1959 Albany Senators Statistics
Team Record: 54-85
Finished 8th in the EL
Manager: Al Evans (54-85)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Albany, New York
Attendance: 45,446, Avg. 654
The Albany Senators of the Eastern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 54 wins and 85 losses, finishing eighth in the EL.
The Senators tallied 609 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 758 runs. Bill Kern paced Albany with 19 home runs and recorded 87 runs batted in, while leading all regular batters by hitting .316. Leverette Spencer topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.62 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Albany Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Norm Bass, Alex George, Dave Hill, Bill Kern, Evans Killeen, Bill Kirk, Gordon MacKenzie, Ted Sadowski, Dave Thies and John Wyatt.
Al Evans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverette Spencer | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.62 | 31 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 221.0 | 236 | 111 | 89 | 23 | 49 | 3 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ted Sadowski | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.75 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 151.0 | 168 | 75 | 63 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Stanley Horvatin | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.50 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 158.0 | 161 | 98 | 79 | 11 | 88 | 5 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Evans Killeen | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.88 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 137.0 | 123 | 76 | 59 | 17 | 85 | 2 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Norm Bass | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 59.0 | 70 | 42 | 34 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Kirk | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 59.0 | 47 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Richard Day | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas McNulty | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.07 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 95 | 74 | 58 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| John Wyatt | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.55 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 58 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Vic Lapiner | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Kelleher | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Bober | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bert Barth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gordy Nevers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Thies | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 0 | 2 | .000 | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Mercer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerome Boxer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Hill | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.39 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 45 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 79 | .402 | 4.18 | 246 | 117 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 959.0 | 1003 | 567 | 445 | 88 | 415 | 25 | 642 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Reedy | 139 | 602 | 525 | 85 | 165 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 86 | 4 | 59 | 38 | .314 | .386 | .472 | .858 | 248 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Bill Kern | 121 | 515 | 455 | 84 | 144 | 29 | 6 | 19 | 87 | 9 | 50 | 63 | .316 | .386 | .532 | .917 | 242 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gilberto Valentin | 107 | 450 | 427 | 60 | 133 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 41 | .311 | .331 | .391 | .722 | 167 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Claude Horn | 138 | 575 | 506 | 63 | 131 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 0 | 65 | 92 | .259 | .345 | .395 | .740 | 200 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Debus | 122 | 495 | 442 | 47 | 126 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 42 | 33 | .285 | .351 | .380 | .731 | 168 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Spiers | 113 | 490 | 446 | 70 | 118 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 9 | 37 | 83 | .265 | .322 | .388 | .710 | 173 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 82 | 252 | 222 | 21 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 27 | 40 | .275 | .353 | .414 | .768 | 92 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bert Barth | 62 | 250 | 218 | 27 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 27 | 56 | .261 | .345 | .468 | .813 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Leverette Spencer | 40 | 102 | 95 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .284 | .306 | .379 | .685 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norman Shill | 34 | 135 | 115 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 19 | .226 | .318 | .278 | .596 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tony Frulio | 36 | 110 | 97 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .247 | .324 | .433 | .757 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex George | 27 | 128 | 107 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 19 | .187 | .302 | .327 | .629 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lane Akers | 42 | 136 | 121 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 35 | .157 | .244 | .231 | .476 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rogers | 22 | 67 | 56 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .286 | .403 | .375 | .778 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald Brown | 11 | 46 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .262 | .304 | .357 | .661 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Sadowski | 25 | 60 | 54 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .204 | .246 | .315 | .560 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Evans Killeen | 27 | 55 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .188 | .264 | .271 | .535 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Horvatin | 32 | 61 | 51 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .157 | .218 | .176 | .395 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kirk | 8 | 22 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Pascal | 13 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .261 | .433 | .348 | .781 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Wright | 9 | 28 | 28 | 5 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas McNulty | 35 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .167 | .259 | .333 | .593 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Bass | 15 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .091 | .200 | .091 | .291 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Delaney | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Henry | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Thies | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Staucet | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Mercer | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Boxer | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Wyatt | 20 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hill | 10 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .067 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Day | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Bober | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clarence Hall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gordy Nevers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Williams | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Lorenzo | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Kelleher | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1347 | 4749 | 4227 | 554 | 1138 | 189 | 65 | 74 | 507 | 28 | 0 | 419 | 635 | .269 | .337 | .397 | .735 | 1679 | 0 | 28 | 51 | 24 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Barth | 1B | 62 | 461 | 49 | 9 | 29 | .983 | 8.226 | ||||
| Bob Rikard | 1B | 39 | 271 | 12 | 6 | 25 | .979 | 7.256 | ||||
| Norman Shill | 1B | 34 | 264 | 19 | 4 | 19 | .986 | 8.324 | ||||
| William Spiers | 2B | 110 | 275 | 277 | 23 | 50 | .960 | 5.018 | ||||
| Tony Frulio | 2B | 12 | 25 | 34 | 5 | 8 | .922 | 4.917 | ||||
| Ron Debus | 3B | 115 | 80 | 205 | 30 | 15 | .905 | 2.478 | ||||
| Tony Frulio | 3B | 13 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | .812 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gordon MacKenzie | C | 59 | 358 | 20 | 7 | 4 | .982 | 6.407 | 11 | |||
| Richard Rogers | C | 16 | 97 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .947 | 6.688 | 3 | |||
| Claude Horn | OF | 138 | 275 | 14 | 17 | 5 | .944 | 2.094 | ||||
| Buddy Reedy | OF | 133 | 240 | 17 | 9 | 3 | .966 | 1.932 | ||||
| Bill Kern | OF | 120 | 312 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .982 | 2.667 | ||||
| Lane Akers | OF | 20 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.650 | ||||
| Thomas McNulty | P | 33 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .394 | ||||
| Leverette Spencer | P | 31 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.710 | ||||
| Stanley Horvatin | P | 27 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.519 | ||||
| Ted Sadowski | P | 25 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.280 | ||||
| Evans Killeen | P | 23 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.130 | ||||
| John Wyatt | P | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | P | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Norm Bass | P | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .769 | ||||
| Dave Hill | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bill Kirk | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Lapiner | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Thies | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordy Nevers | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Kelleher | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Day | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Mercer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Bober | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerome Boxer | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bert Barth | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gilberto Valentin | SS | 106 | 184 | 292 | 25 | 49 | .950 | 4.491 | ||||
| Alex George | SS | 27 | 52 | 65 | 7 | 7 | .944 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1250 | 2987 | 1198 | 170 | 234 | .961 | 3.348 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
