1959 Eau Claire Braves Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 55-68
Finished 7th in the NL
Manager: Travis Jackson (0-0), Bobby Dudley (0-0), Gordon Maltzberger (0-0), Travis Jackson (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 35,895, Avg. 584

1959 Eau Claire Braves Roster

The Eau Claire Braves of the Northern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 55 wins and 68 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Braves scored 624 runs and surrendered 674 runs. Tommie Aaron led Eau Claire with 26 home runs, and Gene Johnson walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Ryder drove in 90 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .346 clip. Larry Huebner, Richard Ramont and Charles Duren paced the team with 8 wins each, while Ed Lawrence recorded a 3.11 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Tommie Aaron and Hank Fischer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Travis Jackson, Bobby Dudley, Gordon Maltzberger and Travis Jackson 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
Larry Huebner	8	4	.667	4.06	16	14		7	0		102.0	112	55	46	11	48		59	0	0	3
Charles Duren	8	8	.500	5.01	31	17		7	0		149.0	160	98	83	12	88		78	9	1	13
Richard Ramont	8	13	.381	4.47	30	20		3	0		149.0	174	104	74	17	57		86	12	2	9
Bobby Dudley	6	5	.545	5.50	22	10		5	0		90.0	109	59	55	16	36		44	2	0	5
Ed Lawrence	5	9	.357	3.11	26	12		6	1		110.0	107	51	38	8	46		78	2	1	2
John Huda	5	9	.357	4.63	31	18		7	0		138.0	137	78	71	15	95		113	6	0	10
Ronald Ross	4	1	.800	4.42	24	4		0	0		57.0	54	32	28	8	37		41	1	1	1
William Marnie	4	4	.500	4.69	14	11		3	1		71.0	84	47	37	2	41		65	1	0	5
Ted Budzik	4	4	.500	5.86	20	7		0	0		63.0	50	43	41	8	48		41	2	0	4
Bob MacPherson	1	1	.500		12						0.0
Hank Fischer	1	2	.333	6.75	12	1		1	0		32.0	37	28	24	3	22		20	1	0	4
Bernard Poupore	1	4	.200		5						0.0
Ceferino Foy	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Bob Byerly	0	1	.000		5						0.0
William Rochford	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Totals	55	68	.447	4.65	255	114	0	39	2	0	961.0	1024	595	497	100	518	0	625	36	5	56	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
Steve Ryder	123	528	489	76	169	23	4	12	90	8		31	50	.346	.385	.483	.867	236		2	3	3
Gene Johnson	123	520	454	81	126	21	6	19	82	2		56	62	.278	.358	.476	.834	216		4	1	5
Tommie Aaron	123	523	472	88	121	16	3	26	80	3		39	86	.256	.317	.468	.785	221		4	5	3
Wayne Wilson	96	422	344	62	104	24	3	4	53	5		62	37	.302	.410	.424	.834	146		6	2	8
Orie Wolf	103	466	373	66	98	13	3	3	27	4		80	74	.263	.395	.338	.733	126		3	8	2
Paul Snyder	71	318	279	50	92	21	1	7	55	0		33	30	.330	.402	.487	.889	136		2	2	2
Ty Clayton	103	422	373	44	85	12	5	1	22	3		37	71	.228	.302	.295	.597	110		3	8	1
Donald Severson	60	239	204	20	53	7	2	0	22	1		25	24	.260	.336	.314	.650	64		0	7	3
John Redway	54	178	147	24	43	4	1	1	14	2		26	26	.293	.407	.354	.761	52		3	1	1
Joseph Shields	39	150	123	15	31	6	1	2	23	0		22	45	.252	.365	.366	.731	45		1	2	2
Lorne Johnson	24	115	99	22	30	2	3	2	14	2		15	20	.303	.400	.444	.844	44		1	0	0
George Johnson	19	85	71	15	23	1	1	6	17	1		13	18	.324	.435	.620	1.055	44		1	0	0
James Davins	21	69	64	7	18	1	0	1	7	1		4	6	.281	.333	.344	.677	22		1	0	0
Doug Smith	19	83	71	7	14	4	0	1	6	0		10	10	.197	.313	.296	.609	21		2	0	0
Carlos Ramirez	11	54	46	5	11	2	0	0	3	1		6	13	.239	.327	.283	.610	13		0	2	0
Oatis Garner	15	55	48	6	10	1	0	1	3	0		6	15	.208	.309	.292	.601	14		1	0	0
Joaquin Perez	15	36	30	3	9	1	0	1	1	1		4	8	.300	.382	.433	.816	13		0	2	0
Ed Lawrence	27	45	42	1	9	1	0	0	7	0		2	9	.214	.250	.238	.488	10		0	1	0
Charles Duren	31	59	51	4	9	0	0	0	4	0		4	19	.176	.236	.176	.413	9		0	4	0
John Huda	31	59	55	4	7	0	1	0	6	0		3	25	.127	.172	.164	.336	9		0	1	0
Ted Budzik	20	27	21	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		3	4	.238	.320	.238	.558	5		0	2	1
Larry Huebner	16	41	37	3	5	0	0	0	0	1		1	15	.135	.179	.135	.315	5		1	2	0
Richard Ramont	30	57	48	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		3	11	.104	.157	.104	.261	5		0	6	0
Bobby Dudley	27	40	32	5	4	1	0	0	2	0		4	11	.125	.237	.156	.393	5		1	2	1
Hank Fischer	12	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.231	.286	.231	.516	3		0	0	0
Ronald Ross	24	21	19	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.158	.158	.158	.316	3		0	2	0
George Lukart	9	21	21		3									.143	.143	.143	.286	3
William Marnie	14	30	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	19	.071	.103	.071	.175	2		0	1	0
William Rochford	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Bob MacPherson	12	8	6	2	1	0	0	1	3	0		2	3	.167	.375	.667	1.042	4		0	0	0
Bob Byerly	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ceferino Foy	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Riley	8	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bernard Poupore	6	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1298	4713	4088	616	1094	161	34	88	549	35	0	493	723	.268	.349	.388	.737	1587	0	36	64	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Snyder	1B	70	614	17	13	59	.980	9.014
John Redway	1B	28	244	8	6	19	.977	9.000
Doug Smith	1B	19	148	24	3	21	.983	9.053
Tommie Aaron	2B	121	361	330	28	95	.961	5.711
Gene Johnson	3B	123	103	266	23	32	.941	3.000
Donald Severson	C	59	358	24	7	2	.982	6.475	11
Joseph Shields	C	39	218	21	8	3	.968	6.128	11
Oatis Garner	C	13	67	10	1	2	.987	5.923	7
Steve Ryder	OF	123	191	13	6	4	.971	1.659
Orie Wolf	OF	103	239	11	7	3	.973	2.427
Wayne Wilson	OF	96	162	12	5	1	.972	1.812
Lorne Johnson	OF	24	39	3	1	0	.977	1.750
George Johnson	OF	19	28	5	2	2	.943	1.737
John Huda	P	31	5	29	2	0	.944	1.097
Charles Duren	P	31	12	22	4	2	.895	1.097
Richard Ramont	P	30	6	33	0	2	1.000	1.300
Ed Lawrence	P	26	0	14	2	0	.875	.538
Ronald Ross	P	24	2	4	1	0	.857	.250
Bobby Dudley	P	22	4	17	0	0	1.000	.955
Ted Budzik	P	20	2	13	0	0	1.000	.750
Larry Huebner	P	16	4	20	2	0	.923	1.500
William Marnie	P	14	0	8	1	1	.889	.571
Bob MacPherson	P	12	2	3	0	0	1.000	.417
Hank Fischer	P	12	0	12	2	1	.857	1.000
Bernard Poupore	P	5						.000
Bob Byerly	P	5						.000
Ceferino Foy	P	4						.000
William Rochford	P	3						.000
Ty Clayton	SS	102	151	337	34	56	.935	4.784
Carlos Ramirez	SS	11	15	28	2	11	.956	3.909
James Davins	SS	11	19	22	2	5	.953	3.727
Totals		1216	2994	1306	162	321	.964	3.536	29	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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