1958 Magic Valley Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 58-74
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Dick Wilson (58-74)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 33,666, Avg. 510
The Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League ended the 1958 season with a record of 58 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.
The Cowboys tallied 809 runs and gave up 869 runs. Kenneth Fisher paced Magic Valley with 19 home runs, while Dick Wilson and Michael Yaremchuk walloped 15 or more, too. Michael Yaremchuk recorded 94 runs batted in. Joseph McElroy topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Chuck Herzberger led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 4.07 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Jack Curtis played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Magic Valley Cowboys to do so.
Dick Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Herzberger | 14 | 11 | .560 | 4.07 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 208.0 | 219 | 120 | 94 | 22 | 92 | 153 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Gary Tomlan | 9 | 10 | .474 | 6.31 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 124.0 | 148 | 108 | 87 | 17 | 79 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jimmy Prevatt | 9 | 13 | .409 | 6.22 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 165.0 | 191 | 142 | 114 | 19 | 111 | 113 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| James Lynn | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.41 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 138.0 | 185 | 104 | 83 | 18 | 57 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jack Curtis | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.74 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 76.0 | 92 | 54 | 40 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bill Denney | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.40 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 90.0 | 106 | 74 | 54 | 13 | 58 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Omer Price | 2 | 7 | .222 | 8.83 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 75 | 65 | 52 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Wilson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.77 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 39.0 | 58 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Hall | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.09 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Walter Thorpe | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Yaremchuk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Craig Sorensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Prince | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Biebel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Powers | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph McElroy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Zimmerman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Martin | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8.77 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 60 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Totals | 51 | 66 | .436 | 5.68 | 249 | 117 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 966.0 | 1175 | 770 | 610 | 121 | 527 | 0 | 628 | 28 | 5 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Fisher | 131 | 589 | 519 | 101 | 144 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 77 | 27 | 58 | 103 | .277 | .350 | .449 | .799 | 233 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Joseph McElroy | 130 | 569 | 446 | 103 | 142 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 10 | 112 | 61 | .318 | .455 | .401 | .856 | 179 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Michael Yaremchuk | 113 | 483 | 412 | 65 | 125 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 94 | 4 | 62 | 66 | .303 | .391 | .459 | .850 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Gary Smith | 116 | 513 | 415 | 72 | 116 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 89 | 63 | .280 | .412 | .371 | .783 | 154 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Dick Wilson | 101 | 348 | 288 | 56 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 78 | 5 | 55 | 29 | .365 | .466 | .628 | 1.094 | 181 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Donald Davis | 119 | 422 | 349 | 56 | 101 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 72 | 2 | 60 | 75 | .289 | .397 | .453 | .849 | 158 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Gary Sorenson | 96 | 399 | 336 | 57 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 55 | 41 | .259 | .361 | .333 | .694 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Allison Owen | 83 | 305 | 242 | 59 | 80 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 58 | 59 | .331 | .469 | .504 | .973 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Zimmerman | 93 | 354 | 291 | 54 | 77 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 64 | 2 | 57 | 91 | .265 | .391 | .485 | .875 | 141 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Fishel | 70 | 225 | 185 | 35 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 33 | 53 | .286 | .404 | .443 | .848 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jimmy Prevatt | 43 | 84 | 76 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .329 | .393 | .500 | .893 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lorenzo Jackson | 31 | 119 | 99 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 20 | .253 | .370 | .404 | .774 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Prince | 39 | 123 | 115 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .217 | .268 | .322 | .590 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Briggs | 41 | 149 | 135 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 27 | .178 | .235 | .185 | .420 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Donald Biebel | 24 | 84 | 67 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 9 | .313 | .440 | .507 | .948 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Herzberger | 39 | 86 | 71 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 29 | .254 | .346 | .282 | .627 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Bill Denney | 39 | 94 | 84 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .202 | .269 | .464 | .733 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Craig Sorensen | 19 | 55 | 46 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .283 | .370 | .391 | .762 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jack Curtis | 14 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .323 | .389 | .548 | .937 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gary Tomlan | 33 | 55 | 45 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .222 | .352 | .267 | .619 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ken Fischer | 17 | 64 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .176 | .333 | .176 | .510 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Lynn | 40 | 49 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .105 | .244 | .105 | .350 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Pagliarulo | 14 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .120 | .353 | .160 | .513 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Martin | 14 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Omer Price | 15 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| David Hall | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Randall Booth | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1489 | 5293 | 4410 | 804 | 1238 | 189 | 27 | 124 | 716 | 71 | 0 | 758 | 871 | .281 | .389 | .420 | .809 | 1853 | 0 | 48 | 36 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Davis | 1B | 104 | 685 | 55 | 14 | 64 | .981 | 7.115 | ||||
| Dick Wilson | 1B | 55 | 385 | 35 | 4 | 35 | .991 | 7.636 | ||||
| Joseph McElroy | 2B | 74 | 159 | 197 | 15 | 33 | .960 | 4.811 | ||||
| Gary Sorenson | 2B | 66 | 144 | 162 | 23 | 42 | .930 | 4.636 | ||||
| Allison Owen | 3B | 68 | 48 | 107 | 17 | 5 | .901 | 2.279 | ||||
| Joseph McElroy | 3B | 35 | 32 | 81 | 7 | 10 | .942 | 3.229 | ||||
| Dick Wilson | 3B | 22 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.955 | ||||
| Gary Sorenson | 3B | 22 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 1.455 | ||||
| Jerry Fishel | C | 56 | 264 | 33 | 13 | 6 | .958 | 5.304 | 18 | |||
| Aaron Briggs | C | 41 | 230 | 24 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 6.195 | 5 | |||
| Don Prince | C | 31 | 132 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 4.742 | 7 | |||
| Donald Biebel | C | 17 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.882 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Fisher | OF | 131 | 281 | 25 | 14 | 2 | .956 | 2.336 | ||||
| Michael Yaremchuk | OF | 109 | 152 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .930 | 1.468 | ||||
| William Zimmerman | OF | 91 | 141 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .927 | 1.681 | ||||
| Lorenzo Jackson | OF | 26 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .909 | 1.923 | ||||
| Joseph McElroy | OF | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Craig Sorensen | OF | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Donald Davis | OF | 17 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.765 | ||||
| Bill Denney | OF | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Chuck Herzberger | P | 37 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 1 | .868 | 1.243 | ||||
| Jimmy Prevatt | P | 33 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .907 | 1.485 | ||||
| James Lynn | P | 30 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .700 | ||||
| Gary Tomlan | P | 29 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.207 | ||||
| Jim Powers | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Denney | P | 19 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .870 | 1.053 | ||||
| Dick Wilson | P | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Joseph Martin | P | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Omer Price | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Jack Curtis | P | 12 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| David Hall | P | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Walter Thorpe | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Biebel | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Yaremchuk | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Zimmerman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Sorensen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Prince | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph McElroy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Smith | SS | 116 | 227 | 334 | 43 | 75 | .929 | 4.836 | ||||
| Ken Fischer | SS | 17 | 31 | 48 | 8 | 8 | .908 | 4.647 | ||||
| Totals | 1396 | 3231 | 1373 | 230 | 298 | .952 | 3.298 | 32 | 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.
