1959 St. Paul Saints Statistics
Team Record: 81-81
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Max Macon (81-81)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Midway Stadium
Attendance: 116,574, Avg. 1,439
The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Saints scored 651 runs and gave up 659 runs. Jim Gentile led St. Paul with 27 home runs, and John Glenn walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Gentile drove in 87 runs. John Glenn and Jim Gentile paced all regular hitters by hitting .288. Fred Kipp topped the team with 14 wins, while Ed Roebuck recorded a 2.98 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1959 St. Paul Saints who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ed Palmquist, Ed Roebuck, Bob Darnell, Jackie Collum, John Glenn, Larry Sherry, Leo Cristante, Jim Gentile, Phil Clark, Jim Golden, Fred Kipp, Russ Meyer, Joe Caffie, Earl Robinson, Don Bessent and Rube Walker.
Max Macon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Kipp | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.21 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 213.0 | 198 | 98 | 76 | 14 | 93 | 9 | 125 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Ed Roebuck | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.98 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 196.0 | 200 | 103 | 65 | 4 | 62 | 6 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Jackie Collum | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.41 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 116.0 | 133 | 50 | 44 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Ed Palmquist | 9 | 12 | .429 | 2.09 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 88 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Don Bessent | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.65 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 119.0 | 111 | 43 | 35 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Golden | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.96 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 159.0 | 169 | 86 | 70 | 4 | 70 | 7 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Martin Stabiner | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.35 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 68 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Sherry | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.60 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 115.0 | 103 | 49 | 46 | 7 | 53 | 5 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Russ Meyer | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.80 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 90.0 | 85 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Warnitsky | 1 | 1 | .500 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Ready | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Darnell | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo Cristante | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 67 | .535 | 3.18 | 315 | 145 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1193.0 | 1155 | 535 | 422 | 61 | 447 | 38 | 676 | 33 | 3 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Glenn | 156 | 629 | 553 | 76 | 159 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 13 | 67 | 103 | .288 | .366 | .448 | .814 | 248 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jim Gentile | 151 | 622 | 531 | 80 | 153 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 87 | 2 | 84 | 83 | .288 | .389 | .512 | .901 | 272 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | ||
| Earl Robinson | 129 | 500 | 449 | 69 | 117 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 10 | 47 | 102 | .261 | .333 | .401 | .734 | 180 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Soraci | 128 | 439 | 423 | 43 | 115 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 10 | .272 | .291 | .350 | .640 | 148 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Dolan | 124 | 436 | 400 | 52 | 92 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 13 | .230 | .277 | .292 | .569 | 117 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Lacey Curry | 94 | 393 | 354 | 48 | 86 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 23 | .243 | .300 | .328 | .627 | 116 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rene Friol | 117 | 351 | 325 | 31 | 82 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 30 | .252 | .297 | .385 | .682 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gene Wallace | 68 | 238 | 217 | 24 | 68 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 22 | .313 | .363 | .406 | .768 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joe Caffie | 74 | 252 | 226 | 26 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 22 | 36 | .257 | .319 | .385 | .704 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Ed Richardson | 53 | 188 | 159 | 20 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 28 | .277 | .376 | .447 | .823 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Koranda | 54 | 212 | 187 | 28 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 23 | .230 | .303 | .353 | .656 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ed Roebuck | 66 | 123 | 113 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 20 | .265 | .314 | .478 | .792 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Williams | 47 | 160 | 144 | 12 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 17 | .194 | .262 | .222 | .485 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sheldon Brodsky | 23 | 78 | 72 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 | .292 | .346 | .403 | .749 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Collum | 46 | 74 | 66 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .227 | .301 | .318 | .620 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Golden | 35 | 59 | 51 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .275 | .269 | .294 | .563 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Kipp | 42 | 80 | 77 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .182 | .192 | .195 | .387 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Sherry | 20 | 51 | 47 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .277 | .320 | .489 | .809 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jasper Spears | 38 | 106 | 96 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .135 | .202 | .167 | .369 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bessent | 23 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .308 | .308 | .359 | .667 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Napoli | 29 | 66 | 57 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .193 | .273 | .298 | .571 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Russ Meyer | 14 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .258 | .324 | .258 | .582 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Palmquist | 59 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .192 | .250 | .231 | .481 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Catton | 7 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Stabiner | 26 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Rodriguez | 11 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .176 | .188 | .364 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Ready | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Warnitsky | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wade Arnold | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1658 | 5221 | 4697 | 582 | 1211 | 218 | 49 | 84 | 522 | 62 | 0 | 428 | 624 | .258 | .320 | .379 | .699 | 1779 | 0 | 19 | 47 | 30 | 43 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gentile | 1B | 147 | 1319 | 130 | 22 | 140 | .985 | 9.857 | ||||
| Charlie Soraci | 1B | 19 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .990 | 5.474 | ||||
| Lacey Curry | 2B | 65 | 178 | 182 | 11 | 53 | .970 | 5.538 | ||||
| Ed Richardson | 2B | 37 | 67 | 78 | 9 | 15 | .942 | 3.919 | ||||
| Jasper Spears | 2B | 28 | 38 | 39 | 3 | 7 | .962 | 2.750 | ||||
| Earl Robinson | 3B | 54 | 47 | 111 | 16 | 6 | .908 | 2.926 | ||||
| Lacey Curry | 3B | 25 | 11 | 56 | 12 | 6 | .848 | 2.680 | ||||
| Ed Richardson | 3B | 11 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .750 | 1.909 | ||||
| Gene Wallace | 3B | 10 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.900 | ||||
| Rene Friol | C | 108 | 512 | 44 | 5 | 11 | .991 | 5.148 | 10 | |||
| Mike Napoli | C | 26 | 107 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 4.500 | 2 | |||
| John Glenn | OF | 155 | 395 | 20 | 8 | 7 | .981 | 2.677 | ||||
| Charlie Soraci | OF | 103 | 174 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 1.718 | ||||
| Earl Robinson | OF | 75 | 110 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 1.520 | ||||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 69 | 101 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 1.551 | ||||
| Jim Koranda | OF | 47 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .949 | 1.574 | ||||
| Jimmy Williams | OF | 38 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.474 | ||||
| Sheldon Brodsky | OF | 23 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.391 | ||||
| Ed Palmquist | P | 59 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .475 | ||||
| Fred Kipp | P | 35 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Jim Golden | P | 30 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.433 | ||||
| Ed Roebuck | P | 28 | 14 | 43 | 4 | 5 | .934 | 2.036 | ||||
| Martin Stabiner | P | 26 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .577 | ||||
| Jackie Collum | P | 26 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.115 | ||||
| Don Bessent | P | 20 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .885 | 1.150 | ||||
| Bob Darnell | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phil Clark | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Warnitsky | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Larry Sherry | P | 15 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .963 | 1.733 | ||||
| Russ Meyer | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Charles Ready | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leo Cristante | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Dolan | SS | 114 | 211 | 358 | 27 | 69 | .955 | 4.991 | ||||
| Gene Wallace | SS | 51 | 67 | 144 | 18 | 33 | .921 | 4.137 | ||||
| Totals | 1520 | 3679 | 1438 | 172 | 382 | .967 | 3.366 | 12 | 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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