1959 Geneva Redlegs Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-52
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Reno DeBenedetti (72-52)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Geneva, New York
Ballpark: McDonough Park
Attendance: 29,130, Avg. 470

1959 Geneva Redlegs Roster

Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 2 games, Geneva Redlegs 0

The Geneva Redlegs of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1959 season with a record of 72 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.

The Redlegs scored 722 runs and conceded 727 runs. Harry Panaro led Geneva with 14 home runs and drove in 88 runs. Michael Copps paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .295. Stan Jones topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.55 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Gus Gil and César Tovar both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Reno DeBenedetti 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
Stan Jones	19	4	.826	2.55	29	23	23	17	0		212.0	170	81	60	15	80		171	2	0	13
Ken Tuccori	12	4	.750	3.26	28	4	18	4	0		116.0	114	58	42	9	45		99	2	0	5
Henry Maly	11	9	.550	5.00	30	21	16	9	2		162.0	170	127	90	14	113		86	5	0	19
Ralph Winters	7	5	.583	6.30	16	3	10	3	0		60.0	85	54	42	10	33		27	1	1	1
Jack Erwin	6	9	.400	4.16	29	22	12	7	1		173.0	187	100	80	11	88		84	5	2	5
Carl Witmyer	4	2	.667	3.64	9	4	5	2	1		47.0	38	24	19	2	30		31	4	2	4
Stephen Shurina	4	2	.667	5.68	9	7	4	2	0		38.0	34	27	24	4	43		33	4	0	9
Larry Dovel	4	4	.500	5.20	12	11	5	5	0		71.0	71	49	41	5	60		66	1	0	6
John Truex	3	5	.375	8.69	16	10	5	1	0		59.0	67	71	57	7	77		47	6	3	14
Ivan Davis	1	2	.333	5.54	13	5	5	0	0		39.0	36	32	24	5	46		33	1	0	3
John Madden	1	5	.167	5.26	19	5	9	1	0		65.0	64	50	38	7	53		38	1	0	10
Charles Watson	0	0			2						0.0
Jim Walton	0	0			1						0.0
Reno DeBenedetti	0	0			5						0.0
Charles Ebner	0	0			1						0.0
Paul Stukus	0	0			7						0.0
Numa Alvarez	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Totals	72	52	.581	4.47	229	115	112	51	4	0	1042.0	1036	673	517	89	668	0	715	32	8	89	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
Michael Copps	116	519	447	69	132	18	4	9	82	7	3	57	44	.295	.374	.414	.787	185		3	5	7
Harry Panaro	123	569	444	97	129	20	3	14	88	6	4	103	51	.291	.432	.444	.875	197		11	6	5
Gus Gil	116	558	450	104	120	15	1	2	55	11	6	90	49	.267	.396	.318	.714	143		9	5	4
César Tovar	87	473	401	79	101	23	4	3	41	10	0	57	48	.252	.354	.352	.706	141		8	4	3
Wilfredo Ramirez	92	381	326	60	94	24	3	5	50	2	0	52	52	.288	.383	.426	.810	139		0	0	3
William Shepherd	82	366	310	48	93	7	3	7	67	3	2	49	49	.300	.396	.410	.806	127		3	0	4
Jim Walton	73	302	263	30	61	12	0	4	38	0	0	30	59	.232	.322	.323	.645	85		5	4	0
Bob Halaska	55	239	196	38	53	10	3	8	36	2	0	37	56	.270	.388	.474	.863	93		2	2	2
Reno DeBenedetti	56	202	142	31	43	11	0	5	35	3	0	52	20	.303	.493	.486	.978	69		4	1	3
Gerald Hornsby	47	203	180	22	41	7	1	0	16	1	1	20	37	.228	.307	.278	.585	50		1	1	1
Paul Kelly	39	167	123	25	31	2	0	1	14	2	0	28	28	.252	.431	.293	.724	36		13	0	3
Richard Schmidt	24	95	79	14	23	3	1	2	15	0	1	13	9	.291	.398	.430	.828	34		1	2	0
Ramon Seara	33	117	92	19	22	3	0	2	9	1	6	23	24	.239	.402	.337	.739	31		2	0	0
Ronnie Flender	22	84	78	13	21	3	1	2	8	0	0	4	14	.269	.298	.410	.708	32		0	0	2
Stan Jones	31	93	84	13	18	2	1	1	11	0	0	7	33	.214	.275	.298	.572	25		0	2	0
Donald Biasotti	20	82	61	14	15	6	1	1	8	5	2	21	7	.246	.439	.426	.865	26		0	0	0
Martin Dihigo	21	81	68	7	14	2	1	0	3	4	3	11	15	.206	.321	.265	.586	18		1	0	1
Barry Mink	23	80	69	6	13	2	0	2	9	0	0	10	28	.188	.300	.304	.604	21		1	0	0
Henry Maly	32	68	58	11	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	7	14	.207	.299	.224	.523	13		1	1	1
Jack Erwin	29	73	64	5	10	1	1	0	5	1	0	4	26	.156	.217	.203	.421	13		1	4	0
Ivan Davis	14	18	15	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.400	.471	.533	1.004	8		0	1	0
John Madden	19	21	20	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.300	.300	.400	.700	8		0	1	0
Jerome Zawada	9	34	34		5									.147	.147	.147	.294	5
Ken Tuccori	28	52	44	6	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	8	.114	.220	.182	.402	8		1	2	0
Carl Witmyer	9	16	16		4									.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Larry Dovel	12	29	26	3	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	6	.154	.214	.231	.445	6		0	1	0
Ralph Winters	16	26	23	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.130	.167	.130	.297	3		0	2	0
Roy Williams	3	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Stephen Shurina	9	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Harold Harrison	6	19	19		2									.105	.105	.105	.211	2
John Truex	16	24	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.100	.095	.100	.195	2		0	3	1
Numa Alvarez	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Charles Watson	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Ebner	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Stukus	7	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1275	5023	4184	721	1088	181	28	68	609	58	28	685	704	.260	.370	.365	.735	1529	0	67	47	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gerald Hornsby	1B	47	404	28	9	42	.980	9.191
William Shepherd	1B	43	347	10	15	37	.960	8.302
Reno DeBenedetti	1B	28	243	12	2	22	.992	9.107
César Tovar	2B	87	192	54	27	58	.901	2.828
Bob Halaska	2B	23	49	64	5	10	.958	4.913
Donald Biasotti	2B	14	28	34	4	5	.939	4.429
Jim Walton	3B	68	72	133	27	11	.884	3.015
Bob Halaska	3B	29	28	48	8	3	.905	2.621
Reno DeBenedetti	3B	10	11	12	0	2	1.000	2.300
Wilfredo Ramirez	C	87	561	55	11	6	.982	7.080	12
Ramon Seara	C	29	162	19	6	4	.968	6.241	5
Barry Mink	C	13	54	2	0	0	1.000	4.308	6
Harry Panaro	OF	123	268	16	7	3	.976	2.309
Michael Copps	OF	114	190	14	11	5	.949	1.789
Paul Kelly	OF	37	74	5	1	0	.988	2.135
William Shepherd	OF	33	77	7	7	2	.923	2.545
Richard Schmidt	OF	22	41	2	7	2	.860	1.955
Ronnie Flender	OF	19	14	3	3	0	.850	.895
Martin Dihigo	OF	17	27	1	5	0	.848	1.647
Barry Mink	OF	10	8	2	2	0	.833	1.000
Henry Maly	P	30	10	25	2	4	.946	1.167
Stan Jones	P	29	17	40	4	2	.934	1.966
Jack Erwin	P	29	6	28	5	1	.872	1.172
Ken Tuccori	P	28	2	15	1	1	.944	.607
John Madden	P	19	2	8	4	0	.714	.526
Ralph Winters	P	16	1	8	2	1	.818	.562
John Truex	P	16	1	8	4	0	.692	.562
Ivan Davis	P	13	8	9	0	1	1.000	1.308
Larry Dovel	P	12	3	13	1	1	.941	1.333
Carl Witmyer	P	9						.000
Stephen Shurina	P	9						.000
Paul Stukus	P	7						.000
Numa Alvarez	P	3						.000
Charles Watson	P	2						.000
Charles Ebner	P	1						.000
Gus Gil	SS	109	197	341	40	62	.931	4.936
Totals		1185	3097	1016	220	285	.949	3.471	23	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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