1959 Charlotte Hornets Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Gene Verble (75-65)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 106,287, Avg. 1,518

1959 Charlotte Hornets Roster

Playoffs - Columbus/Gastonia Pirates 3 games, Charlotte Hornets 2

The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

The Hornets scored 654 runs and surrendered 603 runs. Harry Warner led Charlotte with 14 home runs Gene Davis drove in 69 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .286 clip. Ralph Lumenti paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.71 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Ted Sadowski, Sandy Valdespino, Sonny Dixon, Héctor Maestri, Gene Verble, Bert Cueto, Ralph Lumenti, Ted Abernathy and Frank Ernaga were all players from the 1959 Charlotte Hornets who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Gene Verble 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
Ralph Lumenti	12	8	.600	2.71	25	25		10	3		166.0	123	67	50	5	83	1	141	10	1	14
Sonny Dixon	11	10	.524	3.26	36	20		13	2		171.0	169	73	62	12	25	3	94	4	0	5
Del Norwood	10	5	.667	2.83	18	15		9	3		124.0	85	49	39	8	57	4	85	5	0	4
Bob Saban	8	3	.727	3.32	22	19		8	2		141.0	139	62	52	10	26	1	62	2	0	1
Bert Cueto	6	5	.545	2.45	46	0		0	0		88.0	76	33	24	8	36	3	45	1	0	2
Earl Furlow	5	4	.556	3.95	17	11		1	0		73.0	82	50	32	2	35	0	35	2	0	1
Charles Garmon	5	5	.500	3.45	14	9		5	0		86.0	68	40	33	11	17	2	47	0	0	5
William Felker	5	6	.455	3.74	29	9		4	1		118.0	121	59	49	11	43	2	53	2	2	2
Enrique Maroto	5	6	.455	3.74	28	10		4	0		113.0	113	54	47	4	42	2	58	3	1	4
Rene Nodarse	5	6	.455	4.99	15	10		3	1		74.0	72	44	41	9	22	4	33	2	1	1
Ted Sadowski	3	3	.500	5.47	8	7		2	0		51.0	50	38	31	4	18	1	26	0	0	1
Héctor Maestri	0	0			1						0.0
Douglas Clark	0	0			4						0.0
Ted Abernathy	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Totals	75	63	.543	3.44	265	135	0	59	12	0	1205.0	1098	569	460	84	404	23	679	31	5	40	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
Gene Davis	137	556	493	87	141	29	4	12	69	5		48	76	.286	.357	.434	.791	214		9	2	4	5
Sandy Valdespino	129	569	485	72	131	15	10	10	61	11		60	71	.270	.366	.404	.770	196		15	6	3	10
Donald Dantoni	133	558	482	62	123	12	9	1	45	14		59	71	.255	.344	.324	.667	156		7	8	2	3
Harry Warner	138	581	463	94	121	14	6	14	64	6		106	50	.261	.398	.408	.806	189		4	1	7	14
William Springfield	114	455	388	60	98	17	6	0	29	8		52	44	.253	.346	.327	.673	127		6	4	5	4
Roberto Tano	110	380	328	49	78	9	3	5	43	2		37	48	.238	.315	.329	.644	108		2	8	5	2
Gene Verble	89	353	308	38	70	14	1	7	42	1		31	32	.227	.299	.347	.646	107		3	5	6	7
Guy Lavalliere	87	294	244	32	68	11	0	4	45	1		38	28	.279	.386	.373	.759	91		6	4	2	5
Samuel Mauney	94	319	280	34	68	9	1	6	38	0		28	39	.243	.316	.346	.663	97		3	6	2	3
Frank Ernaga	60	261	218	34	56	7	2	13	39	0		39	55	.257	.372	.486	.858	106		1	3	0	1
Richard Harris	50	190	170	13	37	2	5	2	23	5		16	32	.218	.283	.324	.607	55		0	3	1	3
Donald Damiano	25	101	86	12	19	0	2	0	14	0		13	8	.221	.317	.267	.584	23		0	0	2	1
Len Tucker	16	63	60	8	15	2	0	3	13	2		3	16	.250	.286	.433	.719	26		0	0	0	0
Hernan Valdes	14	64	56	12	14	0	1	0	8	1		7	6	.250	.333	.286	.619	16		0	1	0	0
Del Norwood	18	50	45	4	11	6	0	0	3	1		2	7	.244	.286	.378	.663	17		1	1	1	0
Sonny Dixon	37	64	58	5	11	0	0	1	3	0		3	17	.190	.230	.241	.471	14		0	3	0	0
William Felker	29	45	42	2	10	1	0	0	4	0		1	13	.238	.250	.262	.512	11		0	1	1	0
Ralph Lumenti	25	64	55	4	9	2	0	0	5	0		4	17	.164	.220	.200	.420	11		0	5	0	0
Rene Nodarse	17	28	22	4	7	0	0	2	6	1		3	4	.318	.385	.591	.976	13		0	2	1	0
Enrique Maroto	40	42	40	3	5	0	1	0	2	0		1	16	.125	.146	.175	.321	7		0	1	0	0
Bob Saban	22	53	47	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		1	22	.106	.125	.128	.253	6		0	5	0	0
Ted Abernathy	2	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Jesus Mora	8	23	23		2									.087	.087	.087	.174	2
Earl Furlow	17	25	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	20	.083	.083	.083	.167	2		0	1	0	0
Bert Cueto	46	27	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	8	.080	.148	.080	.228	2		0	0	0	0
Charles Garmon	14	32	28	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		2	10	.071	.133	.107	.240	3		0	2	0	0
Ted Sadowski	8	19	19		1									.053	.053	.053	.105	1
Alfredo Conton	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Douglas Clark	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1484	5225	4498	633	1108	152	51	80	561	58	0	556	710	.246	.334	.356	.690	1602	0	57	72	42	58

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Harry Warner	1B	138	1214	76	11	114	.992	9.348
Roberto Tano	1B	12	69	4	5	2	.936	6.083
Gene Verble	2B	65	145	186	9	44	.974	5.092
Richard Harris	2B	49	117	136	15	25	.944	5.163
Hernan Valdes	2B	14	32	37	2	8	.972	4.929
Donald Damiano	2B	12	31	34	1	10	.985	5.417
Donald Dantoni	3B	110	104	206	23	21	.931	2.818
Roberto Tano	3B	27	25	33	8	2	.879	2.148
Guy Lavalliere	C	74	386	43	6	7	.986	5.797	10
Samuel Mauney	C	68	381	38	4	2	.991	6.162	8
Gene Davis	OF	135	228	9	7	1	.971	1.756
Sandy Valdespino	OF	128	319	23	13	1	.963	2.672
Roberto Tano	OF	60	113	14	3	0	.977	2.117
Frank Ernaga	OF	60	110	5	5	0	.958	1.917
Len Tucker	OF	16	27	1	1	1	.966	1.750
William Springfield	OF	16	30	4	1	1	.971	2.125
Bert Cueto	P	46	7	16	2	2	.920	.500
Sonny Dixon	P	36	9	38	1	3	.979	1.306
William Felker	P	29	8	31	0	0	1.000	1.345
Enrique Maroto	P	28	7	22	0	0	1.000	1.036
Ralph Lumenti	P	25	7	33	2	5	.952	1.600
Bob Saban	P	22	4	27	4	3	.886	1.409
Del Norwood	P	18	7	14	1	3	.955	1.167
Earl Furlow	P	17	2	15	6	1	.739	1.000
Rene Nodarse	P	15	8	12	1	2	.952	1.333
Charles Garmon	P	14	4	15	2	2	.905	1.357
Ted Sadowski	P	8						.000
Douglas Clark	P	4						.000
Ted Abernathy	P	2						.000
Héctor Maestri	P	1						.000
William Springfield	SS	92	110	247	16	65	.957	3.880
Donald Dantoni	SS	25	32	55	6	7	.935	3.480
Gene Verble	SS	21	34	66	4	6	.962	4.762
Donald Damiano	SS	12	16	26	4	4	.913	3.500
Totals		1399	3586	1466	163	342	.969	3.611	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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