1959 Allentown Red Sox Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 82-59
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Sheriff Robinson (82-59)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Max Hess Stadium
Attendance: 84,430, Avg. 1,198

1959 Allentown Red Sox Roster

Playoffs - Williamsport Grays 3 games, Allentown Red Sox 0

The Allentown Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 82 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Red Sox plated 708 runs and conceded 618 runs. Bob Tillman paced Allentown with 25 home runs, while Jerry Mallett, Marlan Coughtry, Ezell King and Dan Lynk each walloped 15 or more also. Dan Lynk recorded 82 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .299 clip. Al Antinelli led the team with 17 wins, and Hal Kolstad recorded a 3.64 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1959 Allentown Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Heffner, Jay Ritchie, Galen Cisco, Arnold Earley, Bob Tillman, Jerry Mallett, Don Gile, Marlan Coughtry, Hal Kolstad, Ted Schreiber, Tracy Stallard and Al Moran.

Sheriff Robinson 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
Al Antinelli	17	9	.654	3.83	36	33		16	1		235.0	237	116	100	22	80	7	142	12	0	5
Ronald Cote	14	12	.538	3.89	36	30		13	1		213.0	209	102	92	13	77	4	140	8	1	6
Hal Kolstad	12	13	.480	3.64	31	27		9	2		178.0	167	94	72	8	69	2	151	10	0	11
Tracy Stallard	9	4	.692	1.68	25	13		5	1		102.0	75	32	19	3	58	4	101	1	0	3
Jay Ritchie	9	5	.643	1.90	56	0		0	0		104.0	67	27	22	0	59	7	91	4	0	7
Ralph Birkofer	6	1	.857	3.60	27	0		0	0		70.0	64	35	28	7	18	1	33	1	0	3
Bill Thom	5	3	.625	4.11	20	14		2	0		105.0	100	56	48	11	35	1	68	5	0	2
Bob Heffner	3	0	1.000	1.66	9	3		2	1		38.0	32	13	7	0	17	1	36	0	0	2
Stan Willis	2	2	.500	8.22	19	6		1	1		46.0	59	53	42	11	36	1	38	6	0	6
Arnold Earley	2	5	.286	4.82	16	8		1	0		56.0	63	35	30	4	27	0	66	1	0	6
Walt Payne	1	0	1.000		8						0.0
Ben Tench	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Walter Judd	1	2	.333		4						0.0
John Soviero	0	0			1						0.0
Jack Osborn	0	0			2						0.0
Richard McCarthy	0	0			1						0.0
Warren Hodgdon	0	0			1						0.0
Robert Doig	0	0			2						0.0
Galen Cisco	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	82	59	.582	3.61	301	134	0	49	7	0	1147.0	1073	563	460	79	476	28	866	48	1	51	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
Richard McCarthy	139	569	494	81	139	19	9	6	60	7		61	49	.281	.362	.393	.754	194		4	5	5	8
Dan Lynk	121	494	422	70	126	17	4	19	82	5		61	81	.299	.385	.493	.878	208		2	3	6	3
Jerry Mallett	130	522	446	64	124	18	2	19	72	4		63	99	.278	.374	.455	.829	203		8	1	4	1
Matt Sczesny	128	544	467	86	124	26	5	9	47	10		68	41	.266	.358	.400	.759	187		0	8	1	1
Marlan Coughtry	105	425	379	69	112	23	1	19	60	5		38	105	.296	.362	.512	.874	194		3	2	3	1
Andy Madalone	114	430	369	49	102	26	5	1	40	1		46	38	.276	.364	.382	.746	141		6	7	2	2
Bob Tillman	105	414	364	55	99	17	1	25	72	3		44	92	.272	.353	.530	.883	193		3	0	3	3
Ezell King	128	453	392	61	95	21	3	20	68	2		55	165	.242	.338	.464	.803	182		3	1	2	9
Ed Lavene	73	230	204	28	58	11	1	1	18	0		22	17	.284	.360	.363	.722	74		2	2	0	4
Don Gile	59	226	212	26	51	8	1	8	39	1		10	42	.241	.281	.401	.682	85		2	2	0	1
Ted Schreiber	41	176	150	21	35	6	0	3	13	0		21	35	.233	.339	.333	.672	50		3	2	0	3
Al Antinelli	45	105	82	15	23	4	0	4	13	0		6	23	.280	.333	.476	.809	39		1	15	1	0
George Lewis	30	86	79	8	20	4	0	1	9	1		3	17	.253	.291	.342	.632	27		2	0	2	0
Joseph Theis	18	86	79	9	16	4	1	3	7	0		7	12	.203	.267	.392	.660	31		0	0	0	2
Walter Brady	27	51	43	5	13	0	0	0	4	0		7	5	.302	.400	.302	.702	13		0	1	0	2
Jackie Brown	21	65	52	11	11	1	0	2	6	0		13	14	.212	.369	.346	.715	18		0	0	0	0
Hal Kolstad	31	73	64	2	9	2	0	0	2	0		2	28	.141	.176	.172	.348	11		1	5	1	0
Tracy Stallard	25	43	35	4	8	1	0	0	2	0		1	11	.229	.250	.257	.507	9		0	7	0	0
Willard Hamill	8	27	27		6									.222	.222	.222	.444	6
Ronald Cote	37	87	74	6	6	0	0	1	2	0		3	27	.081	.128	.122	.250	9		1	9	0	0
Bob Heffner	9	14	14		5									.357	.357	.357	.714	5
Al Moran	10	33	26	5	4	0	0	0	0	1		7	6	.154	.333	.154	.487	4		0	0	0	0
Arnold Earley	16	22	15	6	3	0	1	1	3	1		5	6	.200	.400	.533	.933	8		0	2	0	0
Jay Ritchie	56	25	21	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	8	.143	.217	.143	.360	3		0	2	0	0
Ralph Birkofer	27	24	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	3		0	0	0	0
Stan Willis	19	15	14	2	2	2	0	0	2	0		1	8	.143	.200	.286	.486	4		0	0	0	0
Bill Thom	20	41	34	2	2	0	0	0	3	0		4	17	.059	.158	.059	.217	2		0	3	0	0
Walter Judd	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Ben Tench	7	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Dean Robbins	6	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
John Soviero	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Walt Payne	8	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1568	5307	4609	689	1202	210	34	142	626	41	0	550	955	.261	.343	.414	.756	1906	0	41	77	30	40

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ezell King	1B	84	646	50	13	48	.982	8.286
Dan Lynk	1B	41	193	17	5	20	.977	5.122
Don Gile	1B	25	146	16	3	16	.982	6.480
Marlan Coughtry	2B	58	139	155	9	35	.970	5.069
Andy Madalone	2B	57	110	156	7	36	.974	4.667
Ted Schreiber	2B	33	67	86	3	14	.981	4.636
Ed Lavene	3B	61	66	79	10	9	.935	2.377
Andy Madalone	3B	38	30	64	3	7	.969	2.474
Marlan Coughtry	3B	25	16	51	5	3	.931	2.680
Joseph Theis	3B	15	9	20	4	2	.879	1.933
Bob Tillman	C	100	661	46	16	8	.978	7.070	21
Don Gile	C	30	180	9	3	3	.984	6.300	4
Walter Brady	C	23	84	9	1	2	.989	4.043	4
Richard McCarthy	OF	137	251	10	7	1	.974	1.905
Jerry Mallett	OF	129	265	10	5	2	.982	2.132
Dan Lynk	OF	88	154	5	5	1	.970	1.807
Ezell King	OF	37	37	3	4	0	.909	1.081
Matt Sczesny	OF	21	28	3	0	0	1.000	1.476
Jackie Brown	OF	20	28	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
George Lewis	OF	18	27	1	2	0	.933	1.556
Jay Ritchie	P	56	9	21	1	0	.968	.536
Ronald Cote	P	36	18	44	5	3	.925	1.722
Al Antinelli	P	36	23	35	0	1	1.000	1.611
Hal Kolstad	P	31	6	37	1	1	.977	1.387
Ralph Birkofer	P	27	6	14	2	3	.909	.741
Tracy Stallard	P	25	6	11	0	1	1.000	.680
Bill Thom	P	20	6	12	1	1	.947	.900
Stan Willis	P	19	3	3	1	0	.857	.316
Arnold Earley	P	16	3	8	0	0	1.000	.688
Bob Heffner	P	9						.000
Walt Payne	P	8						.000
Ben Tench	P	5						.000
Walter Judd	P	4						.000
Jack Osborn	P	2						.000
Robert Doig	P	2						.000
Galen Cisco	P	2						.000
John Soviero	P	1						.000
Richard McCarthy	P	1						.000
Warren Hodgdon	P	1						.000
Matt Sczesny	SS	99	165	255	19	53	.957	4.242
Marlan Coughtry	SS	19	30	39	9	9	.885	3.632
Andy Madalone	SS	17	17	30	4	6	.922	2.765
Totals		1476	3429	1301	148	285	.970	3.205	29	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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