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1959 Knoxville Smokies Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Johnny Pesky (78-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 108,633, Avg. 1,552
Playoffs - Charleston ChaSox 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 2
The Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the SAL.
The Smokies allowed 550 runs, least in the league. Knoxville tallied 659 runs. Allie Benza paced the team with 14 home runs and drove in 77 runs. Pablo Rivera led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .292 clip. Jim Proctor topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.19 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Howie Koplitz, Dick McAuliffe, Jack Feller, Larry Foster, Bob Dustal, Frank Kostro, Buck Rodgers, Jake Wood, Mickey Lolich, Tex Nelson, Jim Proctor, Ron Nischwitz, Doug Gallagher and Fred Gladding.
Johnny Pesky 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Proctor | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.19 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 181.0 | 139 | 52 | 44 | 5 | 55 | 4 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Bob Dustal | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.63 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 185.0 | 175 | 72 | 54 | 12 | 57 | 3 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Gerald Thomas | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.29 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 175.0 | 160 | 70 | 64 | 12 | 73 | 8 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
Howie Koplitz | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.66 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 145.0 | 123 | 67 | 59 | 15 | 60 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
Ron Nischwitz | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.49 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 83.0 | 71 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Fred Gladding | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.56 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 92 | 42 | 32 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |||
Bob McDaniel | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.00 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 43 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Gene Bacque | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.11 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 127.0 | 132 | 74 | 58 | 12 | 52 | 4 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
Max Simmons | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.44 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mickey Lolich | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.55 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 67.0 | 51 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
Larry Foster | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
David Justus | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Richard Day | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.05 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Doug Gallagher | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.42 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 53.0 | 48 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
George McCue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Phillip Kliewer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Allie Benza | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 78 | 62 | .557 | 3.15 | 282 | 135 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 1216.0 | 1096 | 521 | 425 | 66 | 507 | 26 | 853 | 37 | 3 | 39 | 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 Lumley | 139 | 583 | 502 | 80 | 138 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 74 | 4 | 71 | 54 | .275 | .366 | .418 | .784 | 210 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||
Eugene Luck | 130 | 529 | 488 | 69 | 136 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 62 | 5 | 31 | 47 | .279 | .320 | .404 | .724 | 197 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
Pablo Rivera | 105 | 474 | 401 | 72 | 117 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 69 | 32 | .292 | .394 | .379 | .773 | 152 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
George McCue | 119 | 513 | 449 | 67 | 117 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 54 | 43 | .261 | .344 | .350 | .694 | 157 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
Allie Benza | 124 | 505 | 429 | 59 | 112 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 77 | 0 | 60 | 69 | .261 | .354 | .431 | .785 | 185 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||
Buck Rodgers | 105 | 413 | 355 | 53 | 102 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 3 | 47 | 38 | .287 | .366 | .431 | .797 | 153 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||
Frank Kostro | 77 | 339 | 297 | 51 | 89 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 6 | 32 | 28 | .300 | .370 | .431 | .801 | 128 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
Jake Wood | 58 | 226 | 207 | 32 | 62 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 15 | 59 | .300 | .347 | .464 | .810 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Arnie Hallgren | 55 | 239 | 207 | 24 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 25 | 35 | .275 | .356 | .377 | .733 | 78 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Jerry Kudajeski | 51 | 180 | 167 | 14 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .269 | .318 | .353 | .672 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Frankie Shell | 46 | 174 | 136 | 22 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 7 | .324 | .450 | .434 | .884 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Manuel Diaz | 44 | 162 | 143 | 19 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 14 | .287 | .364 | .371 | .735 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jesse Queen | 48 | 179 | 156 | 27 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 29 | .256 | .341 | .359 | .700 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Jim Proctor | 29 | 73 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .164 | .177 | .262 | .440 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Feller | 26 | 82 | 68 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .147 | .280 | .162 | .442 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Gerald Thomas | 50 | 74 | 58 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .138 | .265 | .155 | .420 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Bacque | 29 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .159 | .178 | .159 | .337 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
J. C. Sells | 10 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .261 | .292 | .435 | .726 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Nischwitz | 20 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .182 | .206 | .212 | .418 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ted Brzenk | 15 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .136 | .167 | .273 | .439 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Howie Koplitz | 31 | 62 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .130 | .273 | .239 | .512 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Dustal | 42 | 70 | 57 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .105 | .172 | .105 | .277 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
Richard Day | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .444 | .500 | .889 | 1.389 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Bowen | 9 | 26 | 26 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Dick McAuliffe | 11 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .185 | .231 | .416 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob McDaniel | 25 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey Lolich | 11 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Gallagher | 9 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Fred Gladding | 20 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .195 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Beck | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Max Simmons | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Justus | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Moby Benedict | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Larry Foster | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1477 | 5206 | 4538 | 634 | 1189 | 194 | 58 | 68 | 567 | 43 | 0 | 530 | 627 | .262 | .340 | .375 | .715 | 1703 | 0 | 25 | 71 | 42 | 44 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Lumley | 1B | 77 | 584 | 35 | 9 | 54 | .986 | 8.039 | ||||
Jerry Kudajeski | 1B | 44 | 363 | 15 | 6 | 42 | .984 | 8.591 | ||||
Pablo Rivera | 2B | 59 | 160 | 148 | 8 | 41 | .975 | 5.220 | ||||
Allie Benza | 2B | 39 | 124 | 140 | 14 | 35 | .950 | 6.769 | ||||
Jake Wood | 2B | 28 | 55 | 79 | 9 | 10 | .937 | 4.786 | ||||
Allie Benza | 3B | 79 | 65 | 139 | 14 | 14 | .936 | 2.582 | ||||
Manuel Diaz | 3B | 38 | 23 | 77 | 9 | 7 | .917 | 2.632 | ||||
Ted Brzenk | 3B | 12 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 7 | .951 | 3.250 | ||||
Frankie Shell | 3B | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
Buck Rodgers | C | 90 | 547 | 58 | 11 | 12 | .982 | 6.722 | 14 | |||
Frankie Shell | C | 29 | 178 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.517 | 4 | |||
Jack Feller | C | 22 | 145 | 15 | 2 | 7 | .988 | 7.273 | 2 | |||
Eugene Luck | OF | 128 | 235 | 15 | 4 | 5 | .984 | 1.953 | ||||
George McCue | OF | 117 | 271 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .980 | 2.479 | ||||
Don Lumley | OF | 61 | 129 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .979 | 2.311 | ||||
Arnie Hallgren | OF | 55 | 107 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 2.036 | ||||
Jesse Queen | OF | 43 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.744 | ||||
Buck Rodgers | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
Gerald Thomas | P | 48 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .521 | ||||
Bob Dustal | P | 37 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.027 | ||||
Jim Proctor | P | 28 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .900 | .964 | ||||
Howie Koplitz | P | 28 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .607 | ||||
Gene Bacque | P | 26 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .731 | ||||
Bob McDaniel | P | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Fred Gladding | P | 20 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .875 | .700 | ||||
Ron Nischwitz | P | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
Max Simmons | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
Mickey Lolich | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.455 | ||||
Richard Day | P | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
Doug Gallagher | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
David Justus | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Larry Foster | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
George McCue | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Phillip Kliewer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Allie Benza | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank Kostro | SS | 76 | 118 | 218 | 37 | 51 | .901 | 4.421 | ||||
Pablo Rivera | SS | 40 | 78 | 108 | 14 | 24 | .930 | 4.650 | ||||
Jake Wood | SS | 19 | 26 | 48 | 10 | 12 | .881 | 3.895 | ||||
Totals | 1359 | 3360 | 1341 | 181 | 342 | .963 | 3.459 | 20 | 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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