1959 Salem Senators Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 3rd in the NWL
Manager: Karl Kuehl (73-67)
Location: Salem, Oregon
Ballpark: George E. Waters Field
Attendance: 66,607, Avg. 952
Playoffs - Yakima Bears 4 games, Salem Senators 1
The Salem Senators of the Northwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the NWL.
The Senators led the circuit with just 587 runs allowed. Salem scored 620 runs. Joe Wilson walloped 30 home runs for the team and drove in 97 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Chuck Lybeck topped the squad with 16 wins, and Jack Lutz earned a 2.93 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Frank Zupo and Ted Tappe both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Karl Kuehl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Lybeck | 16 | 8 | .667 | 4.07 | 34 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 199.0 | 216 | 108 | 90 | 17 | 49 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Lutz | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.93 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 203.0 | 151 | 84 | 66 | 12 | 89 | 176 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ronald Fahnestock | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.76 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 115.0 | 108 | 59 | 48 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bailey Brem | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.26 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 141.0 | 150 | 62 | 51 | 9 | 36 | 85 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Don Schaefer | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.18 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 99.0 | 88 | 53 | 46 | 5 | 56 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ernest Oosterveen | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.23 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 184.0 | 170 | 83 | 66 | 18 | 48 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Arlen Alderman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Gonzales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herb Anderson | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Martin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Bailey | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Karl Kuehl | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alva Kinney | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Jordan | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Dunn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hansen | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Beamer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Totals | 67 | 53 | .558 | 3.56 | 224 | 120 | 0 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 971.0 | 916 | 470 | 384 | 71 | 338 | 0 | 539 | 30 | 4 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Wilson | 140 | 566 | 502 | 94 | 161 | 22 | 7 | 30 | 97 | 23 | 57 | 102 | .321 | .389 | .572 | .961 | 287 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Henry Bivens | 141 | 581 | 545 | 68 | 160 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 72 | 20 | 27 | 64 | .294 | .329 | .394 | .724 | 215 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Karl Kuehl | 128 | 513 | 411 | 77 | 110 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 87 | 47 | .268 | .397 | .377 | .774 | 155 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Donald Gaffney | 131 | 464 | 409 | 44 | 102 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 2 | 48 | 68 | .249 | .329 | .352 | .681 | 144 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Wright | 111 | 434 | 387 | 44 | 90 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 37 | 59 | .233 | .298 | .307 | .605 | 119 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Benjamin Gonzales | 101 | 417 | 337 | 52 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 66 | 53 | .243 | .369 | .312 | .680 | 105 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Carl Hutzler | 66 | 271 | 239 | 40 | 78 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 8 | 32 | 37 | .326 | .406 | .490 | .895 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Littlejohn | 107 | 377 | 322 | 50 | 76 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 47 | 95 | .236 | .340 | .317 | .657 | 102 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Robert Folkert | 80 | 311 | 272 | 42 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 6 | 32 | 34 | .276 | .352 | .349 | .701 | 95 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bailey Brem | 47 | 118 | 99 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 30 | .313 | .405 | .485 | .890 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jack Lutz | 36 | 98 | 86 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | .221 | .247 | .291 | .538 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Lybeck | 36 | 77 | 66 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .167 | .214 | .167 | .381 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dunn | 7 | 29 | 29 | 7 | .241 | .241 | .241 | .483 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernest Oosterveen | 39 | 73 | 62 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .097 | .164 | .113 | .277 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Beamer | 16 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .278 | .381 | .333 | .714 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Schaefer | 24 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .161 | .316 | .194 | .509 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Gregg | 7 | 21 | 21 | 4 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Fahnestock | 22 | 45 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .081 | .190 | .108 | .299 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ted Tappe | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Martin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1243 | 4464 | 3881 | 548 | 1028 | 152 | 44 | 64 | 472 | 104 | 0 | 474 | 680 | .265 | .346 | .376 | .722 | 1460 | 82 | 21 | 64 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Kuehl | 1B | 96 | 820 | 38 | 9 | 84 | .990 | 8.938 | ||||
| Bailey Brem | 1B | 14 | 87 | 6 | 5 | 4 | .949 | 6.643 | ||||
| Thomas Wright | 2B | 69 | 148 | 201 | 13 | 53 | .964 | 5.058 | ||||
| Benjamin Gonzales | 2B | 59 | 127 | 149 | 12 | 38 | .958 | 4.678 | ||||
| Henry Bivens | 3B | 79 | 67 | 181 | 24 | 17 | .912 | 3.139 | ||||
| Richard Littlejohn | 3B | 45 | 32 | 73 | 10 | 6 | .913 | 2.333 | ||||
| Donald Gaffney | C | 123 | 626 | 53 | 11 | 4 | .984 | 5.520 | 14 | |||
| Richard Littlejohn | C | 19 | 77 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 4.263 | 5 | |||
| Joe Wilson | OF | 140 | 210 | 16 | 12 | 1 | .950 | 1.614 | ||||
| Robert Folkert | OF | 72 | 133 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 1.903 | ||||
| Carl Hutzler | OF | 59 | 127 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .971 | 2.254 | ||||
| Karl Kuehl | OF | 32 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.969 | ||||
| Richard Littlejohn | OF | 28 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.464 | ||||
| Henry Bivens | OF | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.364 | ||||
| Ernest Oosterveen | P | 37 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .946 | .946 | ||||
| Chuck Lybeck | P | 34 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Jack Lutz | P | 27 | 7 | 47 | 7 | 3 | .885 | 2.000 | ||||
| Don Schaefer | P | 24 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .833 | ||||
| Bailey Brem | P | 24 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.083 | ||||
| Ronald Fahnestock | P | 22 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Dave Jordan | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alva Kinney | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Beamer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arlen Alderman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Hansen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Anderson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Martin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Kuehl | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Bailey | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benjamin Gonzales | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Dunn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Bivens | SS | 43 | 78 | 108 | 18 | 27 | .912 | 4.326 | ||||
| Thomas Wright | SS | 42 | 57 | 119 | 14 | 17 | .926 | 4.190 | ||||
| Benjamin Gonzales | SS | 40 | 70 | 112 | 12 | 20 | .938 | 4.550 | ||||
| Totals | 1195 | 2821 | 1245 | 173 | 286 | .959 | 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.
