1958 Topeka Hawks Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-82
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: George McQuinn (65-82)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Attendance: 43,686, Avg. 594

1958 Topeka Hawks Roster

The Topeka Hawks of the Western League ended the 1958 season with a record of 65 wins and 82 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.

The Hawks scored 780 runs and yielded 866 runs. William Reynolds led Topeka with 23 home runs, while Howard Rouse, Al Weygandt, Ron Henry and Rudy Tanner each walloped 15 or more, too. Ron Henry recorded 88 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .301 average. Harold DeMars paced the squad with 11 wins, and Jack Hannah recorded a 3.74 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1958 Topeka Hawks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Daryl Robertson, Clem Koshorek, Bob Botz, Ron Henry and George Bullard.

George McQuinn 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
Harold DeMars	11	12	.478	4.77	41	29		8	2		198.0	196	135	105	15	126		177	11	1	21
Jack Hannah	10	6	.625	3.74	30	15		12	2		154.0	138	79	64	13	64		125	3	1	10
Charles Garmon	8	10	.444	3.97	27	20		7	1		143.0	151	87	63	16	38		119	2	0	5
Wendell Doss	8	14	.364	4.52	51	20		6	0		189.0	197	111	95	21	71		143	8	0	8
Jack Lutz	6	7	.462	5.07	30	17		4	1		119.0	120	86	67	12	73		93	9	1	7
Robert Wedin	5	3	.625	2.86	13	7		4	0		63.0	45	22	20	3	40		44	1	0	1
Bob Stoico	4	1	.800	1.89	16	0		0	0		38.0	26	10	8	0	20		27	0	0	2
Jim Kuykendall	2	0	1.000		9						0.0									0
Bob Botz	1	1	.500	7.20	14	6		1	0		35.0	54	34	28	4	18		24	0	0	0
Jack Venable	1	2	.333		11						0.0									0
Thomas Graham	1	3	.250	7.29	25	7		0	0		58.0	79	56	47	5	32		50	5	0	3
William Augustoni	1	5	.167		16						0.0									0
Edward Kambour	0	0			2						0.0									0
Benjamin Dye	0	0			1						0.0									0
William Reynolds	0	0			4						0.0									0
Roger Clapp	0	0			2						0.0									0
Richard Jack					32						0.0
David Scranton	0	2	.000		2						0.0									0
Bill Roland	0	3	.000		9						0.0									0
Bobby Dudley	0	4	.000		10						0.0									0
Totals	58	73	.443	4.49	345	121	0	42	6	0	997.0	1006	620	497	89	482	0	802	39	3	57	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
Ron Henry	131	520	448	76	135	25	8	16	88	1		61	81	.301	.382	.500	.882	224	13	1	4	6
Clem Koshorek	119	517	451	86	131	32	4	6	65	6		50	42	.290	.365	.419	.784	189	10	5	8	3
George Bullard	116	484	393	83	110	17	6	9	40	17		85	78	.280	.407	.422	.830	166	6	1	3	2
Rudy Tanner	132	513	448	53	107	28	1	15	65	10		44	52	.239	.313	.406	.720	182	12	7	9	5
Howard Rouse	110	400	361	56	104	24	5	15	77	4		28	59	.288	.337	.507	.844	183	12	1	5	5
Al Weygandt	114	444	375	53	101	18	2	19	64	3		62	78	.269	.374	.480	.854	180	7	2	3	2
William Reynolds	106	447	352	88	100	12	3	23	61	10		86	37	.284	.426	.531	.957	187	5	3	3	3
Benjamin Dye	87	355	301	54	95	19	1	2	43	1		42	33	.316	.401	.405	.806	122	8	4	3	5
Daryl Robertson	113	443	377	44	89	20	4	9	61	10		54	90	.236	.340	.382	.722	144	6	6	5	1
Lawrence Koppe	101	380	328	51	87	10	1	2	35	3		48	56	.265	.357	.320	.677	105	9	0	2	2
Roy Cato	35	134	122	11	28	5	0	1	10	0		11	29	.230	.291	.295	.586	36	2	0	0	1
James Pokel	23	104	92	12	23	5	0	3	16	0		11	21	.250	.337	.402	.739	37	3	1	0	0
Rufus Johnson	17	74	66	9	18	1	0	3	10	0		6	17	.273	.329	.424	.753	28	4	0	1	1
Carlos Ramirez	20	87	75	9	15	3	2	0	6	0		11	19	.200	.302	.293	.596	22	1	0	1	0
Harold DeMars	41	75	64	10	13	3	0	0	4	1		5	13	.203	.261	.250	.511	16	1	0	6	0
Dudley Whitley	22	78	66	8	13	1	0	0	6	0		11	6	.197	.312	.212	.524	14	3	0	1	0
Jack Hannah	37	68	57	7	11	3	1	0	2	0		9	22	.193	.303	.281	.584	16	1	0	2	0
Jack Lutz	34	48	44	4	9	1	0	0	3	0		3	16	.205	.255	.227	.483	10	1	0	1	0
Wendell Doss	51	66	59	5	9	1	0	2	4	0		4	15	.153	.206	.271	.478	16	1	0	3	0
Charles Garmon	27	57	53	3	7	1	0	1	4	0		1	29	.132	.148	.208	.356	11	1	0	3	0
Bob Botz	15	15	14	2	6	2	1	0	1	0		1	2	.429	.467	.714	1.181	10	0	0	0	0
Jim Kuykendall	10	9	8	2	4	1	0	0	4	0		1	0	.500	.556	.625	1.181	5	0	0	0	0
Pete Peterson	9	17	17		4									.235	.235	.235	.471	4
Ray Engel	22	51	38	6	4	2	0	1	6	0		12	8	.105	.314	.237	.551	9	2	0	0	1
Jack Venable	11	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	1	0
Bill Roland	9	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Thomas Graham	25	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	12	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	0	0	0	0
Robert Wedin	13	22	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	5	.100	.143	.150	.293	3	0	0	1	0
Maurice Lerner	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
John Smirnoff	3	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Bobby Dudley	10	8	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	2	.167	.286	.333	.619	2	0	0	1	0
William Augustoni	18	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	.167	.444	.167	.611	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Stoico	16	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0	0
David Scranton	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1604	5480	4694	738	1236	236	39	127	678	66	0	652	831	.263	.354	.411	.766	1931	109	31	66	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Al Weygandt	1B	111	856	44	23	98	.975	8.108
James Pokel	1B	22	163	16	5	11	.973	8.136
Howard Rouse	1B	11	117	5	2	9	.984	11.091
Lawrence Koppe	2B	94	197	253	22	63	.953	4.787
Benjamin Dye	2B	51	97	122	11	30	.952	4.294
Dudley Whitley	2B	10	25	31	3	7	.949	5.600
Clem Koshorek	3B	112	90	201	17	22	.945	2.598
Roy Cato	3B	28	15	45	8	6	.882	2.143
Benjamin Dye	3B	13	11	17	5	3	.848	2.154
Ron Henry	C	119	843	72	25	12	.973	7.689	32
Howard Rouse	C	25	127	9	4	1	.971	5.440	11
Ray Engel	C	15	64	4	2	0	.971	4.533	2
Rudy Tanner	OF	127	188	5	5	2	.975	1.520
George Bullard	OF	108	232	7	5	1	.980	2.213
William Reynolds	OF	96	125	7	4	1	.971	1.375
Howard Rouse	OF	58	76	5	7	1	.920	1.397
Rufus Johnson	OF	17	29	0	1	0	.967	1.706
Benjamin Dye	OF	16	26	1	3	0	.900	1.688
Wendell Doss	P	51	14	29	1	2	.977	.843
Harold DeMars	P	41	4	26	6	3	.833	.732
Richard Jack	P	32						.000
Jack Lutz	P	30	6	31	3	1	.925	1.233
Jack Hannah	P	30	7	22	2	2	.935	.967
Charles Garmon	P	27	7	26	3	2	.917	1.222
Thomas Graham	P	25	1	5	1	0	.857	.240
Bob Stoico	P	16	3	10	0	2	1.000	.812
William Augustoni	P	16	0	6	0	1	1.000	.375
Bob Botz	P	14	2	4	0	0	1.000	.429
Robert Wedin	P	13	1	17	1	0	.947	1.385
Jack Venable	P	11	0	3	1	0	.750	.273
Bobby Dudley	P	10	1	9	1	0	.909	1.000
Bill Roland	P	9						.000
Jim Kuykendall	P	9						.000
William Reynolds	P	4						.000
David Scranton	P	2						.000
Edward Kambour	P	2						.000
Roger Clapp	P	2						.000
Benjamin Dye	P	1						.000
Daryl Robertson	SS	111	183	296	45	60	.914	4.315
Carlos Ramirez	SS	20	38	51	5	14	.947	4.450
Dudley Whitley	SS	10	13	24	4	3	.902	3.700
Totals		1519	3561	1403	225	357	.957	3.268	45	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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