1959 Green Bay Bluejays Statistics
Team Record: 74-51
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (74-51)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Bluejay Field
Attendance: 41,107, Avg. 658
Playoffs - Green Bay Bluejays 3 games, Des Moines Demons 1
The Green Bay Bluejays of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1959 season with a record of 74 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.
The Bluejays yielded 625 runs, fewest in the league. Green Bay tallied 669 runs. Tim Harkness paced the team with 19 home runs and drove in 79 runs. Fran Boniar led all regular hitters by connecting at a .319 clip. Willard Hunter and James Steinhour topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Pete Richert recorded a 3.29 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Green Bay Bluejays who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Nate Oliver, Willard Hunter, Doug Camilli, Pete Richert, Tim Harkness and Willie Davis.
Stan Wasiak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Hunter | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.34 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 164.0 | 162 | 93 | 79 | 10 | 80 | 3 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| James Steinhour | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.72 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 174.0 | 161 | 82 | 72 | 12 | 75 | 5 | 159 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Leo Giannecchini | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.02 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 92 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 62 | 12 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Pete Richert | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.29 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 156.0 | 126 | 69 | 57 | 5 | 99 | 3 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Donald Huffman | 9 | 5 | .643 | 6.51 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 105 | 75 | 68 | 14 | 61 | 4 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Burbon Wheeler | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.27 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 116.0 | 94 | 60 | 55 | 8 | 106 | 0 | 157 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Donald Kenway | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.21 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 173.0 | 154 | 100 | 81 | 12 | 106 | 9 | 121 | 11 | 0 | 11 | |||
| David Ramnes | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.50 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 74 | 58 | 43 | 7 | 59 | 3 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Kenneth Makela | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Page | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hopey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 51 | .592 | 4.23 | 255 | 120 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1057.0 | 968 | 585 | 497 | 73 | 648 | 39 | 958 | 44 | 3 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Scott | 126 | 593 | 535 | 93 | 155 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 10 | 43 | 62 | .290 | .348 | .409 | .757 | 219 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Robert Parker | 126 | 550 | 481 | 79 | 135 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 72 | 7 | 55 | 55 | .281 | .358 | .376 | .734 | 181 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Fran Boniar | 103 | 418 | 373 | 59 | 119 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 7 | 40 | 38 | .319 | .381 | .442 | .824 | 165 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Tim Harkness | 103 | 463 | 374 | 77 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 79 | 8 | 81 | 37 | .316 | .441 | .545 | .986 | 204 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Don Williams | 122 | 470 | 424 | 53 | 110 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 37 | 83 | .259 | .323 | .325 | .649 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Ronald Rossi | 110 | 426 | 369 | 53 | 109 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 47 | 58 | .295 | .380 | .390 | .770 | 144 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Doug Camilli | 103 | 411 | 361 | 64 | 88 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 40 | 59 | .244 | .328 | .380 | .707 | 137 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gus Sancimino | 73 | 320 | 283 | 42 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 31 | 51 | .286 | .355 | .399 | .755 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Albert Fantuzzi | 58 | 247 | 220 | 28 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 13 | .286 | .348 | .409 | .757 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Elmer Kohorst | 59 | 200 | 166 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 26 | .325 | .410 | .398 | .808 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Anthony Lembo | 19 | 73 | 54 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | .315 | .486 | .407 | .894 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Osborne | 26 | 67 | 54 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | .278 | .409 | .296 | .705 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bevels | 19 | 66 | 56 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .232 | .338 | .304 | .642 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Donald Kenway | 38 | 90 | 74 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .162 | .241 | .284 | .525 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willard Hunter | 33 | 68 | 59 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .186 | .250 | .186 | .436 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Richert | 24 | 63 | 49 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 25 | .204 | .304 | .224 | .528 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Huffman | 42 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .194 | .189 | .222 | .411 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Burbon Wheeler | 28 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .149 | .146 | .170 | .316 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leo Giannecchini | 47 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Hamilton | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | .417 | .417 | .417 | .833 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 8 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Stan Wasiak | 12 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .200 | .360 | .200 | .560 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Davis | 7 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 4 | |||||||||||
| David Ramnes | 15 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .069 | .100 | .103 | .203 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Steinhour | 33 | 71 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .036 | .185 | .036 | .221 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Page | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hopey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Makela | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1349 | 4839 | 4214 | 656 | 1152 | 167 | 45 | 64 | 582 | 74 | 0 | 492 | 670 | .273 | .352 | .380 | .732 | 1601 | 0 | 37 | 65 | 31 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Harkness | 1B | 101 | 791 | 58 | 8 | 79 | .991 | 8.406 | ||||
| Anthony Lembo | 1B | 15 | 136 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .993 | 9.333 | ||||
| Fran Boniar | 1B | 11 | 83 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .978 | 8.000 | ||||
| Robert Parker | 2B | 126 | 316 | 290 | 19 | 78 | .970 | 4.810 | ||||
| George Scott | 3B | 121 | 96 | 240 | 15 | 16 | .957 | 2.777 | ||||
| John Osborne | 3B | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.300 | ||||
| Doug Camilli | C | 71 | 536 | 50 | 8 | 3 | .987 | 8.254 | 27 | |||
| Elmer Kohorst | C | 43 | 356 | 29 | 4 | 8 | .990 | 8.953 | 10 | |||
| Bill Bevels | C | 17 | 142 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .967 | 8.647 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Rossi | OF | 109 | 178 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .954 | 1.725 | ||||
| Fran Boniar | OF | 86 | 116 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .955 | 1.465 | ||||
| Gus Sancimino | OF | 72 | 107 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .933 | 1.542 | ||||
| Albert Fantuzzi | OF | 55 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
| Doug Camilli | OF | 28 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.429 | ||||
| John Osborne | OF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Leo Giannecchini | P | 47 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .941 | .681 | ||||
| Donald Huffman | P | 40 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .964 | .675 | ||||
| James Steinhour | P | 33 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .697 | ||||
| Donald Kenway | P | 30 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 3 | .907 | 1.633 | ||||
| Willard Hunter | P | 28 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .862 | .893 | ||||
| Pete Richert | P | 23 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 5 | .952 | 1.739 | ||||
| Burbon Wheeler | P | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| David Ramnes | P | 15 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ronald Forsythe | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Makela | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Page | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Hopey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Williams | SS | 121 | 176 | 294 | 42 | 68 | .918 | 3.884 | ||||
| George Scott | SS | 14 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1265 | 3242 | 1231 | 151 | 299 | .967 | 3.536 | 40 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
