1959 Cedar Rapids Braves Statistics
Team Record: 53-73
Finished 8th in the IIIL
Manager: Alex Monchak (53-73)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 70,039, Avg. 1,112
The Cedar Rapids Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1959 season with a record of 53 wins and 73 losses, finishing eighth in the IIIL.
The Braves scored 621 runs and surrendered 713 runs. Sidney Goldfader led Cedar Rapids with 22 home runs, while Raymond Reed, Corky Withrow and Mack Jones each walloped 15 or more, too. Sidney Goldfader accounted for 92 RBI. Merritt Ranew paced all regular batters by connecting at a .324 clip. Hank Hemmerly topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.39 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Corky Withrow, Tony Cloninger, Hank Fischer, Larry Maxie, Denis Menke, Dick Kelley, Merritt Ranew and Mack Jones were all players from the 1959 Cedar Rapids Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Alex Monchak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Hemmerly | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.39 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 183.0 | 180 | 95 | 69 | 14 | 78 | 7 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Donald MacLeod | 13 | 3 | .812 | 4.20 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 148.0 | 150 | 87 | 69 | 13 | 73 | 5 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Larry Maxie | 13 | 13 | .500 | 4.15 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 206.0 | 161 | 117 | 95 | 12 | 160 | 10 | 187 | 15 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Robert Cleboski | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.85 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 117.0 | 131 | 63 | 50 | 15 | 42 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Wedin | 3 | 10 | .231 | 3.96 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 109.0 | 100 | 64 | 48 | 5 | 66 | 9 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |||
| David Fracaro | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.00 | 5 | 9.0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Wynton Overstreet | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.76 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 54 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Donald Miller | 1 | 9 | .100 | 4.59 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 95 | 68 | 51 | 7 | 69 | 3 | 106 | 10 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Larry Huebner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Stratton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Rochford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Kelley | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 4 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| John Huda | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Marinko | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Ramont | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Stoico | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hank Fischer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.39 | 7 | 28.0 | 34 | 25 | 23 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Cloninger | 0 | 9 | .000 | 9.59 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 47 | 61 | 49 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 73 | .421 | 4.49 | 251 | 112 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1005.0 | 974 | 624 | 501 | 79 | 607 | 41 | 704 | 44 | 4 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Goldfader | 121 | 524 | 474 | 72 | 129 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 92 | 8 | 40 | 96 | .272 | .330 | .456 | .786 | 216 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Mack Jones | 108 | 483 | 423 | 58 | 123 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 4 | 46 | 112 | .291 | .366 | .475 | .841 | 201 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Merritt Ranew | 91 | 409 | 364 | 58 | 118 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 41 | 51 | .324 | .390 | .448 | .838 | 163 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Stratton | 103 | 477 | 406 | 65 | 103 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 5 | 65 | 65 | .254 | .361 | .362 | .723 | 147 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Raymond Reed | 101 | 419 | 367 | 59 | 91 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 7 | 46 | 81 | .248 | .329 | .422 | .751 | 155 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Dick Selinger | 102 | 408 | 338 | 55 | 88 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 61 | 48 | .260 | .375 | .376 | .750 | 127 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Joe Trenary | 93 | 389 | 358 | 58 | 81 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 30 | 105 | .226 | .286 | .391 | .677 | 140 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Corky Withrow | 75 | 285 | 248 | 49 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 61 | 0 | 33 | 79 | .323 | .396 | .621 | 1.017 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Denis Menke | 89 | 345 | 301 | 36 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 39 | .252 | .346 | .382 | .728 | 115 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Kopacz | 93 | 311 | 275 | 37 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 3 | 30 | 100 | .236 | .318 | .429 | .747 | 118 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paul Snyder | 15 | 53 | 47 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .362 | .434 | .468 | .902 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Hemmerly | 40 | 80 | 69 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .188 | .243 | .377 | .620 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orie Wolf | 14 | 59 | 45 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | .267 | .431 | .289 | .720 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald MacLeod | 32 | 63 | 55 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .182 | .258 | .218 | .476 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Rushing | 12 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .242 | .350 | .364 | .714 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Calloway Henry | 28 | 56 | 49 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .143 | .218 | .163 | .381 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Cleboski | 27 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .150 | .244 | .225 | .469 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Maxie | 31 | 86 | 73 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 42 | .082 | .193 | .123 | .316 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joaquin Perez | 15 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .135 | .175 | .216 | .391 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Cloninger | 10 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .353 | .529 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Miller | 35 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .100 | .129 | .133 | .262 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ty Clayton | 10 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .081 | .171 | .081 | .252 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Stoico | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hank Fischer | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Wedin | 22 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .065 | .189 | .065 | .254 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Kelley | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Huda | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wynton Overstreet | 21 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Fracaro | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Ramont | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Huebner | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Marinko | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1334 | 4755 | 4171 | 604 | 1056 | 177 | 24 | 132 | 526 | 42 | 0 | 491 | 948 | .253 | .334 | .402 | .736 | 1677 | 0 | 29 | 39 | 25 | 35 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kopacz | 1B | 53 | 417 | 24 | 6 | 40 | .987 | 8.321 | ||||
| Corky Withrow | 1B | 51 | 396 | 28 | 10 | 36 | .977 | 8.314 | ||||
| Paul Snyder | 1B | 12 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .970 | 8.167 | ||||
| Sidney Goldfader | 1B | 10 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 7 | .978 | 8.900 | ||||
| John Stratton | 2B | 83 | 205 | 217 | 17 | 53 | .961 | 5.084 | ||||
| Joe Trenary | 2B | 33 | 79 | 71 | 10 | 17 | .938 | 4.545 | ||||
| Ty Clayton | 2B | 10 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 7 | .981 | 5.100 | ||||
| Dick Selinger | 3B | 90 | 76 | 169 | 29 | 20 | .894 | 2.722 | ||||
| Edward Kopacz | 3B | 26 | 18 | 44 | 6 | 4 | .912 | 2.385 | ||||
| Merritt Ranew | C | 69 | 465 | 51 | 12 | 3 | .977 | 7.478 | 19 | |||
| Sidney Goldfader | C | 52 | 340 | 39 | 18 | 6 | .955 | 7.288 | 15 | |||
| Mack Jones | OF | 108 | 192 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .953 | 1.889 | ||||
| Raymond Reed | OF | 66 | 115 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 1.848 | ||||
| Sidney Goldfader | OF | 58 | 108 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .918 | 1.931 | ||||
| Joe Trenary | OF | 52 | 105 | 11 | 2 | 6 | .983 | 2.231 | ||||
| Corky Withrow | OF | 29 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.517 | ||||
| Merritt Ranew | OF | 22 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.500 | ||||
| Orie Wolf | OF | 12 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.250 | ||||
| Donald Miller | P | 34 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .735 | ||||
| Hank Hemmerly | P | 32 | 14 | 42 | 2 | 2 | .966 | 1.750 | ||||
| Larry Maxie | P | 31 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .868 | 1.065 | ||||
| Donald MacLeod | P | 27 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 1.852 | ||||
| Robert Cleboski | P | 26 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .692 | ||||
| Robert Wedin | P | 22 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Wynton Overstreet | P | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Tony Cloninger | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Huda | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hank Fischer | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Stoico | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Fracaro | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Kelley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Marinko | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Rochford | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Ramont | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Huebner | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Denis Menke | SS | 85 | 144 | 239 | 37 | 47 | .912 | 4.506 | ||||
| John Stratton | SS | 24 | 32 | 89 | 11 | 15 | .917 | 5.042 | ||||
| Raymond Reed | SS | 21 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 11 | .872 | 3.571 | ||||
| Totals | 1215 | 3076 | 1268 | 221 | 293 | .952 | 3.575 | 34 | 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.
