1959 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics
Team Record: 69-55
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Earl Weaver (69-55)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 63,111, Avg. 1,018
Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 1 game, Minot Mallards 0
Finals - Winnipeg Goldeyes 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 1
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 69 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Pheasants topped the league with 786 runs, sparked by 137 home runs. Aberdeen surrendered 674 runs. Dave Nicholson walloped 35 home runs for the team, while William Rozich, James Burton and Chuck Hinton each added 15 or more also. Dave Nicholson accounted for 114 RBI. Chuck Hinton led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .358 clip. Herm Starrette paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.49 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bo Belinsky, George Werley, Chuck Hinton, Dave Nicholson, Buster Narum, Herm Starrette and John Papa were all players from the 1959 Aberdeen Pheasants who played in the Majors during their careers.
Earl Weaver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm Starrette | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.49 | 32 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 196.0 | 208 | 94 | 76 | 14 | 54 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Buster Narum | 14 | 9 | .609 | 4.45 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 182.0 | 198 | 108 | 90 | 12 | 74 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Robert Leopold | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.79 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 185.0 | 188 | 103 | 78 | 17 | 75 | 174 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Donald Bruns | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.60 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 105.0 | 105 | 69 | 42 | 6 | 63 | 79 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| John Papa | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.32 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 148.0 | 132 | 86 | 71 | 8 | 114 | 122 | 5 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Steve Dalkowski | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.64 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 59.0 | 30 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 110 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ron Fincher | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.77 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 63 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Nick Rallo | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.81 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 89 | 45 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dave Nicholson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.91 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bo Belinsky | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Mankovitch | 1 | 2 | .333 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hinton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earl Weaver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Werley | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rudy Riska | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 55 | .556 | 4.16 | 246 | 121 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 1031.0 | 1036 | 609 | 476 | 73 | 570 | 0 | 865 | 38 | 3 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Hinton | 126 | 589 | 497 | 112 | 178 | 22 | 7 | 20 | 108 | 17 | 78 | 54 | .358 | .443 | .551 | .995 | 274 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Frank Montgomery | 126 | 594 | 439 | 105 | 134 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 30 | 136 | 74 | .305 | .473 | .419 | .892 | 184 | 8 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Dave Nicholson | 120 | 515 | 429 | 98 | 128 | 18 | 9 | 35 | 114 | 7 | 76 | 119 | .298 | .409 | .627 | 1.036 | 269 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| William Rozich | 111 | 470 | 408 | 78 | 114 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 94 | 0 | 53 | 90 | .279 | .365 | .512 | .877 | 209 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| James Burton | 115 | 504 | 418 | 72 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 89 | 7 | 77 | 92 | .249 | .360 | .419 | .779 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Rudy Figueroa | 106 | 501 | 394 | 60 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 86 | 43 | .254 | .388 | .289 | .677 | 114 | 3 | 14 | 4 | |||
| Joe Pulliam | 74 | 352 | 305 | 62 | 93 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 43 | 41 | .305 | .392 | .393 | .785 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| David Bednar | 106 | 400 | 313 | 63 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 9 | 82 | 52 | .252 | .411 | .390 | .801 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Danny Bishop | 50 | 189 | 156 | 25 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 26 | 35 | .256 | .367 | .410 | .777 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Donald Bruns | 55 | 122 | 104 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 32 | .288 | .388 | .548 | .937 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James McClusky | 52 | 166 | 142 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .190 | .287 | .239 | .526 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ralph Lairmore | 33 | 129 | 106 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 27 | .208 | .339 | .330 | .669 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Patrick Clarke | 26 | 80 | 74 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .243 | .288 | .284 | .571 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Leopold | 30 | 76 | 57 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .246 | .343 | .263 | .606 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Buster Narum | 32 | 79 | 72 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .181 | .234 | .278 | .512 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Herm Starrette | 35 | 86 | 68 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .118 | .241 | .147 | .388 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Earl Weaver | 13 | 48 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | .200 | .404 | .257 | .661 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Papa | 34 | 61 | 60 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .117 | .117 | .117 | .233 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Nick Rallo | 26 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .387 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Caldwell | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack McGowan | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Dalkowski | 12 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ron Fincher | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frank Mankovitch | 15 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gene Walker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rudy Riska | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Werley | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1338 | 5094 | 4202 | 779 | 1134 | 146 | 33 | 137 | 684 | 85 | 0 | 758 | 838 | .270 | .383 | .418 | .801 | 1757 | 0 | 35 | 61 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Rozich | 1B | 107 | 796 | 32 | 22 | 75 | .974 | 7.738 | ||||
| David Bednar | 1B | 29 | 190 | 13 | 5 | 19 | .976 | 7.000 | ||||
| Frank Montgomery | 2B | 114 | 310 | 315 | 41 | 69 | .938 | 5.482 | ||||
| Earl Weaver | 2B | 13 | 40 | 25 | 2 | 10 | .970 | 5.000 | ||||
| James Burton | 3B | 113 | 100 | 205 | 22 | 22 | .933 | 2.699 | ||||
| Donald Bruns | 3B | 12 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Danny Bishop | C | 46 | 338 | 31 | 6 | 5 | .984 | 8.022 | 4 | |||
| James McClusky | C | 42 | 277 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .987 | 7.095 | 6 | |||
| Ralph Lairmore | C | 29 | 188 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 6.966 | 5 | |||
| Chuck Hinton | C | 13 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.923 | 3 | |||
| Dave Nicholson | OF | 114 | 185 | 6 | 13 | 2 | .936 | 1.675 | ||||
| Chuck Hinton | OF | 110 | 212 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .965 | 2.018 | ||||
| Joe Pulliam | OF | 74 | 139 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .961 | 1.986 | ||||
| David Bednar | OF | 68 | 79 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .903 | 1.235 | ||||
| Patrick Clarke | OF | 25 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| John Papa | P | 34 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .765 | ||||
| Herm Starrette | P | 32 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 5 | .913 | 1.312 | ||||
| Buster Narum | P | 31 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .943 | 1.613 | ||||
| Robert Leopold | P | 30 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.433 | ||||
| Nick Rallo | P | 26 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .615 | ||||
| Donald Bruns | P | 26 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ron Fincher | P | 19 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .824 | .737 | ||||
| Frank Mankovitch | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Dalkowski | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Dave Nicholson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Werley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Riska | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Weaver | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Walker | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Hinton | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Figueroa | SS | 106 | 147 | 273 | 41 | 47 | .911 | 3.962 | ||||
| Frank Montgomery | SS | 13 | 18 | 46 | 4 | 6 | .941 | 4.923 | ||||
| Chuck Hinton | SS | 12 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1286 | 3207 | 1260 | 215 | 279 | .954 | 3.474 | 18 | 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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