1959 York White Roses Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-81
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Mike Ryba (0-0), Eddie Lyons (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 48,449, Avg. 692

1959 York White Roses Roster

The York White Roses of the Eastern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 59 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

The White Roses plated 636 runs and conceded 767 runs. Hermenio Cortes walloped 30 home runs for York, while Bob Boyer swatted 15 or more as well. Hermenio Cortes accounted for 90 RBI. Bob Burda topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .322. Ernest Lewis led the squad with 10 wins, and Harold Deitz recorded a 3.44 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1959 York White Roses who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jack Damaska, Bob Burda, Ed Lyons and Jack Hamilton.

Mike Ryba and Eddie Lyons 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
Ernest Lewis	10	11	.476	4.53	37	20		6	0		159.0	176	104	80	16	71	10	116	1	0	9
Jack Hamilton	9	10	.474	4.53	32	25		7	1		167.0	152	109	84	11	134	2	121	7	1	16
Harold Deitz	8	9	.471	3.44	25	18		8	3		136.0	144	63	52	14	17	0	71	2	0	1
Jerry Lock	7	6	.538	3.36	41	0		0	0		91.0	102	43	34	6	20	4	81	0	0	1
Howard Peterson	5	6	.455	3.30	18	8		2	0		79.0	86	39	29	10	22	1	46	2	0	1
Charles Symeon	4	4	.500	4.14	12	9		1	0		74.0	71	38	34	13	30	0	59	2	0	2
Roland Passaro	4	6	.400	4.98	19	13		3	0		94.0	102	62	52	13	53	0	73	1	0	11
Ernest Palmieri	4	7	.364	5.76	24	15		2	0		111.0	127	82	71	11	66	0	70	5	0	8
Ernest Evans	4	9	.308	6.77	18	13		5	3		93.0	128	85	70	9	46	1	50	6	0	5
Thomas Fassler	2	1	.667	5.81	17	4		1	0		48.0	56	38	31	9	34	0	33	2	0	4
Fred Walker	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Frank Mankovitch	1	2	.333	3.48	8	3		2	0		31.0	30	14	12	4	9	0	25	1	0	0
Ed Lyons	0	0			1						0.0
Fred Koenig	0	0			1						0.0
Florencio Rivera	0	0			2						0.0
Richard Hicks	0	1	.000		8						0.0
Robert Greer	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Arthur Mehuron	0	3	.000		4						0.0
George Doyle	0	4	.000	6.27	6	4		1	0		33.0	35	26	23	3	27	1	22	2	0	2
Totals	59	81	.421	4.61	283	132	0	38	7	0	1116.0	1209	703	572	119	529	19	767	31	1	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
Bob Burda	111	486	426	68	137	25	6	7	48	7		58	24	.322	.403	.458	.861	195		1	0	1	3
Hermenio Cortes	132	552	486	76	132	26	1	30	90	2		54	95	.272	.348	.514	.862	250		6	0	6	5
Jack Krol	119	513	453	65	121	18	5	11	49	2		45	77	.267	.335	.402	.736	182		4	5	6	2
Bob Boyer	120	505	445	62	112	19	2	17	80	4		47	93	.252	.323	.418	.741	186		2	6	5	2
Glen Sullivan	113	446	374	43	91	21	1	5	45	2		50	34	.243	.333	.345	.678	129		4	11	7	5
John Zeleznock	84	349	309	49	89	9	5	9	47	2		31	46	.288	.357	.437	.793	135		3	4	2	0
Fred Koenig	72	284	264	42	71	14	4	8	26	2		16	40	.269	.314	.443	.758	117		2	1	1	0
Wendell Hall	85	318	238	49	64	8	2	11	41	2		66	45	.269	.438	.458	.896	109		9	1	4	8
Charlie Jennings	66	209	190	15	55	12	4	0	18	0		13	19	.289	.337	.395	.731	75		1	4	1	4
Tom Schwaner	60	238	213	19	46	8	2	2	17	0		21	71	.216	.294	.300	.595	64		3	0	1	1
Wally Lammers	39	164	139	18	42	3	4	0	16	0		20	23	.302	.395	.381	.776	53		2	2	1	0
James Smith	56	207	184	30	39	6	4	2	17	1		19	28	.212	.289	.321	.610	59		1	3	0	2
Jack Damaska	36	153	140	18	34	5	2	4	17	5		10	45	.243	.289	.393	.682	55		0	1	2	1
Ron Kabbes	30	120	110	13	28	3	1	3	14	1		7	14	.255	.303	.382	.684	42		1	1	1	0
William DiCrosta	16	71	69	10	23	4	1	0	6	1		2	4	.333	.352	.420	.772	29		0	0	0	0
Ernest Lewis	59	83	78	14	16	1	4	0	7	0		4	21	.205	.244	.321	.564	25		0	1	0	0
Edward Czerniakowski	20	71	65	6	14	1	1	2	8	0		4	17	.215	.257	.354	.611	23		0	1	1	1
John Roth	12	32	31	8	11	3	0	1	6	1		1	7	.355	.375	.548	.923	17		0	0	0	0
Bill Morton	22	69	63	3	11	1	0	1	5	0		6	13	.175	.246	.238	.484	15		0	0	0	0
Roland Passaro	24	38	37	3	10	1	0	0	2	0		1	7	.270	.289	.297	.587	11		0	0	0	0
Thomas Fassler	27	30	29	2	8	1	0	1	3	0		0	5	.276	.267	.414	.680	12		0	0	1	0
Harold Deitz	25	49	46	0	7	0	0	0	2	0		3	21	.152	.204	.152	.356	7		0	0	0	0
Ernest Evans	20	36	33	5	6	0	0	0	1	0		1	9	.182	.206	.182	.388	6		0	2	0	0
Ernest Palmieri	24	41	35	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		3	8	.171	.237	.171	.408	6		0	3	0	0
Jack Hamilton	32	65	58	5	5	0	0	0	4	1		2	22	.086	.117	.086	.203	5		0	5	0	0
Fred Walker	6	10	10		4									.400	.400	.400	.800	4
Howard Peterson	18	31	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	12	.120	.241	.120	.361	3		0	2	0	0
George Doyle	6	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Charles Symeon	12	30	22	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		3	15	.091	.231	.091	.322	2		1	4	0	0
Jerry Lock	41	28	28	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	11	.071	.071	.071	.143	2		0	0	0	0
Florencio Rivera	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Frank Mankovitch	8	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Robert Greer	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Arthur Mehuron	4	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Hicks	8	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1514	5262	4634	630	1193	189	49	114	577	33	0	491	826	.257	.331	.393	.724	1822	0	40	57	40	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Glen Sullivan	1B	109	894	73	11	70	.989	8.872
Fred Koenig	1B	31	250	25	6	25	.979	8.871
Jack Krol	2B	79	187	196	15	44	.962	4.848
Wally Lammers	2B	38	65	104	8	14	.955	4.447
John Zeleznock	2B	27	58	61	9	19	.930	4.407
James Smith	3B	47	25	100	19	10	.868	2.660
John Zeleznock	3B	36	35	63	11	3	.899	2.722
Jack Krol	3B	25	23	43	7	3	.904	2.640
Fred Koenig	3B	17	15	30	11	6	.804	2.647
Wendell Hall	3B	17	15	17	2	0	.941	1.882
Wendell Hall	C	56	381	36	10	3	.977	7.446	15
Charlie Jennings	C	52	314	31	12	6	.966	6.635	6
Bill Morton	C	19	81	15	5	1	.950	5.053	3
Edward Czerniakowski	C	18	99	15	3	2	.974	6.333	1
Hermenio Cortes	OF	129	218	5	3	0	.987	1.729
Bob Boyer	OF	118	295	11	17	2	.947	2.593
Bob Burda	OF	104	162	16	7	3	.962	1.712
Fred Koenig	OF	22	40	0	1	0	.976	1.818
John Zeleznock	OF	19	34	3	0	1	1.000	1.947
William DiCrosta	OF	15	35	2	2	0	.949	2.467
Jerry Lock	P	41	7	7	0	0	1.000	.341
Jack Hamilton	P	32	11	18	7	3	.806	.906
Harold Deitz	P	25	1	20	2	1	.913	.840
Ernest Palmieri	P	24	6	18	1	2	.960	1.000
Roland Passaro	P	19	9	18	0	0	1.000	1.421
Howard Peterson	P	18	3	14	0	1	1.000	.944
Ernest Evans	P	18	12	26	3	3	.927	2.111
Thomas Fassler	P	17	3	10	5	0	.722	.765
Charles Symeon	P	12	4	6	1	0	.909	.833
Frank Mankovitch	P	8						.000
Richard Hicks	P	8						.000
George Doyle	P	6						.000
Fred Walker	P	5						.000
Robert Greer	P	5						.000
Arthur Mehuron	P	4						.000
Florencio Rivera	P	2						.000
Ed Lyons	P	1						.000
Fred Koenig	P	1						.000
Tom Schwaner	SS	60	87	140	22	22	.912	3.783
Jack Damaska	SS	36	58	96	10	16	.939	4.278
Ron Kabbes	SS	30	56	87	11	18	.929	4.767
Jack Krol	SS	14	25	39	6	7	.914	4.571
Totals		1364	3508	1345	227	285	.955	3.558	25	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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