1959 York White Roses Statistics
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
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, Jack Hamilton and Ed Lyons.
Mike Ryba and Eddie Lyons 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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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