1958 Valdosta Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 75-52
Finished 2nd in the GGL
Manager: Stubby Overmire (75-52)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Ballpark: Pendleton Park
Attendance: 38,582, Avg. 608
Playoffs - Valdosta Tigers 3 games, Albany Cardinals 1
The Valdosta Tigers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1958 season with a record of 75 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the GGL.
The Tigers topped the circuit with just 669 runs allowed. Valdosta scored 714 runs. Lionel Lindgren led the team with 11 home runs Don Wert recorded 81 runs batted in. Charles Bancroft paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .287. Joel McDaniel paced the squad with 15 wins, while Eugene Burroughs registered a 1.66 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1958 Valdosta Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick McAuliffe, Don Wert and Jackie Moore.
Stubby Overmire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel McDaniel | 15 | 8 | .652 | 4.21 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 184.0 | 192 | 107 | 86 | 12 | 100 | 102 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Eugene Burroughs | 13 | 7 | .650 | 1.66 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 168.0 | 96 | 44 | 31 | 3 | 86 | 138 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| James Boger | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.13 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 122.0 | 109 | 66 | 56 | 8 | 69 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Lawrence | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.91 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 132.0 | 144 | 85 | 72 | 13 | 84 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Carlton LeBlanc | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.92 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 117.0 | 112 | 82 | 64 | 10 | 81 | 86 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Paul Gatza | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.38 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 48.0 | 43 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Stephen Kebler | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.14 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 137.0 | 137 | 89 | 63 | 8 | 87 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rolland Ryan | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.64 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 62 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 56 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Drake | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.03 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 91.0 | 86 | 69 | 61 | 4 | 90 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Orville Ponte | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Myatt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Wert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ren Jenkins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| William Weller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Cummings | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 52 | .591 | 4.10 | 225 | 123 | 0 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 1063.0 | 981 | 605 | 484 | 65 | 674 | 0 | 710 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Wert | 120 | 549 | 457 | 88 | 130 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 81 | 6 | 71 | 52 | .284 | .382 | .416 | .798 | 190 | 5 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Charles Bancroft | 115 | 558 | 415 | 102 | 119 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 122 | 22 | .287 | .456 | .342 | .798 | 142 | 9 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Lionel Lindgren | 125 | 552 | 456 | 81 | 111 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 80 | 13 | 76 | 128 | .243 | .352 | .401 | .754 | 183 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Clarence Long | 105 | 451 | 401 | 48 | 108 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 36 | 74 | .269 | .330 | .334 | .664 | 134 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Jackie Moore | 87 | 391 | 333 | 61 | 100 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 5 | 51 | 32 | .300 | .388 | .459 | .848 | 153 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Dick McAuliffe | 93 | 430 | 336 | 70 | 96 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 9 | 82 | 39 | .286 | .425 | .438 | .862 | 147 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Charles Kimbrough | 118 | 496 | 387 | 57 | 76 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 3 | 90 | 94 | .196 | .354 | .284 | .638 | 110 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Raymond Billingsley | 62 | 293 | 240 | 51 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 52 | 19 | .283 | .410 | .350 | .760 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Webb | 65 | 299 | 214 | 40 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 74 | 50 | .215 | .424 | .262 | .685 | 56 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Newton | 29 | 130 | 116 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .259 | .338 | .388 | .726 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Laurie | 54 | 210 | 169 | 25 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 30 | 21 | .172 | .293 | .201 | .494 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Joel McDaniel | 65 | 126 | 116 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 38 | .216 | .278 | .276 | .554 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Donatucci | 25 | 104 | 81 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 20 | .173 | .343 | .235 | .578 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Exline | 18 | 71 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .236 | .394 | .309 | .703 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Eugene Burroughs | 23 | 70 | 60 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .167 | .180 | .217 | .397 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Carlton LeBlanc | 33 | 56 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .167 | .182 | .296 | .478 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pete Kahle | 12 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .267 | .333 | .267 | .600 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Lawrence | 26 | 56 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .160 | .208 | .160 | .368 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| John Drake | 20 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .132 | .175 | .158 | .333 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Paul Gatza | 8 | 19 | 19 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Kebler | 33 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .075 | .125 | .094 | .219 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rolland Ryan | 14 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .182 | .190 | .372 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Boger | 24 | 48 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .075 | .213 | .075 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ren Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Smilee | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Weller | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Myatt | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vincent Cummings | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1293 | 5083 | 4160 | 710 | 1022 | 172 | 39 | 48 | 593 | 65 | 0 | 759 | 733 | .246 | .364 | .340 | .705 | 1416 | 0 | 44 | 74 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kimbrough | 1B | 118 | 1011 | 42 | 23 | 103 | .979 | 8.924 | ||||
| Charles Bancroft | 2B | 106 | 285 | 298 | 23 | 93 | .962 | 5.500 | ||||
| Don Wert | 2B | 11 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 5 | .982 | 5.091 | ||||
| Don Wert | 3B | 110 | 101 | 216 | 24 | 23 | .930 | 2.882 | ||||
| Jackie Moore | 3B | 19 | 16 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 2.421 | ||||
| Jackie Moore | C | 66 | 429 | 45 | 8 | 3 | .983 | 7.182 | 13 | |||
| Lawrence Laurie | C | 49 | 297 | 26 | 6 | 6 | .982 | 6.592 | 10 | |||
| Pete Kahle | C | 10 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 4.200 | 6 | |||
| Lionel Lindgren | OF | 118 | 182 | 12 | 10 | 2 | .951 | 1.644 | ||||
| Clarence Long | OF | 105 | 222 | 7 | 17 | 1 | .931 | 2.181 | ||||
| Thomas Webb | OF | 65 | 141 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 2.200 | ||||
| Raymond Billingsley | OF | 55 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Thomas Newton | OF | 21 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.619 | ||||
| Bob Exline | OF | 17 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 2.588 | ||||
| Joel McDaniel | P | 39 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.154 | ||||
| Stephen Kebler | P | 33 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .788 | ||||
| Carlton LeBlanc | P | 27 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.074 | ||||
| Bill Lawrence | P | 26 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Eugene Burroughs | P | 22 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .972 | 1.591 | ||||
| James Boger | P | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .857 | ||||
| John Drake | P | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rolland Ryan | P | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| William Weller | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Gatza | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Myatt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vincent Cummings | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Orville Ponte | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Wert | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ren Jenkins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick McAuliffe | SS | 93 | 173 | 262 | 45 | 61 | .906 | 4.677 | ||||
| John Donatucci | SS | 25 | 32 | 66 | 9 | 9 | .916 | 3.920 | ||||
| Totals | 1213 | 3156 | 1209 | 189 | 324 | .958 | 3.599 | 29 | 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.
