1959 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
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

1959 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Roster

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.

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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
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
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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