1959 Mobile Bears Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 89-63
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Mel McGaha (89-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 64,309, Avg. 846

1959 Mobile Bears Roster

Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Birmingham Barons 1

The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 89 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Bears surrendered 524 runs, fewest in the league. Mobile tallied 699 runs. Gordy Coleman walloped 30 home runs for the team and drove in 110 runs, while leading all regular hitters with a .353 average. Carl Mathias topped the squad with 17 wins, and Bill Dailey recorded a 2.41 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1959 Mobile Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Tyriver, Jack Kubiszyn, Sammy Meeks, Gene Leek, Bill Dailey, Gordy Coleman, Bob Allen, Herb Adams, Kenny Kuhn, Wynn Hawkins, Carl Mathias and Dick Young.

Mel McGaha 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
Carl Mathias	17	9	.654	2.90	38	28		11	5		205.0	182	79	66	12	73	2	183	4	2	10
Wynn Hawkins	14	9	.609	2.55	41	26		12	0		226.0	185	76	64	12	99	6	149	7	1	8
Bill Dailey	11	5	.688	2.41	31	20		9	3		164.0	148	50	44	9	49	5	111	1	0	2
Edward Drapcho	11	6	.647	2.23	59	5		2	1		113.0	81	35	28	3	63	6	97	0	0	11
Wally Seward	9	4	.692	2.88	39	22		8	3		178.0	172	62	57	12	69	4	93	3	1	3
Gene Lary	8	4	.667	2.84	24	12		3	0		92.0	74	34	29	9	43	3	49	2	0	1
Dave Tyriver	5	2	.714	3.06	10	6		1	0		50.0	38	18	17	3	28	1	38	3	0	6
Don Schaeffer	5	5	.500	3.00	19	15		5	1		99.0	93	50	33	6	56	4	42	3	0	2
Bob Allen	2	1	.667		6						0.0
James Hardison	2	3	.400	6.08	20	3		0	0		37.0	44	28	25	1	25	2	24	0	0	1
Raymond Konkoleski	1	4	.200		13						0.0
Charles Kolakowski					11						0.0
Paul Robinson					17						0.0
Billy Darden	0	3	.000		13						0.0
Totals	85	55	.607	2.81	341	137	0	51	13	0	1164.0	1017	432	363	67	505	33	786	23	4	44	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
Jack Waters	149	674	605	103	182	21	3	13	48	20		54	53	.301	.364	.410	.774	248		8	3	4	5
Gordy Coleman	137	572	507	93	179	30	4	30	110	0		56	39	.353	.416	.606	1.021	307		2	2	5	22
Kenny Kuhn	147	657	550	92	168	21	1	1	31	3		80	43	.305	.397	.353	.750	194		5	20	2	4
Jack Kubiszyn	135	510	443	51	114	13	2	3	58	7		53	48	.257	.341	.316	.657	140		6	3	5	4
Bob Jenkins	116	454	387	56	110	16	2	11	67	0		54	52	.284	.378	.421	.800	163		7	2	4	3
Lavern Grace	101	353	317	50	90	13	1	6	50	2		31	18	.284	.348	.388	.736	123		1	2	2	2
John McLane	79	306	282	34	79	14	3	1	31	1		23	59	.280	.333	.362	.695	102		0	0	1	0
Herb Olson	103	347	305	31	74	10	0	9	45	0		39	54	.243	.331	.364	.695	111		2	0	1	5
Andrew Frazier	84	269	248	21	61	14	1	0	26	2		12	20	.246	.288	.310	.599	77		4	2	3	0
Dick Young	52	182	172	23	59	9	3	0	18	0		8	9	.343	.372	.430	.802	74		0	2	0	5
Gene Leek	56	221	205	33	59	15	0	6	41	1		11	30	.288	.327	.449	.776	92		2	1	2	0
Frank Biskup	81	229	200	17	42	6	0	0	19	2		29	20	.210	.310	.240	.550	48		0	0	0	3
Neb Wilson	46	171	149	19	38	7	0	5	18	0		18	18	.255	.345	.403	.748	60		3	0	1	1
Freddie Frickie	36	138	115	20	29	2	1	3	12	2		18	17	.252	.358	.365	.723	42		2	1	2	1
Wynn Hawkins	49	87	78	10	14	1	1	0	4	1		5	29	.179	.235	.218	.453	17		1	2	1	0
Don Schaeffer	22	43	39	3	13	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.333	.357	.333	.690	13		0	1	1	0
Carl Mathias	38	89	75	3	13	0	0	0	7	0		11	12	.173	.279	.173	.452	13		0	3	0	0
Herb Adams	18	56	53	5	10	1	0	0	1	0		3	2	.189	.232	.208	.440	11		0	0	0	0
Wally Seward	43	67	61	2	8	0	0	0	3	0		3	20	.131	.169	.131	.300	8		0	2	1	0
Edward Drapcho	60	26	21	3	6	0	0	0	3	0		3	6	.286	.375	.286	.661	6		0	2	0	0
Bill Dailey	31	59	50	2	5	1	0	1	4	0		6	26	.100	.207	.180	.387	9		1	1	1	0
Dave Tyriver	10	19	14	3	2	1	0	0	1	0		5	3	.143	.368	.214	.583	3		0	0	0	0
Raymond Konkoleski	13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0	0
Billy Darden	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0	0
James Hardison	20	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bob Allen	6	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Lary	26	40	34	3	0	0	0	0	2	0		2	13	.000	.053	.000	.053	0		0	2	2	0
Totals	1671	5593	4933	677	1356	195	22	89	601	41	0	527	606	.275	.348	.377	.725	1862	0	44	51	38	55

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gordy Coleman	1B	136	1061	106	13	110	.989	8.581
Kenny Kuhn	2B	146	302	395	21	99	.971	4.774
Jack Kubiszyn	3B	64	60	109	9	18	.949	2.641
Dick Young	3B	37	40	62	11	8	.903	2.757
Gene Leek	3B	36	35	66	8	9	.927	2.806
Herb Olson	C	91	542	41	4	11	.993	6.407	5
Frank Biskup	C	69	332	38	5	4	.987	5.362	2
Lavern Grace	C	17	84	8	2	2	.979	5.412	2
Jack Waters	OF	148	357	17	11	4	.971	2.527
Bob Jenkins	OF	104	172	12	8	2	.958	1.769
John McLane	OF	76	122	10	1	2	.992	1.737
Lavern Grace	OF	73	124	4	4	1	.970	1.753
Neb Wilson	OF	38	37	2	1	0	.975	1.026
Freddie Frickie	OF	26	39	2	4	0	.911	1.577
Herb Adams	OF	11	18	0	1	0	.947	1.636
Edward Drapcho	P	59	10	17	2	3	.931	.458
Wynn Hawkins	P	41	22	48	3	3	.959	1.707
Wally Seward	P	39	14	23	1	8	.974	.949
Carl Mathias	P	38	8	23	0	0	1.000	.816
Bill Dailey	P	31	15	39	4	3	.931	1.742
Gene Lary	P	24	11	6	0	0	1.000	.708
James Hardison	P	20	0	3	1	0	.750	.150
Don Schaeffer	P	19	7	15	0	2	1.000	1.158
Paul Robinson	P	17						.000
Raymond Konkoleski	P	13	2	3	0	0	1.000	.385
Billy Darden	P	13	0	2	1	0	.667	.154
Charles Kolakowski	P	11						.000
Dave Tyriver	P	10	2	3	1	0	.833	.500
Bob Allen	P	6						.000
Jack Kubiszyn	SS	74	137	176	17	40	.948	4.230
Andrew Frazier	SS	70	133	160	25	35	.921	4.186
Gene Leek	SS	24	33	46	3	14	.963	3.292
Totals		1581	3719	1436	161	378	.970	3.261	9	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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