1959 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: Clyde McCullough (70-70)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 113,001, Avg. 1,614
The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.
The Tourists topped the circuit with 669 runs, fueled by 112 home runs. Asheville allowed 712 runs, most in the league. Barton Dupon paced the squad with 20 home runs, while Harry Fisher walloped 15 or more, too. Barton Dupon drove in 63 runs. Nathan Dickerson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .362 clip. Jack Taylor led the team with 18 wins, and Earl Hunsinger registered a 3.09 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Angelo LiPetri, Bill Currie, Harry Fisher, Clem Koshorek, Bob Greenwood, Al Gettel, Frank Zupo, John Oldham, Bill Bell, Don LeJohn, Lyle Luttrell, Tex Nelson and Bill Powell.
Clyde McCullough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor | 18 | 14 | .562 | 3.56 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 220.0 | 213 | 107 | 87 | 14 | 51 | 4 | 123 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bob Greenwood | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.80 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 192.0 | 194 | 100 | 81 | 16 | 60 | 6 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Earl Hunsinger | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.09 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 140.0 | 135 | 58 | 48 | 7 | 55 | 6 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Thollander | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.05 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 119.0 | 162 | 89 | 80 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Norm Camp | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.32 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 39 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Fisher | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.71 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 52 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lane Martin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.05 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Clifford Coggin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Gettel | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 37 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Angelo LiPetri | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Powell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frederick Rick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Duffy | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Ehrke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Schultea | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Deeds | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Frederick | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 58 | .500 | 3.98 | 227 | 110 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 888.0 | 898 | 473 | 393 | 77 | 285 | 28 | 513 | 37 | 2 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Dickerson | 106 | 436 | 389 | 63 | 141 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 3 | 42 | 55 | .362 | .425 | .478 | .903 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Logan | 130 | 587 | 500 | 87 | 135 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 4 | 76 | 49 | .270 | .377 | .380 | .757 | 190 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ben Tompkins | 113 | 492 | 440 | 57 | 124 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 44 | 57 | .282 | .348 | .436 | .784 | 192 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Don LeJohn | 124 | 555 | 443 | 76 | 120 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 103 | 42 | .271 | .407 | .377 | .784 | 167 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Fields | 112 | 416 | 353 | 50 | 88 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 6 | 55 | 94 | .249 | .354 | .422 | .776 | 149 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Shollin | 105 | 420 | 358 | 50 | 88 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 62 | 1 | 57 | 64 | .246 | .349 | .430 | .779 | 154 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Barton Dupon | 79 | 336 | 298 | 45 | 86 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 63 | 1 | 31 | 56 | .289 | .367 | .537 | .904 | 160 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Harry Fisher | 107 | 363 | 310 | 43 | 81 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 57 | 1 | 47 | 47 | .261 | .365 | .442 | .807 | 137 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Paul Leslie | 76 | 322 | 288 | 35 | 76 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 33 | 34 | .264 | .340 | .451 | .791 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lyle Luttrell | 42 | 153 | 135 | 12 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .289 | .347 | .348 | .695 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Greenwood | 40 | 96 | 75 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 22 | .267 | .404 | .427 | .831 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Dashner | 23 | 91 | 78 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 15 | .231 | .341 | .385 | .725 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Galen Williams | 22 | 79 | 66 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .212 | .303 | .258 | .560 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Thollander | 24 | 53 | 49 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .245 | .275 | .327 | .601 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Taylor | 44 | 79 | 67 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .134 | .169 | .149 | .318 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Emmett Deitz | 16 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .222 | .268 | .306 | .574 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Pinckard | 10 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .200 | .310 | .480 | .790 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Whited | 17 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .139 | .225 | .306 | .531 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Camp | 8 | 17 | 17 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Theodore Sloan | 13 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Cutright | 5 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Zupo | 7 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Angelo LiPetri | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Gettel | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lane Martin | 11 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Frederick | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dutch Van Burkleo | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Clifford Coggin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Daniel Keith | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Deeds | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Ehrke | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Nickell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Schultea | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Hunsinger | 29 | 52 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1328 | 4783 | 4125 | 562 | 1093 | 187 | 30 | 112 | 527 | 21 | 0 | 556 | 664 | .265 | .356 | .406 | .762 | 1676 | 0 | 35 | 49 | 18 | 48 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Dickerson | 1B | 106 | 999 | 75 | 23 | 89 | .979 | 1.132 | ||||
| Ben Tompkins | 2B | 113 | 296 | 286 | 17 | 84 | .972 | 5.150 | ||||
| Don LeJohn | 3B | 106 | 124 | 234 | 23 | 36 | .940 | 3.377 | ||||
| Galen Williams | 3B | 17 | 14 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .926 | 2.941 | ||||
| Thomas Shollin | C | 104 | 556 | 56 | 9 | 8 | .986 | 5.885 | 14 | |||
| Paul Leslie | C | 23 | 118 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .956 | 5.609 | 8 | |||
| Emmett Deitz | C | 12 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 5.167 | 1 | |||
| Eddie Logan | OF | 125 | 292 | 11 | 10 | 0 | .968 | 2.424 | ||||
| Charlie Fields | OF | 104 | 201 | 12 | 13 | 3 | .942 | 2.048 | ||||
| Harry Fisher | OF | 72 | 92 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .935 | 1.403 | ||||
| Barton Dupon | OF | 69 | 139 | 15 | 5 | 4 | .969 | 2.232 | ||||
| Paul Leslie | OF | 48 | 90 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .952 | 2.083 | ||||
| Billy Dashner | OF | 22 | 54 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .866 | 2.636 | ||||
| Jack Taylor | P | 44 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 4 | .958 | 1.545 | ||||
| Earl Hunsinger | P | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .310 | ||||
| Bob Greenwood | P | 28 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .846 | 1.179 | ||||
| Bob Thollander | P | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harry Fisher | P | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .238 | ||||
| Lane Martin | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Deeds | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norm Camp | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Schultea | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angelo LiPetri | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Frederick | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Duffy | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Gettel | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Ehrke | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clifford Coggin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Jacobs | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frederick Rick | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Powell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Brown | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lyle Luttrell | SS | 40 | 39 | 116 | 15 | 18 | .912 | 3.875 | ||||
| Don LeJohn | SS | 16 | 28 | 49 | 3 | 7 | .962 | 4.812 | ||||
| Totals | 1204 | 3136 | 1040 | 164 | 265 | .962 | 3.468 | 23 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
