1959 Waterloo Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 76-48
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Elmer Yoter (76-48)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 67,260, Avg. 1,085
The Waterloo Hawks of the Midwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 76 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the MWL.
The Hawks topped the league with just 523 runs allowed. Waterloo scored 695 runs. Bo Toft paced the squad with 14 home runs Robert Fidler drove in 105 runs. Bo Toft topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .331. Galen Cisco and Daniel Wooden led the team with 15 wins each, while Galen Cisco recorded a 2.23 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Waterloo Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Galen Cisco, Mike Page and Ted Schreiber.
Elmer Yoter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Wooden | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.33 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 165.0 | 151 | 75 | 61 | 18 | 51 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Galen Cisco | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 182.0 | 142 | 63 | 45 | 6 | 62 | 165 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Charles Daily | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.89 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 168.0 | 149 | 63 | 54 | 14 | 66 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Raymond Geiser | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.16 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 148.0 | 128 | 74 | 52 | 6 | 100 | 165 | 13 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Tommy Kraus | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.01 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 119.0 | 119 | 69 | 53 | 9 | 61 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Arnold Rowland | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.45 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 85.0 | 84 | 52 | 42 | 3 | 45 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Wayne Coughtry | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.50 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Hub McCoy | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.84 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 57.0 | 38 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 35 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Robert Mirer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Butler Jones | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.89 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 70 | 44 | 36 | 4 | 28 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Junior Dowdy | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Vander Laan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Mullins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 47 | .618 | 3.38 | 237 | 120 | 0 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 1001.0 | 916 | 485 | 376 | 66 | 466 | 0 | 850 | 48 | 1 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Johnson | 124 | 562 | 464 | 87 | 138 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 6 | 74 | 39 | .297 | .392 | .343 | .734 | 159 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |||
| Robert Fidler | 123 | 519 | 434 | 84 | 126 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 105 | 8 | 75 | 65 | .290 | .391 | .459 | .850 | 199 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Bo Toft | 97 | 425 | 362 | 75 | 120 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 81 | 5 | 51 | 44 | .331 | .419 | .517 | .935 | 187 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Don Yurgec | 117 | 508 | 401 | 92 | 107 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 92 | 33 | .267 | .406 | .354 | .761 | 142 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||
| John McCartney | 100 | 448 | 375 | 63 | 100 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 42 | .267 | .369 | .381 | .750 | 143 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Gerald Lorek | 111 | 475 | 334 | 62 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 52 | 2 | 124 | 60 | .225 | .439 | .347 | .786 | 116 | 6 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Larry Smoot | 87 | 325 | 290 | 35 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 32 | 81 | .210 | .289 | .348 | .638 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ted Schreiber | 39 | 185 | 154 | 38 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 18 | .266 | .386 | .455 | .840 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Galen Cisco | 48 | 123 | 105 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 13 | .314 | .397 | .352 | .749 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| William Hardy | 38 | 152 | 133 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 12 | .241 | .329 | .316 | .645 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joseph DeCandido | 25 | 106 | 92 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 24 | .337 | .410 | .424 | .833 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Harley Anderson | 40 | 156 | 121 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 27 | .207 | .385 | .372 | .757 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Lister | 46 | 134 | 108 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .222 | .366 | .370 | .736 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Housewright | 42 | 128 | 109 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 19 | .183 | .280 | .321 | .601 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Thompson | 16 | 59 | 52 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .269 | .345 | .442 | .787 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charles Daily | 27 | 76 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .180 | .306 | .213 | .519 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| James Penny | 8 | 29 | 29 | 8 | .276 | .276 | .276 | .552 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| William Halter | 12 | 51 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .178 | .260 | .178 | .438 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Wooden | 36 | 68 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .145 | .266 | .164 | .429 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Geiser | 31 | 65 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .135 | .262 | .231 | .493 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Arnold Rowland | 22 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .227 | .320 | .227 | .547 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Mike Page | 12 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .139 | .205 | .222 | .427 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hub McCoy | 12 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Beard | 9 | 22 | 22 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Blackford | 9 | 26 | 26 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Kraus | 45 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .118 | .143 | .118 | .261 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Mattson | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Fox | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Mendoza | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Kelly Pigue | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Coleman | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Wheeler | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Coughtry | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Junior Dowdy | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butler Jones | 10 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .050 | .000 | .050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Mirer | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1332 | 4840 | 4004 | 684 | 1025 | 159 | 22 | 80 | 582 | 39 | 0 | 702 | 622 | .256 | .368 | .367 | .735 | 1468 | 0 | 26 | 80 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Lorek | 1B | 110 | 933 | 56 | 10 | 96 | .990 | 8.991 | ||||
| William Halter | 1B | 12 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 10 | .990 | 8.583 | ||||
| Ted Schreiber | 2B | 39 | 94 | 121 | 14 | 33 | .939 | 5.513 | ||||
| William Hardy | 2B | 37 | 83 | 96 | 5 | 35 | .973 | 4.838 | ||||
| Harley Anderson | 2B | 26 | 55 | 50 | 14 | 13 | .882 | 4.038 | ||||
| Don Yurgec | 2B | 15 | 27 | 34 | 1 | 8 | .984 | 4.067 | ||||
| Joseph DeCandido | 2B | 10 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 7 | .960 | 4.800 | ||||
| John McCartney | 3B | 97 | 76 | 200 | 22 | 18 | .926 | 2.845 | ||||
| Joseph DeCandido | 3B | 15 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Harley Anderson | 3B | 12 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 3 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Larry Smoot | C | 86 | 590 | 69 | 10 | 10 | .985 | 7.663 | 28 | |||
| William Lister | C | 34 | 232 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 7.412 | 13 | |||
| Robert Fidler | OF | 123 | 219 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .959 | 1.902 | ||||
| Don Yurgec | OF | 99 | 142 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 1.535 | ||||
| Bo Toft | OF | 95 | 138 | 8 | 6 | 4 | .961 | 1.537 | ||||
| William Housewright | OF | 33 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .879 | ||||
| Tommy Kraus | P | 45 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .511 | ||||
| Daniel Wooden | P | 35 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .857 | ||||
| Raymond Geiser | P | 29 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .930 | 1.379 | ||||
| Charles Daily | P | 26 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .926 | .962 | ||||
| Galen Cisco | P | 23 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 2.696 | ||||
| Arnold Rowland | P | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Robert Mirer | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Hub McCoy | P | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Butler Jones | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Junior Dowdy | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Coughtry | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Wheeler | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Vander Laan | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Mullins | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Johnson | SS | 124 | 182 | 319 | 42 | 73 | .923 | 4.040 | ||||
| Totals | 1204 | 2979 | 1254 | 169 | 330 | .962 | 3.516 | 41 | 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.
