1959 Dothan Cardinals Roster
Team Record: 58-61
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: J. C. Dunn (58-61)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Ballpark: Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 39,015, Avg. 656
Playoffs - Dothan Cardinals 3 games, Montgomery Rebels 2
Finals - Selma Cloverleafs 4 games, Dothan Cardinals 1
The Dothan Cardinals of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 58 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Cardinals scored 584 runs and allowed 592 runs. Andrew Scerbo led Dothan with 11 home runs Buddy Wood drove in 66 runs. Teolindo Acosta paced all regular batters by hitting .337. Jorge Rapado topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.25 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Harry Fanok played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Dothan Cardinals to do so.
J. C. Dunn served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teolindo Acosta | L | L | July 23, 1937 | 5'7" | 168 | Maracaibo, Zulia VE |
| Kenneth Bryant | R | R | February 19, 1939 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Philip Carlson | S | L | April 21, 1938 | 6'0" | 170 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Charles Cosby | R | August 9, 1937 | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| Louis Crane | L | L | December 2, 1940 | 5'11" | 170 | |
| Thomas Curzon | November 30, 1937 | |||||
| Gene DeGraff | R | R | October 13, 1938 | 6'2" | 180 | |
| Jerry Dickerson | R | R | 6'1" | 165 | ||
| J. C. Dunn | R | R | March 8, 1926 | 6'2" | 205 | |
| Harry Fanok | S | R | May 11, 1940 | 6'0" | 180 | Whippany, NJ US |
| Theodore Farley | R | R | February 19, 1940 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| Thomas Foster | R | R | 6'1" | 175 | ||
| Ronnie Guy | R | R | April 25, 1941 | 6'1" | 195 | |
| George Heg | L | R | 6'1" | 180 | ||
| William Hoffland | L | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Max Kelley | March 4, 1935 | |||||
| Ronald Kellogg | R | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Thomas Lowry | L | R | February 14, 1939 | 6'2" | 185 | Memphis, TN US |
| Vincent Magrino | L | L | November 10, 1937 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Larry May | L | L | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Barry McCarron | R | R | April 18, 1940 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| John Murret | R | October 21, 1934 | 5'11" | 195 | ||
| Jorge Rapado | L | L | 5'9" | 150 | ||
| James Sampsell | R | 6'1" | 165 | |||
| Andrew Scerbo | R | August 19, 1936 | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Eugene Seidleck | R | 6'0" | 190 | |||
| David Spadoni | R | R | March 21, 1940 | 6'4" | 180 | |
| John Vaselenak | R | September 9, 1935 | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Richard Wagner | L | R | 6'1" | 180 | ||
| Allen Waller | ||||||
| Donald Ward | L | 6'1" | 175 | |||
| Dick Weatherly | R | 5'11" | 185 | |||
| Fred White | R | R | November 4, 1940 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Jerry Wild | R | R | July 31, 1941 | 6'0" | 175 | Franklin, NC US |
| Bill Wilson | R | August 15, 1940 | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Buddy Wood | R | R | July 7, 1938 | 6'3" | 205 | Guntersville, AL US |
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.
