1959 Keokuk Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 62-60
Finished 4th in the MWL
Manager: Frank Calo (62-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Keokuk, Iowa
Ballpark: Joyce Park
Attendance: 39,045, Avg. 640
The Keokuk Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 62 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the MWL.
The Cardinals tallied 729 runs and yielded 725 runs. Gary Dobereiner and Joe Patterson paced Keokuk with 11 home runs apiece. Gary Dobereiner accounted for 102 RBI. Don Branson led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .336. Gary Groce topped the team with 14 wins, while Warren Roddenberry earned a 4.03 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1959 Keokuk Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Johnny Lewis, Jeoff Long and Tim McCarver.
Frank Calo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Groce | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.58 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 173.0 | 191 | 111 | 88 | 16 | 77 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Warren Roddenberry | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.03 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 183.0 | 171 | 99 | 82 | 17 | 83 | 143 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Cliff Politte | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.53 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 96.0 | 71 | 78 | 59 | 4 | 109 | 115 | 17 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Arzell Robins | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.75 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 72.0 | 54 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 54 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Robert Pearl | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.96 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 77 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 35 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Dikeman | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.17 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 87.0 | 92 | 70 | 50 | 7 | 64 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Mike Pankey | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.78 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 77 | 74 | 58 | 10 | 89 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Marion Elliott | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.00 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 74 | 53 | 35 | 7 | 52 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jeoff Long | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.10 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 67.0 | 43 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 67 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| James Keith | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Petrick | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.03 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 51 | 45 | 33 | 7 | 41 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Thurman Baker | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry May | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Kepic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Dobereiner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Calo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Spadoni | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul McKenzie | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 60 | .508 | 4.64 | 271 | 114 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 968.0 | 901 | 656 | 499 | 87 | 683 | 0 | 739 | 55 | 2 | 87 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Dobereiner | 123 | 546 | 448 | 85 | 148 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 102 | 8 | 84 | 58 | .330 | .433 | .478 | .911 | 214 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Don Branson | 103 | 479 | 405 | 92 | 136 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 81 | 17 | 67 | 60 | .336 | .430 | .514 | .944 | 208 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Roy Majtyka | 123 | 539 | 459 | 79 | 114 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 6 | 66 | 69 | .248 | .348 | .305 | .653 | 140 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Joe Patterson | 87 | 375 | 302 | 78 | 102 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 59 | 17 | 69 | 56 | .338 | .463 | .566 | 1.029 | 171 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tim McCarver | 65 | 304 | 275 | 58 | 99 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 16 | .360 | .413 | .444 | .856 | 122 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Terry Stevens | 90 | 385 | 333 | 49 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 39 | 63 | .222 | .312 | .309 | .622 | 103 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Nay | 80 | 264 | 225 | 36 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 35 | 42 | .271 | .365 | .364 | .729 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Robert Garcia | 66 | 272 | 219 | 34 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 43 | 27 | .247 | .379 | .379 | .758 | 83 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Larry Liedel | 72 | 311 | 243 | 43 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 62 | 71 | .185 | .356 | .325 | .681 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Tom Schwaner | 33 | 156 | 130 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 29 | .269 | .378 | .423 | .801 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Kepic | 48 | 184 | 159 | 24 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 26 | .201 | .299 | .352 | .651 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bernard Porter | 35 | 141 | 110 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 34 | .273 | .411 | .445 | .857 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Barry McCarron | 15 | 62 | 57 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | .298 | .355 | .386 | .741 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimm Hendren | 28 | 95 | 84 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .190 | .284 | .321 | .606 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Heg | 22 | 67 | 54 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .222 | .348 | .333 | .682 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Murret | 18 | 75 | 62 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 6 | .177 | .307 | .177 | .484 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Melvin Robinson | 25 | 88 | 68 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | .162 | .352 | .250 | .602 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Warren Roddenberry | 41 | 85 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .139 | .190 | .215 | .406 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jeoff Long | 27 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .250 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Calo | 26 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .281 | .425 | .312 | .738 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Groce | 52 | 63 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .135 | .246 | .154 | .400 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Mike Pankey | 25 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .185 | .241 | .222 | .464 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| James Keith | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Pearl | 35 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .227 | .238 | .465 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| William Dikeman | 26 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .154 | .258 | .192 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Petrick | 12 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cliff Politte | 24 | 39 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .097 | .263 | .129 | .392 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Lewis | 7 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .333 | .467 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Arzell Robins | 16 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Marion Elliott | 21 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Spadoni | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul McKenzie | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry May | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley Dzik | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thurman Baker | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1374 | 4814 | 4045 | 719 | 1062 | 185 | 43 | 70 | 600 | 95 | 0 | 651 | 728 | .263 | .368 | .381 | .749 | 1543 | 0 | 46 | 32 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Dobereiner | 1B | 121 | 882 | 69 | 20 | 81 | .979 | 7.860 | ||||
| Terry Stevens | 2B | 76 | 175 | 149 | 23 | 34 | .934 | 4.263 | ||||
| Tom Schwaner | 2B | 31 | 75 | 70 | 11 | 18 | .929 | 4.677 | ||||
| Barry McCarron | 2B | 15 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 13 | .939 | 5.133 | ||||
| Larry Liedel | 3B | 72 | 73 | 106 | 21 | 18 | .895 | 2.486 | ||||
| Bernard Porter | 3B | 35 | 30 | 52 | 14 | 7 | .854 | 2.343 | ||||
| Terry Stevens | 3B | 14 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .923 | 3.429 | ||||
| Tim McCarver | C | 64 | 422 | 37 | 14 | 5 | .970 | 7.172 | 23 | |||
| Jimm Hendren | C | 25 | 147 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .994 | 6.520 | 8 | |||
| George Heg | C | 18 | 123 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .963 | 7.167 | 7 | |||
| Ronald Nay | C | 15 | 85 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .959 | 6.267 | 3 | |||
| Don Branson | OF | 103 | 221 | 11 | 11 | 7 | .955 | 2.252 | ||||
| Joe Patterson | OF | 82 | 121 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .949 | 1.573 | ||||
| Robert Garcia | OF | 66 | 130 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .950 | 2.030 | ||||
| Ronald Nay | OF | 51 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.078 | ||||
| John Kepic | OF | 44 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.364 | ||||
| Melvin Robinson | OF | 21 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 1.524 | ||||
| John Murret | OF | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.294 | ||||
| Gary Groce | P | 50 | 18 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .967 | 1.180 | ||||
| Robert Pearl | P | 34 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .783 | .529 | ||||
| Warren Roddenberry | P | 31 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 1.161 | ||||
| William Dikeman | P | 24 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 5 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Cliff Politte | P | 22 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.182 | ||||
| Mike Pankey | P | 21 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 1.238 | ||||
| Marion Elliott | P | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .600 | ||||
| Arzell Robins | P | 16 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| Thomas Petrick | P | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Jeoff Long | P | 12 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| James Keith | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Spadoni | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul McKenzie | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry May | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thurman Baker | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Majtyka | SS | 121 | 218 | 297 | 40 | 51 | .928 | 4.256 | ||||
| Totals | 1258 | 2973 | 1124 | 217 | 265 | .950 | 3.257 | 41 | 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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