1958 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 77-75
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Cot Deal (77-75)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 272,675, Avg. 3,588

1958 Rochester Red Wings Roster

Playoffs - Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 1

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1958 season with a record of 77 wins and 75 losses, finishing third in the IL.

The Red Wings scored 592 runs and yielded 615 runs. Tom Burgess led Rochester with 19 home runs, while Don Lassetter and Gene Oliver walloped 15 or more as well. Don Lassetter drove in 73 runs. Gene Oliver paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .282 clip. Dick Ricketts topped the team with 15 wins, and Gary Blaylock recorded a 3.21 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Lynn Lovenguth, Gary Blaylock, Don Lassetter, Joe McClain, Dick Ricketts, Ray Katt, Neal Watlington, Tom Burgess, Loren Babe, Bill Greason, Rubén Amaro, Frank Verdi, Gene Oliver, Mel Wright, Cot Deal, Bob Kuzava, Duke Carmel, Johnny O'Brien, John Mackinson, Ed Olivares, Laurin Pepper, Ed Stevens, Cal Browning, Bob Miller, Lenny Green, Roy Smalley and Bob Gibson were all players from the 1958 Rochester Red Wings who played in the Majors during their careers.

Cot Deal 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
Dick Ricketts	15	13	.536	3.30	34	32		12	3		221.0	209	88	81	19	84	9	130	1	1	3
Gary Blaylock	14	10	.583	3.21	38	28		10	5		213.0	191	84	76	20	89	8	154	11	1	4
Cal Browning	13	12	.520	3.54	36	29		13	2		206.0	196	93	81	34	80	3	173	7	0	6
Bill Greason	7	10	.412	4.00	38	11		3	0		162.0	152	90	72	16	93	14	125	2	0	9
Joe McClain	6	4	.600	4.50	15	6		1	1		60.0	64	33	30	4	18	2	28	1	0	2
Bob Kuzava	5	3	.625	3.31	25	10		3	1		87.0	75	35	32	9	23	1	54	0	0	5
Bob Gibson	5	5	.500	2.45	20	11		7	0		103.0	88	35	28	0	54	6	75	5	1	2
Bob Miller	1	1	.500		5						0.0									0
Mel Wright	1	2	.333	2.87	41	0		0	0		47.0	49	21	15	4	12	5	31	0	0	0
John Mackinson	0	0			2						0.0									0
Johnny O'Brien	0	0			1						0.0									0
Lynn Lovenguth					29						0.0
Cot Deal	0	0			3						0.0									0
Jack Roberts	0	0			4						0.0									0
Kelton Russell	0	0			1						0.0									0
Laurin Pepper					8						0.0
Jorge Talavera	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Totals	67	61	.523	3.40	303	127	0	49	12	0	1099.0	1024	479	415	106	453	48	770	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
Tom Burgess	136	546	467	73	129	22	3	19	63	4		75	51	.276	.377	.458	.835	214		1	2	1	4
Don Lassetter	136	516	464	60	125	25	3	16	73	2		43	73	.269	.334	.440	.774	204		4	1	4	4
Gene Oliver	136	487	429	66	121	15	5	18	64	9		48	76	.282	.353	.466	.820	200		1	6	3	3
Ed Stevens	123	468	415	54	109	23	3	14	47	2		44	72	.263	.335	.434	.768	180		3	2	4	4
Loren Babe	89	336	311	25	83	11	1	3	30	1		22	19	.267	.317	.338	.655	105		1	2	0	0
Ray Katt	83	306	277	32	79	18	0	11	42	0		22	30	.285	.341	.469	.810	130		2	4	1	3
Roy Smalley	114	401	342	34	74	14	2	12	51	1		47	78	.216	.321	.374	.695	128		6	5	1	9
Joseph Christian	106	338	294	37	72	15	2	3	26	2		36	47	.245	.334	.340	.674	100		4	3	1	1
Frank Verdi	107	343	300	41	71	9	4	2	31	6		37	28	.237	.321	.313	.634	94		1	3	2	2
Rubén Amaro	92	313	275	30	55	9	2	1	20	3		28	33	.200	.278	.258	.536	71		2	7	1	10
Lenny Green	47	201	180	28	47	10	5	1	10	3		17	15	.261	.328	.389	.717	70		1	3	0	2
Duke Carmel	56	200	162	26	36	10	2	7	19	1		34	40	.222	.357	.438	.795	71		1	1	2	3
Johnny O'Brien	36	105	96	10	31	5	0	1	9	0		6	6	.323	.369	.406	.775	39		1	2	0	0
Alex Cosmidis	45	151	138	11	24	5	0	1	9	1		9	10	.174	.230	.232	.462	32		1	3	0	1
Tony Alomar	26	106	98	7	22	6	1	0	9	2		4	15	.224	.250	.306	.556	30		0	2	2	0
Dick Ricketts	36	86	78	4	19	1	2	0	3	0		0	13	.244	.253	.308	.561	24		1	7	0	0
Neal Watlington	43	87	77	8	13	2	0	2	6	0		8	5	.169	.247	.273	.520	21		0	2	0	1
Wilcy Moore	19	54	50	5	12	5	0	1	3	0		3	3	.240	.296	.400	.696	20		1	0	0	0
Donald Brown	17	60	51	7	10	2	0	1	4	2		9	7	.196	.317	.294	.611	15		0	0	0	1
Bill Greason	47	77	64	5	10	2	0	1	11	0		11	18	.156	.273	.234	.507	15		0	0	2	0
Cal Browning	37	79	71	6	9	1	1	0	8	0		0	13	.127	.127	.169	.296	12		0	8	0	0
Gary Blaylock	50	77	70	6	8	3	0	1	4	1		0	36	.114	.127	.200	.327	14		1	6	0	0
Bob Gibson	26	34	32	5	6	1	1	1	3	2		1	15	.188	.235	.375	.610	12		1	0	0	0
Joe McClain	15	21	20	0	5	2	0	0	2	0		0	2	.250	.250	.350	.600	7		0	1	0	0
Bob Kuzava	25	29	27	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	9	.185	.185	.185	.370	5		0	2	0	0
Mel Wright	41	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2		0	0	0	0
Cot Deal	7	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Ed Olivares	2	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Bob Miller	5	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Jack Roberts	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jorge Talavera	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1709	5447	4814	581	1181	216	37	116	549	42	0	504	715	.245	.320	.378	.697	1819	0	33	72	24	48

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Stevens	1B	120	920	67	7	79	.993	8.225
Gene Oliver	1B	31	248	8	1	21	.996	8.258
Tom Burgess	1B	11	65	9	0	4	1.000	6.727
Roy Smalley	2B	54	107	134	9	25	.964	4.463
Frank Verdi	2B	43	76	105	1	21	.995	4.209
Alex Cosmidis	2B	43	82	111	3	25	.985	4.488
Johnny O'Brien	2B	18	47	42	0	11	1.000	4.944
Loren Babe	2B	15	16	25	4	3	.911	2.733
Loren Babe	3B	73	44	134	15	10	.922	2.438
Frank Verdi	3B	59	38	65	5	11	.954	1.746
Tony Alomar	3B	23	21	33	4	3	.931	2.348
Joseph Christian	3B	17	12	27	3	3	.929	2.294
Ray Katt	C	77	484	42	2	4	.996	6.831	3
Gene Oliver	C	47	298	20	6	2	.981	6.766	7
Neal Watlington	C	25	107	10	0	1	1.000	4.680	1
Don Lassetter	OF	125	216	13	4	2	.983	1.832
Tom Burgess	OF	125	229	10	4	2	.984	1.912
Joseph Christian	OF	71	121	4	1	2	.992	1.761
Duke Carmel	OF	48	113	2	2	0	.983	2.396
Lenny Green	OF	47	113	5	1	2	.992	2.511
Gene Oliver	OF	45	71	7	6	0	.929	1.733
Donald Brown	OF	15	33	1	0	0	1.000	2.267
Wilcy Moore	OF	14	24	0	1	0	.960	1.714
Mel Wright	P	41	2	18	1	2	.952	.488
Bill Greason	P	38	6	29	5	1	.875	.921
Gary Blaylock	P	38	17	36	2	4	.964	1.395
Cal Browning	P	36	7	20	4	2	.871	.750
Dick Ricketts	P	34	15	40	1	1	.982	1.618
Lynn Lovenguth	P	29						.000
Bob Kuzava	P	25	2	8	0	0	1.000	.400
Bob Gibson	P	20	4	27	1	0	.969	1.550
Joe McClain	P	15	5	10	1	1	.938	1.000
Laurin Pepper	P	8						.000
Bob Miller	P	5						.000
Jack Roberts	P	4						.000
Jorge Talavera	P	3						.000
Cot Deal	P	3						.000
John Mackinson	P	2						.000
Kelton Russell	P	1						.000
Johnny O'Brien	P	1						.000
Rubén Amaro	SS	92	171	243	20	40	.954	4.500
Roy Smalley	SS	59	101	162	12	35	.956	4.458
Johnny O'Brien	SS	10	15	29	0	3	1.000	4.400
Totals		1610	3830	1496	126	320	.977	3.308	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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