1959 Austin Senators Statistics
Team Record: 80-66
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Ernie White (80-66)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Austin, Texas
Ballpark: Disch-Falk Field
Attendance: 101,847, Avg. 1,395
Playoffs - Austin Senators 2 games, Tulsa Oilers 1
Finals - Austin Senators 3 games, San Antonio Missions 0
The Austin Senators of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 80 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the TL.
The Senators surrendered 613 runs, least in the league. Austin plated 687 runs. William Thompson paced the squad with 22 home runs, while Billy Shields and Chuck Buheller walloped 15 or more, too. Chuck Buheller accounted for 92 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .333. Charlie Gorin led the team with 16 wins, and Jack Caffery recorded a 2.14 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Nat Peeples, Bob Hendley, Ron Henry, Charlie Gorin, Howie Bedell, Don Leppert, Chi-Chi Olivo, Rick Herrscher and Bobby Knoop were all players from the 1959 Austin Senators who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Ernie White served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Gorin | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.96 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 219.0 | 188 | 86 | 72 | 18 | 92 | 4 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Antonio Diaz | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.71 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 194.0 | 205 | 95 | 80 | 9 | 68 | 10 | 107 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Bob Hendley | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.95 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 146.3 | 127 | 55 | 48 | 9 | 65 | 4 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ernie Christoff | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.02 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 168.0 | 152 | 91 | 75 | 5 | 92 | 4 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jack Caffery | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.14 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 118.0 | 88 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 45 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Holmes | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.73 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 169.0 | 166 | 88 | 70 | 11 | 73 | 5 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ross Carter | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.91 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 105.0 | 87 | 56 | 34 | 7 | 48 | 5 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Edward Kambour | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.35 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Paul Cave | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Hannah | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 47 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert Cleboski | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.92 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 42 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold DeMars | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Shields | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Stoico | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 66 | .548 | 3.53 | 306 | 146 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 0 | 1220.3 | 1140 | 578 | 479 | 80 | 509 | 38 | 652 | 37 | 3 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Bedell | 146 | 677 | 640 | 98 | 194 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 63 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 30 | .303 | .329 | .398 | .728 | 255 | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Buheller | 139 | 566 | 513 | 75 | 171 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 54 | .333 | .373 | .478 | .851 | 245 | 8 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Bobby Knoop | 146 | 591 | 549 | 44 | 145 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 93 | .264 | .310 | .348 | .658 | 191 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| William Thompson | 139 | 568 | 487 | 82 | 136 | 18 | 7 | 22 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 61 | .279 | .366 | .480 | .846 | 234 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Rick Herrscher | 140 | 572 | 484 | 71 | 132 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 46 | .273 | .362 | .384 | .746 | 186 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Pepper Thomas | 140 | 628 | 533 | 93 | 131 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 77 | 82 | .246 | .343 | .328 | .671 | 175 | 3 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Billy Shields | 117 | 489 | 429 | 76 | 123 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 56 | .287 | .358 | .471 | .829 | 202 | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||
| James Callaway | 104 | 356 | 312 | 34 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 14 | .279 | .360 | .353 | .712 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ron Henry | 47 | 167 | 147 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .272 | .335 | .395 | .730 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| J. W. Jones | 38 | 66 | 59 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .288 | .344 | .305 | .649 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Diaz | 39 | 82 | 69 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .217 | .267 | .275 | .542 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Gorin | 35 | 87 | 75 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .187 | .265 | .280 | .545 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jack Caffery | 29 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .278 | .333 | .361 | .694 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Mason | 18 | 51 | 45 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .222 | .314 | .333 | .647 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hendley | 25 | 59 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .160 | .192 | .200 | .392 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ross Carter | 24 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .219 | .306 | .219 | .524 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Christoff | 36 | 65 | 58 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .121 | .177 | .207 | .384 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Warner | 14 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .207 | .343 | .207 | .550 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Leppert | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Holmes | 50 | 53 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .087 | .143 | .087 | .230 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Juan Guzman | 9 | 24 | 24 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Hannah | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Cleboski | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Kambour | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Stoico | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Cave | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pat Sherrill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don Ganus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1519 | 5261 | 4663 | 640 | 1269 | 188 | 47 | 81 | 597 | 51 | 15 | 441 | 603 | .272 | .337 | .385 | .722 | 1794 | 0 | 34 | 87 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Thompson | 1B | 135 | 1183 | 81 | 21 | 134 | .984 | 9.363 | ||||
| Billy Shields | 1B | 16 | 148 | 19 | 3 | 22 | .982 | 1.438 | ||||
| Bobby Knoop | 2B | 146 | 395 | 390 | 30 | 128 | .963 | 5.377 | ||||
| Pepper Thomas | 3B | 125 | 124 | 326 | 27 | 45 | .943 | 3.600 | ||||
| James Callaway | C | 87 | 414 | 45 | 10 | 6 | .979 | 5.276 | 8 | |||
| Ron Henry | C | 38 | 180 | 22 | 5 | 4 | .976 | 5.316 | 4 | |||
| J. W. Jones | C | 23 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 3.348 | 3 | |||
| Bob Warner | C | 10 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 4.200 | 1 | |||
| Howie Bedell | CF | 146 | 401 | 19 | 14 | 3 | .968 | 2.877 | ||||
| Chuck Buheller | LF | 101 | 150 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .970 | 1.574 | ||||
| Bill Holmes | P | 50 | 12 | 37 | 5 | 1 | .907 | .980 | ||||
| Charlie Gorin | P | 34 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 6 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Ernie Christoff | P | 34 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 3 | .950 | 1.676 | ||||
| Antonio Diaz | P | 33 | 16 | 40 | 4 | 1 | .933 | 1.697 | ||||
| Jack Caffery | P | 28 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .960 | .857 | ||||
| Bob Hendley | P | 24 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.792 | ||||
| Ross Carter | P | 24 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Robert Cleboski | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Bob Stoico | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .235 | ||||
| Jack Hannah | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Kambour | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Cave | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold DeMars | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Shields | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Jack | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Shields | RF | 88 | 138 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.636 | ||||
| Chuck Buheller | RF | 31 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.290 | ||||
| Gerald Mason | RF | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Herrscher | SS | 131 | 227 | 377 | 34 | 94 | .947 | 4.611 | ||||
| Pepper Thomas | SS | 15 | 22 | 52 | 3 | 8 | .961 | 4.933 | ||||
| Totals | 1410 | 3626 | 1613 | 183 | 469 | .966 | 3.716 | 16 | 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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