1959 Auburn Yankees Roster
Team Record: 58-67
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Bob Bauer (58-67)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Auburn, New York
Ballpark: Falcon Park I
Attendance: 34,139, Avg. 546
The Auburn Yankees of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1959 season with a record of 58 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the NYPL.
The Yankees scored 804 runs and gave up 829 runs, most in the circuit. Bob Bauer led Auburn with 22 home runs, while Fred Izzolo walloped 15 or more, too. Fred Izzolo drove in 82 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .303. Richard Dumas paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.22 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Pete Mikkelsen and Jim Bouton both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Bauer served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Alexander | R | R | September 13, 1938 | 6'3" | 190 | |
| Douglas Backhaus | R | R | July 7, 1940 | 5'11" | 190 | |
| Bradley Baldwin | R | R | 6'4" | 195 | ||
| Thomas Ballard | R | R | March 4, 1939 | 6'1" | 188 | |
| James Barker | R | L | 6'0" | 160 | ||
| Bob Bauer | L | R | November 14, 1928 | 5'11" | 170 | Decatur, IL US |
| Jim Bouton | R | R | March 8, 1939 | 6'0" | 170 | Newark, NJ US |
| Walter Cammarata | L | R | July 2, 1940 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Ronald Deutsch | L | L | 6'1" | 170 | ||
| Ralph DiMeglio | L | R | December 19, 1939 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Richard Dumas | R | L | January 23, 1939 | 6'0" | 175 | Detroit, MI US |
| James Dunbar | R | 5'11" | 170 | |||
| George Emma | R | R | 6'2" | 195 | ||
| Steven Evans | R | R | 6'4" | 195 | ||
| Robert Fishell | R | R | 6'1" | 210 | ||
| Andrew Haufman | L | L | 6'2" | 200 | ||
| Neville Hugelmeyer | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Fred Izzolo | L | L | January 17, 1934 | 5'11" | 172 | Queens, NY US |
| Robert Kaczynski | L | L | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Louis Konyha | R | R | April 12, 1940 | 6'3" | 195 | |
| Joseph Maggio | L | R | November 17, 1939 | 6'0" | 190 | |
| Jack Major | R | L | September 11, 1939 | 6'3" | 205 | Erie, PA US |
| John McVey | R | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Joseph Messina | L | L | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Pete Mikkelsen | R | R | October 25, 1939 | 6'2" | 210 | Staten Island, NY US |
| Vincent Pignatello | R | R | 6'1" | 188 | ||
| Arturo Polanco | L | L | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Ronnie Retton | L | R | October 30, 1937 | 5'7" | 160 | Grant Town, WV US |
| Wilber Risser | L | L | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| George Robey | R | R | May 26, 1940 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Demont Seagrave | R | R | May 23, 1937 | 6'0" | 200 | |
| Kenneth Slater | R | R | 6'0" | 195 | ||
| Sidney Smith | L | R | February 28, 1939 | 6'1" | 165 | |
| Glenn Snow | L | R | 6'2" | 190 | ||
| Rudolph Stoehr | S | R | 6'5" | 180 | ||
| Neil Summers | L | L | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Marcus Thublin | R | R | February 16, 1936 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Julian Vicente | R | R | August 17, 1939 | 5'11" | 175 | |
| Thomas Walker | S | R | March 18, 1937 | 6'3" | 209 | |
| Jeffery Zegel | L | R | 5'11" | 185 |
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.
