1958 | Western Canada Baseball Stats


	1958 Season Stats

	WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE : Williston shortstop Jerry Adair was the offensive story in the Western Canada Baseball League. Adair took the batting title with a .409* mark, well ahead of the runner-up, Leon Wilson of Lloydminster-North Battleford who finished at .371. Bill Heath of Williston has third at .370, Cliff Pemberton fourth with a .364 average, ahead of Higgie Alvarez of Regina at .351, and John Ford of the Combines at .350. With Curly Williams at .330, the Combines had three of the top ten hitters. Adair, Alvarez and Wilson tied for the home run lead with ten. Wilson edged Adair 53-52 for the RBI title. Tom Bergeron of Lloydminster-North Battleford led in stolen bases, with 18. Saskatoon's Gene Graves, who pitched the only no-hitter, Bennie Griggs of the Combines and Roland Jones of Regina each had nine wins to lead the circuit. Graves finished second to Williston's Bob Smith in earned run average. Smith was the league's best with a 2.72 mark while Graves finished at 3.06, ahead of the Oilers Jim Barudoni, at 3.12, Ralph Vold of Edmonton, at 3.14, and Lew Hobson of Saskatoon at 3.45. Griggs led the league in games, 19, games started, 13, innings pitched, 120 and strikeouts, 93. Roland Jones had the most complete games, 12, one more than Griggs.. Average : Jerry Adair WL - .409 Hits : Adair WL - 83 Doubles : Adair WL - 16 Triples : Robert Foster MJM - 7 Home Runs : Adair WL, Leon Wilson LNB & Higginio Alvarez - 10 Runs : Adair WL - 65 RBI : Wilson LNB - 53 Stolen Bases : Tom Bergeron LNB - 18 * Revised Aug 27, 2002 (with the acquisition of information from six games missing from the original stats -- July 25,26,28,29 & 30 from Regina and August 7 from Moose Jaw) The revisions apply to individual hitting and pitching statistics (with some stats still missing for L-NB & Regina players from the game of July 30). Team stats and individual fielding figures have not been altered from the original. OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE BATTING RECORDS * SEASON 1958 * FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 * COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST.,CHICAGO 2,ILLINOIS. CLUB BATTING Club G AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR SH SF SB BB HB SO LOB RBI PCT Lloyd-NB 51 1591 312 313 460 695 80 37 27 9 23 46 240 18 240 369 279 289 Williston 53 1798 374 269 504 765 98 23 39 17 20 12 254 16 301 425 335 280 Moose Jaw 50 1661 289 328 450 617 63 25 18 22 23 34 244 22 287 401 258 271 Regina 51 1569 273 308 425 633 74 22 30 20 22 37 212 13 263 386 245 271 Edmonton 49 1669 248 288 437 579 64 21 12 15 20 27 227 18 324 424 217 262 Saskatoon 52 1747 282 272 453 628 64 21 23 10 18 42 250 23 277 432 250 259 STANDING OF CLUBS AT CLOSE OF SEASON Club W L PCT GB Saskatoon 31 21 596 -- Williston 30 23 566 1-1/2 Lloyd-NB 27 24 529 3-1/2 Edmonton 22 27 449 7-1/2 Moose Jaw 22 28 440 8 Regina 21 30 412 9-1/2 NOTE: Regina forfeited to Edmonton, August 5. INDIVIDUAL BATTING (Ten or more Games) Bats Left #Switch Hitter BATTER G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT* Adair, Jerry WL 47 203 65 83 16 5 10 3 17 16 52 .409 Leap, Al WL 12 54 12 21 6 1 2 0 6 7 20 .389 Wilson, Leon LNB* 50 197 52 73 11 6 10 5 31 12 53 .371 Heath, William WL* 37 127 33 47 11 3 3 1 30 12 33 .370 Pemberton, Cliff MJM* 43 165 45 60 13 2 6 5 20 9 43 .364 Gregory, LeRoy MJM* 19 33 6 12 0 0 0 0 4 9 5 .364 Nelson, Kenneth LNB 14 28 4 10 0 0 1 0 4 2 8 .357 Alvarez, Higginio RGB 44 171 38 60 9 4 10 5 8 23 45 .351 Ford, John LNB 47 180 37 63 12 6 0 3 17 10 35 .350 Estrada, Peter SKC 52 222 46 77 15 4 7 2 16 15 45 .347 Carter, Suge MJM 41 153 24 51 8 1 0 0 19 16 33 .333 Gray, Quniton RGB 47 187 21 62 8 2 3 7 11 18 32 .332 Williams, William LNB* 51 179 44 59 11 5 5 2 34 17 41 .330 Lynn, William WL* 36 156 28 50 8 2 2 3 9 4 26 .321 Robinson, Floyd SKC 52 222 48 71 13 3 7 6 9 36 43 .320 Gabrielson, Leonard EDE* 33 132 23 42 2 2 1 1 11 28 20 .318 Jackson, Isaiah SKC 43 171 26 53 11 3 3 1 11 20 23 .310 Satriano, Thomas EDE* 34 127 19 39 5 0 4 0 22 20 34 .307 McLane, John LNB 51 189 33 58 10 4 6 3 24 42 46 .307 Foster, Robert MJM 50 209 41 64 8 7 1 9 21 26 34 .306 Bond, Monte LNB 47 167 34 51 10 6 2 6 28 30 21 .305 Martin, Fuzz MJM 33 138 18 42 3 1 0 0 10 9 28 .304 Pryor, Lou RGB* 44 171 30 52 15 1 1 2 27 17 22 .304 Boone, Ronald SKC 52 175 32 53 10 3 1 3 50 39 40 .303 Albin, Lawrence SKC* 17 53 8 16 3 0 1 3 8 9 15 .302 Biasotti, Donald EDE 37 140 27 42 9 1 1 0 26 28 14 .300 Dollar, Bertice EDE 29 91 14 27 5 2 0 1 16 20 9 .297 Johnson, James SKC 33 119 20 35 3 1 1 2 23 7 15 .294 Kellner, John RGB* 25 86 21 25 3 2 3 1 18 15 16 .291 Zubak, Gerald EDE 30 100 14 29 5 2 0 2 15 16 12 .290 Griggs, Ben LNB 27 76 11 22 6 3 2 1 3 22 13 .289 Guffey, Kenneth WL* 42 166 39 48 12 3 4 3 31 18 37 .289 McLean, Zoonie WL 36 128 24 37 7 2 4 1 11 12 32 .289 Pudina, Richard 22WL-19RGB 44 149 38 43 9 2 3 5 25 24 17 .289 Stevens, James MJM* 12 28 6 8 1 0 0 0 6 7 3 .286 Chapman, Arthur EDE* 39 147 21 41 8 2 0 2 23 30 23 .279 Williams, Robert EDE 11 40 6 11 1 0 1 0 7 3 6 .275 Neri, Frank 9SKC-39MJM* 49 180 54 49 8 2 3 4 54 20 21 .272 Osborne, Peter RGB 44 162 39 44 10 3 1 9 21 18 16 .272 Washburn, Carl RGB* 41 155 29 42 4 4 6 2 10 27 34 .271 Huffman, Earl RGB 44 133 31 36 3 3 2 4 32 23 23 .271 Healy, Dennis WL 22 89 24 24 5 0 1 1 11 11 17 .270 Tucker, Wayne EDE* 48 191 16 51 5 1 1 2 17 17 25 .267 Walling, Gerald RGB 45 165 25 44 12 1 5 2 15 26 32 .267 Werhas, John WL 12 45 6 12 4 0 0 0 9 6 7 .267 Castanon, Michael WL 42 172 41 45 7 1 0 1 25 14 27 .262 Bach, Steve WL* 47 172 33 45 4 2 3 0 31 32 32 .262 Garner, Homer MJM 16 46 8 12 1 0 1 2 4 7 5 .261 Lange, Norwood RGB 11 23 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .261 Bergeron, Thomas LNB 46 170 45 44 5 1 1 18 41 28 11 .259 Johnson, James 40EDE-8MJM 48 191 33 49 4 1 0 6 34 33 17 .257 Thom, William WL 19 55 10 14 6 0 2 0 11 17 8 .255 Kostenuk, David MJM 34 79 7 20 3 0 0 1 6 14 13 .253 Tomlinson, Roger EDE 48 207 27 52 13 4 3 4 13 35 32 .251 Stone, Arthur LNB 47 170 24 42 9 2 1 7 19 22 19 .247 Riggs, Peter MJM 25 49 6 12 2 1 0 0 12 10 5 .245 Brikle, Donald SKC 16 58 9 14 3 0 0 0 7 9 7 .241 Miller, A.C. RGB 49 199 33 48 6 4 1 3 27 25 29 .241 Williams, Dewey WL 11 42 6 10 3 0 0 0 5 5 8 .238 Tanner, Edward LNB* 44 152 21 36 5 1 1 0 28 14 23 .237 Zayas, Roberto 12LNB-10MJM 23 69 21 16 2 2 0 6 11 16 14 .232 Adams, Daniel SKC 49 184 37 42 2 4 2 11 43 44 16 .228 Vold, Ralph EDE* 11 32 7 7 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 .219 Shahzade, Arthur SKC 52 203 36 44 4 1 0 12 36 23 17 .217 Dolinar, Gordon MJM 25 88 9 19 1 2 0 4 6 29 6 .216 Newton, C.R. 35MJM-4SKC* 40 153 18 33 5 4 3 6 9 42 28 .216 Robertson, James LNB 13 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 .211 Coody, Jerry MJM 18 63 9 13 3 3 1 0 14 14 11 .206 Taylor, Roy SKC 37 119 9 24 3 0 0 1 6 15 19 .202 Popkin, Norman SKC* 17 35 4 7 0 2 1 0 1 8 5 .200 Doepker, Richard SKC 14 30 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 .200 Schirmer, Arthur EDE 10 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 .200 Bodine, Robert WL 49 167 35 33 2 0 6 1 20 64 24 .198 Strother, Steve MJM 50 164 30 32 5 2 3 1 34 31 14 .195 Dunbar, Fred RGB 11 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .188 Blakeslee, Robert WL 15 45 2 8 1 0 1 0 3 14 9 .178 Covington, Dale MJM 12 41 2 7 1 0 0 1 4 14 3 .171 Gardner, Bruce EDE* 14 30 4 5 1 0 0 0 4 4 3 .167 Moore, Dee WL 10 31 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 4 5 .161 Jones, Roland RGB 20 45 5 7 1 0 0 0 7 16 4 .156 Springer, Paul LNB 14 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 .154 Bartylla, Frank SKC* 14 28 7 4 0 0 0 1 7 4 2 .143 Eikerman, Dale EDE 10 14 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 3 .143 Yates, Morris SKC 17 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 .143 Morcigo, Santiago RGB 12 14 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 3 .143 Smith, Robert WL 13 38 5 5 2 0 1 0 5 11 2 .132 Bowes, Jack 3SKC-14LNB# 17 49 3 6 1 2 0 0 3 14 6 .122 Poole, William MJM 11 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 .118 Graves, Eugene SKC 22 42 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 21 0 .095 Equlas, Ted EDE 13 39 4 3 1 0 0 3 8 12 2 .077 Barudoni, James WL 10 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 .071 Hobson, Lewis SKC* 18 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 14 2 .053 Fewer than 10 games G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Cocchi, Jack EDE 2 5 3 .600 Bass, Howard RGB 6 10 5 .500 Eisele, Al WL 8 19 8 .421 Conroy, James WL 1 5 2 .400 Aldridge, John EDE 7 8 3 .375 Dayne, Michael LNB 1 3 1 .333 Flanigan, Irle LNB 2 3 1 .333 Wall, Victor RGB 4 3 1 .333 LaComb, Gary EDE 6 22 7 .318 Imlay, Robert WL 6 20 6 .300 Johnson, Frank MJM 8 17 5 .294 Howorko, Edward EDE* 9 36 10 .278 Encinas, Matthew MJM 10 32 8 .250 Farley, Ted EDE 8 24 6 .250 Zacharuk, Walter EDE 5 8 2 .250 Shirley, Jack RGB 1 4 1 .250 Kinasewich, Eugne EDE 7 28 6 .214 Williams, Paul LNB 4 14 3 .214 Erhardt, Harold RGB 4 5 1 .200 Lund, John WL 4 5 1 .200 Carroll, JB RGB 7 27 5 .185 Henry, Robert MJM 3 6 1 .167 Waddle, Walter EDE 3 6 1 .167 Riddell, Chris RGB 7 28 4 .143 Cullison, Ted RGB 6 17 2 .118 Tatro, Jon EDE* 5 9 1 .111 Sewers, Herbert EDE 4 10 1 .100 McQuade, John EDE 9 11 1 .091 Williams, Edward RGB* 6 12 1 .083 Breckner, Leonard SKC 5 12 1 .083 Gillick, Patrick EDE* 8 13 1 .077 Arnold, Alton RGB-LNB 9 23 1 .043 Forsythe, Norman EDE 5 18 0 .000 Evans, Steve WL 9 11 0 .000 Bodine, Charles WL 2 8 0 .000 Hayes, Garth MJM 3 6 0 .000 Sanford, Mark WL 2 6 0 .000 Cosgrove, James SKC 2 4 0 .000 Tetreau, Eugene WL 1 4 0 .000 Gates, Ronald EDE 3 3 0 .000 Babiuk, Ronald EDE 3 2 0 .000 Blaisdell, Walter MJM 2 2 0 .000 Risinger, Anthony RGB 1 2 0 .000 Williams, Ronald LNB 4 1 0 .000 Smith, Donald WL 1 1 0 .000 Ulrich, Robert WL 1 1 0 .000 Peerless, Charles RGB 1 1 0 .000 LaMantia, James LNB 1 0 0 .000 Mistele, Robert RGB 1 0 0 .000 Wisdom, Harry WL 1 0 0 .000 SKC = Saskatoon Commodores, WL = Williston Oilers, LNB = Lloydminster-North Battleford Combines, MJM = Moose Jaw Mallards, EDE = Edmonton Eskimos, RGB = Regina Braves. OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE FIELDING RECORDS * SEASON 1958 * FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 *** COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. CLUB FIELDING Club G DP TP PB PO A E PCT Williston 53 58 0 10 1324 592 82 .959 Saskatoon 52 35 0 5 1353 529 113 .943 Edmonton 49 42 0 18 1267 502 106 .943 Moose Jaw 50 40 0 8 1265 465 111 .940 Lloyd.-N.B. 51 38 0 10 1210 461 106 .940 Regina 51 47 0 18 1165 489 113 .936 INDIVIDUAL FIELDING (Ten or More Games) * Throws Left FIRST BASEMAN Player G PO A E DP PCT Player G PO A E DP PCT Guffey,WL* 40 394 25 5 46 .988 Gray,RGB 10 75 5 3 4 .964 McLane,LNB 32 243 15 5 20 .981 Ford,LNB 10 71 5 3 6 .962 Tucker,EDE 48 395 21 10 37 .977 Washburn,RGB* 35 304 6 15 32 .954 Taylor,SKC 30 237 15 8 16 .969 Jackson,SKC 16 119 7 7 8 .947 Pemberton,MJM 41 278 22 11 24 .965 SECOND BASEMEN Player G PO A E DP PCT Player G PO A E DP PCT Stone,LNB 45 106 119 3 17 .987 Boone,SKC 42 122 112 14 28 .944 Biasotti,EDE 23 53 68 4 17 .968 Pudina,WL-RGB 18 45 37 6 9 .932 Foster,MJM 49 114 145 11 34 .959 J.Johnson,EDE-MJM 24 71 74 11 17 .929 Castamon,WL 39 103 127 12 31 .950 Huffman,RGB 40 90 110 21 23 .905 THIRD BASEMEN Player G PO A E DP PCT Player G PO A E DP PCT Bach,WL 34 25 60 4 8 .955 Robinson,SKC 50 52 82 21 8 .865 JJohnson,EDE-MJM 21 11 34 3 5 .938 Bergeron,LNB 16 31 33 10 0 .865 Carter,MJM 22 16 34 4 3 .926 Biasotti,EDE 13 13 24 6 3 .860 Gray,RGB 14 13 22 4 1 .897 Pudina,WL-RGB 16 18 24 7 3 .857 Kellner, RGB 22 28 31 7 3 .894 Coody,MJM 18 13 27 9 3 .816 W.Williams,LNB 28 33 53 11 8 .887 SHORTSTOPS Player G PO A E DP PCT Player G PO A E DP PCT Adair,WL 41 97 156 10 24 .962 Satriano,EDE 27 45 76 15 15 .890 Boone,SKC 10 13 29 3 2 .933 Tomlinson,EDE 21 31 49 11 8 .879 W.Williams,LNB 21 43 50 7 9 .930 Bergeron,LNB 13 23 30 9 4 .855 Dolinar,MJM 24 55 59 9 8 .927 Newton,MJM-SKC 20 32 60 23 10 .800 Osborne,RGB 40 78 127 17 26 .923 Bond,LNB 15 29 23 14 2 .788 Adams,SKC 42 57 121 16 16 .918 OUTFIELDERS Player G PO A E DP PCT Player G PO A E DP PCT Werhas,WL 12 32 1 0 0 1.000 Martin,MJM 28 45 7 3 0 .945 W.Williams,EDE 11 21 1 0 0 1.000 Lynn,WL 34 63 5 4 1 .944 McLean,WL 27 46 7 1 2 .981 Neri,SKC-MJM* 48 92 3 6 0 .941 Estrada,SKC 51 111 1 3 0 .974 Gabrielson,EDE 32 84 3 6 1 .935 Chapman,EDE* 39 67 6 2 0 .973 Covington,MJM 12 27 2 2 0 .935 Birkle,SKC 14 28 2 1 1 .968 Ford,LNB 18 26 2 2 0 .933 Miller,RGB 45 108 9 4 1 .967 Bond,LNB 28 48 0 4 0 .923 Wilson,LNB 48 81 5 3 2 .966 Alvarez,RGB 38 69 13 7 2 .921 R.Bodine,WL 43 51 6 2 1 .966 Tomlinson,EDE 28 40 2 4 0 .913 Pryor,RGB 40 50 3 2 0 .964 Albin,SKC* 11 17 2 2 0 .905 Kostenuk,MJM 16 23 1 1 0 .960 Gray,RGB 16 18 1 2 0 .905 Newton,MJM-SKC 20 37 2 2 1 .951 Bergeron,LNB 16 29 0 4 0 .879 Shahzade,SKC 51 88 3 5 1 .948 McLane,LNB 16 28 1 4 0 .879 Zayas,LNB-MJM 22 35 1 2 0 .947 CATCHERS Player G PO A E DP PB PCT Player G PO A E DP PB PCT Strother,MJM 49 368 25 5 2 8 .987 Dollar,EDE 24 153 6 5 0 12 .970 Jackson,SKC 18 133 11 2 2 1 .986 Bach,WL 11 54 10 2 0 6 .970 Johnson,SKC 33 237 18 4 1 4 .985 Zubak,EDE 22 110 16 4 2 5 .969 Tanner,LNB 42 272 14 5 4 8 .983 Heath,WL 30 160 21 6 2 0 .968 Walling,RGB 40 205 18 6 3 17 .974 W.Williams,WL 11 65 6 4 2 4 .947 PITCHERS Player G PO A E DP PCT Player G PO A E DP PCT Bowes,SKC-LNB* 13 2 18 0 4 1.000 Riggs,MJM 16 9 13 3 1 .880 R.Smith,WL 10 3 8 0 0 1.000 Gregory,MJM* 14 4 9 2 0 .867 Morcigo,RGB 10 0 4 0 0 1.000 Springer,LNB 13 6 19 4 2 .862 Gardner,EDE 11 7 17 1 0 .960 Hobson,SKC* 18 2 23 4 0 .862 Doepker,SKC 13 3 12 1 0 .938 Yates,SKC 13 0 16 3 0 .842 Kostenuk,MJM 16 4 9 1 0 .929 Graves,SKC 18 5 14 4 0 .826 Bartylla,SKC* 12 1 10 1 1 .917 Robertson,LNB 12 0 10 3 2 .769 Stevens,MJM 11 7 14 2 0 .913 Schirmer,EDE 10 0 6 2 0 .750 Barudoni,WL 10 2 16 2 2 .900 Poole,MJM 11 1 2 1 0 .750 Jcnes,RGB 15 3 29 4 3 .889 Eikerman,EDE 10 2 6 3 0 .727 Griggs,LNB 17 7 25 4 2 .889 OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE PITCHERS' RECORDS * SEASON 1958 * FOR PUBLICATION IN PAPERS OF TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 *** COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLEST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. CLUB PITCHING Club G CG IP AB R H HR ER SH BB SO HB WP Bk ShO ERA Saskatoon 52 26 451 1770 272 450 34 202 27 201 333 6 17 1 2 4.03 Williston 53 37 441 1743 269 487 33 224 30 211 245 17 25 1 3 4.57 Edmonton 49 22 422 1648 288 426 18 233 36 268 277 23 17 0 2 4.97 Lloyd. NB 51 29 403 1651 313 467 27 238 45 217 278 27 16 4 1 5.31 Regina 51 25 388 1572 308 448 18 235 39 216 210 15 23 2 0 5.45 Moose Jaw 50 18 422 1651 328 451 19 257 42 314 349 22 29 0 1 5.49 PITCHERS' RECORDS (50 or More Innings--Rated According to ERA) Throws Left Pitcher and Club G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO HB WP ERA Smith, Robert WL 10 7 7 8 1 76 284 27 71 6 23 27 1 2 2.72 Graves, Eugene SK 18 11 6 9 3 94 356 44 84 8 37 79 1 0 3.06 Barudoni, James WL 10 10 6 7 1 78 297 27 75 3 32 47 3 4 3.12 Vold, Ralph ED 9 7 6 5 3 66 253 29 64 1 18 56 3 2 3.14 Hobson, Lewis SK 18 10 6 8 2 99 391 54 97 7 30 70 1 7 3.45 Thom, William WL 10 9 7 4 5 75 250 40 70 9 27 64 0 2 3.72 Gardner, Bruce ED* 11 9 7 5 4 75 287 38 69 3 34 57 6 0 3.84 Stevens, James MJ* 12 12 4 6 2 77 271 45 52 3 78 72 3 6 3.86 Jones, Roland RG 16 12 12 9 4 111 395 68 107 2 59 70 7 9 4.14 Bowes, Jack 3SK-9LM-NB* 12 12 10 7 5 97 395 55 107 11 27 47 2 0 4.18 Blakeslee, Robert WL* 10 7 5 4 3 63 204 38 60 2 33 28 5 5 4.55 Kosteniuk, David MJ 16 8 5 4 7 85 319 58 82 5 58 57 3 4 4.87 Riddell, Chris RG 7 6 5 3 3 57 237 47 75 3 22 30 0 1 4.89 Springer, Paul LM-NB 14 7 5 2 7 66 262 51 78 2 43 52 4 3 5.07 Griggs, Ben LM-NB 19 13 11 9 3 120 444 86 125 10 57 93 8 4 5.09 Bartylla, Buzz SK* 13 11 2 4 3 74 292 51 82 4 42 54 2 5 5.13 Doepker, Richard SK 14 8 4 5 5 74 273 52 80 7 39 60 0 4 5.33 Riggs, Peter MJ 16 9 1 5 2 73 294 54 73 3 54 78 9 7 5.42 Gregory, LeRoy MJ* 15 7 3 4 4 64 247 48 70 2 43 64 1 4 5.51 Arnold, Alton 1RG-7LM-NB 9 8 1 3 4 61 231 50 76 4 33 42 5 6 6.38 NO-HIT GAME--Graves,Saskatoon vs. Moose Jaw, 2-1, August 6. BALKS : Arnold (2), Hobson SHUTOUTS : Smith, Thom, Vold, Hobson, Stevens, Blakeslee, Bowes, Bartylla Pitchers in fewer than 50 innings with at least one decision rated according to earned run average. Pitcher and Club G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO HB WP ERA Adair, Jerry WL 3 3 3 3 0 27 100 9 22 1 14 19 2 0 2.67 McQuade, Jack ED 9 2 0 1 2 36 132 15 27 0 22 25 0 2 2.75 Conroy, James WL 1 1 1 1 0 9 39 4 14 2 2 4 0 0 3.00 Forsythe, Norman ED 5 5 4 4 1 45 175 18 45 2 20 22 1 0 3.20 Erhardt, Harold RG 3 2 0 0 2 14 51 7 13 0 11 5 0 0 3.21 Popkin, Norman SK* 7 6 5 2 3 48 185 20 44 0 22 29 1 1 3.38 Yates, Morris SK 13 3 1 2 3 42 165 34 41 4 26 29 1 0 3.64 Williams, Edward RG* 5 3 1 1 1 29 77 19 26 0 37 19 1 4 3.68 Cullison, Ted RG 6 5 1 2 2 45 132 25 35 2 24 25 0 2 4.00 Aldridge, John ED 7 3 1 0 3 25 103 20 32 1 10 11 2 3 4.32 Eikerman, Dale ED 10 5 1 2 3 42 165 32 42 3 32 19 1 1 4.50 LaMantia, James LM-NB 1 1 0 0 1 2 12 5 6 0 1 2 0 0 4.50 Garner, Homer MJ 7 2 0 1 3 27 105 21 32 1 6 12 1 0 4.67 Henry, Robert MJ 3 1 0 0 2 11 23 12 14 0 12 8 0 0 4.77 Robertson, James LM-NB 14 7 2 2 2 46 181 37 48 2 32 35 6 2 5.05 Tatro, Jon ED 3 3 0 0 1 19 78 13 17 2 11 6 3 1 5.21 Ford, John LM-NB 4 0 0 2 0 12 55 9 18 0 5 8 0 0 5.25 Dayne, Mike LM-NB 1 1 1 0 1 8 31 9 9 0 1 6 0 0 5.63 Evans, Steven WL 9 2 1 0 3 30 123 25 36 0 20 20 2 3 5.76 Poole, William MJ 11 6 2 2 3 44 178 39 53 3 32 38 3 4 5.93 Lange, Norwood RG 9 5 2 3 1 45 171 40 57 2 23 22 0 1 6.04 Morcigo, Santiago RG 12 3 1 1 4 36 139 33 44 1 29 16 1 1 6.25 Bass, Howard RG 6 4 1 1 3 27 121 26 45 1 9 16 2 1 6.33 Cocchi, Jack ED 2 2 1 1 1 14 53 11 13 0 18 15 0 1 6.43 Moore, Dee WL 2 1 1 0 1 13 60 12 25 0 0 2 0 1 6.92 Schirmer, Arthur ED 10 5 1 2 4 38 145 38 35 1 43 18 3 3 7.34 Risinger, Anthony RG 1 1 0 0 1 6 24 6 6 1 4 4 1 0 7.50 Flanigan, Irle LM-NB 2 2 0 1 1 7 29 9 9 0 7 3 1 1 7.71 Eisele, Al WL 7 5 2 1 5 36 150 38 57 3 21 28 1 0 7.75 Sanford, Mark WL 2 2 1 1 0 15 63 18 19 1 22 10 1 3 7.80 Bach, Steve WL 1 1 1 0 1 8 35 8 15 1 2 4 0 0 7.88 Johnson, Frank MJ 6 5 3 0 5 35 154 38 59 2 24 17 1 3 7.97 Gates, Ronald ED* 3 2 0 0 1 9 30 8 6 1 12 6 0 0 8.00 Imlay, Robert WL 3 3 2 1 1 17 81 18 26 4 8 5 1 4 8.47 Williams, Paul LM-NB 4 4 2 1 3 24 114 33 40 1 15 14 0 2 9.00 Zacharuk, Walter ED 5 1 0 1 1 17 68 23 22 2 15 11 2 0 9.00 Dunbar, Fred RG 9 4 1 0 4 27 100 36 37 3 26 7 2 5 9.55 Shirley, Jack RG 1 1 1 0 1 8 37 9 15 2 4 8 0 110.13 Gillick, Patrick ED* 8 4 1 0 3 32 136 38 47 2 29 27 2 410.41 Wall, Victor RG 4 3 1 1 2 16 57 21 25 0 11 3 1 311.49 Leap, Al WL 3 1 1 0 2 10 45 17 18 1 13 5 0 215.30 Nelson, Ken LM-NB 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 BALKS : Erhardt, Dayne, P Williams, Leap SHUTOUTS : Eikerman Pitchers with no decisions listed in order of innings pitched. G IP Pemberton, Clifford MJ 3 10 Williams, Ronald LM-NB 4 6 Babiuk, Ronald ED 3 4 Adams, Daniel SK 2 3 Lund, John WL 2 3 Martin, Lorne MJ 2 2 Satriano, Tom ED 1 1 Newton, CR MJ 1 1 Alvarez, Higginio RG 1 0 Mistele, Robert RG 1 0 SOUTHERN (SASKATCHEWAN) LEAGUE : Morris McNabb of the Southey Red Sox captured the Dave Dryburgh memorial trophy emblematic of the Southern League batting championship. The burly catcher batted .388 collecting 31 hits in 80 times at bat. Teammate Lionel Ruhr placed second with a .372 average and had the most hits, 35. In third place, with a .371 average, was Gord Skjerven of the Assiniboia Aces. Average : Morris McNabb SRS - .388 Hits : Lionel Ruhr SRS - 35 Runs : Ruhr SRS - 27 SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT McNabb, Morris SRS 22 80 17 31 .388 Ruhr, Lionel SRS 21 94 27 35 .372 Skjerven, Gord AS 15 62 14 23 .371 Bearss, Ed ND 22 73 20 26 .356 Bent, Buzz WY 18 73 15 26 .356 Erfle, Rube AS 21 93 23 33 .355 Schnell, Harold ES 21 76 16 25 .329 Moser, Luke SRS 22 84 22 27 .321 McKechney, Gary ES 23 84 20 27 .321 Townsend, Ken ND 22 85 20 27 .318 Blaisdell, Wally MJL 21 82 19 26 .317 Guillaume, George MQ 24 105 17 33 .314 Glazier, Vern ND 22 85 19 26 .306 Shanks, Lorne AS 20 69 16 21 .304 Jackson, Bob ES 22 86 10 26 .302 SOUTHEY G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Prosofsky, Ed 1 2 1 2 1.000 Leverick, Tommy 1 2 0 1 .500 Hall, Ronnie 2 2 0 1 .500 McNabb, Morris 22 80 17 31 .388 Mohr, Ken 3 13 4 5 .385 Ruhr, Lionel 21 94 27 35 .372 Wall, Vic 16 55 10 20 .364 McEachern, Ken 16 31 8 11 .355 Moser, Luke 22 84 22 27 .321 Bachiu, Larry 13 48 11 15 .313 Schell 19 59 16 18 .305 Cochrane, Denny 19 65 14 19 .292 Johnson, Harvey 12 36 6 9 .250 Dutkowski, Brian 14 40 8 10 .250 Mang, Wayne 4 9 1 2 .222 Floyd, Arnie 13 46 5 9 .196 Ash, Al 7 16 2 3 .188 Heidt, Ed 17 51 6 9 .176 Rennie, Art 10 30 4 5 .167 Banda 4 8 1 1 .125 Kober, Ken 4 8 0 1 .125 Mantz, Al 4 7 1 0 .000 Klein 3 8 1 0 .000 NOTRE DAME G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Saucier, Bernie 1 5 3 3 .600 Backer 1 4 1 2 .500 Headley, Phil 12 42 6 16 .381 Bearss, Ed 22 73 20 26 .356 Townsend, Ken 22 85 20 27 .318 Glazier, Vern 22 85 19 26 .306 Lambert, Gene 5 10 2 3 .300 Campbell, Garnet 4 17 5 5 .294 Lyons, Jim 22 86 18 24 .279 Dukes, Richie 23 94 16 25 .266 Carr, Hugh 12 32 4 8 .250 Huck, Hugh 14 58 9 13 .224 Donald, Bob 12 51 11 11 .216 Doetzel, Ed 23 85 16 17 .200 Sanderson, Archie 3 11 3 2 .182 Campbell, Gord 4 12 1 2 .167 Messier, Denny 13 32 0 5 .156 Resch, Phil 17 41 5 5 .122 Dagelman, Bob 1 1 0 0 .000 Jankowich, Jim 2 4 1 0 .000 Griffin, Dick 1 3 0 0 .000 ASSINIBOIA G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Brown 1 1 0 1 1.000 Skjerven, Gord 15 62 14 23 .371 Erfle, Rube 21 93 23 33 .355 Wolstencroft, Barry 13 50 7 16 .320 Shanks, Lorne 20 69 16 21 .304 Kyle, Farrell 20 64 10 19 .297 White, Jim 19 45 11 13 .289 Peerless, Charlie 21 78 19 22 .282 Megenbir 1 4 0 1 .250 Waterton, Reg 19 51 15 12 .235 Booth, Ossie 17 69 14 16 .232 Erfle, Albert Lefty 9 23 0 5 .217 Lawrick 20 63 11 12 .190 Cocio, George 15 30 3 5 .167 Brydon 4 13 2 2 .154 Hall, John 5 15 1 2 .133 Lowes, Al 15 33 2 3 .091 Cowie, C 5 3 2 0 .000 Martindale, Bill 3 6 0 0 .000 Eger 1 3 0 0 .000 ESTEVAN G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Peterson, Bob 6 11 4 4 .364 Panagabko 2 3 0 1 .333 McDonald 2 3 0 1 .333 Schnell, Harold 21 76 16 25 .329 McKechney, Gary 23 84 20 27 .321 Woodruff, Gwen 12 32 9 10 .313 Jackson, Bob 22 86 10 26 .302 John 5 7 1 2 .286 McKechney, Ron 23 84 18 23 .274 Schnell, Nasie 20 64 16 17 .266 Wetsch, Dale 21 71 18 18 .254 North 7 31 3 7 .226 Davis, Bob 7 14 2 3 .214 Krueger, Erwin 21 58 11 12 .207 Thompson, Lyle 22 74 10 15 .203 Sanderson, Merv 11 21 0 4 .190 Fornwald, Jonas 12 20 3 3 .150 Kraychy, Fred 6 13 1 1 .077 Bitner, Fred 1 0 0 0 .000 Berg, Harold 1 0 0 0 .000 Verreau, Merv 2 2 0 0 .000 Orloski 1 1 0 0 .000 Shaw 1 1 0 0 .000 Papke 3 2 0 0 .000 MOOSE JAW G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Miller G 2 8 1 3 .375 Blaisdell, Wally 21 82 19 26 .317 Gange, Mark 6 3 0 1 .333 North, Wayne 7 21 7 7 .333 Hunchuk, George 17 69 16 19 .275 Hennenfent, Mel 22 89 15 24 .270 Devine, Don 9 30 3 8 .267 Smail, Murray 21 72 20 18 .250 Williams, Dennis 9 31 5 9 .290 Smith 1 4 0 1 .250 Bell, Bob 5 16 1 4 .250 Nutzhorn, Ray 22 83 18 20 .241 Elsom, Charlie 18 49 6 11 .224 Devine, Jack 13 32 2 7 .219 Lovett, Herb 22 90 17 19 .211 Smith, Glen 12 51 6 9 .176 Thorseth, Cy 3 7 3 1 .143 Baker 3 9 0 1 .111 Miller, Art 7 20 3 2 .100 McNaughton, Dick 7 13 0 0 .000 Wasley 2 2 0 0 .000 WEYBURN G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Stefureak, Ed 2 11 1 6 .545 Luterback, Ed 3 6 1 3 .500 McCarron, Cece 15 53 20 23 .434 Greaves, Barry 2 10 1 4 .400 Shupe, Jack 5 18 5 7 .389 Bent, Buzz 18 73 15 26 .356 Covert, Keith 14 43 11 15 .349 Springer, Chick 11 48 8 16 .333 Gonas, Joe 3 10 1 3 .300 Wenman, Jerry 18 68 15 20 .294 Garinger, Danny 20 82 15 24 .293 Burge 7 31 8 9 .290 Wilder 3 7 0 2 .286 Hoff, Dave 14 45 9 12 .267 Gerski, Ivan 5 15 4 4 .267 Garner, Bill 14 54 10 14 .259 Rose 1 4 0 1 .250 Regier, Dick 7 21 1 5 .238 Frank, Elmer 20 70 10 13 .186 Bellanger 3 13 1 2 .154 Winlaw 11 43 6 6 .140 Balance, Barry 4 9 1 1 .111 McMillan, Hugh 3 4 0 0 .000 Knippleberg 1 3 0 0 .000 Houlahan 1 4 0 0 .000 Thomas 1 4 0 0 .000 Jasper 1 3 0 0 .000 Allen, Val 1 1 0 0 .000 MARQUIS G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Hall 1 4 2 3 .750 Difley, Gordon 3 6 3 3 .500 Guillaume, George 24 105 17 33 .314 Dougherty, Gordon 22 94 14 26 .277 Cannon, Bernard 23 82 16 21 .256 Linnell, Jim 22 71 11 18 .254 Herle, Gene 24 83 15 18 .217 Skeoch, Dalton 16 68 13 14 .206 Cannon, George 22 80 12 15 .188 Anderson, Clare 24 91 12 17 .187 Thul, Gordon 15 52 5 9 .173 Avery, Keith 5 13 2 2 .154 Thul, Ray 17 43 8 5 .116 Fitzpatrick, Bill 4 10 0 1 .100 Wazniuk 1 1 0 0 .000 McGillis 1 3 0 0 .000 Frochlich 2 2 0 0 .000 Anderson G 1 1 0 0 .000 Liepert 6 14 4 0 .000 Miller, Gord 1 1 0 0 .000 Mayer 1 3 1 0 .000 SRS = Southey Red Sox, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, AS = Assiniboia Aces, ES = Estevan Maple Leafs, MJL = Moose Jaw Lakers, WY = Weyburn Beavers, MQ = Marquis Wheat Kings SOUTHERN ALBERTA LEAGUE : Outfielder Lynn Duncan of the Medicine Hat Superiors was the offensive standout of the 1958 Southern Alberta League leading in almost every category. Duncan won the SABL batting title with a .409 average and led the loop in hits, home runs, runs scored and runs batted in. He tied with teammate Ron Mertus for the most doubles. Tom Gonzalez of Vauxhall compiled a .515 batting mark but did not achieve enough at bats to qualify for the batting crown. 110 at bats were required to qualify. Granum's Brack Bailey was the runner-up with a .378 average and he tied with Frank Amaya of Lethbridge for the lead in triples, each with 5. Amaya finished fourth in batting with a .358 average, just behind Ed Fallon of Vauxhall. Average : Lynn Duncan MH - .409 Hits : Duncan MH - 70 Doubles : Duncan MH & Ron Mertus MH - 17 Triples : Brack Bailey GR & Frank Amaya LW - 5 Home Runs : Duncan MH - 17 Runs : Duncan MH - 67 RBI : Duncan MH - 63 SOUTHERN ALBERTA FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Gonzalez, Tom VX .515 Duncan, Lynn MH 171 67 70 17 17 63 .409 Bailey, Brack GR 5 .378 Fallon, Ed VX .361 Amaya, Frank LW 170 49 61 5 4 19 28 .358 Coggins, Jim GR .349 Sztaba, Mitch LW 110 20 38 3 18 .345 Beecroft, Gord CGD .342 Hurd, Marty CGD .341 Canner, Sam LW 44 9 15 2 14 .341 Ingarfield, Earl LW 154 31 51 4 35 .331 Harmon, John VX .325 Mertus, Ron MH 179 57 17 .318 Lee, Bobby LW 144 34 45 4 25 .313 Fennessey, Bill GR .303 Risinger, Phil MH .303 Hare, Ron LTH 159 29 48 9 38 .302 Tarnava, Jocko LW 73 12 22 0 4 .301 Risinger, Don MH .292 Koentopp, Larry LW 159 34 46 3 27 .289 Lorens, Jerry CGD .282 Vaselenak, Johnny GR .276 Yanosik, Clarence LW 113 23 31 3 21 .274 Motley, Orv LW 19 0 5 0 3 .263 Duncan, Mel LW 65 11 14 3 14 .215 Stasiuk, Vic LW 44 4 9 0 4 .205 Gregory, LeRoy LW 10 1 2 0 0 .200 Welo, Vern LW 115 28 18 0 8 .157 Minjock, Ray LW 14 0 0 0 0 .000 Chavez, John LW 15 1 0 0 0 .000 VX = Vauxhall Jets, MH = Medicine Hat Superiors, LW = Lethbridge Warriors, GR = Granum White Sox, CGD = Calgary Dodgers. Pitcher and Club G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO B P ERA Neal, Tilbert CG 98 Marquardt, Doug VX 13 6 70 Canner, Sam LB 8 9 3 Bolingbroke, Bob MH 8 7 2 Whitmore, Jim MH 6 Walasko, Willie GR 6 Hubbard, Mel MH 119 Innings pitched: Neal, Calgary, 97 2/3 Games started: Marquardt, Vauxhall, 13 Complete games: Canner, Lethbridge & Bolingbroke, Medicine Hat, 8 Wins: Canner, 9 Losses: Marquardt, Whitmore, Medicine Hat & Walasko, Granum, 6 Pitching pct: Bolingbroke, 7-2 .777, Canner, 9-3 .750 Strikeouts: Hubbard, Medicine Hat, 119 Walks: Marquardt, 70 BASIN LEAGUE : (Coverage from The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, Huron, S.D., Tuesday, August 28, 1958) Ransom Records .418 Mark; Thies Second in E.R.A.; Third in Whiffs MITCHELL -- Jim Ransom of the Valentine Hears was the only Basin League player to finish the season with a batting average higher than .400 as he wound up knocking the ball at a .418 clip for the season, according to official league statistics. Ransom's closest competitor was teammate John Feldman who had a .376 average for the season. Two Pierre players, John Herrnstein and Ted Schrieber finished the season with a rush and wound up with .355 and .361 respectively. A three-way tie developed for the doubles honor. Ted Schrieber, Pierre, Hank Paskiewicz of Rapid City and Billy Wells of Valentine tied for the doubles lead with 15 each. Wells also finished ahead of the field in the runs batted in department with a total of 51. Don Betzen of Valentine was the winningest hurler in the league as he compiled a 8-2 mark for the season. Dick Radatz of Watertown had 107 strikeouts to lead the league. Frank Carpin of Mitchell was second with 95. Dick Weigand of Rapid City led the pitchers in the earned run averages with a 2.19 average for the season. Dave Thies of Huron posted a 2.66 mark. All statistics are based on all games completed in the Basin League during the season except three which were not reported. There were two games which were scheduled but were not played because of postponement. Average : Jim Ransom VH - .418 Doubles : Ted Schrieber PC, Hank Paskiewicz RCC & Billy Wells - 15 Triples : Paskiewicz RCC - 4 Home Runs : Gene Duffy MK - 14 RBI : Billy Wells VH - 51 BASIN LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Ransom, Jim VH .418 Feldman, John VH 12 .376 Schrieber, Ted PC 15 3 .361 Herrnstein, John PC .355 Kiddy, Allen VH 3 .352 VanDeHey, Len HU .346 Blash, George WLS 11 .344 Quayle, Don RCC 39 .339 Boiko, Fred PC .328 Raehse, Bill PC 11 .326 Goldy, Purn WLS 3 .323 Paylor, Carl PC .320 Plaster, Glen RCC .319 Paskiewicz, Hank RCC 15 4 Wells, Billy VH 15 13 51 Duffy, Gene MK 14 Robinson, Vince MK 12 45 Charles, Herman YT 14 41 Staab, Ed YT 13 Juelke, Connie HU 3 VH = Valentine Hearts, RCC = Rapid City Chiefs, HU - Huron Jims, YT = Yankton Terrys, WLS - Watertown Lake Sox, MK = Mitchell Kernels, PC = Pierre Cowboys PITCHING: Don Betzen, Valentine 8-2 Jake Tarr, Huron 3-1 Hank Hamrick, Pierre 4-2 Darrell Read, Yankton 6-3 Harlan Dalluge, Rapid City 4-3 Dick Atkinson, Mitchell 3-2 STRIKEOUTS: Dick Radatz, Watertown 107 Frank Carpin, Mitchell 95 Dave Thies, Huron 76 Charlie Pieper, Watertown 73 Dick Weigand, Rapid City 2.19 Dave Thies, Huron 2.66 Dick Radatz, Watertown 2.70 Craig Anderson, Pierre 3.00 Jack Hale, Valentine 3.20 (The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN also carried a column by Dick Wood on the release of the final statistics.) The Basin League season was a hectic one this summer and toward the end of the year it would have taken an official scorekeeper, working full time at the job, to keep up with the off-the-field disputes. The column frankly got a little sick of the whole thing and completely ignored a couple of beauts, including a hassle between Pierre and Rapid City over post-season playoffs. But elsewhere on this page is printed the final "official" Basin League statistics as released by the league office at Mitchell and we've simply got to take issue with several points There are several places in which figures for the Huron Jims in the official statistics differ sharply from those posted by official scorer Milt Pronk. Monday night, with Pronk's records at our disposal, we spent a couple of hours checking the marks given us by Milt. And after that session we can truthfully say that anyone who tries to find anything wrong with the meticulous records kept by Pronk is in for a frustrating experience. Therefore, convinced of the accuracy of the Huron team records, we shall proceed to take issue with the marks released by the Basin League office. It should be pointed out that the Huron team records are based on official scoresheets from both home and road games and include league games only, the same basis the official league records are based on. First of all the league records show Len Van De Hey with a .346 average while the Huron ace actually had a .351 mark. Van De Hey's two-base hit total is not listed in the league records but his total is not listed in the league records but his total of 14 should have been good enough to tie him with Herman Charles of Yankton for fourth place in league standings. And there's Andy Swota's earned run average. The veteran left-hander actually posted a 2.29 mark which would place him second in the league in that department. But league records don't even mention this figure. Also unmentioned is Jake Tarr's 1.42 E.R.A. in 31 1/3 innings. It's possible Tarr did not work enough innings to receive mention in this department but we've never seen any minimum or maximum set up on this sort of thing. Also slighted badly by the league office was the slugging performance of Jim's first baseman Carl Bush. Bush slammed 14 home runs, which ties him for first place and had 44 runs batted in, good for third place in the league standings, yet neither figure is mentioned by the league office. In all fairness to the league office it must be pointed out that there are a couple of possible reasons for these omissions. One is, of course, the human error in keeping such a maze of records. But more likely is the possibility that some scoresheets of Jims road games were not properly delivered to the league office. This is just another example of the weakness of a league office that's run on a part-time basis. We're not, at this particular moment, taking any slam at the individuals in the loop office this year but rather the setup as a whole which sees several public spirited citizens trying to do a full time job in their spare time. It's high time the Basin League quit trying to furnish big-time baseball with bush league front office methods.