1959 Fresno Giants Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
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
1959 Fresno Giants Roster

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.


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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
Thomas Arruda715.3186.342822100169.01811451192213315914110
Mike Lee719.2696.06292960162.01471521099202160609
Gary Underhill57.4174.99291130139.0144937717781184110
Robert DeMonaco510.3335.98261780128.01631088565860214
Norman Simmons45.4443.9845310131.01196858126892604
Bill Lindner46.4005.5613123181.0845350114651102
Robert Wales35.3756.3113111067.086594734442701
Danilo Rivas24.3336.111192056.068453833543111
Peter Shuppy26.2508.051750066.0807159969401025
Richard Slomkowski27.2225.401882175.0715545372684210
Dale Rudolph101.00010.0
James Gibson13.25070.0
Francis Smith18.1117.1725930103.0104108821012583826
Gary Krupsky0040.0
George Williams0020.0
Anselmo Correa01.00060.0
Totals4496.3145.88274136039201177.0124795776910593009166310620

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 Strange1386275487216520779395269.301.369.401.7702201910116
Jerome Stack114517390711292451289310544.331.469.510.979199127312
Jack Scramaglia1055014157711680133157741.280.391.306.6971275153
Gary Krupsky964443886397134146044773.250.333.412.7451607324
Bob Newman97421357539017235075452.252.354.336.69012011433
Wastine Yeomans79374317498711312445129.274.373.338.71110715042
Jack Motley9235831728719354202956.224.301.319.62010113660
Coco Laboy71269233336312342333359.270.361.399.760936030
Robert Wilson562422083658185331103036.279.376.457.833956301
Jerald Robinson7834027235577143056461.210.359.287.646789103
Arthur Miller6526422029527311344042.236.352.309.662684031
Freddie Hernandez3615413119403022502024.305.390.374.764492003
Herb Raybourn3397831127710501413.325.423.434.856361000
Claybon Council40110931620610101156.215.327.301.628281101
Gary Brenzel361411211520013801620.165.277.256.533315301
Thomas Arruda4191821219533170823.232.300.476.776393010
Royce Youree2510788918201811113.205.308.261.569233332
Francis Smith30474341000040420.233.298.233.530103000
Norman Simmons48504481030030316.227.277.295.572130030
Robert DeMonaco2650454101019059.222.300.311.611140000
Gary Underhill2952502700000220.140.173.140.31371000
Mike Lee2967591700030324.119.185.119.30373221
Charles Koss104233760000195.182.357.182.53961000
Danilo Rivas1124242500000011.208.208.208.41751000
Johnnie Hadden1135261510030610.192.364.231.59462120
Richard Slomkowski1829280510020111.179.207.214.42160000
Anselmo Correa6554.800.800.8001.6004
Melvin Silva721214.190.190.190.3814
Mark Cameron620203.150.150.150.3003
Peter Shuppy1730255300020411.120.267.120.38730100
Bill Lindner1333292310010411.103.212.138.35041000
George Williams2331.333.333.333.6671
Dale Rudolph1441.250.250.250.5001
James Gibson7770.000.000.000.0000
Robert Wales1326191000000615.000.240.000.24001010
Totals14865602474866512131764265588670713824.255.355.351.70716681354652430


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Jerome Stack1B114858691493.9858.132
Royce Youree1B2316312519.9727.609
Jack Scramaglia2B1032822811972.9675.466
Chuck Strange2B3070691316.9144.633
Charles Koss2B10232328.9584.600
Chuck Strange3B83901672523.9113.096
Arthur Miller3B18183483.8672.889
Freddie Hernandez3B18183185.8602.722
Coco Laboy3B1381753.8331.923
Wastine Yeomans3B1082143.8792.900
Jack MotleyC6448558138.9778.48414
Gary BrenzelC322204049.9858.1256
Claybon CouncilC24124763.9565.4583
Herb RaybournC171121361.9547.3536
Johnnie HaddenC1062641.9446.8007
Bob NewmanOF9524012103.9622.653
Gary KrupskyOF951741685.9602.000
Jerald RobinsonOF62131641.9722.210
Robert WilsonOF541063111.9082.019
Arthur MillerOF4084812.9892.300
Jack MotleyOF1922320.9261.316
Coco LaboyOF1720020.9091.176
Freddie HernandezOF1717030.8501.000
Wastine YeomansOF1212020.8571.000
Norman SimmonsP4542950.868.733
Gary UnderhillP2961221.900.621
Mike LeeP2993271.8541.414
Thomas ArrudaP2873444.9111.464
Robert DeMonacoP2693111.9761.538
Francis SmithP2541120.882.600
Richard SlomkowskiP1851422.9051.056
Peter ShuppyP17514001.0001.118
Robert WalesP1337001.000.769
Bill LindnerP133620.818.692
Danilo RivasP113610.900.818
James GibsonP7.000
Anselmo CorreaP6.000
Gary KrupskyP4.000
George WilliamsP2.000
Dale RudolphP1.000
Wastine YeomansSS57891341932.9213.912
Coco LaboySS3541801217.9103.457
Chuck StrangeSS2828641316.8763.286
Jerald RobinsonSS182536136.8243.389
Totals139235881406262359.9503.5883600

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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