1959 Raleigh Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 78-52
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Kenneth Deal (78-52)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Ballpark: Devereux Meadow Park
Attendance: 51,278, Avg. 789
Playoffs - Raleigh Capitals 2 games, Winston-Salem Red Birds 0 - Series reduced to best of 3 because of rain
Finals - Wilson Tobs 4 games, Raleigh Capitals 0
The Raleigh Capitals of the Carolina League ended the 1959 season with a record of 78 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Capitals scored 724 runs and surrendered 663 runs. George Lewis led Raleigh with 17 home runs, and Carl Yastrzemski walloped 15 or more also. Carl Yastrzemski accounted for 100 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .377. Bill Spanswick paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.49 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Dick Radatz, Al Moran, Carl Yastrzemski, Russ Gibson, Merlin Nippert, Galen Cisco, Bill Spanswick and Chuck Schilling were all players from the 1959 Raleigh Capitals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Kenneth Deal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Spanswick | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.49 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 152.0 | 90 | 55 | 42 | 3 | 124 | 1 | 156 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Warren Hodgdon | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4.20 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 152.0 | 139 | 87 | 71 | 14 | 95 | 2 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Edwin Binder | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.77 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 117.0 | 110 | 54 | 49 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Ben Tench | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.94 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 128.0 | 90 | 81 | 56 | 5 | 122 | 1 | 166 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Walt Payne | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.41 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 86 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Robert Doig | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.62 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 107.0 | 127 | 69 | 43 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Merlin Nippert | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.86 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 110 | 63 | 45 | 7 | 48 | 10 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Dick Radatz | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.04 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 77.0 | 68 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Walter Judd | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Galen Cisco | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.70 | 5 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Ellis | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gale Dennis | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.71 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Hugo Papstein | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Daily | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roy Tinney | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Deal | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Napier | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Baker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Coughtry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Wooden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 52 | .600 | 3.67 | 302 | 113 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1018.0 | 913 | 559 | 415 | 59 | 643 | 25 | 842 | 30 | 5 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Yastrzemski | 120 | 538 | 451 | 87 | 170 | 34 | 6 | 15 | 100 | 16 | 78 | 49 | .377 | .472 | .579 | 1.051 | 261 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Agosta | 105 | 443 | 395 | 62 | 124 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 6 | 43 | 43 | .314 | .381 | .438 | .819 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dean Robbins | 116 | 481 | 422 | 70 | 114 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 51 | 48 | .270 | .348 | .389 | .737 | 164 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Al Moran | 104 | 491 | 418 | 73 | 110 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 12 | 64 | 54 | .263 | .363 | .337 | .701 | 141 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dick Hergenrader | 107 | 466 | 385 | 61 | 105 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 72 | 32 | .273 | .387 | .332 | .720 | 128 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Joseph Theis | 101 | 425 | 354 | 57 | 92 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 63 | 3 | 65 | 53 | .260 | .376 | .398 | .774 | 141 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| George Lewis | 81 | 334 | 291 | 55 | 88 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 72 | 1 | 27 | 36 | .302 | .370 | .557 | .926 | 162 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Walt Napier | 125 | 438 | 340 | 78 | 80 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 9 | 89 | 71 | .235 | .396 | .365 | .761 | 124 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Russ Gibson | 82 | 265 | 239 | 26 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 53 | .268 | .317 | .339 | .656 | 81 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Norman Bernard | 29 | 114 | 95 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 14 | .221 | .345 | .295 | .640 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Siegert | 29 | 105 | 91 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 14 | .198 | .295 | .275 | .570 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bo Toft | 17 | 63 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .278 | .381 | .407 | .788 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Hodgdon | 28 | 74 | 59 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .237 | .297 | .356 | .653 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Schilling | 14 | 51 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | .275 | .431 | .325 | .756 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Roberts | 20 | 68 | 54 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .185 | .328 | .426 | .754 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walt Payne | 34 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .241 | .290 | .276 | .566 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McCartney | 8 | 33 | 33 | 6 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Radatz | 14 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .185 | .179 | .222 | .401 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Binder | 27 | 46 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .122 | .143 | .122 | .265 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Spanswick | 27 | 67 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .086 | .156 | .103 | .260 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gale Dennis | 12 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .308 | .375 | .385 | .760 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Knerr | 6 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Tench | 22 | 56 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .077 | .111 | .154 | .265 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Galen Cisco | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Merlin Nippert | 42 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .136 | .240 | .182 | .422 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Theodore Ellis | 15 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walter Judd | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Doig | 43 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .069 | .308 | .103 | .411 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Baker | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Daily | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Fidler | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugo Papstein | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Coughtry | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roy Tinney | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Wooden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Deal | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1376 | 4796 | 4077 | 650 | 1091 | 196 | 36 | 71 | 581 | 73 | 0 | 598 | 585 | .268 | .363 | .386 | .748 | 1572 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 30 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Siegert | 1B | 25 | 212 | 5 | 7 | 19 | .969 | 8.680 | ||||
| Dean Robbins | 1B | 13 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 8.231 | ||||
| Carl Yastrzemski | 2B | 104 | 242 | 248 | 32 | 69 | .939 | 4.712 | ||||
| Dick Hergenrader | 2B | 19 | 34 | 43 | 2 | 13 | .975 | 4.053 | ||||
| Chuck Schilling | 2B | 11 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 6 | .960 | 4.364 | ||||
| Dick Hergenrader | 3B | 72 | 90 | 121 | 10 | 18 | .955 | 2.931 | ||||
| Joseph Theis | 3B | 38 | 35 | 56 | 11 | 4 | .892 | 2.395 | ||||
| Thomas Agosta | 3B | 12 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 1 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| Russ Gibson | C | 63 | 458 | 41 | 17 | 6 | .967 | 7.921 | 17 | |||
| Joseph Theis | C | 62 | 452 | 36 | 9 | 6 | .982 | 7.871 | 22 | |||
| Tom Roberts | C | 15 | 100 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .957 | 7.400 | 5 | |||
| Walt Napier | OF | 114 | 231 | 18 | 9 | 4 | .965 | 2.184 | ||||
| Dean Robbins | OF | 102 | 136 | 14 | 11 | 1 | .932 | 1.471 | ||||
| Thomas Agosta | OF | 87 | 133 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 1.632 | ||||
| George Lewis | OF | 76 | 138 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .960 | 1.882 | ||||
| Norman Bernard | OF | 28 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bo Toft | OF | 14 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.071 | ||||
| Robert Doig | P | 42 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Merlin Nippert | P | 41 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .585 | ||||
| Walt Payne | P | 30 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .800 | ||||
| Warren Hodgdon | P | 27 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .879 | 1.074 | ||||
| Edwin Binder | P | 27 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .519 | ||||
| Bill Spanswick | P | 26 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .833 | .577 | ||||
| Ben Tench | P | 21 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.095 | ||||
| Theodore Ellis | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| Dick Radatz | P | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| Gale Dennis | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Charles Daily | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Judd | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Deal | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hugo Papstein | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Galen Cisco | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Wooden | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Tinney | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Baker | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Coughtry | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Thomas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Moran | SS | 104 | 159 | 246 | 25 | 49 | .942 | 3.894 | ||||
| Dick Hergenrader | SS | 16 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 7 | .928 | 4.000 | ||||
| Carl Yastrzemski | SS | 12 | 13 | 36 | 13 | 5 | .790 | 4.083 | ||||
| Totals | 1283 | 2681 | 1118 | 202 | 234 | .950 | 2.961 | 44 | 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.
