1959 Michigan City White Caps Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 51-74
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Buddy Kerr (51-74)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Ballpark: Ames Field
Attendance: 28,775, Avg. 460
1959 Michigan City White Caps RosterTeam Record: 51-74
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Buddy Kerr (51-74)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Ballpark: Ames Field
Attendance: 28,775, Avg. 460
The Michigan City White Caps of the Midwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 51 wins and 74 losses, finishing eighth in the MWL.
The White Caps tallied 609 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 754 runs. José Tartabull paced Michigan City with 17 home runs Rick Joseph drove in 76 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .320. James Gibson led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.57 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1959 Michigan City White Caps who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Buddy Kerr, Rick Joseph, Wayne Schurr and José Tartabull.
Buddy Kerr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Gibson | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.57 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 116.0 | 117 | 65 | 46 | 12 | 55 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Dale Rudolph | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.30 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 132.0 | 127 | 88 | 63 | 9 | 89 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| John Crillo | 7 | 15 | .318 | 4.88 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 142.0 | 148 | 108 | 77 | 18 | 90 | 139 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| Wayne Schurr | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.22 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 73.0 | 54 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Peter Shuppy | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.55 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 73.0 | 86 | 51 | 45 | 8 | 46 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Charles Antoni | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.07 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 110.0 | 111 | 82 | 62 | 12 | 66 | 77 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| James Manalilli | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 62.0 | 71 | 46 | 29 | 8 | 31 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Carl Swenson | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.97 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 107.0 | 111 | 88 | 71 | 7 | 70 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Dale Beerbower | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizardo Toro | 1 | 2 | .333 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alvin Lovelace | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Domingo Pichardo | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.45 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 80 | 62 | 48 | 8 | 51 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Mario Pelaez | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rene Marte | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leonard Van Patten | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Besonen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John May | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 74 | .408 | 4.74 | 274 | 121 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 917.0 | 939 | 642 | 483 | 88 | 542 | 0 | 807 | 32 | 7 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Tartabull | 125 | 558 | 449 | 106 | 137 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 61 | 40 | 92 | 57 | .305 | .431 | .470 | .901 | 211 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Rick Joseph | 121 | 501 | 422 | 72 | 135 | 30 | 5 | 13 | 76 | 7 | 72 | 75 | .320 | .420 | .507 | .927 | 214 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Rene Marte | 118 | 443 | 372 | 57 | 94 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 56 | 7 | 60 | 63 | .253 | .355 | .363 | .718 | 135 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Denny Sommers | 122 | 462 | 406 | 54 | 87 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 4 | 41 | 115 | .214 | .292 | .310 | .602 | 126 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Walter Mortimer | 78 | 304 | 274 | 41 | 78 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 20 | 63 | .285 | .338 | .507 | .845 | 139 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Julio Santana | 69 | 281 | 240 | 29 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 40 | .271 | .368 | .317 | .685 | 76 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Osvaldo Pellot | 49 | 189 | 171 | 21 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 45 | .281 | .339 | .404 | .742 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Roger Jenne | 63 | 231 | 188 | 29 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 38 | .250 | .373 | .330 | .703 | 62 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Shay | 59 | 230 | 183 | 33 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 38 | 43 | .230 | .372 | .262 | .634 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Vic Piper | 47 | 142 | 124 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 28 | .258 | .343 | .331 | .674 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Art Cole | 44 | 148 | 133 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 34 | .226 | .304 | .338 | .642 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Antoni | 47 | 99 | 89 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .258 | .323 | .404 | .728 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Quinton Gray | 29 | 111 | 99 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 19 | .212 | .282 | .273 | .555 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Frank Palladino | 40 | 123 | 100 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 33 | .200 | .325 | .280 | .605 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Larry Keller | 28 | 108 | 84 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 24 | .202 | .352 | .333 | .685 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Nestor Velazquez | 25 | 104 | 86 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | .163 | .298 | .186 | .484 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Peter Shuppy | 34 | 57 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 | .189 | .246 | .208 | .453 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Crillo | 40 | 70 | 64 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .156 | .229 | .156 | .385 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Treon | 14 | 57 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .188 | .316 | .250 | .566 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rene Altamirano | 14 | 42 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .200 | .429 | .267 | .695 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Gibson | 28 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .114 | .170 | .114 | .284 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alvin Lovelace | 13 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Schurr | 14 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .148 | .281 | .148 | .429 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dale Rudolph | 37 | 48 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 21 | .111 | .304 | .167 | .471 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Carl Swenson | 32 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .111 | .220 | .111 | .331 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Domingo Pichardo | 19 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .087 | .192 | .087 | .279 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frederick Blychenton | 6 | 23 | 23 | 2 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Manalilli | 16 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .000 | .179 | .000 | .179 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Elizardo Toro | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dale Beerbower | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Daniel Besonen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mario Pelaez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Buddy Kerr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John May | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1370 | 4559 | 3872 | 581 | 950 | 148 | 23 | 75 | 491 | 105 | 0 | 567 | 887 | .245 | .346 | .354 | .700 | 1369 | 0 | 46 | 46 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Joseph | 1B | 55 | 404 | 23 | 10 | 27 | .977 | 7.764 | ||||
| Walter Mortimer | 1B | 46 | 312 | 21 | 14 | 25 | .960 | 7.239 | ||||
| Osvaldo Pellot | 1B | 19 | 136 | 6 | 2 | 10 | .986 | 7.474 | ||||
| Rene Marte | 1B | 10 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .906 | 4.800 | ||||
| Roger Jenne | 2B | 42 | 106 | 88 | 7 | 19 | .965 | 4.619 | ||||
| Rene Marte | 2B | 24 | 55 | 37 | 5 | 9 | .948 | 3.833 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 2B | 22 | 48 | 55 | 6 | 10 | .945 | 4.682 | ||||
| Julio Santana | 2B | 14 | 24 | 40 | 3 | 7 | .955 | 4.571 | ||||
| Ronald Shay | 2B | 10 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 6 | .925 | 4.900 | ||||
| Rick Joseph | 3B | 49 | 46 | 89 | 20 | 7 | .871 | 2.755 | ||||
| Denny Sommers | 3B | 19 | 18 | 43 | 5 | 5 | .924 | 3.211 | ||||
| Ronald Shay | 3B | 15 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 0 | .771 | 2.467 | ||||
| Gary Treon | 3B | 12 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Osvaldo Pellot | 3B | 10 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Denny Sommers | C | 78 | 570 | 49 | 10 | 5 | .984 | 7.936 | 27 | |||
| Rene Marte | C | 37 | 221 | 22 | 8 | 4 | .968 | 6.568 | 20 | |||
| Quinton Gray | C | 19 | 137 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .938 | 7.895 | 13 | |||
| José Tartabull | OF | 123 | 272 | 32 | 5 | 10 | .984 | 2.472 | ||||
| Vic Piper | OF | 39 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .868 | .846 | ||||
| Rene Marte | OF | 38 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 1.026 | ||||
| Art Cole | OF | 38 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.289 | ||||
| Frank Palladino | OF | 35 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .827 | 1.229 | ||||
| Walter Mortimer | OF | 31 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .879 | .935 | ||||
| Larry Keller | OF | 28 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.250 | ||||
| Denny Sommers | OF | 21 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.286 | ||||
| Osvaldo Pellot | OF | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.222 | ||||
| Charles Antoni | OF | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Peter Shuppy | OF | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Dale Rudolph | P | 37 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .514 | ||||
| John Crillo | P | 33 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .667 | ||||
| Carl Swenson | P | 29 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .724 | ||||
| James Gibson | P | 27 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Charles Antoni | P | 20 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .824 | 1.400 | ||||
| Domingo Pichardo | P | 19 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .727 | .842 | ||||
| Peter Shuppy | P | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .944 | ||||
| Elizardo Toro | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| James Manalilli | P | 13 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.769 | ||||
| Alvin Lovelace | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Wayne Schurr | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rene Marte | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Dale Beerbower | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John May | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Pelaez | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leonard Van Patten | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Besonen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Santana | SS | 51 | 69 | 119 | 23 | 19 | .891 | 3.686 | ||||
| Ronald Shay | SS | 33 | 42 | 66 | 20 | 10 | .844 | 3.273 | ||||
| Rick Joseph | SS | 18 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 8 | .826 | 3.167 | ||||
| Rene Altamirano | SS | 10 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .824 | 2.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1259 | 2911 | 1037 | 239 | 201 | .943 | 3.136 | 60 | 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.
