1959 Havana Sugar Kings Statistics
Team Record: 80-73
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Preston Gómez (80-73)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Havana, Cuba
Ballpark: Estadio Latinamerico
Attendance: 200,094, Avg. 2,616
Playoffs - Havana Sugar Kings 4 games, Columbus Jets 0
Finals - Havana Sugar Kings 4 games, Richmond Virginians 2
The Havana Sugar Kings of the International League ended the 1959 season with a record of 80 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the IL.
The Sugar Kings plated 547 runs and conceded 598 runs. Rogelio Álvarez paced Havana with 22 home runs, while Tony González walloped 15 or more also. Tony González accounted for 81 RBI and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .300 clip. Ted Wieand led the team with 16 wins, and Walt Craddock recorded a 2.61 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Havana Sugar Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cookie Rojas, Leo Cárdenas, Danny Morejón, Jerry Lane, Lou Skizas, Raúl Sánchez, Hank Izquierdo, Vicente Amor, Carlos Paula, Rogelio Álvarez, Don Rudolph, Walt Craddock, Mike Cuellar, Whammy Douglas, Ted Wieand, Chuck Coles, Tony González, Pompeyo Davalillo, Luis Arroyo, Bob Moorhead, Elio Chacón and Jesse Gonder.
Preston Gómez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Wieand | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.19 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 217.0 | 187 | 85 | 77 | 19 | 70 | 7 | 123 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Walt Craddock | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.61 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 169.0 | 141 | 63 | 49 | 11 | 65 | 5 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Raúl Sánchez | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.10 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 145.0 | 152 | 59 | 50 | 10 | 33 | 6 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Mike Cuellar | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.80 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 212.0 | 184 | 82 | 66 | 18 | 57 | 10 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Emilio Cueche | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.95 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 155.0 | 148 | 72 | 68 | 16 | 48 | 11 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Vicente Amor | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.57 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 132.0 | 121 | 70 | 67 | 17 | 45 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Luis Arroyo | 8 | 9 | .471 | 1.15 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 75 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 9 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Pedro Carrillo | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.50 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 72 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Moorhead | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Rudolph | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.57 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 48 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Candido Andrade | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gilberto Lopez | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vicente Lopez | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rogelio Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lane | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrés Ayón | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 73 | .523 | 3.21 | 314 | 148 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1274.0 | 1128 | 520 | 454 | 115 | 412 | 56 | 733 | 25 | 3 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony González | 149 | 626 | 563 | 86 | 169 | 31 | 16 | 20 | 81 | 3 | 48 | 110 | .300 | .360 | .519 | .878 | 292 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Leo Cárdenas | 154 | 624 | 587 | 58 | 149 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 7 | 26 | 113 | .254 | .292 | .385 | .677 | 226 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Elio Chacón | 124 | 501 | 432 | 52 | 110 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 55 | 65 | .255 | .340 | .343 | .683 | 148 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Danny Morejón | 134 | 457 | 411 | 48 | 102 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 36 | 44 | .248 | .307 | .350 | .657 | 144 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Rogelio Álvarez | 145 | 542 | 506 | 51 | 99 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 65 | 3 | 25 | 135 | .196 | .240 | .368 | .608 | 186 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Jesse Gonder | 112 | 412 | 374 | 40 | 89 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 31 | 50 | .238 | .298 | .366 | .664 | 137 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Carlos Paula | 88 | 309 | 276 | 34 | 86 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 24 | 24 | .312 | .362 | .500 | .862 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Pompeyo Davalillo | 102 | 361 | 343 | 42 | 85 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 18 | .248 | .268 | .321 | .589 | 110 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Novak | 136 | 421 | 385 | 36 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 31 | 60 | .216 | .271 | .330 | .601 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Cookie Rojas | 99 | 344 | 318 | 30 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 44 | .233 | .280 | .305 | .585 | 97 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Izquierdo | 59 | 180 | 170 | 12 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 30 | .218 | .253 | .271 | .523 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lou Skizas | 36 | 139 | 126 | 19 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 10 | .286 | .353 | .476 | .829 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Coles | 30 | 107 | 94 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 22 | .181 | .271 | .245 | .516 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Emilio Cueche | 37 | 75 | 70 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .229 | .247 | .286 | .532 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Raúl Sánchez | 41 | 50 | 47 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .277 | .292 | .362 | .653 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Fernandez | 13 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .194 | .194 | .361 | .556 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Arroyo | 42 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .189 | .231 | .243 | .474 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wieand | 38 | 73 | 61 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .115 | .182 | .197 | .379 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vicente Amor | 25 | 46 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .140 | .159 | .140 | .299 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Craddock | 32 | 57 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .111 | .143 | .185 | .328 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Carrillo | 40 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .238 | .238 | .476 | .714 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cuellar | 32 | 78 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .056 | .095 | .056 | .151 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Alvarez | 12 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Elio Toboso | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lane | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Moorhead | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Rudolph | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrés Ayón | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vicente Lopez | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1728 | 5552 | 5075 | 546 | 1213 | 216 | 43 | 109 | 491 | 38 | 0 | 348 | 865 | .239 | .291 | .363 | .654 | 1842 | 0 | 36 | 58 | 35 | 43 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogelio Álvarez | 1B | 144 | 1205 | 103 | 15 | 93 | .989 | 9.083 | ||||
| Larry Novak | 1B | 16 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .983 | 7.062 | ||||
| Cookie Rojas | 2B | 82 | 212 | 176 | 13 | 40 | .968 | 4.732 | ||||
| Elio Chacón | 2B | 81 | 192 | 192 | 9 | 42 | .977 | 4.741 | ||||
| Pompeyo Davalillo | 3B | 89 | 84 | 185 | 10 | 14 | .964 | 3.022 | ||||
| Elio Chacón | 3B | 38 | 38 | 50 | 7 | 3 | .926 | 2.316 | ||||
| Lou Skizas | 3B | 32 | 29 | 51 | 2 | 3 | .976 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jesse Gonder | C | 105 | 608 | 63 | 14 | 9 | .980 | 6.390 | 8 | |||
| Hank Izquierdo | C | 51 | 228 | 32 | 4 | 4 | .985 | 5.098 | 5 | |||
| Tony González | OF | 148 | 371 | 12 | 7 | 4 | .982 | 2.588 | ||||
| Danny Morejón | OF | 119 | 263 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .982 | 2.294 | ||||
| Larry Novak | OF | 113 | 171 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 1.549 | ||||
| Carlos Paula | OF | 77 | 96 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 1.338 | ||||
| Chuck Coles | OF | 29 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 2.207 | ||||
| Lou Skizas | OF | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Raúl Sánchez | P | 41 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.024 | ||||
| Luis Arroyo | P | 41 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .488 | ||||
| Pedro Carrillo | P | 39 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .462 | ||||
| Ted Wieand | P | 38 | 12 | 41 | 2 | 6 | .964 | 1.395 | ||||
| Mike Cuellar | P | 29 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 1.690 | ||||
| Walt Craddock | P | 29 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.138 | ||||
| Emilio Cueche | P | 25 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.400 | ||||
| Vicente Amor | P | 25 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.280 | ||||
| Don Rudolph | P | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Whammy Douglas | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Vicente Lopez | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrés Ayón | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Lane | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Moorhead | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gilberto Lopez | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Candido Andrade | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rogelio Álvarez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leo Cárdenas | SS | 154 | 252 | 458 | 14 | 77 | .981 | 4.610 | ||||
| Totals | 1604 | 4013 | 1566 | 126 | 316 | .978 | 3.478 | 13 | 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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