1959 Wellsville Braves Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 80-46
Finished 1st in the NYPL
Manager: Harry Minor (80-46)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wellsville, New York
Ballpark: Tullar Field
Attendance: 25,659, Avg. 407

1959 Wellsville Braves Roster

Playoffs - Wellsville Braves 2 games, Corning Cor-Sox 0
Finals - Wellsville Braves 3 games, Elmira Pioneers 2

The Wellsville Braves of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1959 season with a record of 80 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the NYPL.

The Braves scored 862 runs, best in the league. Wellsville conceded 677 runs. Marcial Allen led the squad with 19 home runs, and Lorne Johnson walloped 15 or more, too. Marcial Allen drove in 92 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .356 clip. Bennie Griggs paced the squad with 21 wins, while Jim King as well added 15 or more victories as well Ceferino Foy recorded a 3.46 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Wellsville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Vern Handrahan, Amado Samuel and Phil Niekro.

Harry Minor served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bennie Griggs	21	7	.750	3.98	35	27	27	21	0		235.0	231	132	104	26	95		175	6	0	6
Jim King	15	2	.882	3.88	23	20	15	12	1		146.0	117	80	63	12	105		116	3	1	9
Ceferino Foy	12	8	.600	3.46	22	22	14	14	0		195.0	176	94	75	19	91		111	8	1	7
Frank Johnson	9	1	.900	3.77	26	12	14	6	1		117.0	93	60	49	8	91		112	0	0	15
Vern Handrahan	8	8	.500	5.12	20	10	20	3	1		95.0	120	65	54	9	52		61	4	0	9
Ronald Ross	6	1	.857	3.36	7	7	5	5	1		59.0	58	31	22	11	15		49	2	0	2
Phil Niekro	2	1	.667	7.46	10	2	5	0	0		35.0	47	38	29	1	24		16	1	0	1
Bob Byerly	2	5	.286	6.00	17	9	7	2	0		72.0	78	52	48	10	58		33	3	0	4
Bob MacPherson	2	9	.182	5.58	19	9	10	5	0		92.0	110	79	57	9	59		64	2	0	7
Wilfredo Echavarria	1	3	.250		6						0.0
Bobby Wade	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Totals	78	46	.629	4.31	188	118	117	68	4	0	1046.0	1030	631	501	105	590	0	737	29	2	60	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
Marcial Allen	123	542	461	101	164	31	4	19	92	10	5	68	47	.356	.438	.564	1.002	260		3	5	5
Chico Diaz	122	569	492	98	144	26	5	7	71	7	3	65	43	.293	.377	.409	.786	201		4	4	4
Amado Samuel	116	484	393	87	124	36	1	10	73	23	5	85	48	.316	.441	.489	.930	192		4	1	1
Rafael Gomez	120	537	445	102	119	24	1	14	61	5	6	82	89	.267	.387	.420	.807	187		6	2	2
Lorne Johnson	89	404	341	68	108	25	2	17	82	10	3	52	30	.317	.414	.551	.966	188		7	1	3
Harry Minor	97	392	299	86	95	20	1	13	64	10	3	86	27	.318	.473	.522	.995	156		4	1	2
Ken Roesler	77	356	315	63	94	20	4	6	33	5	1	38	36	.298	.376	.444	.820	140		1	2	0
Eugene McGaughey	85	348	313	45	93	7	1	8	64	2	3	30	41	.297	.357	.403	.760	126		1	1	3
George McCafferty	97	328	267	57	62	14	13	12	53	2	1	55	68	.232	.359	.517	.876	138		0	2	4
Timothy Strickland	42	192	151	39	43	9	1	3	23	2	0	36	35	.285	.424	.417	.841	63		2	1	2
Herbert Biedermann	34	158	130	38	42	12	1	6	40	0	0	26	25	.323	.437	.569	1.006	74		1	0	1
Kenneth Wagner	37	120	107	12	23	7	0	3	17	0	0	9	24	.215	.277	.364	.642	39		1	1	2
Bennie Griggs	35	110	100	12	18	3	1	2	8	0	0	5	23	.180	.219	.290	.509	29		0	5	0
Jim King	25	71	65	10	14	1	1	2	7	0	0	4	12	.215	.257	.354	.611	23		0	1	1
George Lukart	15	67	47	10	12	2	0	0	12	0	0	20	6	.255	.478	.298	.775	14		0	0	0
Bob MacPherson	21	42	39	8	11	4	0	1	5	0	0	1	9	.282	.293	.462	.754	18		0	1	1
Frank Johnson	26	44	41	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.195	.214	.195	.409	8		0	2	0
Vern Handrahan	30	34	31	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.226	.273	.290	.563	9		0	1	0
Ceferino Foy	22	72	65	4	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	22	.092	.181	.092	.273	6		1	0	0
Pedro Garcia	8	23	23		5									.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Ronald Ross	7	23	23		4									.174	.174	.174	.348	4
Phil Niekro	10	17	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.154	.267	.154	.421	2		0	2	0
Bob Byerly	17	30	20	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	.100	.345	.100	.445	2		1	1	1
Bruce Shelton	8	26	26		2									.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Frank Saia	1	1	1		1	1	0	0						1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2
Wilfredo Echavarria	6	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bobby Wade	4	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1274	5004	4222	851	1203	244	36	123	715	76	30	680	615	.285	.386	.447	.833	1888	0	36	34	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Harry Minor	1B	94	725	35	12	56	.984	8.085
George McCafferty	1B	56	316	31	7	19	.980	6.196
Chico Diaz	2B	115	273	300	40	49	.935	4.983
Rafael Gomez	2B	12	27	27	3	8	.947	4.500
Rafael Gomez	3B	108	113	164	28	14	.908	2.565
George McCafferty	3B	27	34	45	8	6	.908	2.926
Eugene McGaughey	C	76	486	53	20	6	.964	7.092	16
Kenneth Wagner	C	35	179	14	3	0	.985	5.514	8
George Lukart	C	15	94	9	2	0	.981	6.867	8
Marcial Allen	OF	122	280	20	11	0	.965	2.459
Lorne Johnson	OF	88	128	12	11	1	.927	1.591
Ken Roesler	OF	77	122	6	7	0	.948	1.662
Timothy Strickland	OF	41	56	3	8	2	.881	1.439
Herbert Biedermann	OF	34	47	2	4	0	.925	1.441
Bennie Griggs	P	35	9	43	4	0	.929	1.486
Frank Johnson	P	26	2	15	2	0	.895	.654
Jim King	P	23	3	36	4	2	.907	1.696
Ceferino Foy	P	22	12	48	4	1	.938	2.727
Vern Handrahan	P	20	3	20	2	1	.920	1.150
Bob MacPherson	P	19	10	14	3	0	.889	1.263
Bob Byerly	P	17	2	11	0	2	1.000	.765
Phil Niekro	P	10	4	4	1	0	.889	.800
Ronald Ross	P	7						.000
Wilfredo Echavarria	P	6						.000
Bobby Wade	P	3						.000
Amado Samuel	SS	115	225	313	24	51	.957	4.678
Totals		1203	3150	1225	208	218	.955	3.637	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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