1958 Merchants Champions
9 August 2010
The 1958 Merchants league was a Legion league here in Ellwood City. The Championship team consisted of – 1st row L to R. Mike Ruscille, Bill Martin, Frank Ramella, Bill Beltz, Jerry Franus, Ralph Pratt – 2nd row Steve Gorzowski, Jack Choff, Ed Wigton, John Agostinelli, Windy Shumaker – 3rd row Jim Hockenberry, John Yoho, Ron Hughes – Last Row, Roy Guthrie, Stan Platek, Bill Hall, Tom Tindall, John Ungham, Jim Ammeen.
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I remember most of these guys. No wonder they won, they had two of the best pitchers in Stan Platek and Ron Hughes. And their defense and hitting would have been pretty good also. I looked up Ron Hughes when I first moved to Tampa over 30 years ago. He had pitched in the minors at Tampa with Cincinnati back in the days when the “big red machine” was being developed in the minors and had lived in Tampa for a few years after that before I heard that he had moved to California.