
1959 Chattanooga Lookouts Statistics
Team Record: 67-86
Finished 7th in the SA
Manager: Red Marion (67-86)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe Engel Stadium
Attendance: 60,128, Avg. 786
The Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 67 wins and 86 losses, finishing seventh in the SA.
The Lookouts tallied 619 runs and surrendered 663 runs. Dan Dobbek paced Chattanooga with 23 home runs, while Roy Hawes walloped 20 or more as well. Dan Dobbek drove in 73 runs. Roy Hawes topped all regular batters with a .299 average. Ward Wilson led the squad with 10 wins, and Jim Heise earned a 2.93 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Chattanooga Lookouts who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Roy Hawes, Jim Kaat, Tom McAvoy, Guy Morton, Al Sima, Ralph Lumenti, Don Minnick, John Romonosky, Joe Albanese, Rudy Hernandez, Jack Kralick, Johnny Schaive, Jesse Levan, Ernie Oravetz, Tommy Brown, Jim Heise, Dan Dobbek, Jimmie Hall, Vern Morgan, Ed Stevens and Sammy Meeks.
Red Marion 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ward Wilson | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.59 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 138.0 | 131 | 63 | 55 | 5 | 84 | 10 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 5 | |||
Jim Heise | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.93 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 169.0 | 164 | 66 | 55 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Jim Kaat | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.10 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 134.0 | 126 | 71 | 61 | 8 | 73 | 4 | 132 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |||
Rudy Hernandez | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.42 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 192.0 | 165 | 87 | 73 | 10 | 96 | 14 | 107 | 17 | 0 | 7 | |||
Jack Kralick | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.53 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 176.0 | 188 | 81 | 69 | 12 | 57 | 7 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Angel Oliva | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.75 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 89 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 41 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
Boyd Linker | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.31 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 70.0 | 60 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
Tom McAvoy | 5 | 16 | .238 | 3.82 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 179.0 | 161 | 88 | 76 | 3 | 120 | 5 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
Ralph Lumenti | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
John Romonosky | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.43 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 63.0 | 59 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Billy Joe Bowman | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.94 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 71 | 39 | 31 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Saban | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Roy Hawes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Garmon | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Guy Morton | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al Sima | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Joe Albanese | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Don Minnick | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 67 | 86 | .438 | 3.50 | 337 | 145 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1263.0 | 1214 | 579 | 491 | 62 | 595 | 66 | 800 | 43 | 4 | 41 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernie Oravetz | 152 | 666 | 571 | 84 | 170 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 86 | 28 | .298 | .390 | .359 | .749 | 205 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
Vern Morgan | 147 | 579 | 518 | 76 | 143 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 3 | 53 | 49 | .276 | .344 | .431 | .775 | 223 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||
Dan Dobbek | 147 | 603 | 536 | 83 | 142 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 73 | 7 | 52 | 70 | .265 | .332 | .465 | .796 | 249 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
Roy Hawes | 141 | 524 | 455 | 62 | 136 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 2 | 59 | 76 | .299 | .379 | .475 | .854 | 216 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
Johnny Schaive | 118 | 500 | 478 | 43 | 133 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .278 | .298 | .356 | .653 | 170 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||
Jimmie Hall | 133 | 529 | 469 | 62 | 115 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 57 | 6 | 55 | 89 | .245 | .325 | .386 | .711 | 181 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jesse Levan | 75 | 322 | 279 | 38 | 94 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 36 | 24 | .337 | .414 | .473 | .887 | 132 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
Ray Holton | 102 | 353 | 321 | 16 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 25 | 24 | .246 | .306 | .293 | .599 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
Ray Dabek | 102 | 295 | 262 | 24 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 24 | .233 | .296 | .324 | .620 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
Waldo Gonzalez | 47 | 186 | 162 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 23 | .179 | .273 | .228 | .502 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Rudy Hernandez | 55 | 91 | 86 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .326 | .344 | .453 | .798 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bobby Willis | 37 | 141 | 128 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .195 | .264 | .266 | .530 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jack Kralick | 36 | 73 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .143 | .203 | .143 | .346 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom McAvoy | 37 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .277 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Harris | 11 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .182 | .250 | .227 | .477 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Kaat | 26 | 57 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .167 | .241 | .188 | .428 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jim Heise | 34 | 68 | 61 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .098 | .167 | .098 | .265 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Romonosky | 11 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .208 | .208 | .250 | .458 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ward Wilson | 45 | 42 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .143 | .250 | .171 | .421 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Donald Damiano | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Angel Oliva | 57 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .150 | .190 | .300 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Joe Bowman | 15 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Boyd Linker | 13 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Minnick | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ralph Lumenti | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Saban | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Albanese | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1588 | 5263 | 4696 | 546 | 1218 | 208 | 32 | 82 | 489 | 26 | 0 | 458 | 600 | .259 | .327 | .370 | .697 | 1736 | 0 | 26 | 56 | 27 | 55 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jesse Levan | 1B | 71 | 569 | 62 | 8 | 78 | .987 | 8.887 | ||||
Roy Hawes | 1B | 43 | 322 | 20 | 2 | 37 | .994 | 7.953 | ||||
Johnny Schaive | 2B | 118 | 287 | 349 | 14 | 82 | .978 | 5.390 | ||||
Vern Morgan | 2B | 20 | 34 | 40 | 2 | 13 | .974 | 3.700 | ||||
Richard Harris | 2B | 11 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 14 | .968 | 5.545 | ||||
Jimmie Hall | 2B | 10 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 6 | .958 | 4.600 | ||||
Vern Morgan | 3B | 79 | 80 | 132 | 10 | 14 | .955 | 2.684 | ||||
Ray Holton | C | 89 | 528 | 16 | 6 | 3 | .989 | 6.112 | 2 | |||
Ray Dabek | C | 78 | 402 | 35 | 8 | 8 | .982 | 5.603 | 8 | |||
Ernie Oravetz | OF | 148 | 350 | 16 | 4 | 4 | .989 | 2.473 | ||||
Dan Dobbek | OF | 144 | 283 | 14 | 8 | 3 | .974 | 2.062 | ||||
Roy Hawes | OF | 91 | 132 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .951 | 1.484 | ||||
Vern Morgan | OF | 49 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.490 | ||||
Jimmie Hall | OF | 39 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.744 | ||||
Angel Oliva | P | 56 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .554 | ||||
Ward Wilson | P | 45 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .711 | ||||
Tom McAvoy | P | 37 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .867 | .703 | ||||
Rudy Hernandez | P | 34 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
Jim Heise | P | 31 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .935 | ||||
Jack Kralick | P | 26 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 1.808 | ||||
Jim Kaat | P | 24 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
Billy Joe Bowman | P | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .333 | ||||
Boyd Linker | P | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
Bob Saban | P | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
John Romonosky | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Minnick | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Albanese | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Ralph Lumenti | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Charles Garmon | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Al Sima | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Guy Morton | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Roy Hawes | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jimmie Hall | SS | 78 | 137 | 189 | 24 | 48 | .931 | 4.179 | ||||
Waldo Gonzalez | SS | 47 | 113 | 125 | 12 | 28 | .952 | 5.064 | ||||
Bobby Willis | SS | 32 | 61 | 83 | 13 | 25 | .917 | 4.500 | ||||
Totals | 1484 | 3564 | 1319 | 140 | 375 | .972 | 3.290 | 10 | 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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