1959 Alamance Indians Statistics
Team Record: 49-81
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Merrill May (49-81)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Graham Athletic Park
Attendance: 67,874, Avg. 1,044
The Alamance Indians of the Carolina League ended the 1959 season with a record of 49 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.
The Indians plated 566 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 659 runs. Jerome Webb paced Alamance with 13 home runs and drove in 70 runs. Bill Williamson topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .293. Pete Olsen led the squad with 10 wins, while Jim Weaver recorded a 3.05 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1959 Alamance Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave Tyriver, Jim Weaver, Mike White and Billy Williams.
Merrill May served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Olsen | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.42 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 159.0 | 163 | 100 | 78 | 14 | 77 | 7 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 18 | |||
Jim Weaver | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.05 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 127.0 | 118 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 76 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
Dave Tyriver | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.34 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 97.0 | 76 | 52 | 36 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||
Garry Holmes | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.24 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 136.0 | 93 | 69 | 49 | 5 | 105 | 3 | 141 | 5 | 0 | 15 | |||
Jerry Walters | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.59 | 36 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 148.0 | 170 | 101 | 92 | 13 | 61 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
Tom Gansauer | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.71 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 85.0 | 71 | 52 | 35 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
Gerald Lis | 2 | 9 | .182 | 4.85 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 78.0 | 82 | 56 | 42 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
Olen Hancock | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Slusser | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.52 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 40 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
William Fazekas | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.37 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 103.0 | 90 | 63 | 50 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
Reggie Heavener | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Virgil Brinson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Healey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bruce Andrews | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Roy Chambers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.07 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Hurley Hicks | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 49 | 81 | .377 | 4.14 | 262 | 125 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 1036.0 | 958 | 610 | 477 | 77 | 551 | 18 | 730 | 34 | 6 | 68 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike White | 117 | 499 | 424 | 75 | 119 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 62 | 49 | .281 | .370 | .361 | .731 | 153 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
Gene Elliott | 119 | 504 | 449 | 60 | 119 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 3 | 44 | 69 | .265 | .331 | .414 | .745 | 186 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||
Jerome Webb | 131 | 529 | 481 | 49 | 110 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 70 | 3 | 36 | 87 | .229 | .282 | .362 | .644 | 174 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
Bill Williamson | 103 | 418 | 358 | 62 | 105 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 5 | 54 | 70 | .293 | .386 | .450 | .835 | 161 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Larry Bulla | 128 | 539 | 434 | 60 | 102 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 87 | 46 | .235 | .367 | .274 | .642 | 119 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||
Thomas Newton | 103 | 348 | 297 | 31 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 39 | 40 | .253 | .343 | .316 | .660 | 94 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
Roy Chambers | 84 | 255 | 235 | 28 | 65 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 38 | .277 | .324 | .396 | .720 | 93 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bobby Ledford | 72 | 318 | 262 | 42 | 63 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 48 | 35 | .240 | .358 | .324 | .682 | 85 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
Reggie Heavener | 64 | 238 | 203 | 24 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 33 | 30 | .232 | .340 | .345 | .685 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Kent Hathaway | 85 | 269 | 231 | 26 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 31 | .195 | .301 | .264 | .565 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Billy Williams | 45 | 194 | 173 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 27 | .237 | .320 | .341 | .661 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Newberry | 64 | 213 | 181 | 35 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 64 | .199 | .311 | .392 | .704 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Skorupski | 33 | 135 | 116 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 35 | .207 | .313 | .345 | .658 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Olsen | 44 | 63 | 51 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .216 | .333 | .275 | .608 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clarence Bartunek | 19 | 62 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .200 | .274 | .255 | .529 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
William Fazekas | 26 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .303 | .378 | .394 | .772 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Walters | 36 | 50 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .163 | .250 | .163 | .413 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Gansauer | 18 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .207 | .324 | .241 | .565 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Weaver | 24 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .154 | .214 | .308 | .522 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Garry Holmes | 29 | 53 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .133 | .250 | .133 | .383 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerald Lis | 20 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .192 | .200 | .392 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dave Tyriver | 19 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .118 | .184 | .176 | .361 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frank Slusser | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
June Raines | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
Virgil Brinson | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Olen Hancock | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Hurley Hicks | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Healey | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Bruce Andrews | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1422 | 4935 | 4258 | 560 | 1027 | 149 | 52 | 60 | 491 | 72 | 0 | 552 | 745 | .241 | .331 | .343 | .673 | 1460 | 0 | 31 | 65 | 29 | 17 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerome Webb | 1B | 116 | 940 | 51 | 20 | 84 | .980 | 8.543 | ||||
Bill Williamson | 1B | 16 | 145 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .981 | 9.625 | ||||
Gene Elliott | 2B | 117 | 235 | 260 | 23 | 67 | .956 | 4.231 | ||||
John Skorupski | 2B | 13 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | .932 | 4.231 | ||||
Mike White | 3B | 114 | 125 | 204 | 35 | 19 | .904 | 2.886 | ||||
Roy Chambers | 3B | 12 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | .824 | 2.333 | ||||
Thomas Newton | C | 98 | 598 | 63 | 16 | 7 | .976 | 6.745 | 11 | |||
Roy Chambers | C | 32 | 149 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .971 | 5.188 | 11 | |||
Jerome Webb | C | 14 | 70 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .952 | 5.643 | 1 | |||
Bill Williamson | OF | 82 | 116 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 1.476 | ||||
Bobby Ledford | OF | 72 | 168 | 13 | 12 | 1 | .938 | 2.514 | ||||
Kent Hathaway | OF | 66 | 94 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .943 | 1.500 | ||||
Reggie Heavener | OF | 60 | 81 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .936 | 1.467 | ||||
Billy Williams | OF | 45 | 87 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 2.022 | ||||
Wayne Newberry | OF | 43 | 83 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 2.116 | ||||
Roy Chambers | OF | 26 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
John Skorupski | OF | 16 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
Clarence Bartunek | OF | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
Pete Olsen | P | 43 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .879 | .674 | ||||
Jerry Walters | P | 36 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .528 | ||||
Garry Holmes | P | 28 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.036 | ||||
William Fazekas | P | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .680 | ||||
Jim Weaver | P | 24 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
Dave Tyriver | P | 19 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.579 | ||||
Gerald Lis | P | 19 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.368 | ||||
Tom Gansauer | P | 18 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .778 | ||||
Roy Chambers | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 | ||||
Hurley Hicks | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank Slusser | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Virgil Brinson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Healey | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Olen Hancock | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Bruce Andrews | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Larry Bulla | SS | 128 | 198 | 335 | 39 | 54 | .932 | 4.164 | ||||
Totals | 1344 | 3248 | 1199 | 215 | 266 | .954 | 3.309 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
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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