1959 Daytona Beach Islanders Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 71-63
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Ray Wilson (71-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Jackie Robinson Stadium
Attendance: 33,777, Avg. 504

1959 Daytona Beach Islanders Roster

The Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 71 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the FSL.

The Islanders conceded 587 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Daytona Beach plated 607 runs. Von McDaniel paced the squad with 10 home runs Ovidio Maldonado accounted for 86 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .278 average. Billy Bolding led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.54 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Von McDaniel played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Daytona Beach Islanders to do so.

Ray Wilson 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
Billy Bolding	17	13	.567	2.54	38	26		18	4		230.0	218	92	65	12	68	8	152	3	0	10
Von McDaniel	13	5	.722	3.49	21	18		12	2		147.0	154	80	57	5	34	7	84	6	0	6
John Weiss	12	8	.600	4.06	36	16		5	1		155.0	181	97	70	10	56	9	95	3	0	4
Gerald Andrews	8	5	.615	2.96	28	17		6	0		137.0	116	60	45	7	52	3	62	6	0	6
Jim McNamee	8	8	.500	4.30	32	22		9	2		132.0	93	72	63	7	122	4	134	14	1	8
Andrew Rodriguez	7	9	.438	3.91	24	17		9	0		129.0	108	70	56	3	88	4	124	5	0	15
John Jamison	3	2	.600	2.78	29	1		0	0		55.0	41	24	17	2	44	6	34	1	0	1
William McDonald	1	0	1.000		2						0.0
Jorge Talavera	1	2	.333	1.54	8	7		0	1		35.0	30	11	6	1	14	0	22	1	0	0
Gene Clanton	1	3	.250		8						0.0									1
Ovidio Maldonado	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Kruthoffer	0	0			4						0.0
Curt Edwards	0	0			1						0.0
Jesus Torres	0	0			1						0.0
Billy Poland	0	4	.000		6						0.0
Totals	71	59	.546	3.34	239	124	0	59	10	0	1020.0	941	506	379	47	478	41	707	39	2	50	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
Ovidio Maldonado	132	539	464	68	129	24	7	8	86	22		60	53	.278	.360	.412	.771	191		3	5	7	5
Jesus Torres	128	524	470	83	112	10	6	8	42	7		42	62	.238	.302	.336	.638	158		2	7	3	1
Von McDaniel	104	375	342	63	107	12	1	10	71	4		24	38	.313	.361	.442	.803	151		3	4	2	0
Rafael Steffani	113	412	380	56	103	14	4	3	34	13		21	80	.271	.313	.353	.666	134		4	3	4	1
Ray Wilson	104	386	337	46	93	10	3	1	38	15		31	15	.276	.339	.332	.671	112		3	11	4	5
Mike Michaels	112	409	345	32	88	10	1	1	46	3		54	53	.255	.354	.299	.653	103		1	5	4	2
Frank Waite	82	343	284	42	77	13	2	3	25	11		47	54	.271	.385	.363	.747	103		6	5	1	2
Hank Goin	63	244	208	34	61	2	5	0	26	12		33	41	.293	.388	.351	.739	73		0	2	1	0
Bernard Porter	65	265	208	45	54	5	2	5	25	2		53	65	.260	.412	.375	.787	78		1	3	0	0
Russ Townsend	90	332	243	40	54	8	1	6	39	5		77	67	.222	.407	.337	.744	82		0	10	2	9
DeMorris Smith	51	187	158	22	34	4	0	1	11	17		22	40	.215	.319	.259	.578	41		2	5	0	1
Wil Baumker	33	129	106	20	25	2	4	1	7	5		20	19	.236	.359	.358	.718	38		1	1	1	1
Jimm Hendren	49	133	109	15	21	4	2	4	17	2		22	27	.193	.338	.376	.714	41		2	0	0	0
Jim Saul	37	129	109	7	20	5	0	0	10	1		19	31	.183	.302	.229	.532	25		0	0	1	0
Gene Clanton	37	96	83	7	14	4	1	0	7	2		10	16	.169	.260	.241	.501	20		1	0	2	1
Billy Bolding	47	97	83	7	14	2	0	0	6	0		11	35	.169	.266	.193	.459	16		0	3	0	0
John Weiss	47	75	67	8	9	0	1	0	7	0		3	26	.134	.181	.164	.345	11		1	3	1	0
Jim McNamee	39	54	44	5	6	0	0	0	3	0		6	26	.136	.235	.136	.372	6		0	3	1	0
Andrew Rodriguez	27	54	47	3	4	2	0	0	2	0		3	18	.085	.157	.128	.285	6		1	3	0	0
Gerald Andrews	28	53	47	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		3	22	.085	.140	.085	.225	4		0	3	0	0
Billy Poland	6	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
John Jamison	29	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	10	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	1	0	0
Jorge Talavera	9	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Heg	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Kruthoffer	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gordon Kelson	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1442	4873	4170	605	1031	131	40	51	505	121	0	561	798	.247	.338	.335	.673	1395	0	31	77	34	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bernard Porter	1B	65	534	36	5	56	.991	8.769
Wil Baumker	1B	28	230	14	5	27	.980	8.714
Von McDaniel	1B	22	155	8	3	13	.982	7.409
Frank Waite	1B	11	121	5	6	13	.955	11.455
Ray Wilson	2B	94	244	240	21	66	.958	5.149
Jesus Torres	2B	29	68	93	11	14	.936	5.552
Rafael Steffani	3B	88	89	143	33	18	.875	2.636
Jesus Torres	3B	41	29	77	12	6	.898	2.585
Mike Michaels	C	70	459	60	8	10	.985	7.414	8
Jimm Hendren	C	37	190	22	12	7	.946	5.730	7
Jim Saul	C	31	166	24	6	4	.969	6.129	4
Ovidio Maldonado	OF	132	234	19	21	9	.923	1.917
Russ Townsend	OF	83	108	7	10	1	.920	1.386
Frank Waite	OF	69	110	10	5	0	.960	1.739
DeMorris Smith	OF	50	85	9	3	0	.969	1.880
Mike Michaels	OF	32	39	1	4	0	.909	1.250
Gene Clanton	OF	20	30	1	1	1	.969	1.550
Von McDaniel	OF	16	22	3	0	0	1.000	1.562
Rafael Steffani	OF	10	10	1	2	0	.846	1.100
Billy Bolding	P	37	13	33	0	5	1.000	1.243
John Weiss	P	34	12	23	5	1	.875	1.029
Jim McNamee	P	32	6	22	1	1	.966	.875
John Jamison	P	29	3	7	0	0	1.000	.345
Gerald Andrews	P	28	4	14	1	2	.947	.643
Andrew Rodriguez	P	24	3	25	7	2	.800	1.167
Von McDaniel	P	20	8	34	1	2	.977	2.100
Jorge Talavera	P	8						.000
Billy Poland	P	6						.000
Bob Kruthoffer	P	4						.000
William McDonald	P	2						.000
Curt Edwards	P	1						.000
Hank Goin	SS	63	93	180	28	36	.907	4.333
Jesus Torres	SS	53	81	171	25	30	.910	4.755
Von McDaniel	SS	19	39	49	8	11	.917	4.632
Totals		1288	3185	1331	244	335	.949	3.506	19	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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