1958 Pocatello Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 70-63
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Billy Capps (70-63)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Ballpark: Halliwell Baseball Park
Attendance: 39,521, Avg. 594
The Pocatello Athletics of the Pioneer League ended the 1958 season with a record of 70 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Athletics led the league with 961 runs, powered by 151 home runs. Pocatello allowed 931 runs. Lou Klimchock paced the squad with 25 home runs, while Alex George, Norman Shill, Tony Cannizzo and Charles Pruitt each walloped 15 or more as well. Joe Ala recorded 118 runs batted in. Lou Klimchock topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .389 clip. Dennis Schmitt paced the squad with 13 wins, and Norm Bass earned a 5.67 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1958 Pocatello Athletics who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norm Bass, Alex George, Lou Klimchock and Dan Pfister.
Billy Capps 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Schmitt | 13 | 4 | .765 | 5.68 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 187.0 | 209 | 140 | 118 | 21 | 103 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
Norm Bass | 11 | 9 | .550 | 5.67 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 173.0 | 167 | 130 | 109 | 20 | 132 | 169 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Harold Morris | 8 | 3 | .727 | 6.59 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 82.0 | 87 | 64 | 60 | 7 | 82 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Denny O'Melia | 7 | 7 | .500 | 6.00 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 114.0 | 139 | 94 | 76 | 8 | 95 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||||
John O'Donnell | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 63.0 | 74 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Dan Pfister | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 58.0 | 57 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 31 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Charles Kowalski | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.09 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 | 117 | 79 | 52 | 13 | 71 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Edward Rosenquist | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.03 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 93.0 | 102 | 58 | 52 | 9 | 73 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
George Belden | 4 | 5 | .444 | 7.07 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 82 | 78 | 66 | 11 | 89 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Leon Webrand | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.29 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 63.0 | 87 | 53 | 44 | 2 | 34 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Henry Szostak | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.62 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 56 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Manny Terrazas | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Jimmie Gore | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Virgil Bernhardt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Billy Capps | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Kucher | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Eddie Picker | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.30 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 76 | 50 | 33 | 6 | 29 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Totals | 70 | 63 | .526 | 5.73 | 297 | 130 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1105.0 | 1253 | 859 | 704 | 111 | 787 | 0 | 905 | 39 | 6 | 68 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Klimchock | 115 | 554 | 506 | 123 | 197 | 24 | 8 | 25 | 112 | 4 | 43 | 32 | .389 | .438 | .617 | 1.054 | 312 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Joe Ala | 131 | 609 | 522 | 105 | 190 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 118 | 7 | 75 | 31 | .364 | .445 | .527 | .972 | 275 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||
Alex George | 132 | 654 | 556 | 120 | 157 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 90 | 5 | 81 | 74 | .282 | .373 | .473 | .846 | 263 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||
Charles Pruitt | 133 | 592 | 504 | 108 | 154 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 101 | 9 | 72 | 103 | .306 | .394 | .484 | .878 | 244 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||
Norman Shill | 135 | 607 | 489 | 105 | 144 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 101 | 2 | 93 | 83 | .294 | .419 | .479 | .897 | 234 | 15 | 5 | 5 | |||
Ronald Glasgow | 121 | 535 | 475 | 88 | 135 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 50 | 34 | .284 | .356 | .347 | .703 | 165 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
Tony Cannizzo | 106 | 443 | 364 | 78 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 101 | 1 | 73 | 79 | .280 | .400 | .538 | .938 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
Virgil Bernhardt | 100 | 341 | 273 | 50 | 65 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 61 | 65 | .238 | .378 | .370 | .748 | 101 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
John Cunningham | 62 | 260 | 218 | 49 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 40 | 55 | .294 | .404 | .440 | .844 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Sidney Smithdeal | 38 | 173 | 149 | 32 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 33 | .309 | .398 | .436 | .834 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
Raymond Barboza | 37 | 154 | 144 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 59 | .215 | .253 | .382 | .635 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Gordon Taylor | 17 | 70 | 63 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .286 | .343 | .587 | .930 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Norm Bass | 49 | 94 | 71 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 37 | .197 | .355 | .254 | .608 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
Dennis Schmitt | 40 | 80 | 66 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .182 | .250 | .212 | .462 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
Richard Hutzler | 9 | 29 | 29 | 11 | .379 | .379 | .379 | .759 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Charles Kowalski | 32 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .239 | .386 | .413 | .799 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Denny O'Melia | 21 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .214 | .283 | .262 | .545 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Dan Pfister | 14 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .273 | .407 | .273 | .680 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Edward Rosenquist | 28 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .222 | .344 | .222 | .566 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Harold Morris | 17 | 43 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .171 | .310 | .171 | .481 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
John O'Donnell | 13 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .259 | .280 | .539 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
George Belden | 24 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .167 | .286 | .300 | .586 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Eddie Picker | 25 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .214 | .312 | .429 | .741 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Robert Kucher | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Leon Webrand | 22 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Manny Terrazas | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Billy Capps | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Henry Szostak | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jimmie Gore | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1472 | 5545 | 4724 | 958 | 1398 | 204 | 54 | 151 | 868 | 38 | 0 | 690 | 804 | .296 | .388 | .458 | .846 | 2163 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norman Shill | 1B | 135 | 1049 | 76 | 19 | 124 | .983 | 8.333 | ||||
Lou Klimchock | 2B | 115 | 273 | 286 | 34 | 86 | .943 | 4.861 | ||||
Gordon Taylor | 2B | 17 | 51 | 40 | 2 | 8 | .978 | 5.353 | ||||
Joe Ala | 3B | 124 | 118 | 233 | 38 | 21 | .902 | 2.831 | ||||
Tony Cannizzo | C | 98 | 701 | 54 | 8 | 7 | .990 | 7.704 | 24 | |||
Virgil Bernhardt | C | 39 | 209 | 25 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 6.000 | 14 | |||
Charles Pruitt | OF | 133 | 265 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .965 | 2.068 | ||||
Ronald Glasgow | OF | 116 | 155 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .965 | 1.414 | ||||
John Cunningham | OF | 55 | 90 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .923 | 1.745 | ||||
Virgil Bernhardt | OF | 48 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .824 | .875 | ||||
Sidney Smithdeal | OF | 38 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 2.368 | ||||
Raymond Barboza | OF | 27 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
Dennis Schmitt | P | 39 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 5 | .971 | .846 | ||||
Norm Bass | P | 32 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 4 | .978 | 1.375 | ||||
Edward Rosenquist | P | 28 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .778 | .500 | ||||
Eddie Picker | P | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .760 | ||||
George Belden | P | 24 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
Leon Webrand | P | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .591 | ||||
Charles Kowalski | P | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .864 | ||||
Henry Szostak | P | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .286 | ||||
Denny O'Melia | P | 21 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .857 | ||||
Harold Morris | P | 16 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
John O'Donnell | P | 13 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
Dan Pfister | P | 11 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.273 | ||||
Robert Kucher | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Jimmie Gore | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Manny Terrazas | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Billy Capps | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Virgil Bernhardt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Alex George | SS | 132 | 205 | 403 | 45 | 91 | .931 | 4.606 | ||||
Totals | 1374 | 3333 | 1357 | 212 | 362 | .957 | 3.413 | 38 | 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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