1959 Greensboro Yankees Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 54-76
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Vern Hoscheit (54-76)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 39,408, Avg. 606
1959 Greensboro Yankees Roster

The Greensboro Yankees of the Carolina League ended the 1959 season with a record of 54 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Yankees topped the league with 786 runs, ignited by 114 home runs. Greensboro surrendered 843 runs, most in the circuit. Don Lock walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Glen Merklen swatted 15 or more, too. Don Lock recorded 122 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .283 clip. Frank Carpin led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.24 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Frank Carpin, Don Lock, George Banks, Hal Stowe, Tom Tresh, Phil Mudrock and Hal Reniff were all players from the 1959 Greensboro Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.

Vern Hoscheit 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
Frank Carpin129.5713.243023141175.01548863101031143512
Dick Stewart911.4504.602721132172.01801078810735931322
Robert Riesener67.4623.88171551109.013964475371412011
Phil Mudrock67.4625.05261510114.01148364682463204
Dan McCarthy612.3337.69271630103.0114100881187276609
Doug Weiss47.3646.51181130112.01351018121521525010
Donald Nichols32.6004.603300047.0412824431125005
Robert Purvis21.66760.0
Bruce Swango24.3335.8916103084.08865551457184507
James Burton11.50050.0
Hal Reniff12.3336.00715.014161012
Dale Zeigler13.25060.0
Bill Banker14.2005.032461068.0735338956038617
John Kopp0040.0
Hal Stowe0090.0
Arthur Henriksen0060.0
Duane Kinart01.00070.0
Demont Seagrave02.00040.0
Vincent Pignatello03.00070.0
Totals5476.4155.0327911704340999.010527055589059016615444570

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
Don Lock13358749210213927730122990167.283.393.549.9422701224
Glen Merklen13259247792127146238610108113.266.401.465.8662221334
Richard Carter864033366410522323885733.312.410.414.8241393161
Dick Berardino833463015589176104543967.296.376.492.8681481321
Tom Tresh83389306688612495166845.281.412.435.8471333841
Dick Bogard92379295647815295227350.264.417.420.8371245511
Barry Nidiffer87333287477414174773954.258.349.387.7351111600
Henry Johnson8627223128638053613740.273.372.372.744860314
Don Brummer4922220136567111951413.279.327.338.665681510
Mike Weldon5622818131462111734521.254.404.293.696531011
John Zanze7918916715394101402024.234.316.269.585450200
Michael Mathiesen4517814625389122642628.260.368.377.745550420
Joe Miller3512010626349232501321.321.392.528.920560011
Ed Gary3916413626305032302248.221.335.324.659442310
James Orton3312611019262021111615.236.333.309.642340002
Ronald Paul271161081725212201823.231.284.324.609350000
Marcus Thublin3497801118201901526.225.351.288.638231010
Bill Banker365548512312110716.250.345.479.825230000
Dick Stewart31726471211120428.188.235.281.517180400
Frank Carpin407164101120040414.172.221.203.424130300
Bernie Schreiber1748435101104045.233.298.302.600130100
Bruce Swango163529371014048.241.333.379.713110200
Doug Weiss2944385610050410.158.238.184.42270200
Dan McCarthy2744414610030117.146.163.171.33470110
Phil Mudrock2649372310020815.081.244.108.35340400
Robert Riesener1747384300010313.079.146.079.22530600
Arthur Henriksen6552.400.400.400.8002
Donald Nichols331211220004013.182.250.182.43220000
Duane Kinart8331.333.333.333.6671
James Burton5771.143.143.143.2861
Dale Zeigler7881.125.125.125.2501
George Banks515151000.067.067.067.1331
Steven Crihfield8550000.000.000.000.0000
John Kopp4110000.000.000.000.0000
Hal Stowe9330000.000.000.000.0000
Demont Seagrave4110000.000.000.000.0000
Hal Reniff7330000.000.000.000.0000
Robert Purvis6990000.000.000.000.0000
Vincent Pignatello7330000.000.000.000.0000
Totals152752814436773115118239114681610730917.259.365.395.7601753020682720


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Glen Merklen1B13210967521112.9828.871
Don Brummer2B471271571243.9596.043
Mike Weldon2B39941381419.9435.949
James Orton2B275891918.9435.519
Barry Nidiffer2B172845313.9614.294
Dick Bogard3B82841122519.8872.390
Barry Nidiffer3B232128134.7902.130
Marcus Thublin3B20132983.8402.100
Henry JohnsonC783573766.9855.0519
John ZanzeC653001876.9784.89210
Joe MillerC261451350.9696.0779
Don LockOF13320019165.9321.647
Richard CarterOF84160762.9651.988
Dick BerardinoOF82145682.9501.841
Ed GaryOF3654120.9651.528
Barry NidifferOF3558480.8861.771
Ronald PaulOF2640341.9151.654
Donald NicholsP33210011.000.364
Frank CarpinP30162622.9551.400
Dick StewartP27102021.9381.111
Dan McCarthyP2751612.955.778
Phil MudrockP26112912.9761.538
Bill BankerP2571330.870.800
Doug WeissP1881020.9001.000
Robert RiesenerP1791321.9171.294
Bruce SwangoP1621610.9471.125
Hal StoweP9.000
Hal ReniffP7.000
Vincent PignatelloP7.000
Duane KinartP7.000
Dale ZeiglerP6.000
Robert PurvisP6.000
Arthur HenriksenP6.000
James BurtonP5.000
Demont SeagraveP4.000
John KoppP4.000
Tom TreshSS831612624070.9145.096
Michael MathiesenSS4477992219.8894.000
Mike WeldonSS11152636.9323.727
Totals137033031323246357.9503.3772800

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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