1959 Plainview Athletics Statistics
Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 60-65
Finished 4th in the SL
Manager: Bobby Hofman (60-65)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Plainview, Texas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 12,329, Avg. 197
1959 Plainview Athletics RosterTeam Record: 60-65
Finished 4th in the SL
Manager: Bobby Hofman (60-65)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Plainview, Texas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 12,329, Avg. 197
The Plainview Athletics of the Sophomore League ended the 1959 season with a record of 60 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the SL.
The Athletics tallied 729 runs and conceded 737 runs. Robert Carothers paced Plainview with 23 home runs and accounted for 119 RBI. Jimmy Pyles led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .308 clip. John Hanes topped the squad with 12 wins, while Denny O'Melia recorded a 3.23 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Bobby Hofman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hanes | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.27 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 196.0 | 160 | 110 | 93 | 7 | 154 | 200 | 6 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Charlie McCrory | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.93 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 119.0 | 100 | 54 | 52 | 8 | 56 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Denny O'Melia | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.23 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 145.0 | 121 | 68 | 52 | 5 | 75 | 140 | 4 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Robert Golick | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.78 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 55.0 | 46 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| William Corrigan | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.90 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 125.0 | 117 | 79 | 68 | 12 | 87 | 72 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Glenn Fleming | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.61 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.0 | 85 | 54 | 43 | 5 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ronald Banovic | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.93 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 82.0 | 108 | 67 | 54 | 7 | 40 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Jim Doyle | 3 | 16 | .158 | 6.84 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 125.0 | 133 | 116 | 95 | 8 | 111 | 74 | 9 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| William Mrozek | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Freeman Williams | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Knable | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Fawcett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Roberts | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Forrest Bailey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Glenn Boos | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Phil Waddell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Green | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 74 | 57 | 40 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| James Lusk | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 65 | .480 | 4.75 | 211 | 114 | 0 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 974.0 | 944 | 626 | 514 | 60 | 615 | 0 | 732 | 26 | 10 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Vostry | 124 | 526 | 462 | 56 | 134 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 48 | 52 | .290 | .360 | .394 | .754 | 182 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Robert Carothers | 123 | 539 | 471 | 94 | 134 | 32 | 5 | 23 | 119 | 4 | 59 | 98 | .285 | .362 | .520 | .882 | 245 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Clement Pfaehler | 124 | 582 | 453 | 108 | 131 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 115 | 43 | .289 | .437 | .377 | .815 | 171 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Pyles | 107 | 481 | 403 | 102 | 124 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 77 | 12 | 71 | 89 | .308 | .407 | .491 | .899 | 198 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron McCutcheon | 79 | 365 | 323 | 57 | 94 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 39 | 42 | .291 | .368 | .421 | .789 | 136 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Weston | 81 | 347 | 287 | 48 | 88 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 46 | 47 | .307 | .404 | .470 | .874 | 135 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Raymond Barboza | 97 | 401 | 336 | 57 | 87 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 62 | 0 | 63 | 100 | .259 | .377 | .443 | .820 | 149 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sandy Burnett | 88 | 308 | 267 | 50 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 26 | .273 | .355 | .318 | .673 | 85 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Anthony DeGennaro | 60 | 206 | 165 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 37 | 27 | .279 | .413 | .406 | .819 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Fawcett | 61 | 195 | 183 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 46 | .175 | .222 | .197 | .418 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Coggins | 20 | 90 | 74 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 6 | .270 | .389 | .405 | .794 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Norman Solis | 23 | 98 | 79 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 21 | .241 | .378 | .291 | .669 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Drake | 22 | 100 | 83 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 23 | .181 | .310 | .253 | .563 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Wittkowski | 17 | 69 | 55 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .236 | .377 | .382 | .759 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Hanes | 32 | 82 | 70 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .186 | .278 | .329 | .607 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ken Cherney | 17 | 65 | 53 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .226 | .359 | .264 | .624 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Selman | 17 | 61 | 57 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .211 | .262 | .316 | .578 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Gammel | 20 | 62 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 18 | .196 | .387 | .348 | .735 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Corrigan | 17 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .188 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Doyle | 27 | 50 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .184 | .200 | .245 | .445 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie McCrory | 21 | 53 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .157 | .173 | .157 | .330 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Fleming | 13 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .280 | .333 | .320 | .653 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Denny O'Melia | 21 | 58 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .116 | .309 | .116 | .425 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Golick | 10 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Green | 18 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob McConkie | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Banovic | 20 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .091 | .429 | .091 | .519 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Knable | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Waddell | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Mrozek | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Lusk | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Freeman Williams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Forrest Bailey | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1291 | 4936 | 4178 | 726 | 1106 | 199 | 50 | 74 | 628 | 36 | 0 | 655 | 759 | .265 | .365 | .389 | .755 | 1627 | 101 | 31 | 32 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Vostry | 1B | 123 | 980 | 48 | 20 | 100 | .981 | 8.358 | ||||
| Clement Pfaehler | 2B | 121 | 314 | 270 | 34 | 84 | .945 | 4.826 | ||||
| Ron McCutcheon | 3B | 71 | 60 | 147 | 30 | 17 | .873 | 2.915 | ||||
| Jimmy Coggins | 3B | 14 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | .870 | 2.857 | ||||
| Paul Gammel | 3B | 13 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 3.154 | ||||
| Norman Solis | 3B | 12 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .829 | 2.833 | ||||
| John Fawcett | C | 52 | 305 | 21 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 6.269 | 16 | |||
| Anthony DeGennaro | C | 52 | 293 | 19 | 6 | 3 | .981 | 6.000 | 3 | |||
| Bob Wittkowski | C | 16 | 134 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 9.312 | 3 | |||
| Billy Selman | C | 16 | 88 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .950 | 6.000 | 7 | |||
| Jimmy Pyles | OF | 102 | 197 | 10 | 16 | 1 | .928 | 2.029 | ||||
| Raymond Barboza | OF | 94 | 143 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .944 | 1.628 | ||||
| Jimmy Weston | OF | 78 | 175 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .974 | 2.372 | ||||
| Sandy Burnett | OF | 62 | 108 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .942 | 1.839 | ||||
| Daniel Drake | OF | 21 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .894 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Cherney | OF | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Norman Solis | OF | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.300 | ||||
| John Hanes | P | 29 | 6 | 47 | 5 | 4 | .914 | 1.828 | ||||
| Jim Doyle | P | 27 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 1.185 | ||||
| Denny O'Melia | P | 21 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 1.238 | ||||
| Charlie McCrory | P | 20 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.350 | ||||
| Ronald Banovic | P | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Richard Green | P | 18 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .789 | .833 | ||||
| William Corrigan | P | 17 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| Glenn Fleming | P | 13 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .846 | 1.692 | ||||
| Robert Golick | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Lusk | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Mrozek | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glenn Boos | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Forrest Bailey | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phil Waddell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Roberts | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Freeman Williams | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Knable | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Fawcett | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Carothers | SS | 114 | 149 | 321 | 34 | 58 | .933 | 4.123 | ||||
| Totals | 1197 | 3098 | 1148 | 224 | 290 | .950 | 3.547 | 29 | 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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