1959 Charleston ChaSox Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Skeeter Scalzi (71-69)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 85,689, Avg. 1,224
Playoffs - Charleston ChaSox 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 2
Finals - Columbus/Gastonia Pirates 3 games, Charleston ChaSox 0
The Charleston ChaSox of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the SAL.
The ChaSox scored 623 runs and allowed 630 runs. Don Mincher led Charleston with 22 home runs and drove in 92 runs. Sam Hairston paced all regular batters by connecting at a .330 clip. Glen Rosenbaum topped the squad with 13 wins, while Richard Grant recorded a 2.87 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Charleston ChaSox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sam Hairston, Skeeter Scalzi, Jim Pearce, Eddie Phillips, Charlie Lindstrom, Joe Hoerner, Bill Currie, Stover McIlwain, Don Mincher and Jim Derrington.
Skeeter Scalzi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Rosenbaum | 13 | 4 | .765 | 3.98 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 129.0 | 136 | 66 | 57 | 13 | 52 | 10 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Ollie Brantley | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.91 | 40 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 198.0 | 207 | 96 | 86 | 13 | 64 | 3 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Derrington | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.68 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 176.0 | 173 | 87 | 72 | 6 | 108 | 9 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Richard Grant | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.87 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 113.0 | 112 | 44 | 36 | 5 | 32 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Stover McIlwain | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.60 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 160.0 | 133 | 84 | 64 | 5 | 103 | 16 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Richards | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.63 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 129.0 | 127 | 59 | 52 | 11 | 59 | 8 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Angelo Nardella | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.03 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 68 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Idzkowski | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.31 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 51 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Pearce | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.99 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 97.0 | 103 | 56 | 43 | 4 | 33 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Joe Hoerner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Skeeter Scalzi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Lindstrom | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Zeimis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Kimball | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bryant Wasdell | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.37 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 70 | 68 | .507 | 3.75 | 300 | 136 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 1152.0 | 1148 | 582 | 480 | 70 | 525 | 77 | 693 | 23 | 4 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Hairston | 120 | 470 | 427 | 60 | 141 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 63 | 0 | 37 | 23 | .330 | .383 | .459 | .842 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Don Mincher | 137 | 591 | 511 | 80 | 139 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 92 | 1 | 67 | 65 | .272 | .353 | .442 | .796 | 226 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Bobby Joe Case | 128 | 591 | 491 | 69 | 135 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 10 | 83 | 73 | .275 | .386 | .385 | .771 | 189 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Chico Terry | 120 | 518 | 456 | 59 | 126 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 49 | 43 | .276 | .346 | .327 | .673 | 149 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Dick DiTusa | 118 | 476 | 434 | 45 | 109 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 1 | 34 | 73 | .251 | .304 | .369 | .672 | 160 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Donald Prohovich | 123 | 497 | 405 | 57 | 103 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 60 | 9 | 81 | 84 | .254 | .379 | .385 | .764 | 156 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ernest Johnson | 107 | 365 | 339 | 42 | 90 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 20 | 52 | .265 | .309 | .395 | .704 | 134 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Lindstrom | 128 | 443 | 411 | 43 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 29 | 38 | .219 | .271 | .277 | .549 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Len Johnston | 56 | 252 | 204 | 35 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 44 | 30 | .255 | .389 | .319 | .708 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim Derrington | 58 | 91 | 85 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .235 | .270 | .388 | .658 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lombardi | 17 | 71 | 68 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .265 | .286 | .441 | .727 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Phillips | 25 | 100 | 88 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .205 | .283 | .284 | .567 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Gordon | 31 | 104 | 89 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 14 | .202 | .308 | .281 | .589 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ollie Brantley | 49 | 81 | 72 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .194 | .213 | .250 | .463 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Bacon | 12 | 55 | 43 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .233 | .400 | .326 | .726 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stover McIlwain | 40 | 64 | 61 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .164 | .177 | .328 | .505 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Griffith | 25 | 84 | 61 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | .164 | .386 | .197 | .582 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Barbarito | 16 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .182 | .333 | .212 | .545 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 45 | 47 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .150 | .261 | .225 | .486 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Richards | 24 | 52 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .143 | .294 | .190 | .485 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angelo Nardella | 30 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .152 | .243 | .273 | .516 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pearce | 27 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Spicuzza | 14 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .121 | .216 | .152 | .368 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Rous | 6 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Meadows | 11 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .086 | .135 | .086 | .221 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Williamson | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bryant Wasdell | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Idzkowski | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Grant | 30 | 45 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .051 | .140 | .051 | .191 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne LeNeave | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Hoerner | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Kimball | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vincent Zeimis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1552 | 5253 | 4593 | 601 | 1148 | 149 | 40 | 82 | 547 | 38 | 0 | 542 | 709 | .250 | .331 | .353 | .684 | 1623 | 0 | 31 | 48 | 39 | 39 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mincher | 1B | 137 | 1194 | 72 | 21 | 114 | .984 | 9.241 | ||||
| Bobby Joe Case | 2B | 128 | 318 | 362 | 21 | 91 | .970 | 5.312 | ||||
| Don Bacon | 2B | 12 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .945 | 4.333 | ||||
| Donald Prohovich | 3B | 95 | 93 | 202 | 20 | 18 | .937 | 3.105 | ||||
| Charlie Lindstrom | 3B | 28 | 19 | 62 | 6 | 4 | .931 | 2.893 | ||||
| Donald Meadows | 3B | 11 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .882 | 2.727 | ||||
| Sam Hairston | C | 104 | 562 | 58 | 8 | 9 | .987 | 5.962 | 10 | |||
| Charlie Lindstrom | C | 42 | 265 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .989 | 6.571 | 10 | |||
| Dick DiTusa | OF | 114 | 172 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .978 | 1.553 | ||||
| Ernest Johnson | OF | 102 | 187 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .957 | 1.971 | ||||
| Len Johnston | OF | 56 | 135 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 2.536 | ||||
| Charlie Lindstrom | OF | 54 | 56 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .884 | 1.130 | ||||
| Eddie Phillips | OF | 24 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.792 | ||||
| Paul Griffith | OF | 23 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .963 | 2.261 | ||||
| Donald Gordon | OF | 21 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 2.048 | ||||
| Dick Lombardi | OF | 17 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 2.353 | ||||
| Jim Derrington | P | 40 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .947 | .900 | ||||
| Ollie Brantley | P | 40 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.025 | ||||
| Glen Rosenbaum | P | 35 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .829 | ||||
| Stover McIlwain | P | 33 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .929 | .788 | ||||
| Richard Grant | P | 30 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .700 | ||||
| Jim Pearce | P | 27 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .704 | ||||
| Thomas Richards | P | 22 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.045 | ||||
| Angelo Nardella | P | 21 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
| Bryant Wasdell | P | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| Joe Hoerner | P | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Dick Idzkowski | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Vincent Zeimis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Lindstrom | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Skeeter Scalzi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Kimball | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Jones | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chico Terry | SS | 120 | 237 | 393 | 40 | 80 | .940 | 5.250 | ||||
| Donald Prohovich | SS | 21 | 43 | 58 | 9 | 11 | .918 | 4.810 | ||||
| Totals | 1409 | 3545 | 1478 | 172 | 356 | .967 | 3.565 | 20 | 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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