1958 Midland Braves Statistics

Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-48
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Travis Jackson (0-0), Earle Halstead (0-0), Ernie White (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Municipal Park
Attendance: 28,210, Avg. 470

1958 Midland Braves Roster

Playoffs - Midland Braves 3 games, Artesia Giants 1

The Midland Braves of the Sophomore League ended the 1958 season with a record of 72 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the SL.

The Braves paced the circuit with 948 runs. Midland allowed 720 runs. Paul Snyder and Ty Clayton powered the squad with 15 home runs apiece. Paul Snyder drove in 106 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .350. Les Bass led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.47 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1958 Midland Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cecil Butler, Tony Cloninger and Denis Menke.

Travis Jackson, Earle Halstead and Ernie White 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
Les Bass	16	2	.889	3.47	25	14		8	0		127.0	104	62	49	7	52		130	8	2	5
Dave Smith	12	6	.667	5.12	33	19		9	0		146.0	159	105	83	12	73		102	12	1	5
Larry Alander	10	7	.588	6.02	34	22		7	2		127.0	145	114	85	9	126		165	6	2	7
Tony Cloninger	9	2	.818	4.01	13	11		8	0		83.0	61	41	37	6	56		87	2	0	11
Paul Dean	7	6	.538	4.70	27	12		5	0		115.0	127	83	60	10	79		74	4	1	11
Florian Wittichen	6	3	.667	4.76	21	10		3	0		104.0	101	64	55	9	64		85	0	1	10
Peter Fisher	5	7	.417	4.01	21	13		4	0		92.0	91	55	41	11	52		92	3	0	0
John Wilcox	4	6	.400	5.75	28	8		2	0		97.0	111	89	62	7	74		66	5	1	15
James Stewart	2	3	.400		10						0.0									0
Fred Rogers	1	4	.200	6.43	11	5		0	0		35.0	40	29	25	1	25		29	3	0	1
Herbert Biedermann	0	0			1						0.0									0
Eugene Schlender	0	0			6						0.0									0
Cecil Butler	0	0			4						0.0									0
George Lukart	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bernard Poupore	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Al Frioni	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Totals	72	48	.600	4.83	242	114	0	46	2	0	926.0	939	642	497	72	601	0	830	43	8	65	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
Paul Snyder	113	511	446	88	156	27	14	15	106	2		58	70	.350	.426	.574	1.000	256		2	4	1
Kerry Buckner	115	543	475	101	152	20	14	5	72	13		57	85	.320	.394	.453	.846	215		2	7	2
Ty Clayton	101	510	447	107	139	21	13	15	75	11		54	84	.311	.381	.517	.897	231		0	3	6
Jimmy Shinn	120	541	446	90	128	18	6	4	67	10		81	44	.287	.394	.381	.776	170		4	1	9
Roger Morgan	95	439	355	97	120	13	7	12	82	2		69	33	.338	.443	.515	.958	183		5	1	9
George Johnson	106	463	359	96	104	16	5	8	68	15		88	98	.290	.434	.429	.863	154		7	4	5
James Hay	86	330	299	65	88	12	2	3	51	4		26	41	.294	.358	.378	.736	113		4	0	1
Denis Menke	66	307	246	71	70	10	2	8	54	1		44	35	.285	.408	.439	.848	108		11	1	5
Herbert Biedermann	48	206	180	43	67	11	3	5	40	2		23	29	.372	.442	.550	.992	99		1	0	2
George Lukart	70	220	170	43	57	14	2	9	52	1		47	41	.335	.484	.600	1.084	102		2	1	0
Florian Wittichen	34	75	67	13	16	1	0	1	11	0		4	4	.239	.297	.299	.596	20		2	1	1
Richard Pudina	19	98	70	18	14	5	0	0	12	0		26	23	.200	.423	.271	.694	19		1	1	0
Dick Healy	12	59	48	10	13	3	2	1	9	1		10	13	.271	.397	.479	.876	23		0	1	0
Larry Alander	34	67	55	3	12	0	0	0	3	0		8	26	.218	.317	.218	.536	12		0	4	0
Les Bass	30	65	58	10	12	2	0	0	10	0		4	18	.207	.254	.241	.495	14		0	2	1
Peter Fisher	21	38	34	8	11	5	0	0	7	0		2	8	.324	.378	.471	.849	16		1	1	0
Hank Wainwright	14	47	35	9	9	1	0	4	9	0		11	11	.257	.447	.629	1.075	22		1	0	0
Paul Dean	27	46	43	6	8	1	0	1	4	0		2	17	.186	.222	.279	.501	12		0	1	0
Dave Smith	33	63	53	7	8	1	0	0	4	0		6	13	.151	.237	.170	.407	9		0	4	0
Bobby Biedermann	9	20	20		7									.350	.350	.350	.700	7
Tony Cloninger	13	38	33	6	7	0	2	0	3	0		3	12	.212	.278	.333	.611	11		0	2	0
Eugene Schlender	6	8	8		4									.500	.500	.500	1.000	4
Eugene McGaughey	7	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
John Wilcox	29	41	33	3	3	1	0	0	4	0		3	12	.091	.189	.121	.310	4		1	4	0
Cecil Butler	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
James Stewart	10	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0	0	0
Fred Rogers	11	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	1	0
Bernard Poupore	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1237	4782	4024	895	1211	182	72	91	745	63	0	628	724	.301	.397	.450	.847	1810	0	44	44	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Roger Morgan	1B	92	781	44	14	70	.983	8.967
Paul Snyder	1B	29	230	14	6	18	.976	8.414
Ty Clayton	2B	101	225	256	23	63	.954	4.762
Richard Pudina	2B	19	52	47	9	9	.917	5.211
Jimmy Shinn	3B	117	131	204	45	24	.882	2.863
James Hay	C	74	593	40	15	2	.977	8.554	21
George Lukart	C	40	248	28	14	2	.952	6.900	7
Kerry Buckner	OF	114	204	13	23	3	.904	1.904
George Johnson	OF	103	146	19	14	2	.922	1.602
Paul Snyder	OF	82	112	5	6	0	.951	1.427
Herbert Biedermann	OF	44	59	2	4	0	.938	1.386
Hank Wainwright	OF	12	10	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dick Healy	OF	11	20	0	3	0	.870	1.818
Larry Alander	P	34	5	21	5	2	.839	.765
Dave Smith	P	33	9	33	5	2	.894	1.273
John Wilcox	P	28	3	15	1	0	.947	.643
Paul Dean	P	27	3	15	2	1	.900	.667
Les Bass	P	25	6	24	3	2	.909	1.200
Florian Wittichen	P	21	7	25	2	3	.941	1.524
Peter Fisher	P	21	2	8	1	0	.909	.476
Tony Cloninger	P	13	1	9	0	0	1.000	.769
Fred Rogers	P	11	0	7	0	0	1.000	.636
James Stewart	P	10	1	7	2	0	.800	.800
Eugene Schlender	P	6						.000
Bernard Poupore	P	4						.000
Cecil Butler	P	4						.000
Al Frioni	P	3						.000
George Lukart	P	1						.000
Herbert Biedermann	P	1						.000
Denis Menke	SS	66	72	168	26	37	.902	3.636
Totals		1146	2920	1006	223	240	.946	3.426	28	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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