1959 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 37-32
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Bob Hooper (37-32)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 19,628, Avg. 569
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1959 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Orioles scored 425 runs and allowed 412 runs. Boog Powell paced Bluefield with 14 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Bob Saverine led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .353 clip. Dean Chance topped the squad with 10 wins, while Dean Chance and Arne Thorsland recorded a 2.94 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1959 Bluefield Orioles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Boog Powell, Dean Chance and Bob Saverine.
Bob Hooper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Chance | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.94 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 107.0 | 89 | 48 | 35 | 4 | 35 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Arne Thorsland | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.93 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 107.3 | 65 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 58 | 180 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Peter McCauley | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.94 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 64.0 | 57 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Harry Riggs | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 63.0 | 53 | 54 | 36 | 9 | 56 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Del Hill | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ken Temple | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.83 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Henry Wickham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Winkelman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Woods | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.83 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 52 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Russell Black | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.71 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 70 | 51 | 34 | 5 | 46 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Edgar Schepers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Rallo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilhelm | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen Cochran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duke Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Jarlett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Stepanovich | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 32 | .536 | 4.00 | 158 | 59 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 513.3 | 441 | 316 | 228 | 34 | 302 | 0 | 551 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Saverine | 70 | 325 | 252 | 70 | 89 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 36 | 64 | 56 | .353 | .489 | .595 | 1.084 | 150 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Jimmy Norwood | 68 | 314 | 279 | 44 | 72 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 3 | 26 | 48 | .258 | .338 | .444 | .782 | 124 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Boog Powell | 56 | 212 | 191 | 39 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 59 | 1 | 19 | 18 | .351 | .410 | .607 | 1.018 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Schoenberger | 69 | 300 | 240 | 50 | 67 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 56 | 19 | .279 | .417 | .400 | .817 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Nielsen Cochran | 63 | 258 | 216 | 38 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 7 | 37 | 66 | .259 | .377 | .421 | .799 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Michael | 63 | 238 | 211 | 43 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 77 | .223 | .298 | .322 | .621 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Griffin | 55 | 188 | 178 | 21 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 40 | .242 | .277 | .326 | .602 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Vadas | 47 | 161 | 134 | 26 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 25 | 47 | .201 | .329 | .321 | .650 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Patrick Clarke | 24 | 107 | 92 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 34 | .272 | .368 | .337 | .705 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Michael Mierzejewski | 46 | 111 | 101 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 30 | .198 | .270 | .287 | .557 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Livesey | 20 | 78 | 65 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 14 | .292 | .403 | .508 | .910 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harry Riggs | 16 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .320 | .393 | .400 | .793 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald O'Shields | 12 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .276 | .343 | .448 | .791 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Henry Wickham | 23 | 63 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .154 | .302 | .154 | .455 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Hayes | 9 | 19 | 19 | 7 | .368 | .368 | .368 | .737 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter McCauley | 16 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .259 | .310 | .296 | .607 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hank Carnaroli | 19 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .250 | .276 | .357 | .633 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dean Chance | 16 | 46 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .179 | .238 | .231 | .469 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Harold Woods | 29 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .357 | .500 | .786 | 1.286 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Warren Miller | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Gaffney | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Rallo | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Timothy Murphy | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Del Hill | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Stepanovich | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Temple | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Russell Black | 21 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arne Thorsland | 18 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .000 | .122 | .000 | .122 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Alfred Jarlett | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edgar Schepers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilhelm | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Winkelman | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Patterson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 823 | 2707 | 2328 | 404 | 607 | 105 | 21 | 60 | 357 | 89 | 0 | 314 | 550 | .261 | .356 | .401 | .757 | 934 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Norwood | 1B | 63 | 437 | 22 | 13 | 35 | .972 | 7.286 | ||||
| John Schoenberger | 2B | 47 | 81 | 84 | 18 | 11 | .902 | 3.511 | ||||
| James Vadas | 2B | 27 | 54 | 50 | 6 | 15 | .945 | 3.852 | ||||
| Nielsen Cochran | 3B | 49 | 37 | 79 | 19 | 7 | .859 | 2.367 | ||||
| James Livesey | 3B | 18 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Griffin | C | 46 | 395 | 24 | 9 | 0 | .979 | 9.109 | 18 | |||
| Henry Wickham | C | 18 | 143 | 15 | 6 | 3 | .963 | 8.778 | 9 | |||
| Ronald O'Shields | C | 10 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 6.600 | 3 | |||
| John Michael | OF | 62 | 85 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .937 | 1.435 | ||||
| Boog Powell | OF | 47 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .925 | 1.043 | ||||
| Michael Mierzejewski | OF | 39 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .828 | .615 | ||||
| Patrick Clarke | OF | 24 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Schoenberger | OF | 22 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.136 | ||||
| James Vadas | OF | 20 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Nielsen Cochran | OF | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .667 | .571 | ||||
| Harold Woods | P | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .310 | ||||
| Russell Black | P | 20 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Arne Thorsland | P | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Dean Chance | P | 16 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Harry Riggs | P | 15 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Peter McCauley | P | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Del Hill | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Alfred Jarlett | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Stepanovich | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Wilhelm | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Temple | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Winkelman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Wickham | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Rallo | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edgar Schepers | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duke Jones | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nielsen Cochran | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Saverine | SS | 70 | 106 | 173 | 33 | 28 | .894 | 3.986 | ||||
| Totals | 734 | 1578 | 571 | 138 | 107 | .940 | 2.928 | 30 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
