1959 Durham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 70-60
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Frank Skaff (70-60)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 32,039, Avg. 493
Playoffs - Wilson Tobs 3 games, Durham Bulls 0
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1959 season with a record of 70 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Bulls paced the league with just 605 runs allowed. Durham scored 644 runs. Leo Smith led the squad with 13 home runs and recorded 87 runs batted in. Dan Briner topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .298 average. Dick Sheldon, Phillip Kliewer and George Schmid paced the team with 9 wins each, while Phillip Kliewer registered a 2.09 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Durham Bulls who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Doug Gallagher, Jackie Moore, Lorencito Fernández, Bob Humphreys, Larry Foster, George Smith, Dick McAuliffe, Don Wert, Purnal Goldy and Mickey Lolich.
Frank Skaff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Kliewer | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.09 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 125.0 | 112 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dick Sheldon | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.27 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 135.0 | 106 | 61 | 49 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| George Schmid | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.35 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 149.0 | 156 | 84 | 72 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bob Humphreys | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.97 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 93 | 40 | 29 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Larry Foster | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.60 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 129.0 | 109 | 81 | 66 | 6 | 99 | 1 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Dick Smallwood | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.32 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 103.0 | 81 | 51 | 38 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| David Justus | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.40 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 88.0 | 79 | 58 | 43 | 9 | 47 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Doug Gallagher | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| James Boger | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.65 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 63 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gene Bacque | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Aehl | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.30 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 46.0 | 55 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John O'Cain | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Adams | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.85 | 8 | 26.0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Mickey Lolich | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Bob McDaniel | 1 | 3 | .250 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William McNeill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nikko Koleff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Burroughs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Klunder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Nosse | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 60 | .538 | 3.65 | 285 | 122 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 1077.0 | 968 | 539 | 437 | 63 | 528 | 15 | 820 | 21 | 3 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Briner | 112 | 495 | 443 | 84 | 132 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 8 | 41 | 42 | .298 | .366 | .370 | .736 | 164 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Leo Smith | 131 | 559 | 482 | 60 | 131 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 87 | 3 | 66 | 90 | .272 | .361 | .434 | .795 | 209 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Art Clessuras | 111 | 490 | 412 | 79 | 102 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 8 | 72 | 67 | .248 | .363 | .342 | .705 | 141 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Crouch | 98 | 395 | 336 | 44 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 41 | 30 | .262 | .339 | .327 | .667 | 110 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Don Wert | 113 | 472 | 396 | 65 | 87 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 65 | 85 | .220 | .330 | .364 | .694 | 144 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dick McAuliffe | 94 | 411 | 315 | 68 | 84 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 91 | 74 | .267 | .434 | .394 | .828 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jackie Moore | 94 | 330 | 305 | 43 | 79 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 3 | 23 | 48 | .259 | .309 | .410 | .719 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jesse Queen | 70 | 303 | 251 | 43 | 70 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 42 | 32 | .279 | .387 | .410 | .797 | 103 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ted Brzenk | 87 | 308 | 264 | 34 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 38 | 54 | .212 | .313 | .326 | .638 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jack Bowen | 65 | 241 | 218 | 24 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 19 | .252 | .308 | .317 | .625 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| J. C. Sells | 32 | 128 | 115 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .217 | .283 | .278 | .562 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Beck | 21 | 88 | 78 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .244 | .322 | .385 | .706 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Spyhalski | 27 | 94 | 81 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 18 | .210 | .301 | .247 | .548 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Franchi | 20 | 64 | 50 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .320 | .469 | .420 | .889 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Purnal Goldy | 22 | 52 | 48 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .292 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Schmid | 24 | 68 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .177 | .227 | .242 | .469 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rufus Anderson | 11 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .263 | .317 | .289 | .607 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Justus | 21 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .263 | .263 | .474 | .737 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Smith | 11 | 48 | 42 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .238 | .333 | .238 | .571 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Foster | 22 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .200 | .289 | .250 | .539 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lorencito Fernández | 11 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .147 | .139 | .294 | .433 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Gallagher | 7 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Humphreys | 41 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .154 | .312 | .154 | .466 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sheldon | 38 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .108 | .214 | .108 | .322 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Smallwood | 20 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .086 | .220 | .114 | .334 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Kliewer | 32 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .070 | .109 | .070 | .178 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clifford Adams | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Mickey Lolich | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Aehl | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Burttram | 9 | 28 | 28 | 2 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Nosse | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gene Bacque | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Burroughs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob McDaniel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William McNeill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Maupin | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Boger | 16 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .000 | .107 | .000 | .107 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pat Duke | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roger Sheppard | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1428 | 5028 | 4324 | 637 | 1057 | 183 | 38 | 63 | 558 | 43 | 0 | 579 | 745 | .244 | .336 | .348 | .684 | 1505 | 0 | 37 | 49 | 39 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Smith | 1B | 131 | 1010 | 83 | 13 | 104 | .988 | 8.344 | ||||
| Jack Crouch | 2B | 89 | 228 | 236 | 14 | 69 | .971 | 5.213 | ||||
| Don Wert | 2B | 28 | 60 | 100 | 15 | 15 | .914 | 5.714 | ||||
| George Smith | 2B | 11 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 4 | .912 | 4.727 | ||||
| Ted Brzenk | 3B | 77 | 89 | 136 | 24 | 19 | .904 | 2.922 | ||||
| Don Wert | 3B | 57 | 67 | 116 | 15 | 22 | .924 | 3.211 | ||||
| Jack Bowen | C | 57 | 384 | 35 | 11 | 4 | .974 | 7.351 | 10 | |||
| Jackie Moore | C | 53 | 376 | 31 | 5 | 4 | .988 | 7.679 | 7 | |||
| Richard Beck | C | 20 | 170 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 9.150 | 3 | |||
| Dan Briner | OF | 110 | 244 | 14 | 8 | 4 | .970 | 2.345 | ||||
| Art Clessuras | OF | 107 | 170 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 1.673 | ||||
| Jesse Queen | OF | 70 | 132 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .979 | 2.014 | ||||
| Jackie Moore | OF | 32 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.031 | ||||
| J. C. Sells | OF | 31 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .935 | ||||
| James Spyhalski | OF | 26 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.654 | ||||
| Purnal Goldy | OF | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.053 | ||||
| Frank Franchi | OF | 14 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Humphreys | P | 39 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .590 | ||||
| Dick Sheldon | P | 37 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .730 | ||||
| Phillip Kliewer | P | 32 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .886 | .969 | ||||
| George Schmid | P | 23 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.304 | ||||
| David Justus | P | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .538 | .333 | ||||
| Larry Foster | P | 21 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Dick Smallwood | P | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Boger | P | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| John Aehl | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Bob McDaniel | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Lolich | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clifford Adams | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Gallagher | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John O'Cain | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Bacque | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Nosse | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Sheppard | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugene Burroughs | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| William McNeill | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nikko Koleff | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Klunder | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick McAuliffe | SS | 94 | 171 | 246 | 35 | 55 | .923 | 4.436 | ||||
| Don Wert | SS | 18 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .927 | 2.833 | ||||
| Lorencito Fernández | SS | 10 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 2.700 | ||||
| Totals | 1339 | 3347 | 1246 | 188 | 318 | .961 | 3.430 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
