1958 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Dick Sisler (76-78)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 92,199, Avg. 1,197

1958 Nashville Vols Roster

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.

The Vols led the circuit with 777 runs. Nashville allowed 732 runs. Chuck Coles paced the squad with 29 home runs, while Buddy Gilbert, Jim Fridley and Emil Panko each walloped 15 or more, too. Chuck Coles drove in 107 runs. Jim Fridley topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .348. Jim O'Toole paced the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.44 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1958 Nashville Vols who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Fridley, Hy Cohen, Karl Drews, Buddy Gilbert, Gene Hayden, Lyle Luttrell, Jim Bailey, Dick Sisler, Jay Hook, George Schmees, Dick Aylward, Tommy Brown, Chuck Coles, Jim O'Toole and Bobby Durnbaugh.

Dick Sisler 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
Jim O'Toole	20	8	.714	2.44	35	33		21	4		280.0	245	91	76	13	132	9	189	4	0	9
Jay Hook	13	14	.481	3.70	33	30		13	3		219.0	202	103	90	13	131	4	160	9	0	10
Jim Bailey	10	11	.476	4.52	35	24		12	0		189.0	206	104	95	18	80	6	118	2	1	3
Jerry Cade	9	7	.562	2.98	22	17		11	2		127.0	128	50	42	10	54	4	72	1	0	3
James Sprankle	5	5	.500	6.00	40	8		1	0		123.0	149	89	82	21	69	10	53	3	0	8
Gene Hayden	4	7	.364	4.02	15	12		6	0		85.0	85	54	38	3	42	4	67	4	1	7
Kenneth Hommel	4	7	.364	4.78	48	4		1	0		128.0	134	74	68	15	65	7	85	5	0	8
Burt Touchberry	2	2	.500		6						0.0									0
Darrell Martin	2	3	.400	4.06	12	3		1	0		31.0	31	19	14	3	19	1	18	0	0	2
Hy Cohen	2	6	.250	8.51	9	8		2	0		37.0	52	41	35	6	25	1	8	9	0	1
Greg Jancich	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
Robert Dobzanski	1	4	.200		6						0.0									0
Clifford Coggin					11						0.0
Jose Padilla	0	0			2						0.0									0
George Schmees	0	0			4						0.0									0
Karl Drews	0	1	.000		7						0.0									0
Totals	73	76	.490	3.99	289	139	0	68	9	0	1219.0	1232	625	540	102	617	46	770	37	2	51	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
Jim Fridley	142	589	515	85	179	32	7	20	101	1		65	73	.348	.428	.553	.981	285		8	0	1	7
Chuck Coles	153	671	574	117	176	27	6	29	107	2		90	90	.307	.401	.526	.928	302		3	1	3	5
Bobby Durnbaugh	151	702	604	106	160	24	3	0	54	11		75	29	.265	.344	.315	.658	190		1	15	7	2
Jimmy Ludtka	134	547	474	65	123	23	4	2	42	2		67	95	.259	.351	.338	.688	160		0	5	1	7
Buddy Gilbert	145	605	482	83	119	18	2	27	85	12		118	128	.247	.395	.461	.856	222		0	5	0	3
Emil Panko	83	343	300	50	88	20	1	15	54	2		37	34	.293	.374	.517	.891	155		3	1	2	4
George Schmees	66	270	234	37	63	16	2	7	41	4		33	38	.269	.356	.444	.800	104		0	0	3	2
Larry Taylor	78	307	258	31	61	8	0	1	21	0		40	35	.236	.339	.279	.618	72		1	6	2	1
Dick Aylward	67	239	216	14	47	5	0	0	18	1		18	21	.218	.284	.241	.525	52		2	3	0	3
Dick Sisler	82	176	145	26	41	2	2	8	34	0		27	20	.283	.394	.490	.884	71		1	1	2	3
Witty Quintana	46	184	151	20	35	5	1	1	17	3		29	28	.232	.361	.298	.659	45		2	1	1	2
Jim O'Toole	37	111	101	7	21	0	0	1	6	0		5	33	.208	.243	.238	.481	24		0	4	1	0
Jose Padilla	37	151	106	13	16	2	1	0	6	0		44	34	.151	.400	.189	.589	20		0	1	0	0
Ronald Suleski	20	55	48	7	14	4	0	0	7	0		7	12	.292	.382	.375	.757	18		0	0	0	2
Jim Bailey	47	81	66	9	12	1	0	0	6	0		9	21	.182	.280	.197	.477	13		0	6	0	0
Haven Schmidt	14	51	46	8	11	3	1	1	8	1		3	14	.239	.314	.413	.727	19		2	0	0	0
Jay Hook	40	87	70	7	10	1	0	0	6	1		8	26	.143	.231	.157	.388	11		0	9	0	0
Gene Hayden	21	33	27	5	6	0	1	0	2	0		2	12	.222	.276	.296	.572	8		0	4	0	0
Jerry Cade	26	50	40	7	6	0	0	0	3	0		6	14	.150	.261	.150	.411	6		0	4	0	0
Herb Anderson	9	23	23		5									.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Kenneth Hommel	48	36	36	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	10	.139	.139	.139	.278	5		0	0	0	0
James Sprankle	40	39	31	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		7	19	.129	.289	.161	.451	5		0	1	0	0
Robert Dobzanski	6	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Burt Touchberry	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Darrell Martin	12	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	1		0	0	0	0
Hy Cohen	9	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Karl Drews	7	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Greg Jancich	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1530	5391	4586	700	1208	192	31	112	619	40	0	692	787	.263	.361	.392	.753	1798	0	23	67	23	41

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Chuck Coles	1B	124	946	94	13	112	.988	8.387
Dick Sisler	1B	33	221	19	2	35	.992	7.273
Larry Taylor	2B	74	192	214	8	67	.981	5.486
Jimmy Ludtka	2B	57	119	139	9	40	.966	4.526
Witty Quintana	2B	28	60	65	3	22	.977	4.464
Jimmy Ludtka	3B	65	71	137	12	19	.945	3.200
Jose Padilla	3B	25	12	38	4	5	.926	2.000
Witty Quintana	3B	20	29	32	2	6	.968	3.050
Dick Aylward	C	65	381	24	3	4	.993	6.231	2
Ronald Suleski	C	14	78	2	0	1	1.000	5.714	2
Haven Schmidt	C	14	64	14	0	2	1.000	5.571	1
Buddy Gilbert	OF	144	410	19	9	2	.979	2.979
Jim Fridley	OF	137	242	5	14	0	.946	1.803
Emil Panko	OF	81	121	12	4	2	.971	1.642
George Schmees	OF	64	89	4	5	1	.949	1.453
Chuck Coles	OF	32	62	2	4	0	.941	2.000
Kenneth Hommel	P	48	11	21	1	3	.970	.667
James Sprankle	P	40	13	22	4	1	.897	.875
Jim O'Toole	P	35	16	53	11	2	.862	1.971
Jim Bailey	P	35	11	19	0	1	1.000	.857
Jay Hook	P	33	12	12	1	1	.960	.727
Jerry Cade	P	22	6	21	3	2	.900	1.227
Gene Hayden	P	16	6	12	1	0	.947	1.125
Darrell Martin	P	12	4	3	0	0	1.000	.583
Clifford Coggin	P	11						.000
Hy Cohen	P	9						.000
Karl Drews	P	7						.000
Burt Touchberry	P	6						.000
Robert Dobzanski	P	6						.000
George Schmees	P	4						.000
Greg Jancich	P	4						.000
Jose Padilla	P	2						.000
Bobby Durnbaugh	SS	147	294	415	34	110	.954	4.823
Totals		1414	3470	1398	147	438	.971	3.443	5	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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