1959 Modesto Reds Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 86-55
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Hal Charnofsky (86-55)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 44,464, Avg. 631

1959 Modesto Reds Roster

Playoffs - Modesto Reds 4 games, Bakersfield Bears 2

The Modesto Reds of the California League ended the 1959 season with a record of 86 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Reds scored 861 runs and yielded 746 runs. Rich Barry walloped 37 home runs for Modesto, while Hal Charnofsky and Ed Gary added 15 or more also. Hal Charnofsky accounted for 115 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .325 average. Hal Reniff led the squad with 21 wins, and Hugh Hendry recorded a 3.11 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1959 Modesto Reds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rich Barry, Phil Linz, Pete Mikkelsen, Hal Reniff, Pedro González and Art Pennington.

Hal Charnofsky 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
Hal Reniff	21	7	.750	3.19	35	20		12	2		186.0	160	79	66	3	94		143	5	0	7
Terry Murry	14	6	.700	4.73	39	26		7	1		192.0	195	118	101	11	98		138	4	0	6
Hugh Hendry	14	8	.636	3.11	37	30		10	1		214.0	193	99	74	15	86		146	6	0	5
Richard Gray	12	11	.522	4.02	35	26		12	1		215.0	238	120	96	22	62		99	4	0	4
Dale Zeigler	9	3	.750	3.67	25	16		6	0		130.0	111	67	53	7	108		132	9	0	11
Paul Erickson	5	7	.417	4.85	37	6		0	0		102.0	116	62	55	3	48		79	2	0	7
James Horsford	4	5	.444	5.96	12	11		5	1		68.0	74	61	45	8	53		40	5	0	8
Kermit Kowalk	3	3	.500	5.14	33	1		0	0		70.0	56	47	40	6	52		72	5	0	4
Ronald Fahnestock	2	1	.667		10						0.0
Pete Mikkelsen	1	0	1.000		5						0.0
David Van Horn	1	4	.200	7.58	12	3		0	0		38.0	41	39	32	5	43		30	1	0	0
William Fries	0	0			1						0.0
Robert Fishell	0	0			2						0.0
Mike Tatro	0	0			6						0.0
Max Weekly	0	0			1						0.0
Totals	86	55	.610	4.16	290	139	0	52	6	0	1215.0	1184	692	562	80	644	0	879	41	0	52	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
Phil Linz	141	698	581	126	173	29	6	4	66	27		96	62	.298	.399	.389	.788	226	9	4	14	3
Hal Charnofsky	136	641	510	120	166	37	4	18	115	34		104	72	.325	.440	.520	.960	265	8	6	14	7
Rich Barry	135	608	505	95	135	18	4	37	111	8		89	162	.267	.380	.539	.918	272	4	6	2	6
Pedro González	78	346	318	63	118	17	6	5	72	31		17	31	.371	.413	.509	.922	162	14	7	2	2
Norm Kampschror	116	467	389	60	111	28	0	10	75	15		65	55	.285	.387	.434	.822	169	6	4	2	7
Art Pennington	108	416	359	62	92	18	5	10	65	14		49	53	.256	.353	.418	.771	150	10	6	0	2
Ed Gary	94	418	337	59	90	21	4	17	68	4		72	114	.267	.397	.504	.901	170	6	3	2	4
Harry Mayo	94	438	361	64	87	15	1	2	41	10		68	22	.241	.359	.305	.664	110	10	1	4	4
James Kane	85	292	256	32	60	11	1	6	44	4		29	43	.234	.317	.355	.673	91	7	3	2	2
James Orton	52	237	210	30	49	7	0	0	16	9		20	43	.233	.315	.267	.582	56	0	5	2	0
Kenneth Miller	87	323	239	36	45	6	0	3	21	5		76	47	.188	.393	.251	.644	60	5	5	2	1
Robert Kaczynski	45	204	164	27	39	6	0	0	17	1		34	25	.238	.371	.274	.646	45	3	2	2	2
William Fries	41	140	117	13	16	2	0	0	11	0		21	52	.137	.273	.154	.427	18	0	1	1	0
Hal Reniff	38	84	71	10	14	1	0	1	4	0		11	32	.197	.305	.254	.558	18	1	0	2	0
Richard Gray	39	92	79	7	14	3	0	0	7	0		9	24	.177	.258	.215	.474	17	2	0	3	1
Hugh Hendry	39	91	72	15	12	3	0	0	5	0		16	23	.167	.318	.208	.527	15	1	0	3	0
Terry Murry	39	74	68	10	11	1	0	0	3	0		3	31	.162	.197	.176	.374	12	0	0	3	0
Dale Zeigler	26	50	41	4	9	0	0	0	6	1		7	12	.220	.320	.220	.540	9	1	0	0	2
Paul Erickson	37	34	27	3	6	0	0	0	3	0		3	16	.222	.323	.222	.545	6	0	1	3	0
James Horsford	17	36	31	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		4	11	.194	.306	.226	.531	7	0	1	0	0
David Van Horn	17	26	23	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	7	.174	.269	.174	.443	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Kuinius	16	46	37	6	3	0	0	0	2	1		7	16	.081	.244	.081	.326	3	1	1	1	0
Pete Mikkelsen	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Ronald Fahnestock	10	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	1	0	0
Kermit Kowalk	33	20	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	.059	.158	.059	.217	1	0	0	1	0
Robert Fishell	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mike Tatro	6	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Max Weekly	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Michael Entz	6	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1543	5807	4837	848	1263	224	31	113	755	164	0	805	967	.261	.370	.390	.760	1888	88	57	65	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kenneth Miller	1B	77	687	49	4	60	.995	9.558
William Fries	1B	37	309	11	5	27	.985	8.649
Art Pennington	1B	24	160	2	2	20	.988	6.750
Norm Kampschror	1B	21	148	10	4	14	.975	7.524
Pedro González	2B	66	194	178	14	49	.964	5.636
James Orton	2B	51	136	176	11	40	.966	6.118
Hal Charnofsky	2B	21	63	67	10	14	.929	6.190
Hal Charnofsky	3B	111	96	269	28	28	.929	3.288
Rich Barry	3B	17	8	22	6	0	.833	1.765
Art Pennington	3B	10	10	13	3	0	.885	2.300
Norm Kampschror	C	88	521	74	8	12	.987	6.761	15
James Kane	C	55	378	31	10	2	.976	7.436	14
Jim Kuinius	C	13	58	3	0	0	1.000	4.692	3
Rich Barry	OF	123	195	12	10	1	.954	1.683
Harry Mayo	OF	94	227	10	5	4	.979	2.521
Ed Gary	OF	93	105	6	5	2	.957	1.194
Art Pennington	OF	60	83	5	3	1	.967	1.467
Robert Kaczynski	OF	45	94	3	4	0	.960	2.156
James Kane	OF	12	12	1	3	0	.812	1.083
Terry Murry	P	39	7	36	3	2	.935	1.103
Hugh Hendry	P	37	10	36	5	1	.902	1.243
Paul Erickson	P	37	5	20	1	3	.962	.676
Hal Reniff	P	35	10	27	2	2	.949	1.057
Richard Gray	P	35	12	30	2	2	.955	1.200
Kermit Kowalk	P	33	3	11	1	1	.933	.424
Dale Zeigler	P	25	4	22	1	2	.963	1.040
David Van Horn	P	12	1	6	1	0	.875	.583
James Horsford	P	12	1	19	1	0	.952	1.667
Ronald Fahnestock	P	10	0	2	1	0	.667	.200
Mike Tatro	P	6						.000
Pete Mikkelsen	P	5						.000
Robert Fishell	P	2						.000
Max Weekly	P	1						.000
William Fries	P	1						.000
Phil Linz	SS	136	213	459	56	90	.923	4.941
Totals		1444	3750	1610	209	377	.962	3.712	32	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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