1959 Greensboro Yankees Statistics
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
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, George Banks, Don Lock, Phil Mudrock, Tom Tresh, Hal Stowe and Hal Reniff were all players from the 1959 Greensboro Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Vern Hoscheit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Carpin | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.24 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 175.0 | 154 | 88 | 63 | 10 | 103 | 1 | 143 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Dick Stewart | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.60 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 172.0 | 180 | 107 | 88 | 10 | 73 | 5 | 93 | 13 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Robert Riesener | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.88 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 109.0 | 139 | 64 | 47 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Phil Mudrock | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.05 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 114 | 83 | 64 | 6 | 82 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dan McCarthy | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7.69 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 103.0 | 114 | 100 | 88 | 11 | 87 | 2 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Doug Weiss | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.51 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 112.0 | 135 | 101 | 81 | 21 | 52 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Donald Nichols | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.60 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 41 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Robert Purvis | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Swango | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.89 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 84.0 | 88 | 65 | 55 | 14 | 57 | 1 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| James Burton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hal Reniff | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 7 | 15.0 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Dale Zeigler | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Banker | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.03 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 73 | 53 | 38 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| John Kopp | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hal Stowe | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Henriksen | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duane Kinart | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Demont Seagrave | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Pignatello | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 54 | 76 | .415 | 5.03 | 279 | 117 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 999.0 | 1052 | 705 | 558 | 90 | 590 | 16 | 615 | 44 | 4 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Lock | 133 | 587 | 492 | 102 | 139 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 122 | 9 | 90 | 167 | .283 | .393 | .549 | .942 | 270 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Glen Merklen | 132 | 592 | 477 | 92 | 127 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 86 | 10 | 108 | 113 | .266 | .401 | .465 | .866 | 222 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Richard Carter | 86 | 403 | 336 | 64 | 105 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 57 | 33 | .312 | .410 | .414 | .824 | 139 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dick Berardino | 83 | 346 | 301 | 55 | 89 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 39 | 67 | .296 | .376 | .492 | .868 | 148 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tom Tresh | 83 | 389 | 306 | 68 | 86 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 6 | 68 | 45 | .281 | .412 | .435 | .847 | 133 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dick Bogard | 92 | 379 | 295 | 64 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 2 | 73 | 50 | .264 | .417 | .420 | .837 | 124 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Barry Nidiffer | 87 | 333 | 287 | 47 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 7 | 39 | 54 | .258 | .349 | .387 | .735 | 111 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Johnson | 86 | 272 | 231 | 28 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 40 | .273 | .372 | .372 | .744 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Don Brummer | 49 | 222 | 201 | 36 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 13 | .279 | .327 | .338 | .665 | 68 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Weldon | 56 | 228 | 181 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 45 | 21 | .254 | .404 | .293 | .696 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Zanze | 79 | 189 | 167 | 15 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 24 | .234 | .316 | .269 | .585 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Mathiesen | 45 | 178 | 146 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 28 | .260 | .368 | .377 | .745 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Miller | 35 | 120 | 106 | 26 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .321 | .392 | .528 | .920 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ed Gary | 39 | 164 | 136 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 48 | .221 | .335 | .324 | .659 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Orton | 33 | 126 | 110 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 15 | .236 | .333 | .309 | .642 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Paul | 27 | 116 | 108 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 23 | .231 | .284 | .324 | .609 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcus Thublin | 34 | 97 | 80 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 26 | .225 | .351 | .288 | .638 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Banker | 36 | 55 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .250 | .345 | .479 | .825 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Stewart | 31 | 72 | 64 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .188 | .235 | .281 | .517 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Carpin | 40 | 71 | 64 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .172 | .221 | .203 | .424 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Schreiber | 17 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .233 | .298 | .302 | .600 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Swango | 16 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .241 | .333 | .379 | .713 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Weiss | 29 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .158 | .238 | .184 | .422 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan McCarthy | 27 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .146 | .163 | .171 | .334 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Mudrock | 26 | 49 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .081 | .244 | .108 | .353 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Riesener | 17 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .079 | .146 | .079 | .225 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Henriksen | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Nichols | 33 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Kinart | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Burton | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Zeigler | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Banks | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Steven Crihfield | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Kopp | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hal Stowe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Demont Seagrave | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hal Reniff | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Purvis | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Pignatello | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1527 | 5281 | 4436 | 773 | 1151 | 182 | 39 | 114 | 681 | 61 | 0 | 730 | 917 | .259 | .365 | .395 | .760 | 1753 | 0 | 20 | 68 | 27 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Merklen | 1B | 132 | 1096 | 75 | 21 | 112 | .982 | 8.871 | ||||
| Don Brummer | 2B | 47 | 127 | 157 | 12 | 43 | .959 | 6.043 | ||||
| Mike Weldon | 2B | 39 | 94 | 138 | 14 | 19 | .943 | 5.949 | ||||
| James Orton | 2B | 27 | 58 | 91 | 9 | 18 | .943 | 5.519 | ||||
| Barry Nidiffer | 2B | 17 | 28 | 45 | 3 | 13 | .961 | 4.294 | ||||
| Dick Bogard | 3B | 82 | 84 | 112 | 25 | 19 | .887 | 2.390 | ||||
| Barry Nidiffer | 3B | 23 | 21 | 28 | 13 | 4 | .790 | 2.130 | ||||
| Marcus Thublin | 3B | 20 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 3 | .840 | 2.100 | ||||
| Henry Johnson | C | 78 | 357 | 37 | 6 | 6 | .985 | 5.051 | 9 | |||
| John Zanze | C | 65 | 300 | 18 | 7 | 6 | .978 | 4.892 | 10 | |||
| Joe Miller | C | 26 | 145 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 6.077 | 9 | |||
| Don Lock | OF | 133 | 200 | 19 | 16 | 5 | .932 | 1.647 | ||||
| Richard Carter | OF | 84 | 160 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .965 | 1.988 | ||||
| Dick Berardino | OF | 82 | 145 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .950 | 1.841 | ||||
| Ed Gary | OF | 36 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 1.528 | ||||
| Barry Nidiffer | OF | 35 | 58 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .886 | 1.771 | ||||
| Ronald Paul | OF | 26 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .915 | 1.654 | ||||
| Donald Nichols | P | 33 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Frank Carpin | P | 30 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Dick Stewart | P | 27 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.111 | ||||
| Dan McCarthy | P | 27 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Phil Mudrock | P | 26 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.538 | ||||
| Bill Banker | P | 25 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .800 | ||||
| Doug Weiss | P | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Riesener | P | 17 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.294 | ||||
| Bruce Swango | P | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Hal Stowe | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Reniff | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vincent Pignatello | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duane Kinart | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dale Zeigler | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Purvis | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Henriksen | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Burton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Demont Seagrave | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Kopp | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Tresh | SS | 83 | 161 | 262 | 40 | 70 | .914 | 5.096 | ||||
| Michael Mathiesen | SS | 44 | 77 | 99 | 22 | 19 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Weldon | SS | 11 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 6 | .932 | 3.727 | ||||
| Totals | 1370 | 3303 | 1323 | 246 | 357 | .950 | 3.377 | 28 | 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.
