1958 Panama City Fliers Statistics
Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 39-84
Finished 8th in the AAL
Manager: Bill Brightwell (0-0), Sensation Clark (0-0), Joe Tipton (0-0), Charley Grant (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 15,721, Avg. 256
1958 Panama City Fliers RosterTeam Record: 39-84
Finished 8th in the AAL
Manager: Bill Brightwell (0-0), Sensation Clark (0-0), Joe Tipton (0-0), Charley Grant (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 15,721, Avg. 256
The Panama City Fliers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1958 season with a record of 39 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the AAL.
The Fliers scored 511 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 746 runs, most in the circuit. Al Cruz recorded 66 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Esteban Nunez led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 4.47 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Joe Tipton and Freddie Velázquez both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bill Brightwell, Sensation Clark, Joe Tipton and Charley Grant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteban Nunez | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.47 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 137.0 | 120 | 80 | 68 | 4 | 123 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Robert Perkins | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.81 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 131.0 | 119 | 92 | 70 | 10 | 83 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Larry Dougherty | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.91 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 121.0 | 109 | 90 | 66 | 8 | 68 | 101 | 13 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| James Drake | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.69 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 119.0 | 141 | 82 | 62 | 13 | 33 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dale Beerbower | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.15 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 97.0 | 72 | 50 | 34 | 4 | 74 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jon Murray | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.64 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 66.0 | 62 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 62 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Merlob | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.22 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 81.0 | 80 | 69 | 56 | 8 | 52 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Hector Cruz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Michael Smisko | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tim Lane | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.65 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 34.0 | 36 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Cregan | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.82 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dick Nieberding | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred House | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Brightwell | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Farr | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Eaves | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Coley | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ramon Romero | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Wollrab | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Charley Grant | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Brannon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Adkins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peter Grudzien | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Willard Courington | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.60 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 54 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Totals | 38 | 80 | .322 | 4.70 | 254 | 104 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 850.0 | 791 | 577 | 444 | 55 | 609 | 0 | 710 | 48 | 2 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Cruz | 121 | 508 | 414 | 71 | 128 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 16 | 84 | 47 | .309 | .423 | .430 | .853 | 178 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Charles Clark | 85 | 383 | 347 | 57 | 91 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 28 | 20 | .262 | .319 | .331 | .651 | 115 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Freddie Velázquez | 102 | 388 | 367 | 36 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 55 | .223 | .255 | .294 | .549 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John McCarthy | 72 | 306 | 242 | 51 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 59 | 36 | .302 | .442 | .450 | .893 | 109 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Frank Palladino | 70 | 294 | 277 | 31 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 15 | 41 | .235 | .276 | .310 | .586 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Esteban Nunez | 88 | 264 | 219 | 39 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 40 | 38 | .247 | .365 | .365 | .730 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Fred House | 66 | 274 | 234 | 30 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 31 | .226 | .337 | .274 | .611 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Willard Courington | 40 | 118 | 113 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .301 | .331 | .460 | .791 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Applegate | 34 | 168 | 133 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 22 | .211 | .355 | .293 | .649 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bill Brightwell | 27 | 87 | 75 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .347 | .437 | .480 | .917 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eugene Belcher | 34 | 126 | 107 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .243 | .339 | .308 | .647 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Edward Miller | 31 | 112 | 96 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 9 | .260 | .360 | .333 | .694 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Elkin Adair | 25 | 110 | 98 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .245 | .318 | .265 | .583 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charley Grant | 42 | 131 | 114 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .167 | .275 | .193 | .468 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Wollrab | 39 | 148 | 127 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 36 | .142 | .253 | .205 | .458 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| James Schultheis | 42 | 147 | 111 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 37 | .135 | .338 | .162 | .500 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Herbert Nicholas | 32 | 119 | 113 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .133 | .168 | .168 | .336 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Edward Kraft | 20 | 80 | 69 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .203 | .278 | .246 | .525 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Robert Perkins | 39 | 67 | 62 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .210 | .246 | .306 | .553 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| John Byram | 19 | 77 | 65 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 14 | .200 | .316 | .262 | .577 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Galloway | 7 | 24 | 24 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Merlob | 21 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Dougherty | 29 | 48 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .140 | .196 | .209 | .405 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| John Cregan | 9 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy White | 10 | 46 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .135 | .289 | .162 | .451 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Drake | 37 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .133 | .257 | .133 | .390 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Floyd Adams | 7 | 21 | 21 | 2 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Nieberding | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Eaves | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hector Cruz | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Smisko | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jon Murray | 19 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .034 | .097 | .034 | .131 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Adkins | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Beerbower | 23 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Tipton | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Brannon | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Lane | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Grudzien | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1236 | 4240 | 3687 | 475 | 856 | 122 | 27 | 36 | 396 | 45 | 0 | 465 | 587 | .232 | .322 | .309 | .631 | 1140 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Schultheis | 1B | 42 | 267 | 15 | 13 | 16 | .956 | 6.714 | ||||
| John McCarthy | 1B | 38 | 272 | 17 | 7 | 25 | .976 | 7.605 | ||||
| Elkin Adair | 1B | 18 | 137 | 11 | 4 | 10 | .974 | 8.222 | ||||
| Bill Brightwell | 1B | 16 | 93 | 8 | 7 | 7 | .935 | 6.312 | ||||
| Charles Clark | 2B | 66 | 143 | 158 | 16 | 30 | .950 | 4.561 | ||||
| Herbert Nicholas | 2B | 32 | 72 | 60 | 7 | 15 | .950 | 4.125 | ||||
| Edward Kraft | 2B | 17 | 40 | 30 | 8 | 5 | .897 | 4.118 | ||||
| James Wollrab | 3B | 37 | 30 | 55 | 11 | 6 | .885 | 2.297 | ||||
| Frank Applegate | 3B | 34 | 39 | 51 | 20 | 3 | .818 | 2.647 | ||||
| Edward Miller | 3B | 21 | 23 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .951 | 2.762 | ||||
| Freddie Velázquez | C | 87 | 654 | 59 | 13 | 6 | .982 | 8.195 | 15 | |||
| Eugene Belcher | C | 32 | 200 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .963 | 6.594 | 3 | |||
| Frank Palladino | OF | 70 | 153 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .958 | 2.300 | ||||
| Fred House | OF | 62 | 103 | 9 | 12 | 2 | .903 | 1.806 | ||||
| Esteban Nunez | OF | 44 | 67 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| John McCarthy | OF | 33 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .939 | .939 | ||||
| Charley Grant | OF | 32 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.844 | ||||
| Willard Courington | OF | 26 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| John Byram | OF | 19 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.895 | ||||
| Charles Clark | OF | 17 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| James Drake | P | 37 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .913 | .568 | ||||
| Robert Perkins | P | 29 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .483 | ||||
| Larry Dougherty | P | 29 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 2 | .758 | .862 | ||||
| Esteban Nunez | P | 23 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .792 | .826 | ||||
| Dale Beerbower | P | 23 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .478 | ||||
| Robert Merlob | P | 19 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.368 | ||||
| Jon Murray | P | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Willard Courington | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Farr | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Smisko | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Cregan | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hector Cruz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Nieberding | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Lane | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Grudzien | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Eaves | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramon Romero | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Brightwell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Brannon | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Adkins | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Wollrab | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Coley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred House | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charley Grant | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Cruz | SS | 115 | 206 | 263 | 67 | 47 | .875 | 4.078 | ||||
| Totals | 1112 | 2697 | 904 | 234 | 183 | .939 | 3.238 | 18 | 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.
