1959 Clinton Pirates Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 71-52
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Johnny Hutchings (71-52)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 82,773, Avg. 1,346

1959 Clinton Pirates Roster

The Clinton Pirates of the Midwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 71 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the MWL.

The Pirates scored 685 runs and allowed 582 runs. Bobby Smith paced Clinton with 19 home runs and drove in 110 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .307. Alfred Madigan topped the team with 16 wins, and Bob House earned a 2.54 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Johnny Hutchings played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Clinton Pirates to do so.

Johnny Hutchings 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
Alfred Madigan	16	11	.593	3.04	34	26		16	1		201.0	216	100	68	13	52		144	3	0	4
Marcelino Sanchez	10	8	.556	3.78	29	23		9	2		174.0	179	102	73	14	88		132	4	1	7
John Carter	8	2	.800	1.87	48	0		0	0		82.0	70	24	17	2	28		62	3	0	8
Norman Shanahan	8	5	.615	3.69	19	14		2	0		95.0	97	57	39	12	46		64	2	1	5
Gerald Moeller	7	5	.583	3.12	18	14		5	0		101.0	110	51	35	4	30		84	2	0	1
Ronald Woods	6	3	.667	2.96	13	8		4	1		73.0	55	25	24	1	37		88	0	0	3
Bob House	6	8	.429	2.54	25	15		4	1		117.0	79	50	33	4	66		123	3	1	4
Thomas Fischer	4	4	.500	4.54	27	12		2	1		101.0	73	74	51	1	92		71	17	0	20
Thomas Adams	3	1	.750	7.50	7	5		1	0		30.0	32	28	25	3	38		17	3	0	7
John Papierski	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Robert Gruber	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Martin Nyquist	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Johnny Hutchings	0	0			2						0.0
Rafael Melendez	0	0			3						0.0
Charles Gray					1						0.0
Donald Biasotti	0	0			1						0.0
Larry Deer	0	0			3						0.0
Dennis Cavanaugh	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Chuck Henderson	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Totals	71	51	.582	3.37	245	117	0	43	6	0	974.0	911	511	365	54	477	0	785	37	3	59	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
Bobby Smith	118	498	414	81	127	19	6	19	110	10		73	73	.307	.406	.519	.925	215		2	0	9
Gary Johnson	115	497	430	69	119	16	6	5	67	14		50	48	.277	.352	.377	.729	162		2	11	4
Julio Duran	114	482	409	80	113	22	4	0	48	15		55	35	.276	.366	.350	.715	143		5	9	4
Dayton Orsburn	118	484	415	68	104	16	13	10	69	9		61	81	.251	.350	.424	.774	176		4	1	3
Robert Gruber	115	448	365	62	88	19	2	7	53	9		74	107	.241	.366	.362	.727	132		0	5	4
Paul Higgs	67	297	241	47	68	11	1	8	33	1		43	61	.282	.403	.436	.839	105		8	2	3
Donald Biasotti	94	375	290	58	64	16	2	2	32	4		72	55	.221	.378	.310	.689	90		4	5	4
Frank Reda	55	237	207	33	58	7	2	0	20	4		26	25	.280	.366	.333	.699	69		2	2	0
Ramon Gonzalez	58	263	210	37	48	5	2	0	12	4		44	47	.229	.372	.271	.644	57		4	5	0
Wayne Lanter	62	186	173	23	46	8	1	4	28	1		12	29	.266	.312	.393	.705	68		0	0	1
Macey Rosenthal	39	141	106	15	30	1	2	0	13	0		31	17	.283	.439	.330	.769	35		0	2	2
Joe Hennessy	39	137	101	21	29	7	1	1	22	6		34	23	.287	.467	.406	.873	41		1	0	1
J. B. Eaker	47	141	121	15	26	1	0	1	7	4		16	40	.215	.312	.248	.560	30		1	3	0
Esmildo Pascual	20	74	63	11	17	2	0	0	7	2		7	11	.270	.356	.302	.658	19		2	1	1
Alfred Madigan	40	91	78	9	17	2	4	0	14	1		8	19	.218	.307	.346	.653	27		2	3	0
Marcelino Sanchez	30	75	57	9	11	3	0	1	10	0		14	27	.193	.347	.298	.645	17		0	3	1
Ronald Woods	13	35	30	5	8	3	1	0	3	0		2	13	.267	.312	.433	.746	13		0	3	0
Norman Shanahan	19	41	28	8	6	0	0	0	4	0		9	11	.214	.405	.214	.620	6		0	4	0
Jerry Auger	9	29	29		6									.207	.207	.207	.414	6
Thomas Adams	8	10	10		5									.500	.500	.500	1.000	5
Robert Smith	5	17	17		5									.294	.294	.294	.588	5
Larry Torkelson	4	3	3		3									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	3
Lou Rennau	10	33	26	3	3	1	0	1	5	0		6	9	.115	.273	.269	.542	7		0	0	1
Thomas Fischer	27	41	29	7	3	0	0	0	2	1		10	12	.103	.333	.103	.437	3		0	2	0
Bob House	27	44	33	4	3	0	0	0	1	1		3	15	.091	.189	.091	.280	3		1	7	0
Gail Stokes	2	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
John Carter	48	26	16	3	2	1	0	0	1	0		6	7	.125	.364	.188	.551	3		0	4	0
Gerald Moeller	18	41	33	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		6	17	.061	.205	.091	.296	3		0	2	0
Kenneth Eeles	5	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Chuck Henderson	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Martin Nyquist	4	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dennis Cavanaugh	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1334	4771	3959	670	1014	161	47	59	561	86	0	662	782	.256	.365	.365	.730	1446	0	38	74	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Johnson	1B	115	973	46	27	95	.974	8.861
Julio Duran	2B	113	309	341	35	69	.949	5.752
Dayton Orsburn	3B	72	44	130	23	9	.883	2.417
Macey Rosenthal	3B	26	25	43	7	5	.907	2.615
Donald Biasotti	3B	23	15	34	8	6	.860	2.130
Bobby Smith	C	97	657	66	11	6	.985	7.454	22
Wayne Lanter	C	32	217	24	8	3	.968	7.531	5
Robert Gruber	OF	109	158	9	11	4	.938	1.532
Paul Higgs	OF	67	138	6	7	2	.954	2.149
Frank Reda	OF	54	80	5	6	1	.934	1.574
Dayton Orsburn	OF	45	38	6	6	0	.880	.978
J. B. Eaker	OF	41	36	0	5	0	.878	.878
Joe Hennessy	OF	37	44	1	2	1	.957	1.216
Bobby Smith	OF	16	20	1	0	0	1.000	1.312
Esmildo Pascual	OF	16	25	2	1	0	.964	1.688
Wayne Lanter	OF	12	12	0	2	0	.857	1.000
John Carter	P	48	7	16	2	0	.920	.479
Alfred Madigan	P	34	7	42	1	0	.980	1.441
Marcelino Sanchez	P	29	5	37	1	2	.977	1.448
Thomas Fischer	P	27	9	24	5	2	.868	1.222
Bob House	P	25	2	12	1	2	.933	.560
Norman Shanahan	P	19	3	14	0	1	1.000	.895
Gerald Moeller	P	18	2	14	1	0	.941	.889
Ronald Woods	P	13	2	8	1	0	.909	.769
Thomas Adams	P	7						.000
Martin Nyquist	P	4						.000
John Papierski	P	3						.000
Rafael Melendez	P	3						.000
Larry Deer	P	3						.000
Johnny Hutchings	P	2						.000
Chuck Henderson	P	2						.000
Dennis Cavanaugh	P	2						.000
Donald Biasotti	SS	63	73	196	28	33	.906	4.270
Ramon Gonzalez	SS	58	83	165	24	39	.912	4.276
Totals		1235	2984	1242	223	280	.950	3.422	27	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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