1959 Batavia Indians Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 54-71
Finished 7th in the NYPL
Manager: Paul O'Dea (54-71)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 24,185, Avg. 387

1959 Batavia Indians Roster

The Batavia Indians of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1959 season with a record of 54 wins and 71 losses, finishing seventh in the NYPL.

The Indians plated 616 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 758 runs. Eugene Bates paced Batavia with 15 home runs and drove in 76 runs. Bob Immediato led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .308. Tom Gansauer topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Al Luplow played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Batavia Indians to do so.

Paul O'Dea 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
Tom Gansauer	9	5	.643	3.03	20	13	15	11	2		110.0	99	53	37	13	44		107	1	0	9
George Denyer	8	14	.364	4.09	36	19	19	6	0		176.0	202	115	80	18	51		101	10	1	6
Thomas Maine	7	3	.700	4.92	15	8	12	4	0		75.0	67	46	41	4	47		42	1	0	1
Isaac Simmons	7	10	.412	4.75	27	17	18	10	0		127.0	141	85	67	12	67		104	4	2	9
Namon Johnson	5	8	.385	4.34	29	19	9	4	0		137.0	138	98	66	12	102		86	3	1	7
Curtis Johnson	3	4	.429	4.00	15	10	5	3	0		63.0	74	50	28	2	39		28	5	0	0
Frank Dudley	3	4	.429	5.92	19	8	9	2	0		76.0	91	67	50	14	55		80	4	0	1
Gary Moston	3	5	.375	6.16	18	6	11	3	1		73.0	80	61	50	9	45		41	3	0	3
Terrence Baller	3	5	.375	6.64	17	6	3	1	0		61.0	63	52	45	5	71		31	6	0	8
Robert Butts	2	1	.667		6						0.0
Chuck Henderson	2	9	.182	5.96	19	10	8	3	0		74.0	79	59	49	2	59		52	7	2	2
Stanley Bromberg	1	0	1.000		5						0.0
Martin Smith	1	3	.250	7.64	7	4	4	2	0		33.0	41	34	28	3	34		22	2	1	2
Norman Milledge	0	0			1						0.0
Johnny Parker	0	0			1						0.0
Ed Spangler	0	0			1						0.0
Richard Wagner	0	0			5						0.0
Totals	54	71	.432	4.84	241	120	113	49	3	0	1005.0	1075	720	541	94	614	0	694	46	7	48	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
Columbus Sanders	115	491	420	74	126	25	4	6	45	10	4	56	49	.300	.386	.421	.807	177		5	6	4
Bob Immediato	111	463	389	56	120	14	1	5	56	14	11	64	39	.308	.409	.388	.797	151		4	3	3
Eugene Bates	125	517	451	64	109	18	2	15	76	5	2	54	101	.242	.323	.390	.713	176		2	6	4
Mark Gallego	89	387	350	53	100	18	1	1	32	14	5	28	18	.286	.338	.351	.689	123		1	5	3
Johnny Parker	93	383	322	57	98	16	2	1	28	29	6	55	60	.304	.405	.376	.781	121		1	3	2
Robert Butts	90	325	289	39	84	16	2	5	49	1	1	26	33	.291	.347	.412	.759	119		1	5	4
Richard Nichols	102	403	349	51	83	14	4	7	54	5	1	43	59	.238	.328	.361	.689	126		5	4	2
Al Luplow	71	294	235	42	71	11	2	11	53	2	0	52	29	.302	.435	.506	.942	119		5	0	2
Ed Spangler	57	221	203	29	55	7	2	4	20	4	2	16	43	.271	.327	.384	.712	78		1	1	0
Larry Milledge	52	179	164	20	42	7	0	3	29	2	0	13	40	.256	.315	.354	.668	58		1	1	0
James Abdella	18	79	72	11	22	1	1	0	2	3	0	5	13	.306	.346	.347	.693	25		0	1	1
Jose Rivero	35	130	113	9	22	5	0	0	2	5	1	13	21	.195	.276	.239	.515	27		0	3	1
Walter Dobrzykowski	27	94	82	14	17	6	0	0	4	1	1	8	16	.207	.275	.280	.555	23		0	3	1
Isaac Simmons	35	61	52	5	14	2	1	0	4	0	0	5	18	.269	.328	.346	.674	18		0	3	1
Richard Wagner	20	53	43	8	11	2	0	1	6	0	0	8	13	.256	.385	.372	.757	16		1	1	0
William Kirkpatrick	11	33	29	4	10	1	0	1	9	0	0	4	4	.345	.424	.483	.907	14		0	0	0
Tom Gansauer	24	54	40	13	10	1	0	0	3	1	0	13	9	.250	.434	.275	.709	11		0	1	0
Frank Yurman	13	48	43	3	9	2	0	0	7	0	1	3	18	.209	.261	.256	.517	11		0	2	0
George Denyer	38	65	56	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	1	5	17	.143	.238	.179	.417	10		2	2	0
Namon Johnson	29	50	47	4	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	19	.149	.184	.234	.418	11		0	1	0
Frank Dudley	20	31	26	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.231	.310	.231	.541	6		0	2	0
Thomas Maine	18	35	30	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.167	.265	.167	.431	5		0	1	0
Gary Moston	22	37	34	3	5	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	8	.147	.189	.206	.395	7		0	0	1
Martin Smith	7	12	12		4									.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Curtis Johnson	17	25	19	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.211	.286	.211	.496	4		0	4	0
Stanley Bromberg	5	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Terrence Baller	17	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.105	.150	.105	.255	2		0	1	0
Chuck Henderson	20	25	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	.083	.120	.083	.203	2		0	0	0
Froylan Montalvo	4	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1285	4532	3929	575	1049	171	22	61	493	98	36	486	681	.267	.350	.368	.718	1447	0	29	59	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Eugene Bates	1B	123	1068	52	21	86	.982	9.106
Mark Gallego	2B	57	146	138	9	33	.969	4.982
Johnny Parker	2B	45	92	114	9	23	.958	4.578
Richard Nichols	2B	31	54	84	10	16	.932	4.452
Columbus Sanders	3B	70	76	154	24	20	.906	3.286
Mark Gallego	3B	30	29	42	2	5	.973	2.367
Richard Nichols	3B	22	16	46	2	6	.969	2.818
Robert Butts	C	59	325	40	13	6	.966	6.186	13
Larry Milledge	C	51	298	23	9	6	.973	6.294	8
Walter Dobrzykowski	C	23	122	19	4	3	.972	6.130	3
Bob Immediato	OF	106	181	10	12	3	.941	1.802
Al Luplow	OF	70	142	8	11	1	.932	2.143
Ed Spangler	OF	50	89	4	3	2	.969	1.860
Johnny Parker	OF	32	64	5	2	0	.972	2.156
Robert Butts	OF	20	33	4	2	0	.949	1.850
James Abdella	OF	18	33	0	1	0	.971	1.833
Frank Yurman	OF	12	20	4	2	0	.923	2.000
Richard Wagner	OF	11	11	4	5	1	.750	1.364
George Denyer	P	36	4	33	3	0	.925	1.028
Namon Johnson	P	29	6	16	2	1	.917	.759
Isaac Simmons	P	27	3	32	0	2	1.000	1.296
Tom Gansauer	P	20	7	29	0	2	1.000	1.800
Chuck Henderson	P	19	3	12	4	0	.789	.789
Frank Dudley	P	19	1	10	2	0	.846	.579
Gary Moston	P	18	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.000
Terrence Baller	P	17	1	9	1	0	.909	.588
Thomas Maine	P	15	3	7	0	0	1.000	.667
Curtis Johnson	P	15	3	10	0	1	1.000	.867
Martin Smith	P	7						.000
Stanley Bromberg	P	5						.000
Norman Milledge	P	1						.000
Columbus Sanders	SS	39	68	94	11	20	.936	4.154
Jose Rivero	SS	33	52	95	7	9	.955	4.455
Richard Nichols	SS	22	76	124	20	25	.909	9.091
Johnny Parker	SS	11	21	28	8	5	.860	4.455
Totals		1163	3052	1263	199	277	.956	3.710	24	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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