1959 Lincoln Chiefs Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 58-68
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Ira Hutchinson (58-68)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 44,783, Avg. 711

1959 Lincoln Chiefs Roster

The Lincoln Chiefs of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1959 season with a record of 58 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.

The Chiefs scored 661 runs and surrendered 724 runs, most in the circuit. Mike Hershberger led Lincoln with 12 home runs Jim Lynn recorded 91 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Alan Brice paced the squad with 12 wins, while Ronald Bloodworth earned a 4.09 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Alan Brice, Jerry McNertney, Joe Horlen, Fritz Ackley, Mike Hershberger, Deacon Jones and Joe Hoerner were all players from the 1959 Lincoln Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Ira Hutchinson served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Alan Brice	12	8	.600	4.42	24	22		13	2		167.0	139	97	82	13	116	3	180	20	1	7
Ronald Bloodworth	10	15	.400	4.09	29	19		12	2		152.0	144	85	69	7	68	6	108	4	0	5
Ronald Teunis	9	6	.600	4.37	26	14		9	0		140.0	124	83	68	18	86	7	94	11	0	7
Richard Kimball	5	5	.500	4.81	17	13		5	2		88.0	88	60	47	8	49	1	75	5	0	9
Phil Groth	5	7	.417	5.61	23	10		2	0		77.0	85	67	48	10	53	3	64	3	1	6
Fritz Ackley	4	5	.444	4.50	12	11		5	0		94.0	99	59	47	9	51	6	85	3	0	8
Bryant Wasdell	4	6	.400	5.20	20	12		5	0		90.0	93	66	52	8	47	1	52	1	1	10
Carl Winton	2	0	1.000		7						0.0
Joe Hoerner	2	1	.667	3.09	9	3		1	0		32.0	29	15	11	1	10	0	21	0	1	1
Malcolm Warren	2	6	.250	4.43	11	7		1	0		67.0	72	43	33	3	31	2	42	3	0	4
James Host	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
Robert Wright	1	0	1.000		8						0.0
Joe Horlen	1	9	.100	5.64	18	13		2	0		91.0	104	77	57	10	47	2	67	6	0	6
Ed Szyczewski	0	0			1						0.0
Dick Mrofka	0	0			8						0.0
Dick Idzkowski	0	0			8						0.0
Totals	58	68	.460	4.64	228	124	0	55	6	0	998.0	977	652	514	87	558	31	788	56	4	63	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
Jim Lynn	126	580	514	85	154	26	8	10	91	11		47	67	.300	.356	.440	.796	226		4	4	11	5
Deacon Jones	122	549	428	92	128	31	2	11	76	18		108	62	.299	.442	.458	.900	196		6	1	6	9
Mike Hershberger	122	540	475	84	128	15	21	12	81	9		50	77	.269	.341	.465	.806	221		4	6	5	3
Don Bacon	124	569	456	91	127	15	5	2	42	30		105	48	.279	.412	.346	.758	158		1	3	4	5
Herman Williamson	116	473	401	56	117	22	5	7	65	3		51	48	.292	.373	.424	.797	170		5	9	7	5
Charles Lehmann	95	420	333	61	89	6	1	1	26	16		72	52	.267	.400	.300	.701	100		2	13	0	1
Eugene Martin	101	390	327	44	82	15	0	1	46	2		50	35	.251	.353	.306	.659	100		4	5	4	2
Donald Gordon	68	269	236	29	57	6	1	5	34	2		26	26	.242	.315	.339	.654	80		1	2	4	2
Allen Schrader	91	319	261	29	57	12	2	7	34	0		46	94	.218	.345	.360	.705	94		6	3	3	4
Jimmie Wasem	30	116	90	13	24	3	1	0	13	4		24	17	.267	.422	.322	.745	29		1	0	1	3
George Olson	29	101	89	6	16	2	0	0	5	0		9	20	.180	.267	.202	.470	18		2	0	1	1
Jerry McNertney	14	53	45	7	13	2	0	0	3	1		7	17	.289	.396	.333	.730	15		1	0	0	0
Joe Hennessy	13	64	56	9	13	5	1	0	6	0		8	12	.232	.328	.357	.685	20		0	0	0	1
Ronald Bloodworth	29	61	58	7	9	1	1	0	2	0		2	16	.155	.183	.207	.390	12		0	1	0	0
Bryant Wasdell	23	48	38	5	8	0	0	0	4	0		8	9	.211	.375	.211	.586	8		2	0	0	0
Ronald Teunis	26	57	51	5	8	2	0	0	0	0		5	16	.157	.246	.196	.442	10		1	0	0	0
Donald Meadows	7	28	28		7									.250	.250	.250	.500	7
Fritz Ackley	12	41	35	6	6	1	0	1	6	0		1	13	.171	.194	.286	.480	10		0	5	0	0
Alan Brice	25	72	61	6	6	2	1	0	5	0		7	35	.098	.191	.164	.355	10		0	4	0	0
Robert Rous	7	15	15		5									.333	.333	.333	.667	5
Joe Horlen	21	41	40	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	12	.125	.125	.125	.250	5		0	1	0	0
Jose Valladares	3	15	15		4									.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Jack Haury	6	20	20		4									.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Joe Hoerner	9	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
James Host	7	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Robert Wright	8	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Dick Idzkowski	8	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Richard Kimball	17	37	33	2	2	0	0	0	3	0		2	26	.061	.111	.061	.172	2		0	1	1	0
Carl Winton	7	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Malcolm Warren	14	29	26	3	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	14	.038	.107	.038	.146	1		0	1	0	0
Phil Groth	23	30	28	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	11	.036	.100	.036	.136	1		0	0	0	0
Dick Mrofka	8	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1311	4984	4206	643	1081	166	49	57	545	96	0	632	727	.257	.356	.360	.716	1516	0	40	59	47	41

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Deacon Jones	1B	98	774	44	11	69	.987	8.347
Allen Schrader	1B	16	95	11	4	7	.964	6.625
Donald Gordon	1B	10	77	6	3	5	.965	8.300
Charles Lehmann	2B	93	215	217	27	46	.941	4.645
Deacon Jones	2B	22	28	47	7	7	.915	3.409
Eugene Martin	2B	12	23	23	1	5	.979	3.833
Herman Williamson	3B	82	65	94	42	7	.791	1.939
Jimmie Wasem	3B	21	17	31	5	1	.906	2.286
Eugene Martin	C	70	492	44	5	6	.991	7.657	15
Allen Schrader	C	53	368	25	10	7	.975	7.415	15
George Olson	C	12	74	4	2	1	.975	6.500	4
Jim Lynn	OF	126	206	16	10	0	.957	1.762
Mike Hershberger	OF	120	228	13	23	3	.913	2.008
Donald Gordon	OF	53	75	7	3	1	.965	1.547
Herman Williamson	OF	31	56	8	3	3	.955	2.065
Allen Schrader	OF	16	25	1	1	0	.963	1.625
George Olson	OF	16	19	1	1	0	.952	1.250
Joe Hennessy	OF	13	23	2	1	1	.962	1.923
Ronald Bloodworth	P	29	5	27	4	3	.889	1.103
Ronald Teunis	P	26	11	28	2	4	.951	1.500
Alan Brice	P	24	9	21	4	2	.882	1.250
Phil Groth	P	23	11	12	1	2	.958	1.000
Bryant Wasdell	P	20	5	17	0	0	1.000	1.100
Joe Horlen	P	18	8	23	0	3	1.000	1.722
Richard Kimball	P	17	4	15	2	2	.905	1.118
Fritz Ackley	P	12	3	17	2	0	.909	1.667
Malcolm Warren	P	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
Joe Hoerner	P	9						.000
Robert Wright	P	8						.000
Dick Mrofka	P	8						.000
Dick Idzkowski	P	8						.000
Carl Winton	P	7						.000
James Host	P	7						.000
Ed Szyczewski	P	1						.000
Don Bacon	SS	123	243	345	36	59	.942	4.780
Totals		1215	3163	1106	210	244	.953	3.514	34	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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