1959 Fresno Giants Statistics
Team Record: 44-96
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Mike McCormick (44-96)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 38,556, Avg. 551
The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1959 season with a record of 44 wins and 96 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.
The Giants scored 685 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 1042 runs, most in the circuit. Gary Krupsky paced Fresno with 14 home runs Chuck Strange drove in 93 runs. Jerome Stack led batters with significant playing time with a .331 average. Thomas Arruda and Mike Lee topped the team with 7 wins each, while Norman Simmons registered a 3.98 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Coco Laboy and Mike Lee both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Mike McCormick 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Arruda | 7 | 15 | .318 | 6.34 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 169.0 | 181 | 145 | 119 | 22 | 133 | 159 | 14 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Mike Lee | 7 | 19 | .269 | 6.06 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 162.0 | 147 | 152 | 109 | 9 | 202 | 160 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Gary Underhill | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.99 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 139.0 | 144 | 93 | 77 | 17 | 78 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Robert DeMonaco | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.98 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 128.0 | 163 | 108 | 85 | 6 | 58 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Norman Simmons | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.98 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 131.0 | 119 | 68 | 58 | 12 | 68 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bill Lindner | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.56 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 81.0 | 84 | 53 | 50 | 11 | 46 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Robert Wales | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.31 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 86 | 59 | 47 | 3 | 44 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Danilo Rivas | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 68 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 35 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Peter Shuppy | 2 | 6 | .250 | 8.05 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 80 | 71 | 59 | 9 | 69 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Richard Slomkowski | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.40 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 75.0 | 71 | 55 | 45 | 3 | 72 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||||
Dale Rudolph | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
James Gibson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Francis Smith | 1 | 8 | .111 | 7.17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 103.0 | 104 | 108 | 82 | 10 | 125 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 6 | ||||
Gary Krupsky | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
George Williams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Anselmo Correa | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 44 | 96 | .314 | 5.88 | 274 | 136 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1177.0 | 1247 | 957 | 769 | 105 | 930 | 0 | 916 | 63 | 10 | 62 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Strange | 138 | 627 | 548 | 72 | 165 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 93 | 9 | 52 | 69 | .301 | .369 | .401 | .770 | 220 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | ||
Jerome Stack | 114 | 517 | 390 | 71 | 129 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 89 | 3 | 105 | 44 | .331 | .469 | .510 | .979 | 199 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 12 | ||
Jack Scramaglia | 105 | 501 | 415 | 77 | 116 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 77 | 41 | .280 | .391 | .306 | .697 | 127 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
Gary Krupsky | 96 | 444 | 388 | 63 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 60 | 4 | 47 | 73 | .250 | .333 | .412 | .745 | 160 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
Bob Newman | 97 | 421 | 357 | 53 | 90 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 7 | 54 | 52 | .252 | .354 | .336 | .690 | 120 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
Wastine Yeomans | 79 | 374 | 317 | 49 | 87 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 51 | 29 | .274 | .373 | .338 | .711 | 107 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
Jack Motley | 92 | 358 | 317 | 28 | 71 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 29 | 56 | .224 | .301 | .319 | .620 | 101 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Coco Laboy | 71 | 269 | 233 | 33 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 33 | 59 | .270 | .361 | .399 | .760 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Robert Wilson | 56 | 242 | 208 | 36 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 30 | 36 | .279 | .376 | .457 | .833 | 95 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jerald Robinson | 78 | 340 | 272 | 35 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 64 | 61 | .210 | .359 | .287 | .646 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Arthur Miller | 65 | 264 | 220 | 29 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 40 | 42 | .236 | .352 | .309 | .662 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Freddie Hernandez | 36 | 154 | 131 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 24 | .305 | .390 | .374 | .764 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Herb Raybourn | 33 | 97 | 83 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .325 | .423 | .434 | .856 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claybon Council | 40 | 110 | 93 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 6 | .215 | .327 | .301 | .628 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Gary Brenzel | 36 | 141 | 121 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .165 | .277 | .256 | .533 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Thomas Arruda | 41 | 91 | 82 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .232 | .300 | .476 | .776 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Royce Youree | 25 | 107 | 88 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 13 | .205 | .308 | .261 | .569 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
Francis Smith | 30 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .233 | .298 | .233 | .530 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norman Simmons | 48 | 50 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .227 | .277 | .295 | .572 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Robert DeMonaco | 26 | 50 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .222 | .300 | .311 | .611 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Underhill | 29 | 52 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .140 | .173 | .140 | .313 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Lee | 29 | 67 | 59 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .119 | .185 | .119 | .303 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Charles Koss | 10 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danilo Rivas | 11 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnnie Hadden | 11 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .192 | .364 | .231 | .594 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Richard Slomkowski | 18 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Anselmo Correa | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .800 | .800 | .800 | 1.600 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Melvin Silva | 7 | 21 | 21 | 4 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Mark Cameron | 6 | 20 | 20 | 3 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Peter Shuppy | 17 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .120 | .267 | .120 | .387 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Lindner | 13 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .103 | .212 | .138 | .350 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Williams | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Dale Rudolph | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
James Gibson | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Wales | 13 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .000 | .240 | .000 | .240 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1486 | 5602 | 4748 | 665 | 1213 | 176 | 42 | 65 | 588 | 67 | 0 | 713 | 824 | .255 | .355 | .351 | .707 | 1668 | 135 | 46 | 52 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerome Stack | 1B | 114 | 858 | 69 | 14 | 93 | .985 | 8.132 | ||||
Royce Youree | 1B | 23 | 163 | 12 | 5 | 19 | .972 | 7.609 | ||||
Jack Scramaglia | 2B | 103 | 282 | 281 | 19 | 72 | .967 | 5.466 | ||||
Chuck Strange | 2B | 30 | 70 | 69 | 13 | 16 | .914 | 4.633 | ||||
Charles Koss | 2B | 10 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 8 | .958 | 4.600 | ||||
Chuck Strange | 3B | 83 | 90 | 167 | 25 | 23 | .911 | 3.096 | ||||
Arthur Miller | 3B | 18 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 3 | .867 | 2.889 | ||||
Freddie Hernandez | 3B | 18 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 5 | .860 | 2.722 | ||||
Coco Laboy | 3B | 13 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .833 | 1.923 | ||||
Wastine Yeomans | 3B | 10 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .879 | 2.900 | ||||
Jack Motley | C | 64 | 485 | 58 | 13 | 8 | .977 | 8.484 | 14 | |||
Gary Brenzel | C | 32 | 220 | 40 | 4 | 9 | .985 | 8.125 | 6 | |||
Claybon Council | C | 24 | 124 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .956 | 5.458 | 3 | |||
Herb Raybourn | C | 17 | 112 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .954 | 7.353 | 6 | |||
Johnnie Hadden | C | 10 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .944 | 6.800 | 7 | |||
Bob Newman | OF | 95 | 240 | 12 | 10 | 3 | .962 | 2.653 | ||||
Gary Krupsky | OF | 95 | 174 | 16 | 8 | 5 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
Jerald Robinson | OF | 62 | 131 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 2.210 | ||||
Robert Wilson | OF | 54 | 106 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .908 | 2.019 | ||||
Arthur Miller | OF | 40 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 2.300 | ||||
Jack Motley | OF | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.316 | ||||
Coco Laboy | OF | 17 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
Freddie Hernandez | OF | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.000 | ||||
Wastine Yeomans | OF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
Norman Simmons | P | 45 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 0 | .868 | .733 | ||||
Gary Underhill | P | 29 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .621 | ||||
Mike Lee | P | 29 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 1 | .854 | 1.414 | ||||
Thomas Arruda | P | 28 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 4 | .911 | 1.464 | ||||
Robert DeMonaco | P | 26 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.538 | ||||
Francis Smith | P | 25 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .600 | ||||
Richard Slomkowski | P | 18 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 1.056 | ||||
Peter Shuppy | P | 17 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
Robert Wales | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
Bill Lindner | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .692 | ||||
Danilo Rivas | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
James Gibson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Anselmo Correa | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Gary Krupsky | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
George Williams | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Dale Rudolph | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Wastine Yeomans | SS | 57 | 89 | 134 | 19 | 32 | .921 | 3.912 | ||||
Coco Laboy | SS | 35 | 41 | 80 | 12 | 17 | .910 | 3.457 | ||||
Chuck Strange | SS | 28 | 28 | 64 | 13 | 16 | .876 | 3.286 | ||||
Jerald Robinson | SS | 18 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 6 | .824 | 3.389 | ||||
Totals | 1392 | 3588 | 1406 | 262 | 359 | .950 | 3.588 | 36 | 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.