1959 McCook Braves Statistics
Team Record: 43-19
Finished 1st in the NSL
Manager: Bill Steinecke (43-19)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: McCook, Nebraska
Ballpark: Cibola Stadium
Attendance: 19,788, Avg. 638
The McCook Braves of the Nebraska State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 43 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the NSL.
The Braves paced the circuit with 458 runs, fueled by 33 home runs. McCook yielded 265 runs, fewest in the league. Ron Hunt recorded 52 runs batted in. William Stevens topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .317 average. Paul Chenger led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.13 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1959 McCook Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Elrod Hendricks, Phil Niekro, Ron Hunt, Bruce Brubaker and Luis Alcaraz.
Bill Steinecke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Chenger | 10 | 1 | .909 | 2.13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 97.0 | 53 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 69 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Dennis Overby | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.71 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 93.0 | 59 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 58 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Phil Niekro | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 35 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 29 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ray Orlikowski | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.68 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| William Marnie | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Pat Jordan | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.54 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 56.0 | 41 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 55 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bruce Brubaker | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.66 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 46 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 36 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dennis Tajchman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.08 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Julius French | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Earl Stabell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.80 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Ritacco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Wade | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Bresnehan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 41 | 17 | .707 | 3.16 | 142 | 59 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 464.0 | 318 | 215 | 163 | 28 | 310 | 0 | 528 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Saia | 62 | 279 | 231 | 63 | 68 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 4 | 39 | 22 | .294 | .393 | .481 | .873 | 111 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Carl Derr | 62 | 278 | 237 | 48 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 32 | 53 | .283 | .373 | .435 | .808 | 103 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| William Stevens | 61 | 255 | 208 | 45 | 66 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 36 | 40 | .317 | .423 | .514 | .938 | 107 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Ron Hunt | 62 | 274 | 208 | 53 | 59 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 8 | 43 | 31 | .284 | .431 | .423 | .854 | 88 | 13 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Kenneth Cullum | 61 | 252 | 199 | 52 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 44 | 39 | .246 | .386 | .417 | .804 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Barry Morgan | 52 | 180 | 144 | 34 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 31 | 31 | .285 | .412 | .382 | .794 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Charles Carlan | 51 | 156 | 132 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 26 | .295 | .390 | .364 | .753 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| John Anderson | 47 | 145 | 122 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 42 | .254 | .364 | .295 | .659 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Shields | 26 | 104 | 80 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 20 | .288 | .417 | .562 | .980 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Wayne Jinske | 40 | 113 | 96 | 10 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 38 | .229 | .339 | .396 | .735 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Strickland | 49 | 84 | 67 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 14 | .299 | .434 | .448 | .881 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Chenger | 21 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .366 | .481 | .683 | 1.164 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Pedro Garcia | 23 | 44 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .286 | .366 | .514 | .880 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Phil Niekro | 23 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .381 | .480 | .667 | 1.147 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elrod Hendricks | 25 | 48 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | .235 | .438 | .265 | .702 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Overby | 23 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .163 | .280 | .209 | .489 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Brubaker | 12 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .278 | .316 | .444 | .760 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Francis Aldonis | 13 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Orlikowski | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .250 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Red Bresnehan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Julius French | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Stabell | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Tajchman | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Jordan | 12 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .234 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| William Marnie | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Jones | 15 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | .000 | .474 | .000 | .474 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luis Alcaraz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 793 | 2465 | 2002 | 440 | 550 | 101 | 47 | 33 | 382 | 58 | 0 | 367 | 428 | .275 | .392 | .422 | .813 | 844 | 0 | 33 | 40 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Saia | 1B | 62 | 427 | 27 | 16 | 30 | .966 | 7.323 | ||||
| Charles Carlan | 2B | 47 | 64 | 61 | 8 | 17 | .940 | 2.660 | ||||
| John Anderson | 2B | 44 | 56 | 65 | 6 | 8 | .953 | 2.750 | ||||
| Ron Hunt | 3B | 62 | 46 | 88 | 17 | 4 | .887 | 2.161 | ||||
| Wayne Jinske | C | 36 | 256 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .978 | 7.389 | 8 | |||
| Joseph Shields | C | 26 | 221 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 9.192 | 11 | |||
| Elrod Hendricks | C | 17 | 91 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .980 | 5.765 | 5 | |||
| William Stevens | OF | 60 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Kenneth Cullum | OF | 60 | 93 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 1.650 | ||||
| Barry Morgan | OF | 50 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .925 | .740 | ||||
| Timothy Strickland | OF | 34 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .618 | ||||
| Pedro Garcia | OF | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .765 | ||||
| Francis Aldonis | OF | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Phil Niekro | P | 23 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .739 | ||||
| Dennis Overby | P | 17 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .800 | .941 | ||||
| Ray Orlikowski | P | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .133 | ||||
| Paul Chenger | P | 14 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 1.786 | ||||
| Pat Jordan | P | 12 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bruce Brubaker | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Dennis Tajchman | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Earl Stabell | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julius French | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Red Bresnehan | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Marnie | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Ritacco | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Derr | SS | 62 | 110 | 135 | 22 | 26 | .918 | 3.952 | ||||
| Totals | 720 | 1516 | 500 | 114 | 98 | .946 | 2.800 | 24 | 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.
