1959 Billings Mustangs Roster

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 68-62
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (68-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 44,817, Avg. 689
1959 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Great Falls Electrics 1
Finals - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 68 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Mustangs scored 720 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 759 runs. Lamar Drummonds led Billings with 19 home runs, while Jack Damaska, John Self and Bernard Kelly each walloped 15 or more, too. Lamar Drummonds accounted for 95 RBI. John Roth topped all regular batters by connecting at a .341 clip. Charles Harris and Bruce Haroldson paced the squad with 12 wins each, and Charles Harris registered a 3.13 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1959 Billings Mustangs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jack Damaska, Harry Fanok and Whitey Kurowski.

Whitey Kurowski served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
John AhrensRRMay 9, 19366'3"185
Robert AngelLLSeptember 29, 19355'10"165
Seymour BonemLL6'3"190
Don BransonSRApril 5, 19396'1"178
Kenneth ClarkRRJune 10, 19386'1"180
Jack DamaskaRRAugust 21, 19375'11"168Beaver Falls, PA US
William DiCrostaLLFebruary 6, 19375'11"170
Bill DingusRRApril 14, 19386'1"170Jonesboro, TN US
Lamar DrummondsRRJanuary 31, 19375'11"190
Harry FanokSRMay 11, 19406'0"180Whippany, NJ US
Ron GaggeroROctober 28, 19355'11"175
Jim HansenRRAugust 17, 19376'1"195Portland, OR US
Bruce HaroldsonRR6'3"195
Charles HarrisRR6'0"180
Bernard KellyRAugust 2, 19335'11"185
Whitey KurowskiRRApril 19, 19185'11"193Reading, PA US
Arthur MehuronRR6'3"197
Jack MooneyhamSR6'2"175
Ronald NayRR6'0"180
Jack PendleyR5'10"170
Robert ProctorRR5'10"175
Richard RogersRRNovember 11, 19376'3"200
John RothRR6'2"195
John SelfRRSeptember 9, 19376'2"190
John ShawLL5'11"180
George StetterRR6'2"192
Stanrad ThompsonRLJuly 3, 19375'10"165Nyssa, OR US
Lou VickeryLLAugust 24, 19416'1"190
Fred WalkerRRApril 14, 19376'2"180

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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