1959 Topeka Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 69-56
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Johnny Vander Meer (69-56)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 59,803, Avg. 957
The Topeka Hawks of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1959 season with a record of 69 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
The Hawks scored 713 runs and yielded 646 runs. Billy Dashner and Dick Beall led Topeka with 21 home runs apiece. Dick Beall drove in 81 runs. James Niemann paced batters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Burton Dziadek topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.35 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1959 Topeka Hawks who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Maloney, Bobby Klaus, Jack Baldschun and Don Pavletich.
Johnny Vander Meer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Dziadek | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.35 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 207.0 | 198 | 103 | 77 | 15 | 125 | 5 | 142 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Andrés Ayón | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.69 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 144.0 | 143 | 80 | 59 | 11 | 71 | 6 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Grant Halsne | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 116.0 | 129 | 63 | 54 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 81 | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Kendon Mallory | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.53 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 139.0 | 135 | 96 | 70 | 7 | 91 | 2 | 99 | 10 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Jack Baldschun | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.90 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 90.0 | 81 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jim Maloney | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.50 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 124.0 | 121 | 76 | 62 | 11 | 83 | 4 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| George McWilliams | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.75 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 105 | 62 | 47 | 13 | 39 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Bob Campbell | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.61 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Marvin Fodor | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.31 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 47 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 62 | 5 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Jose Padilla | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 49 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Israel Ferrer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greg Jancich | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.12 | 3 | 8.0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Martin Rosell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wallace Bush | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Amiel Solomon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 56 | .552 | 4.07 | 257 | 121 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1073.0 | 1061 | 600 | 485 | 93 | 615 | 36 | 913 | 31 | 7 | 83 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Rosell | 125 | 572 | 492 | 90 | 129 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 23 | 60 | 63 | .262 | .347 | .409 | .755 | 201 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | ||
| James Niemann | 100 | 433 | 383 | 68 | 109 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 70 | 12 | 39 | 66 | .285 | .357 | .452 | .809 | 173 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Passilla | 105 | 406 | 336 | 50 | 92 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 9 | 56 | 50 | .274 | .378 | .357 | .736 | 120 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Dick Beall | 125 | 533 | 381 | 76 | 85 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 81 | 3 | 137 | 131 | .223 | .431 | .438 | .869 | 167 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Rudy Tanner | 90 | 347 | 298 | 38 | 79 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 10 | 40 | 36 | .265 | .351 | .403 | .754 | 120 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Neal Skeeters | 111 | 487 | 363 | 75 | 77 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 29 | 113 | 93 | .212 | .403 | .292 | .695 | 106 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Dashner | 84 | 357 | 279 | 64 | 74 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 61 | 4 | 65 | 60 | .265 | .421 | .573 | .994 | 160 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Alberto Alvarez | 78 | 339 | 286 | 46 | 73 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 40 | 24 | .255 | .355 | .371 | .726 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Don Pavletich | 69 | 289 | 242 | 38 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 50 | 1 | 40 | 56 | .277 | .380 | .475 | .855 | 115 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bernie Parrish | 55 | 220 | 193 | 24 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 39 | .223 | .305 | .342 | .647 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Adolfo Suarez | 49 | 145 | 134 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 28 | .269 | .319 | .418 | .737 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Klaus | 34 | 159 | 127 | 29 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 30 | 26 | .236 | .380 | .339 | .718 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cob Jarvis | 33 | 147 | 120 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 22 | 19 | .217 | .336 | .325 | .661 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Andrés Ayón | 31 | 65 | 54 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .352 | .429 | .519 | .947 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Kelly | 30 | 73 | 58 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .259 | .384 | .379 | .763 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Maloney | 36 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .275 | .362 | .333 | .695 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burton Dziadek | 35 | 90 | 82 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .171 | .190 | .317 | .508 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miles McWilliams | 15 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .200 | .282 | .229 | .511 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Famous | 12 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .207 | .324 | .207 | .530 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Halsne | 21 | 45 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .150 | .209 | .175 | .384 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Padilla | 27 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .231 | .375 | .308 | .683 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Baldschun | 26 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George McWilliams | 25 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Campbell | 13 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .118 | .167 | .294 | .461 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Fodor | 17 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kendon Mallory | 26 | 47 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .049 | .114 | .049 | .162 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Jancich | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Israel Ferrer | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wallace Bush | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Amiel Solomon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Yarbrough | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1402 | 5023 | 4145 | 706 | 1018 | 184 | 27 | 117 | 615 | 112 | 0 | 719 | 838 | .246 | .362 | .388 | .749 | 1607 | 0 | 53 | 73 | 33 | 42 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Beall | 1B | 124 | 1094 | 51 | 26 | 98 | .978 | 9.234 | ||||
| Neal Skeeters | 2B | 84 | 193 | 228 | 15 | 52 | .966 | 5.012 | ||||
| Bobby Klaus | 2B | 34 | 70 | 86 | 6 | 18 | .963 | 4.588 | ||||
| Martin Rosell | 3B | 105 | 61 | 212 | 33 | 21 | .892 | 2.600 | ||||
| James Niemann | 3B | 17 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | .800 | 1.882 | ||||
| Neal Skeeters | 3B | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Don Pavletich | C | 62 | 480 | 30 | 14 | 7 | .973 | 8.226 | 18 | |||
| Adolfo Suarez | C | 37 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 3.027 | 8 | |||
| Alberto Alvarez | C | 34 | 239 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 7.676 | 5 | |||
| James Niemann | OF | 82 | 170 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .942 | 2.183 | ||||
| Billy Dashner | OF | 78 | 117 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .963 | 1.654 | ||||
| Rudy Tanner | OF | 76 | 87 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .938 | 1.197 | ||||
| Bernie Parrish | OF | 48 | 104 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .974 | 2.333 | ||||
| Alberto Alvarez | OF | 42 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.286 | ||||
| Cob Jarvis | OF | 32 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 2.031 | ||||
| Paul Kelly | OF | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .905 | ||||
| Miles McWilliams | OF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Burton Dziadek | P | 29 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 1.552 | ||||
| Kendon Mallory | P | 26 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.577 | ||||
| Jack Baldschun | P | 26 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.154 | ||||
| Andrés Ayón | P | 26 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.500 | ||||
| George McWilliams | P | 25 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .857 | .960 | ||||
| Jim Maloney | P | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Padilla | P | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Grant Halsne | P | 21 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.238 | ||||
| Marvin Fodor | P | 17 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| Wallace Bush | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Bob Campbell | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Israel Ferrer | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Amiel Solomon | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Jancich | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Passilla | SS | 98 | 149 | 226 | 33 | 56 | .919 | 3.827 | ||||
| Martin Rosell | SS | 22 | 27 | 61 | 7 | 4 | .926 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1272 | 3101 | 1212 | 188 | 283 | .958 | 3.391 | 31 | 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.
