1959 Reno Silver Sox Statistics
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Ray Perry (81-58)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Reno, Nevada
Ballpark: Moana Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 46,358, Avg. 667
The Reno Silver Sox of the California League ended the 1959 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Silver Sox plated 887 runs, tops in the circuit. Reno conceded 707 runs. Lowell Barnhart paced the squad with 17 home runs, and Willie Davis walloped 15 or more, too. Lowell Barnhart accounted for 115 RBI. Willie Davis led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .365. Thomas Wells topped the team with 14 wins, while Ken Page earned a 2.98 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Willie Davis played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Reno Silver Sox to do so.
Ray Perry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Wells | 14 | 7 | .667 | 4.06 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 162.0 | 152 | 94 | 73 | 7 | 103 | 94 | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Ken Page | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.98 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 157.0 | 141 | 67 | 52 | 9 | 71 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Robert Hurvitz | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.67 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 189.0 | 196 | 110 | 98 | 10 | 129 | 96 | 12 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Ron Hubbard | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.97 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 181.0 | 179 | 118 | 100 | 13 | 152 | 142 | 12 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Harold Turner | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.60 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 148 | 77 | 68 | 11 | 71 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Joe Campbell | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.90 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 173.0 | 144 | 87 | 75 | 13 | 112 | 180 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Carmine Chierichella | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.03 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 58.0 | 62 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 33 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Del Walker | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.33 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 43 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 37 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Lawrence Iannicelli | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.38 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 41 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 31 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Edward Maj | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Prozeralik | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ronald Zeller | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norval Rasmussen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 58 | .580 | 4.32 | 301 | 134 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1174.0 | 1136 | 664 | 563 | 82 | 761 | 0 | 871 | 53 | 9 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Davis | 117 | 582 | 513 | 135 | 187 | 40 | 16 | 15 | 90 | 33 | 53 | 66 | .365 | .430 | .593 | 1.023 | 304 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Lowell Barnhart | 137 | 617 | 516 | 105 | 155 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 115 | 6 | 81 | 125 | .300 | .407 | .477 | .884 | 246 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Norval Rasmussen | 138 | 640 | 502 | 96 | 131 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 97 | 13 | 108 | 52 | .261 | .395 | .317 | .712 | 159 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Irvin Knowles | 134 | 655 | 490 | 113 | 130 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 9 | 147 | 101 | .265 | .443 | .343 | .786 | 168 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tom Richards | 124 | 519 | 432 | 70 | 115 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 78 | 17 | 70 | 95 | .266 | .374 | .380 | .754 | 164 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Gary Smith | 139 | 596 | 477 | 76 | 114 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 9 | 102 | 67 | .239 | .377 | .287 | .664 | 137 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Clarence Brooker | 129 | 496 | 415 | 83 | 107 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 33 | 74 | 95 | .258 | .374 | .347 | .721 | 144 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Hamilton | 92 | 374 | 318 | 49 | 91 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 78 | 4 | 46 | 52 | .286 | .376 | .443 | .820 | 141 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Victor Backlund | 88 | 328 | 283 | 37 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 36 | 66 | .254 | .342 | .375 | .716 | 106 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Al Cruz | 85 | 301 | 231 | 45 | 71 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 64 | 30 | .307 | .455 | .407 | .861 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Robert Hurvitz | 60 | 106 | 97 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .247 | .311 | .361 | .672 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hubbard | 36 | 82 | 71 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .268 | .333 | .296 | .629 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Wells | 36 | 73 | 63 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .238 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold Turner | 50 | 45 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .278 | .366 | .306 | .671 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ken Page | 32 | 62 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .188 | .316 | .250 | .566 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| James Prendergast | 21 | 67 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .129 | .194 | .129 | .323 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Webster | 17 | 76 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 11 | .125 | .329 | .125 | .454 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Carmine Chierichella | 15 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Campbell | 45 | 62 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .056 | .150 | .093 | .243 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Zeller | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Walker | 23 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Prozeralik | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Iannicelli | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Maj | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1556 | 5769 | 4738 | 885 | 1276 | 192 | 55 | 71 | 781 | 141 | 0 | 858 | 917 | .269 | .386 | .378 | .764 | 1791 | 92 | 70 | 59 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norval Rasmussen | 1B | 137 | 1143 | 87 | 16 | 153 | .987 | 8.978 | ||||
| Irvin Knowles | 2B | 134 | 358 | 411 | 12 | 119 | .985 | 5.739 | ||||
| Tom Richards | 3B | 72 | 49 | 127 | 18 | 16 | .907 | 2.444 | ||||
| Al Cruz | 3B | 55 | 23 | 114 | 17 | 10 | .890 | 2.491 | ||||
| Jerry Webster | 3B | 17 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .880 | 2.588 | ||||
| Victor Backlund | C | 71 | 492 | 39 | 9 | 7 | .983 | 7.479 | 6 | |||
| James Hamilton | C | 61 | 370 | 44 | 8 | 4 | .981 | 6.787 | 10 | |||
| James Prendergast | C | 16 | 92 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 6.375 | 1 | |||
| Lowell Barnhart | OF | 133 | 205 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .982 | 1.632 | ||||
| Clarence Brooker | OF | 119 | 153 | 18 | 9 | 1 | .950 | 1.437 | ||||
| Willie Davis | OF | 117 | 302 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .966 | 2.667 | ||||
| Tom Richards | OF | 46 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .934 | 1.239 | ||||
| James Hamilton | OF | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Joe Campbell | P | 45 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .925 | .822 | ||||
| Harold Turner | P | 43 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .674 | ||||
| Robert Hurvitz | P | 40 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 3 | .940 | 1.175 | ||||
| Ron Hubbard | P | 36 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .914 | .889 | ||||
| Ken Page | P | 32 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
| Thomas Wells | P | 28 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 6 | .918 | 1.607 | ||||
| Del Walker | P | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Lawrence Iannicelli | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Carmine Chierichella | P | 14 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Ronald Zeller | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Nicholas Prozeralik | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Maj | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norval Rasmussen | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Smith | SS | 139 | 252 | 497 | 43 | 121 | .946 | 5.388 | ||||
| Totals | 1438 | 3589 | 1597 | 178 | 454 | .967 | 3.606 | 17 | 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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