
1959 St. Petersburg Saints Statistics
Team Record: 79-57
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: Tom Hamilton (79-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 119,424, Avg. 1,756
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Saints 4 games, Tampa Tarpons 2
The St. Petersburg Saints of the Florida State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 79 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the FSL.
The Saints topped the league with 853 runs, sparked by 97 home runs. St. Petersburg yielded 695 runs. Tom Hamilton led the team with 20 home runs, while Bill Cline and Charlie Keller walloped 15 or more as well. Charlie Keller accounted for 105 RBI. Tom Hamilton paced hitters with significant playing time with a .387 average. George Nowakowski paced the squad with 15 wins, and Robert Gouthiere registered a 3.05 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1959 St. Petersburg Saints who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Horace Clarke, Jack Cullen, Tom Hamilton and Elvio Jiménez.
Tom Hamilton 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Nowakowski | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.57 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 174.0 | 169 | 83 | 69 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
Jack Cullen | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.48 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 155.0 | 141 | 86 | 60 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 130 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |||
Robert Gouthiere | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.05 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 124.0 | 117 | 56 | 42 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
Jon Nelson | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.68 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 137.0 | 128 | 74 | 56 | 6 | 82 | 4 | 107 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |||
Charles Reidell | 7 | 8 | .467 | 6.99 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 121.0 | 125 | 112 | 94 | 9 | 101 | 2 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 9 | |||
Bienvenido De La Cruz | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.11 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 79 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Arturo Polanco | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.92 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 39.0 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Gene Smith | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 52 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
Jeffery Zegel | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.71 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 33 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
John Nelson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 57.0 | 64 | 45 | 33 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
Joseph Latin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Henry Mora | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.71 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 52 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Tom Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bill Cline | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ralph Scorca | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jack Major | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jack DePalo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 79 | 57 | .581 | 4.15 | 215 | 129 | 0 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 1039.0 | 1000 | 621 | 479 | 60 | 574 | 18 | 697 | 38 | 8 | 89 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elvio Jiménez | 132 | 598 | 550 | 110 | 181 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 65 | 13 | 34 | 65 | .329 | .368 | .498 | .866 | 274 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
Horace Clarke | 137 | 653 | 571 | 115 | 167 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 34 | 67 | 38 | .292 | .375 | .366 | .741 | 209 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bill Cline | 137 | 579 | 509 | 90 | 156 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 100 | 5 | 52 | 97 | .306 | .379 | .477 | .856 | 243 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
Tom Hamilton | 125 | 501 | 401 | 109 | 155 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 96 | 3 | 87 | 10 | .387 | .493 | .601 | 1.094 | 241 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | ||
Charlie Keller | 131 | 569 | 453 | 99 | 132 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 105 | 8 | 102 | 115 | .291 | .424 | .512 | .936 | 232 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | ||
Donald Keller | 135 | 568 | 442 | 94 | 128 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 76 | 11 | 116 | 83 | .290 | .435 | .376 | .810 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
Eugene Domzalski | 125 | 514 | 420 | 68 | 101 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 81 | 5 | 84 | 74 | .240 | .368 | .352 | .721 | 148 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
Walter James | 87 | 322 | 242 | 53 | 90 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 8 | 69 | 28 | .372 | .516 | .566 | 1.082 | 137 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
Charles Reidell | 58 | 144 | 131 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 50 | .267 | .333 | .443 | .776 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Hugo Muskus | 64 | 206 | 155 | 27 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 25 | .219 | .398 | .277 | .675 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jack Cullen | 23 | 73 | 66 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .197 | .274 | .242 | .516 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Nowakowski | 33 | 91 | 77 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .169 | .258 | .195 | .453 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Carl Gandza | 27 | 79 | 71 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .169 | .253 | .197 | .450 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Robert Gouthiere | 22 | 57 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .228 | .236 | .464 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ronald Deutsch | 11 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .214 | .277 | .310 | .586 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jon Nelson | 24 | 59 | 55 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .145 | .161 | .145 | .306 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Nelson | 14 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .263 | .391 | .316 | .707 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Smith | 17 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .238 | .360 | .286 | .646 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Raymond Krieger | 6 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Jeffery Zegel | 9 | 19 | 19 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Flori | 8 | 22 | 22 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Joseph Latin | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jack Major | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Joseph Brockhoff | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jack DePalo | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Douglas Backhaus | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Arturo Polanco | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Henry Mora | 13 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .048 | .130 | .048 | .178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bienvenido De La Cruz | 31 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .034 | .067 | .034 | .101 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ralph Scorca | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1400 | 5272 | 4439 | 843 | 1272 | 180 | 58 | 97 | 718 | 92 | 0 | 711 | 708 | .287 | .388 | .419 | .806 | 1859 | 0 | 52 | 21 | 49 | 37 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Hamilton | 1B | 125 | 863 | 93 | 15 | 77 | .985 | 7.648 | ||||
Walter James | 1B | 11 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .975 | 7.091 | ||||
Eugene Domzalski | 2B | 101 | 214 | 218 | 31 | 58 | .933 | 4.277 | ||||
Horace Clarke | 2B | 25 | 56 | 60 | 10 | 13 | .921 | 4.640 | ||||
Donald Keller | 3B | 135 | 143 | 192 | 35 | 17 | .905 | 2.481 | ||||
Walter James | C | 66 | 384 | 27 | 11 | 4 | .974 | 6.227 | 18 | |||
Hugo Muskus | C | 51 | 295 | 40 | 10 | 5 | .971 | 6.569 | 6 | |||
Carl Gandza | C | 21 | 90 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .954 | 4.905 | 8 | |||
Bill Cline | OF | 136 | 199 | 13 | 12 | 2 | .946 | 1.559 | ||||
Charlie Keller | OF | 128 | 179 | 16 | 12 | 3 | .942 | 1.523 | ||||
Elvio Jiménez | OF | 124 | 271 | 15 | 11 | 2 | .963 | 2.306 | ||||
Charles Reidell | OF | 15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.133 | ||||
Bienvenido De La Cruz | P | 30 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .733 | ||||
George Nowakowski | P | 25 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 5 | .959 | 1.880 | ||||
Jon Nelson | P | 25 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .905 | 1.520 | ||||
Charles Reidell | P | 24 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.208 | ||||
Jack Cullen | P | 23 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.826 | ||||
Robert Gouthiere | P | 18 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 2.333 | ||||
Gene Smith | P | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
Henry Mora | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
John Nelson | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
Jeffery Zegel | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Arturo Polanco | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Jack Major | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Joseph Latin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Ralph Scorca | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Horace Clarke | SS | 112 | 198 | 287 | 39 | 48 | .926 | 4.330 | ||||
Eugene Domzalski | SS | 24 | 42 | 67 | 11 | 12 | .908 | 4.542 | ||||
Totals | 1283 | 3103 | 1226 | 220 | 261 | .952 | 3.374 | 32 | 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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