1959 Corpus Christi Giants Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-79
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Ray Murray (66-79)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Ballpark: Schepps Palms
Attendance: 61,501, Avg. 848

1959 Corpus Christi Giants Roster

The Corpus Christi Giants of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 66 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.

The Giants scored 733 runs and allowed 750 runs, most in the circuit. John Weekly led Corpus Christi with 23 home runs, while James Rice walloped 15 or more, too. John Weekly drove in 82 runs. Charlie Dees paced all regular batters with a .303 average. Dick LeMay, Verle Tiefenthaler and Gaylord Perry topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Verle Tiefenthaler earned a 3.69 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Corpus Christi Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gaylord Perry, Ray Murray, Eric Rodin, Dick LeMay, Ernie Bowman, Stan Palys, Roy Wright, Bert Thiel, Charlie Dees, John Fitzgerald, John Weekly, Neil Wilson and Verle Tiefenthaler.

Ray Murray 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
Gaylord Perry	10	11	.476	4.05	41	26		7	1		191.0	218	120	86	20	69	5	119	4	1	12
Verle Tiefenthaler	10	13	.435	3.69	48	13		5	0		166.0	190	87	68	11	58	9	53	2	0	4
Dick LeMay	10	13	.435	4.03	33	25		11	0		201.0	217	109	90	18	90	12	94	5	0	5
Tony Risinger	9	8	.529	4.39	37	19		6	1		160.0	170	94	78	11	41	3	106	6	0	7
Tom Bowers	9	12	.429	3.80	29	22		9	0		154.0	176	96	65	16	64	5	76	2	0	9
Dick Sovde	6	2	.750	3.69	10	8		4	1		61.0	67	33	25	1	16	1	38	4	0	0
George Case	6	6	.500	4.72	18	14		5	1		103.0	119	57	54	11	42	4	53	1	1	1
John Fitzgerald	2	6	.250	3.99	23	10		2	0		79.0	85	43	35	5	64	3	74	1	0	9
Vic Davis	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Andrew Yetsko	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Roy Wright	1	5	.167	5.59	29	2		0	0		58.0	69	43	36	4	44	6	40	2	0	9
Richard Maibauer					6						0.0
Ray Murray	0	0			4						0.0
Bert Thiel	0	0			2						0.0
Totals	65	78	.455	4.12	292	139	0	49	4	0	1173.0	1311	682	537	97	488	48	653	27	2	56	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
Charlie Dees	138	523	475	74	144	34	8	10	69	6	2	30	74	.303	.355	.472	.827	224		11	2	5
John Weekly	140	577	502	92	139	25	6	23	82	6	3	56	93	.277	.349	.488	.837	245		4	7	8
Ernie Bowman	140	570	518	67	132	17	9	5	56	5	0	26	53	.255	.291	.351	.643	182		2	21	3
James Rice	129	573	426	108	126	20	7	16	59	9	4	135	63	.296	.465	.488	.953	208		1	9	2
Ben Valley	128	486	440	57	103	12	7	6	70	4	0	36	54	.234	.287	.334	.621	147		0	2	8
Phil Jantze	106	414	353	56	91	17	6	7	60	5	0	42	29	.258	.330	.399	.730	141		2	5	12
Neil Wilson	99	359	320	43	80	17	3	5	42	1	3	31	47	.250	.323	.369	.692	118		4	3	1
Ray Murray	83	223	198	22	65	9	0	4	38	0	1	23	23	.328	.396	.434	.831	86		0	1	1
Robin Coffman	59	221	202	23	52	5	3	1	21	6	2	13	14	.257	.301	.327	.628	66		0	5	1
Pete Carmona	49	183	174	24	51	5	3	0	15	1	0	5	10	.293	.315	.356	.671	62		1	2	1
Stan Palys	43	150	127	16	46	4	1	4	31	0	1	18	13	.362	.443	.504	.947	64		2	1	2
Jack Bossard	45	183	163	21	39	7	0	0	15	2	3	15	15	.239	.313	.282	.595	46		3	1	1
Eric Rodin	24	101	90	16	33	6	0	7	19	2	0	9	14	.367	.436	.667	1.102	60		2	0	0
Tom Bowers	29	66	57	4	17	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	5	.298	.333	.316	.649	18		0	3	2
James Miller	16	68	58	8	14	1	2	0	4	0	0	10	8	.241	.353	.328	.681	19		0	0	0
Sid Harvey	15	52	50	7	13	5	0	1	7	0	0	2	6	.260	.288	.420	.708	21		0	0	0
Dick LeMay	40	80	69	11	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	9	24	.159	.253	.188	.442	13		0	1	1
Tony Risinger	47	67	53	12	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	9	15	.170	.290	.226	.517	12		0	5	0
Gaylord Perry	41	70	64	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	11	.125	.188	.125	.313	8		1	1	0
John Fitzgerald	23	31	29	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.172	.226	.172	.398	5		0	0	0
Joseph Moran	7	13	13		4									.308	.308	.308	.615	4
Dick Sovde	10	27	19	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	6	.211	.375	.316	.691	6		0	3	0
Verle Tiefenthaler	48	52	49	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	29	.061	.078	.082	.160	4		0	1	1
Roy Wright	29	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	0	0
George Case	19	43	26	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	12	.077	.314	.077	.391	2		0	8	0
Andrew Yetsko	6	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Vic Davis	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1519	5158	4500	680	1194	189	57	89	609	47	19	495	639	.265	.339	.392	.731	1764	0	33	81	49	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charlie Dees	1B	134	1120	68	27	117	.978	8.866
Stan Palys	1B	14	84	5	3	9	.967	6.357
Ernie Bowman	2B	132	343	380	22	96	.970	5.477
James Rice	2B	21	32	58	1	10	.989	4.286
James Rice	3B	110	90	202	32	16	.901	2.655
Phil Jantze	3B	23	15	27	4	3	.913	1.826
Jack Bossard	3B	16	13	30	4	4	.915	2.688
Ben Valley	3B	11	7	16	3	2	.885	2.091
Neil Wilson	C	96	478	45	12	11	.978	5.448	6
Ray Murray	C	52	223	27	3	3	.988	4.808	6
Sid Harvey	C	12	63	4	2	0	.971	5.583	3
John Weekly	CF	139	395	19	9	4	.979	2.978
Phil Jantze	LF	81	115	7	6	3	.953	1.506
Robin Coffman	LF	49	86	6	6	1	.939	1.878
Stan Palys	LF	13	19	1	1	0	.952	1.538
James Miller	LF	12	20	1	0	0	1.000	1.750
Verle Tiefenthaler	P	48	10	37	1	0	.979	.979
Gaylord Perry	P	41	11	49	5	2	.923	1.463
Tony Risinger	P	37	7	34	3	5	.932	1.108
Dick LeMay	P	33	8	48	0	2	1.000	1.697
Roy Wright	P	29	2	13	0	2	1.000	.517
Tom Bowers	P	29	15	50	5	4	.929	2.241
John Fitzgerald	P	23	0	15	0	1	1.000	.652
George Case	P	18	4	18	0	3	1.000	1.222
Dick Sovde	P	10	3	10	2	1	.867	1.300
Andrew Yetsko	P	6						.000
Richard Maibauer	P	6						.000
Vic Davis	P	6						.000
Ray Murray	P	4						.000
Bert Thiel	P	2						.000
Eric Rodin	RF	22	34	2	1	3	.973	1.636
Ben Valley	RF	18	25	1	1	0	.963	1.444
Stan Palys	RF	15	15	2	0	0	1.000	1.133
Ben Valley	SS	90	134	235	31	53	.922	4.100
Pete Carmona	SS	48	72	137	29	35	.878	4.354
Jack Bossard	SS	12	16	33	5	5	.907	4.083
Totals		1412	3459	1580	218	395	.959	3.569	15	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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