1959 Midland Braves Statistics

Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-70
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Jimmy Brown (56-70)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Municipal Park
Attendance: 17,106, Avg. 272

1959 Midland Braves Roster

Playoffs - Carlsbad Potashes 2 games, Midland Braves 0

The Midland Braves of the Sophomore League ended the 1959 season with a record of 56 wins and 70 losses, finishing sixth in the SL.

The Braves scored 864 runs and conceded 897 runs, most in the circuit. Herm Hubbard led Midland with 18 home runs and drove in 106 runs. Dan Newman paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .298. Dave Eilers topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 4.1 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave Eilers and Phil Roof both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Jimmy Brown 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
Dave Eilers	14	9	.609	4.10	29	19		13	1		182.0	210	112	83	12	34		148	1	0	7
Willard Souillard	12	6	.667	5.06	27	22		9	2		153.0	180	111	86	29	62		69	0	0	6
Jose Torres	7	6	.538	7.33	37	2		0	0		97.0	117	92	79	11	75		76	5	2	7
Harold Gelein	6	7	.462	5.70	19	18		6	1		109.0	108	79	69	2	97		109	5	1	11
Earl Stabell	5	4	.556	6.65	17	9		3	0		69.0	87	63	51	7	30		55	2	0	2
Bernard Poupore	3	6	.333	6.46	27	6		1	0		85.0	98	77	61	6	85		63	3	0	12
Larry Alander	3	10	.231	6.16	27	19		5	0		130.0	143	106	89	15	97		113	7	0	10
Walt Norley	3	11	.214	6.88	28	18		6	0		106.0	119	109	81	4	100		84	16	0	20
Garnet Steubing	2	5	.286	8.30	16	9		2	0		64.0	78	66	59	1	54		53	3	0	6
Edward Willey	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Dennis Tajchman	0	0			5						0.0
Hank Wainwright	0	0			3						0.0
Jerry Williams	0	0			2						0.0
John Schmitz	0	0			2						0.0
George Johnson	0	0			1						0.0
Sonny Holly	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Dave Smith	0	5	.000		5						0.0
Totals	56	70	.444	5.95	252	122	0	45	4	0	995.0	1140	815	658	87	634	0	770	42	3	81	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
Herm Hubbard	126	562	467	104	138	15	9	18	106	12		89	64	.296	.406	.482	.888	225	4	1	1	4
Hap Richie	126	615	459	111	133	17	3	1	54	6		141	59	.290	.458	.346	.805	159	9	6	4	5
Jack Riley	95	445	397	72	113	27	1	4	65	1		36	56	.285	.343	.388	.731	154	10	2	5	5
Dan Newman	102	403	342	60	102	20	7	6	90	6		44	39	.298	.380	.450	.830	154	10	7	0	10
George Johnson	76	338	270	81	84	15	6	9	69	12		61	53	.311	.439	.511	.950	138	10	3	1	3
Marcos Rodriguez	68	304	258	62	77	5	9	1	30	10		42	52	.298	.398	.399	.797	103	4	2	0	2
Jerry Williams	63	275	228	56	70	12	3	12	61	2		32	54	.307	.411	.544	.955	124	2	11	0	4
Pat Sherrill	55	232	208	34	56	12	3	5	35	6		18	66	.269	.330	.428	.758	89	0	2	2	2
Louis Haas	65	312	237	46	52	4	3	1	27	7		63	48	.219	.384	.274	.659	65	6	3	5	4
Bernie Tesmer	39	181	154	34	41	6	0	5	32	1		21	16	.266	.354	.403	.757	62	0	1	3	2
Phil Roof	52	155	140	22	36	6	0	3	18	0		12	20	.257	.318	.364	.682	51	3	1	1	1
Hank Wainwright	44	186	137	30	34	8	0	5	40	1		45	42	.248	.430	.416	.846	57	0	1	0	3
John Pannucci	31	149	127	22	30	4	1	1	7	1		17	19	.236	.329	.307	.636	39	4	1	3	1
Dave Eilers	47	132	117	23	28	2	2	1	21	0		12	25	.239	.310	.316	.626	37	2	0	3	0
John Schmitz	30	130	116	22	24	2	1	0	11	0		13	5	.207	.287	.241	.528	28	4	0	1	0
David Musco	23	99	87	12	18	1	0	0	11	0		9	8	.207	.286	.218	.504	19	1	1	1	1
Keith Lewallen	24	68	64	5	17	1	0	0	4	1		1	22	.266	.309	.281	.590	18	0	3	0	0
Bobby Biedermann	15	55	41	6	15	0	1	1	8	0		13	11	.366	.519	.488	1.006	20	0	0	1	0
Willard Souillard	28	68	57	8	15	2	0	0	6	1		7	9	.263	.344	.298	.642	17	0	0	4	0
Harold Gelein	26	59	52	9	14	6	1	1	5	0		5	11	.269	.333	.481	.814	25	1	0	2	0
Chuck Hasenstab	17	69	47	11	11	2	0	0	3	0		20	15	.234	.471	.277	.747	13	1	1	1	0
Michael Roberts	16	65	54	6	10	0	0	0	7	0		8	7	.185	.308	.185	.493	10	1	2	0	1
Walt Norley	33	48	41	4	9	1	1	0	6	0		4	15	.220	.283	.293	.575	12	1	0	2	1
Larry Alander	28	61	50	8	9	0	1	0	3	0		9	20	.180	.305	.220	.525	11	1	0	2	0
Thomas Tierney	9	26	26		7									.269	.269	.269	.538	7
Garnet Steubing	16	26	25	0	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	0	0	1	0
Jose Torres	37	30	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	14	.080	.179	.080	.259	2	0	0	2	0
Bernard Poupore	28	38	32	2	2	0	0	0	4	0		3	15	.062	.143	.062	.205	2	1	0	3	0
Sonny Holly	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Dennis Tajchman	5	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Edward Willey	4	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Earl Stabell	17	28	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	10	.045	.222	.045	.268	1	1	1	1	0
Dave Smith	7	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1355	5180	4301	853	1156	168	52	74	724	67	0	732	782	.269	.378	.384	.761	1650	76	49	49	49	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hap Richie	1B	126	1009	63	20	90	.982	8.508
Jack Riley	2B	53	146	114	12	30	.956	4.906
John Pannucci	2B	21	44	47	5	13	.948	4.333
John Schmitz	2B	20	60	43	5	14	.954	5.150
Dave Eilers	2B	12	20	26	0	3	1.000	3.833
Bernie Tesmer	2B	10	17	28	3	7	.938	4.500
Jack Riley	3B	42	35	85	18	7	.870	2.857
Bernie Tesmer	3B	30	31	70	12	8	.894	3.367
Dan Newman	C	92	614	37	15	2	.977	7.076	13
Phil Roof	C	27	169	7	2	1	.989	6.519	3
Bobby Biedermann	C	12	96	10	6	0	.946	8.833	1
Herm Hubbard	OF	126	182	11	16	1	.923	1.532
George Johnson	OF	73	87	7	14	1	.870	1.288
Marcos Rodriguez	OF	65	144	9	9	1	.944	2.354
Jerry Williams	OF	57	123	2	4	1	.969	2.193
Hank Wainwright	OF	38	52	2	9	0	.857	1.421
Keith Lewallen	OF	15	30	0	2	0	.938	2.000
Phil Roof	OF	13	10	0	2	0	.833	.769
Jose Torres	P	37	3	15	1	0	.947	.486
Dave Eilers	P	29	11	35	1	4	.979	1.586
Walt Norley	P	28	3	12	7	0	.682	.536
Willard Souillard	P	27	5	23	4	0	.875	1.037
Bernard Poupore	P	27	6	18	1	3	.960	.889
Larry Alander	P	27	8	21	3	1	.906	1.074
Harold Gelein	P	19	6	28	1	2	.971	1.789
Earl Stabell	P	17	0	5	3	0	.625	.294
Garnet Steubing	P	16	4	15	3	0	.864	1.188
Dennis Tajchman	P	5						.000
Dave Smith	P	5						.000
Edward Willey	P	4						.000
Hank Wainwright	P	3						.000
Sonny Holly	P	3						.000
Jerry Williams	P	2						.000
John Schmitz	P	2						.000
George Johnson	P	1						.000
Louis Haas	SS	64	85	169	36	30	.876	3.969
Pat Sherrill	SS	53	47	116	25	6	.867	3.075
David Musco	SS	17	30	51	5	12	.942	4.765
Michael Roberts	SS	14	19	39	14	6	.806	4.143
John Pannucci	SS	10	14	28	9	2	.824	4.200
Totals		1242	3110	1136	267	245	.941	3.419	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.

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