1959 Lynchburg Senators Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 22-47
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Chick Payne (22-47)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 11,795, Avg. 342
1959 Lynchburg Senators RosterTeam Record: 22-47
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Chick Payne (22-47)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 11,795, Avg. 342
The Lynchburg Senators of the Appalachian League ended the 1959 season with a record of 22 wins and 47 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Senators scored 324 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 481 runs, most in the circuit. Joseph Quinn led Lynchburg with 12 home runs and drove in 32 runs. Pablo Mitchell paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .296 clip, while John Strzyzewski registered a 4.77 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. Chick Payne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kirk | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.25 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 55.0 | 48 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 45 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| John Strzyzewski | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.77 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 83.0 | 97 | 57 | 44 | 11 | 30 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Russ Ruge | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.07 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 71.0 | 68 | 60 | 40 | 6 | 55 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Stanley Kohan | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 52.0 | 52 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.96 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 41 | 36 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Franklin Roberts | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.78 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 79 | 68 | 43 | 4 | 55 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jerry Abnet | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.89 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 60 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Francis McReynolds | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Mendez | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.50 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 37 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ronald Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philip Bareis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Lent | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 38 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Cristobal Ramos | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Bourk | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Julio Rodriguez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Hansen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 22 | 47 | .319 | 4.98 | 147 | 67 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 564.0 | 606 | 458 | 312 | 49 | 370 | 0 | 512 | 45 | 3 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Mitchell | 67 | 281 | 223 | 48 | 66 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 56 | 41 | .296 | .441 | .435 | .876 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Quinn | 58 | 255 | 221 | 46 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 30 | 57 | .294 | .383 | .507 | .890 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| David Sanchez | 70 | 310 | 261 | 33 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 47 | 75 | .176 | .304 | .222 | .526 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Arlie Smith | 50 | 206 | 176 | 24 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 38 | .199 | .307 | .233 | .540 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Kelly O'Neal | 30 | 127 | 107 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 14 | .318 | .425 | .402 | .827 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Hildner | 46 | 178 | 155 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 33 | .200 | .295 | .284 | .579 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Carmelo Mesa | 35 | 158 | 132 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 42 | .227 | .350 | .280 | .631 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charles Caudill | 41 | 164 | 141 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 30 | .191 | .294 | .305 | .599 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mariano Ramos | 46 | 174 | 136 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 49 | .191 | .368 | .279 | .647 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sherman Carter | 25 | 111 | 88 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 28 | .239 | .396 | .364 | .760 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rodney Gilliland | 36 | 138 | 103 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 34 | 49 | .175 | .380 | .243 | .622 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dan O'Connor | 27 | 103 | 80 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 25 | .175 | .359 | .212 | .572 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Abnet | 23 | 54 | 49 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .224 | .296 | .224 | .521 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J. B. Lawrimore | 18 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .184 | .262 | .421 | .683 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jose Sanchez | 14 | 47 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | .171 | .277 | .220 | .496 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Garnett | 22 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .147 | .396 | .147 | .543 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kurt Begar | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Russ Ruge | 16 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .182 | .367 | .182 | .548 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Larry Davis | 10 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .154 | .290 | .269 | .560 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Strzyzewski | 16 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .148 | .324 | .370 | .694 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Kirk | 15 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .148 | .233 | .185 | .419 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julio Rodriguez | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Pedro Sierra | 18 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stanley Kohan | 9 | 21 | 21 | 2 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin Roberts | 14 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .080 | .148 | .080 | .228 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Bourk | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carlos Mendez | 14 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .067 | .333 | .133 | .467 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Forney Mauldin | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Hansen | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Lent | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Philip Bareis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mario Arias | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| G. Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Francis McReynolds | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 781 | 2680 | 2232 | 321 | 474 | 63 | 20 | 31 | 249 | 52 | 0 | 397 | 617 | .212 | .340 | .300 | .640 | 670 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Gilliland | 1B | 30 | 221 | 16 | 11 | 21 | .956 | 7.900 | ||||
| Dan O'Connor | 1B | 26 | 196 | 8 | 5 | 12 | .976 | 7.846 | ||||
| Joseph Quinn | 1B | 14 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .971 | 7.143 | ||||
| Charles Hildner | 2B | 33 | 72 | 52 | 14 | 12 | .899 | 3.758 | ||||
| Kelly O'Neal | 2B | 30 | 54 | 73 | 4 | 15 | .969 | 4.233 | ||||
| Mariano Ramos | 3B | 46 | 39 | 78 | 17 | 4 | .873 | 2.543 | ||||
| Carmelo Mesa | 3B | 18 | 15 | 37 | 10 | 4 | .839 | 2.889 | ||||
| Charles Caudill | C | 37 | 277 | 16 | 19 | 2 | .939 | 7.919 | 6 | |||
| Tom Garnett | C | 17 | 91 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .949 | 5.529 | 4 | |||
| J. B. Lawrimore | C | 14 | 69 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .927 | 5.429 | 3 | |||
| Sherman Carter | C | 14 | 98 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .933 | 7.929 | 4 | |||
| Pablo Mitchell | OF | 67 | 74 | 9 | 14 | 0 | .856 | 1.239 | ||||
| Arlie Smith | OF | 45 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .924 | 1.356 | ||||
| Joseph Quinn | OF | 41 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .898 | 1.293 | ||||
| Carmelo Mesa | OF | 20 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .828 | 1.200 | ||||
| Sherman Carter | OF | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Jerry Abnet | OF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .611 | ||||
| Russ Ruge | P | 16 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 1.062 | ||||
| John Strzyzewski | P | 15 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.267 | ||||
| Franklin Roberts | P | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| William Lent | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .417 | ||||
| Carlos Mendez | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .818 | ||||
| Jerry Abnet | P | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Stanley Kohan | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Kirk | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Hansen | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Rodriguez | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cristobal Ramos | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francis McReynolds | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Fernandez | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Bourk | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Bareis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Sanchez | SS | 69 | 126 | 217 | 33 | 37 | .912 | 4.971 | ||||
| Totals | 689 | 1605 | 616 | 187 | 117 | .922 | 3.224 | 17 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
