1959 Duluth-Superior Dukes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 61-61
Finished 5th in the NL
Manager: George Noga (61-61)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 35,966, Avg. 590

1959 Duluth-Superior Dukes Roster

The Duluth-Superior Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 61 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Dukes conceded 588 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Duluth-Superior plated 598 runs. Manly Johnston paced the squad with 18 home runs and accounted for 100 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .352 average. Jose Lizondro topped the squad with 11 wins, and Dan Osinski recorded a 2.41 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1959 Duluth-Superior Dukes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jerry McNertney, Dennis Higgins, Dan Osinski, Joe Hoerner and George Smith.

George Noga 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
Jose Lizondro	11	5	.688	3.27	32	16		7	1		157.0	162	71	57	10	31		94	4	1	6
Robert Wright	9	3	.750	4.15	23	16		5	1		102.0	94	54	47	8	55		71	6	0	7
Dennis Higgins	9	11	.450	3.59	31	24		12	2		178.0	143	90	71	15	133		141	4	1	22
Dan Osinski	8	9	.471	2.41	53	4		2	0		138.0	129	54	37	6	58		129	0	1	3
Carl Winton	8	10	.444	3.52	25	21		12	0		161.0	151	86	63	13	59		112	4	0	2
Bill Murphy	6	8	.429	4.34	27	13		2	0		112.0	122	77	54	7	56		70	6	0	4
Phil Groth	3	2	.600	3.49	7	7		1	0		49.0	37	20	19	2	31		38	0	0	4
Vincent Palmisano	3	2	.600	4.69	20	7		1	0		71.0	57	44	37	7	68		44	10	0	3
Gerald Moeller	2	3	.400		10						0.0
Martin Nyquist	1	1	.500		8						0.0
Joe Hoerner	1	3	.250		4						0.0
Richard Duerr	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Jerry DeRoma	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Eugene Burroughs	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Totals	61	61	.500	3.58	251	108	0	42	4	0	968.0	895	496	385	68	491	0	699	34	3	51	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
Manly Johnston	106	456	412	76	145	29	2	18	100	0		35	69	.352	.395	.563	.958	232		0	0	9
Jose Valladares	122	585	458	89	115	18	3	0	34	6		115	54	.251	.404	.303	.708	139		4	6	2
Chris Salberg	92	403	341	53	101	18	3	2	42	1		50	38	.296	.389	.384	.773	131		3	7	2
George Smith	107	461	384	61	91	8	5	3	30	8		62	68	.237	.352	.307	.660	118		8	4	3
Jim Napier	121	474	424	58	89	16	4	7	62	4		41	86	.210	.285	.316	.601	134		4	3	2
Jerry McNertney	90	403	335	38	77	14	3	2	33	1		54	38	.230	.348	.307	.656	103		8	4	2
Lawson Mitchell	68	250	222	25	64	7	6	4	38	4		23	34	.288	.357	.428	.785	95		2	1	2
J. C. Sells	71	279	242	34	60	13	1	6	32	2		27	43	.248	.326	.384	.710	93		3	3	4
Gene Duffy	45	199	175	24	46	8	2	0	15	4		19	18	.263	.333	.331	.665	58		0	4	1
Paul Griffith	45	177	124	33	42	10	1	0	18	8		52	14	.339	.534	.435	.970	54		0	1	0
Paul Higgs	47	210	174	26	39	5	3	8	34	2		32	59	.224	.357	.425	.782	74		4	0	0
Fritz Heiss	24	111	83	13	24	4	1	1	14	0		26	11	.289	.459	.398	.856	33		0	2	0
Dan Osinski	65	106	98	9	24	2	1	2	8	0		5	21	.245	.286	.347	.633	34		1	1	1
Dennis Higgins	39	83	78	4	17	1	0	0	3	0		2	7	.218	.238	.231	.468	18		0	3	0
Thomas Denny	13	56	50	4	12	5	1	0	9	0		4	9	.240	.304	.380	.684	19		1	0	1
Carl Winton	27	68	58	7	11	4	1	0	6	0		7	16	.190	.277	.293	.570	17		0	3	0
Larry Torkelson	32	71	64	4	11	1	1	0	5	0		7	24	.172	.254	.219	.472	14		0	0	0
Joe Hennessy	8	28	28		8									.286	.286	.286	.571	8
Harold Harrison	11	44	30	5	7	1	1	0	5	0		14	6	.233	.477	.333	.811	10		0	0	0
Robert Wright	23	45	31	4	7	2	1	0	8	0		5	6	.226	.300	.355	.655	11		0	5	4
Bill Murphy	28	43	40	5	7	0	0	0	3	0		2	12	.175	.214	.175	.389	7		0	1	0
Jose Lizondro	32	62	47	5	7	0	0	0	4	0		10	13	.149	.298	.149	.447	7		0	5	0
Vincent Palmisano	20	31	25	4	6	2	0	0	3	0		6	7	.240	.387	.320	.707	8		0	0	0
Jack Haury	7	16	16		5									.312	.312	.312	.625	5
Phil Groth	7	18	18		5									.278	.278	.278	.556	5
J. B. Eaker	12	28	23	3	3	2	0	0	2	0		4	7	.130	.250	.217	.467	5		0	0	1
Isaac Barnes	5	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
James Baker	6	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Ernest Myers	7	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
William White	8	27	27		2									.074	.074	.074	.148	2
Joe Hoerner	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Gerald Moeller	10	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	1	0
Martin Nyquist	8	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Duerr	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry DeRoma	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eugene Burroughs	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1322	4792	4064	585	1033	170	40	53	508	40	0	602	663	.254	.353	.355	.708	1442	0	38	54	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
J. C. Sells	1B	67	570	32	10	46	.984	8.985
Jerry McNertney	1B	29	245	6	3	24	.988	8.655
Fritz Heiss	1B	24	221	9	4	14	.983	9.583
George Smith	2B	105	258	343	23	67	.963	5.724
Chris Salberg	3B	91	78	161	25	19	.905	2.626
Jerry McNertney	3B	25	23	58	7	2	.920	3.240
Jim Napier	C	116	746	87	16	13	.981	7.181	21
Manly Johnston	OF	97	150	10	4	3	.976	1.649
Lawson Mitchell	OF	61	125	6	4	1	.970	2.148
Paul Higgs	OF	46	72	5	7	2	.917	1.674
Gene Duffy	OF	45	68	5	1	1	.986	1.622
Jerry McNertney	OF	38	65	2	2	2	.971	1.763
Paul Griffith	OF	34	56	2	1	0	.983	1.706
Dan Osinski	OF	13	20	0	2	0	.909	1.538
Larry Torkelson	OF	11	6	1	2	0	.778	.636
Thomas Denny	OF	11	16	0	2	0	.889	1.455
Dan Osinski	P	53	7	31	1	1	.974	.717
Jose Lizondro	P	32	2	24	7	0	.788	.812
Dennis Higgins	P	31	11	41	5	2	.912	1.677
Bill Murphy	P	27	6	19	3	1	.893	.926
Carl Winton	P	25	6	30	2	0	.947	1.440
Robert Wright	P	23	0	16	0	0	1.000	.696
Vincent Palmisano	P	20	0	14	2	0	.875	.700
Gerald Moeller	P	10	0	8	0	2	1.000	.800
Martin Nyquist	P	8						.000
Phil Groth	P	7						.000
Jerry DeRoma	P	5						.000
Joe Hoerner	P	4						.000
Eugene Burroughs	P	4						.000
Richard Duerr	P	2						.000
Jose Valladares	SS	121	201	337	33	66	.942	4.446
Totals		1185	2952	1247	166	266	.962	3.543	21	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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