1959 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-80
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Cot Deal (0-0), Clyde King (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 256,286, Avg. 3,328

1959 Rochester Red Wings Roster

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1959 season with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.

The Red Wings scored 711 runs and conceded 688 runs. Gene Green led Rochester with 19 home runs, while Charlie James and Billy Harrell walloped 15 or more, too. Charlie James drove in 79 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Bob Keegan paced the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.04 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1959 Rochester Red Wings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Donohue, Bill Greason, Tim McCarver, Dick Hughes, Jim McKnight, Frank Verdi, Joe McClain, Dick Ricketts, Bob Keegan, Billy Harrell, Tom Hurd, Charlie James, Johnny O'Brien, Bob Blaylock, Duke Carmel, George Wilson, Bill Smith, Cal Browning, Howie Nunn, Bob Miller, Wally Shannon, Bob Burda, Bobby Smith, Marshall Bridges, Gene Oliver, Chuck Essegian, Gene Green, Lee Tate, Dick Rand, Luke Easter, Cot Deal and Lloyd Merritt.

Cot Deal and Clyde King 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
Bob Keegan	18	10	.643	3.04	34	31		15	2		234.0	218	89	79	12	66	6	122	7	0	5
Cal Browning	13	11	.542	4.89	40	29		7	0		197.0	195	115	107	26	65	2	135	11	1	2
Bill Smith	9	7	.562	3.82	26	18		8	2		132.0	145	63	56	13	28	4	81	2	0	2
Howie Nunn	8	9	.471	4.03	26	16		6	1		125.0	127	66	56	14	39	8	75	2	1	3
Bob Miller	8	12	.400	3.50	25	20		7	2		139.0	144	60	54	8	43	4	76	4	1	3
Dick Ricketts	6	10	.375	3.48	22	18		8	1		119.0	119	59	46	8	47	5	106	2	1	5
Marshall Bridges	3	3	.500	3.55	11	10		3	1		66.0	51	28	26	1	40	4	64	4	0	1
Joe McClain	3	8	.273	4.43	46	4		0	0		126.0	151	68	62	14	30	6	65	0	0	4
Bill Greason	2	1	.667	5.59	23	4		1	0		58.0	72	37	36	7	30	3	44	1	0	2
Tom Hurd	2	2	.500	3.56	23	0		0	0		43.0	46	21	17	4	19	4	29	0	0	2
Robert List	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Jim Hiland	1	6	.143	5.35	43	3		1	0		79.0	98	50	47	13	30	4	58	1	1	3
Lloyd Merritt	0	0			7						0.0
Jim Donohue	0	0		3.00	6						9.0	6	3	3		5		10
Bob Blaylock	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Totals	74	80	.481	3.99	339	153	0	56	9	0	1327.0	1372	659	589	120	442	50	865	34	5	32	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
Charlie James	152	660	607	96	182	32	13	18	79	10		38	88	.300	.343	.484	.827	294		4	6	5	7
Billy Harrell	142	613	564	80	150	27	9	17	69	5		38	92	.266	.312	.436	.749	246		2	5	4	5
Gene Green	102	427	394	56	120	24	2	19	71	1		24	61	.305	.352	.520	.872	205		6	1	2	5
Frank Verdi	115	429	373	45	110	16	2	2	41	3		43	33	.295	.366	.365	.731	136		2	6	5	3
Jim Frey	114	391	338	56	100	17	2	11	42	0		49	25	.296	.387	.456	.842	154		1	3	0	5
Wally Shannon	88	361	320	55	93	14	5	13	50	1		37	40	.291	.366	.488	.853	156		1	3	0	4
George Wilson	89	275	233	37	63	7	2	12	36	0		42	31	.270	.382	.472	.854	110		0	0	0	2
Dick Rand	91	305	258	25	63	12	2	3	28	2		45	48	.244	.361	.341	.702	88		2	0	0	17
Lee Tate	68	267	231	23	54	11	0	2	16	2		27	26	.234	.317	.307	.624	71		3	2	4	5
Chuck Staniland	84	241	218	26	47	9	1	8	36	2		21	75	.216	.288	.376	.664	82		1	1	0	2
Gene Oliver	46	202	171	31	45	13	2	12	40	2		28	30	.263	.373	.573	.946	98		2	1	0	5
Bobby Smith	39	148	143	19	36	7	1	3	11	1		3	17	.252	.265	.378	.643	54		0	1	1	0
Tim McCarver	17	73	70	10	25	1	1	0	8	1		3	3	.357	.384	.400	.784	28		0	0	0	1
Cal Browning	46	85	79	7	20	3	1	0	6	0		4	9	.253	.289	.316	.606	25		0	2	0	0
Ron Kabbes	48	123	113	10	20	2	1	0	8	0		6	27	.177	.217	.212	.429	24		0	3	1	0
Bob Keegan	35	93	82	7	19	1	0	0	3	0		2	8	.232	.259	.244	.503	20		1	8	0	0
Johnny O'Brien	26	83	72	11	15	5	0	2	7	1		8	10	.208	.296	.361	.657	26		1	2	0	0
Jim McKnight	22	74	66	8	13	1	1	2	10	3		5	4	.197	.243	.333	.577	22		0	0	3	0
Bob Burda	17	54	48	6	12	2	0	0	4	0		6	6	.250	.333	.292	.625	14		0	0	0	0
Bill Smith	28	54	51	2	12	0	0	1	7	0		1	11	.235	.250	.294	.544	15		0	2	0	0
Chuck Essegian	10	42	37	6	11	2	0	4	5	0		5	5	.297	.381	.676	1.057	25		0	0	0	1
Duke Carmel	22	73	64	6	11	3	0	0	1	0		7	16	.172	.254	.219	.472	14		0	2	0	0
Joseph Christian	30	53	42	8	10	3	1	1	4	0		10	5	.238	.377	.429	.806	18		0	0	1	0
Joe McClain	48	38	35	7	8	3	0	1	6	0		2	7	.229	.270	.400	.670	14		0	1	0	0
Bob Miller	37	48	46	4	8	0	0	0	0	0		1	25	.174	.191	.174	.365	8		0	1	0	0
Dick Ricketts	25	43	40	1	6	1	0	0	2	0		1	13	.150	.171	.175	.346	7		0	2	0	0
Howie Nunn	26	51	45	4	6	1	0	0	4	0		1	17	.133	.152	.156	.308	7		0	5	0	0
Bill Greason	26	29	26	2	3	1	0	1	2	0		2	8	.115	.179	.269	.448	7		0	1	0	0
Jim Hiland	43	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.154	.214	.154	.368	2		0	0	0	0
Marshall Bridges	11	27	27	2	2	0	0	1	3	1		0	10	.074	.074	.185	.259	5		0	0	0	0
Allen Herring	4	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Cot Deal	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Donohue	7	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Hurd	23	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Lloyd Merritt	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Blaylock	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1696	5404	4833	651	1267	218	46	133	599	35	0	460	763	.262	.328	.409	.737	1976	0	26	59	26	62

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gene Oliver	1B	29	236	7	2	22	.992	8.379
Chuck Staniland	1B	14	64	5	0	5	1.000	4.929
Wally Shannon	2B	81	158	191	11	35	.969	4.309
Billy Harrell	2B	27	60	78	6	17	.958	5.111
Johnny O'Brien	2B	19	41	54	3	9	.969	5.000
Frank Verdi	2B	15	26	34	6	3	.909	4.000
Lee Tate	2B	12	28	33	0	8	1.000	5.083
Frank Verdi	3B	85	75	139	21	12	.911	2.518
Billy Harrell	3B	51	31	74	5	6	.955	2.059
Gene Green	3B	27	14	31	6	2	.882	1.667
Jim McKnight	3B	10	6	15	1	5	.955	2.100
Dick Rand	C	78	464	23	3	3	.994	6.244	3
Chuck Staniland	C	66	338	22	5	4	.986	5.455	5
Tim McCarver	C	16	94	9	0	2	1.000	6.438	4
Gene Green	C	13	66	4	3	1	.959	5.385	1
Charlie James	OF	151	336	9	8	3	.977	2.285
Jim Frey	OF	93	157	7	4	2	.976	1.763
Gene Green	OF	77	128	6	5	3	.964	1.740
George Wilson	OF	69	97	3	3	0	.971	1.449
Bobby Smith	OF	37	95	2	2	0	.980	2.622
Gene Oliver	OF	17	41	1	1	1	.977	2.471
Duke Carmel	OF	17	31	0	0	0	1.000	1.824
Bob Burda	OF	14	24	1	0	0	1.000	1.786
Joseph Christian	OF	12	12	1	2	0	.867	1.083
Chuck Essegian	OF	10	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.700
Joe McClain	P	46	10	25	1	1	.972	.761
Jim Hiland	P	43	3	15	1	0	.947	.419
Cal Browning	P	40	9	31	2	1	.952	1.000
Bob Keegan	P	34	21	41	2	2	.969	1.824
Bill Smith	P	26	4	17	4	0	.840	.808
Howie Nunn	P	26	10	29	2	0	.951	1.500
Bob Miller	P	25	12	33	0	1	1.000	1.800
Tom Hurd	P	23	2	15	1	1	.944	.739
Bill Greason	P	23	6	10	0	0	1.000	.696
Dick Ricketts	P	22	9	14	2	3	.920	1.045
Marshall Bridges	P	11	7	12	0	1	1.000	1.727
Lloyd Merritt	P	7						.000
Jim Donohue	P	6						.000
Bob Blaylock	P	4						.000
Robert List	P	3						.000
Billy Harrell	SS	71	101	160	8	24	.970	3.676
Lee Tate	SS	56	96	168	7	18	.974	4.714
Ron Kabbes	SS	37	44	98	9	16	.940	3.838
Totals		1543	2973	1417	136	211	.970	2.845	13	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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