1959 Orlando Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 5th in the FSL
Manager: Martin Devlin (69-70)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 27,633, Avg. 398
The Orlando Dodgers of the Florida State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the FSL.
The Dodgers scored 632 runs and surrendered 673 runs. Al Ferrara and Choo-Choo Coleman each drove in 80 runs. Martin Devlin led all regular hitters by hitting .302. William Boehlert topped the squad with 13 wins, while Gasper Gualberti registered a 3.11 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Orlando Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Choo-Choo Coleman, Bill Kelso and Al Ferrara.
Martin Devlin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Boehlert | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.13 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 164.0 | 157 | 78 | 57 | 5 | 105 | 5 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gasper Gualberti | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.11 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 197.0 | 172 | 95 | 68 | 8 | 129 | 2 | 149 | 8 | 0 | 26 | |||
| Kenneth Makela | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.97 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 97.0 | 71 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 47 | 11 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| William Joseph | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.28 | 38 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 183.0 | 169 | 112 | 87 | 4 | 129 | 5 | 135 | 14 | 1 | 22 | |||
| Guillermo Rivera | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.50 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 108.0 | 92 | 47 | 42 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| William Katona | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 83.0 | 104 | 60 | 47 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Frank Dean | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.93 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 42.0 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Gregory | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.99 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 99 | 85 | 66 | 8 | 75 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Denny Midgette | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.71 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 6 | 89 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Robert Arrighi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 6 | 10.0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Marcel Guilbault | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.87 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 31.0 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| James Churchwell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.97 | 6 | 29.0 | 41 | 16 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Devlin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Parham | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Wantorek | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hopey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 70 | .496 | 4.02 | 278 | 132 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 1099.0 | 1046 | 602 | 491 | 45 | 734 | 35 | 768 | 49 | 4 | 102 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ferrara | 129 | 561 | 495 | 73 | 134 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 80 | 18 | 47 | 55 | .271 | .338 | .374 | .712 | 185 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Joseph Curtin | 139 | 583 | 491 | 83 | 133 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 17 | 74 | 61 | .271 | .368 | .338 | .706 | 166 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | 137 | 536 | 460 | 80 | 119 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 80 | 15 | 58 | 65 | .259 | .341 | .367 | .708 | 169 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | ||
| Martin Devlin | 113 | 465 | 384 | 78 | 116 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 57 | 13 | .302 | .398 | .328 | .726 | 126 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Napoleon Savinon | 129 | 508 | 432 | 69 | 112 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 10 | 56 | 60 | .259 | .356 | .361 | .717 | 156 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Donald Ellis | 115 | 415 | 339 | 63 | 96 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 69 | 49 | .283 | .408 | .386 | .794 | 131 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| James Satalich | 106 | 368 | 320 | 32 | 82 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 37 | 63 | .256 | .337 | .356 | .693 | 114 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Wendell Wear | 99 | 351 | 292 | 27 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 46 | 78 | .209 | .326 | .281 | .606 | 82 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jean Gauthier | 93 | 281 | 248 | 42 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 35 | .234 | .324 | .274 | .598 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Parham | 60 | 144 | 121 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 31 | .198 | .317 | .256 | .573 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Parisi | 40 | 115 | 98 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 20 | .214 | .301 | .265 | .566 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gasper Gualberti | 36 | 86 | 81 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .198 | .217 | .222 | .439 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guillermo Rivera | 21 | 46 | 44 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .295 | .311 | .318 | .629 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Cronan | 14 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .256 | .360 | .326 | .686 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kelso | 23 | 64 | 58 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .172 | .226 | .397 | .622 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Unterberg | 11 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .242 | .359 | .364 | .723 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Hopey | 18 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .184 | .262 | .237 | .499 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Ross | 17 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .156 | .250 | .156 | .406 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Boehlert | 30 | 68 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 37 | .098 | .220 | .098 | .318 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Joseph | 40 | 69 | 59 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .085 | .156 | .085 | .241 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Midgette | 23 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .174 | .240 | .217 | .457 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Katona | 18 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .133 | .156 | .167 | .323 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Dean | 14 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Skipworth | 7 | 20 | 20 | 3 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Proper | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Gregory | 26 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Makela | 50 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .080 | .179 | .120 | .299 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Arrighi | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Marcel Guilbault | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Powers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Churchwell | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Wantorek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1539 | 5023 | 4286 | 620 | 1058 | 158 | 27 | 38 | 500 | 120 | 0 | 556 | 727 | .247 | .338 | .323 | .661 | 1384 | 0 | 53 | 92 | 36 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Wear | 1B | 91 | 674 | 38 | 10 | 65 | .986 | 7.824 | ||||
| Dave Parham | 1B | 41 | 276 | 20 | 10 | 31 | .967 | 7.220 | ||||
| Anthony Hopey | 1B | 12 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 9 | .966 | 4.750 | ||||
| Ronald Cronan | 1B | 10 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .954 | 6.200 | ||||
| Martin Devlin | 2B | 113 | 296 | 267 | 15 | 69 | .974 | 4.982 | ||||
| Jean Gauthier | 2B | 39 | 78 | 67 | 10 | 20 | .935 | 3.718 | ||||
| Napoleon Savinon | 3B | 122 | 142 | 255 | 25 | 3 | .941 | 3.254 | ||||
| Jean Gauthier | 3B | 16 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | .791 | 2.125 | ||||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | C | 88 | 571 | 74 | 18 | 3 | .973 | 7.330 | 14 | |||
| Bob Parisi | C | 28 | 145 | 18 | 6 | 3 | .964 | 5.821 | 8 | |||
| Bill Kelso | C | 16 | 101 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .967 | 7.375 | 6 | |||
| Al Ferrara | OF | 139 | 211 | 20 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 1.662 | ||||
| Donald Ellis | OF | 109 | 217 | 21 | 13 | 2 | .948 | 2.183 | ||||
| James Satalich | OF | 93 | 125 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .932 | 1.462 | ||||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | OF | 46 | 73 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .939 | 1.674 | ||||
| Jean Gauthier | OF | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Joe Unterberg | OF | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Kenneth Makela | P | 50 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .360 | ||||
| William Joseph | P | 38 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 2 | .833 | 1.053 | ||||
| Gasper Gualberti | P | 32 | 9 | 41 | 12 | 2 | .806 | 1.562 | ||||
| William Boehlert | P | 30 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 1 | .781 | .833 | ||||
| Mark Gregory | P | 26 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .654 | ||||
| Denny Midgette | P | 23 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .609 | ||||
| William Katona | P | 18 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Guillermo Rivera | P | 17 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| Frank Dean | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| James Churchwell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Arrighi | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcel Guilbault | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Wantorek | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Curtin | SS | 139 | 267 | 408 | 60 | 67 | .918 | 4.856 | ||||
| Totals | 1397 | 3375 | 1426 | 242 | 294 | .952 | 3.437 | 28 | 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.
