1959 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics
Team Record: 64-65
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Bob Clear (64-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 30,219, Avg. 469
Playoffs - Idaho Falls Russets 2 games, Boise Braves 0
Finals - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1
The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 64 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Russets plated 746 runs and allowed 721 runs. Jim Campbell paced Idaho Falls with 24 home runs, while Donn Clendenon and Roberto Sanchez walloped 15 or more also. Jim Campbell drove in 99 runs. Donn Clendenon topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .356 clip. Bob Clear and Tom Parsons led the squad with 13 wins each, and Thomas Hull recorded a 2.71 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1959 Idaho Falls Russets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom Parsons, Rex Johnston, Donn Clendenon, Jim Campbell and John Pregenzer.
Bob Clear 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Clear | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.81 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 176.0 | 156 | 82 | 55 | 13 | 45 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Tom Parsons | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.57 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 187.0 | 183 | 120 | 95 | 12 | 97 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Thomas Hull | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.71 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 113.0 | 116 | 59 | 34 | 3 | 21 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
John Pregenzer | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.17 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 162.0 | 166 | 92 | 75 | 11 | 54 | 120 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Mort Ek | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.75 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 159.0 | 169 | 118 | 84 | 12 | 98 | 146 | 8 | 0 | 15 | ||||
Phillip Andress | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.80 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 60.0 | 57 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 40 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Alfred Chavez | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jim Gleason | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.46 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Ramon Saba | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.28 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 71 | 48 | 37 | 6 | 47 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Bill Ralston | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Joe Drotar | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Nick Maras | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.90 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 65 | 56 | 38 | 3 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Octavio Acosta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Frank Jackson | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.38 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 64 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Totals | 64 | 65 | .496 | 4.34 | 206 | 119 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 1098.0 | 1126 | 707 | 529 | 72 | 534 | 0 | 943 | 34 | 4 | 67 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roberto Sanchez | 121 | 568 | 490 | 101 | 157 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 78 | 26 | 63 | 62 | .320 | .398 | .524 | .923 | 257 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
Darrell McCall | 128 | 583 | 535 | 90 | 151 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 128 | .282 | .331 | .394 | .725 | 211 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
Donn Clendenon | 105 | 467 | 416 | 93 | 148 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 96 | 13 | 40 | 68 | .356 | .410 | .599 | 1.008 | 249 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
Villard Wright | 128 | 586 | 501 | 90 | 144 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 81 | 22 | 71 | 132 | .287 | .377 | .439 | .816 | 220 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
Jim Campbell | 119 | 522 | 428 | 82 | 129 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 99 | 8 | 81 | 75 | .301 | .417 | .530 | .947 | 227 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
Andrew Prevedello | 121 | 502 | 428 | 58 | 103 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 66 | 70 | .241 | .344 | .287 | .631 | 123 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
Bob Fischer | 68 | 314 | 252 | 54 | 81 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 56 | 47 | .321 | .447 | .385 | .832 | 97 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
Rex Johnston | 70 | 301 | 251 | 45 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 43 | 46 | .275 | .378 | .355 | .733 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
David Perelli | 56 | 199 | 180 | 19 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 39 | .267 | .330 | .283 | .613 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Rex McMillan | 50 | 202 | 177 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 43 | .237 | .332 | .345 | .676 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carlee Hendrix | 40 | 169 | 138 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 21 | .246 | .375 | .413 | .788 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bob Clear | 39 | 110 | 92 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .250 | .355 | .337 | .692 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
William Whalen | 33 | 98 | 84 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .214 | .306 | .321 | .628 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Fred Filipelli | 21 | 91 | 73 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | .205 | .348 | .274 | .622 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tom Parsons | 26 | 79 | 73 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 41 | .164 | .197 | .205 | .403 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Mort Ek | 29 | 84 | 76 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 33 | .145 | .217 | .171 | .388 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Pregenzer | 25 | 71 | 61 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .164 | .250 | .197 | .447 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Ramon Saba | 12 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .450 | .450 | .600 | 1.050 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Thomas Hull | 18 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .146 | .239 | .195 | .434 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bill Ralston | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | .625 | .625 | .625 | 1.250 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Frank Jackson | 16 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phillip Andress | 9 | 24 | 24 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Alfred Chavez | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .200 | .385 | .200 | .585 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jim Gleason | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .182 | .500 | .182 | .682 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Octavio Acosta | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Nick Maras | 20 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .059 | .273 | .059 | .332 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Drotar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1289 | 5126 | 4408 | 741 | 1227 | 200 | 53 | 88 | 590 | 86 | 0 | 599 | 939 | .278 | .367 | .408 | .774 | 1797 | 82 | 36 | 50 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donn Clendenon | 1B | 105 | 748 | 53 | 24 | 64 | .971 | 7.629 | ||||
Fred Filipelli | 1B | 17 | 137 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .987 | 8.765 | ||||
Villard Wright | 2B | 55 | 123 | 101 | 21 | 19 | .914 | 4.073 | ||||
Jim Campbell | 2B | 40 | 99 | 97 | 9 | 22 | .956 | 4.900 | ||||
Carlee Hendrix | 2B | 35 | 82 | 75 | 13 | 20 | .924 | 4.486 | ||||
Darrell McCall | 3B | 126 | 121 | 185 | 39 | 23 | .887 | 2.429 | ||||
Jim Campbell | C | 69 | 493 | 49 | 13 | 5 | .977 | 7.855 | 18 | |||
David Perelli | C | 52 | 384 | 28 | 13 | 3 | .969 | 7.923 | 10 | |||
William Whalen | C | 18 | 112 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 6.611 | 2 | |||
Andrew Prevedello | OF | 118 | 282 | 16 | 17 | 3 | .946 | 2.525 | ||||
Villard Wright | OF | 72 | 133 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 1.931 | ||||
Rex Johnston | OF | 69 | 119 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 1.826 | ||||
Rex McMillan | OF | 48 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 1.292 | ||||
Mort Ek | P | 27 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
Tom Parsons | P | 26 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 3 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
Bob Clear | P | 26 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
John Pregenzer | P | 24 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 2 | .884 | 1.583 | ||||
Nick Maras | P | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
Thomas Hull | P | 17 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.235 | ||||
Frank Jackson | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .462 | ||||
Alfred Chavez | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Ramon Saba | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .571 | .727 | ||||
Jim Gleason | P | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
Phillip Andress | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Drotar | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Ralston | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Octavio Acosta | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Roberto Sanchez | SS | 120 | 200 | 304 | 44 | 51 | .920 | 4.200 | ||||
Jim Campbell | SS | 11 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 7 | .976 | 3.636 | ||||
Totals | 1161 | 3154 | 1118 | 234 | 249 | .948 | 3.680 | 30 | 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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