1959 Alpine Cowboys Statistics

Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 88-34
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Eddie Popowski (88-34)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Alpine, Texas
Ballpark: Kokemot Field
Attendance: 22,630, Avg. 371
1959 Alpine Cowboys Roster

Playoffs - Alpine Cowboys 2 games, Hobbs Cardinals 0
Finals - Alpine Cowboys 2 games, Carlsbad Potashes 0

The Alpine Cowboys of the Sophomore League ended the 1959 season with a record of 88 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the SL.

The Cowboys topped the circuit with 939 runs, fueled by 102 home runs. Alpine allowed 571 runs, least in the league. Gary Westergren paced the squad with 23 home runs Larry Vincent drove in 108 runs. Robert Stotsky topped all regular batters by hitting .344. Don Schwall recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Gary Modrell added 15 or more wins, too Gary Modrell recorded a 3.06 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1959 Alpine Cowboys who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Guido Grilli, Chuck Schilling and Don Schwall.

Eddie Popowski served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Don Schwall236.7933.363029222228.0192998561201998116
Gary Modrell208.7143.063128252241.0227100821681162208
Theodore Ellis144.7783.462219142143.01477055555971010
Don Presley105.6675.4233810108.0108796587593429
Anthony Baker106.6254.77211893134.013488716731164010
Hugo Papstein72.7785.6424124299.01196862124553103
Ron Judson301.0006.891331047.0493936339325014
Tom Roberts101.00040.0
Guido Grilli01.00040.0
Brad Griffith02.00080.0
Totals8834.7214.101901170761101000.0976543456564880752253700

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Robert Stotsky11957245313215624101492249890.344.466.5341.00024291137
James Knerr107536474110152161067144944.321.394.435.8292067931
Chuck Schilling95447374111127347139097032.340.443.5721.0152148102
Larry Vincent113512423721252341010837386.296.400.440.8401866709
Ken Knutson954203766311523535124074.306.370.418.7871575013
William Moniak77347295679914777734147.336.416.502.9171485335
Gary Westergren1125113811069627123922120106.252.432.509.9411949424
Tom Roberts894013237692186137477447.285.421.498.9201619301
Donald Mack4819415338515303103919.333.464.405.869622002
Timothy Carroll5624219540517213404031.262.384.333.718651205
William Jensen53178141303310121803025.234.381.362.742513421
Don Schwall34106961624151160814.250.305.396.701383011
Gary Modrell461341221424414240942.197.252.344.596420030
Archie Skeen3312010314232241801519.223.333.398.731414200
Theodore Ellis236950111430080116.280.403.340.743170071
Gerald Noone157249710010912313.204.458.245.703121000
Hugo Papstein244233360001044.182.270.182.45261050
John Gould11423755101120511.135.238.243.48190000
Don Presley33433110410010712.129.308.161.46950140
Anthony Baker21644483000201421.068.288.068.35632051
Brad Griffith8552.400.400.400.8002
Gary Hess2662.333.333.333.6672
William Lister715152.133.133.133.2672
Ron Judson132017220001034.118.250.118.36820000
Guido Grilli41111.0001.0001.0002.0001
Totals123850994197935121921365102830550773747.290.403.445.8481868754739430


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ken Knutson1B88761321586.9819.011
Tom Roberts1B171546414.9769.412
William Jensen1B161217317.9778.000
Chuck Schilling2B902172461778.9655.144
Donald Mack2B214845712.9304.429
Gerald Noone2B15443345.9515.133
Gary Westergren3B111852382333.9342.910
Timothy CarrollC553673534.9937.3095
Tom RobertsC402512363.9796.8503
Archie SkeenC28151921.9885.7142
Robert StotskyOF1192711454.9832.395
Larry VincentOF1131195160.8861.097
William MoniakOF77126770.9501.727
Tom RobertsOF2941221.9561.483
William JensenOF2326230.9031.217
John GouldOF1011020.8461.100
Don PresleyP3311040.733.333
Gary ModrellP3175341.9381.935
Don SchwallP30145043.9412.133
Hugo PapsteinP2431310.941.667
Theodore EllisP2223144.8921.500
Anthony BakerP2121913.9551.000
Ron JudsonP13115011.0001.231
Brad GriffithP8.000
Tom RobertsP4.000
Guido GrilliP4.000
James KnerrSS1071763854187.9325.243
Donald MackSS10102245.8893.200
Totals115930091302182362.9593.7201000

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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