1959 Birmingham Barons Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordon Seyfried | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.26 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 235.0 | 219 | 97 | 85 | 19 | 67 | 7 | 114 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
Bob Miller | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.25 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 183.0 | 160 | 73 | 66 | 12 | 105 | 5 | 130 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |||
Wyman Carey | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.28 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 192.0 | 167 | 75 | 70 | 9 | 109 | 5 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 7 | |||
Ron Mrozinski | 12 | 8 | .600 | 1.86 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 145.0 | 115 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Phil Regan | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.94 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 147.0 | 110 | 58 | 48 | 13 | 51 | 6 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
Vincent Trakan | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.31 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 62 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ron Nischwitz | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.61 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 69.0 | 77 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Reed | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.06 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 109.0 | 93 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 44 | 6 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Jim Raugh | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.14 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 85 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 40 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Fred Gladding | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.54 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 39 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
Max Simmons | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ray Crone | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Chuck Daniel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bill Graham | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bob Paffel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Fickinger | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Kite | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dick Bays | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 91 | 57 | .615 | 3.18 | 324 | 152 | 0 | 58 | 19 | 0 | 1276.0 | 1127 | 518 | 451 | 101 | 538 | 56 | 797 | 33 | 2 | 40 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Boros | 147 | 612 | 522 | 89 | 159 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 85 | 23 | 70 | 77 | .305 | .393 | .469 | .862 | 245 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
George Alusik | 136 | 544 | 466 | 71 | 144 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 89 | 0 | 59 | 43 | .309 | .386 | .464 | .850 | 216 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
Jay Cooke | 142 | 573 | 493 | 75 | 143 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 77 | 5 | 75 | 68 | .290 | .386 | .444 | .830 | 219 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
Bob Johnson | 117 | 517 | 461 | 70 | 137 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 67 | 13 | 50 | 37 | .297 | .369 | .445 | .814 | 205 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mickey Micelotta | 154 | 677 | 573 | 83 | 137 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 10 | 95 | 117 | .239 | .348 | .347 | .695 | 199 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||
Gail Henley | 138 | 545 | 468 | 93 | 136 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 68 | 1 | 69 | 71 | .291 | .385 | .489 | .875 | 229 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
Jim Hughes | 133 | 527 | 490 | 67 | 133 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 63 | 5 | 34 | 87 | .271 | .319 | .398 | .717 | 195 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
George Thomas | 96 | 354 | 314 | 39 | 86 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 29 | 52 | .274 | .344 | .417 | .761 | 131 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Gip Dickens | 95 | 324 | 274 | 40 | 77 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 43 | 43 | .281 | .380 | .409 | .789 | 112 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Carl Wagner | 96 | 320 | 295 | 30 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 45 | .254 | .307 | .346 | .653 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Frankie Shell | 47 | 157 | 132 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 15 | .265 | .372 | .371 | .743 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Ron Witucki | 29 | 86 | 67 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 4 | .373 | .512 | .507 | 1.019 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Daniel Ryan | 21 | 71 | 56 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | .286 | .414 | .357 | .771 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Gordon Seyfried | 33 | 97 | 76 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .171 | .304 | .197 | .502 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Miller | 36 | 76 | 67 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .179 | .243 | .194 | .437 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Phil Regan | 22 | 60 | 57 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .158 | .200 | .228 | .428 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wyman Carey | 43 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .141 | .211 | .172 | .383 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
Arnie Hallgren | 10 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .258 | .343 | .452 | .794 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Bennetch | 11 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .292 | .433 | .333 | .767 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Nischwitz | 14 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .269 | .375 | .269 | .644 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jim Raugh | 35 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .273 | .304 | .318 | .623 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Mrozinski | 34 | 56 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 30 | .087 | .143 | .087 | .230 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Reed | 44 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .115 | .233 | .115 | .349 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Bays | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Buck Rodgers | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Frank Kostro | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Fred Gladding | 7 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Vincent Trakan | 42 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Daniel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1702 | 5883 | 5097 | 734 | 1383 | 248 | 49 | 108 | 681 | 63 | 0 | 653 | 794 | .271 | .357 | .403 | .759 | 2053 | 0 | 43 | 54 | 36 | 51 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jay Cooke | 1B | 138 | 1182 | 85 | 20 | 122 | .984 | 9.181 | ||||
Gip Dickens | 1B | 22 | 155 | 10 | 4 | 20 | .976 | 7.500 | ||||
Jim Hughes | 2B | 129 | 295 | 364 | 15 | 98 | .978 | 5.109 | ||||
Steve Boros | 2B | 28 | 37 | 65 | 2 | 13 | .981 | 3.643 | ||||
Bob Johnson | 3B | 115 | 111 | 219 | 15 | 31 | .957 | 2.870 | ||||
Steve Boros | 3B | 45 | 38 | 84 | 12 | 11 | .910 | 2.711 | ||||
Carl Wagner | C | 86 | 450 | 20 | 3 | 6 | .994 | 5.465 | 2 | |||
Frankie Shell | C | 36 | 197 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 5.917 | 3 | |||
Ron Witucki | C | 27 | 134 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 0 | |||
Daniel Ryan | C | 19 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.368 | 1 | |||
Gail Henley | OF | 124 | 243 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .977 | 2.032 | ||||
George Alusik | OF | 124 | 246 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .985 | 2.089 | ||||
George Thomas | OF | 90 | 203 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 2.322 | ||||
Steve Boros | OF | 75 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.347 | ||||
Gip Dickens | OF | 60 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.500 | ||||
Arnie Hallgren | OF | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
David Reed | P | 44 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .568 | ||||
Vincent Trakan | P | 42 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .476 | ||||
Jim Raugh | P | 35 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .571 | ||||
Gordon Seyfried | P | 33 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.394 | ||||
Ron Mrozinski | P | 33 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .838 | .939 | ||||
Bob Miller | P | 32 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.031 | ||||
Wyman Carey | P | 30 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Phil Regan | P | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .950 | ||||
Max Simmons | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
Ron Nischwitz | P | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
Dick Bays | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Fred Gladding | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Paffel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Kite | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Chuck Daniel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Ray Crone | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Graham | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
John Fickinger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Mickey Micelotta | SS | 153 | 272 | 409 | 32 | 98 | .955 | 4.451 | ||||
Totals | 1605 | 3928 | 1484 | 139 | 416 | .975 | 3.372 | 6 | 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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