1959 Springfield Giants Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (85-55)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 110,499, Avg. 1,579

1959 Springfield Giants Roster

Playoffs - Springfield Giants 3 games, Binghamton Triplets 0
Finals - Springfield Giants 3 games, Williamsport Grays 1

The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the EL.

The Giants allowed 522 runs, least in the league. Springfield plated 686 runs. Moose Stubing paced the team with 13 home runs and drove in 104 runs. Bob Farley led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .313 clip. Juan Marichal topped the squad with 18 wins, while Vic Davis and Jim Duffalo also added 15 or more victories also Juan Marichal recorded a 2.39 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1959 Springfield Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Andy Gilbert, Julio Navarro, Moose Stubing, Matty Alou, Tom Haller, Juan Marichal, Ron Herbel, Manny Mota, Bob Farley and Jim Duffalo.

Andy Gilbert 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
Juan Marichal	18	13	.581	2.39	37	32		23	8		271.0	238	85	72	12	47	8	208	2	0	2
Vic Davis	15	6	.714	3.30	28	27		16	2		191.0	150	82	70	12	97	4	154	4	1	8
Jim Duffalo	15	8	.652	2.91	34	23		16	3		204.0	187	78	66	11	78	7	142	5	0	3
James Myers	13	10	.565	3.42	30	30		12	3		200.0	187	95	76	21	54	1	133	7	0	2
Julio Navarro	6	0	1.000	1.50	7	7		6	1		60.0	40	13	10	2	13	1	56	3	0	3
Bob Quinn	6	6	.500	4.27	37	5		0	0		99.0	102	58	47	6	43	5	71	1	0	1
Chester Vincent	5	3	.625	2.45	20	0		0	0		33.0	30	9	9	1	11	1	27	0	0	2
Albert Johnston	3	2	.600	4.41	25	2		0	0		51.0	65	26	25	1	29	4	21	3	0	2
Andrew Yetsko	2	1	.667	6.00	13	3		0	0		33.0	42	22	22	2	13	7	19	4	0	6
Clark Johnson	1	1	.500		11						0.0
George Case	1	3	.250	2.92	15	3		1	0		40.0	41	17	13	4	19	2	19	0	1	2
Joseph Griffiths	0	0			3						0.0
Andy Gilbert	0	0			1						0.0
Ron Herbel	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Totals	85	55	.607	3.12	267	132	0	74	17	0	1182.0	1082	485	410	72	404	40	850	29	2	31	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
Moose Stubing	134	571	480	70	144	23	6	13	104	4		74	79	.300	.391	.454	.845	218		2	8	7	3
Ralph Alomar	125	502	476	72	142	26	8	6	70	8		13	58	.298	.317	.424	.742	202		3	4	6	6
Matty Alou	121	564	489	93	141	30	7	11	57	23		58	40	.288	.366	.446	.812	218		3	12	2	6
Bob Farley	125	500	403	82	126	31	9	3	73	3		89	58	.313	.431	.457	.887	184		0	1	7	4
Ed Herstek	134	530	472	48	119	15	3	6	46	2		48	63	.252	.319	.335	.654	158		2	1	7	2
Tom Haller	110	411	348	45	96	19	2	5	50	5		52	64	.276	.372	.385	.757	134		5	0	6	11
Don Strichek	124	478	410	44	92	16	4	2	40	0		56	97	.224	.321	.298	.619	122		3	8	1	13
Frank Reveira	83	258	221	32	84	15	5	7	49	0		31	18	.380	.455	.588	1.043	130		1	3	2	9
Manny Mota	65	261	245	39	77	10	7	3	28	5		13	17	.314	.346	.449	.795	110		0	1	2	1
Robin Coffman	63	266	244	28	67	7	5	1	21	2		15	30	.275	.317	.357	.673	87		0	7	0	3
Sam Hernandez	81	291	257	32	63	12	1	2	27	5		29	40	.245	.322	.323	.645	83		1	2	2	3
Gene Martin	46	196	176	26	42	7	3	1	15	2		17	50	.239	.308	.330	.637	58		1	1	1	3
James Myers	30	76	71	11	19	3	0	0	3	0		0	21	.268	.278	.310	.588	22		1	4	0	0
Jim Duffalo	44	96	86	9	19	6	0	2	9	0		6	31	.221	.269	.360	.629	31		0	3	1	0
Juan Marichal	52	106	97	14	19	1	1	0	3	0		3	13	.196	.220	.227	.447	22		0	6	0	0
Richard Pawlow	16	65	49	14	13	3	3	0	6	1		15	11	.265	.438	.449	.886	22		0	1	0	0
Vic Davis	33	80	73	11	13	1	0	1	5	0		2	12	.178	.200	.233	.433	17		0	5	0	0
Jack Scramaglia	9	29	29		7									.241	.241	.241	.483	7
Julio Navarro	7	21	21		6									.286	.286	.286	.571	6
Bob Quinn	37	27	26	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		1	15	.231	.259	.231	.490	6		0	0	0	0
Chester Vincent	21	11	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	3		0	3	0	0
Andrew Yetsko	14	11	11	2	3	1	0	1	2	0		0	4	.273	.273	.636	.909	7		0	0	0	0
Ron Herbel	6	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Albert Johnston	25	17	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	11	.125	.176	.188	.364	3		0	0	0	0
Clark Johnson	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0	0	0
George Case	15	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	1	0	0
Andy Gilbert	1	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1532	5392	4731	674	1307	227	64	64	611	60	0	524	738	.276	.348	.392	.740	1854	0	22	71	44	64

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Moose Stubing	1B	134	1043	60	15	80	.987	8.231
Bob Farley	1B	10	61	6	1	7	.985	6.700
Sam Hernandez	2B	66	147	139	13	41	.957	4.333
Robin Coffman	2B	40	81	90	11	14	.940	4.275
Don Strichek	2B	20	40	54	0	9	1.000	4.700
Manny Mota	2B	15	33	27	4	4	.938	4.000
Ed Herstek	3B	72	74	145	12	18	.948	3.042
Gene Martin	3B	39	44	58	10	5	.911	2.615
Don Strichek	3B	27	16	42	8	5	.879	2.148
Tom Haller	C	92	652	47	5	13	.993	7.598	14
Frank Reveira	C	56	351	27	4	2	.990	6.750	3
Matty Alou	OF	119	319	23	13	4	.963	2.874
Ralph Alomar	OF	113	188	11	4	2	.980	1.761
Bob Farley	OF	109	176	8	6	1	.968	1.688
Manny Mota	OF	45	85	7	1	0	.989	2.044
Robin Coffman	OF	27	37	2	1	0	.975	1.444
Richard Pawlow	OF	14	29	1	0	0	1.000	2.143
Tom Haller	OF	11	9	0	2	0	.818	.818
Bob Quinn	P	37	3	11	0	1	1.000	.378
Juan Marichal	P	37	14	33	3	4	.940	1.270
Jim Duffalo	P	34	10	43	0	4	1.000	1.559
James Myers	P	30	8	29	0	1	1.000	1.233
Vic Davis	P	28	10	37	4	1	.922	1.679
Albert Johnston	P	25	5	9	2	0	.875	.560
Chester Vincent	P	20	1	4	0	0	1.000	.250
George Case	P	15	1	14	0	0	1.000	1.000
Andrew Yetsko	P	13	1	8	0	0	1.000	.692
Clark Johnson	P	11	1	2	0	0	1.000	.273
Julio Navarro	P	7						.000
Ron Herbel	P	6						.000
Joseph Griffiths	P	3						.000
Andy Gilbert	P	1						.000
Don Strichek	SS	79	109	177	20	31	.935	3.620
Ed Herstek	SS	61	104	129	19	22	.925	3.820
Totals		1416	3652	1243	158	269	.969	3.457	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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