1959 Eugene Emeralds Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 68-71
Finished 5th in the NWL
Manager: Roy Partee (68-71)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Bethel Park
Attendance: 67,386, Avg. 970

1959 Eugene Emeralds Roster

The Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 68 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the NWL.

The Emeralds plated 616 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 649 runs. Joe Sparks paced Eugene with 17 home runs Chuck Hiller drove in 77 runs. Richard Pawlow topped all regular hitters by hitting .354. Bobby Bolin led the squad with 20 wins, while Gene Calder added 15 or more wins, too Bobby Bolin recorded a 2.84 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1959 Eugene Emeralds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chuck Hiller, Roy Partee, Ron Herbel, Carl Boles, Bobby Bolin and John Orsino.

Roy Partee 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
Bobby Bolin	20	8	.714	2.84	31	30		23	9		225.0	158	81	71	11	144		271	11	2	10
Gene Calder	15	15	.500	4.28	33	31		21	5		223.0	245	133	106	19	85		97	9	0	9
Robert Blair	8	5	.615	4.47	34	12		5	0		129.0	143	80	64	13	46		65	1	1	4
Joseph Griffiths	6	6	.500	5.14	25	12		3	0		91.0	84	62	52	7	79		58	2	1	21
Ron Herbel	5	13	.278	4.30	23	21		3	1		132.0	102	86	63	6	119		111	2	2	6
Ken Bracey	4	5	.444	3.68	43	1		1	0		88.0	83	41	36	5	31		43	1	0	5
Joe Schatz	3	8	.273	7.32	12	12		2	0		59.0	66	57	48	4	61		29	4	0	12
Dwight Cook	2	1	.667	3.97	7	6		0	0		34.0	30	22	15	2	33		15	4	0	4
Albert Johnston	2	6	.250	4.89	11	10		4	1		70.0	74	44	38	3	54		59	1	0	6
Francis Smith	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Melvin Krause	1	1	.500		8						0.0
Gary Underhill	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Thomas Arruda	0	0			1						0.0
Gary Krupsky	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	68	71	.489	4.22	239	135	0	62	16	0	1051.0	985	606	493	70	652	0	748	35	6	77	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
Chuck Hiller	139	558	487	92	166	24	9	13	77	7		57	65	.341	.411	.507	.918	247	6	4	6	4
Carl Boles	128	510	465	84	143	16	8	9	40	22		31	45	.308	.356	.434	.791	202	2	6	5	3
Richard Pawlow	101	413	379	66	134	23	6	4	38	7		26	47	.354	.393	.478	.871	181	8	0	6	2
Joe Sparks	131	502	445	56	115	22	8	17	73	5		46	65	.258	.325	.458	.784	204	7	0	7	4
John Orsino	98	373	343	44	93	21	4	8	55	1		20	39	.271	.315	.426	.740	146	8	4	1	5
Melvin Krause	98	350	313	54	77	9	3	5	28	17		30	38	.246	.321	.342	.663	107	12	5	1	1
Carl Porter	65	225	199	23	63	8	0	1	19	1		19	26	.317	.385	.372	.756	74	0	3	4	0
Gene Martin	70	246	213	27	52	10	2	3	36	2		26	59	.244	.328	.352	.680	75	3	1	5	1
Joseph Moran	60	230	197	22	49	11	1	1	15	4		31	31	.249	.349	.330	.679	65	3	0	1	1
Wastine Yeomans	46	182	167	17	38	4	0	0	17	3		12	18	.228	.276	.251	.528	42	5	0	1	2
Gary Krupsky	33	127	108	12	29	6	2	2	12	1		17	21	.269	.365	.417	.782	45	1	0	1	1
Sid Harvey	49	167	152	16	28	4	1	3	16	1		8	18	.184	.222	.283	.504	43	2	1	0	6
Jerald Robinson	46	162	136	10	27	4	1	1	13	3		18	26	.199	.308	.265	.573	36	0	4	3	1
Bobby Bolin	37	102	92	10	18	4	0	1	15	0		7	32	.196	.260	.272	.532	25	2	1	2	0
Jack Motley	16	58	55	2	14	2	1	1	9	0		1	13	.255	.276	.382	.658	21	0	1	0	1
Gene Calder	41	101	91	6	14	2	0	1	9	0		6	16	.154	.222	.209	.431	19	1	2	2	0
Jim Johnson	33	88	76	10	12	1	0	0	5	1		12	10	.158	.273	.171	.444	13	1	0	0	0
Stanley Patykula	6	26	26		10									.385	.385	.385	.769	10
Joseph Griffiths	27	39	36	1	8	0	0	0	5	0		1	6	.222	.243	.222	.465	8	1	0	2	0
Dwight Cook	10	17	15	5	7	3	0	0	2	0		1	0	.467	.500	.667	1.167	10	0	0	1	0
Ron Herbel	24	50	44	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		1	22	.114	.133	.136	.270	6	1	0	5	0
Robert Blair	34	50	45	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	18	.089	.128	.089	.217	4	0	0	3	0
Joe Schatz	14	23	19	5	3	0	0	2	2	0		3	10	.158	.273	.474	.746	9	0	0	1	0
Roy Partee	1	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Francis Smith	6	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Jerry Caldwell	4	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Albert Johnston	11	26	22	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	16	.091	.125	.091	.216	2	0	1	2	1
Ken Bracey	44	25	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	.048	.167	.048	.214	1	2	1	1	0
Gary Underhill	4	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1376	4679	4175	569	1118	175	46	72	490	75	0	377	651	.268	.331	.383	.714	1601	65	34	60	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Carl Porter	1B	61	477	26	6	59	.988	8.246
Melvin Krause	1B	47	327	14	9	37	.974	7.255
John Orsino	1B	29	231	11	8	28	.968	8.345
Chuck Hiller	2B	139	309	395	22	102	.970	5.065
Joe Sparks	3B	127	96	218	29	19	.915	2.472
Joseph Moran	3B	12	15	14	1	3	.967	2.417
John Orsino	C	67	400	40	7	9	.984	6.567	12
Sid Harvey	C	44	253	20	9	6	.968	6.205	7
Jim Johnson	C	17	77	14	5	1	.948	5.353	2
Jack Motley	C	16	87	15	4	4	.962	6.375	4
Carl Boles	OF	122	218	13	9	1	.962	1.893
Richard Pawlow	OF	99	185	7	8	1	.960	1.939
Joseph Moran	OF	48	76	7	6	1	.933	1.729
Jerald Robinson	OF	45	86	7	5	1	.949	2.067
Gary Krupsky	OF	32	51	2	1	0	.981	1.656
Jim Johnson	OF	10	12	1	1	1	.929	1.300
Ken Bracey	P	43	7	13	1	2	.952	.465
Robert Blair	P	34	4	28	4	5	.889	.941
Gene Calder	P	33	10	53	4	8	.940	1.909
Bobby Bolin	P	31	6	31	1	4	.974	1.194
Joseph Griffiths	P	25	3	21	0	0	1.000	.960
Ron Herbel	P	23	2	29	5	3	.861	1.348
Joe Schatz	P	12	1	12	3	0	.812	1.083
Albert Johnston	P	11	2	15	1	2	.944	1.545
Melvin Krause	P	8						.000
Dwight Cook	P	7						.000
Francis Smith	P	5						.000
Gary Underhill	P	4						.000
Gary Krupsky	P	2						.000
Thomas Arruda	P	1						.000
Gene Martin	SS	62	65	153	15	34	.936	3.516
Wastine Yeomans	SS	46	75	130	19	38	.915	4.457
Melvin Krause	SS	33	56	87	12	20	.923	4.333
Totals		1295	3131	1376	195	389	.959	3.480	25	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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