1959 Charleston Senators Statistics
Team Record: 77-84
Finished 5th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Bill Adair (77-84)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 102,774, Avg. 1,277
The Charleston Senators of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 77 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Senators scored 624 runs and surrendered 683 runs. Steve Demeter led Charleston with 13 home runs and drove in 77 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .295 clip. Don Lee topped the team with 14 wins, and George Spencer registered a 2.98 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Charleston Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Stan Palys, Ossie Álvarez, Buddy Hicks, Jerry Davie, Hank Aguirre, Frank Kostro, Ozzie Virgil, Don Lee, Bob Johnson, Charley Lau, Phil Regan, Don Taussig, Ross Grimsley, Joe Presko, Chuck Daniel, Joe Grzenda, Earl Hersh, Zeke Bella, Chuck Harmon, Bob Hazle, Barney Schultz, Bubba Morton, Bob Smith, Jim Stump, Bob Bruce, Bill Taylor, Paul Smith, Bob Hale, Tom Carroll, Tom Yewcic, George Spencer and Steve Demeter.
Bill Adair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Lee | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.57 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 194.0 | 202 | 85 | 77 | 8 | 59 | 3 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
| George Spencer | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.98 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 129 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 35 | 6 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Bruce | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.57 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 222.0 | 207 | 103 | 88 | 15 | 103 | 5 | 177 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Hank Aguirre | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.73 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 147.0 | 157 | 72 | 61 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jim Stump | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.13 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 158.0 | 151 | 75 | 55 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ross Grimsley | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.48 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 80 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Presko | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.72 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 82 | 47 | 43 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Davie | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.35 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 91.0 | 78 | 52 | 44 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barney Schultz | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.00 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 77 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joe Grzenda | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.58 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 88.0 | 92 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Bob Smith | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.50 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 43 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Phil Regan | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.75 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 47 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joel McDaniel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Daniel | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Raugh | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Wyman Carey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 84 | .472 | 3.74 | 375 | 156 | 0 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 1358.0 | 1355 | 668 | 564 | 79 | 553 | 42 | 881 | 40 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Smith | 152 | 605 | 534 | 61 | 155 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 55 | 44 | .290 | .359 | .371 | .730 | 198 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Steve Demeter | 137 | 565 | 512 | 79 | 151 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 77 | 0 | 36 | 62 | .295 | .344 | .428 | .772 | 219 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ozzie Virgil | 154 | 613 | 554 | 57 | 149 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 5 | 43 | 54 | .269 | .321 | .354 | .675 | 196 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Bubba Morton | 141 | 478 | 424 | 57 | 121 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 41 | 47 | .285 | .350 | .384 | .735 | 163 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bob Hale | 88 | 373 | 352 | 45 | 111 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 18 | 19 | .315 | .348 | .429 | .777 | 151 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bob Hazle | 130 | 435 | 372 | 48 | 99 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 51 | 39 | .266 | .354 | .355 | .709 | 132 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Bill Taylor | 73 | 268 | 241 | 22 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 19 | 16 | .286 | .342 | .432 | .774 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Frank Kostro | 45 | 191 | 174 | 21 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .310 | .362 | .397 | .758 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Buddy Hicks | 72 | 190 | 163 | 18 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 12 | .264 | .362 | .313 | .675 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Yewcic | 73 | 188 | 160 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 33 | .231 | .342 | .356 | .698 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stan Palys | 49 | 119 | 103 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 5 | .282 | .362 | .340 | .702 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Carroll | 20 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .281 | .373 | .344 | .717 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Harmon | 20 | 72 | 65 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .231 | .292 | .492 | .784 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Johnson | 21 | 56 | 54 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .259 | .268 | .370 | .638 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stump | 38 | 64 | 56 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .179 | .203 | .214 | .418 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Lee | 37 | 75 | 67 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .149 | .183 | .209 | .392 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bruce | 38 | 78 | 70 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .178 | .171 | .350 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Legrant Scott | 12 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .333 | .400 | .444 | .844 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Davie | 19 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Presko | 34 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .273 | .333 | .318 | .652 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grzenda | 20 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .150 | .261 | .150 | .411 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel McDaniel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| George Spencer | 85 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .080 | .115 | .120 | .235 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Aguirre | 26 | 55 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .043 | .064 | .065 | .129 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Rivera | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Zeke Bella | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ross Grimsley | 30 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .053 | .100 | .105 | .205 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Schultz | 36 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .053 | .000 | .053 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Parks | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Smith | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Regan | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wyman Carey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Raugh | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1588 | 4724 | 4211 | 488 | 1129 | 188 | 25 | 54 | 434 | 23 | 0 | 371 | 471 | .268 | .329 | .363 | .692 | 1529 | 0 | 29 | 79 | 34 | 38 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hale | 1B | 85 | 403 | 53 | 12 | 53 | .974 | 5.365 | ||||
| Paul Smith | 1B | 51 | 368 | 34 | 6 | 32 | .985 | 7.882 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | 1B | 19 | 150 | 11 | 1 | 17 | .994 | 8.474 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | 2B | 66 | 176 | 154 | 10 | 31 | .971 | 5.000 | ||||
| Buddy Hicks | 2B | 11 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 5 | .953 | 3.727 | ||||
| Steve Demeter | 3B | 134 | 113 | 241 | 17 | 26 | .954 | 2.642 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | 3B | 17 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .942 | 2.882 | ||||
| Tom Yewcic | C | 56 | 296 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .971 | 5.446 | 3 | |||
| Ozzie Virgil | C | 14 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 5.143 | 8 | |||
| Bubba Morton | OF | 116 | 261 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.362 | ||||
| Bob Hazle | OF | 116 | 181 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 1.690 | ||||
| Paul Smith | OF | 95 | 170 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 1.958 | ||||
| Bill Taylor | OF | 69 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.710 | ||||
| Stan Palys | OF | 28 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.679 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | OF | 23 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.739 | ||||
| Chuck Harmon | OF | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| George Spencer | P | 85 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .921 | .412 | ||||
| Bob Bruce | P | 38 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 6 | .929 | 1.026 | ||||
| Barney Schultz | P | 36 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Don Lee | P | 36 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .914 | .889 | ||||
| Joe Presko | P | 34 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .794 | ||||
| Ross Grimsley | P | 30 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Stump | P | 26 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.115 | ||||
| Hank Aguirre | P | 26 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .846 | ||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 19 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .842 | ||||
| Jerry Davie | P | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Bob Smith | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Phil Regan | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Raugh | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Daniel | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joel McDaniel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wyman Carey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Kostro | SS | 40 | 58 | 95 | 16 | 14 | .905 | 3.825 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | SS | 29 | 43 | 59 | 10 | 11 | .911 | 3.517 | ||||
| Buddy Hicks | SS | 28 | 45 | 78 | 6 | 9 | .953 | 4.393 | ||||
| Tom Carroll | SS | 20 | 32 | 44 | 6 | 10 | .927 | 3.800 | ||||
| Bob Johnson | SS | 19 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 8 | .926 | 2.632 | ||||
| Totals | 1427 | 2712 | 1115 | 137 | 240 | .965 | 2.682 | 11 | 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.
