1959 Corpus Christi Giants Statistics
Team Record: 66-79
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Ray Murray (66-79)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Ballpark: Schepps Palms
Attendance: 61,501, Avg. 848
The Corpus Christi Giants of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 66 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.
The Giants scored 733 runs and allowed 750 runs, most in the circuit. John Weekly led Corpus Christi with 23 home runs, while James Rice walloped 15 or more, too. John Weekly drove in 82 runs. Charlie Dees paced all regular batters with a .303 average. Gaylord Perry, Verle Tiefenthaler and Dick LeMay topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Verle Tiefenthaler earned a 3.69 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Corpus Christi Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Dees, John Weekly, John Fitzgerald, Bert Thiel, Neil Wilson, Verle Tiefenthaler, Roy Wright, Stan Palys, Ernie Bowman, Gaylord Perry, Eric Rodin, Ray Murray and Dick LeMay.
Ray Murray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylord Perry | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.05 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 191.0 | 218 | 120 | 86 | 20 | 69 | 5 | 119 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.69 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 166.0 | 190 | 87 | 68 | 11 | 58 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick LeMay | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.03 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 201.0 | 217 | 109 | 90 | 18 | 90 | 12 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Tony Risinger | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.39 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 160.0 | 170 | 94 | 78 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Tom Bowers | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.80 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 154.0 | 176 | 96 | 65 | 16 | 64 | 5 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Dick Sovde | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.69 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 61.0 | 67 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Case | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.72 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 103.0 | 119 | 57 | 54 | 11 | 42 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Fitzgerald | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.99 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 79.0 | 85 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Vic Davis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Yetsko | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roy Wright | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.59 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 69 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 44 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Richard Maibauer | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Murray | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bert Thiel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 78 | .455 | 4.12 | 292 | 139 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1173.0 | 1311 | 682 | 537 | 97 | 488 | 48 | 653 | 27 | 2 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Dees | 138 | 523 | 475 | 74 | 144 | 34 | 8 | 10 | 69 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 74 | .303 | .355 | .472 | .827 | 224 | 11 | 2 | 5 | ||
| John Weekly | 140 | 577 | 502 | 92 | 139 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 82 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 93 | .277 | .349 | .488 | .837 | 245 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Ernie Bowman | 140 | 570 | 518 | 67 | 132 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 53 | .255 | .291 | .351 | .643 | 182 | 2 | 21 | 3 | ||
| James Rice | 129 | 573 | 426 | 108 | 126 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 135 | 63 | .296 | .465 | .488 | .953 | 208 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Ben Valley | 128 | 486 | 440 | 57 | 103 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 54 | .234 | .287 | .334 | .621 | 147 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Phil Jantze | 106 | 414 | 353 | 56 | 91 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 29 | .258 | .330 | .399 | .730 | 141 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Neil Wilson | 99 | 359 | 320 | 43 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 47 | .250 | .323 | .369 | .692 | 118 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Murray | 83 | 223 | 198 | 22 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23 | .328 | .396 | .434 | .831 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robin Coffman | 59 | 221 | 202 | 23 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | .257 | .301 | .327 | .628 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Pete Carmona | 49 | 183 | 174 | 24 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .293 | .315 | .356 | .671 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stan Palys | 43 | 150 | 127 | 16 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | .362 | .443 | .504 | .947 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Bossard | 45 | 183 | 163 | 21 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | .239 | .313 | .282 | .595 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eric Rodin | 24 | 101 | 90 | 16 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .367 | .436 | .667 | 1.102 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Bowers | 29 | 66 | 57 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .298 | .333 | .316 | .649 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Miller | 16 | 68 | 58 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .241 | .353 | .328 | .681 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sid Harvey | 15 | 52 | 50 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .260 | .288 | .420 | .708 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick LeMay | 40 | 80 | 69 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | .159 | .253 | .188 | .442 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony Risinger | 47 | 67 | 53 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .170 | .290 | .226 | .517 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Gaylord Perry | 41 | 70 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .125 | .188 | .125 | .313 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Fitzgerald | 23 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .172 | .226 | .172 | .398 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Moran | 7 | 13 | 13 | 4 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Sovde | 10 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .211 | .375 | .316 | .691 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 48 | 52 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .061 | .078 | .082 | .160 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roy Wright | 29 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Case | 19 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .077 | .314 | .077 | .391 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Yetsko | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Davis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1519 | 5158 | 4500 | 680 | 1194 | 189 | 57 | 89 | 609 | 47 | 19 | 495 | 639 | .265 | .339 | .392 | .731 | 1764 | 0 | 33 | 81 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Dees | 1B | 134 | 1120 | 68 | 27 | 117 | .978 | 8.866 | ||||
| Stan Palys | 1B | 14 | 84 | 5 | 3 | 9 | .967 | 6.357 | ||||
| Ernie Bowman | 2B | 132 | 343 | 380 | 22 | 96 | .970 | 5.477 | ||||
| James Rice | 2B | 21 | 32 | 58 | 1 | 10 | .989 | 4.286 | ||||
| James Rice | 3B | 110 | 90 | 202 | 32 | 16 | .901 | 2.655 | ||||
| Phil Jantze | 3B | 23 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 1.826 | ||||
| Jack Bossard | 3B | 16 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .915 | 2.688 | ||||
| Ben Valley | 3B | 11 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.091 | ||||
| Neil Wilson | C | 96 | 478 | 45 | 12 | 11 | .978 | 5.448 | 6 | |||
| Ray Murray | C | 52 | 223 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .988 | 4.808 | 6 | |||
| Sid Harvey | C | 12 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 5.583 | 3 | |||
| John Weekly | CF | 139 | 395 | 19 | 9 | 4 | .979 | 2.978 | ||||
| Phil Jantze | LF | 81 | 115 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .953 | 1.506 | ||||
| Robin Coffman | LF | 49 | 86 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .939 | 1.878 | ||||
| Stan Palys | LF | 13 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| James Miller | LF | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | P | 48 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 0 | .979 | .979 | ||||
| Gaylord Perry | P | 41 | 11 | 49 | 5 | 2 | .923 | 1.463 | ||||
| Tony Risinger | P | 37 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 5 | .932 | 1.108 | ||||
| Dick LeMay | P | 33 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.697 | ||||
| Roy Wright | P | 29 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .517 | ||||
| Tom Bowers | P | 29 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 4 | .929 | 2.241 | ||||
| John Fitzgerald | P | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .652 | ||||
| George Case | P | 18 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dick Sovde | P | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
| Andrew Yetsko | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Maibauer | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Davis | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Murray | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bert Thiel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Rodin | RF | 22 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.636 | ||||
| Ben Valley | RF | 18 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.444 | ||||
| Stan Palys | RF | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Ben Valley | SS | 90 | 134 | 235 | 31 | 53 | .922 | 4.100 | ||||
| Pete Carmona | SS | 48 | 72 | 137 | 29 | 35 | .878 | 4.354 | ||||
| Jack Bossard | SS | 12 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 5 | .907 | 4.083 | ||||
| Totals | 1412 | 3459 | 1580 | 218 | 395 | .959 | 3.569 | 15 | 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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