1959 Waterloo Hawks Roster
Team Record: 76-48
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Elmer Yoter (76-48)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 67,260, Avg. 1,085
The Waterloo Hawks of the Midwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 76 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the MWL.
The Hawks topped the league with just 523 runs allowed. Waterloo scored 695 runs. Bo Toft paced the squad with 14 home runs Robert Fidler drove in 105 runs. Bo Toft topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .331. Daniel Wooden and Galen Cisco led the team with 15 wins each, while Galen Cisco recorded a 2.23 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Waterloo Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Galen Cisco, Mike Page and Ted Schreiber.
Elmer Yoter served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harley Anderson | R | R | October 19, 1939 | 5'11" | 170 | |
| Gene Beard | R | R | November 5, 1938 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Robert Blackford | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Galen Cisco | R | R | March 7, 1936 | 6'0" | 200 | St. Marys, OH US |
| Edward Coleman | R | R | May 21, 1940 | 6'2" | 175 | |
| Wayne Coughtry | R | R | July 27, 1937 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Charles Daily | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | ||
| Joseph DeCandido | R | R | May 25, 1937 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Junior Dowdy | R | R | February 27, 1938 | 6'3" | 175 | |
| Robert Fidler | R | R | July 16, 1935 | 6'2" | 175 | |
| James Fox | L | L | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| Raymond Geiser | L | L | October 18, 1938 | 6'0" | 185 | |
| William Halter | L | L | January 10, 1938 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| William Hardy | R | R | January 19, 1936 | 6'1" | 170 | |
| William Housewright | L | R | 6'2" | 185 | ||
| Richard Johnson | R | R | July 27, 1936 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Butler Jones | R | L | January 1, 1934 | 6'4" | 195 | Sardis, NY US |
| Tommy Kraus | R | R | March 7, 1936 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| William Lister | L | R | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| Gerald Lorek | L | L | 6'3" | 195 | ||
| Robert Mattson | L | 6'0" | 170 | |||
| John McCartney | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Hub McCoy | R | R | June 25, 1940 | 6'4" | 189 | |
| Robert Mendoza | R | 6'2" | 190 | |||
| Robert Mirer | R | R | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| David Mullins | R | R | August 20, 1936 | 6'4" | 185 | Carswell, WV US |
| Mike Page | L | R | July 12, 1940 | 6'2" | 210 | Woodruff, SC US |
| James Penny | R | R | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| Kelly Pigue | R | 6'3" | 185 | |||
| Arnold Rowland | R | R | 6'2" | 200 | ||
| Ted Schreiber | R | R | July 11, 1938 | 5'11" | 175 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Larry Smoot | R | R | August 15, 1940 | 6'2" | 175 | Alameda, CA US |
| Ronald Thompson | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | ||
| Bo Toft | R | R | June 21, 1936 | 5'1" | 190 | St. Louis, MO US |
| William Vander Laan | R | R | 6'3" | 182 | ||
| Robert Wheeler | R | R | 6'5" | 185 | ||
| Daniel Wooden | L | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Don Yurgec | L | R | March 12, 1939 | 5'10" | 170 |
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.
