1959 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 77-42
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Frank Carswell (77-42)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 36,199, Avg. 608
Playoffs - Dothan Cardinals 3 games, Montgomery Rebels 2
The Montgomery Rebels of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 77 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Rebels plated 748 runs, tops in the circuit. Montgomery gave up 509 runs. Jim Bethea and Peter Walski paced the squad with 21 home runs apiece., while Legrant Scott walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Bethea drove in 99 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .320 clip. Jose Mejias, Ron Falkenhagen and Dick Egan led the team with 14 wins each, and Dick Egan earned a 2.7 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Lorencito Fernández and Dick Egan both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Frank Carswell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Mejias | 14 | 5 | .737 | 3.18 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 184.0 | 168 | 82 | 65 | 5 | 63 | 187 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Dick Egan | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.70 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 193.0 | 153 | 81 | 58 | 3 | 95 | 201 | 15 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Ron Falkenhagen | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.00 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 177.0 | 155 | 78 | 59 | 6 | 93 | 127 | 12 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| William Weller | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.34 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 170.0 | 155 | 77 | 63 | 9 | 79 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Paul Gatza | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.28 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 148.0 | 148 | 75 | 54 | 8 | 48 | 129 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Harry Stigelman | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.81 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 82 | 51 | 39 | 2 | 37 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Robert White | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Clifford Adams | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Matthews | 1 | 2 | .333 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Wofford | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Hornibrook | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 42 | .647 | 3.26 | 190 | 113 | 0 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 977.0 | 885 | 463 | 354 | 33 | 439 | 0 | 888 | 45 | 5 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legrant Scott | 119 | 563 | 455 | 129 | 138 | 33 | 5 | 17 | 81 | 42 | 93 | 84 | .303 | .422 | .510 | .932 | 232 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Jim Bethea | 114 | 525 | 384 | 97 | 123 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 99 | 8 | 123 | 51 | .320 | .483 | .549 | 1.032 | 211 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Robert Patrick | 117 | 509 | 433 | 77 | 120 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 98 | 1 | 60 | 85 | .277 | .362 | .418 | .780 | 181 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Peter Walski | 119 | 535 | 441 | 85 | 113 | 20 | 6 | 21 | 98 | 6 | 80 | 131 | .256 | .368 | .472 | .840 | 208 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Joseph Long | 100 | 443 | 365 | 77 | 107 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 8 | 64 | 52 | .293 | .400 | .395 | .795 | 144 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Lorencito Fernández | 90 | 426 | 379 | 70 | 100 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 22 | .264 | .321 | .327 | .649 | 124 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Larry Koehl | 76 | 297 | 255 | 37 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 5 | .310 | .400 | .361 | .761 | 92 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Charles Kimbrough | 85 | 312 | 245 | 40 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 57 | 60 | .249 | .402 | .412 | .814 | 101 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Pat Duke | 71 | 252 | 220 | 30 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 26 | 52 | .232 | .319 | .323 | .641 | 71 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Charles Gray | 32 | 137 | 120 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .225 | .314 | .267 | .581 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Terry Bartholome | 31 | 121 | 105 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 40 | .190 | .286 | .248 | .533 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dick Egan | 29 | 89 | 70 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 23 | .229 | .337 | .343 | .680 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Jose Mejias | 24 | 82 | 72 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .222 | .296 | .250 | .546 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Robert Tuttle | 34 | 108 | 87 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 17 | .172 | .302 | .195 | .497 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ron Falkenhagen | 28 | 79 | 75 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .187 | .228 | .240 | .468 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Costa | 15 | 55 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .163 | .241 | .204 | .445 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| William Weller | 25 | 74 | 63 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .127 | .225 | .159 | .384 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| James Parham | 14 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .143 | .222 | .224 | .447 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Gatza | 24 | 58 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .115 | .207 | .231 | .438 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Chew | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Stigelman | 26 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Matthews | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Wofford | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger McCombs | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hornibrook | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert White | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clifford Adams | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1220 | 4803 | 3999 | 744 | 1039 | 180 | 27 | 93 | 626 | 79 | 0 | 652 | 753 | .260 | .367 | .388 | .755 | 1552 | 0 | 49 | 58 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Patrick | 1B | 115 | 909 | 40 | 14 | 101 | .985 | 8.252 | ||||
| Charles Kimbrough | 1B | 10 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .964 | 5.300 | ||||
| Legrant Scott | 2B | 119 | 320 | 300 | 26 | 97 | .960 | 5.210 | ||||
| Joseph Long | 3B | 71 | 56 | 137 | 18 | 16 | .915 | 2.718 | ||||
| Charles Gray | 3B | 26 | 17 | 54 | 5 | 2 | .934 | 2.731 | ||||
| Pat Duke | 3B | 14 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 7 | .867 | 2.786 | ||||
| James Parham | 3B | 12 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | .757 | 2.333 | ||||
| Larry Koehl | C | 70 | 591 | 34 | 13 | 4 | .980 | 8.929 | 12 | |||
| Pat Duke | C | 51 | 346 | 38 | 12 | 2 | .970 | 7.529 | 10 | |||
| Peter Walski | OF | 119 | 276 | 11 | 12 | 4 | .960 | 2.412 | ||||
| Jim Bethea | OF | 113 | 158 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 1.496 | ||||
| Charles Kimbrough | OF | 67 | 75 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .925 | 1.284 | ||||
| Terry Bartholome | OF | 30 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.433 | ||||
| Robert Tuttle | OF | 29 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .894 | 1.448 | ||||
| Ron Falkenhagen | P | 28 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Harry Stigelman | P | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| William Weller | P | 25 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.520 | ||||
| Dick Egan | P | 25 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 1.320 | ||||
| Jose Mejias | P | 24 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.083 | ||||
| Paul Gatza | P | 24 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.292 | ||||
| Donald Matthews | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Robert White | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Hornibrook | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Wofford | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clifford Adams | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorencito Fernández | SS | 89 | 114 | 271 | 37 | 59 | .912 | 4.326 | ||||
| Joseph Long | SS | 19 | 26 | 46 | 12 | 5 | .857 | 3.789 | ||||
| David Costa | SS | 13 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 2 | .816 | 3.077 | ||||
| Totals | 1157 | 3082 | 1170 | 198 | 320 | .956 | 3.675 | 22 | 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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