1958 Wytheville Cardinals Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 44-28
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (44-28)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 26,198, Avg. 728

1958 Wytheville Cardinals Roster

The Wytheville Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1958 season with a record of 44 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Cardinals plated 487 runs and conceded 367 runs. Harry Watts paced Wytheville with 11 home runs Don Branson drove in 40 runs. James Broughton topped all regular batters with a .251 average. Leon Nickisch and Bob Funge led the team with 5 wins each, while Bob Kruthoffer registered a 3.62 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Whitey Kurowski 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
Bob Funge	5	2	.714	4.28	16	6		2	0		61.0	83	39	29	3	15		35	2	0	2
Leon Nickisch	5	5	.500	3.64	14	5		1	0		42.0	30	25	17	6	28		45	3	0	5
Mike Pankey	4	0	1.000	3.60	8	5		4	0		45.0	29	22	18	3	33		44	2	1	2
Gene Clanton	4	1	.800	5.03	9	5		2	0		34.0	37	19	19	4	15		27	2	0	0
Bob Kruthoffer	4	3	.571	3.62	16	9		4	0		77.0	84	49	31	7	35		49	1	1	2
Ronald Drennan	3	0	1.000	1.04	4	3		2	1		26.0	22	3	3	0	17		25	0	0	0
Jack Mooneyham	3	0	1.000	2.00	4	2		2	0		18.0	11	6	4	2	10		20	1	0	1
Wayne Pearson	3	0	1.000	5.80	11	7		2	2		45.0	55	35	29	7	27		37	1	0	4
Joaquin Guevara	3	3	.500	5.77	8	8		2	0		39.0	49	32	25	6	16		34	2	1	2
David Reittinger	3	6	.333	5.43	14	8		1	0		58.0	78	51	35	4	22		42	2	0	0
Terry Hill	2	0	1.000		3						0.0									0
John Weiss	2	3	.400	3.33	9	7		4	0		54.0	50	25	20	5	19		36	2	0	0
Fred Davis	1	0	1.000		2						0.0									0
Jorge Rapado	1	1	.500	2.17	4	3		3	1		29.0	19	10	7	1	6		39	1	0	0
Clarence Marble	1	2	.333	6.30	6	2		0	0		20.0	29	25	14	2	9		16	1	0	0
Rudolph Ellis	0	0			3						0.0									0
Billy Tolar	0	0			1						0.0									0
Earl Porter	0	1	.000	4.80	7	0		0	0		15.0	20	15	8	2	6		10	2	0	3
Totals	44	27	.620	4.14	139	70	0	29	4	0	563.0	596	356	259	52	258	0	459	22	3	21	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 Branson	37	172	153	44	59	10	4	9	40	2		15	24	.386	.448	.680	1.127	104		3	0	1
Bill Schnellbaecher	42	164	136	30	50	6	2	7	38	3		24	26	.368	.463	.596	1.059	81		2	0	2
Willie Minor	46	171	161	33	50	5	4	1	20	9		6	36	.311	.341	.410	.751	66		2	1	1
James Broughton	59	248	199	45	50	6	7	2	27	7		43	45	.251	.389	.382	.771	76		3	1	2
Robert Stolzer	54	220	175	40	49	10	2	5	31	3		39	32	.280	.423	.446	.868	78		5	0	1
Harry Watts	32	137	117	31	38	3	2	11	31	2		16	30	.325	.401	.667	1.068	78		1	0	3
Alfred Hopper	46	168	140	22	37	5	1	1	12	7		21	31	.264	.370	.336	.705	47		3	3	1
William Connell	38	114	93	20	31	4	2	2	13	3		18	28	.333	.439	.484	.922	45		1	0	2
George Siford	28	112	99	25	29	1	1	6	26	4		8	20	.293	.345	.505	.851	50		1	2	2
Arnaldo Suarez	17	70	59	13	23	8	3	0	14	0		10	0	.390	.486	.627	1.113	37		1	0	0
Eugene Seidleck	19	74	59	14	16	3	0	3	13	0		10	12	.271	.411	.475	.886	28		4	1	0
Jack Capelle	24	74	70	14	16	3	1	2	4	1		3	15	.229	.270	.386	.656	27		1	0	0
Philip Butler	29	96	85	10	16	4	0	0	13	0		8	30	.188	.274	.235	.509	20		2	1	0
Donald Ward	17	68	51	18	15	3	4	2	11	0		14	13	.294	.471	.627	1.098	32		3	0	0
Tony Paulino	30	117	90	14	15	4	0	1	7	3		23	37	.167	.345	.244	.589	22		2	1	1
Doug Henning	19	68	55	12	14	2	0	3	14	1		10	18	.255	.368	.455	.822	25		1	0	2
Benny Wade	23	84	74	12	14	1	1	0	8	3		7	16	.189	.268	.230	.498	17		1	2	0
Duane Kuehl	14	52	49	8	13	1	3	3	11	0		0	6	.265	.288	.592	.880	29		2	0	1
Demetrio Alvarez	24	80	68	7	10	2	0	0	5	1		11	34	.147	.275	.176	.451	12		1	0	0
Gene Clanton	13	24	24	7	8	0	3	0	2	0		0	4	.333	.333	.583	.917	14		0	0	0
Walter Johnson	20	68	58	8	8	2	0	0	10	2		6	31	.138	.235	.172	.408	10		2	0	2
Pat Guy	21	63	54	6	7	2	0	0	4	1		5	18	.130	.222	.167	.389	9		2	0	2
David Reittinger	14	25	19	6	6	0	0	1	6	0		5	5	.316	.458	.474	.932	9		0	1	0
Wayne Minshew	4	11	11		5									.455	.455	.455	.909	5
John Weiss	9	20	20		5									.250	.250	.250	.500	5
Ronald Drennan	4	11	11		4									.364	.364	.364	.727	4
Wayne Pearson	11	19	17	2	4	1	0	1	5	0		2	1	.235	.316	.471	.786	8		0	0	0
Mike Pankey	8	18	18		4									.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Frank Haniak	5	18	18		4									.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Leon Nickisch	15	15	10	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	4	.300	.417	.400	.817	4		0	3	0
James Jennings	4	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Bob Funge	16	23	17	3	3	0	1	0	4	0		4	5	.176	.318	.294	.612	5		0	1	1
Jerry Wooten	2	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Joaquin Guevara	8	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Wayne Ketcham	8	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
William Campbell	13	41	29	1	2	0	0	0	3	1		9	14	.069	.325	.069	.394	2		2	1	0
Terry Hill	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jack Mooneyham	4	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Jorge Rapado	5	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Bob Kruthoffer	16	29	19	6	1	0	0	0	2	0		10	13	.053	.379	.053	.432	1		0	0	0
Fred Davis	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Clarence Marble	6	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Earl Porter	7	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Willmann	3	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	819	2770	2354	454	621	87	41	60	375	53	0	329	548	.264	.362	.412	.774	970	0	45	18	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Stolzer	1B	51	336	25	7	24	.981	7.078
Duane Kuehl	1B	11	63	3	3	9	.957	6.000
William Connell	1B	10	59	4	4	2	.940	6.300
Harry Watts	2B	30	73	73	13	19	.918	4.867
George Siford	2B	13	34	29	9	5	.875	4.846
William Campbell	2B	11	16	17	0	3	1.000	3.000
Bill Schnellbaecher	3B	39	35	76	20	1	.847	2.846
Jack Capelle	3B	14	14	21	6	1	.854	2.500
Donald Ward	3B	13	16	19	4	2	.897	2.692
Demetrio Alvarez	C	24	153	10	2	0	.988	6.792	10
Eugene Seidleck	C	18	131	13	0	3	1.000	8.000	3
Doug Henning	C	18	104	7	2	0	.982	6.167	9
James Broughton	OF	57	115	12	8	0	.941	2.228
Willie Minor	OF	43	55	5	2	0	.968	1.395
Don Branson	OF	36	80	6	4	0	.956	2.389
Alfred Hopper	OF	33	33	1	7	0	.829	1.030
Philip Butler	OF	26	23	2	6	0	.806	.962
Walter Johnson	OF	18	18	0	1	0	.947	1.000
William Connell	OF	18	28	2	1	0	.968	1.667
Bob Kruthoffer	P	16	4	4	7	0	.533	.500
Bob Funge	P	16	2	14	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Reittinger	P	14	0	10	1	1	.909	.714
Leon Nickisch	P	14	3	3	0	0	1.000	.429
Wayne Pearson	P	11	1	7	1	0	.889	.727
John Weiss	P	9						.000
Gene Clanton	P	9						.000
Mike Pankey	P	8						.000
Joaquin Guevara	P	8						.000
Earl Porter	P	7						.000
Clarence Marble	P	6						.000
Jorge Rapado	P	4						.000
Jack Mooneyham	P	4						.000
Ronald Drennan	P	4						.000
Terry Hill	P	3						.000
Rudolph Ellis	P	3						.000
Fred Davis	P	2						.000
Billy Tolar	P	1						.000
Tony Paulino	SS	28	41	73	16	9	.877	4.071
Arnaldo Suarez	SS	17	24	36	5	7	.923	3.529
George Siford	SS	15	33	36	12	3	.852	4.600
Benny Wade	SS	14	17	38	16	6	.775	3.929
Totals		696	1511	546	157	95	.929	2.955	22	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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