1959 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 54-72
Finished 7th in the IIIL
Manager: Ray Mueller (54-72)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 53,536, Avg. 850
The Burlington Bees of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1959 season with a record of 54 wins and 72 losses, finishing seventh in the IIIL.
The Bees scored 635 runs and allowed 710 runs. Spencer Scott paced Burlington with 19 home runs and drove in 74 runs. Horace Ingram led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .295. Gary Tomlan topped the squad with 12 wins, while Jim Brewer recorded a 2.67 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Burlington Bees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dick Burwell, Tony Balsamo, Harvey Branch, Don Prince, Jim Brewer and Sammy Drake.
Ray Mueller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Tomlan | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.04 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 147.0 | 154 | 97 | 66 | 14 | 71 | 3 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Chuck Herzberger | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.50 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 198.0 | 187 | 122 | 99 | 28 | 101 | 9 | 150 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Jim Brewer | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.67 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 162.0 | 138 | 74 | 48 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 140 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Don Prince | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.15 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 169.0 | 151 | 108 | 78 | 12 | 90 | 2 | 101 | 10 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Stewart Bowers | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.42 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 106.0 | 100 | 62 | 52 | 7 | 71 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Robert Graham | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 98.0 | 85 | 56 | 45 | 8 | 57 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bill Milone | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Ronald Vingle | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.86 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37.0 | 32 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Harvey Branch | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Balsamo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 10.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Joseph DiGiacomo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Hansen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Burwell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.48 | 7 | 25.0 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Jimmy Prevatt | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7.12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 53 | 52 | 38 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Totals | 54 | 72 | .429 | 4.22 | 240 | 117 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1043.0 | 969 | 656 | 489 | 87 | 603 | 25 | 756 | 39 | 11 | 70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Fisher | 118 | 563 | 512 | 68 | 139 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 9 | 38 | 103 | .271 | .324 | .375 | .699 | 192 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Horace Ingram | 124 | 553 | 457 | 85 | 135 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 6 | 86 | 87 | .295 | .412 | .442 | .854 | 202 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Donald Davis | 118 | 493 | 407 | 71 | 119 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 3 | 66 | 76 | .292 | .395 | .400 | .795 | 163 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Spencer Scott | 121 | 517 | 439 | 80 | 111 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 74 | 4 | 61 | 94 | .253 | .346 | .426 | .772 | 187 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| David Wondra | 101 | 423 | 366 | 54 | 95 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 4 | 44 | 44 | .260 | .341 | .363 | .705 | 133 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Sammy Drake | 77 | 342 | 295 | 60 | 86 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 45 | 38 | .292 | .387 | .468 | .855 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack Evans | 102 | 417 | 331 | 52 | 82 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 6 | 76 | 84 | .248 | .384 | .396 | .780 | 131 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ralph Holding | 86 | 328 | 281 | 34 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 59 | .242 | .344 | .299 | .642 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Kenny Lindley | 61 | 257 | 241 | 35 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 53 | .249 | .286 | .432 | .718 | 104 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pete Embry | 50 | 151 | 139 | 9 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 17 | .273 | .327 | .345 | .672 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Connally | 29 | 121 | 110 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .218 | .269 | .273 | .542 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Perry Noun | 37 | 133 | 112 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 38 | .179 | .288 | .250 | .538 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick McKee | 18 | 62 | 57 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | .263 | .311 | .351 | .662 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Prince | 28 | 72 | 65 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .215 | .257 | .338 | .596 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Murray Hall | 18 | 68 | 61 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .213 | .294 | .344 | .638 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Graham | 34 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .196 | .226 | .235 | .462 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Tomlan | 38 | 61 | 53 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .189 | .271 | .245 | .516 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Carlson | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | .346 | .346 | .346 | .692 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Brewer | 21 | 61 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .170 | .279 | .264 | .543 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stewart Bowers | 27 | 47 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .195 | .267 | .195 | .462 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Herzberger | 43 | 81 | 64 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 38 | .125 | .273 | .125 | .398 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Vingle | 11 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .308 | .357 | .615 | .973 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Jones | 6 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Milone | 19 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bryant | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Burwell | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph DiGiacomo | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Balsamo | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hansen | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Harvey Branch | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Randall Booth | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Prevatt | 21 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .091 | .333 | .091 | .424 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1348 | 4932 | 4256 | 621 | 1095 | 178 | 30 | 87 | 549 | 67 | 0 | 553 | 872 | .257 | .345 | .375 | .720 | 1594 | 0 | 38 | 51 | 34 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Davis | 1B | 109 | 850 | 76 | 19 | 87 | .980 | 8.495 | ||||
| Murray Hall | 1B | 15 | 143 | 6 | 5 | 8 | .968 | 9.933 | ||||
| Sammy Drake | 2B | 71 | 186 | 198 | 20 | 43 | .950 | 5.408 | ||||
| Perry Noun | 2B | 22 | 49 | 56 | 9 | 18 | .921 | 4.773 | ||||
| Wayne Connally | 2B | 21 | 51 | 63 | 2 | 14 | .983 | 5.429 | ||||
| Dick McKee | 2B | 10 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 7 | .896 | 6.000 | ||||
| David Wondra | 3B | 78 | 51 | 157 | 20 | 20 | .912 | 2.667 | ||||
| Kenny Lindley | 3B | 40 | 37 | 64 | 15 | 5 | .871 | 2.525 | ||||
| Ralph Holding | C | 82 | 520 | 35 | 16 | 9 | .972 | 6.768 | 19 | |||
| Pete Embry | C | 41 | 234 | 18 | 9 | 4 | .966 | 6.146 | 20 | |||
| Horace Ingram | OF | 124 | 176 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 1.500 | ||||
| Spencer Scott | OF | 121 | 173 | 13 | 16 | 0 | .921 | 1.537 | ||||
| Kenneth Fisher | OF | 116 | 264 | 9 | 21 | 3 | .929 | 2.353 | ||||
| Kenny Lindley | OF | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Chuck Herzberger | P | 42 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .945 | 1.238 | ||||
| Gary Tomlan | P | 33 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .881 | 1.121 | ||||
| Don Prince | P | 26 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .837 | 1.385 | ||||
| Stewart Bowers | P | 26 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .833 | .577 | ||||
| Robert Graham | P | 22 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .848 | 1.273 | ||||
| Jim Brewer | P | 21 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.810 | ||||
| Jimmy Prevatt | P | 19 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .824 | .737 | ||||
| Bill Milone | P | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .368 | ||||
| Ronald Vingle | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Dick Burwell | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Hansen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph DiGiacomo | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harvey Branch | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Balsamo | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Evans | SS | 85 | 123 | 276 | 39 | 43 | .911 | 4.694 | ||||
| David Wondra | SS | 19 | 27 | 62 | 8 | 7 | .918 | 4.684 | ||||
| Perry Noun | SS | 14 | 20 | 42 | 9 | 8 | .873 | 4.429 | ||||
| Totals | 1218 | 3003 | 1293 | 252 | 288 | .945 | 3.527 | 39 | 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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