1959 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 56-96
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Hubert Bates (0-0), Bob Montag (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 71,139, Avg. 936

1959 Atlanta Crackers Roster

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 56 wins and 96 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.

The Crackers scored 605 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 813 runs, most in the circuit. Emil Panko paced Atlanta with 18 home runs, and Em Lindbeck walloped 15 or more, too. Em Lindbeck drove in 67 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .284. Ray Rippelmeyer led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.21 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

John DeMerit, Al Federoff, Jack McMahan, Ray Shearer, Ed Stevens, Claude Raymond, Bob Ross, Bob Hendley, Guy Morton, Bob Uecker, Em Lindbeck, Bob Talbot, Leo Cristante, Chuck Coles, Corky Valentine, Ray Rippelmeyer and Hawk Taylor were all players from the 1959 Atlanta Crackers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Hubert Bates and Bob Montag 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
Ray Rippelmeyer	11	12	.478	3.21	23	23		19	1		188.0	191	87	67	22	54	6	91	8	0	2
Leo Cristante	5	9	.357	5.30	26	14		5	1		107.0	139	71	63	14	39	4	47	0	0	2
Dale Hendrickson	5	10	.333	4.20	36	20		5	0		133.0	145	89	62	4	114	10	98	2	0	7
Corky Valentine	4	3	.571	4.24	36	3		0	0		104.0	131	66	49	7	45	7	58	5	0	2
Bob Hendley	4	6	.400	5.02	13	10		4	1		61.0	61	39	34	6	31	1	42	2	0	3
Claude Raymond	4	7	.364	2.03	37	9		5	2		111.0	91	38	25	6	47	7	101	2	0	3
Harold DeMars	3	7	.300	6.52	18	13		2	0		69.0	80	54	50	6	50	3	57	8	0	7
Gerry Nelson	3	9	.250	5.18	15	12		4	0		80.0	87	52	46	8	37	1	51	2	0	6
Bob Ross	2	2	.500	5.34	10	4		1	0		32.0	41	23	19	4	20	1	21	1	0	3
Jack Hannah	2	3	.400	5.52	10	8		1	0		44.0	56	31	27	3	30	2	28	0	0	4
Jack Roberts	2	6	.250	3.20	29	3		1	0		76.0	74	40	27	6	46	5	41	4	1	8
Jack McMahan	1	0	1.000		9						0.0
Wendell Doss	1	0	1.000		12						0.0
Ross Carter	1	4	.200		8						0.0
Max Simmons					14						0.0
Jim Post	0	0			4						0.0
Guy Morton					3						0.0
Edward Banach	0	0			4						0.0
Charles Kolakowski					22						0.0
Michael Marinko	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Bill Hamilton	0	2	.000		9						0.0
Totals	48	81	.372	4.20	344	119	0	47	5	0	1005.0	1096	590	469	86	513	47	635	34	1	47	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
Em Lindbeck	137	566	514	70	146	28	8	17	67	7		42	88	.284	.339	.469	.808	241		3	3	4	5
Bob Talbot	114	465	443	55	121	14	4	6	39	12		16	28	.273	.298	.363	.661	161		1	2	3	1
Brent Holder	115	491	445	59	121	12	2	10	57	6		39	43	.272	.329	.375	.705	167		1	2	4	2
Bob Hartsfield	131	504	441	62	114	20	3	6	51	8		58	58	.259	.345	.358	.703	158		1	2	2	8
Al Federoff	119	472	407	34	113	7	3	4	40	1		48	17	.278	.361	.339	.700	138		8	4	5	3
Hawk Taylor	99	367	337	32	100	23	0	4	36	2		23	33	.297	.347	.401	.748	135		4	1	2	2
Emil Panko	97	384	328	52	87	10	1	18	57	0		45	51	.265	.359	.466	.826	153		6	0	5	3
Ray Rippelmeyer	67	155	132	19	36	7	0	5	17	0		16	36	.273	.355	.439	.795	58		2	3	2	0
Jack Baumer	59	207	164	33	36	6	0	9	24	1		35	35	.220	.368	.421	.788	69		4	3	1	2
Robert Jacobs	53	208	184	21	36	10	0	2	11	5		20	37	.196	.285	.283	.568	52		3	1	0	1
Larry Click	25	105	95	7	27	7	0	0	10	3		10	20	.284	.352	.358	.710	34		0	0	0	0
Maurice Lerner	22	89	76	7	18	2	2	0	6	5		12	6	.237	.341	.316	.657	24		0	1	0	1
Bill Moss	29	103	84	20	18	2	0	2	4	0		14	19	.214	.343	.310	.653	26		3	1	1	2
Claude Raymond	46	57	52	4	17	3	0	0	4	0		2	11	.327	.345	.385	.730	20		0	2	1	0
Bob Uecker	26	87	77	6	17	8	2	1	16	0		10	21	.221	.310	.416	.726	32		0	0	0	3
John DeMerit	9	28	28		7									.250	.250	.250	.500	7
Corky Valentine	36	37	34	3	6	2	0	0	0	0		2	16	.176	.222	.235	.458	8		0	1	0	0
Dale Hendrickson	37	46	43	1	6	0	0	0	3	1		1	10	.140	.156	.140	.295	6		0	1	1	0
Bob Hendley	16	23	20	6	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	0	.250	.318	.250	.568	5		0	1	0	0
Bob Warner	8	27	27		5									.185	.185	.185	.370	5
Bob Ross	10	10	10	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	4		0	0	0	0
Jack Roberts	29	22	19	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		3	9	.211	.318	.211	.529	4		0	0	0	0
Bob Montag	17	26	21	3	4	0	0	1	1	0		5	6	.190	.346	.333	.679	7		0	0	0	0
Don Ganus	14	30	28	2	4	0	0	0	3	0		2	3	.143	.200	.143	.343	4		0	0	0	0
Jack Hannah	10	17	15	3	3	0	0	0	3	0		2	4	.200	.294	.200	.494	3		0	0	0	0
Harold DeMars	20	25	18	4	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	5	.167	.318	.167	.485	3		0	3	0	0
Gerry Nelson	15	31	25	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		3	10	.120	.214	.160	.374	4		0	3	0	0
Leo Cristante	27	39	33	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	13	.091	.189	.091	.280	3		0	2	0	0
J. W. Jones	3	2	2		2									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2
Michael Marinko	6	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Bill Hamilton	9	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Wendell Doss	12	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	0	0	0
Ross Carter	8	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Delfino	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack McMahan	9	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Liptak	4	12	12		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1439	4662	4140	508	1071	162	25	85	459	51	0	419	584	.259	.330	.371	.701	1538	0	36	36	31	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Moss	1B	27	212	13	3	30	.987	8.333
Al Federoff	2B	55	140	189	10	46	.971	5.982
Robert Jacobs	2B	52	106	156	10	34	.963	5.038
Bob Hartsfield	2B	31	62	87	8	21	.949	4.806
Maurice Lerner	2B	20	43	65	6	19	.947	5.400
Jack Baumer	3B	54	45	100	13	18	.918	2.685
Bob Hartsfield	3B	49	46	68	10	9	.919	2.327
Al Federoff	3B	20	11	28	1	1	.975	1.950
Brent Holder	3B	17	13	29	3	6	.933	2.471
Hawk Taylor	C	56	326	24	12	11	.967	6.250	9
Bob Uecker	C	20	126	10	3	3	.978	6.800	2
Em Lindbeck	OF	136	203	15	14	2	.940	1.603
Bob Talbot	OF	111	258	9	2	2	.993	2.405
Emil Panko	OF	95	147	6	6	0	.962	1.611
Hawk Taylor	OF	43	78	1	2	0	.975	1.837
Larry Click	OF	23	59	2	6	1	.910	2.652
Bob Hartsfield	OF	15	19	2	1	1	.955	1.400
Claude Raymond	P	37	6	7	3	1	.812	.351
Corky Valentine	P	36	12	14	1	0	.963	.722
Dale Hendrickson	P	36	11	25	3	1	.923	1.000
Jack Roberts	P	29	6	7	2	0	.867	.448
Leo Cristante	P	26	7	10	2	0	.895	.654
Ray Rippelmeyer	P	23	19	50	5	4	.932	3.000
Charles Kolakowski	P	22						.000
Harold DeMars	P	18	3	10	0	0	1.000	.722
Gerry Nelson	P	15	7	16	1	2	.958	1.533
Bob Hendley	P	13	2	14	2	3	.889	1.231
Wendell Doss	P	12	3	5	1	2	.889	.667
Bob Ross	P	10	1	6	0	2	1.000	.700
Jack Hannah	P	10	3	4	0	0	1.000	.700
Jack McMahan	P	9						.000
Bill Hamilton	P	9						.000
Ross Carter	P	8						.000
Michael Marinko	P	6						.000
Edward Banach	P	4						.000
Guy Morton	P	3						.000
Brent Holder	SS	97	192	246	22	57	.952	4.515
Al Federoff	SS	38	77	110	18	26	.912	4.921
Bob Hartsfield	SS	17	31	37	8	9	.895	4.000
Totals		1302	2274	1365	178	311	.953	2.795	11	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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