1959 Yakima Bears Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 4th in the NWL
Manager: Hub Kittle (70-69)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 43,895, Avg. 632

1959 Yakima Bears Roster

Playoffs - Yakima Bears 4 games, Salem Senators 1

The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the NWL.

The Bears scored 810 runs, best in the league. Yakima gave up 749 runs. Lefty Lewis led the team with 20 home runs, while Pete Gongola walloped 15 or more, too. Wally O'Neil drove in 100 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .330 average. Roger Clapp paced the squad with 21 wins, and George Player added 15 or more wins, too Roger Clapp recorded a 2.48 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Frank Zupo and Daryl Robertson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Hub Kittle 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
Roger Clapp	21	6	.778	2.48	34	26		20	4		225.0	195	82	62	10	79		166	6	2	17
George Player	15	7	.682	2.66	28	22		15	2		179.0	147	76	53	13	71		143	2	1	4
A. J. White	10	10	.500	4.64	38	19		9	0		157.0	180	100	81	9	105		120	3	2	6
Wilmer Moton	3	4	.429	4.98	11	6		4	0		56.0	70	40	31	8	26		35	0	0	4
Clifford Adams	3	4	.429	5.05	15	9		4	2		57.0	72	44	32	1	32		21	1	0	7
Mike Dalton	3	5	.375	6.48	10	7		3	0		50.0	59	47	36	3	38		52	1	0	3
Edward Banach	3	7	.300	5.28	15	12		3	0		75.0	77	53	44	5	49		64	2	0	3
Jim King	2	0	1.000		7						0.0
William Augustoni	2	2	.500	4.83	14	8		1	0		54.0	55	40	29	3	48		51	2	0	4
Jim Peete	2	3	.400	5.14	7	5		3	0		35.0	40	31	20	6	19		20	3	1	1
Gustavo Muniz	2	6	.250	5.02	14	7		4	1		52.0	59	41	29	3	16		25	2	1	1
Robert Roberts	1	2	.333		8						0.0
Cecil Burford	1	2	.333		3						0.0
Daryl Robertson	0	0			1						0.0
Joseph Lains	0	0			4						0.0
Dave Jordan					9						0.0
William Bouley					9						0.0
Jim Hansen					6						0.0
Angelo Colombo	0	0			1						0.0
Ronald Dodge	0	0			2						0.0
Israel Ferrer	0	0			1						0.0
Jim Barudoni	0	0			7						0.0
Dick Walter	0	1	.000		8						0.0
Paul Poole	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Bob Caton	0	2	.000		10						0.0
Totals	68	62	.523	3.99	265	121	0	66	9	0	940.0	954	554	417	61	483	0	697	22	7	50	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
Wally O'Neil	135	553	452	93	149	34	7	13	100	13		75	80	.330	.429	.522	.951	236	9	8	12	6
Daryl Robertson	113	470	403	75	127	24	7	11	76	20		53	79	.315	.393	.491	.884	198	6	3	4	7
Roger Morgan	117	476	420	78	126	20	6	14	68	2		44	52	.300	.364	.476	.840	200	12	2	3	7
Angelo Colombo	103	431	377	64	123	22	3	0	43	1		48	44	.326	.399	.401	.799	151	10	0	2	4
Lefty Lewis	127	499	443	85	121	23	8	20	95	7		44	71	.273	.339	.497	.835	220	5	4	0	8
Pete Gongola	99	344	300	62	89	16	3	18	67	1		38	71	.297	.376	.550	.926	165	6	2	1	3
Don Ganus	86	345	276	53	86	11	4	1	32	3		55	36	.312	.429	.391	.820	108	2	3	9	2
Ronald Liptak	70	265	214	48	54	11	3	4	29	4		42	75	.252	.377	.388	.765	83	3	2	5	2
Charles Smith	55	191	165	31	52	10	1	7	32	7		22	43	.315	.395	.515	.910	85	3	1	1	2
Chuck Dillard	36	146	135	26	38	9	2	0	19	0		7	13	.281	.317	.378	.695	51	1	1	1	2
Jerry Williams	45	148	129	21	35	5	2	3	19	3		15	26	.271	.365	.411	.776	53	1	4	0	0
Maurice Lerner	20	78	69	12	23	2	0	0	5	8		6	8	.333	.395	.362	.757	25	1	1	2	0
A. J. White	50	96	83	11	23	4	0	2	14	0		10	26	.277	.355	.398	.752	33	1	0	3	0
Calloway Henry	30	86	79	10	22	5	2	1	10	3		6	14	.278	.329	.430	.760	34	1	0	1	0
Roger Clapp	39	99	86	9	20	6	0	1	15	0		7	32	.233	.305	.337	.642	29	3	2	4	0
Ronald Dodge	36	103	89	10	20	5	0	1	11	0		12	21	.225	.317	.315	.631	28	3	0	2	0
Chet Schmidt	18	61	52	5	18	1	1	0	7	2		5	3	.346	.390	.404	.794	21	0	0	2	2
George Player	28	78	75	11	18	7	1	0	9	0		1	8	.240	.247	.360	.607	27	3	0	1	1
Robert Fleer	22	86	71	13	17	2	1	0	8	0		13	16	.239	.365	.296	.660	21	2	1	1	0
Hugh Mendez	20	61	53	12	16	2	0	1	8	5		7	3	.302	.377	.396	.773	21	1	0	0	1
Richard Rautmann	12	45	41	8	11	1	0	1	13	0		4	8	.268	.333	.366	.699	15	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Shinn	8	27	27		10									.370	.370	.370	.741	10
Jim Peete	7	16	16		7									.438	.438	.438	.875	7
Wilmer Moton	11	26	18	5	7	1	0	1	5	1		5	5	.389	.520	.611	1.131	11	0	1	1	1
Edward Banach	15	31	28	6	7	1	0	0	3	0		3	8	.250	.323	.286	.608	8	0	0	0	0
William Augustoni	15	23	22	1	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	.273	.273	.318	.591	7	0	0	1	0
Gustavo Muniz	15	23	21	3	5	1	0	0	3	0		1	4	.238	.273	.286	.558	6	2	0	1	0
Frank Amaya	4	16	16		4									.250	.250	.250	.500	4
William Carrabba	8	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Clifford Adams	15	20	16	3	3	0	0	0	3	0		3	6	.188	.316	.188	.503	3	1	0	1	0
Walt Russell	5	18	18		3									.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Robert Roberts	8	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Kenneth Meyer	3	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Mike Dalton	10	22	20	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		1	7	.100	.143	.150	.293	3	0	0	1	0
Gary Whiting	9	28	28		2									.071	.071	.071	.143	2
Paul Poole	3	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Dick Walter	8	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Jim King	7	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bob Caton	10	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Lawrence Byrd	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Israel Ferrer	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Harrington	3	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Cecil Burford	3	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1430	4983	4313	756	1254	225	51	99	696	80	0	527	766	.291	.369	.435	.804	1878	77	35	60	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Roger Morgan	1B	117	874	72	13	78	.986	8.085
Lefty Lewis	1B	23	128	10	6	9	.958	6.000
Daryl Robertson	2B	50	124	143	16	33	.943	5.340
Don Ganus	2B	36	77	69	9	23	.942	4.056
Charles Strain	2B	19	50	36	9	7	.905	4.526
Chet Schmidt	2B	16	40	35	4	7	.949	4.688
Maurice Lerner	2B	14	31	28	5	7	.922	4.214
Angelo Colombo	3B	96	55	133	18	12	.913	1.958
Don Ganus	3B	15	16	23	8	1	.830	2.600
Richard Rautmann	3B	11	16	12	7	1	.800	2.545
Pete Gongola	C	77	489	28	10	5	.981	6.714	12
Ronald Dodge	C	29	149	11	3	4	.982	5.517	12
Wally O'Neil	OF	133	299	13	5	2	.984	2.346
Lefty Lewis	OF	103	146	7	4	1	.975	1.485
Charles Smith	OF	48	68	4	9	1	.889	1.500
Don Ganus	OF	39	37	0	2	0	.949	.949
Jerry Williams	OF	37	41	0	2	0	.953	1.108
Chuck Dillard	OF	36	64	7	5	1	.934	1.972
Calloway Henry	OF	27	22	1	2	0	.920	.852
Hugh Mendez	OF	15	19	2	1	1	.955	1.400
A. J. White	P	38	15	31	3	2	.939	1.211
Roger Clapp	P	34	12	47	3	2	.952	1.735
George Player	P	28	11	21	1	1	.970	1.143
Edward Banach	P	15	5	5	1	0	.909	.667
Clifford Adams	P	15	3	12	2	1	.882	1.000
Gustavo Muniz	P	14	4	10	1	1	.933	1.000
William Augustoni	P	14	3	11	1	0	.933	1.000
Wilmer Moton	P	11	5	12	0	1	1.000	1.545
Mike Dalton	P	10	1	13	1	0	.933	1.400
Bob Caton	P	10	0	1	1	0	.500	.100
Dave Jordan	P	9						.000
William Bouley	P	9						.000
Dick Walter	P	8						.000
Robert Roberts	P	8						.000
Jim Peete	P	7						.000
Jim King	P	7						.000
Jim Barudoni	P	7						.000
Jim Hansen	P	6						.000
Joseph Lains	P	4						.000
Paul Poole	P	3						.000
Cecil Burford	P	3						.000
Ronald Dodge	P	2						.000
Daryl Robertson	P	1						.000
Israel Ferrer	P	1						.000
Angelo Colombo	P	1						.000
Ronald Liptak	SS	70	100	199	28	30	.914	4.271
Daryl Robertson	SS	59	84	177	19	27	.932	4.424
Robert Fleer	SS	18	27	41	11	4	.861	3.778
Totals		1353	3015	1214	210	262	.953	3.126	24	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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