1959 Columbus Jets Statistics
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Cal Ermer (84-70)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 204,157, Avg. 2,651
Playoffs - Havana Sugar Kings 4 games, Columbus Jets 0
The Columbus Jets of the International League ended the 1959 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Jets scored 652 runs and allowed 622 runs. Tom Burgess led Columbus with 28 home runs and drove in 96 runs. Nino Escalera paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .288 average. Joe Gibbon topped the team with 16 wins, while Al Jackson, too added 15 or more wins, too Al Jackson recorded a 2.33 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1959 Columbus Jets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Spook Jacobs, Don Williams, Cholly Naranjo, Don Gross, Dick Lines, George O'Donnell, Ron Blackburn, Tony Bartirome, Julián Javier, Tom Burgess, Al Jackson, Lynn Lovenguth, Bill Hall, Joe Christopher, Joe Gibbon, Fred Green, Red Swanson, Nino Escalera, R C Stevens, Elmo Plaskett, Paul Giel, Ken Hamlin, Mel Held, Bob Thorpe and Curt Raydon.
Cal Ermer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Gibbon | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2.60 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 201.0 | 148 | 72 | 58 | 13 | 65 | 6 | 152 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Al Jackson | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.33 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 162.0 | 130 | 47 | 42 | 11 | 51 | 5 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 13 | 14 | .481 | 4.07 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 228.0 | 266 | 127 | 103 | 31 | 63 | 6 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dick Lines | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.61 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 167.0 | 165 | 79 | 67 | 17 | 60 | 7 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Don Williams | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.67 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 85 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Curt Raydon | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.92 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 77.0 | 60 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paul Giel | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.75 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 91.0 | 114 | 51 | 48 | 10 | 43 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ron Blackburn | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.75 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 52 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| David Jimenez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.13 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 85.0 | 75 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Fred Green | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.46 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 78.0 | 68 | 43 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| George O'Donnell | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.21 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Cholly Naranjo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Corella | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mel Held | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Gross | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Hardison | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Red Swanson | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 84 | 67 | .556 | 3.36 | 336 | 150 | 0 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 1276.0 | 1207 | 570 | 476 | 115 | 424 | 43 | 806 | 27 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nino Escalera | 148 | 612 | 556 | 82 | 160 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 28 | 39 | 52 | .288 | .339 | .424 | .763 | 236 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Julián Javier | 135 | 589 | 551 | 63 | 151 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 103 | .274 | .298 | .350 | .649 | 193 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Rodriguez | 151 | 594 | 542 | 56 | 145 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 3 | 34 | 34 | .268 | .309 | .339 | .648 | 184 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Ken Hamlin | 148 | 596 | 522 | 53 | 131 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 7 | 54 | 74 | .251 | .318 | .383 | .701 | 200 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Joe Christopher | 107 | 445 | 395 | 69 | 119 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 26 | 41 | 50 | .301 | .373 | .403 | .776 | 159 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tom Burgess | 132 | 490 | 406 | 71 | 119 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 96 | 1 | 73 | 40 | .293 | .403 | .544 | .947 | 221 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Tony Bartirome | 95 | 347 | 299 | 43 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 40 | 12 | .271 | .356 | .344 | .700 | 103 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bill Hall | 94 | 323 | 291 | 35 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 30 | .247 | .317 | .313 | .629 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Danny Baich | 94 | 273 | 252 | 15 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 32 | .242 | .283 | .302 | .585 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bob Thorpe | 64 | 240 | 230 | 26 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .261 | .283 | .391 | .675 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jimmie McDaniel | 64 | 267 | 216 | 33 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 48 | 76 | .250 | .390 | .431 | .820 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Spook Jacobs | 85 | 246 | 209 | 28 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 9 | .239 | .312 | .268 | .580 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Jaciuk | 52 | 158 | 143 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 8 | .259 | .306 | .315 | .620 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Elmo Plaskett | 43 | 120 | 105 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .295 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 46 | 96 | 82 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .244 | .340 | .329 | .670 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Jackson | 35 | 61 | 56 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .268 | .305 | .375 | .680 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lines | 36 | 65 | 57 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .263 | .306 | .386 | .692 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gibbon | 29 | 79 | 68 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .206 | .289 | .250 | .539 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Blackburn | 10 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .381 | .381 | .476 | .857 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Giel | 23 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .240 | .367 | .280 | .647 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcos Cobos | 7 | 14 | 14 | 5 | .357 | .357 | .357 | .714 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Green | 29 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R C Stevens | 8 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | |||||||||
| David Jimenez | 21 | 33 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .125 | .152 | .125 | .277 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Raydon | 16 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .111 | .172 | .111 | .284 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 47 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Corella | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George O'Donnell | 29 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Swanson | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Hardison | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don Gross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1767 | 5808 | 5173 | 645 | 1372 | 181 | 46 | 92 | 590 | 95 | 0 | 481 | 703 | .265 | .328 | .371 | .700 | 1921 | 0 | 25 | 87 | 42 | 60 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Bartirome | 1B | 93 | 752 | 34 | 4 | 76 | .995 | 8.452 | ||||
| John Jaciuk | 1B | 49 | 396 | 19 | 2 | 33 | .995 | 8.469 | ||||
| Tom Burgess | 1B | 27 | 197 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 1.000 | 7.963 | ||||
| Julián Javier | 2B | 120 | 282 | 313 | 28 | 92 | .955 | 4.958 | ||||
| Spook Jacobs | 2B | 45 | 112 | 122 | 11 | 32 | .955 | 5.200 | ||||
| Leo Rodriguez | 3B | 141 | 128 | 297 | 17 | 38 | .962 | 3.014 | ||||
| Julián Javier | 3B | 12 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .919 | 2.833 | ||||
| Bill Hall | C | 85 | 455 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .988 | 5.788 | 5 | |||
| Danny Baich | C | 76 | 380 | 30 | 9 | 4 | .979 | 5.395 | 12 | |||
| Nino Escalera | OF | 140 | 297 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .974 | 2.179 | ||||
| Joe Christopher | OF | 103 | 198 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .972 | 2.039 | ||||
| Tom Burgess | OF | 95 | 176 | 11 | 9 | 4 | .954 | 1.968 | ||||
| Bob Thorpe | OF | 62 | 94 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 1.645 | ||||
| Jimmie McDaniel | OF | 62 | 98 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .955 | 1.694 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | OF | 32 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.250 | ||||
| Don Williams | P | 47 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .447 | ||||
| Lynn Lovenguth | P | 42 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .949 | .881 | ||||
| George O'Donnell | P | 29 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .724 | ||||
| Dick Lines | P | 29 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 3 | .964 | 1.862 | ||||
| Fred Green | P | 29 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .483 | ||||
| Joe Gibbon | P | 29 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.310 | ||||
| Al Jackson | P | 26 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.269 | ||||
| Paul Giel | P | 22 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| David Jimenez | P | 21 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mel Held | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curt Raydon | P | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Ron Blackburn | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Red Swanson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Hardison | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Corella | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cholly Naranjo | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Gross | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Hamlin | SS | 147 | 208 | 473 | 38 | 78 | .947 | 4.633 | ||||
| Leo Rodriguez | SS | 12 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 7 | .960 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1637 | 3900 | 1650 | 165 | 406 | .971 | 3.390 | 17 | 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.
