1959 Wilson Tobs Statistics
Team Record: 71-58
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Hardy Peterson (0-0), Don Osborn (0-0), Hardy Peterson (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Wilson, North Carolina
Ballpark: Fleming Stadium
Attendance: 54,922, Avg. 852
Playoffs - Wilson Tobs 3 games, Durham Bulls 0
Finals - Wilson Tobs 4 games, Raleigh Capitals 0
The Wilson Tobs of the Carolina League ended the 1959 season with a record of 71 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Tobs scored 673 runs and surrendered 654 runs. Larry Elliot led Wilson with 25 home runs, and Ray Looney walloped 15 or more, too. Larry Elliot drove in 85 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .265 average. Donald Dobrino paced the team with 15 wins, while Benny Rich recorded a 2.66 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Bob Veale, Tom Butters, Larry Elliot, Elder White, Al McBean, Hardy Peterson, Larry Foss and Donn Clendenon were all players from the 1959 Wilson Tobs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hardy Peterson, Don Osborn and Hardy Peterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Dobrino | 15 | 7 | .682 | 4.22 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 179.0 | 187 | 104 | 84 | 8 | 79 | 8 | 140 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bob Veale | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.49 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 147.0 | 103 | 71 | 57 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Aaron Flores | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.04 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 165.0 | 157 | 90 | 74 | 18 | 74 | 6 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Tom Butters | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.79 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 92.0 | 80 | 62 | 49 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Al McBean | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.28 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 124.0 | 121 | 68 | 59 | 15 | 77 | 5 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Benny Rich | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.66 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 125.0 | 125 | 71 | 37 | 8 | 66 | 6 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Larry Foss | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.25 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||
| John Kelly | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 61.0 | 50 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Rex Rupert | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.89 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 55.0 | 56 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Vega | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Daniels | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 6 | 8.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Watts | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Ueltzen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Elliot | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Drotar | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 43 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rodger Irvine | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.00 | 3 | 15.0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 59 | .546 | 3.91 | 255 | 127 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1069.0 | 976 | 586 | 464 | 73 | 646 | 40 | 863 | 30 | 2 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elder White | 132 | 604 | 526 | 93 | 131 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 71 | 35 | 58 | 96 | .249 | .328 | .375 | .702 | 197 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Elliot | 132 | 564 | 472 | 78 | 125 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 85 | 10 | 85 | 110 | .265 | .375 | .475 | .850 | 224 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| George Watts | 100 | 409 | 337 | 59 | 109 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 74 | 4 | 64 | 46 | .323 | .431 | .499 | .930 | 168 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Duncan Campbell | 109 | 453 | 385 | 64 | 96 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 19 | 56 | 92 | .249 | .351 | .410 | .762 | 158 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Looney | 113 | 474 | 369 | 72 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 56 | 15 | 92 | 79 | .255 | .407 | .417 | .824 | 154 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Hardy Peterson | 95 | 339 | 283 | 29 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 41 | 20 | .261 | .362 | .329 | .691 | 93 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Maurice Lerner | 41 | 188 | 148 | 39 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 11 | 35 | 10 | .372 | .492 | .601 | 1.093 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chester Mitchell | 68 | 264 | 227 | 35 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 33 | 50 | .216 | .318 | .339 | .657 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Pulford | 75 | 292 | 254 | 32 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 32 | 64 | .177 | .272 | .248 | .520 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hoth | 71 | 219 | 187 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 29 | 61 | .219 | .329 | .401 | .730 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gilbert Watts | 37 | 143 | 120 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 33 | .275 | .392 | .458 | .850 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donn Clendenon | 18 | 79 | 73 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 15 | .370 | .397 | .507 | .904 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Francis Glamp | 47 | 154 | 122 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 45 | .213 | .373 | .303 | .676 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Bean | 27 | 106 | 83 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 21 | .193 | .337 | .301 | .638 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donald Dobrino | 39 | 67 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .268 | .328 | .357 | .685 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morris Cigar | 20 | 60 | 42 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 14 | .286 | .500 | .452 | .952 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack Van Natta | 40 | 80 | 70 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .171 | .256 | .214 | .471 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Flores | 34 | 70 | 60 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .183 | .269 | .183 | .452 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Johnson | 20 | 52 | 42 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .238 | .385 | .310 | .694 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al McBean | 34 | 56 | 53 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | .189 | .232 | .340 | .572 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Veale | 23 | 61 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 25 | .173 | .271 | .231 | .502 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Rich | 27 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .186 | .205 | .209 | .414 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| John Kelly | 13 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .240 | .296 | .240 | .536 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Foss | 36 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Butters | 20 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .121 | .194 | .152 | .346 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rex Rupert | 9 | 20 | 20 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodger Irvine | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jesse Haswell | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Vega | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Drotar | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Ueltzen | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Schmitt | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Garry Floyd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Daniels | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1425 | 4931 | 4136 | 659 | 1031 | 162 | 26 | 116 | 586 | 139 | 0 | 660 | 903 | .249 | .356 | .385 | .741 | 1593 | 0 | 40 | 66 | 29 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Looney | 1B | 113 | 842 | 79 | 15 | 79 | .984 | 8.150 | ||||
| Donn Clendenon | 1B | 18 | 152 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .970 | 9.111 | ||||
| Chester Mitchell | 2B | 43 | 88 | 64 | 16 | 11 | .905 | 3.535 | ||||
| Maurice Lerner | 2B | 41 | 108 | 107 | 6 | 27 | .973 | 5.244 | ||||
| Elder White | 2B | 36 | 78 | 94 | 8 | 14 | .956 | 4.778 | ||||
| Donald Pulford | 2B | 11 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 5 | .936 | 4.000 | ||||
| Richard Hoth | 3B | 35 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 6 | .861 | 1.943 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | 3B | 32 | 25 | 47 | 13 | 3 | .847 | 2.250 | ||||
| Elder White | 3B | 23 | 30 | 36 | 5 | 0 | .930 | 2.870 | ||||
| Chester Mitchell | 3B | 20 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 1 | .939 | 3.100 | ||||
| Francis Glamp | 3B | 17 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 6 | .889 | 3.765 | ||||
| Hardy Peterson | C | 94 | 687 | 77 | 10 | 11 | .987 | 8.128 | 11 | |||
| Jack Van Natta | C | 26 | 119 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 4.846 | 2 | |||
| Roger Bean | C | 26 | 196 | 21 | 6 | 3 | .973 | 8.346 | 10 | |||
| Larry Elliot | OF | 131 | 219 | 13 | 10 | 3 | .959 | 1.771 | ||||
| Duncan Campbell | OF | 107 | 198 | 18 | 8 | 4 | .964 | 2.019 | ||||
| George Watts | OF | 100 | 114 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .953 | 1.230 | ||||
| Richard Hoth | OF | 23 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.217 | ||||
| Morris Cigar | OF | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lowell Johnson | OF | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Foss | P | 35 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .514 | ||||
| Aaron Flores | P | 30 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Donald Dobrino | P | 30 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 5 | .963 | 1.733 | ||||
| Al McBean | P | 26 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 2 | .861 | 1.192 | ||||
| Benny Rich | P | 25 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bob Veale | P | 21 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .850 | 1.619 | ||||
| Tom Butters | P | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Kelly | P | 12 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Drotar | P | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.091 | ||||
| Dennis Schmitt | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Rex Rupert | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Daniels | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Holmes | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Vega | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Ueltzen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rodger Irvine | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elder White | SS | 77 | 133 | 200 | 22 | 44 | .938 | 4.325 | ||||
| Donald Pulford | SS | 57 | 82 | 129 | 22 | 24 | .906 | 3.702 | ||||
| Totals | 1315 | 3316 | 1225 | 201 | 265 | .958 | 3.453 | 23 | 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.
