1959 Boise Braves Statistics
Team Record: 81-47
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Billy Smith (81-47)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Boise, Idaho
Ballpark: Braves Field 1955-1963
Attendance: 54,029, Avg. 844
Playoffs - Idaho Falls Russets 2 games, Boise Braves 0
The Boise Braves of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 81 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Braves led the circuit with just 677 runs allowed. Boise scored 785 runs. Bruno Terilli paced the team with 24 home runs, while Thomas Brown walloped 15 or more, too. Bruno Terilli drove in 103 runs. Kerry Buckner topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .340 average. Les Bass paced the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.94 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Dick Kelley and Tony Cloninger both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Billy Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bass | 21 | 3 | .875 | 2.94 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 214.0 | 192 | 85 | 70 | 17 | 67 | 214 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| David Scranton | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.36 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 165.0 | 191 | 110 | 80 | 15 | 72 | 112 | 11 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Eugenio Roman | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.43 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 84 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Loiselle | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.56 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 144.0 | 136 | 83 | 73 | 12 | 96 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Tony Cloninger | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.42 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 121.0 | 84 | 64 | 46 | 9 | 80 | 154 | 1 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| Dick Kelley | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.92 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 117.0 | 129 | 84 | 64 | 12 | 96 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| David Fracaro | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.82 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 130.0 | 164 | 103 | 84 | 12 | 73 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Larry Huebner | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.81 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 48.0 | 55 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Cecil Burford | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roger Clapp | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.70 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 43.0 | 50 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Larry Alander | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Willey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Fandozzi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruno Terilli | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 47 | .633 | 4.10 | 234 | 118 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 1071.0 | 1085 | 622 | 488 | 90 | 537 | 0 | 940 | 33 | 5 | 84 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Buckner | 120 | 547 | 477 | 108 | 162 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 73 | 12 | 61 | 77 | .340 | .415 | .516 | .931 | 246 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| James Hay | 123 | 502 | 462 | 64 | 142 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 95 | 5 | 39 | 69 | .307 | .361 | .459 | .819 | 212 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Brown | 129 | 576 | 497 | 86 | 135 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 102 | 3 | 69 | 82 | .272 | .358 | .425 | .783 | 211 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mike Sinnerud | 125 | 561 | 505 | 76 | 124 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 6 | 37 | 106 | .246 | .301 | .325 | .626 | 164 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Mike Fandozzi | 122 | 574 | 460 | 112 | 121 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 104 | 41 | .263 | .399 | .326 | .725 | 150 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Billy Smith | 100 | 416 | 308 | 80 | 120 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 74 | 2 | 94 | 34 | .390 | .538 | .562 | 1.099 | 173 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Garofalo | 105 | 478 | 407 | 74 | 120 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 10 | 66 | 60 | .295 | .394 | .450 | .844 | 183 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bruno Terilli | 120 | 514 | 445 | 68 | 116 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 103 | 1 | 62 | 129 | .261 | .347 | .465 | .812 | 207 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Charles McIntyre | 58 | 219 | 188 | 23 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 31 | .245 | .344 | .319 | .663 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Les Bass | 39 | 104 | 91 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .264 | .295 | .341 | .635 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| David Musco | 28 | 138 | 109 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 14 | .211 | .360 | .239 | .599 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Ramirez | 46 | 136 | 121 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 29 | .190 | .263 | .264 | .528 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tony Cloninger | 22 | 51 | 47 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .277 | .320 | .383 | .703 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Suarez | 19 | 47 | 37 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .324 | .435 | .378 | .813 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dick Kelley | 30 | 67 | 64 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 32 | .188 | .224 | .328 | .552 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Scranton | 45 | 92 | 80 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .150 | .225 | .162 | .387 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| David Fracaro | 23 | 56 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .192 | .236 | .212 | .448 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eugenio Roman | 41 | 33 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .250 | .273 | .281 | .554 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Loiselle | 29 | 62 | 56 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .089 | .150 | .232 | .382 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roger Clapp | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Willey | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Alander | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Huebner | 6 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Cecil Burford | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1353 | 5225 | 4490 | 779 | 1238 | 204 | 37 | 96 | 692 | 48 | 0 | 630 | 817 | .276 | .365 | .402 | .767 | 1804 | 99 | 27 | 40 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Smith | 1B | 86 | 673 | 46 | 9 | 71 | .988 | 8.360 | ||||
| Charles McIntyre | 1B | 36 | 286 | 21 | 11 | 26 | .965 | 8.528 | ||||
| Mike Fandozzi | 2B | 121 | 273 | 323 | 6 | 75 | .990 | 4.926 | ||||
| Carlos Ramirez | 2B | 10 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 7 | .972 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bruno Terilli | 3B | 116 | 66 | 217 | 26 | 29 | .916 | 2.440 | ||||
| David Musco | 3B | 12 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 2.333 | ||||
| James Hay | C | 113 | 887 | 58 | 26 | 7 | .973 | 8.363 | 18 | |||
| Charles McIntyre | C | 17 | 130 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 7.941 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Brown | OF | 126 | 206 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 1.698 | ||||
| Kerry Buckner | OF | 117 | 238 | 11 | 12 | 2 | .954 | 2.128 | ||||
| John Garofalo | OF | 104 | 166 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .930 | 1.654 | ||||
| David Musco | OF | 21 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Rafael Suarez | OF | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eugenio Roman | P | 41 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .268 | ||||
| David Scranton | P | 38 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .946 | .921 | ||||
| Les Bass | P | 34 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.088 | ||||
| Dick Loiselle | P | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .815 | .815 | ||||
| Dick Kelley | P | 24 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| David Fracaro | P | 22 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .821 | 1.455 | ||||
| Tony Cloninger | P | 19 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.316 | ||||
| Larry Huebner | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Clapp | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cecil Burford | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Willey | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Alander | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Smith | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruno Terilli | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Fandozzi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Sinnerud | SS | 124 | 195 | 368 | 89 | 74 | .863 | 4.540 | ||||
| Totals | 1248 | 3220 | 1246 | 230 | 299 | .951 | 3.579 | 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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