1959 Alpine Cowboys Statistics

Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 88-34
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Eddie Popowski (88-34)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Alpine, Texas
Ballpark: Kokemot Field
Attendance: 22,630, Avg. 371

1959 Alpine Cowboys Roster

Playoffs - Alpine Cowboys 2 games, Hobbs Cardinals 0
Finals - Alpine Cowboys 2 games, Carlsbad Potashes 0

The Alpine Cowboys of the Sophomore League ended the 1959 season with a record of 88 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the SL.

The Cowboys topped the circuit with 939 runs, fueled by 102 home runs. Alpine allowed 571 runs, least in the league. Gary Westergren paced the squad with 23 home runs Larry Vincent drove in 108 runs. Robert Stotsky topped all regular batters by hitting .344. Don Schwall recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Gary Modrell added 15 or more wins, too Gary Modrell recorded a 3.06 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1959 Alpine Cowboys who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Schwall, Guido Grilli and Chuck Schilling.

Eddie Popowski served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Don Schwall	23	6	.793	3.36	30	29		22	2		228.0	192	99	85	6	120		199	8	1	16
Gary Modrell	20	8	.714	3.06	31	28		25	2		241.0	227	100	82	16	81		162	2	0	8
Theodore Ellis	14	4	.778	3.46	22	19		14	2		143.0	147	70	55	5	55		97	1	0	10
Don Presley	10	5	.667	5.42	33	8		1	0		108.0	108	79	65	8	75		93	4	2	9
Anthony Baker	10	6	.625	4.77	21	18		9	3		134.0	134	88	71	6	73		116	4	0	10
Hugo Papstein	7	2	.778	5.64	24	12		4	2		99.0	119	68	62	12	45		53	1	0	3
Ron Judson	3	0	1.000	6.89	13	3		1	0		47.0	49	39	36	3	39		32	5	0	14
Tom Roberts	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Guido Grilli	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Brad Griffith	0	2	.000		8						0.0
Totals	88	34	.721	4.10	190	117	0	76	11	0	1000.0	976	543	456	56	488	0	752	25	3	70	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Robert Stotsky	119	572	453	132	156	24	10	14	92	24		98	90	.344	.466	.534	1.000	242	9	11	3	7
James Knerr	107	536	474	110	152	16	10	6	71	4		49	44	.321	.394	.435	.829	206	7	9	3	1
Chuck Schilling	95	447	374	111	127	34	7	13	90	9		70	32	.340	.443	.572	1.015	214	8	1	0	2
Larry Vincent	113	512	423	72	125	23	4	10	108	3		73	86	.296	.400	.440	.840	186	6	7	0	9
Ken Knutson	95	420	376	63	115	23	5	3	51	2		40	74	.306	.370	.418	.787	157	5	0	1	3
William Moniak	77	347	295	67	99	14	7	7	77	3		41	47	.336	.416	.502	.917	148	5	3	3	5
Gary Westergren	112	511	381	106	96	27	1	23	92	2		120	106	.252	.432	.509	.941	194	9	4	2	4
Tom Roberts	89	401	323	76	92	18	6	13	74	7		74	47	.285	.421	.498	.920	161	9	3	0	1
Donald Mack	48	194	153	38	51	5	3	0	31	0		39	19	.333	.464	.405	.869	62	2	0	0	2
Timothy Carroll	56	242	195	40	51	7	2	1	34	0		40	31	.262	.384	.333	.718	65	1	2	0	5
William Jensen	53	178	141	30	33	10	1	2	18	0		30	25	.234	.381	.362	.742	51	3	4	2	1
Don Schwall	34	106	96	16	24	1	5	1	16	0		8	14	.250	.305	.396	.701	38	3	0	1	1
Gary Modrell	46	134	122	14	24	4	1	4	24	0		9	42	.197	.252	.344	.596	42	0	0	3	0
Archie Skeen	33	120	103	14	23	2	2	4	18	0		15	19	.223	.333	.398	.731	41	4	2	0	0
Theodore Ellis	23	69	50	11	14	3	0	0	8	0		11	6	.280	.403	.340	.743	17	0	0	7	1
Gerald Noone	15	72	49	7	10	0	1	0	9	1		23	13	.204	.458	.245	.703	12	1	0	0	0
Hugo Papstein	24	42	33	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		4	4	.182	.270	.182	.452	6	1	0	5	0
John Gould	11	42	37	5	5	1	0	1	12	0		5	11	.135	.238	.243	.481	9	0	0	0	0
Don Presley	33	43	31	10	4	1	0	0	1	0		7	12	.129	.308	.161	.469	5	0	1	4	0
Anthony Baker	21	64	44	8	3	0	0	0	2	0		14	21	.068	.288	.068	.356	3	2	0	5	1
Brad Griffith	8	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Gary Hess	2	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
William Lister	7	15	15		2									.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Ron Judson	13	20	17	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	.118	.250	.118	.368	2	0	0	0	0
Guido Grilli	4	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Totals	1238	5099	4197	935	1219	213	65	102	830	55	0	773	747	.290	.403	.445	.848	1868	75	47	39	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ken Knutson	1B	88	761	32	15	86	.981	9.011
Tom Roberts	1B	17	154	6	4	14	.976	9.412
William Jensen	1B	16	121	7	3	17	.977	8.000
Chuck Schilling	2B	90	217	246	17	78	.965	5.144
Donald Mack	2B	21	48	45	7	12	.930	4.429
Gerald Noone	2B	15	44	33	4	5	.951	5.133
Gary Westergren	3B	111	85	238	23	33	.934	2.910
Timothy Carroll	C	55	367	35	3	4	.993	7.309	5
Tom Roberts	C	40	251	23	6	3	.979	6.850	3
Archie Skeen	C	28	151	9	2	1	.988	5.714	2
Robert Stotsky	OF	119	271	14	5	4	.983	2.395
Larry Vincent	OF	113	119	5	16	0	.886	1.097
William Moniak	OF	77	126	7	7	0	.950	1.727
Tom Roberts	OF	29	41	2	2	1	.956	1.483
William Jensen	OF	23	26	2	3	0	.903	1.217
John Gould	OF	10	11	0	2	0	.846	1.100
Don Presley	P	33	1	10	4	0	.733	.333
Gary Modrell	P	31	7	53	4	1	.938	1.935
Don Schwall	P	30	14	50	4	3	.941	2.133
Hugo Papstein	P	24	3	13	1	0	.941	.667
Theodore Ellis	P	22	2	31	4	4	.892	1.500
Anthony Baker	P	21	2	19	1	3	.955	1.000
Ron Judson	P	13	1	15	0	1	1.000	1.231
Brad Griffith	P	8						.000
Tom Roberts	P	4						.000
Guido Grilli	P	4						.000
James Knerr	SS	107	176	385	41	87	.932	5.243
Donald Mack	SS	10	10	22	4	5	.889	3.200
Totals		1159	3009	1302	182	362	.959	3.720	10	0	0

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.

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