1959 Pensacola Dons Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 51-66
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (51-66)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Ballpark: Vice Admiral Mason Park
Attendance: 30,227, Avg. 517
1959 Pensacola Dons Roster

Playoffs - Selma Cloverleafs 3 games, Pensacola Dons 0

The Pensacola Dons of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 51 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.

The Dons plated 558 runs and allowed 651 runs. Ronald Piotrowski paced Pensacola with 10 home runs and recorded 60 runs batted in, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .258. Ernest Breedlove and Rudy Riska topped the team with 8 wins each, and Rudy Riska recorded a 3.33 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1959 Pensacola Dons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George Werley, Steve Barber, Bo Belinsky and Jim Lehew.

Lou Fitzgerald 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
Rudy Riska85.6153.33161151100.095573764897507
Ernest Breedlove88.5004.1740630123.011872579741205010
Steve Barber711.3893.85302480159.01151066861431728130
Robert Healey63.6674.0913114077.072483535247600
Jim Lehew64.6004.551793089.0104514572459501
Paul Knechtges511.3125.45351772142.0162104861274130708
Bo Belinsky44.5003.00974254.0423018132579316
Jerry Alford46.4003.9915135179.064443536687305
George Werley35.3753.97975068.069393032338404
Bob Hendrix0010.0
Jim Dunlap0010.0
Joseph Materile0050.0
Ronald Piotrowski0020.0
Cal Ripken0010.0
George Stepanovich01.00020.0
Rolland Rhyner01.00020.0
Richard Winkelman03.00090.0
Steve Dalkowski04.00070.0
Totals5166.4364.1521410504460891.0841551411505360807524810

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
Ronald Piotrowski11548940362104153106057965.258.377.385.762155115
Jim Dunlap1174654015110020264955785.249.345.354.699142241
Richard DeSarbo103369303437919424015483.261.380.370.750112714
Thomas Ryan88365303537913284975191.261.378.396.774120731
A. J. Martin87333298447283323112246.242.306.319.62595661
John Short92353308447012483113764.227.321.370.691114611
Cal Ripken61256219366414323513136.292.376.411.78790114
Timothy Murphy5121618623424111712028.226.316.274.59051541
Neb Wilson4317513732325082303417.234.391.445.83661211
William Massey4014513217314082301232.235.299.447.74659010
James Livesey291219825276321231915.276.397.459.85645202
Jim Carver4612710920262142201627.239.331.385.71642002
Fred Phagan188478122340060519.295.337.346.68427010
Leonard Haynes4317612623232001254437.183.401.198.60025240
Bob Hendrix391321101218110931529.164.279.191.47021331
Joseph Materile25906613150031202017.227.433.364.79724400
Jerry Alford1730291910050010.310.310.345.65510010
Ernest Breedlove414640480000157.200.289.200.4898010
Rudy Riska1642414800130118.195.214.268.48311000
Ronald O'Shields2055473820040412.170.264.213.47710220
Jim Lehew184240570003005.175.171.175.3467011
Steve Barber3068582700040926.121.239.121.3597010
Lawrence Byrd515154.267.267.267.5334
Robert Healey133327230005008.111.167.111.2783231
Paul Knechtges3555496310140523.061.164.143.3067100
Steve Dalkowski810102.200.200.200.4002
Bo Belinsky916162.125.125.125.2502
George Werley923232.087.087.087.1742
Richard Winkelman9661.167.167.167.3331
Rolland Rhyner3330.000.000.000.0000
George Stepanovich3110.000.000.000.0000
Totals1233434136825378691332767451440540800.236.340.341.681125705340260


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Richard DeSarbo1B66389291639.9636.333
Bob Hendrix1B2919111720.9676.966
Joseph Materile1B2214812613.9647.273
Thomas Ryan2B601811502041.9435.517
Timothy Murphy2B511271161326.9494.765
Jim Dunlap3B74691183712.8352.527
Thomas Ryan3B22214164.9122.818
James Livesey3B1282224.9382.500
Cal RipkenC4837831610.9868.52111
William MasseyC3730116111.9668.56821
Jim CarverC30193752.9766.6673
Ronald O'ShieldsC1591450.9506.3332
Ronald PiotrowskiOF1151661294.9521.548
A. J. MartinOF82133760.9591.707
John ShortOF7691651.9511.276
Neb WilsonOF3646633.9451.444
Richard DeSarboOF2618331.875.808
Fred PhaganOF1724110.9621.471
Ernest BreedloveP4041640.833.500
Paul KnechtgesP3521811.952.571
Steve BarberP30859141.8272.233
Jim LehewP17012021.000.706
Rudy RiskaP1641821.9171.375
Jerry AlfordP1521111.929.867
Robert HealeyP132930.786.846
Richard WinkelmanP9.000
George WerleyP9.000
Bo BelinskyP9.000
Steve DalkowskiP7.000
Joseph MaterileP5.000
George StepanovichP2.000
Rolland RhynerP2.000
Ronald PiotrowskiP2.000
Cal RipkenP1.000
Bob HendrixP1.000
Jim DunlapP1.000
Jim DunlapSS4558862418.8573.200
Leonard HaynesSS43581162219.8884.047
James LiveseySS172031148.7853.000
Totals11372733968246232.9383.2553700

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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