1959 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-77
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Luke Appling (76-77)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 49,682, Avg. 649

1959 Memphis Chicks Roster

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 76 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.

The Chicks plated 657 runs and allowed 712 runs. Lew Morton paced Memphis with 21 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Lee Howell led all regular batters by hitting .289. Len Prout topped the team with 14 wins, while Bill Pleis recorded a 3.28 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Memphis Chicks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gair Allie, Billy Queen, Bill Graham, Hal Trosky, Jerry Dahlke, Bill Currie, Dolan Nichols, Ray Crone, George Susce, Bob Milliken and Bill Pleis.

Luke Appling 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
Len Prout	14	11	.560	4.50	33	27		9	0		194.0	235	120	97	16	96	5	107	3	0	5
Bob Milliken	10	3	.769	2.08	14	14		3	1		104.0	94	31	24	8	38	6	77	1	0	2
Bill Slack	9	8	.529	3.39	73	0		0	0		138.0	143	57	52	8	49	6	90	3	0	5
Bill Pleis	8	8	.500	3.28	39	24		6	3		173.0	154	80	63	11	81	3	100	4	0	3
Jerry Dahlke	7	9	.438	5.48	38	15		4	1		133.0	159	86	81	17	55	3	37	4	0	6
Hal Trosky	5	4	.556	2.10	14	10		3	2		77.0	54	23	18	2	41	1	47	0	0	3
Jack Brown	5	5	.500	5.58	14	13		1	0		71.0	82	50	44	14	44	2	38	1	0	6
George Susce	2	1	.667		4						0.0
Dolan Nichols	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Bill Currie	1	2	.333	5.73	9	5		0	0		33.0	40	28	21	7	19	1	24	3	0	1
Richard Duffy	1	3	.250	6.28	21	1		0	0		43.0	51	31	30	10	20	2	47	3	0	3
Ray Crone					14						0.0
Jack Osborn	0	0			5						0.0
Will Parsons	0	0			2						0.0
Larry DiPippo	0	0			4						0.0
Bill Graham					25						0.0
Roger Aldridge	0	1	.000		8						0.0
Duke Dawson	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Arthur Wendt	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Totals	63	59	.516	4.01	328	109	0	26	7	0	966.0	1012	506	430	93	443	29	567	22	0	34	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
Douglass Hubacek	139	579	514	82	140	28	4	8	57	6		46	56	.272	.339	.389	.728	200		8	6	5	3
Larry DiPippo	142	602	512	60	138	21	2	7	62	2		84	64	.270	.371	.359	.730	184		0	3	3	10
Lew Morton	134	530	440	65	126	23	2	21	71	1		80	55	.286	.399	.491	.890	216		5	1	4	9
Lee Howell	121	493	419	51	121	18	3	7	55	15		63	69	.289	.384	.396	.780	166		5	1	5	1
Gair Allie	139	550	441	76	113	20	4	13	50	6		99	65	.256	.392	.408	.800	180		3	2	5	6
Shephard Frazier	81	361	331	44	102	16	4	6	36	13		26	54	.308	.358	.435	.793	144		0	3	1	2
Benjamin Downs	93	373	305	36	87	13	2	7	47	5		63	41	.285	.413	.410	.823	125		4	0	1	5
Donald Griffin	95	317	292	29	82	13	0	1	36	4		18	27	.281	.330	.336	.666	98		4	2	1	3
Elio Toboso	94	344	300	42	71	10	0	2	29	15		34	43	.237	.314	.290	.604	87		2	3	5	0
Al Grandcolas	74	250	209	34	52	14	1	7	34	2		41	28	.249	.372	.426	.798	89		0	0	0	2
Bob McKee	84	313	271	27	47	9	1	0	19	1		37	38	.173	.269	.214	.483	58		0	1	4	5
Bill Wells	55	163	145	24	36	6	2	2	14	2		14	22	.248	.323	.359	.682	52		2	2	0	1
Billy Queen	39	89	77	12	24	6	0	1	12	0		9	12	.312	.393	.429	.822	33		2	0	1	0
Joe Hannah	30	112	92	11	23	6	1	1	12	0		18	12	.250	.375	.370	.745	34		1	0	1	4
Bill Pleis	39	65	57	5	13	1	0	0	1	0		8	20	.228	.323	.246	.569	14		0	0	0	0
Ben Tompkins	15	61	51	7	12	0	0	0	8	0		8	0	.235	.344	.235	.580	12		1	0	1	2
Len Prout	36	79	68	4	12	2	0	1	8	0		7	21	.176	.260	.250	.510	17		1	2	1	0
Jerry Dahlke	40	53	45	8	10	2	0	1	10	0		6	18	.222	.314	.333	.647	15		0	2	0	0
William DiCrosta	8	30	30		9									.300	.300	.300	.600	9
Stanley Malec	13	47	42	6	8	2	0	0	4	0		4	6	.190	.277	.238	.515	10		1	0	0	0
Hal Grote	17	63	49	6	8	2	1	0	6	0		13	14	.163	.333	.245	.578	12		0	0	1	0
Hal Trosky	15	36	29	6	6	2	0	1	3	0		6	7	.207	.343	.379	.722	11		0	1	0	1
Bob Milliken	14	41	38	3	5	3	0	0	2	0		1	10	.132	.154	.211	.364	8		0	2	0	0
Jack Brown	14	26	25	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	6	.160	.160	.160	.320	4		0	1	0	0
Bill Slack	74	47	41	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	8	.073	.156	.073	.229	3		0	2	0	0
Roger Aldridge	8	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
George Susce	6	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
George Kolasa	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Richard Duffy	21	13	10	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		2	4	.100	.250	.200	.450	2		0	1	0	0
Bill Currie	9	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Will Parsons	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Duke Dawson	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dolan Nichols	7	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1662	5679	4875	644	1259	218	27	86	580	72	0	691	700	.258	.352	.367	.719	1789	0	39	35	39	54

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Larry DiPippo	1B	142	1274	62	7	149	.995	9.408
Benjamin Downs	1B	14	83	11	3	9	.969	6.714
Shephard Frazier	2B	81	176	224	15	62	.964	4.938
Bob McKee	2B	59	132	155	4	50	.986	4.864
Ben Tompkins	2B	15	32	40	3	10	.960	4.800
Douglass Hubacek	3B	133	126	223	15	35	.959	2.624
Bob McKee	3B	12	11	23	6	5	.850	2.833
Donald Griffin	C	80	391	43	11	11	.975	5.425	2
Al Grandcolas	C	33	177	12	4	5	.979	5.727	4
Joe Hannah	C	29	129	15	1	4	.993	4.966	2
Billy Queen	C	19	83	0	2	2	.976	4.368	2
Lew Morton	OF	126	222	10	7	1	.971	1.841
Lee Howell	OF	119	290	14	8	5	.974	2.555
Elio Toboso	OF	80	163	6	5	0	.971	2.112
Benjamin Downs	OF	75	122	5	5	1	.962	1.693
Bill Wells	OF	40	57	3	3	2	.952	1.500
Hal Grote	OF	14	32	4	3	1	.923	2.571
Stanley Malec	OF	11	31	1	1	1	.970	2.909
Bill Slack	P	73	5	26	0	2	1.000	.425
Bill Pleis	P	39	3	16	1	0	.950	.487
Jerry Dahlke	P	38	8	24	1	3	.970	.842
Len Prout	P	33	8	25	3	4	.917	1.000
Bill Graham	P	25						.000
Richard Duffy	P	21	0	8	0	1	1.000	.381
Hal Trosky	P	14	5	24	2	2	.935	2.071
Bob Milliken	P	14	2	6	0	0	1.000	.571
Ray Crone	P	14						.000
Jack Brown	P	14	4	5	1	0	.900	.643
Bill Currie	P	9						.000
Roger Aldridge	P	8						.000
Dolan Nichols	P	6						.000
Jack Osborn	P	5						.000
George Susce	P	4						.000
Larry DiPippo	P	4						.000
Arthur Wendt	P	3						.000
Will Parsons	P	2						.000
Duke Dawson	P	2						.000
Gair Allie	SS	133	239	386	28	100	.957	4.699
Bob McKee	SS	10	18	23	0	9	1.000	4.100
Al Grandcolas	SS	10	21	32	1	15	.981	5.300
Totals		1563	3844	1426	140	489	.974	3.372	10	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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