1959 Great Falls Electrics Roster
Team Record: 60-70
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Brandy Davis (60-70)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 33,990, Avg. 523
Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Great Falls Electrics 1
The Great Falls Electrics of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 60 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Electrics scored 820 runs, best in the league. Great Falls conceded 837 runs. Eddie Reed led the team with 18 home runs and drove in 103 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .339 average. Bill Kunkel topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 4.19 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Great Falls Electrics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brandy Davis, Bill Kunkel and Dick Smith.
Brandy Davis served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bayno | L | L | October 10, 1934 | 6'0" | 175 | Florida, NY US |
| Ronald Boone | R | R | March 26, 1938 | 6'2" | 190 | Sheldon, IA US |
| Albert Caesar | R | R | 6'1" | 190 | New York, NY | |
| Domingo Carrasquel | R | R | December 1, 1937 | 6'0" | 180 | Caracas, Distrito Federal VE |
| Mike Castanon | R | R | October 28, 1937 | 5'11" | 170 | Mecca, CA US |
| Carmine Chierichella | R | R | April 21, 1938 | 6'4" | 220 | Brooklyn, NY NY |
| Bruce Cranshaw | L | July 29, 1937 | 5'11" | 175 | Central Falls, RI US | |
| Al Cruz | R | R | May 6, 1935 | 5'8" | 166 | Bayamon, PR |
| Brandy Davis | R | R | September 10, 1927 | 6'0" | 170 | Newark, DE US |
| Jack Decker | L | R | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| Thomas Donovan | S | L | 5'10" | 180 | Wilmington, DE | |
| Arthur Fletcher | L | L | 5'10" | 170 | ||
| Ronald Forsythe | R | R | February 19, 1935 | 6'3" | 190 | West Brownsville, PA US |
| Anthony Hopey | L | L | 6'1" | 185 | Key West, FL | |
| Louis Hribar | R | R | December 21, 1935 | 6'0" | 185 | Detroit, MI US |
| Lawrence Iannicelli | S | R | 6'1" | 175 | Brooklyn, NY US | |
| Bill Kunkel | R | R | July 7, 1936 | 6'1" | 187 | Hoboken, NJ US |
| Bill Lachemann | L | R | April 5, 1934 | 5'9" | 190 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Larry Lewis | R | R | 6'4" | 195 | Wichita, KS US | |
| Edward Maj | L | L | March 14, 1940 | 5'11" | 170 | |
| George Miller | R | 6'2" | 180 | |||
| Thomas Plath | R | 6'0" | 173 | |||
| Eddie Reed | L | R | October 12, 1929 | 6'2" | 170 | Straven, AL US |
| Guillermo Rivera | R | L | 5'10" | 168 | ||
| Wayne Scarbrough | L | L | August 21, 1939 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Ronald Schmitt | R | R | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| Len Schnittker | R | R | June 21, 1935 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Roy Shimek | R | R | August 14, 1940 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Dick Smith | R | R | May 17, 1939 | 6'2" | 205 | Lebanon, OR US |
| John Tobias | L | R | December 27, 1933 | 5'10" | 175 | Detroit, MI US |
| Rick Warren | L | L | June 17, 1939 | 5'10" | 160 | New York, NY 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.
