1959 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 92-61
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Skeeter Newsome (92-61)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 120,618, Avg. 1,577
1959 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Birmingham Barons 1

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 92 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the SA.

The Barons scored 735 runs and yielded 585 runs. Gail Henley paced Birmingham with 20 home runs, while Steve Boros and Jay Cooke walloped 15 or more also. George Alusik drove in 89 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Gordon Seyfried, Wyman Carey and Bob Miller led the team with 14 wins each, and Ron Mrozinski recorded a 1.86 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Gordon Seyfried, Bob Miller, George Alusik, Frank Kostro, Bob Johnson, Ray Crone, Buck Rodgers, Mickey Micelotta, Bill Graham, George Thomas, Phil Regan, Ron Mrozinski, Steve Boros, Fred Gladding, Ron Nischwitz, Chuck Daniel and Gail Henley were all players from the 1959 Birmingham Barons who played in the Majors during their careers.

Skeeter Newsome 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
Gordon Seyfried147.6673.263331132235.0219978519677114125
Bob Miller149.6093.25323074183.01607366121055130509
Wyman Carey1411.5603.283028145192.01677570910951221107
Ron Mrozinski128.6001.863318115145.011542301044582304
Phil Regan105.6672.94201993147.0110584813516116307
Vincent Trakan85.6152.314200074.06223192271034001
Ron Nischwitz62.7505.6114133069.07745431321240400
David Reed65.5453.0644410109.09341371444690302
Jim Raugh52.7143.143520083.08538294401047101
Fred Gladding23.4005.54770039.0392624530022204
Max Simmons150.0
Ray Crone20.0
Chuck Daniel0020.0
Bill Graham10.0
Bob Paffel0020.0
John Fickinger10.0
Jim Kite0020.0
Dick Bays0090.0
Totals9157.6153.183241520581901276.0112751845110153856797332400

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
Steve Boros147612522891592471685237077.305.393.469.8622459656
George Alusik13654446671144273138905943.309.386.464.85021663102
Jay Cooke14257349375143215157757568.290.386.444.83021923010
Bob Johnson117517461701372171167135037.297.369.445.8142053211
Mickey Micelotta1546775738313728210461095117.239.348.347.6951992439
Gail Henley13854546893136235206816971.291.385.489.8752295035
Jim Hughes1335274906713329956353487.271.319.398.7171951025
George Thomas96354314398616474822952.274.344.417.7611316230
Gip Dickens95324274407716253504343.281.380.409.7891122322
Carl Wagner96320295307510152812145.254.307.346.6531022112
Frankie Shell4715713218355312002315.265.372.371.743490113
Ron Witucki298667625710101194.373.512.5071.019340002
Daniel Ryan21715641640031136.286.414.357.771200114
Gordon Seyfried3397761113200201423.171.304.197.502151510
Bob Miller36766751210060412.179.243.194.437132210
Phil Regan2260572940050218.158.200.228.428131000
Wyman Carey4375648920070612.141.211.172.383110410
Arnie Hallgren103531486004034.258.343.452.794141000
Dale Bennetch113024971002065.292.433.333.76780000
Ron Nischwitz143426470007059.269.375.269.64470210
Jim Raugh352522261005016.273.304.318.62370200
Ron Mrozinski3456461400041330.087.143.087.23040700
David Reed443226130000046.115.233.115.34930200
Dick Bays9441.250.250.250.5001
Buck Rodgers313131.077.077.077.1541
Frank Kostro6660.000.000.000.0000
Fred Gladding713130.000.000.000.0000
Vincent Trakan421910200000054.000.333.000.33300400
Chuck Daniel2110.000.000.000.0000
Totals170258835097734138324849108681630653794.271.357.403.7592053043543651


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Jay Cooke1B13811828520122.9849.181
Gip Dickens1B2215510420.9767.500
Jim Hughes2B1292953641598.9785.109
Steve Boros2B283765213.9813.643
Bob Johnson3B1151112191531.9572.870
Steve Boros3B4538841211.9102.711
Carl WagnerC864502036.9945.4652
Frankie ShellC361971621.9915.9173
Ron WituckiC2713410001.0005.3330
Daniel RyanC19957021.0005.3681
Gail HenleyOF124243963.9772.032
George AlusikOF1242461343.9852.089
George ThomasOF90203671.9682.322
Steve BorosOF7596511.9901.347
Gip DickensOF6087320.9781.500
Arnie HallgrenOF10101001.0001.100
David ReedP4452020.926.568
Vincent TrakanP4271310.952.476
Jim RaughP3561410.952.571
Gordon SeyfriedP331729021.0001.394
Ron MrozinskiP33112061.838.939
Bob MillerP32102320.9431.031
Wyman CareyP30822001.0001.000
Phil ReganP2010922.905.950
Max SimmonsP15.000
Ron NischwitzP1438011.000.786
Dick BaysP9.000
Fred GladdingP7.000
Bob PaffelP2.000
Jim KiteP2.000
Chuck DanielP2.000
Ray CroneP2.000
Bill GrahamP1.000
John FickingerP1.000
Mickey MicelottaSS1532724093298.9554.451
Totals160539281484139416.9753.372600

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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