1959 Visalia Redlegs Statistics
Team Record: 63-77
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Dave Bristol (63-77)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 30,500, Avg. 436
The Visalia Redlegs of the California League ended the 1959 season with a record of 63 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
The Redlegs scored 775 runs and surrendered 843 runs. William Martin paced Visalia with 23 home runs, while Johnny Edwards and Marv Schultz walloped 15 or more, too. Johnny Edwards accounted for 99 RBI. William Martin topped all regular batters by hitting .321. Greg Jancich led the squad with 12 wins, and Gale Peregrin recorded a 3.54 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1959 Visalia Redlegs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Johnny Edwards, Ken Hunt, Dave Skaugstad and Chico Ruiz.
Dave Bristol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Jancich | 12 | 2 | .857 | 4.23 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 168.0 | 142 | 87 | 79 | 8 | 92 | 149 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Wallace Bush | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.77 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 86 | 50 | 39 | 7 | 56 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Dave Skaugstad | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.23 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 149.0 | 148 | 105 | 70 | 15 | 128 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Herb Busch | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.54 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 103.0 | 104 | 73 | 52 | 7 | 56 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Paul Underwood | 7 | 15 | .318 | 4.68 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 204.0 | 199 | 144 | 106 | 19 | 162 | 193 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Gale Peregrin | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.54 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 122.0 | 119 | 70 | 48 | 9 | 66 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| John Flachman | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.47 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 163.0 | 173 | 98 | 81 | 15 | 91 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Raymond Travis | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.71 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 59 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 48 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Ken Hunt | 4 | 14 | .222 | 6.66 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 150.0 | 146 | 146 | 111 | 8 | 185 | 160 | 7 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| Bob Campbell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alva Kinney | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Bristol | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Hernandez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 77 | .450 | 4.59 | 251 | 138 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1217.0 | 1176 | 810 | 620 | 92 | 884 | 0 | 1041 | 43 | 6 | 96 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bristol | 138 | 649 | 543 | 100 | 157 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 97 | 16 | 84 | 56 | .289 | .382 | .448 | .830 | 243 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Chico Ruiz | 137 | 685 | 599 | 110 | 151 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 44 | 61 | 69 | 89 | .252 | .333 | .329 | .662 | 197 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Johnny Edwards | 122 | 558 | 469 | 76 | 150 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 99 | 2 | 78 | 69 | .320 | .422 | .490 | .912 | 230 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| William Martin | 119 | 559 | 449 | 87 | 144 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 97 | 12 | 93 | 84 | .321 | .434 | .528 | .962 | 237 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Thomas Johnson | 135 | 607 | 487 | 91 | 127 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 75 | 6 | 104 | 112 | .261 | .394 | .378 | .772 | 184 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Marv Schultz | 116 | 520 | 448 | 82 | 124 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 73 | 6 | 59 | 62 | .277 | .366 | .464 | .830 | 208 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Richard Snider | 130 | 513 | 427 | 60 | 91 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 59 | 2 | 78 | 207 | .213 | .336 | .358 | .694 | 153 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Crawford | 76 | 365 | 265 | 53 | 61 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 87 | 91 | .230 | .431 | .321 | .752 | 85 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Samuel Antcliffe | 72 | 287 | 219 | 28 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 60 | 73 | .169 | .354 | .251 | .606 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dave Skaugstad | 63 | 176 | 146 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 49 | .212 | .331 | .336 | .667 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Paul Underwood | 52 | 103 | 84 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 23 | .214 | .327 | .250 | .577 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Billy Reeves | 31 | 101 | 79 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .215 | .376 | .316 | .693 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Schimchak | 23 | 106 | 83 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 25 | .193 | .349 | .313 | .662 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ernest Goldsby | 25 | 92 | 77 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 26 | .195 | .315 | .273 | .588 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Hernandez | 13 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Flachman | 38 | 72 | 56 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .196 | .348 | .250 | .598 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Greg Jancich | 24 | 75 | 61 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .180 | .324 | .246 | .570 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Herb Busch | 21 | 50 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .222 | .286 | .267 | .552 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hunt | 30 | 66 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 28 | .170 | .279 | .264 | .543 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Frank Barnes | 12 | 45 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .205 | .279 | .205 | .484 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Travis | 20 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .160 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gale Peregrin | 20 | 50 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .091 | .149 | .114 | .263 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alva Kinney | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wallace Bush | 37 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .036 | .182 | .036 | .218 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Mills | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Campbell | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1467 | 5808 | 4785 | 780 | 1210 | 180 | 36 | 121 | 695 | 132 | 0 | 856 | 1132 | .253 | .370 | .381 | .751 | 1825 | 101 | 59 | 59 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Snider | 1B | 115 | 851 | 54 | 13 | 109 | .986 | 7.870 | ||||
| Samuel Antcliffe | 1B | 28 | 119 | 5 | 6 | 17 | .954 | 4.429 | ||||
| Dave Skaugstad | 1B | 11 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .980 | 8.818 | ||||
| Dave Bristol | 2B | 138 | 370 | 382 | 19 | 118 | .975 | 5.449 | ||||
| William Martin | 3B | 116 | 102 | 184 | 32 | 19 | .899 | 2.466 | ||||
| Marv Schultz | 3B | 20 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 6 | .896 | 2.150 | ||||
| Johnny Edwards | C | 120 | 964 | 87 | 18 | 13 | .983 | 8.758 | 21 | |||
| Billy Reeves | C | 13 | 102 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .947 | 8.308 | 7 | |||
| Richard Snider | C | 11 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .986 | 6.636 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Johnson | OF | 131 | 152 | 20 | 21 | 4 | .891 | 1.313 | ||||
| Marv Schultz | OF | 97 | 166 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .963 | 1.876 | ||||
| Eddie Crawford | OF | 76 | 177 | 6 | 8 | 3 | .958 | 2.408 | ||||
| Samuel Antcliffe | OF | 48 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .936 | 1.521 | ||||
| Ernest Goldsby | OF | 24 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| William Schimchak | OF | 23 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.957 | ||||
| Dave Skaugstad | OF | 17 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Wallace Bush | P | 37 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .514 | ||||
| Paul Underwood | P | 32 | 12 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .885 | 1.438 | ||||
| John Flachman | P | 32 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Skaugstad | P | 31 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .806 | ||||
| Ken Hunt | P | 28 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Greg Jancich | P | 23 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.217 | ||||
| Raymond Travis | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Gale Peregrin | P | 18 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.278 | ||||
| Herb Busch | P | 16 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 1.750 | ||||
| Alva Kinney | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Campbell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Bristol | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Hernandez | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chico Ruiz | SS | 137 | 232 | 446 | 54 | 121 | .926 | 4.949 | ||||
| Totals | 1376 | 3624 | 1447 | 227 | 448 | .957 | 3.685 | 30 | 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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