Holyoke Purple Knights
League: American League
Division: N/A
Team Initials: HOL
Micro Manager: Tony Soprano
Owner Name: Brian Whitacre
All Time Record: 1957 - Current, 48-106, .312 (Playoffs: 0-0, .000)
Previous Franchise:  Joplin Miners (JOP), 1947 - 1957
Trophy Case: 
 1+ Years In League

 
Majors Roster: 40 (25/15) - 1958 Season
Team WAR: 13.2 (5.5 H / 7.7 P)

POS D TH B PLAYER NAME AGE AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS WAR PR
VIEW
C+ 6 -3 R Gene Green 25 .281 .333 .423 .756 137 489 442 47 124 18 3 13 55 2 1 1.1 703
C 7 0 R Darrell Johnson 29 .250 .250 .250 .500 5 16 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 930
C+ 6 -3 R Jay Porter 25 .200 .284 .353 .637 40 96 85 13 17 1 0 4 19 0 0 0.0 150
C 7 3 R Hal R. Smith 27 .227 .272 .268 .541 77 238 220 13 50 4 1 1 24 0 0 -0.6 930
1B+ 3 26 L Julio Becquer 26 .238 .270 .256 .526 86 176 164 10 39 3 0 0 12 1 2 -0.4 930
1B 2 26 R Steve Bilko 29 .234 .295 .479 .774 78 210 188 25 44 5 4 11 35 0 0 0.3 325
1B 3 32 R Orlando Cepeda 20 .312 .342 .512 .854 148 643 603 88 188 38 4 25 96 15 11 3.1 930
1B 2 25 L Gail Harris 26 .273 .328 .481 .809 134 498 451 63 123 18 8 20 82 1 2 2.0 719
2B+ 6 31 R Mike Baxes 27 .212 .286 .264 .550 73 257 231 31 49 10 1 0 8 1 6 -1.3 930
3B+ 4 32 L Fred Hatfield 33 .111 .200 .111 .311 6 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -0.3 930
3B+ 4 36 R Brooks Robinson 21 .238 .292 .305 .597 145 507 463 31 110 16 3 3 32 1 2 -0.4 930
SS+ 8 32 R Jerry Adair 21 .105 .150 .105 .255 11 20 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 930
SS+ 7 30 R Foster Castleman 27 .170 .242 .240 .482 98 223 200 15 34 5 0 3 14 2 0 -1.1 930
SS+ 7 33 R Billy Hunter 30 .185 .254 .278 .532 98 280 248 27 46 11 3 2 20 5 2 -0.4 930
SS+ 8 32 L Tony Kubek 22 .265 .295 .317 .612 138 597 559 66 148 21 1 2 48 5 4 2.7 857
OF 1 31 R Jim Bolger 26 .225 .285 .300 .585 84 131 120 15 27 4 1 1 11 0 1 -0.1 930
OF+ 1 30 L Neil Chrisley 26 .215 .265 .343 .608 105 251 233 19 50 7 4 5 26 1 3 -1.0 411
OF 1 28 L Bob Martyn 27 .261 .336 .394 .730 95 254 226 25 59 10 7 2 23 1 4 0.6 416
OF 2 31 L Irv Noren 33 .264 .327 .393 .720 117 196 178 24 47 9 1 4 22 0 1 0.0 308
OF 1 27 L Norm Siebern 24 .300 .388 .454 .842 134 532 460 79 138 19 5 14 55 5 8 4.8 772
OF 2 35 R Bobby Gene Smith 24 .284 .304 .386 .691 28 92 88 8 25 3 0 2 5 1 0 -0.3 144
OF 2 32 R Willie Tasby 25 .200 .310 .320 .630 18 58 50 6 10 3 0 1 1 1 1 -0.1 92
OF 2 33 R Bill Tuttle 28 .231 .327 .358 .685 148 594 511 77 118 14 9 11 51 7 9 -0.3 858
OF 1 26 L Bob Will 26 .250 .500 .250 .750 6 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 9
DNP       Ron Samford                                    

POS TH PLAYER NAME AGE SG RG CTRL W L SV G GS ERA WHIP IP H HR BB K K/9 MBF WAR VIEW
SP L Dick Ellsworth 18 1   W 0 1 0 1 1 15.43 3.00 2.1 4 0 3 0 0.0 20 -0.2
SP L John Fitzgerald 24 2   XY M 0 0 0 1 1 3.00 0.67 3.0 1 1 1 3 9.0 16 0.1
SP R Ruben Gomez 30 5   Y 10 12 1 42 30 4.38 1.35 207.2 204 21 77 112 4.9 1003 1.2
SP R Mudcat Grant 22 8   YW 10 11 5 44 28 3.84 1.36 204.0 173 20 104 111 4.9 979 1.6
SP R Bob Grim 28 6 8 7 7 0 37 14 3.81 1.39 130.0 130 10 51 65 4.5 633 0.8
SP R Jay Hook 21 1   XYW M 0 1 0 1 1 12.00 1.67 3.0 3 2 2 5 15.0 19 -0.2
SP L Sandy Koufax 22 6   XW 11 11 1 40 26 4.48 1.49 158.2 132 19 105 131 7.4 785 1.2
SP R Johnny Kucks 25 5 6 8 8 4 34 15 3.93 1.36 126.0 132 14 39 46 3.3 611 -0.8
SP R Billy Loes 28 7 9 3 9 6 32 10 3.63 1.32 114.0 106 10 44 44 3.5 550 1.3
SP R Herb Moford 29 8 9 Y 4 9 1 25 11 3.61 1.14 109.2 83 10 42 58 4.8 509 1.6
SP R Ramon Monzant 25 4   Y L 8 11 1 43 16 4.72 1.44 150.2 160 20 57 93 5.6 743 -0.2
SP R Tom Morgan 28 4 10 YZ 2 5 1 39 1 3.16 1.18 62.2 70 7 4 32 4.6 289 0.7
SP R Curt Raydon 24 10   Y L 8 4 1 31 20 3.62 1.33 134.1 118 18 61 85 5.7 646 0.9
RP R Larry Sherry 22   1 W 0 0 0 5 0 12.46 3.92 4.1 10 0 7 2 4.2 37 -0.3
DNP   Luis Arroyo                                      

Draft Picks Owned (17)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
1959 HOL Annual Draft #1  
1959 COO Annual Draft #2 1958.2
1959 HOL Annual Draft #2  
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