1959 Odessa Dodgers Statistics

Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 54-69
Finished 7th in the SL
Manager: Roy Hartsfield (54-69)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Odessa, Texas
Ballpark: American Legion Field
Attendance: 30,459, Avg. 495

1959 Odessa Dodgers Roster

The Odessa Dodgers of the Sophomore League ended the 1959 season with a record of 54 wins and 69 losses, finishing seventh in the SL.

The Dodgers scored 733 runs and surrendered 823 runs. Dick Smith led Odessa with 18 home runs and drove in 105 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .332. Terry Barber topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.86 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Dick Smith played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Odessa Dodgers to do so.

Roy Hartsfield 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
Terry Barber	13	9	.591	3.86	22	22		16	2		175.0	161	94	75	9	96		214	4	0	9
Wayne VanDeMar	9	13	.409	5.61	32	26		8	0		178.0	211	150	111	8	105		99	8	0	11
Wayne Schaper	8	4	.667	3.47	13	13		9	2		96.0	82	45	37	7	23		103	3	0	1
Ronald Zeller	8	5	.615	6.43	35	8		4	0		112.0	137	104	80	15	68		108	6	0	11
Wayne Scarbrough	4	10	.286	7.42	20	17		3	1		97.0	118	91	80	6	84		79	3	2	14
David Doud	3	2	.600	5.46	14	5		3	0		56.0	71	43	34	6	16		21	0	0	4
Tom Young	2	1	.667		3						0.0
Quinten Price	2	2	.500		4						0.0
Wayne Craig	2	4	.333	5.58	11	7		2	0		50.0	53	34	31	2	38		40	1	0	2
Larry Lewis	1	1	.500	5.44	18	1		0	0		43.0	56	35	26	7	24		35	1	0	3
Charles Fiegel	1	2	.333		10						0.0
Jerry Marohl	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Joel Majors	0	0			4						0.0
Roy Shimek	0	1	.000		2						0.0
John Kimbrel	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Alberto Joachin	0	2	.000	6.70	20	2		0	0		47.0	50	42	35	9	31		25	2	0	5
Jerry Zellner	0	3	.000		8						0.0
Anthony Ottaiano	0	6	.000	6.84	19	4		0	0		50.0	62	54	38	2	45		24	4	1	9
Totals	54	69	.439	5.45	244	105	0	45	5	0	904.0	1001	692	547	71	530	0	748	32	3	69	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
Carlos Vazquez	122	579	464	98	139	17	5	3	53	9		96	70	.300	.418	.377	.795	175	8	3	10	6
Dick Smith	106	472	395	95	131	24	16	18	105	15		68	94	.332	.427	.610	1.037	241	9	2	1	6
Lee Ferrerra	114	499	432	81	116	18	2	6	61	2		61	95	.269	.361	.361	.723	156	12	3	1	2
Robert Shosty	100	421	369	69	112	19	3	6	77	4		44	46	.304	.379	.420	.799	155	10	3	1	4
Ventura Pena	114	455	384	62	111	14	4	0	44	7		58	33	.289	.384	.346	.730	133	12	3	7	3
Ronald Karlberg	115	477	406	51	110	21	1	5	58	3		67	98	.271	.373	.365	.738	148	10	1	0	3
John Van Ornum	119	501	416	83	110	22	8	11	73	7		73	117	.264	.378	.435	.813	181	8	4	6	2
Thomas Conroy	87	303	245	43	68	10	2	0	33	3		50	46	.278	.397	.335	.731	82	6	1	3	4
Lou Snipp	44	203	176	33	38	7	1	0	17	2		26	13	.216	.317	.267	.584	47	3	0	1	0
Gene Conaway	59	212	171	29	37	5	4	1	23	1		34	48	.216	.348	.310	.658	53	4	2	2	3
Victor Pagel	18	78	71	16	19	2	3	0	10	2		7	17	.268	.333	.380	.714	27	1	0	0	0
Ed Gruidel	32	98	80	12	14	6	0	0	18	2		15	34	.175	.316	.250	.566	20	0	2	0	1
Wayne VanDeMar	34	74	63	9	12	3	0	0	9	0		6	25	.190	.282	.238	.520	15	0	2	3	0
Wayne Schaper	13	45	39	6	10	1	0	0	12	0		0	10	.256	.244	.282	.526	11	0	0	4	2
Robert Steele	15	56	48	9	10	1	0	0	2	0		7	11	.208	.321	.229	.551	11	2	1	0	0
Ronald Zeller	35	47	42	5	8	1	0	0	3	0		3	8	.190	.261	.214	.475	9	1	1	1	0
Wayne Scarbrough	20	42	32	6	6	0	0	0	4	0		8	9	.188	.366	.188	.553	6	0	1	1	0
Lawrence Byrd	9	29	29		5									.172	.172	.172	.345	5
Terry Barber	22	73	59	7	5	0	0	0	4	0		10	28	.085	.217	.085	.302	5	1	0	4	0
Bob Parisi	6	15	15		4									.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Wayne Craig	11	17	15	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		1	6	.200	.235	.200	.435	3	0	0	0	1
Jerry Zellner	8	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Tom Young	3	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Bruce Proper	11	28	27	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	8	.074	.107	.111	.218	3	0	0	0	0
Charles Fiegel	10	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0
Alberto Joachin	20	16	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.071	.188	.071	.259	1	0	0	0	0
David Doud	14	21	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.053	.100	.053	.153	1	0	0	1	0
John Kimbrel	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Lewis	18	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Majors	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Marohl	5	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Roy Shimek	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Anthony Ottaiano	19	18	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	12	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	0	0
Quinten Price	4	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1317	4836	4080	724	1077	172	49	50	610	57	0	643	852	.264	.365	.367	.732	1497	87	29	47	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ronald Karlberg	1B	113	799	32	12	82	.986	7.354
Lee Ferrerra	1B	11	88	10	3	8	.970	8.909
Carlos Vazquez	2B	55	117	95	15	24	.934	3.855
Lou Snipp	2B	44	108	122	12	38	.950	5.227
Lee Ferrerra	2B	25	67	45	12	12	.903	4.480
Carlos Vazquez	3B	50	58	86	23	10	.862	2.880
Lee Ferrerra	3B	49	44	90	26	8	.838	2.735
John Van Ornum	3B	15	8	41	4	5	.925	3.267
Thomas Conroy	C	69	409	32	11	3	.976	6.391	12
Gene Conaway	C	48	402	30	10	4	.977	9.000	4
Ventura Pena	OF	111	227	12	8	1	.968	2.153
Dick Smith	OF	105	246	8	14	1	.948	2.419
Robert Shosty	OF	89	128	5	11	0	.924	1.494
Lee Ferrerra	OF	23	37	1	5	0	.884	1.652
Ed Gruidel	OF	19	30	1	6	0	.838	1.632
Victor Pagel	OF	18	29	2	6	1	.838	1.722
Robert Steele	OF	10	11	0	1	0	.917	1.100
Ronald Zeller	P	35	2	17	2	1	.905	.543
Wayne VanDeMar	P	32	5	39	4	3	.917	1.375
Terry Barber	P	22	1	10	2	1	.846	.500
Wayne Scarbrough	P	20	2	12	5	1	.737	.700
Alberto Joachin	P	20	1	8	2	0	.818	.450
Anthony Ottaiano	P	19	2	8	3	0	.769	.526
Larry Lewis	P	18	3	14	0	1	1.000	.944
David Doud	P	14	5	9	0	0	1.000	1.000
Wayne Schaper	P	13	3	5	0	0	1.000	.615
Wayne Craig	P	11	3	5	1	0	.889	.727
Charles Fiegel	P	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	.300
Jerry Zellner	P	8						.000
Jerry Marohl	P	5						.000
Quinten Price	P	4						.000
Joel Majors	P	4						.000
John Kimbrel	P	4						.000
Tom Young	P	3						.000
Roy Shimek	P	2						.000
John Van Ornum	SS	102	146	281	50	51	.895	4.186
Carlos Vazquez	SS	17	18	37	9	9	.859	3.235
Totals		1217	2999	1060	257	264	.940	3.335	16	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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