1959 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 68-62
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (68-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 44,817, Avg. 689
Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Great Falls Electrics 1
Finals - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 68 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Mustangs scored 720 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 759 runs. Lamar Drummonds led Billings with 19 home runs, while John Self, Jack Damaska and Bernard Kelly each walloped 15 or more, too. Lamar Drummonds accounted for 95 RBI. John Roth topped all regular batters by connecting at a .341 clip. Bruce Haroldson and Charles Harris paced the squad with 12 wins each, and Charles Harris registered a 3.13 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1959 Billings Mustangs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Harry Fanok, Jack Damaska and Whitey Kurowski.
Whitey Kurowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Harris | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.13 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 161.0 | 157 | 89 | 56 | 6 | 85 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Bruce Haroldson | 12 | 11 | .522 | 5.17 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 174.0 | 214 | 133 | 100 | 12 | 90 | 129 | 8 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| John Ahrens | 10 | 4 | .714 | 4.24 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 155.0 | 186 | 112 | 73 | 11 | 67 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Arthur Mehuron | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.82 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 132.0 | 125 | 69 | 56 | 5 | 64 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Fred Walker | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.66 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 124.0 | 158 | 100 | 78 | 8 | 72 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Jim Hansen | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.85 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 79 | 64 | 42 | 6 | 39 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| George Stetter | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.97 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 67.0 | 76 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 24 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jack Mooneyham | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.38 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 48.0 | 50 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Vickery | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.50 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John Shaw | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.91 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 75 | 52 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Stanrad Thompson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Fanok | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Angel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.65 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 68 | 62 | .523 | 4.35 | 260 | 128 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1082.0 | 1184 | 729 | 523 | 70 | 558 | 0 | 766 | 38 | 5 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Roth | 101 | 459 | 393 | 77 | 134 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 51 | 12 | 61 | 63 | .341 | .434 | .496 | .930 | 195 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Self | 120 | 486 | 420 | 80 | 123 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 59 | 7 | 59 | 116 | .293 | .382 | .474 | .856 | 199 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Robert Proctor | 131 | 555 | 459 | 66 | 121 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 68 | 2 | 87 | 103 | .264 | .382 | .388 | .769 | 178 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bernard Kelly | 107 | 480 | 408 | 83 | 116 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 27 | 55 | 81 | .284 | .383 | .463 | .846 | 189 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Seymour Bonem | 114 | 479 | 412 | 76 | 113 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 55 | 35 | .274 | .361 | .386 | .747 | 159 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Lamar Drummonds | 119 | 465 | 414 | 69 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 95 | 1 | 37 | 97 | .271 | .327 | .457 | .783 | 189 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| William DiCrosta | 87 | 389 | 355 | 58 | 106 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 4 | 30 | 49 | .299 | .356 | .462 | .818 | 164 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Rogers | 90 | 349 | 304 | 44 | 97 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 34 | 53 | .319 | .387 | .438 | .825 | 133 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Harry Fanok | 71 | 258 | 233 | 32 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 71 | .266 | .327 | .369 | .696 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Damaska | 75 | 312 | 266 | 48 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 53 | 3 | 41 | 67 | .229 | .331 | .447 | .779 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bill Dingus | 34 | 125 | 103 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 24 | .252 | .376 | .350 | .726 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Clark | 31 | 112 | 100 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 35 | .250 | .330 | .460 | .790 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Branson | 20 | 69 | 61 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | .230 | .294 | .262 | .556 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Haroldson | 36 | 72 | 69 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 | .188 | .222 | .203 | .425 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Vickery | 22 | 52 | 49 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 18 | .245 | .288 | .429 | .717 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Harris | 34 | 69 | 67 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .149 | .174 | .224 | .398 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Gaggero | 15 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .235 | .341 | .235 | .577 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Hansen | 27 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .269 | .345 | .269 | .614 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Mehuron | 28 | 50 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .159 | .174 | .159 | .333 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Fred Walker | 27 | 52 | 49 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .143 | .157 | .163 | .320 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack Mooneyham | 13 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .222 | .300 | .296 | .596 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Ahrens | 43 | 59 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30 | .122 | .271 | .163 | .434 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Stetter | 11 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .323 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Shaw | 22 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .136 | .240 | .182 | .422 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whitey Kurowski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanrad Thompson | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Angel | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Pendley | 7 | 20 | 20 | 1 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1398 | 5085 | 4432 | 717 | 1198 | 195 | 43 | 113 | 632 | 69 | 0 | 552 | 1001 | .270 | .353 | .410 | .763 | 1818 | 75 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Self | 1B | 113 | 920 | 41 | 19 | 75 | .981 | 8.504 | ||||
| William DiCrosta | 1B | 13 | 112 | 5 | 6 | 15 | .951 | 9.000 | ||||
| Robert Proctor | 2B | 128 | 277 | 349 | 20 | 78 | .969 | 4.891 | ||||
| Harry Fanok | 3B | 63 | 44 | 108 | 35 | 9 | .813 | 2.413 | ||||
| Richard Rogers | 3B | 46 | 41 | 81 | 6 | 8 | .953 | 2.652 | ||||
| Ron Gaggero | 3B | 14 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Bernard Kelly | 3B | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.727 | ||||
| Lamar Drummonds | C | 105 | 660 | 60 | 16 | 7 | .978 | 6.857 | 21 | |||
| Richard Rogers | C | 33 | 186 | 25 | 5 | 6 | .977 | 6.394 | 1 | |||
| Seymour Bonem | OF | 105 | 126 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .963 | 1.229 | ||||
| John Roth | OF | 100 | 166 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .968 | 1.800 | ||||
| William DiCrosta | OF | 76 | 211 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .965 | 2.895 | ||||
| Bernard Kelly | OF | 74 | 158 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .977 | 2.338 | ||||
| Kenneth Clark | OF | 26 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Don Branson | OF | 16 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| John Ahrens | P | 42 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 1 | .814 | .833 | ||||
| Bruce Haroldson | P | 36 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.028 | ||||
| Charles Harris | P | 30 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 5 | .806 | .833 | ||||
| Arthur Mehuron | P | 28 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .679 | ||||
| Fred Walker | P | 27 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.111 | ||||
| Jim Hansen | P | 27 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .667 | ||||
| John Shaw | P | 22 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .826 | .864 | ||||
| Lou Vickery | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| George Stetter | P | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 | ||||
| Jack Mooneyham | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Fanok | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stanrad Thompson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Angel | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Damaska | SS | 75 | 122 | 226 | 28 | 41 | .926 | 4.640 | ||||
| Bill Dingus | SS | 33 | 38 | 85 | 20 | 10 | .860 | 3.727 | ||||
| Bernard Kelly | SS | 23 | 42 | 67 | 15 | 15 | .879 | 4.739 | ||||
| Totals | 1314 | 3226 | 1284 | 227 | 289 | .952 | 3.432 | 22 | 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.
