1959 Wytheville Cardinals Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 29-37
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: Don Pries (29-37)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 20,553, Avg. 623

1959 Wytheville Cardinals Roster

The Wytheville Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1959 season with a record of 29 wins and 37 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Cardinals plated 437 runs and surrendered 473 runs. DeMorris Smith accounted for 51 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .320 average. Sewell Street and Bob Dellovade led the team with 5 wins each, while Sewell Street recorded a 3.38 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Johnny Lewis and Jeoff Long both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Don Pries 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
Sewell Street	5	4	.556	3.38	11	7		7	0		64.0	52	27	24	6	24		80	5	0	2
Bob Dellovade	5	8	.385	5.19	14	11		5	1		78.0	80	55	45	1	67		70	3	0	2
Jerry Palbicki	3	0	1.000	7.35	17	1		0	0		49.0	47	48	40	7	39		34	0	0	6
Don Gerhardt	3	2	.600	5.47	18	4		0	0		51.0	53	41	31	6	43		49	7	1	7
Lou Vickery	2	0	1.000		3						0.0
David Spadoni	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
Stephen Gaza	2	2	.500	9.55	8	7		1	0		33.0	38	40	35	2	43		21	2	0	7
Ron Cayll	2	4	.333	6.75	9	8		1	0		44.0	51	42	33	6	34		27	5	0	4
Jerry Wild	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Paul McKenzie	1	1	.500		3						0.0
George Stetter	1	1	.500	4.20	3	3		0	0		15.0	17	16	7	3	13		11	0	0	2
Jerry Glaze	1	1	.500	7.62	11	3		0	0		26.0	23	27	22	1	35		26	2	1	5
Peter Vitullo	1	6	.143	5.37	16	6		2	0		57.0	71	48	34	6	37		29	3	0	3
James Sawyer	0	0			2						0.0
James Keith	0	0			2						0.0
Laurence Jenkins	0	0			3						0.0
Jeoff Long	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Thomas Petrick	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Thurman Baker	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Ronald Kellogg	0	5	.000	9.24	16	4		1	0		38.0	41	45	39	4	36		35	9	1	3
Totals	29	37	.439	6.13	153	54	0	17	1	0	455.0	473	389	310	42	371	0	382	36	3	41	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
DeMorris Smith	63	285	241	63	77	10	5	5	51	20		36	29	.320	.410	.465	.875	112		3	2	3
John Mason	43	195	173	41	58	11	5	5	34	5		18	28	.335	.410	.543	.954	94		4	0	0
Johnny Lewis	53	250	183	57	56	15	3	5	42	6		60	51	.306	.482	.503	.985	92		4	1	2
Terry Bechtold	53	231	200	25	53	10	0	2	39	1		22	48	.265	.351	.345	.696	69		5	3	1
Theodore Farley	56	233	201	34	49	9	3	5	19	2		29	43	.244	.338	.393	.731	79		0	2	1
William Smith	43	166	136	22	35	2	1	0	17	1		29	14	.257	.388	.287	.675	39		0	1	0
Ernest Hess	53	162	139	14	32	6	1	0	11	2		21	39	.230	.335	.288	.623	40		1	1	0
Powell Waite	51	164	133	29	29	4	0	0	11	7		29	33	.218	.358	.248	.606	33		0	2	0
Jim Saul	29	109	76	22	24	6	0	1	22	0		27	11	.316	.486	.434	.920	33		2	0	4
Patrick Foley	34	114	99	14	22	4	0	1	10	0		15	20	.222	.325	.293	.617	29		0	0	0
Bill Wilson	18	66	64	9	19	3	0	1	13	0		1	8	.297	.308	.391	.698	25		0	1	0
Leroy Johnson	27	110	86	23	18	1	1	1	18	4		20	14	.209	.370	.279	.649	24		2	2	0
Fred White	30	115	92	15	18	3	2	5	22	0		19	24	.196	.357	.435	.791	40		4	0	0
Sewell Street	18	37	34	3	12	1	0	0	1	0		2	6	.353	.389	.382	.771	13		0	1	0
John Kerns	23	76	66	11	12	1	1	4	14	0		7	23	.182	.250	.409	.659	27		0	0	3
Clifford Crenshaw	17	46	39	7	11	4	0	0	8	4		5	11	.282	.356	.385	.740	15		0	1	1
Lou Vickery	8	11	11		10									.909	.909	.909	1.818	10
Charles Cosby	15	45	38	8	10	2	2	2	9	1		6	14	.263	.364	.579	.943	22		0	1	0
John Kepic	6	14	14		7									.500	.500	.500	1.000	7
Ronald Kellogg	24	23	22	0	6	1	0	0	1	1		0	7	.273	.304	.318	.623	7		1	0	0
Bob Dellovade	14	33	27	5	6	0	0	0	0	0		3	11	.222	.300	.222	.522	6		0	3	0
Peter Vitullo	20	28	23	2	5	1	0	1	2	0		5	10	.217	.357	.391	.748	9		0	0	0
Don Gerhardt	18	19	19	0	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	.211	.211	.263	.474	5		0	0	0
Ron Cayll	10	18	16	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	10	.188	.278	.188	.465	3		0	0	0
Jerry Glaze	11	9	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	1	0
Hank Goin	3	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
James Keith	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
George Stetter	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
George Davis	3	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Thurman Baker	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Paul McKenzie	3	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jeoff Long	9	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
James Sampsell	3	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Stanley Dzik	2	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Jerry Palbicki	17	15	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		5	6	.111	.467	.111	.578	1		1	0	0
Thomas Petrick	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Stephen Gaza	8	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
David Spadoni	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Wild	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Laurence Jenkins	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	808	2642	2217	414	589	95	24	38	345	54	0	361	467	.266	.373	.382	.754	846	0	27	22	15	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Mason	1B	27	154	7	4	13	.976	5.963
Patrick Foley	1B	14	90	5	4	3	.960	6.786
Clifford Crenshaw	1B	10	55	4	2	5	.967	5.900
Terry Bechtold	2B	51	122	95	23	22	.904	4.255
William Smith	3B	32	25	55	11	4	.879	2.500
Johnny Lewis	3B	20	19	20	7	0	.848	1.950
Bill Wilson	3B	13	9	22	6	4	.838	2.385
Fred White	C	28	195	19	6	2	.973	7.643	13
Jim Saul	C	20	134	8	1	1	.993	7.100	4
Patrick Foley	C	18	96	7	7	1	.936	5.722	1
DeMorris Smith	OF	63	143	8	7	0	.956	2.397
Ernest Hess	OF	42	48	1	2	0	.961	1.167
Powell Waite	OF	30	34	4	5	0	.884	1.267
Johnny Lewis	OF	27	31	3	2	1	.944	1.259
John Kerns	OF	20	16	0	1	0	.941	.800
John Mason	OF	14	18	1	1	0	.950	1.357
Don Gerhardt	P	18	2	4	0	1	1.000	.333
Jerry Palbicki	P	17	2	14	1	0	.941	.941
Peter Vitullo	P	16	0	15	0	2	1.000	.938
Ronald Kellogg	P	16	0	10	0	0	1.000	.625
Bob Dellovade	P	14	3	8	2	0	.846	.786
Sewell Street	P	11	2	6	1	0	.889	.727
Jerry Glaze	P	11	1	5	1	0	.857	.545
Ron Cayll	P	9						.000
Stephen Gaza	P	8						.000
David Spadoni	P	4						.000
Thurman Baker	P	4						.000
Jerry Wild	P	3						.000
Lou Vickery	P	3						.000
George Stetter	P	3						.000
Thomas Petrick	P	3						.000
Paul McKenzie	P	3						.000
Jeoff Long	P	3						.000
Laurence Jenkins	P	3						.000
James Sawyer	P	2						.000
James Keith	P	2						.000
Theodore Farley	SS	39	66	88	27	20	.851	3.949
Johnny Lewis	SS	13	23	23	9	1	.836	3.538
Leroy Johnson	SS	13	28	29	3	7	.950	4.385
Totals		647	1316	461	133	87	.930	2.747	18	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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