1959 Kearney Yankees Roster
Team Record: 27-35
Finished 4th in the NSL
Manager: Jim Gleeson (27-35)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kearney, Nebraska
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 13,141, Avg. 424
The Kearney Yankees of the Nebraska State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 27 wins and 35 losses, finishing fourth in the NSL.
The Yankees plated 318 runs and gave up 369 runs. Boyd Coffie paced Kearney with 11 home runs and drove in 63 runs. Ike Futch topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .319. George Haney led the team with 6 wins and a team-best 2.44 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Jim Bouton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kearney Yankees to do so.
Jim Gleeson served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Anglada | R | R | September 26, 1940 | 6'2" | 170 | |
| Jim Bouton | R | R | March 8, 1939 | 6'0" | 170 | Newark, NJ US |
| Wilfredo Caban | R | R | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| Jose Calero | R | R | April 7, 1939 | 6'3" | 185 | Hato Rey, PR |
| Boyd Coffie | R | R | November 6, 1937 | 6'0" | 195 | Athens, TN US |
| Jack DePalo | L | R | March 26, 1938 | 6'2" | 188 | |
| Karl Drops | R | R | January 15, 1939 | 6'0" | 198 | |
| Kim Elliott | R | R | August 11, 1937 | 6'2" | 212 | Vancouver, BC CA |
| Matthew Encinas | R | 5'5" | 180 | |||
| Michael Entz | R | 5'10" | 165 | |||
| Steven Evans | R | R | 6'4" | 195 | ||
| Ike Futch | L | R | January 31, 1941 | 6'0" | 170 | Spearsville, LA US |
| Richard Goodsell | ||||||
| George Haney | S | R | September 10, 1939 | 6'3" | 185 | Charlottesville, VA US |
| Bruce Jacobson | R | R | November 11, 1940 | 6'2" | 183 | Aberdeen, WA US |
| Hub King | R | R | July 3, 1941 | 6'3" | 205 | Fond du Lac, WI US |
| Thomas Knoff | L | L | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Louis Konyha | R | R | April 12, 1940 | 6'3" | 195 | |
| Jim Kuinius | R | 6'1" | 195 | |||
| Robert Lasko | R | R | April 14, 1939 | 6'2" | 200 | New Westminster, BC CA |
| Joseph Messina | L | L | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Dan Morgan | L | R | August 8, 1938 | 5'11" | 175 | |
| Charles Owen | R | 5'9" | 170 | |||
| Wallace Panel | S | 6'0" | 170 | |||
| Oscar Pickering | R | R | January 5, 1941 | 5'10" | 185 | |
| Arturo Polanco | L | L | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Daryl Richardson | R | R | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| Ralph Scorca | R | R | July 31, 1940 | 6'3" | 195 | |
| Ron Speiser | S | R | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| David Tucker | R | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Julian Vicente | R | R | August 17, 1939 | 5'11" | 175 |
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.
