59 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1958 Louisville Colonels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ross Grimsley, Fred Besana, Chuck Locke, Wayne Causey, Jerry Dahlke, Del Wilber, Bob Hale, Frank Zupo, Toby Atwell, Al Corwin, Willie Tasby, Jim Pyburn, Bob Harrison, Jerry Lane, Chuck Oertel and Eddie Phillips.
Del Wilber 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Besana | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.59 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 203.0 | 195 | 110 | 81 | 9 | 113 | 14 | 92 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Artie Kay | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.75 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 180.0 | 163 | 91 | 75 | 13 | 84 | 12 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Lee Jones | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.44 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 156.0 | 159 | 91 | 77 | 15 | 74 | 7 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Lane | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.20 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 83.0 | 102 | 54 | 48 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jim Kite | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.12 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 120.0 | 127 | 68 | 55 | 12 | 43 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Rolf Scheel | 3 | 17 | .150 | 3.69 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 144.0 | 154 | 77 | 59 | 8 | 76 | 11 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Donald Bridges | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Locke | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Fickinger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Harrison | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Arnie Atkins | 1 | 3 | .250 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ross Grimsley | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Dahlke | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al Corwin | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luther Conger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Pyburn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Garmon | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roosevelt Evans | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rowland Davies | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Babkoff | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 43 | 77 | .358 | 4.01 | 348 | 106 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 886.0 | 900 | 491 | 395 | 61 | 413 | 52 | 428 | 20 | 6 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Tasby | 150 | 622 | 540 | 96 | 174 | 31 | 10 | 22 | 95 | 20 | 68 | 91 | .322 | .397 | .539 | .936 | 291 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Oertel | 139 | 580 | 512 | 65 | 160 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 55 | 63 | .312 | .380 | .420 | .800 | 215 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Jim Pyburn | 139 | 517 | 457 | 44 | 131 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 12 | 48 | 100 | .287 | .357 | .379 | .735 | 173 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Frank DiPrima | 144 | 565 | 488 | 59 | 123 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 64 | 43 | .252 | .340 | .330 | .670 | 161 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Causey | 127 | 503 | 448 | 51 | 109 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 47 | 56 | .243 | .315 | .342 | .656 | 153 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Pablo Rivera | 124 | 465 | 421 | 44 | 91 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 41 | .216 | .276 | .283 | .559 | 119 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jack Parks | 123 | 391 | 353 | 31 | 79 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 66 | .224 | .286 | .297 | .584 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Robert Barron | 63 | 217 | 190 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 36 | .242 | .321 | .337 | .658 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Zupo | 55 | 155 | 145 | 15 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 39 | .221 | .271 | .255 | .526 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| William Hain | 60 | 190 | 176 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 50 | .176 | .228 | .261 | .489 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Besana | 40 | 91 | 87 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .207 | .216 | .276 | .492 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Dargiewicz | 13 | 39 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .297 | .333 | .378 | .712 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Davidson | 22 | 63 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .179 | .254 | .214 | .468 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Agosta | 11 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kite | 47 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .216 | .293 | .270 | .563 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Lane | 28 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .240 | .269 | .240 | .509 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Jones | 37 | 54 | 47 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .128 | .143 | .149 | .292 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Artie Kay | 47 | 61 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .091 | .153 | .091 | .243 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Weaver | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Del Wilber | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .700 | 1.064 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rolf Scheel | 45 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .075 | .159 | .075 | .234 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Garmon | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Locke | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rowland Davies | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Babkoff | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Raehse | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Toby Atwell | 12 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .043 | .214 | .043 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arnie Atkins | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Bridges | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther Conger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Fickinger | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Harrison | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1502 | 4773 | 4250 | 477 | 1066 | 169 | 39 | 53 | 422 | 58 | 0 | 425 | 721 | .251 | .319 | .346 | .666 | 1472 | 0 | 21 | 38 | 39 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Pyburn | 1B | 47 | 371 | 25 | 10 | 34 | .975 | 8.426 | ||||
| Larry Davidson | 1B | 11 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .988 | 7.545 | ||||
| Frank DiPrima | 2B | 138 | 327 | 348 | 19 | 91 | .973 | 4.891 | ||||
| Pablo Rivera | 3B | 93 | 113 | 178 | 25 | 32 | .921 | 3.129 | ||||
| Robert Barron | 3B | 55 | 73 | 98 | 15 | 7 | .919 | 3.109 | ||||
| William Hain | 3B | 14 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 2.571 | ||||
| Jack Parks | C | 97 | 395 | 57 | 8 | 6 | .983 | 4.660 | 7 | |||
| Frank Zupo | C | 41 | 181 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 4.756 | 5 | |||
| Willie Tasby | OF | 150 | 433 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .987 | 3.007 | ||||
| Chuck Oertel | OF | 136 | 258 | 8 | 14 | 2 | .950 | 1.956 | ||||
| Jim Pyburn | OF | 84 | 153 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .975 | 1.881 | ||||
| William Hain | OF | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Artie Kay | P | 44 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Jim Kite | P | 42 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .885 | .548 | ||||
| Rolf Scheel | P | 41 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .585 | ||||
| Lee Jones | P | 37 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .885 | .622 | ||||
| Fred Besana | P | 37 | 11 | 52 | 4 | 4 | .940 | 1.703 | ||||
| Jerry Lane | P | 28 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Al Corwin | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ross Grimsley | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Dahlke | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arnie Atkins | P | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Bob Harrison | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Fickinger | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Locke | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rowland Davies | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Garmon | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Babkoff | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luther Conger | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roosevelt Evans | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Bridges | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Pyburn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Causey | SS | 122 | 193 | 350 | 21 | 64 | .963 | 4.451 | ||||
| William Hain | SS | 19 | 33 | 57 | 8 | 20 | .918 | 4.737 | ||||
| Pablo Rivera | SS | 12 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1379 | 2702 | 1362 | 151 | 285 | .964 | 2.947 | 12 | 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.
