1959 Carlsbad Potashes Statistics
Team Record: 72-54
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Walt Dixon (72-54)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico
Ballpark: Montgomery Field
Attendance: 30,733, Avg. 488
Playoffs - Carlsbad Potashes 2 games, Midland Braves 0
Finals - Alpine Cowboys 2 games, Carlsbad Potashes 0
The Carlsbad Potashes of the Sophomore League ended the 1959 season with a record of 72 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the SL.
The Potashes scored 783 runs and gave up 699 runs. Gil Carter walloped 34 home runs for Carlsbad and drove in 117 runs. Jesse White led all regular hitters by connecting at a .312 clip. Jack Warner, Ed Stemac and Martin Perez topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Jack Warner recorded a 2.41 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Warner played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Carlsbad Potashes to do so.
Walt Dixon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Warner | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.41 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 69 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 84 | 184 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Martin Perez | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.71 | 35 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 189.0 | 193 | 111 | 78 | 8 | 80 | 187 | 5 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Ed Stemac | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.29 | 41 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 210.0 | 216 | 130 | 100 | 10 | 92 | 161 | 2 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| James Hansen | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.69 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 140.0 | 118 | 84 | 73 | 13 | 74 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jimmy Prevatt | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.57 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 111.0 | 86 | 53 | 44 | 6 | 74 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| James Luckring | 8 | 6 | .571 | 6.27 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 99.0 | 115 | 93 | 69 | 12 | 73 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| George Hickman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.86 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 70.0 | 68 | 43 | 30 | 2 | 60 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Herd | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.55 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 | 71 | 47 | 37 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Menefee | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louis Crane | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Allen Shaw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gary McCabe | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Luttrell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jesse White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Kozak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Murray Hall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gil Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Buntin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Theron Reeves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Randall Booth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 54 | .571 | 4.16 | 284 | 109 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1006.0 | 936 | 597 | 465 | 63 | 569 | 0 | 960 | 21 | 3 | 91 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse White | 120 | 570 | 487 | 109 | 152 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 52 | 49 | 74 | 40 | .312 | .402 | .378 | .780 | 184 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Allen Shaw | 105 | 479 | 418 | 100 | 123 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 73 | 17 | 55 | 72 | .294 | .382 | .435 | .817 | 182 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gil Carter | 119 | 513 | 420 | 88 | 120 | 29 | 1 | 34 | 117 | 4 | 84 | 147 | .286 | .400 | .602 | 1.002 | 253 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ben Brown | 123 | 541 | 394 | 92 | 107 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 87 | 5 | 129 | 93 | .272 | .450 | .424 | .873 | 167 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Murray Hall | 81 | 379 | 309 | 72 | 98 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 4 | 65 | 38 | .317 | .437 | .515 | .951 | 159 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gary Johnson | 126 | 567 | 459 | 85 | 94 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 85 | 59 | .205 | .332 | .242 | .573 | 111 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Jack Bryant | 80 | 327 | 272 | 36 | 68 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 49 | 68 | .250 | .362 | .360 | .722 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Craig Sorensen | 47 | 211 | 172 | 35 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 6 | 36 | 17 | .302 | .431 | .552 | .984 | 95 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dock Conners | 51 | 206 | 155 | 28 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 44 | 22 | .213 | .395 | .277 | .673 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randall Booth | 53 | 186 | 161 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 38 | .199 | .301 | .261 | .562 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Trinceri | 32 | 118 | 102 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .284 | .373 | .333 | .706 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Buntin | 37 | 126 | 119 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 19 | .218 | .262 | .319 | .581 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Johnson | 47 | 164 | 126 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 42 | .190 | .362 | .349 | .711 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Edmund Pepper | 29 | 100 | 88 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .227 | .303 | .420 | .723 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Luckring | 44 | 67 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .236 | .358 | .291 | .649 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Hickman | 25 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .353 | .421 | .441 | .862 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Stemac | 41 | 83 | 72 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 | .167 | .241 | .181 | .421 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Purslow | 19 | 76 | 56 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .196 | .395 | .304 | .698 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Prevatt | 24 | 49 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .119 | .229 | .238 | .467 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Hansen | 27 | 61 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .109 | .305 | .130 | .436 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Martin Perez | 35 | 81 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 40 | .076 | .238 | .121 | .359 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Cowan | 6 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Wesley Hill | 13 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .108 | .150 | .108 | .258 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Warner | 54 | 45 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .098 | .114 | .098 | .211 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Menefee | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Theron Reeves | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Herd | 18 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .062 | .286 | .062 | .348 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Crane | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Garrett | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Luttrell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary McCabe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Kozak | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1386 | 5090 | 4188 | 784 | 1058 | 158 | 47 | 93 | 686 | 108 | 0 | 780 | 836 | .253 | .372 | .379 | .751 | 1589 | 82 | 42 | 34 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Hall | 1B | 79 | 612 | 32 | 14 | 61 | .979 | 8.152 | ||||
| Edmund Pepper | 1B | 27 | 185 | 11 | 7 | 16 | .966 | 7.259 | ||||
| Ben Brown | 1B | 25 | 153 | 8 | 6 | 11 | .964 | 6.440 | ||||
| Allen Shaw | 2B | 103 | 220 | 251 | 19 | 57 | .961 | 4.573 | ||||
| Jack Bryant | 2B | 13 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 6 | .949 | 2.846 | ||||
| Dock Conners | 2B | 12 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 3.083 | ||||
| Jack Bryant | 3B | 68 | 51 | 86 | 18 | 6 | .884 | 2.015 | ||||
| Ben Brown | 3B | 36 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 1 | .859 | 1.861 | ||||
| Dock Conners | 3B | 24 | 17 | 42 | 12 | 3 | .831 | 2.458 | ||||
| Randall Booth | C | 50 | 355 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .992 | 7.480 | 14 | |||
| Charles Johnson | C | 45 | 331 | 21 | 2 | 11 | .994 | 7.822 | 3 | |||
| William Buntin | C | 24 | 202 | 22 | 4 | 6 | .982 | 9.333 | 9 | |||
| John Trinceri | C | 22 | 146 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .958 | 7.227 | 7 | |||
| Jesse White | OF | 118 | 226 | 13 | 12 | 2 | .952 | 2.025 | ||||
| Gil Carter | OF | 114 | 200 | 8 | 23 | 2 | .900 | 1.825 | ||||
| Ben Brown | OF | 68 | 92 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .960 | 1.426 | ||||
| Craig Sorensen | OF | 46 | 71 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .939 | 1.674 | ||||
| Jim Purslow | OF | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dock Conners | OF | 13 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.615 | ||||
| Jack Warner | P | 54 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Stemac | P | 41 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.195 | ||||
| James Luckring | P | 36 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .389 | ||||
| Martin Perez | P | 35 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 4 | .944 | .971 | ||||
| James Hansen | P | 27 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Jimmy Prevatt | P | 21 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Herd | P | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .722 | ||||
| George Hickman | P | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Louis Crane | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Menefee | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary McCabe | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Buntin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Theron Reeves | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Luttrell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse White | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allen Shaw | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Kozak | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Murray Hall | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gil Carter | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Brown | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randall Booth | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Johnson | SS | 125 | 210 | 337 | 66 | 73 | .892 | 4.376 | ||||
| Totals | 1314 | 3210 | 1113 | 235 | 275 | .948 | 3.290 | 33 | 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.
