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1959 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Statistics
Team Record: 64-59
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Dee Phillips (64-59)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota
Ballpark: Barnett Field
Attendance: 46,146, Avg. 750
Playoffs - Winnipeg Goldeyes 1 game, Fargo-Moorhead Twins 0
The Fargo-Moorhead Twins of the Northern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 64 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Fargo- Twins tallied 679 runs and gave up 689 runs. George Banks and Bud Zipfel paced Moorhead with 17 home runs apiece. Bud Zipfel drove in 104 runs and topped all regular batters with a .300 average. Lawrence DelMargo led the team with 15 wins, while James Burton recorded a 3.54 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Fargo-Moorhead Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Pepitone, Hal Stowe, Bud Zipfel, Dooley Womack, George Banks and Dee Phillips.
Dee Phillips 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lawrence DelMargo | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.92 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 202.0 | 202 | 117 | 88 | 12 | 86 | 145 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Dooley Womack | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.50 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 172.0 | 175 | 102 | 86 | 18 | 80 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
James Burton | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.54 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 160.0 | 147 | 76 | 63 | 17 | 71 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Roy Peterson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.72 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 80.0 | 87 | 52 | 42 | 13 | 27 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Hal Stowe | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.75 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 95.0 | 81 | 35 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Curtis Johnson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.30 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 60 | 49 | 43 | 8 | 54 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Robert Purvis | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.89 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 58 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 39 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Thomas Ballard | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.60 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 43 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
James Horsford | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.58 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 52.0 | 64 | 43 | 38 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Arthur Henriksen | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.36 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 49 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 31 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Thomas Walker | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Henry Mora | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Rudolph Stoehr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Kopp | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duane Kinart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Ziegenbein | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.82 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Richard Dumas | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 64 | 59 | .520 | 4.68 | 230 | 116 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 976.0 | 998 | 610 | 508 | 94 | 505 | 0 | 714 | 31 | 2 | 67 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Zipfel | 123 | 553 | 480 | 79 | 144 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 104 | 2 | 59 | 55 | .300 | .378 | .508 | .886 | 244 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
Joe Pepitone | 123 | 570 | 508 | 97 | 144 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 87 | 7 | 43 | 102 | .283 | .345 | .482 | .827 | 245 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||
Fabio Fiallo | 121 | 572 | 453 | 101 | 130 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 5 | 107 | 42 | .287 | .426 | .389 | .814 | 176 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||
Ronald Paul | 108 | 448 | 395 | 50 | 101 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 43 | 79 | .256 | .329 | .337 | .666 | 133 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bill Burgess | 123 | 500 | 430 | 73 | 96 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 9 | 62 | 120 | .223 | .322 | .363 | .685 | 156 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
George Banks | 115 | 497 | 389 | 69 | 94 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 68 | 2 | 96 | 84 | .242 | .396 | .450 | .845 | 175 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
Charlie Parmelee | 79 | 333 | 286 | 55 | 83 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 42 | 62 | .290 | .383 | .483 | .865 | 138 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Paul Dolinsky | 84 | 309 | 257 | 45 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 45 | 36 | .292 | .391 | .393 | .784 | 101 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
Curtis Johnson | 82 | 241 | 211 | 28 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 35 | .204 | .284 | .280 | .564 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||
John Christiansen | 63 | 239 | 164 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 64 | 52 | .201 | .434 | .262 | .696 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||
Harry Mayo | 24 | 96 | 69 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 6 | .290 | .484 | .348 | .832 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Dooley Womack | 43 | 90 | 73 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .274 | .349 | .342 | .692 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
Lawrence DelMargo | 29 | 91 | 72 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 30 | .139 | .262 | .139 | .401 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
Hal Stowe | 13 | 42 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .273 | .368 | .303 | .671 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
James Burton | 27 | 65 | 53 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .132 | .233 | .170 | .403 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
James Horsford | 11 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .316 | .389 | .705 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Roy Peterson | 18 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .167 | .265 | .167 | .431 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Robert Purvis | 17 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Dee Phillips | 8 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Henry Mora | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Thomas Ballard | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Richard Dumas | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Arthur Henriksen | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .111 | .429 | .111 | .540 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
John Kopp | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Thomas Walker | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Duane Kinart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Charles Ziegenbein | 14 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Rudolph Stoehr | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1268 | 4799 | 4009 | 675 | 1032 | 168 | 59 | 85 | 626 | 32 | 0 | 649 | 760 | .257 | .363 | .392 | .756 | 1573 | 0 | 36 | 74 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Zipfel | 1B | 123 | 1086 | 64 | 24 | 109 | .980 | 9.350 | ||||
Fabio Fiallo | 2B | 121 | 262 | 341 | 20 | 95 | .968 | 4.983 | ||||
George Banks | 3B | 115 | 76 | 215 | 40 | 33 | .879 | 2.530 | ||||
Paul Dolinsky | C | 70 | 459 | 24 | 6 | 3 | .988 | 6.900 | 10 | |||
John Christiansen | C | 55 | 344 | 21 | 10 | 2 | .973 | 6.636 | 11 | |||
Joe Pepitone | OF | 123 | 273 | 14 | 9 | 3 | .970 | 2.333 | ||||
Ronald Paul | OF | 108 | 141 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 1.435 | ||||
Charlie Parmelee | OF | 70 | 128 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 1.886 | ||||
Curtis Johnson | OF | 49 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.388 | ||||
Harry Mayo | OF | 20 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
Curtis Johnson | P | 32 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .438 | ||||
Dooley Womack | P | 31 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 1.484 | ||||
Lawrence DelMargo | P | 29 | 8 | 35 | 4 | 3 | .915 | 1.483 | ||||
James Burton | P | 27 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.519 | ||||
Roy Peterson | P | 17 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.000 | ||||
Robert Purvis | P | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 | ||||
Arthur Henriksen | P | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
Charles Ziegenbein | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
Hal Stowe | P | 13 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
James Horsford | P | 10 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Thomas Walker | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Thomas Ballard | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Henry Mora | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Richard Dumas | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Rudolph Stoehr | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
John Kopp | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Duane Kinart | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Burgess | SS | 123 | 217 | 398 | 46 | 76 | .930 | 5.000 | ||||
Totals | 1207 | 3120 | 1285 | 179 | 335 | .961 | 3.650 | 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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