1959 Pensacola Dons Roster
Team Record: 51-66
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (51-66)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Ballpark: Vice Admiral Mason Park
Attendance: 30,227, Avg. 517
Playoffs - Selma Cloverleafs 3 games, Pensacola Dons 0
The Pensacola Dons of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 51 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.
The Dons plated 558 runs and allowed 651 runs. Ronald Piotrowski paced Pensacola with 10 home runs and recorded 60 runs batted in, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .258. Ernest Breedlove and Rudy Riska topped the team with 8 wins each, and Rudy Riska recorded a 3.33 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Pensacola Dons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George Werley, Bo Belinsky, Steve Barber and Jim Lehew.
Lou Fitzgerald served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Alford | R | R | October 16, 1940 | 6'1" | 170 | |
| Steve Barber | L | L | February 22, 1938 | 6'0" | 195 | Takoma Park, MD US |
| Bo Belinsky | L | L | December 7, 1936 | 6'2" | 191 | New York, NY US |
| Ernest Breedlove | L | R | August 29, 1937 | 6'0" | 168 | |
| Lawrence Byrd | R | 5'10" | 182 | |||
| Jim Carver | R | R | August 15, 1940 | 6'0" | 200 | Waynesville, NC US |
| Steve Dalkowski | L | L | June 3, 1939 | 5'11" | 175 | New Britain, CT US |
| Richard DeSarbo | L | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| James Dunlap | R | R | June 3, 1936 | 6'0" | 188 | |
| Leonard Haynes | R | R | 5'9" | 169 | ||
| Robert Healey | R | R | July 26, 1936 | 6'2" | 184 | Cleveland, OH US |
| Bob Hendrix | L | L | July 18, 1939 | 6'0" | 170 | Kansas City, KS US |
| Paul Knechtges | L | L | December 3, 1939 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Jim Lehew | R | R | August 19, 1937 | 6'0" | 185 | Baltimore, MD US |
| James Livesey | R | R | June 7, 1939 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Vince Magi | R | January 29, 1930 | 6'0" | 187 | ||
| A. J. Martin | R | April 10, 1937 | 6'1" | 175 | Jackson, MS US | |
| William Massey | R | R | 6'0" | 206 | ||
| Joseph Materile | S | L | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Timothy Murphy | R | R | July 25, 1938 | 5'9" | 155 | |
| Ronald O'Shields | R | R | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| Fred Phagan | R | July 19, 1936 | 5'11" | 184 | ||
| Ronald Piotrowski | L | L | 5'8" | 175 | ||
| Rolland Rhyner | L | R | 6'1" | 10 | ||
| Cal Ripken | R | R | December 17, 1935 | 5'11" | 175 | Aberdeen, MD US |
| Rudy Riska | S | R | 6'2" | 165 | ||
| Thomas Ryan | R | 5'11" | 185 | |||
| John Short | L | L | March 11, 1940 | 6'0" | 190 | |
| George Stepanovich | R | L | June 28, 1937 | 6'4" | 223 | East Chicago, IN US |
| George Werley | R | R | September 8, 1938 | 6'2" | 196 | St. Louis, MO US |
| John Whited | R | R | November 1, 1938 | 5'11" | 170 | |
| Neb Wilson | R | R | October 11, 1922 | 6'1" | 205 | East Spencer, NC US |
| Richard Winkelman | S | R | 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.
