1959 Bakersfield Bears Statistics
Team Record: 70-71
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Paul Owens (70-71)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 56,346, Avg. 799
Playoffs - Modesto Reds 4 games, Bakersfield Bears 2
The Bakersfield Bears of the California League ended the 1959 season with a record of 70 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Bears scored 820 runs and gave up 759 runs. Ronald Wiley walloped 33 home runs for Bakersfield, while Fred Walters swatted 15 or more, too. Ronald Wiley drove in 125 runs. Adrian Casteen and Danny Cater led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .308 clip. Dennis Bennett topped the squad with 13 wins, and Peter Urrizola registered a 2.95 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Bakersfield Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pat Corrales, Danny Cater, George Williams, Dwight Siebler and Dennis Bennett.
Paul Owens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Bennett | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.87 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 214.0 | 218 | 125 | 92 | 13 | 107 | 151 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| James Farland | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.44 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 156.0 | 158 | 94 | 77 | 7 | 90 | 117 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Dwight Siebler | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.22 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 179.0 | 153 | 80 | 64 | 14 | 97 | 190 | 7 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Bobby Bubash | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.19 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 172.0 | 149 | 112 | 80 | 16 | 108 | 138 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| Peter Urrizola | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.95 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 165.0 | 139 | 74 | 54 | 11 | 83 | 147 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jack Kerrigan | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.41 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 155.0 | 139 | 108 | 76 | 15 | 109 | 142 | 13 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| John Hogg | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.08 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 85 | 52 | 34 | 2 | 40 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| David Steplitus | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.36 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Bessey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.04 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 38 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Steve Hershner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Deese | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack McCracken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nolan Campbell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Walters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Schultea | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.90 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 53 | 46 | 33 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 70 | 70 | .500 | 4.06 | 273 | 141 | 0 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1229.0 | 1162 | 747 | 554 | 91 | 722 | 0 | 1026 | 57 | 17 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Cater | 141 | 650 | 594 | 103 | 183 | 38 | 7 | 11 | 99 | 9 | 50 | 75 | .308 | .364 | .451 | .815 | 268 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Wiley | 136 | 597 | 494 | 118 | 149 | 22 | 3 | 33 | 125 | 3 | 90 | 95 | .302 | .415 | .559 | .974 | 276 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Adrian Casteen | 117 | 486 | 419 | 68 | 129 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 49 | 81 | .308 | .382 | .442 | .823 | 185 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Louis Garvin | 135 | 579 | 505 | 73 | 125 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 78 | 14 | 70 | 113 | .248 | .340 | .356 | .697 | 180 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Nolan Campbell | 130 | 579 | 463 | 96 | 123 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 38 | 108 | 72 | .266 | .409 | .335 | .744 | 155 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fred Walters | 139 | 608 | 462 | 98 | 111 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 105 | 5 | 131 | 126 | .240 | .408 | .433 | .841 | 200 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Steve Hershner | 105 | 370 | 324 | 51 | 98 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 70 | 2 | 40 | 57 | .302 | .374 | .432 | .806 | 140 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| George Williams | 65 | 306 | 244 | 43 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 52 | 39 | .279 | .412 | .369 | .781 | 90 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Frank Capitani | 79 | 293 | 219 | 34 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 64 | 30 | .242 | .424 | .274 | .698 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Irving Clark | 56 | 213 | 172 | 36 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 43 | .238 | .377 | .349 | .726 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pierce Watson | 46 | 180 | 154 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 26 | .201 | .305 | .312 | .617 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Warren | 25 | 97 | 70 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 19 | .286 | .474 | .386 | .859 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Bennett | 43 | 99 | 89 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 38 | .169 | .221 | .281 | .502 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| David Wenrich | 30 | 96 | 77 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 17 | .182 | .323 | .338 | .661 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Bubash | 38 | 73 | 67 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .194 | .250 | .224 | .474 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Siebler | 36 | 71 | 63 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33 | .111 | .152 | .111 | .263 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Balling | 22 | 70 | 63 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .095 | .186 | .159 | .344 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Urrizola | 23 | 63 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .058 | .197 | .077 | .274 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Hogg | 42 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .176 | .250 | .426 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Farland | 30 | 67 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .040 | .250 | .040 | .290 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jack Kerrigan | 35 | 55 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34 | .039 | .093 | .039 | .132 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Deese | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Owens | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Schultea | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bessey | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .083 | .353 | .083 | .436 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Steplitus | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Rosenfield | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Corrales | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1521 | 5617 | 4688 | 807 | 1199 | 203 | 31 | 108 | 734 | 104 | 0 | 805 | 1009 | .256 | .368 | .381 | .749 | 1788 | 118 | 44 | 50 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Garvin | 1B | 57 | 442 | 25 | 12 | 48 | .975 | 8.193 | ||||
| Pierce Watson | 1B | 45 | 364 | 20 | 8 | 38 | .980 | 8.533 | ||||
| Adrian Casteen | 1B | 28 | 211 | 14 | 9 | 19 | .962 | 8.036 | ||||
| Joseph Balling | 1B | 13 | 104 | 9 | 5 | 9 | .958 | 8.692 | ||||
| Danny Cater | 2B | 75 | 179 | 185 | 15 | 51 | .960 | 4.853 | ||||
| George Williams | 2B | 64 | 158 | 157 | 18 | 50 | .946 | 4.922 | ||||
| Fred Walters | 3B | 132 | 84 | 239 | 40 | 22 | .890 | 2.447 | ||||
| Steve Hershner | C | 86 | 609 | 51 | 8 | 8 | .988 | 7.674 | 15 | |||
| Nolan Campbell | C | 42 | 294 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .955 | 7.500 | 6 | |||
| David Wenrich | C | 25 | 167 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .973 | 7.320 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Wiley | OF | 133 | 213 | 17 | 12 | 3 | .950 | 1.729 | ||||
| Adrian Casteen | OF | 86 | 182 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 2.256 | ||||
| Nolan Campbell | OF | 81 | 141 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .938 | 1.864 | ||||
| Frank Capitani | OF | 68 | 157 | 14 | 1 | 6 | .994 | 2.515 | ||||
| Irving Clark | OF | 47 | 64 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .897 | 1.489 | ||||
| Rudy Warren | OF | 21 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| John Hogg | P | 40 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Dwight Siebler | P | 36 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .868 | .917 | ||||
| Jack Kerrigan | P | 35 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .629 | ||||
| Dennis Bennett | P | 33 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bobby Bubash | P | 31 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.452 | ||||
| James Farland | P | 30 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .733 | ||||
| Peter Urrizola | P | 23 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.217 | ||||
| Don Bessey | P | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Jack Schultea | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| David Steplitus | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Walters | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack McCracken | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Deese | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Hershner | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nolan Campbell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Garvin | SS | 73 | 133 | 207 | 29 | 45 | .921 | 4.658 | ||||
| Danny Cater | SS | 65 | 84 | 187 | 22 | 45 | .925 | 4.169 | ||||
| Totals | 1414 | 3668 | 1364 | 237 | 360 | .955 | 3.559 | 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.
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