1959 Amarillo Gold Sox Roster
Team Record: 75-71
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Barney Lutz (0-0), George Staller (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 80,154, Avg. 1,098
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.
The Gold Sox led the league with 814 runs. Amarillo yielded 685 runs. Alfred Nagel paced the team with 27 home runs, and Hank Moreno walloped 15 or more, too. Alfred Nagel drove in 123 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .344 clip. Leigh Lawrence paced the squad with 14 wins, while Gerald Neal recorded a 3.33 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ron Moeller, Tom Patton, Jerry Adair, Steve Barber, Art Quirk, Bo Belinsky, Dave Nicholson, Angelo Dagres, Spider Wilhelm, Gordie Sundin, Charlie Beamon and Buster Narum.
Barney Lutz and George Staller served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Adair | R | R | December 17, 1936 | 6'0" | 175 | Sand Springs, OK US |
| Pete Anthony | R | R | May 10, 1936 | 6'0" | 185 | Astoria, NY US |
| Joe Arenivar | L | L | October 1, 1933 | 5'10" | 180 | |
| Steve Barber | L | L | February 22, 1938 | 6'0" | 195 | Takoma Park, MD US |
| Bert Barth | R | R | July 8, 1938 | 6'3" | 208 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Charlie Beamon | R | R | December 25, 1934 | 5'11" | 195 | Oakland, CA US |
| Bo Belinsky | L | L | December 7, 1936 | 6'2" | 191 | New York, NY US |
| Garland Brill | R | R | July 10, 1930 | 6'0" | 175 | Arlington, VA US |
| Donald Bruns | R | R | October 17, 1933 | 6'2" | 185 | |
| Angelo Dagres | L | L | August 22, 1934 | 5'11" | 175 | Newburyport, MA US |
| Bill Dietrich | R | R | November 19, 1934 | 6'2" | 195 | Philadelphia, PA US |
| Dick Ewin | L | L | September 20, 1938 | 5'10" | 183 | |
| George Gaffney | R | R | September 3, 1935 | 6'3" | 185 | |
| Granny Gladstone | R | R | January 26, 1925 | 5'11" | 172 | Panama Canal Zone, PA |
| William Hain | R | R | January 9, 1934 | 6'3" | 195 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Roger Herrscher | R | December 15, 1932 | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| James Johnson | R | R | September 13, 1935 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Bill Lajoie | L | L | June 27, 1934 | 6'0" | 180 | Wyandotte, MI US |
| Guy Lavalliere | R | R | December 31, 1931 | 5'8" | 200 | |
| Leigh Lawrence | R | R | November 1, 1933 | 6'3" | 200 | Godfrey, IL US |
| Robert Maness | R | 5'9" | 170 | |||
| Jim Miller | L | L | September 21, 1928 | 6'1" | 160 | Doylestown, PA US |
| Ron Moeller | L | L | October 13, 1938 | 6'0" | 180 | Cincinnati, OH US |
| Hank Moreno | R | R | May 2, 1933 | 5'9" | 170 | |
| Alfred Nagel | R | R | May 30, 1933 | 6'0" | 180 | Marshall, MI US |
| Buster Narum | R | R | November 16, 1940 | 6'1" | 194 | Philadelphia, PA US |
| Gerald Neal | R | R | June 12, 1937 | 6'1" | 192 | Lafayette, IN US |
| Dave Nicholson | R | R | August 29, 1939 | 6'2" | 215 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Alfred Paschal | R | R | October 30, 1934 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Tom Patton | R | R | September 5, 1935 | 5'9" | 185 | Honey Brook, PA US |
| Gale Pringle | R | R | January 20, 1922 | 6'2" | 180 | Hollis, OK US |
| Art Quirk | R | L | April 11, 1937 | 5'11" | 170 | Providence, RI US |
| Cal Ripken | R | R | December 17, 1935 | 5'11" | 175 | Aberdeen, MD US |
| Rolf Scheel | R | R | July 15, 1932 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Fern Smathers | R | R | March 16, 1934 | 5'11" | 185 | |
| Charlie Smiley | L | L | November 1, 1935 | 6'0" | 190 | Danville, VA US |
| Gordie Sundin | R | R | October 10, 1937 | 6'4" | 215 | Minneapolis, MN US |
| Charles Symeon | R | R | August 9, 1936 | 6'0" | 175 | Stamford, CT US |
| Pat Utley | R | R | 6'4" | 208 | ||
| Mike Warnitsky | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Malcolm Warren | L | R | April 2, 1937 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Spider Wilhelm | R | R | May 23, 1929 | 5'9" | 170 | Baltimore, MD US |
| Raynor Youngdahl | R | R | September 30, 1938 | 6'3" | 195 |
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.
