
1959 Salt Lake City Bees Statistics
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Larry Shepard (85-69)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 195,350, Avg. 2,537
The Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1959 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the PCL.
The Bees scored 734 runs and yielded 626 runs. R C Stevens led Salt Lake City with 19 home runs Chuck Harmon drove in 90 runs. Sammy Miley paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .333 clip. Dick Hall topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 1.87 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Jim Umbricht, Laurin Pepper, Dick Hall, George Perez, Don Rowe, Dick Barone, Dave Wickersham, Paul Pettit, R C Stevens, Jim Baumer, Buddy Pritchard, Earl Francis, Chuck Harmon, Howie Goss, Ed Bauta, Carlos Bernier and George O'Donnell were all players from the 1959 Salt Lake City Bees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Larry Shepard 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Hall | 18 | 5 | .783 | 1.87 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 217.0 | 162 | 53 | 45 | 15 | 28 | 128 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jim Umbricht | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.78 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 136.0 | 115 | 52 | 42 | 8 | 43 | 119 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||
Laurin Pepper | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.24 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 176.0 | 179 | 94 | 83 | 15 | 75 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||
George Perez | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.55 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 159.0 | 123 | 54 | 45 | 7 | 48 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Ed Bauta | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.86 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 112.0 | 112 | 55 | 48 | 10 | 36 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Earl Francis | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.33 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 154.0 | 128 | 72 | 57 | 2 | 113 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Don Rowe | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.66 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 89 | 55 | 43 | 8 | 63 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Jim Post | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Wickersham | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.79 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 46 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bob Anderton | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.68 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 37 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
George O'Donnell | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dick Newberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Don Kildoo | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Roger Sawyer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dick Hanlon | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Don Urquhart | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hisel Patrick | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 81 | 56 | .591 | 3.38 | 334 | 132 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 1149.0 | 1023 | 512 | 431 | 74 | 464 | 0 | 633 | 22 | 5 | 41 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sammy Miley | 138 | 561 | 514 | 78 | 171 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 26 | .333 | .377 | .434 | .811 | 223 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
Jim Baumer | 149 | 622 | 553 | 73 | 154 | 28 | 6 | 13 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 60 | .278 | .344 | .421 | .765 | 233 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
Carlos Bernier | 152 | 618 | 513 | 73 | 144 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 81 | 21 | 12 | 91 | 85 | .281 | .393 | .409 | .802 | 210 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
Chuck Harmon | 118 | 484 | 449 | 64 | 139 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 45 | .310 | .335 | .445 | .781 | 200 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||
Dick Barone | 138 | 567 | 519 | 78 | 130 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 72 | .250 | .308 | .378 | .685 | 196 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
Ken Toothman | 124 | 526 | 431 | 94 | 117 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 71 | 22 | .271 | .376 | .381 | .756 | 164 | 4 | 15 | 5 | ||
R C Stevens | 103 | 430 | 383 | 58 | 110 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 56 | .287 | .347 | .480 | .827 | 184 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
Eddie Moore | 127 | 295 | 255 | 36 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 56 | .243 | .324 | .369 | .693 | 94 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
Daryl Westerfield | 88 | 282 | 263 | 24 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 36 | .209 | .249 | .308 | .557 | 81 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
Buddy Pritchard | 69 | 221 | 201 | 29 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19 | .249 | .294 | .368 | .663 | 74 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
Dick Brockell | 46 | 141 | 127 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .228 | .295 | .386 | .681 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bill Jackson | 41 | 144 | 119 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 35 | .210 | .336 | .345 | .680 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bill Onuska | 32 | 117 | 105 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .210 | .270 | .305 | .574 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Dick Hall | 43 | 106 | 93 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .215 | .275 | .290 | .565 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
George Perez | 24 | 61 | 59 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .220 | .246 | .322 | .568 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Howie Goss | 32 | 99 | 88 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 39 | .148 | .224 | .273 | .497 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Laurin Pepper | 41 | 65 | 57 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .211 | .250 | .368 | .618 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Jim Umbricht | 47 | 49 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .191 | .224 | .255 | .480 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Rowe | 41 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .216 | .275 | .270 | .545 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Francis | 29 | 60 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .140 | .259 | .220 | .479 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Marcos Cobos | 14 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .162 | .273 | .189 | .462 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ed Bauta | 39 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .121 | .143 | .152 | .294 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Curtis Hardaway | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tony Washington | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jim Post | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Anderton | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Dave Wickersham | 20 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1695 | 5611 | 4970 | 711 | 1306 | 226 | 56 | 93 | 635 | 77 | 34 | 481 | 681 | .263 | .330 | .387 | .717 | 1923 | 0 | 39 | 79 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R C Stevens | 1B | 103 | 980 | 63 | 10 | 90 | .991 | 1.126 | ||||
Bill Jackson | 1B | 38 | 286 | 21 | 2 | 34 | .994 | 8.079 | ||||
Jim Baumer | 2B | 145 | 367 | 441 | 26 | 108 | .969 | 5.572 | ||||
Ken Toothman | 3B | 121 | 127 | 269 | 17 | 31 | .959 | 3.273 | ||||
Buddy Pritchard | 3B | 28 | 17 | 58 | 5 | 7 | .938 | 2.679 | ||||
Daryl Westerfield | C | 87 | 370 | 33 | 7 | 2 | .983 | 4.632 | 11 | |||
Dick Brockell | C | 42 | 159 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 4.190 | 5 | |||
Bill Onuska | C | 32 | 154 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .994 | 5.156 | 2 | |||
Marcos Cobos | C | 13 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 4.538 | 0 | |||
Carlos Bernier | OF | 151 | 357 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .984 | 2.450 | ||||
Sammy Miley | OF | 127 | 177 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 1.457 | ||||
Eddie Moore | OF | 107 | 151 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
Chuck Harmon | OF | 106 | 219 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 2.132 | ||||
Howie Goss | OF | 31 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .945 | 2.226 | ||||
Jim Umbricht | P | 47 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .930 | .851 | ||||
Ed Bauta | P | 39 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .952 | 1.026 | ||||
Laurin Pepper | P | 30 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 1.833 | ||||
Earl Francis | P | 29 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 1.276 | ||||
Don Rowe | P | 28 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .786 | ||||
Dick Hall | P | 27 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.370 | ||||
George Perez | P | 24 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
Dave Wickersham | P | 20 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
Jim Post | P | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
Bob Anderton | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
Don Kildoo | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Roger Sawyer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Dick Newberg | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Dick Barone | SS | 134 | 224 | 388 | 29 | 74 | .955 | 4.567 | ||||
Buddy Pritchard | SS | 23 | 40 | 71 | 8 | 18 | .933 | 4.826 | ||||
Totals | 1572 | 3815 | 1659 | 141 | 393 | .975 | 3.482 | 18 | 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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