1959 Omaha Cardinals Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-78
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Joe Schultz (83-78)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 116,088, Avg. 1,442

1959 Omaha Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 2

The Omaha Cardinals of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 83 wins and 78 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Cardinals scored 655 runs and allowed 652 runs. Ben Mateosky paced Omaha with 18 home runs and drove in 88 runs. Ellis Burton led all regular hitters by hitting .292. Frank Barnes topped the team with 15 wins, while Jim Donohue recorded a 2.39 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1959 Omaha Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nick Testa, Chick King, Phil Clark, Jack Urban, Jim Donohue, Frank Barnes, Lee Gregory, Ray Sadecki, Tom Cheney, Bruce Barmes, Mel Nelson, Ellis Burton, Chris Cannizzaro, Bob Darnell, Bob Sadowski, Jimmie Schaffer, Bob Gibson, Bob Duliba, Dean Stone, Bob Thurman, Bill Smith and Bob Blaylock.

Joe Schultz 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
Frank Barnes	15	12	.556	2.87	29	23		9	4		160.0	158	65	51	13	66	1	119	5	0	1
Ray Sadecki	13	9	.591	4.06	31	28		9	2		193.0	164	98	87	12	145	7	175	3	0	5
Dean Stone	9	6	.600	3.87	24	18		9	3		121.0	117	58	52	8	63	4	81	4	0	5
Bob Gibson	9	9	.500	3.07	24	18		10	2		135.0	128	59	46	4	70	3	98	3	2	7
Bob Duliba	8	5	.615	3.07	37	9		3	0		123.0	120	57	42	7	57	4	83	2	0	4
Jim Donohue	8	7	.533	2.39	28	18		4	1		132.0	99	42	35	10	46	3	87	2	0	2
Tom Cheney	5	6	.455	4.38	14	12		3	1		76.0	69	44	37	3	48	3	56	1	0	3
Jack Urban	3	7	.300	4.34	19	11		1	0		83.0	88	43	40	7	30	1	42	3	0	3
Mel Nelson	2	0	1.000	4.43	25	4		1	0		61.0	48	30	30	3	44	0	36	0	0	2
Bob Blaylock	2	5	.286	4.11	17	6		3	0		57.0	48	32	26	6	29	3	31	2	0	3
Dave Benedict	1	0	1.000		10						0.0
Bill Smith	1	2	.333		4						0.0
Bob Darnell					28						0.0
Bob Thurman	0	0			3						0.0
Billy Bethel					10						0.0
Phil Clark					28						0.0
Ted Thiem	0	1	.000		11						0.0
Lee Gregory	0	1	.000		7						0.0
James Hemric	0	1	.000		13						0.0
Totals	76	71	.517	3.52	362	147	0	52	13	0	1141.0	1039	528	446	73	598	29	808	25	2	35	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
Ellis Burton	148	590	507	92	148	26	6	14	76	18		74	77	.292	.387	.450	.836	228		5	3	1	12
Ben Mateosky	144	557	513	68	142	27	8	18	88	2		37	102	.277	.324	.466	.790	239		1	1	5	5
George Risley	141	567	497	54	135	18	3	4	58	0		47	51	.272	.333	.344	.677	171		2	14	7	0
Bob Sadowski	128	469	424	54	123	24	12	2	47	1		40	53	.290	.350	.417	.767	177		0	3	2	3
Walt Matthews	150	534	475	58	119	11	8	4	49	6		48	89	.251	.318	.333	.651	158		2	3	6	5
Ron Plaza	133	521	472	55	116	20	6	4	48	4		38	63	.246	.303	.339	.642	160		2	6	3	3
Bruce Barmes	114	372	322	50	101	13	3	0	38	4		37	29	.314	.386	.373	.758	120		2	9	2	4
Tony Alomar	111	409	373	43	99	8	3	0	31	7		25	35	.265	.309	.303	.612	113		0	8	3	0
Chick King	99	383	353	46	97	23	2	9	43	2		23	79	.275	.323	.428	.751	151		2	5	0	1
Chris Cannizzaro	101	306	268	23	62	6	4	2	21	2		28	46	.231	.306	.306	.612	82		3	2	5	7
Bob Thurman	73	234	214	20	53	8	2	5	24	1		16	36	.248	.302	.374	.676	80		1	2	1	1
Mel Nelson	44	56	51	11	18	3	3	2	7	1		3	14	.353	.411	.647	1.058	33		2	0	0	0
Ray Sadecki	33	75	68	8	18	0	1	0	12	0		2	11	.265	.286	.294	.580	20		0	5	0	0
Jimmie Schaffer	27	80	73	10	17	1	2	1	5	0		6	9	.233	.300	.342	.642	25		1	0	0	1
Frank Barnes	29	58	51	3	12	1	0	0	2	0		2	11	.235	.264	.255	.519	13		0	5	0	0
Fred Koenig	16	53	49	4	10	2	0	1	10	0		3	11	.204	.245	.306	.551	15		0	0	1	0
Bob Gibson	39	57	53	6	10	2	0	1	1	0		3	21	.189	.232	.283	.515	15		0	1	0	0
Jim Donohue	29	48	43	4	8	0	0	0	1	0		1	11	.186	.205	.186	.391	8		0	4	0	0
Joe Patterson	5	15	15		7									.467	.467	.467	.933	7
Asdrubal Baro	17	34	27	3	7	0	0	0	2	0		5	6	.259	.394	.259	.653	7		1	1	0	0
Dean Stone	24	50	38	2	7	0	0	0	3	0		4	9	.184	.279	.184	.463	7		1	7	0	0
Bob Boyer	16	55	49	3	7	1	0	1	4	0		4	14	.143	.200	.224	.424	11		0	0	2	0
Jack Urban	19	28	22	0	6	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.273	.292	.273	.564	6		0	4	1	0
Tom Cheney	15	29	27	2	6	2	0	0	3	0		0	8	.222	.222	.296	.519	8		0	2	0	0
Al Grandcolas	6	17	17		4									.235	.235	.235	.471	4
Don Branson	5	18	18		4									.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Bob Blaylock	17	22	22	1	4	1	0	0	4	0		0	8	.182	.182	.227	.409	5		0	0	0	0
Bob Duliba	37	46	41	3	4	1	0	0	1	0		2	26	.098	.140	.122	.261	5		0	3	0	0
Ted Thiem	12	7	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	0		2	0	.500	.571	.750	1.321	3		0	0	1	0
Bill Smith	5	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Lee Gregory	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Benedict	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	1	0
James Hemric	13	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1767	5707	5100	624	1347	199	63	68	584	48	0	452	828	.264	.325	.368	.693	1876	0	25	89	41	42

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Walt Matthews	1B	146	1079	68	11	126	.991	7.856
Bob Thurman	1B	18	107	10	4	17	.967	6.500
Ron Plaza	2B	124	328	308	24	98	.964	5.129
Bob Sadowski	2B	29	61	79	3	19	.979	4.828
Ellis Burton	2B	12	20	19	1	2	.975	3.250
George Risley	3B	137	107	250	17	30	.955	2.606
Bob Sadowski	3B	24	20	30	2	4	.962	2.083
Fred Koenig	3B	11	9	20	3	2	.906	2.636
Chris Cannizzaro	C	99	505	41	6	4	.989	5.515	11
Jimmie Schaffer	C	23	130	6	1	3	.993	5.913	3
Ellis Burton	OF	136	228	16	4	4	.984	1.794
Ben Mateosky	OF	125	204	20	6	3	.974	1.792
Chick King	OF	93	205	8	4	1	.982	2.290
Bruce Barmes	OF	92	168	9	3	2	.983	1.924
Bob Thurman	OF	39	61	4	2	0	.970	1.667
Bob Boyer	OF	15	24	2	2	0	.929	1.733
Bob Duliba	P	37	11	17	1	1	.966	.757
Ray Sadecki	P	31	3	26	2	1	.935	.935
Frank Barnes	P	29	10	23	2	0	.943	1.138
Jim Donohue	P	28	5	7	0	1	1.000	.429
Bob Darnell	P	28						.000
Phil Clark	P	28						.000
Mel Nelson	P	25	5	8	0	0	1.000	.520
Dean Stone	P	24	3	23	0	0	1.000	1.083
Bob Gibson	P	24	7	44	2	4	.962	2.125
Jack Urban	P	19	1	20	1	2	.955	1.105
Bob Blaylock	P	17	0	6	1	1	.857	.353
Tom Cheney	P	14	7	9	2	1	.889	1.143
James Hemric	P	13	1	1	0	0	1.000	.154
Ted Thiem	P	11	2	5	2	0	.778	.636
Billy Bethel	P	10						.000
Dave Benedict	P	10	0	4	1	0	.800	.400
Lee Gregory	P	7						.000
Bill Smith	P	4						.000
Bob Thurman	P	3						.000
Tony Alomar	SS	96	149	273	22	55	.950	4.396
Bob Sadowski	SS	73	93	178	24	51	.919	3.712
Totals		1654	3553	1534	153	432	.971	3.076	14	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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