1959 Erie Sailors Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 49-76
Finished 8th in the NYPL
Manager: Al Lakeman (0-0), Pat Mullin (0-0), Al Lakeman (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 24,158, Avg. 387

1959 Erie Sailors Roster

The Erie Sailors of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1959 season with a record of 49 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the NYPL.

The Sailors plated 637 runs and surrendered 764 runs. Harold Trapp paced Erie with 15 home runs and drove in 68 runs. John Sullivan led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .322 average. Allen Phelon and Raymond Stauffacher topped the team with 9 wins each, while Raymond Stauffacher earned a 3.86 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Erie Sailors who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Purnal Goldy, Paul Doyle and John Sullivan.

Al Lakeman, Pat Mullin and Al Lakeman 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
Allen Phelon	9	7	.562	4.57	32	21	13	5	1		138.0	140	93	70	12	100		83	5	1	4
Raymond Stauffacher	9	11	.450	3.86	30	25	19	13	2		184.0	192	108	79	16	93		102	4	0	5
Charles Malpass	7	4	.636	4.58	36	4	24	3	0		106.0	117	80	54	11	51		88	4	1	5
John O'Cain	6	6	.500	4.29	26	12	15	3	0		109.0	121	70	52	11	49		56	3	0	2
Joe Laughlin	5	11	.312	5.14	31	18	13	4	1		126.0	120	88	72	10	75		87	5	4	0
James Boger	3	4	.429	3.12	13	6	9	2	0		52.0	44	26	18	3	30		31	1	0	0
Eugene Burroughs	3	8	.273	4.54	20	14	7	3	0		111.0	102	78	56	13	75		86	0	2	4
Milton McLaughlin	3	11	.214	5.51	27	13	10	1	0		116.0	131	87	71	17	65		83	4	1	4
Paul Doyle	1	0	1.000	13.09	5	0					11.0	16	19	16		19
Oliver Powers	1	2	.333		5						0.0
James Shrode	1	2	.333		3						0.0
Bob Reid	1	4	.200	6.00	18	2	7	0	0		39.0	41	33	26	0	38		18	0	0	2
Al DiBernardo	0	0			4						0.0
Richard Klunder	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Pete Pekich	0	2	.000		5						0.0
Dick Ryan	0	3	.000		5						0.0
Totals	49	76	.392	4.66	262	115	117	34	4	0	992.0	1024	682	514	93	595	0	634	26	9	26	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
Harold Trapp	121	498	450	76	130	21	7	15	68	7	6	40	79	.289	.345	.467	.812	210		2	0	6
Ronald Welch	123	525	447	68	117	28	0	9	56	12	3	65	47	.262	.360	.385	.745	172		6	3	4
John Sullivan	110	424	348	69	112	29	1	13	58	6	7	69	51	.322	.440	.523	.963	182		5	1	1
Rufus Anderson	98	431	394	71	111	27	7	12	55	12	4	28	66	.282	.332	.477	.809	188		3	3	3
Norm Manning	119	460	393	47	110	24	2	4	49	10	2	58	53	.280	.375	.382	.757	150		3	4	2
Ronald Nieman	105	463	376	69	92	12	3	7	42	9	5	74	54	.245	.368	.348	.717	131		2	7	4
Purnal Goldy	72	296	267	50	82	18	3	8	32	3	3	23	22	.307	.365	.487	.852	130		2	3	1
Dennis Mendyk	87	354	309	40	65	14	5	13	45	1	5	40	66	.210	.304	.414	.718	128		2	2	1
George Ferrell	51	208	176	26	34	1	2	2	30	3	2	26	26	.193	.301	.256	.557	45		2	2	2
Raymond Stauffacher	46	102	87	16	30	7	1	2	20	3	0	9	13	.345	.418	.517	.936	45		2	4	0
Nick Zelenak	35	103	93	15	24	6	0	3	10	0	2	9	14	.258	.330	.419	.749	39		1	0	0
Bob McCauley	35	131	118	11	20	2	0	1	8	0	2	9	39	.169	.240	.212	.452	25		2	2	0
Jerry Burttram	20	77	68	14	13	2	2	1	7	1	0	7	29	.191	.273	.324	.596	22		1	0	1
Charles Chew	35	85	75	9	13	0	0	0	2	2	0	9	11	.173	.262	.173	.435	13		0	1	0
Jim Anderson	18	59	49	8	11	3	1	1	7	0	0	10	26	.224	.356	.388	.744	19		0	0	0
Allen Phelon	33	52	45	5	10	4	0	1	6	0	0	4	23	.222	.286	.378	.663	17		0	3	0
Joe Laughlin	31	40	32	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	.281	.361	.312	.674	10		1	4	0
John O'Cain	40	66	45	14	9	1	1	1	6	1	0	19	17	.200	.455	.333	.788	15		2	0	0
Joseph Hadly	18	61	49	8	9	0	1	1	9	1	0	11	12	.184	.328	.286	.614	14		0	0	1
Roger McCombs	19	50	39	8	8	1	0	0	14	0	0	8	14	.205	.360	.231	.591	9		2	0	1
Eugene Burroughs	21	41	36	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.139	.225	.139	.364	5		1	1	0
Richard Klunder	4	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
James Boger	13	19	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	2	0
Charles Malpass	36	42	29	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	16	.069	.250	.069	.319	2		0	6	0
Milton McLaughlin	28	36	32	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	14	.062	.118	.062	.180	2		0	2	0
Oliver Powers	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Paul Doyle	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
James Shrode	3	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bob Reid	18	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	3	0
Dick Ryan	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al DiBernardo	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Pete Pekich	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1365	4660	4006	639	1025	201	36	94	534	71	42	535	727	.256	.347	.394	.741	1580	0	39	53	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Purnal Goldy	1B	54	456	30	15	61	.970	9.000
Bob McCauley	1B	35	287	13	11	20	.965	8.571
Jim Anderson	1B	18	110	8	3	5	.975	6.556
Dennis Mendyk	1B	11	73	10	3	1	.965	7.545
Norm Manning	1B	6	35	3	3	3	.927	6.333
Rufus Anderson	2B	71	200	188	25	52	.939	5.465
Ronald Welch	2B	53	131	131	13	20	.953	4.943
Ronald Welch	3B	63	52	105	17	14	.902	2.492
Norm Manning	3B	27	21	51	7	2	.911	2.667
Harold Trapp	3B	21	18	16	11	1	.756	1.619
Dennis Mendyk	3B	18	12	29	1	3	.976	2.278
John Sullivan	C	103	604	73	11	9	.984	6.573	18
Charles Chew	C	30	146	9	0	2	1.000	5.167	9
Roger McCombs	C	10	396	3	0	1	1.000	39.900	5
Harold Trapp	OF	100	151	15	17	3	.907	1.660
Ronald Nieman	OF	100	189	4	11	1	.946	1.930
Dennis Mendyk	OF	56	129	11	8	5	.946	2.500
George Ferrell	OF	50	62	2	10	0	.865	1.280
Nick Zelenak	OF	21	27	1	1	0	.966	1.333
Purnal Goldy	OF	15	37	0	3	0	.925	2.467
Joseph Hadly	OF	13	18	4	1	1	.957	1.692
Charles Malpass	P	36	9	22	5	1	.861	.861
Allen Phelon	P	32	3	19	2	1	.917	.688
Joe Laughlin	P	31	15	18	3	2	.917	1.065
Raymond Stauffacher	P	30	8	28	5	0	.878	1.200
Milton McLaughlin	P	27	4	15	0	0	1.000	.704
John O'Cain	P	26	5	11	0	1	1.000	.615
Eugene Burroughs	P	20	14	25	2	0	.951	1.950
Bob Reid	P	18	1	9	0	0	1.000	.556
James Boger	P	13	2	8	0	1	1.000	.769
Dick Ryan	P	5						.000
Oliver Powers	P	5						.000
Pete Pekich	P	5						.000
Paul Doyle	P	5						.000
Al DiBernardo	P	4						.000
James Shrode	P	3						.000
Norm Manning	SS	79	116	285	29	50	.933	5.076
Rufus Anderson	SS	25	39	68	16	11	.870	4.280
Jerry Burttram	SS	17	30	33	11	3	.851	3.706
Totals		1256	3400	1247	244	274	.950	3.700	32	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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