1959 San Antonio Missions Statistics
Team Record: 75-70
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Grady Hatton (75-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 111,487, Avg. 1,538
Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 2 games, Victoria Rosebuds 0
Finals - Austin Senators 3 games, San Antonio Missions 0
The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.
The Missions scored 685 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 699 runs. Lee Handley paced San Antonio with 14 home runs Ron Santo recorded 87 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. José Santiago led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.1 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Lou Johnson, J C Hartman, Footer Johnson, Billy Williams, José Santiago, Frank Ernaga, Ron Santo, Gordon Massa, Grady Hatton, Ron Perranoski, John Goetz, Sammy Drake, Dave Gerard, Manny Montejo, Nat Peeples, Dick Bertell, Jim Brewer and Joe Margoneri were all players from the 1959 San Antonio Missions who played in the Majors during their careers.
Grady Hatton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Santiago | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.10 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 212.0 | 205 | 92 | 73 | 14 | 60 | 4 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Goetz | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.58 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 163.0 | 167 | 95 | 83 | 8 | 103 | 5 | 112 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ron Perranoski | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.12 | 37 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 199.0 | 188 | 89 | 69 | 13 | 85 | 7 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Manny Montejo | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.84 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 63 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ron Goerger | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.94 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 82.0 | 96 | 49 | 45 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||
| James Schandevel | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.43 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 134.0 | 147 | 91 | 66 | 10 | 67 | 3 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Brewer | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.79 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 | 45 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joe Margoneri | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.15 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 117.0 | 99 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 50 | 7 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fernando Osorio | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.06 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 89 | 46 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dave Gerard | 2 | 2 | .500 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Drilling | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.82 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 49 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Moursund | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Lemish | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grady Hatton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Diez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Candido Andrade | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dizzy Higginbottom | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Newkirk | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 3.87 | 332 | 139 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1134.0 | 1148 | 598 | 488 | 78 | 511 | 38 | 713 | 30 | 1 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Santo | 136 | 573 | 505 | 82 | 165 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 54 | .327 | .390 | .473 | .863 | 239 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| J C Hartman | 142 | 618 | 545 | 80 | 150 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 13 | 6 | 49 | 57 | .275 | .340 | .345 | .685 | 188 | 7 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Lee Handley | 131 | 534 | 460 | 82 | 148 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 44 | .322 | .407 | .480 | .887 | 221 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Russ Gragg | 142 | 603 | 517 | 81 | 140 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 20 | .271 | .362 | .335 | .696 | 173 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Billy Williams | 94 | 412 | 371 | 57 | 118 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 39 | .318 | .382 | .496 | .878 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Footer Johnson | 119 | 417 | 363 | 58 | 106 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 26 | .292 | .360 | .397 | .757 | 144 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Connally | 101 | 412 | 361 | 42 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 49 | .258 | .333 | .285 | .619 | 103 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Gordon Massa | 78 | 253 | 212 | 27 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 31 | .288 | .390 | .373 | .763 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank Ernaga | 69 | 258 | 219 | 22 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 42 | .242 | .350 | .370 | .720 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sammy Drake | 37 | 176 | 155 | 33 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | .303 | .376 | .432 | .808 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lou Johnson | 30 | 121 | 113 | 17 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .327 | .353 | .575 | .928 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Czekaj | 54 | 175 | 153 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 49 | .242 | .322 | .425 | .747 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Asdrubal Baro | 29 | 101 | 84 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | .238 | .347 | .310 | .656 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Grady Hatton | 41 | 79 | 67 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .284 | .380 | .313 | .693 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Schmidt | 25 | 83 | 77 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .234 | .289 | .312 | .601 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bertell | 20 | 75 | 64 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .172 | .260 | .266 | .526 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Perranoski | 38 | 71 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .179 | .258 | .214 | .472 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| José Santiago | 38 | 73 | 63 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .127 | .176 | .127 | .303 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ron Goerger | 19 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .292 | .370 | .333 | .704 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Margoneri | 27 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .184 | .184 | .237 | .421 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Lindley | 19 | 48 | 47 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .149 | .167 | .191 | .358 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnie Hallgren | 13 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .176 | .200 | .206 | .406 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manny Montejo | 43 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .357 | .357 | .429 | .786 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Goetz | 34 | 58 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .102 | .185 | .245 | .430 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Brewer | 10 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .227 | .238 | .465 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Holding | 9 | 25 | 25 | 4 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| James Schandevel | 31 | 52 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .100 | .234 | .175 | .409 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dave Newkirk | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Gerard | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Allen Shaw | 7 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Candido Andrade | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fernando Osorio | 33 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Drilling | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Moursund | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Diez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Lemish | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1607 | 5427 | 4737 | 666 | 1297 | 223 | 35 | 67 | 597 | 44 | 29 | 544 | 581 | .274 | .349 | .378 | .727 | 1791 | 0 | 24 | 81 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Williams | 1B | 68 | 518 | 48 | 20 | 51 | .966 | 8.324 | ||||
| Footer Johnson | 1B | 66 | 523 | 40 | 3 | 49 | .995 | 8.530 | ||||
| Lee Handley | 1B | 17 | 103 | 5 | 5 | 10 | .956 | 6.353 | ||||
| Wayne Connally | 2B | 98 | 268 | 245 | 9 | 54 | .983 | 5.235 | ||||
| Sammy Drake | 2B | 37 | 90 | 112 | 4 | 24 | .981 | 5.459 | ||||
| Grady Hatton | 2B | 10 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 5 | .953 | 4.100 | ||||
| Ron Santo | 3B | 134 | 158 | 246 | 53 | 28 | .884 | 3.015 | ||||
| Kenny Lindley | 3B | 10 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 5 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gordon Massa | C | 60 | 224 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 4.267 | 11 | |||
| Richard Czekaj | C | 45 | 197 | 35 | 10 | 3 | .959 | 5.156 | 6 | |||
| Bill Schmidt | C | 22 | 137 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 6.773 | 2 | |||
| Dick Bertell | C | 19 | 99 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 6.105 | 0 | |||
| Russ Gragg | CF | 114 | 217 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 1.956 | ||||
| Lou Johnson | CF | 28 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 3.393 | ||||
| Frank Ernaga | LF | 59 | 111 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 2.017 | ||||
| Billy Williams | LF | 23 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.870 | ||||
| Russ Gragg | LF | 16 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 2.062 | ||||
| Footer Johnson | LF | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Asdrubal Baro | LF | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Manny Montejo | P | 42 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .405 | ||||
| José Santiago | P | 38 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .842 | ||||
| Ron Perranoski | P | 37 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 3 | .935 | 1.568 | ||||
| John Goetz | P | 34 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .816 | .912 | ||||
| Fernando Osorio | P | 32 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .531 | ||||
| James Schandevel | P | 26 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Margoneri | P | 25 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.280 | ||||
| Ron Goerger | P | 19 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.158 | ||||
| Dick Drilling | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Dave Gerard | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Brewer | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Robert Moore | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dizzy Higginbottom | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Grady Hatton | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Newkirk | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Moursund | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Lemish | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alfred Diez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Candido Andrade | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Handley | RF | 105 | 185 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 1.914 | ||||
| Footer Johnson | RF | 20 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Asdrubal Baro | RF | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.867 | ||||
| J C Hartman | SS | 142 | 226 | 389 | 42 | 63 | .936 | 4.331 | ||||
| Totals | 1441 | 3425 | 1479 | 191 | 311 | .963 | 3.403 | 19 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
