1959 Des Moines Demons Statistics
Team Record: 78-48
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Chuck Kress (78-48)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 86,923, Avg. 1,380
Playoffs - Green Bay Bluejays 3 games, Des Moines Demons 1
The Des Moines Demons of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1959 season with a record of 78 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.
The Demons scored 784 runs, most in the league. Des Moines conceded 647 runs. Cal Emery led the squad with 27 home runs and recorded 129 runs batted in. Wayne Graham paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .330 clip. Edwin Radzevich, John Anderson and Edward Hughes topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Edward Hughes recorded a 3 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1959 Des Moines Demons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Cal Emery, John Kennedy, Chuck Kress, Wayne Graham, Al Kenders and John Herrnstein.
Chuck Kress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Hughes | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.00 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 135.0 | 134 | 67 | 45 | 11 | 56 | 4 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Edwin Radzevich | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.72 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 145.0 | 158 | 76 | 60 | 13 | 53 | 5 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Anderson | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.59 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 163.0 | 160 | 86 | 65 | 11 | 46 | 4 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Joseph Pokorny | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.64 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 128.0 | 144 | 78 | 66 | 12 | 45 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Edward Lunsford | 8 | 7 | .533 | 6.26 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 128.0 | 148 | 98 | 89 | 11 | 80 | 3 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Edward Kelly | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.79 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 78 | 53 | 47 | 16 | 50 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Harry Oliver | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.43 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 84.0 | 83 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert Gill | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 59.0 | 60 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Robert Thwaites | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.47 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 45 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Fern Carson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.90 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 60.0 | 62 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Shively | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.70 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Kress | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Kern | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lennis Dykstra | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Dunn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 48 | .619 | 4.22 | 244 | 122 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1062.0 | 1104 | 606 | 498 | 93 | 479 | 37 | 651 | 42 | 5 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Emery | 127 | 581 | 462 | 107 | 149 | 41 | 5 | 27 | 129 | 6 | 100 | 85 | .323 | .446 | .608 | 1.054 | 281 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Wayne Graham | 108 | 458 | 415 | 66 | 137 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 86 | 7 | 35 | 32 | .330 | .383 | .504 | .887 | 209 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Bill McGuckin | 111 | 494 | 411 | 74 | 121 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 15 | 65 | 65 | .294 | .398 | .423 | .821 | 174 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Simicich | 116 | 497 | 408 | 83 | 109 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 64 | 4 | 72 | 96 | .267 | .375 | .385 | .760 | 157 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Al Kenders | 106 | 436 | 359 | 64 | 108 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 66 | 7 | 59 | 84 | .301 | .402 | .468 | .870 | 168 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Morgan | 116 | 552 | 417 | 104 | 99 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 124 | 85 | .237 | .412 | .305 | .716 | 127 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| John Herrnstein | 105 | 448 | 401 | 55 | 98 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 6 | 37 | 99 | .244 | .315 | .387 | .701 | 155 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Paul Price | 105 | 441 | 355 | 85 | 96 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 7 | 81 | 100 | .270 | .404 | .476 | .880 | 169 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Kennedy | 88 | 346 | 281 | 50 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 54 | 48 | .228 | .344 | .310 | .654 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Bornman | 54 | 169 | 133 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 35 | 43 | .203 | .369 | .308 | .677 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Anderson | 34 | 74 | 68 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .265 | .315 | .294 | .609 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Pokorny | 28 | 56 | 51 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .255 | .309 | .373 | .682 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Capitani | 14 | 62 | 49 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .245 | .403 | .367 | .771 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Heavener | 14 | 56 | 51 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .216 | .273 | .314 | .586 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edward Lunsford | 23 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .200 | .259 | .240 | .499 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Radzevich | 23 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .196 | .226 | .196 | .422 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Peed | 16 | 58 | 49 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .184 | .293 | .306 | .599 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Victor Baron | 12 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .276 | .417 | .517 | .934 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Kelly | 32 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .222 | .243 | .333 | .577 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Hughes | 24 | 57 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .120 | .214 | .140 | .354 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Thwaites | 30 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .312 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Oliver | 15 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .133 | .257 | .133 | .390 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gill | 11 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .182 | .190 | .372 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Shively | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fern Carson | 11 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .053 | .217 | .105 | .323 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Dunn | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Kress | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Kern | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lennis Dykstra | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1351 | 5104 | 4231 | 787 | 1127 | 230 | 37 | 100 | 696 | 95 | 0 | 729 | 913 | .266 | .376 | .409 | .785 | 1731 | 0 | 42 | 51 | 51 | 46 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Emery | 1B | 126 | 1110 | 65 | 24 | 100 | .980 | 9.325 | ||||
| Thomas Morgan | 2B | 115 | 289 | 298 | 15 | 83 | .975 | 5.104 | ||||
| John Simicich | 3B | 110 | 97 | 213 | 34 | 19 | .901 | 2.818 | ||||
| Wayne Graham | 3B | 20 | 12 | 46 | 3 | 3 | .951 | 2.900 | ||||
| Al Kenders | C | 105 | 574 | 72 | 23 | 10 | .966 | 6.152 | 16 | |||
| Thomas Bornman | C | 20 | 106 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .992 | 6.000 | 5 | |||
| Victor Baron | C | 11 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 4.000 | 3 | |||
| Bill McGuckin | OF | 104 | 252 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .974 | 2.519 | ||||
| John Herrnstein | OF | 103 | 198 | 14 | 8 | 4 | .964 | 2.058 | ||||
| Paul Price | OF | 96 | 176 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .958 | 1.917 | ||||
| Thomas Bornman | OF | 23 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.913 | ||||
| Wayne Graham | OF | 21 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.857 | ||||
| Reggie Heavener | OF | 13 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| William Peed | OF | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Frank Capitani | OF | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Robert Thwaites | P | 29 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .379 | ||||
| Edward Kelly | P | 28 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Joseph Pokorny | P | 27 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.444 | ||||
| John Anderson | P | 27 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.630 | ||||
| Edwin Radzevich | P | 23 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .905 | 1.652 | ||||
| Edward Lunsford | P | 23 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .870 | ||||
| Edward Hughes | P | 23 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .862 | 1.087 | ||||
| Harry Oliver | P | 15 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Fern Carson | P | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jimmy Shively | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Gill | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lennis Dykstra | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Dunn | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Kern | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Kress | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Kennedy | SS | 70 | 134 | 196 | 31 | 42 | .914 | 4.714 | ||||
| Wayne Graham | SS | 58 | 83 | 161 | 20 | 30 | .924 | 4.207 | ||||
| Totals | 1259 | 3246 | 1295 | 195 | 318 | .959 | 3.607 | 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.
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