1959 Columbus/Gastonia Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (70-69)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Georgia; Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park, Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 47,533, Avg. 684
Playoffs - Columbus/Gastonia Pirates 3 games, Charlotte Hornets 2
Finals - Columbus/Gastonia Pirates 3 games, Charleston ChaSox 0
The Columbus/Gastonia Pirates of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.Columbus (42-35) transferred to Gastonia July 6.
The Pirates tallied 549 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 565 runs. Bill Jackson paced Columbus/Gastonia with 13 home runs Reginaldo Grenald recorded 60 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .286. William Dial led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.85 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Columbus/Gastonia Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jack Lamabe, Jim Dickson, Ray Hathaway, Howie Goss, Bill Bell, John Oldham, Nick Koback, Red Swanson, Dave Wickersham, Bob Thorpe and Elmo Plaskett.
Ray Hathaway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Dial | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.85 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 139.0 | 114 | 57 | 44 | 7 | 78 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Red Swanson | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.65 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 143.0 | 138 | 74 | 58 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Corella | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.39 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 130.0 | 130 | 61 | 49 | 4 | 57 | 3 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| David Jimenez | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.00 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 108.0 | 68 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dave Wickersham | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.69 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 97.0 | 90 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick Newberg | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.04 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 98.0 | 72 | 53 | 44 | 6 | 96 | 6 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jack Lamabe | 5 | 15 | .250 | 3.95 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 130.0 | 129 | 75 | 57 | 12 | 71 | 11 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Benny Rich | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Anderton | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.35 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 88.0 | 74 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Dickson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Kelly | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.45 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 42 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bob Thorpe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rodger Irvine | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Octavio Acosta | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Hull | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ray Hathaway | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Drotar | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Flores | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Perry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Dobrino | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 69 | .493 | 3.17 | 273 | 116 | 0 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 1018.0 | 887 | 462 | 358 | 60 | 547 | 39 | 645 | 23 | 1 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reginaldo Grenald | 134 | 517 | 454 | 60 | 130 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 7 | 57 | 94 | .286 | .366 | .425 | .791 | 193 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Harry Williams | 133 | 524 | 480 | 61 | 124 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 36 | 84 | .258 | .309 | .388 | .697 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Willie Melendez | 132 | 550 | 481 | 68 | 122 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 50 | 35 | .254 | .328 | .362 | .690 | 174 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Edward Sada | 122 | 534 | 487 | 57 | 118 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 4 | 33 | 43 | .242 | .294 | .339 | .633 | 165 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Reginald Hamilton | 123 | 517 | 459 | 67 | 110 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 10 | 50 | 72 | .240 | .318 | .327 | .645 | 150 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Jackson | 85 | 348 | 264 | 50 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 42 | 9 | 74 | 66 | .227 | .394 | .417 | .811 | 110 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Freed Messner | 83 | 256 | 231 | 22 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 72 | .234 | .298 | .368 | .666 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Howie Goss | 56 | 213 | 197 | 15 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 41 | .249 | .294 | .350 | .644 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dick Brockell | 54 | 191 | 171 | 21 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 21 | .234 | .286 | .368 | .654 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Elmo Plaskett | 30 | 107 | 96 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .375 | .439 | .583 | 1.023 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Francis Glamp | 51 | 185 | 153 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 23 | 47 | .209 | .315 | .301 | .616 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| James Brown | 34 | 141 | 135 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 26 | .230 | .248 | .341 | .589 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Nick Koback | 50 | 156 | 133 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 26 | .226 | .321 | .368 | .689 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tony Washington | 30 | 127 | 113 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 | .212 | .286 | .248 | .534 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Duncan Campbell | 25 | 92 | 76 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 18 | .250 | .352 | .355 | .707 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| George Watts | 27 | 105 | 88 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .205 | .333 | .341 | .674 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ray Looney | 22 | 94 | 76 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 16 | .145 | .309 | .316 | .624 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Dial | 29 | 57 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .182 | .321 | .205 | .525 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Lamabe | 34 | 50 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .174 | .240 | .196 | .436 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Corella | 30 | 49 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .163 | .200 | .256 | .456 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wickersham | 18 | 39 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .152 | .176 | .182 | .358 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Anderton | 29 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .148 | .233 | .185 | .419 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Newberg | 31 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .118 | .211 | .206 | .416 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Dobrino | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Benny Rich | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Hull | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Swanson | 27 | 58 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .061 | .115 | .061 | .177 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dickson | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Falls | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| David Jimenez | 25 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Malcolm | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Thorpe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Kelly | 17 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Perry | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodger Irvine | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Hathaway | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Aaron Flores | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Octavio Acosta | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1487 | 5103 | 4485 | 553 | 1065 | 174 | 24 | 94 | 476 | 56 | 0 | 483 | 822 | .237 | .314 | .350 | .663 | 1569 | 0 | 33 | 60 | 42 | 37 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Jackson | 1B | 85 | 788 | 62 | 7 | 77 | .992 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Washington | 1B | 30 | 246 | 25 | 5 | 34 | .982 | 9.033 | ||||
| Ray Looney | 1B | 22 | 193 | 19 | 2 | 22 | .991 | 9.636 | ||||
| Willie Melendez | 2B | 131 | 291 | 360 | 16 | 100 | .976 | 4.969 | ||||
| Edward Sada | 3B | 104 | 114 | 198 | 28 | 21 | .918 | 3.000 | ||||
| Francis Glamp | 3B | 32 | 44 | 58 | 9 | 8 | .919 | 3.188 | ||||
| Freed Messner | C | 55 | 216 | 33 | 6 | 7 | .976 | 4.527 | 7 | |||
| Dick Brockell | C | 49 | 288 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .982 | 6.571 | 4 | |||
| Nick Koback | C | 39 | 188 | 21 | 4 | 4 | .981 | 5.359 | 5 | |||
| Reginaldo Grenald | OF | 126 | 189 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .966 | 1.579 | ||||
| Harry Williams | OF | 125 | 286 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .987 | 2.360 | ||||
| Howie Goss | OF | 55 | 95 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .981 | 1.836 | ||||
| James Brown | OF | 34 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.500 | ||||
| George Watts | OF | 26 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Duncan Campbell | OF | 19 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 2.053 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | OF | 18 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Francis Glamp | OF | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Dick Newberg | P | 31 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .581 | ||||
| Jack Lamabe | P | 29 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .655 | ||||
| Bob Anderton | P | 28 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .607 | ||||
| William Dial | P | 27 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.000 | ||||
| Red Swanson | P | 24 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 1 | .872 | 1.708 | ||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 18 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.611 | ||||
| David Jimenez | P | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.111 | ||||
| John Kelly | P | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .706 | ||||
| Thomas Hull | P | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Dickson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Octavio Acosta | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benny Rich | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Perry | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Hathaway | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Drotar | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Thorpe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Flores | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Dobrino | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rodger Irvine | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reginald Hamilton | SS | 120 | 215 | 404 | 41 | 81 | .938 | 5.158 | ||||
| Edward Sada | SS | 16 | 35 | 55 | 4 | 21 | .957 | 5.625 | ||||
| Totals | 1347 | 3414 | 1443 | 168 | 390 | .967 | 3.606 | 16 | 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.
