1959 Dothan Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 58-61
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: J. C. Dunn (58-61)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Ballpark: Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 39,015, Avg. 656
Playoffs - Dothan Cardinals 3 games, Montgomery Rebels 2
Finals - Selma Cloverleafs 4 games, Dothan Cardinals 1
The Dothan Cardinals of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 58 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Cardinals scored 584 runs and allowed 592 runs. Andrew Scerbo led Dothan with 11 home runs Buddy Wood drove in 66 runs. Teolindo Acosta paced all regular batters by hitting .337. Jorge Rapado topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.25 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Harry Fanok played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Dothan Cardinals to do so.
J. C. Dunn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Rapado | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.25 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 176.0 | 156 | 67 | 44 | 15 | 41 | 109 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Thomas Lowry | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.74 | 27 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 171.0 | 148 | 92 | 71 | 9 | 99 | 121 | 16 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Gene DeGraff | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.93 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 163.0 | 176 | 87 | 53 | 11 | 39 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Philip Carlson | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.27 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 132.0 | 128 | 63 | 48 | 8 | 75 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Vincent Magrino | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.71 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 105.0 | 100 | 77 | 55 | 7 | 48 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| David Spadoni | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.62 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 48.0 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Hoffland | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.28 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 75.0 | 81 | 54 | 44 | 3 | 55 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ronald Kellogg | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Wild | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Dickerson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry May | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 38 | 38 | 30 | 1 | 50 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| J. C. Dunn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Seidleck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Crane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Bryant | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Foster | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 61 | .487 | 3.53 | 206 | 109 | 0 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 915.0 | 866 | 496 | 359 | 59 | 418 | 0 | 671 | 53 | 1 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teolindo Acosta | 119 | 532 | 457 | 92 | 154 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 46 | 61 | 43 | .337 | .423 | .477 | .900 | 218 | 9 | 3 | 2 | |||
| J. C. Dunn | 99 | 389 | 350 | 61 | 103 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 53 | 10 | 32 | 41 | .294 | .357 | .431 | .789 | 151 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Buddy Wood | 119 | 480 | 434 | 51 | 102 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 30 | 147 | .235 | .305 | .369 | .673 | 160 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Donald Ward | 114 | 451 | 363 | 63 | 92 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 10 | 70 | 78 | .253 | .391 | .342 | .733 | 124 | 14 | 1 | 3 | |||
| John Murret | 83 | 346 | 286 | 49 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 51 | 32 | .276 | .391 | .315 | .706 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Andrew Scerbo | 87 | 368 | 278 | 63 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 46 | 15 | 86 | 64 | .245 | .422 | .421 | .843 | 117 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Bryant | 48 | 212 | 186 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 22 | 26 | .237 | .325 | .328 | .653 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Barry McCarron | 43 | 190 | 172 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 42 | .233 | .283 | .337 | .621 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Lowry | 47 | 118 | 101 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 28 | .297 | .379 | .426 | .805 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| John Vaselenak | 33 | 133 | 114 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 30 | .254 | .333 | .316 | .649 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Curzon | 25 | 96 | 89 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .303 | .344 | .506 | .849 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred White | 39 | 119 | 100 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 34 | .220 | .345 | .340 | .685 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eugene Seidleck | 31 | 95 | 83 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .253 | .347 | .325 | .673 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Weatherly | 45 | 157 | 131 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 31 | .160 | .293 | .229 | .522 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Heg | 30 | 95 | 79 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .253 | .379 | .304 | .683 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Wagner | 29 | 111 | 97 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | .186 | .288 | .237 | .525 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Theodore Farley | 28 | 109 | 91 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 22 | .176 | .290 | .253 | .542 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| David Spadoni | 13 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .400 | .464 | .400 | .864 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Cosby | 15 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .191 | .235 | .319 | .554 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry May | 23 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .241 | .324 | .241 | .565 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vincent Magrino | 23 | 47 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .206 | .372 | .235 | .607 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gene DeGraff | 31 | 77 | 68 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28 | .103 | .164 | .103 | .267 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jorge Rapado | 34 | 77 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 28 | .071 | .307 | .089 | .396 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Max Kelley | 8 | 19 | 19 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Philip Carlson | 28 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .065 | .122 | .130 | .253 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bill Wilson | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| William Hoffland | 14 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .074 | .188 | .074 | .262 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Foster | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Allen Waller | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Fanok | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Dickerson | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Kellogg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Crane | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Wild | 10 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Sampsell | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1247 | 4465 | 3806 | 579 | 943 | 146 | 27 | 63 | 449 | 117 | 0 | 529 | 825 | .248 | .348 | .350 | .698 | 1332 | 0 | 72 | 31 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. C. Dunn | 1B | 88 | 637 | 40 | 12 | 76 | .983 | 7.693 | ||||
| Buddy Wood | 1B | 44 | 275 | 23 | 11 | 25 | .964 | 6.773 | ||||
| Kenneth Bryant | 2B | 48 | 117 | 113 | 9 | 41 | .962 | 4.792 | ||||
| Barry McCarron | 2B | 42 | 105 | 94 | 10 | 27 | .952 | 4.738 | ||||
| Thomas Curzon | 2B | 24 | 48 | 44 | 10 | 6 | .902 | 3.833 | ||||
| Donald Ward | 3B | 112 | 107 | 223 | 52 | 24 | .864 | 2.946 | ||||
| Dick Weatherly | C | 43 | 258 | 18 | 10 | 3 | .965 | 6.419 | 4 | |||
| Fred White | C | 35 | 207 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 6.600 | 7 | |||
| George Heg | C | 26 | 144 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .945 | 5.962 | 8 | |||
| Eugene Seidleck | C | 22 | 141 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .949 | 6.818 | 5 | |||
| Teolindo Acosta | OF | 118 | 280 | 19 | 13 | 5 | .958 | 2.534 | ||||
| John Murret | OF | 83 | 133 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .960 | 1.723 | ||||
| Buddy Wood | OF | 81 | 110 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .881 | 1.457 | ||||
| John Vaselenak | OF | 33 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.455 | ||||
| Richard Wagner | OF | 24 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 2.333 | ||||
| Thomas Lowry | OF | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Jorge Rapado | P | 30 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .865 | 1.067 | ||||
| Thomas Lowry | P | 27 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 3 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Philip Carlson | P | 27 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .926 | ||||
| Gene DeGraff | P | 26 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 9 | .951 | 1.500 | ||||
| Vincent Magrino | P | 20 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .650 | ||||
| Larry May | P | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| William Hoffland | P | 14 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Jerry Wild | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| David Spadoni | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Kellogg | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Foster | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Dickerson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. C. Dunn | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Bryant | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugene Seidleck | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Crane | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrew Scerbo | SS | 87 | 135 | 233 | 35 | 55 | .913 | 4.230 | ||||
| Theodore Farley | SS | 23 | 43 | 48 | 19 | 7 | .827 | 3.957 | ||||
| Totals | 1150 | 2888 | 1067 | 254 | 293 | .940 | 3.439 | 24 | 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.
