1959 Elmira Pioneers Statistics
Team Record: 67-57
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Andy Seminick (67-57)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 39,867, Avg. 643
Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 2 games, Geneva Redlegs 0
Finals - Wellsville Braves 3 games, Elmira Pioneers 2
The Elmira Pioneers of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1959 season with a record of 67 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.
The Pioneers paced the league with just 672 runs allowed. Elmira scored 763 runs. Robert Carmo led the team with 10 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Richard Haines topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Robert Baillargeon paced the squad with 15 wins, while Jack McCracken registered a 2.94 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Lee Elia and George Williams both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Andy Seminick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Baillargeon | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.27 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 198.0 | 180 | 99 | 72 | 14 | 76 | 172 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Thomas Klukososki | 14 | 4 | .778 | 4.50 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 142.0 | 131 | 88 | 71 | 17 | 48 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jack McCracken | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.94 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 147.0 | 133 | 71 | 48 | 1 | 52 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Lawrence | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.18 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 97.0 | 89 | 60 | 45 | 7 | 63 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ernest DeBruler | 7 | 7 | .500 | 6.43 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 112.0 | 124 | 92 | 80 | 11 | 64 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Fern Carson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.29 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 42.0 | 46 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lou DeBole | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Willie Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Ruth | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 37 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| David Steplitus | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0.00 | 9 | 25.0 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Lennis Dykstra | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.08 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 50 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| William Hofmeister | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.08 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 85.0 | 79 | 61 | 48 | 2 | 81 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Gerald Kummer | 1 | 9 | .100 | 4.91 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 43 | 44 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Rybak | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Large | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Lattimore | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 57 | .544 | 4.19 | 239 | 111 | 109 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 983.0 | 912 | 603 | 458 | 61 | 518 | 0 | 669 | 25 | 5 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Guinn | 110 | 506 | 435 | 95 | 131 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 58 | 44 | .301 | .383 | .368 | .751 | 160 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Robert Carmo | 117 | 529 | 452 | 77 | 126 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 82 | 11 | 4 | 56 | 55 | .279 | .361 | .425 | .786 | 192 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Richard Haines | 99 | 420 | 364 | 69 | 116 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 21 | .319 | .392 | .451 | .843 | 164 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Lee Elia | 98 | 491 | 374 | 103 | 111 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 66 | 19 | 3 | 99 | 42 | .297 | .443 | .414 | .858 | 155 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Anthony Scarpa | 97 | 441 | 375 | 65 | 98 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 58 | 46 | .261 | .362 | .307 | .669 | 115 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Clyde Hampton | 65 | 256 | 241 | 28 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 43 | .286 | .312 | .402 | .715 | 97 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Stewart | 64 | 226 | 202 | 32 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 42 | .322 | .384 | .475 | .859 | 96 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Williamson | 65 | 276 | 217 | 47 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 17 | .267 | .407 | .318 | .725 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Warren Tessier | 44 | 194 | 145 | 43 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 15 | .393 | .521 | .634 | 1.155 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Larry Baughman | 69 | 251 | 218 | 38 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 40 | .248 | .335 | .408 | .743 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Irving Clark | 37 | 133 | 105 | 25 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 23 | .419 | .526 | .686 | 1.212 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Balling | 56 | 234 | 184 | 31 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 50 | .234 | .372 | .299 | .671 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Williams | 28 | 118 | 99 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .303 | .377 | .414 | .791 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Theodore Sloan | 31 | 105 | 94 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .266 | .333 | .372 | .706 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jackie Phillips | 45 | 183 | 134 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 47 | .187 | .389 | .291 | .680 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Klukososki | 27 | 61 | 51 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .275 | .373 | .373 | .745 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Baillargeon | 27 | 87 | 66 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .212 | .346 | .273 | .618 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| James O'Brien | 13 | 51 | 44 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .227 | .300 | .273 | .573 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ernest DeBruler | 17 | 50 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .212 | .400 | .242 | .642 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Lawrence | 33 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .214 | .333 | .214 | .548 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Hofmeister | 32 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .227 | .414 | .273 | .687 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Wyatt | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| David Steplitus | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Merkosky | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Haines | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lou DeBole | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Alon Gore | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Fern Carson | 9 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack McCracken | 24 | 58 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .044 | .189 | .044 | .233 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Rybak | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lennis Dykstra | 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cornelius Maloney | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Kummer | 17 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Ruth | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rudolph Lattimore | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Large | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1302 | 4871 | 4054 | 763 | 1129 | 163 | 46 | 59 | 596 | 121 | 25 | 653 | 595 | .278 | .380 | .385 | .765 | 1561 | 0 | 42 | 65 | 57 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Balling | 1B | 54 | 345 | 30 | 9 | 37 | .977 | 6.944 | ||||
| Jackie Phillips | 1B | 45 | 379 | 26 | 9 | 41 | .978 | 9.000 | ||||
| James O'Brien | 1B | 13 | 103 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .964 | 8.231 | ||||
| Anthony Scarpa | 2B | 97 | 228 | 266 | 34 | 59 | .936 | 5.093 | ||||
| James Williamson | 2B | 26 | 50 | 71 | 8 | 19 | .938 | 4.654 | ||||
| James Guinn | 3B | 55 | 93 | 104 | 26 | 9 | .883 | 3.582 | ||||
| Lee Elia | 3B | 35 | 36 | 44 | 9 | 9 | .899 | 2.286 | ||||
| James Williamson | 3B | 23 | 23 | 41 | 7 | 4 | .901 | 2.783 | ||||
| Larry Baughman | C | 61 | 375 | 27 | 11 | 5 | .973 | 6.590 | 19 | |||
| James Stewart | C | 44 | 296 | 33 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 7.477 | 16 | |||
| Theodore Sloan | C | 21 | 137 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.952 | 1 | |||
| Robert Carmo | OF | 116 | 211 | 19 | 14 | 2 | .943 | 1.983 | ||||
| Richard Haines | OF | 95 | 176 | 4 | 15 | 0 | .923 | 1.895 | ||||
| Clyde Hampton | OF | 59 | 86 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .928 | 1.525 | ||||
| Warren Tessier | OF | 41 | 75 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .921 | 2.000 | ||||
| Irving Clark | OF | 33 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .926 | 1.515 | ||||
| George Williams | OF | 28 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | ||||
| Thomas Lawrence | P | 33 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .545 | ||||
| William Hofmeister | P | 31 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .857 | .581 | ||||
| Thomas Klukososki | P | 27 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 1.444 | ||||
| Robert Baillargeon | P | 25 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jack McCracken | P | 21 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
| Ernest DeBruler | P | 17 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| Gerald Kummer | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .400 | .267 | ||||
| Lennis Dykstra | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .600 | ||||
| Ronald Ruth | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| David Steplitus | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fern Carson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Rybak | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou DeBole | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Wyatt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudolph Lattimore | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Large | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Elia | SS | 69 | 128 | 169 | 21 | 29 | .934 | 4.304 | ||||
| James Guinn | SS | 49 | 80 | 134 | 20 | 27 | .915 | 4.367 | ||||
| James Williamson | SS | 11 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 8 | .971 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1214 | 2977 | 1164 | 234 | 278 | .947 | 3.411 | 36 | 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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