1959 Salt Lake City Bees Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
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
1959 Salt Lake City Bees Roster

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.


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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
Dick Hall185.7831.872727196217.016253451528128110
Jim Umbricht148.6362.7847540136.01155242843119227
Laurin Pepper1311.5424.24302690176.01799483157572409
George Perez117.6112.552424113159.0123544574873107
Ed Bauta78.4673.86391020112.01125548103652013
Earl Francis65.5453.33292731154.01287257211397713
Don Rowe56.4554.6628121083.089554386344207
Jim Post301.0005.291700034.032212022218100
Dave Wickersham22.5004.792000047.046302542121304
Bob Anderton24.3336.681410031.03726233159101
George O'Donnell140.0
Dick Newberg0010.0
Don Kildoo0060.0
Roger Sawyer0020.0
Dick Hanlon190.0
Don Urquhart90.0
Hisel Patrick80.0
Totals8156.5913.383341320491001149.01023512431744640633225410

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 Miley13856151478171392362023826.333.377.434.811223216
Jim Baumer149622553731542861379635260.278.344.421.765233665
Carlos Bernier15261851373144191098121129185.281.393.409.802210644
Chuck Harmon11848444964139229790901945.310.335.445.781200277
Dick Barone1385675197813020512511174272.250.308.378.685196150
Ken Toothman124526431941172392411447122.271.376.381.7561644155
R C Stevens103430383581101511975223656.287.347.480.827184236
Eddie Moore1272952553662102635222756.243.324.369.69394553
Daryl Westerfield882822632455110526301236.209.249.308.55781250
Buddy Pritchard6922120129506341821919.249.294.368.66374470
Dick Brockell46141127152961414001215.228.295.386.68149020
Bill Jackson41144119142562212102335.210.336.345.68041011
Bill Onuska321171058224021100916.210.270.305.57432021
Dick Hall43106931320211310714.215.275.290.56527141
George Perez246159813111700213.220.246.322.56819000
Howie Goss32998810133121331739.148.224.273.49724211
Laurin Pepper416557912221710315.211.250.368.61821050
Jim Umbricht4749473930021026.191.224.255.48012000
Don Rowe4140377820020033.216.275.270.54510000
Earl Francis29605077210000723.140.259.220.47911120
Marcos Cobos1444374610020066.162.273.189.4627001
Ed Bauta39363304100200111.121.143.152.2945011
Curtis Hardaway510102.200.200.200.4002
Tony Washington4331.333.333.333.6671
Jim Post17551100000002.200.200.200.4001000
Bob Anderton141292100020004.111.200.111.3111120
Dave Wickersham2013103100000022.100.250.100.3501010
Totals169556114970711130622656936357734481681.263.330.387.717192303979420


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
R C Stevens1B103980631090.9911.126
Bill Jackson1B3828621234.9948.079
Jim Baumer2B14536744126108.9695.572
Ken Toothman3B1211272691731.9593.273
Buddy Pritchard3B28175857.9382.679
Daryl WesterfieldC873703372.9834.63211
Dick BrockellC421591731.9834.1905
Bill OnuskaC321541113.9945.1562
Marcos CobosC1356310.9834.5380
Carlos BernierOF1513571361.9842.450
Sammy MileyOF127177861.9691.457
Eddie MooreOF1071516011.0001.467
Chuck HarmonOF106219741.9832.132
Howie GossOF3164541.9452.226
Jim UmbrichtP4773331.930.851
Ed BautaP3983224.9521.026
Laurin PepperP30144112.9821.833
Earl FrancisP2973024.9491.276
Don RoweP2851712.957.786
Dick HallP27112623.9491.370
George PerezP241341021.0002.250
Dave WickershamP20212001.000.700
Jim PostP1706021.000.353
Bob AndertonP140710.875.500
Don KildooP6.000
Roger SawyerP2.000
Dick NewbergP1.000
Dick BaroneSS1342243882974.9554.567
Buddy PritchardSS234071818.9334.826
Totals157238151659141393.9753.4821800

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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