1959 Victoria Rosebuds Statistics
Team Record: 86-60
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Pete Reiser (86-60)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Victoria, Texas
Ballpark: Toros Stadium:
Attendance: 86,040, Avg. 1,179
Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 2 games, Victoria Rosebuds 0
The Victoria Rosebuds of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 86 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the TL.
The Rosebuds tallied 759 runs and gave up 639 runs. Carl Warwick walloped 35 home runs for Victoria, while Charley Smith, Don Miles and Frank Howard each added 15 or more, too. Carl Warwick drove in 94 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .331 clip. C. B. Beringer paced the team with 19 wins, plus Ford Young, too contributed 15 or more wins, too C. B. Beringer registered a 3.35 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1959 Victoria Rosebuds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Marvin Williams, Dick Scott, Frank Howard, Ramón Conde, Don Miles, Charley Smith, Ralph Mauriello, Larry Burright, Ed Rakow, Carl Warwick, Felipe Montemayor and Butch McCord.
Pete Reiser 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. B. Beringer | 19 | 5 | .792 | 3.35 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 196.0 | 206 | 83 | 73 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ford Young | 18 | 14 | .562 | 3.75 | 40 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 221.0 | 213 | 107 | 92 | 24 | 63 | 5 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jimmie Harwell | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.33 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 181.0 | 170 | 103 | 87 | 12 | 103 | 5 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Scott Breeden | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.53 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 163.0 | 159 | 76 | 64 | 13 | 49 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Ed Strichek | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.56 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 84 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 48 | 9 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ed Rakow | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.96 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 84.0 | 68 | 41 | 37 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ralph Mauriello | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.31 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 98.0 | 76 | 40 | 36 | 9 | 51 | 1 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Scott | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.29 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 43 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Juan Piedra | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.76 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 65 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Melvin McGavock | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 47 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Pfeiffer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Sackey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Schaper | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Spell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Page | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rick Warren | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Baliga | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 58 | .594 | 3.85 | 297 | 140 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 1163.0 | 1131 | 571 | 498 | 109 | 445 | 33 | 628 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Warwick | 144 | 658 | 550 | 129 | 182 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 94 | 18 | 12 | 99 | 91 | .331 | .434 | .589 | 1.023 | 324 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Butch McCord | 136 | 582 | 526 | 83 | 157 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 31 | .298 | .360 | .430 | .790 | 226 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ramón Conde | 128 | 532 | 472 | 62 | 154 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 75 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 36 | .326 | .387 | .449 | .836 | 212 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Charley Smith | 127 | 500 | 466 | 77 | 144 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 81 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 93 | .309 | .349 | .498 | .847 | 232 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| William Parsons | 92 | 415 | 355 | 67 | 105 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 52 | .296 | .387 | .468 | .854 | 166 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Don Miles | 81 | 379 | 345 | 62 | 97 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 58 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 88 | .281 | .336 | .548 | .884 | 189 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Frank Howard | 63 | 276 | 251 | 59 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 57 | .371 | .417 | .745 | 1.162 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jimmy Williams | 78 | 319 | 266 | 46 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 24 | .312 | .405 | .451 | .856 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Dan Gatta | 97 | 359 | 309 | 24 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 44 | .249 | .341 | .340 | .681 | 105 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Pfeiffer | 98 | 340 | 301 | 28 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 49 | .233 | .313 | .309 | .622 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Burright | 79 | 280 | 250 | 31 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 51 | .220 | .284 | .276 | .560 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Wade Arnold | 75 | 218 | 193 | 19 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 20 | .269 | .349 | .321 | .670 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ford Young | 44 | 95 | 83 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .253 | .271 | .265 | .536 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Felipe Montemayor | 30 | 62 | 44 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | .318 | .452 | .364 | .815 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ed Richardson | 18 | 65 | 49 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | .224 | .415 | .265 | .681 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Harwell | 33 | 76 | 67 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .149 | .186 | .194 | .380 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ed Rakow | 22 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .195 | .233 | .244 | .476 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| C. B. Beringer | 29 | 79 | 71 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .113 | .147 | .113 | .259 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Scott Breeden | 38 | 54 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .143 | .160 | .143 | .303 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Faucett | 7 | 15 | 15 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Lachemann | 14 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .138 | .265 | .138 | .403 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Mauriello | 17 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .121 | .147 | .121 | .268 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Melvin McGavock | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .417 | .300 | .717 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Page | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Warren | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Williams | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Scott | 18 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .176 | .188 | .364 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Schaper | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Baliga | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Schmitt | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Juan Piedra | 19 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .067 | .263 | .133 | .396 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Strichek | 52 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Spell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jose Cesar | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1591 | 5530 | 4864 | 757 | 1378 | 200 | 33 | 154 | 679 | 64 | 46 | 533 | 774 | .283 | .355 | .433 | .788 | 2106 | 0 | 32 | 64 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch McCord | 1B | 135 | 1178 | 85 | 2 | 124 | .998 | 9.356 | ||||
| Jimmy Williams | 1B | 10 | 83 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 9.200 | ||||
| Larry Burright | 2B | 75 | 157 | 189 | 9 | 49 | .975 | 4.613 | ||||
| John Pfeiffer | 2B | 49 | 90 | 119 | 5 | 4 | .977 | 4.265 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 2B | 30 | 56 | 54 | 3 | 11 | .973 | 3.667 | ||||
| Ed Richardson | 2B | 17 | 32 | 37 | 3 | 10 | .958 | 4.059 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 3B | 113 | 112 | 184 | 5 | 18 | .983 | 2.619 | ||||
| Jimmy Williams | 3B | 22 | 19 | 45 | 4 | 3 | .941 | 2.909 | ||||
| Frank Howard | 3B | 12 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Dan Gatta | C | 93 | 451 | 56 | 8 | 9 | .984 | 5.452 | 1 | |||
| Wade Arnold | C | 52 | 247 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .982 | 5.115 | 4 | |||
| Carl Warwick | CF | 144 | 417 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .989 | 2.993 | ||||
| Don Miles | LF | 79 | 162 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 2.139 | ||||
| William Parsons | LF | 53 | 79 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.604 | ||||
| Ed Strichek | P | 51 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .970 | .627 | ||||
| Ford Young | P | 40 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 2 | .950 | 1.425 | ||||
| Scott Breeden | P | 38 | 14 | 47 | 3 | 2 | .953 | 1.605 | ||||
| Jimmie Harwell | P | 32 | 14 | 42 | 2 | 5 | .966 | 1.750 | ||||
| C. B. Beringer | P | 29 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.586 | ||||
| Ralph Mauriello | P | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| Dick Scott | P | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Rakow | P | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Juan Piedra | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Melvin McGavock | P | 11 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.182 | ||||
| Joe Baliga | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Schaper | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rick Warren | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Page | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Sackey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Spell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Pfeiffer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Howard | RF | 62 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 1.516 | ||||
| Jimmy Williams | RF | 42 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| William Parsons | RF | 34 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.676 | ||||
| Felipe Montemayor | RF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charley Smith | SS | 110 | 171 | 315 | 45 | 67 | .915 | 4.418 | ||||
| John Pfeiffer | SS | 40 | 78 | 109 | 15 | 22 | .926 | 4.675 | ||||
| Totals | 1473 | 3637 | 1522 | 136 | 340 | .974 | 3.502 | 5 | 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.
