1959 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Team Record: 75-71
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Barney Lutz (0-0), George Staller (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 80,154, Avg. 1,098
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.
The Gold Sox led the league with 814 runs. Amarillo yielded 685 runs. Alfred Nagel paced the team with 27 home runs, and Hank Moreno walloped 15 or more, too. Alfred Nagel drove in 123 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .344 clip. Leigh Lawrence paced the squad with 14 wins, while Gerald Neal recorded a 3.33 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Patton, Ron Moeller, Spider Wilhelm, Charlie Beamon, Buster Narum, Gordie Sundin, Jerry Adair, Art Quirk, Steve Barber, Bo Belinsky, Angelo Dagres and Dave Nicholson.
Barney Lutz and George Staller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Lawrence | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.63 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 134.0 | 128 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 66 | 4 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gerald Neal | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.33 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 181.0 | 180 | 81 | 67 | 7 | 73 | 6 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Charlie Beamon | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.48 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 150.0 | 149 | 75 | 58 | 13 | 90 | 5 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gale Pringle | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.72 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 83 | 37 | 32 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Rolf Scheel | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.38 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 113.0 | 104 | 66 | 55 | 10 | 76 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Ron Moeller | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.73 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 128.0 | 125 | 61 | 53 | 11 | 66 | 7 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mike Warnitsky | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.34 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 62.0 | 62 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Art Quirk | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.86 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 77.0 | 79 | 40 | 33 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Garland Brill | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Dietrich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bert Barth | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gordie Sundin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Symeon | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.06 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 81 | 47 | 45 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pat Utley | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Patton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Barber | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buster Narum | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Bruns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Gaffney | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Warren | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Johnson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 71 | .514 | 3.68 | 340 | 121 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 1070.0 | 1032 | 520 | 438 | 75 | 521 | 38 | 644 | 27 | 1 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Adair | 146 | 638 | 589 | 93 | 182 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 73 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 55 | .309 | .345 | .430 | .775 | 253 | 9 | 4 | 8 | ||
| William Hain | 146 | 646 | 560 | 106 | 171 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 75 | 7 | 2 | 68 | 98 | .305 | .383 | .411 | .794 | 230 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Alfred Nagel | 135 | 550 | 482 | 102 | 166 | 28 | 8 | 27 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 66 | .344 | .409 | .604 | 1.012 | 291 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Angelo Dagres | 123 | 489 | 423 | 79 | 142 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 45 | .336 | .408 | .496 | .905 | 210 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Hank Moreno | 132 | 501 | 436 | 80 | 124 | 23 | 6 | 16 | 75 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 42 | .284 | .362 | .475 | .837 | 207 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Bill Lajoie | 107 | 460 | 385 | 71 | 123 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 50 | .319 | .407 | .423 | .831 | 163 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Tom Patton | 105 | 350 | 311 | 31 | 84 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 48 | .270 | .312 | .395 | .707 | 123 | 3 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Alfred Paschal | 69 | 311 | 287 | 38 | 83 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 32 | .289 | .325 | .362 | .687 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Charlie Smiley | 77 | 272 | 227 | 46 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 46 | .282 | .375 | .498 | .872 | 113 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Fern Smathers | 64 | 178 | 158 | 20 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .304 | .356 | .411 | .768 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dick Ewin | 45 | 156 | 129 | 26 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 28 | .271 | .391 | .426 | .817 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Arenivar | 32 | 126 | 106 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | .264 | .357 | .340 | .697 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Raynor Youngdahl | 28 | 115 | 98 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .276 | .383 | .429 | .811 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Barth | 39 | 140 | 118 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 33 | .220 | .319 | .466 | .785 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Beamon | 38 | 93 | 84 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .274 | .337 | .452 | .789 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cal Ripken | 30 | 77 | 69 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .203 | .253 | .232 | .485 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Moeller | 23 | 56 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .170 | .200 | .189 | .389 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Nicholson | 13 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Neal | 30 | 73 | 63 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .127 | .200 | .159 | .359 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rolf Scheel | 30 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .212 | .289 | .212 | .502 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Leigh Lawrence | 42 | 54 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .149 | .212 | .298 | .509 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Guy Lavalliere | 10 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .316 | .480 | .526 | 1.006 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Quirk | 22 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .207 | .258 | .276 | .534 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pete Anthony | 14 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .154 | .233 | .256 | .489 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Maness | 8 | 21 | 21 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Herrscher | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Barber | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gordie Sundin | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .286 | .400 | .686 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Garland Brill | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Gaffney | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Warren | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .143 | .455 | .143 | .597 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Spider Wilhelm | 9 | 16 | 16 | 1 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Warnitsky | 15 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .062 | .304 | .062 | .367 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Symeon | 22 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .045 | .160 | .045 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dietrich | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Buster Narum | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Granny Gladstone | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pat Utley | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Johnson | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Bruns | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gale Pringle | 64 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .000 | .048 | .000 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1710 | 5649 | 4940 | 807 | 1413 | 219 | 72 | 107 | 717 | 51 | 22 | 524 | 760 | .286 | .355 | .424 | .780 | 2097 | 0 | 43 | 77 | 65 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 1B | 70 | 552 | 43 | 2 | 64 | .997 | 8.500 | ||||
| Bill Lajoie | 1B | 49 | 360 | 18 | 4 | 35 | .990 | 7.714 | ||||
| Bert Barth | 1B | 33 | 269 | 15 | 5 | 33 | .983 | 8.606 | ||||
| William Hain | 2B | 109 | 267 | 301 | 26 | 94 | .956 | 5.211 | ||||
| Alfred Paschal | 2B | 38 | 99 | 96 | 4 | 29 | .980 | 5.132 | ||||
| Hank Moreno | 3B | 66 | 51 | 135 | 23 | 15 | .890 | 2.818 | ||||
| William Hain | 3B | 40 | 39 | 76 | 9 | 7 | .927 | 2.875 | ||||
| Alfred Paschal | 3B | 29 | 34 | 53 | 5 | 6 | .946 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tom Patton | C | 93 | 464 | 49 | 4 | 9 | .992 | 5.516 | 3 | |||
| Fern Smathers | C | 45 | 224 | 22 | 5 | 4 | .980 | 5.467 | 8 | |||
| Angelo Dagres | CF | 54 | 110 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .959 | 2.148 | ||||
| Bill Lajoie | CF | 53 | 91 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.849 | ||||
| Raynor Youngdahl | CF | 26 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .924 | 2.346 | ||||
| Dick Ewin | CF | 22 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.909 | ||||
| Alfred Nagel | LF | 125 | 216 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 1.776 | ||||
| Angelo Dagres | LF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Gale Pringle | P | 64 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Leigh Lawrence | P | 41 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .969 | .756 | ||||
| Gerald Neal | P | 29 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.103 | ||||
| Rolf Scheel | P | 24 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Charlie Beamon | P | 24 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 6 | .958 | 1.917 | ||||
| Charles Symeon | P | 21 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Ron Moeller | P | 19 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
| Art Quirk | P | 18 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .722 | ||||
| Mike Warnitsky | P | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Malcolm Warren | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Gordie Sundin | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Bo Belinsky | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Miller | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Dietrich | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Garland Brill | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Johnson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Gaffney | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Utley | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buster Narum | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Bruns | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bert Barth | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Barber | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Patton | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angelo Dagres | RF | 63 | 93 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 1.556 | ||||
| Hank Moreno | RF | 61 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.295 | ||||
| Bill Lajoie | RF | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Dave Nicholson | RF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .600 | ||||
| Dick Ewin | RF | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Joe Arenivar | RF | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jerry Adair | SS | 146 | 281 | 459 | 42 | 111 | .946 | 5.068 | ||||
| Totals | 1518 | 3447 | 1492 | 172 | 424 | .966 | 3.254 | 11 | 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.
