1959 Raleigh Capitals Roster
Team Record: 78-52
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Kenneth Deal (78-52)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Ballpark: Devereux Meadow Park
Attendance: 51,278, Avg. 789
Playoffs - Raleigh Capitals 2 games, Winston-Salem Red Birds 0 - Series reduced to best of 3 because of rain
Finals - Wilson Tobs 4 games, Raleigh Capitals 0
The Raleigh Capitals of the Carolina League ended the 1959 season with a record of 78 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Capitals scored 724 runs and surrendered 663 runs. George Lewis led Raleigh with 17 home runs, and Carl Yastrzemski walloped 15 or more also. Carl Yastrzemski accounted for 100 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .377. Bill Spanswick paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.49 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Carl Yastrzemski, Al Moran, Dick Radatz, Russ Gibson, Chuck Schilling, Bill Spanswick, Merlin Nippert and Galen Cisco were all players from the 1959 Raleigh Capitals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Kenneth Deal served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Agosta | R | R | August 10, 1933 | 5'10" | 150 | Sacramento, CA US |
| Anthony Baker | L | L | June 25, 1938 | 6'0" | 190 | |
| Norman Bernard | L | L | February 23, 1937 | 5'11" | 155 | |
| Edwin Binder | R | R | September 20, 1936 | 6'2" | 185 | |
| Galen Cisco | R | R | March 7, 1936 | 6'0" | 200 | St. Marys, OH US |
| Wayne Coughtry | R | R | July 27, 1937 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Charles Daily | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | ||
| Kenneth Deal | R | R | August 30, 1927 | 6'2" | 174 | Gastonia, NC US |
| Gale Dennis | R | R | October 12, 1936 | 6'2" | 175 | |
| Robert Doig | R | L | May 7, 1935 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Theodore Ellis | R | R | 6'3" | 180 | ||
| Robert Fidler | R | R | July 16, 1935 | 6'2" | 175 | |
| Russ Gibson | R | R | May 6, 1939 | 6'1" | 195 | Fall River, MA US |
| Dick Hergenrader | R | R | September 13, 1938 | 5'11" | 175 | |
| Warren Hodgdon | L | L | 6'2" | 185 | ||
| Harold Holland | L | L | 6'0" | 195 | ||
| Walter Judd | R | R | August 17, 1934 | 6'2" | 205 | Albany, NY US |
| James Knerr | R | R | 5'11" | 160 | ||
| George Lewis | L | L | 5'10" | 146 | ||
| John McCartney | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Al Moran | R | R | December 5, 1938 | 6'1" | 190 | Detroit, MI US |
| Walt Napier | L | L | October 15, 1935 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Merlin Nippert | R | R | September 1, 1938 | 6'1" | 175 | Mangum, OK US |
| Hugo Papstein | R | R | 6'5" | 200 | ||
| Walt Payne | R | R | June 5, 1936 | 6'0" | 180 | Stockton, CA US |
| Dick Radatz | R | R | April 2, 1937 | 6'6" | 230 | Detroit, MI US |
| Dean Robbins | R | R | 6'4" | 190 | ||
| Tom Roberts | R | R | 5'11" | 193 | ||
| Chuck Schilling | R | R | October 25, 1937 | 5'10" | 160 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Jerry Siegert | L | L | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Bill Spanswick | L | L | July 8, 1938 | 6'3" | 195 | Springfield, MA US |
| Ben Tench | R | R | January 20, 1933 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Joseph Theis | R | R | July 19, 1936 | 5'10" | 185 | Bloomington, IL US |
| Jack Thomas | R | R | June 2, 1931 | 6'4" | 205 | Greensboro, NC US |
| Roy Tinney | L | L | May 22, 1932 | 6'3" | 190 | Altus, OK US |
| Bo Toft | R | R | June 21, 1936 | 5'1" | 190 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Daniel Wooden | L | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Carl Yastrzemski | L | R | August 22, 1939 | 5'11" | 175 | Southampton, NY US |
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.
