1958 Omaha Cardinals Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-74
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (80-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 157,715, Avg. 2,048

1958 Omaha Cardinals Roster

The Omaha Cardinals of the American Association ended the 1958 season with a record of 80 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Cardinals scored 692 runs and gave up 599 runs. Bobby Smith led Omaha with 17 home runs Pidge Browne drove in 97 runs. Bobby Smith paced all regular batters by hitting .315. Bill Smith topped the squad with 13 wins, while Nelson Chittum registered a 2.84 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1958 Omaha Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lee Tate, Bob Mabe, Bobby Smith, Nelson Chittum, Lloyd Merritt, Lindy McDaniel, Bob Gibson, Curt Flood, Duke Carmel, Don Choate, Bill Smith, Pidge Browne, Benny Valenzuela, Wally Shannon, Billy Muffett, Chris Cannizzaro, Bob Blaylock, Phil Clark, Barney Schultz, Harry Byrd, Joe Taylor, Billy Queen and Frank Barnes.

Johnny Keane 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
Bill Smith	13	9	.591	3.43	37	29		7	2		197.0	186	81	75	12	78	4	129	3	0	5
Nelson Chittum	12	8	.600	2.84	28	23		10	3		171.0	172	57	54	8	37	5	93	2	0	6
Phil Clark	10	6	.625	2.75	44	0		0	0		85.0	77	33	26	6	35	7	53	1	0	1
Bob Blaylock	8	14	.364	4.08	33	26		6	2		214.0	199	104	97	17	95	8	193	4	1	4
Frank Barnes	7	6	.538	2.58	18	18		7	4		122.0	101	39	35	3	50	3	115	6	0	1
Don Choate	7	7	.500	3.96	25	15		3	1		109.0	102	58	48	7	50	2	65	4	0	3
Bob Mabe	6	1	.857	2.10	10	8		5	3		60.0	46	15	14	3	21	0	54	1	0	1
Lindy McDaniel	4	1	.800	3.64	6	6		3	0		42.0	44	18	17	3	6	0	18	0	0	0
Bob Gibson	3	4	.429	3.31	13	11		2	1		87.0	79	45	32	1	39	2	47	0	0	2
Boyd Linker	3	4	.429	4.97	30	6		1	0		76.0	82	48	42	4	51	6	55	2	1	6
Billy Muffett	2	1	.667		3						0.0									0
Dave Benedict	2	7	.222	3.54	39	7		1	0		89.0	91	43	35	7	53	7	51	1	0	1
Harry Byrd	1	2	.333	3.94	16	0		0	0		32.0	38	16	14	4	14	2	15	3	0	1
Barney Schultz					11						0.0
Glen Crable	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Lloyd Merritt	0	1	.000		9						0.0									1
Totals	78	72	.520	3.43	328	149	0	45	16	0	1284.0	1217	557	489	75	529	46	888	27	3	31	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
Lee Tate	144	648	569	74	166	19	5	2	43	5		57	51	.292	.356	.353	.710	201		4	11	7	3
Bobby Smith	131	528	499	76	157	24	5	17	79	4		16	45	.315	.337	.485	.822	242		2	9	2	6
Pidge Browne	154	646	555	67	148	32	9	11	97	4		75	69	.267	.353	.416	.769	231		3	6	7	14
Benny Valenzuela	126	536	454	56	129	14	2	13	72	0		64	32	.284	.366	.410	.775	186		0	8	10	1
Jim Frey	117	496	420	63	119	19	7	4	45	7		67	35	.283	.382	.390	.773	164		2	4	3	5
Ev Joyner	127	436	392	70	115	20	5	13	66	1		37	29	.293	.353	.469	.823	184		1	3	3	5
Ron Plaza	145	532	478	59	114	21	7	3	36	5		43	75	.238	.305	.331	.635	158		3	7	1	10
Chris Cannizzaro	110	380	334	44	91	14	1	6	41	4		33	67	.272	.340	.374	.714	125		3	6	4	7
Tony Alomar	64	169	151	15	41	0	0	0	9	1		13	19	.272	.329	.272	.601	41		0	5	0	3
Billy Queen	90	241	213	21	41	7	0	4	23	3		22	24	.192	.267	.282	.548	60		1	1	4	5
Joe Taylor	43	172	148	28	40	10	0	10	34	4		20	17	.270	.359	.541	.899	80		1	2	1	2
Curt Flood	15	56	53	10	18	4	1	1	6	1		2	1	.340	.375	.509	.884	27		1	0	0	0
Waldo Gonzalez	26	86	78	11	18	1	0	1	6	1		6	15	.231	.279	.282	.561	22		0	0	2	1
Bob Blaylock	37	84	79	8	18	1	0	2	5	0		4	23	.228	.265	.316	.582	25		0	1	0	0
Wally Shannon	18	70	66	9	11	1	2	0	1	0		3	9	.167	.203	.242	.445	16		0	1	0	0
Nelson Chittum	29	66	56	5	8	2	1	0	6	1		1	14	.143	.169	.214	.384	12		1	7	1	0
Bob Gibson	14	30	27	4	7	0	0	1	5	1		1	9	.259	.310	.370	.681	10		1	1	0	0
Don Choate	25	39	35	3	7	1	0	0	4	0		1	7	.200	.222	.229	.451	8		0	3	0	0
Bill Smith	37	67	58	6	7	0	0	0	2	0		4	16	.121	.175	.121	.295	7		0	4	1	0
Bob Mabe	10	27	19	1	4	2	0	0	4	0		0	9	.211	.200	.316	.516	6		0	7	1	0
Billy Muffett	3	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Lindy McDaniel	7	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Frank Barnes	22	49	41	5	3	0	0	0	0	1		6	17	.073	.191	.073	.265	3		0	2	0	0
Harry Byrd	16	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2		0	0	0	0
Phil Clark	44	16	12	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	7	.167	.333	.250	.583	3		0	1	0	0
Boyd Linker	30	22	18	4	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	6	.111	.158	.167	.325	3		0	3	0	0
Duke Carmel	11	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	2		0	0	0	0
Dave Benedict	39	23	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	6	.050	.174	.050	.224	1		0	0	0	0
Lloyd Merritt	9	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Glen Crable	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1653	5478	4831	645	1277	194	45	88	586	44	0	485	610	.264	.331	.378	.709	1825	0	23	92	47	62

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pidge Browne	1B	154	1301	76	18	139	.987	8.942
Ron Plaza	2B	131	274	317	14	79	.977	4.511
Tony Alomar	2B	27	39	66	3	12	.972	3.889
Wally Shannon	2B	12	19	20	2	5	.951	3.250
Benny Valenzuela	3B	125	118	210	12	26	.965	2.624
Lee Tate	3B	16	8	35	1	5	.977	2.688
Ron Plaza	3B	11	5	18	4	0	.852	2.091
Chris Cannizzaro	C	106	620	56	7	7	.990	6.377	7
Billy Queen	C	60	351	28	5	5	.987	6.317	4
Bobby Smith	OF	125	312	12	5	3	.985	2.592
Jim Frey	OF	112	211	8	6	3	.973	1.955
Ev Joyner	OF	98	160	6	11	0	.938	1.694
Joe Taylor	OF	39	69	4	3	0	.961	1.872
Tony Alomar	OF	18	20	0	1	0	.952	1.111
Curt Flood	OF	13	36	1	0	1	1.000	2.846
Phil Clark	P	44	0	14	1	0	.933	.318
Dave Benedict	P	39	1	18	3	1	.864	.487
Bill Smith	P	37	3	49	0	2	1.000	1.405
Bob Blaylock	P	33	12	30	3	0	.933	1.273
Boyd Linker	P	30	1	11	0	0	1.000	.400
Nelson Chittum	P	28	8	28	0	2	1.000	1.286
Don Choate	P	25	2	21	0	2	1.000	.920
Frank Barnes	P	18	5	11	1	1	.941	.889
Harry Byrd	P	16	1	4	0	1	1.000	.312
Bob Gibson	P	13	5	13	1	1	.947	1.385
Barney Schultz	P	11						.000
Bob Mabe	P	10	1	8	0	0	1.000	.900
Lloyd Merritt	P	9						.000
Lindy McDaniel	P	6						.000
Glen Crable	P	6						.000
Billy Muffett	P	3						.000
Lee Tate	SS	130	222	344	14	73	.976	4.354
Waldo Gonzalez	SS	25	51	77	4	20	.970	5.120
Totals		1530	3855	1485	119	388	.978	3.490	11	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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