1959 Macon Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Danny Ozark (63-76)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 64,663, Avg. 930
The Macon Dodgers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.
The Dodgers tallied 559 runs and conceded 608 runs. Sheldon Brodsky paced Macon with 16 home runs Jose Cesar drove in 65 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .278 average. Ken Rowe led the team with 15 wins, while Rick Cronk recorded a 2.52 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1959 Macon Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Daviault, Dick Scott, Nate Smith, Ken Rowe, Larry Burright and Larry Miller.
Danny Ozark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Rowe | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.20 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 214.0 | 183 | 95 | 76 | 10 | 97 | 5 | 129 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Rick Cronk | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.52 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 150.0 | 118 | 57 | 42 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Charles Spell | 9 | 15 | .375 | 2.98 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 175.0 | 151 | 86 | 58 | 7 | 86 | 10 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ray Daviault | 9 | 15 | .375 | 3.09 | 41 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 204.0 | 167 | 87 | 70 | 23 | 109 | 12 | 169 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Melvin McGavock | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.58 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 118 | 59 | 47 | 5 | 58 | 7 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Chuck Page | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Miller | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burbon Wheeler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Faust | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.64 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Wells | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Jancse | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Scott | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rick Warren | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Churchwell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louis Hribar | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.62 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 68 | .469 | 3.25 | 280 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 942.0 | 810 | 440 | 340 | 56 | 497 | 39 | 594 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Cesar | 138 | 617 | 525 | 68 | 146 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 65 | 10 | 68 | 81 | .278 | .367 | .427 | .794 | 224 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bill Fox | 137 | 580 | 535 | 63 | 134 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 29 | 24 | 106 | .250 | .287 | .340 | .627 | 182 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Melvin Geho | 139 | 542 | 474 | 57 | 121 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 53 | 91 | .255 | .337 | .369 | .706 | 175 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sheldon Brodsky | 95 | 384 | 329 | 53 | 106 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 56 | 4 | 48 | 36 | .322 | .414 | .559 | .973 | 184 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Thomas Humber | 93 | 371 | 334 | 46 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 34 | 44 | .275 | .341 | .347 | .689 | 116 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Andrew Van der Velde | 123 | 457 | 385 | 42 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 9 | 62 | 76 | .210 | .319 | .288 | .607 | 111 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Bobby Catton | 96 | 348 | 290 | 35 | 76 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 52 | 48 | .262 | .379 | .372 | .752 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ernie Rodriguez | 58 | 234 | 197 | 39 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 9 | .335 | .431 | .381 | .812 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Ray | 74 | 213 | 173 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 36 | .243 | .351 | .370 | .721 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Larry Burright | 43 | 164 | 152 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 32 | .217 | .274 | .322 | .597 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Robertson | 55 | 189 | 149 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 41 | .215 | .362 | .362 | .725 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Napoli | 50 | 173 | 149 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 21 | 42 | .215 | .306 | .315 | .622 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ed Richardson | 33 | 140 | 107 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 19 | .271 | .429 | .336 | .765 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Albert Fantuzzi | 29 | 74 | 69 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .217 | .270 | .333 | .604 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nate Smith | 24 | 87 | 78 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .192 | .264 | .346 | .611 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Harold Holderfield | 20 | 77 | 72 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .194 | .224 | .264 | .488 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fran Boniar | 14 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .256 | .360 | .349 | .709 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Daviault | 42 | 73 | 72 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .097 | .097 | .167 | .264 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Rowe | 34 | 84 | 76 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .092 | .134 | .132 | .266 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Danny Ozark | 8 | 16 | 16 | 5 | .312 | .312 | .312 | .625 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| William Williams | 31 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .172 | .250 | .172 | .422 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Cronk | 46 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .125 | .146 | .125 | .271 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Spell | 45 | 61 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 34 | .102 | .241 | .122 | .364 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melvin McGavock | 36 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Kohorst | 9 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Hribar | 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Faust | 6 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Churchwell | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Miller | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Jancse | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1522 | 5111 | 4437 | 550 | 1089 | 172 | 46 | 71 | 478 | 101 | 0 | 535 | 850 | .245 | .330 | .353 | .683 | 1566 | 0 | 40 | 63 | 36 | 38 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Van der Velde | 1B | 123 | 962 | 69 | 14 | 105 | .987 | 8.382 | ||||
| Richard Ray | 1B | 23 | 159 | 8 | 4 | 24 | .977 | 7.261 | ||||
| Jose Cesar | 2B | 94 | 216 | 262 | 18 | 68 | .964 | 5.085 | ||||
| Larry Burright | 2B | 43 | 125 | 115 | 6 | 41 | .976 | 5.581 | ||||
| William Robertson | 3B | 50 | 28 | 103 | 13 | 11 | .910 | 2.620 | ||||
| Jose Cesar | 3B | 40 | 34 | 72 | 10 | 12 | .914 | 2.650 | ||||
| Ed Richardson | 3B | 33 | 34 | 66 | 13 | 5 | .885 | 3.030 | ||||
| Richard Ray | 3B | 19 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 6 | .946 | 2.789 | ||||
| Bobby Catton | C | 88 | 511 | 53 | 7 | 10 | .988 | 6.409 | 6 | |||
| Mike Napoli | C | 31 | 162 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .966 | 5.581 | 6 | |||
| Nate Smith | C | 23 | 161 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .971 | 7.348 | 6 | |||
| Bill Fox | OF | 137 | 279 | 25 | 15 | 5 | .953 | 2.219 | ||||
| Sheldon Brodsky | OF | 93 | 165 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 1.882 | ||||
| Thomas Humber | OF | 86 | 116 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .948 | 1.477 | ||||
| Ernie Rodriguez | OF | 53 | 101 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .929 | 1.962 | ||||
| Harold Holderfield | OF | 18 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.333 | ||||
| Albert Fantuzzi | OF | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Mike Napoli | OF | 14 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.214 | ||||
| Fran Boniar | OF | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.846 | ||||
| Rick Cronk | P | 46 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .976 | .891 | ||||
| Charles Spell | P | 45 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .556 | ||||
| Ray Daviault | P | 41 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 1.146 | ||||
| Melvin McGavock | P | 34 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Ken Rowe | P | 33 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.242 | ||||
| William Williams | P | 30 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .433 | ||||
| Louis Hribar | P | 15 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .722 | .867 | ||||
| Ronald Forsythe | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Rick Warren | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Burbon Wheeler | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Scott | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Page | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Jancse | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Miller | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Faust | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Churchwell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Wells | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Melvin Geho | SS | 137 | 242 | 399 | 50 | 93 | .928 | 4.679 | ||||
| Totals | 1446 | 3465 | 1399 | 204 | 396 | .960 | 3.364 | 18 | 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.
