1959 Jacksonville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 65-75
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Sibby Sisti (65-75)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 80,019, Avg. 1,143
The Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 65 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.
The Braves scored 581 runs and gave up 559 runs. William Rittman led Jacksonville with 19 home runs and accounted for 62 RBI. Manny Jiménez paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .288 clip. Bob Botz topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.55 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1959 Jacksonville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Manny Jiménez, John DeMerit, Sibby Sisti, Corky Withrow, Chi-Chi Olivo, Cecil Butler, Denny Lemaster, Daryl Robertson, Merritt Ranew, Bob Botz and Bob Uecker.
Sibby Sisti 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 Botz | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.55 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 244.0 | 205 | 81 | 69 | 13 | 79 | 9 | 156 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Denny Lemaster | 11 | 17 | .393 | 3.56 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 172.0 | 139 | 86 | 68 | 14 | 122 | 4 | 150 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bill Hamilton | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.00 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 162.0 | 131 | 65 | 54 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wendell Doss | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.62 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 74 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cecil Butler | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.23 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 167.0 | 159 | 76 | 60 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.34 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 116.0 | 102 | 52 | 43 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Stokoe | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.55 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 86 | 53 | 43 | 3 | 51 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Ed Banach | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.00 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Harold DeMars | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.75 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 59.0 | 53 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Hank Hemmerly | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald MacLeod | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Stoico | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Wedin | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gustavo Muniz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.75 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 3.19 | 311 | 126 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 1165.0 | 1016 | 506 | 413 | 73 | 458 | 37 | 773 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Jiménez | 128 | 543 | 483 | 59 | 139 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 46 | 37 | .288 | .360 | .373 | .733 | 180 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| John DeMerit | 126 | 531 | 475 | 68 | 119 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 5 | 49 | 74 | .251 | .319 | .389 | .709 | 185 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Dudley Whitley | 118 | 532 | 459 | 64 | 115 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 64 | 47 | .251 | .343 | .320 | .663 | 147 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Juan Guzman | 113 | 521 | 424 | 67 | 111 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 91 | 32 | .262 | .395 | .318 | .713 | 135 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Rittman | 118 | 474 | 432 | 56 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 62 | 1 | 30 | 81 | .231 | .285 | .391 | .676 | 169 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Robertson | 120 | 439 | 378 | 48 | 95 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 5 | 47 | 58 | .251 | .339 | .413 | .751 | 156 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bill Moss | 84 | 360 | 312 | 34 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 65 | .256 | .352 | .359 | .711 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Click | 82 | 335 | 291 | 38 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 3 | 39 | 58 | .265 | .349 | .419 | .769 | 122 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bob Uecker | 78 | 262 | 232 | 20 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 36 | .276 | .351 | .379 | .730 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Mackley | 83 | 224 | 199 | 16 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 13 | .276 | .348 | .332 | .680 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Corky Withrow | 55 | 222 | 186 | 26 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 33 | 57 | .220 | .339 | .392 | .732 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Merritt Ranew | 39 | 145 | 127 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .228 | .303 | .346 | .649 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Sibby Sisti | 34 | 96 | 79 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .228 | .340 | .253 | .594 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Denny Lemaster | 36 | 70 | 64 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .250 | .250 | .359 | .609 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Botz | 38 | 88 | 78 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .205 | .203 | .256 | .459 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 28 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .275 | .302 | .300 | .602 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hamilton | 24 | 66 | 55 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .200 | .262 | .218 | .480 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Rushing | 14 | 48 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .222 | .271 | .422 | .693 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Reed | 14 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .290 | .353 | .548 | .901 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stratton | 12 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .206 | .341 | .265 | .606 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Butler | 37 | 55 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .143 | .236 | .163 | .400 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Morgan | 13 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .171 | .194 | .171 | .366 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orie Wolf | 12 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .132 | .267 | .132 | .398 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daryl Robertson | 10 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .222 | .333 | .278 | .611 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold DeMars | 11 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .200 | .208 | .408 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Doss | 41 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stokoe | 46 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .133 | .278 | .133 | .411 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Wedin | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gustavo Muniz | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Hemmerly | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Lerner | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald MacLeod | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Banach | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1576 | 5340 | 4664 | 573 | 1155 | 157 | 34 | 88 | 503 | 31 | 0 | 561 | 704 | .248 | .331 | .352 | .683 | 1644 | 0 | 31 | 58 | 26 | 45 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Moss | 1B | 84 | 702 | 32 | 6 | 53 | .992 | 8.738 | ||||
| Corky Withrow | 1B | 41 | 310 | 18 | 5 | 29 | .985 | 8.000 | ||||
| Dudley Whitley | 2B | 114 | 293 | 309 | 24 | 66 | .962 | 5.281 | ||||
| Bill Robertson | 2B | 13 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .918 | 3.462 | ||||
| Sibby Sisti | 2B | 11 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .950 | 3.455 | ||||
| William Rittman | 3B | 116 | 136 | 230 | 23 | 19 | .941 | 3.155 | ||||
| Larry Click | 3B | 14 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .897 | 2.500 | ||||
| Sibby Sisti | 3B | 10 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 2 | .808 | 4.200 | ||||
| Bob Uecker | C | 63 | 383 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.635 | 3 | |||
| John Mackley | C | 53 | 284 | 25 | 4 | 5 | .987 | 5.830 | 6 | |||
| Merritt Ranew | C | 35 | 225 | 29 | 2 | 5 | .992 | 7.257 | 6 | |||
| John DeMerit | OF | 126 | 353 | 14 | 9 | 4 | .976 | 2.913 | ||||
| Manny Jiménez | OF | 124 | 213 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .957 | 1.815 | ||||
| Bill Robertson | OF | 86 | 157 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .964 | 1.895 | ||||
| Larry Click | OF | 66 | 125 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .971 | 2.061 | ||||
| Corky Withrow | OF | 16 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.500 | ||||
| Orie Wolf | OF | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | ||||
| John Stokoe | P | 41 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .512 | ||||
| Wendell Doss | P | 41 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .488 | ||||
| Bob Botz | P | 38 | 9 | 43 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 1.368 | ||||
| Denny Lemaster | P | 32 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .853 | .906 | ||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | P | 25 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.080 | ||||
| Ed Banach | P | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gustavo Muniz | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Hank Hemmerly | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Robert Wedin | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald MacLeod | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold DeMars | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Stoico | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Guzman | SS | 113 | 167 | 320 | 48 | 53 | .910 | 4.310 | ||||
| Totals | 1347 | 3496 | 1283 | 177 | 269 | .964 | 3.548 | 15 | 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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