1959 Grand Island Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 32-30
Finished 3rd in the NSL
Manager: Art Mazmanian (32-30)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Ballpark: Ryder Park
Attendance: 16,716, Avg. 539
The Grand Island Athletics of the Nebraska State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 32 wins and 30 losses, finishing third in the NSL.
The Athletics plated 337 runs and allowed 321 runs. Bobby Coggins drove in 47 runs. William Fontana paced hitters with significant playing time with a .302 average. Tony Filicchia topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.19 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jack Aker and José Santiago both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Art Mazmanian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Filicchia | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.19 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 111.0 | 97 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 52 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Larry Danforth | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.30 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 90.0 | 74 | 36 | 23 | 0 | 43 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dario Segui | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.06 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 62.0 | 68 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Villasenor | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.78 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 42 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| José Santiago | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.91 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 76.0 | 80 | 53 | 33 | 2 | 45 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Michael Roberts | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bert Griffin | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.90 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30.0 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Schwabl | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 35 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Charles Shackelford | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Coggins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philip Petromallo | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Oliver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Mrozek | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Loring | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Wade | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Lusk | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 30 | 28 | .517 | 3.36 | 118 | 60 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 463.0 | 444 | 249 | 173 | 13 | 257 | 0 | 391 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Fontana | 54 | 246 | 192 | 48 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 49 | 27 | .302 | .445 | .422 | .867 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Coggins | 59 | 246 | 199 | 36 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 45 | 52 | .246 | .382 | .397 | .779 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Byron Hobbensiefken | 45 | 164 | 131 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 27 | 29 | .321 | .438 | .542 | .980 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Mike Maloney | 49 | 192 | 168 | 28 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 23 | .226 | .305 | .280 | .585 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Jack Aker | 52 | 216 | 173 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 37 | 54 | .208 | .349 | .289 | .638 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Lee Jensen | 42 | 164 | 142 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 39 | .218 | .313 | .352 | .665 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Paul Gammel | 53 | 182 | 150 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 52 | .200 | .335 | .293 | .628 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Arnie Link | 46 | 162 | 134 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 | .172 | .300 | .172 | .472 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Nelson Pagan | 25 | 66 | 56 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .214 | .333 | .214 | .548 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Kingston | 32 | 97 | 72 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 31 | .167 | .365 | .222 | .587 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Drake | 32 | 86 | 66 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 24 | .167 | .353 | .212 | .565 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| José Santiago | 18 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .250 | .268 | .400 | .668 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Reagan | 15 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | .250 | .400 | .344 | .744 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Villasenor | 8 | 16 | 16 | 7 | .438 | .438 | .438 | .875 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Danforth | 12 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .212 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willard Bishop | 19 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 24 | .158 | .360 | .158 | .518 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Bucher | 25 | 84 | 67 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 34 | .090 | .274 | .164 | .438 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob McConkie | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Donnie Harris | 8 | 25 | 25 | 2 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Lusk | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Roberts | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Schwabl | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank DeVincentis | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bert Griffin | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Filicchia | 13 | 50 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .029 | .298 | .029 | .327 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dario Segui | 11 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .048 | .000 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Douglas Loring | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 668 | 2240 | 1838 | 296 | 397 | 68 | 21 | 17 | 263 | 59 | 0 | 348 | 509 | .216 | .345 | .304 | .649 | 558 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Coggins | 1B | 58 | 439 | 36 | 13 | 37 | .973 | 8.190 | ||||
| William Fontana | 2B | 52 | 111 | 137 | 8 | 26 | .969 | 4.769 | ||||
| Paul Gammel | 3B | 49 | 24 | 75 | 15 | 4 | .868 | 2.020 | ||||
| Lee Jensen | 3B | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .636 | 1.273 | ||||
| William Kingston | C | 29 | 175 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 6.655 | 6 | |||
| Jay Bucher | C | 25 | 165 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .983 | 7.040 | 5 | |||
| Nelson Pagan | C | 21 | 101 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .982 | 5.143 | 0 | |||
| Jack Aker | OF | 51 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .918 | 1.314 | ||||
| Mike Maloney | OF | 46 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .914 | 1.152 | ||||
| Byron Hobbensiefken | OF | 37 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 1.595 | ||||
| Daniel Drake | OF | 18 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.278 | ||||
| José Santiago | P | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Tony Filicchia | P | 13 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 2.769 | ||||
| Jack Schwabl | P | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Larry Danforth | P | 12 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dario Segui | P | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Michael Roberts | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| James Lusk | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Villasenor | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bert Griffin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Shackelford | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Petromallo | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Douglas Loring | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Mrozek | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Oliver | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arnie Link | SS | 37 | 59 | 82 | 20 | 17 | .876 | 3.811 | ||||
| Lee Jensen | SS | 24 | 41 | 58 | 19 | 10 | .839 | 4.125 | ||||
| Totals | 569 | 1334 | 524 | 117 | 115 | .941 | 3.265 | 11 | 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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