1959 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 57-68
Finished 6th in the NL
Manager: James Adlam (57-68)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 29,267, Avg. 468
The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 57 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Chiefs tallied 629 runs and allowed 721 runs. Charlie Leonard paced Grand Forks with 17 home runs and accounted for 73 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .331 clip. Rudy Trbovich topped the squad with 10 wins, and Rex Rupert recorded a 3.23 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1959 Grand Forks Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gene Michael, Ramón Hernández, John Pregenzer, Jim Dickson, Bob Lee and Orlando McFarlane.
James Adlam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Trbovich | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.74 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 148.0 | 141 | 94 | 78 | 18 | 86 | 123 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Peter Sala | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.06 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 124.0 | 118 | 73 | 56 | 9 | 97 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Rex Rupert | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.23 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 159.0 | 144 | 76 | 57 | 10 | 79 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Jim Dickson | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 138.0 | 138 | 77 | 53 | 10 | 80 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Daniels | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.92 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 119.0 | 120 | 72 | 65 | 8 | 78 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Rodger Irvine | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.76 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 104.0 | 93 | 65 | 55 | 8 | 101 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Jim Stoll | 3 | 2 | .600 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ramón Hernández | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.73 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 81 | 74 | 61 | 5 | 63 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Lee | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.01 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 69 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| John Pregenzer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Octavio Acosta | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leslie Peterson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Deeds | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Rinks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Plaza | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arturo Miro | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Chavez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roger Weltzen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Little | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 67 | .455 | 4.48 | 250 | 111 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 942.0 | 903 | 587 | 469 | 73 | 653 | 0 | 740 | 48 | 4 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Leonard | 125 | 569 | 486 | 105 | 161 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 73 | 3 | 71 | 46 | .331 | .415 | .510 | .926 | 248 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Felix Pizarro | 125 | 559 | 469 | 59 | 143 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 72 | 13 | 78 | 39 | .305 | .401 | .420 | .821 | 197 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Albert Muench | 121 | 564 | 462 | 78 | 109 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 10 | 85 | 61 | .236 | .359 | .310 | .668 | 143 | 4 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Gene Michael | 124 | 543 | 480 | 54 | 109 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 11 | 51 | 83 | .227 | .302 | .269 | .570 | 129 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Tommy Rinks | 122 | 523 | 428 | 74 | 101 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 66 | 4 | 83 | 109 | .236 | .370 | .390 | .760 | 167 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||
| James Brown | 57 | 245 | 217 | 26 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 24 | 39 | .300 | .365 | .429 | .793 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tony Washington | 39 | 166 | 149 | 26 | 54 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 37 | 5 | 14 | 24 | .362 | .422 | .698 | 1.120 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Fidalgo | 63 | 254 | 226 | 27 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 25 | 41 | .239 | .313 | .412 | .725 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Orlando McFarlane | 42 | 170 | 142 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 30 | .289 | .400 | .542 | .942 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Fischer | 33 | 147 | 120 | 23 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 20 | .333 | .449 | .367 | .816 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Raymond Murawski | 49 | 217 | 181 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 28 | .215 | .313 | .331 | .645 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Jim Stoll | 68 | 230 | 173 | 32 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 52 | 44 | .220 | .395 | .347 | .742 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Morris Cigar | 38 | 158 | 130 | 18 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 32 | .269 | .386 | .369 | .755 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Pinckard | 16 | 58 | 54 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .278 | .328 | .426 | .754 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Dickson | 40 | 76 | 68 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .206 | .239 | .221 | .460 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Peter Sala | 41 | 60 | 55 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .182 | .224 | .200 | .424 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rex Rupert | 30 | 84 | 68 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 32 | .132 | .277 | .191 | .468 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ramón Hernández | 33 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .242 | .286 | .242 | .528 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Daniels | 20 | 48 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .211 | .286 | .237 | .523 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Eugene Cooke | 13 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .259 | .444 | .407 | .852 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rodolfo Welch | 7 | 17 | 17 | 6 | .353 | .353 | .353 | .706 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 21 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .167 | .242 | .200 | .442 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Trbovich | 28 | 67 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .093 | .246 | .130 | .376 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rodger Irvine | 22 | 42 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .081 | .105 | .081 | .186 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Arturo Miro | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Octavio Acosta | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Leslie Peterson | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alfred Chavez | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Pregenzer | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jose Plaza | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Little | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Weltzen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1317 | 4944 | 4182 | 624 | 1085 | 160 | 45 | 82 | 550 | 65 | 0 | 633 | 767 | .259 | .358 | .378 | .736 | 1581 | 0 | 30 | 66 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Leonard | 1B | 125 | 1048 | 65 | 11 | 122 | .990 | 8.904 | ||||
| Albert Muench | 2B | 120 | 297 | 317 | 22 | 100 | .965 | 5.117 | ||||
| Tommy Rinks | 3B | 119 | 100 | 267 | 26 | 30 | .934 | 3.084 | ||||
| Larry Fidalgo | C | 61 | 415 | 53 | 19 | 6 | .961 | 7.672 | 23 | |||
| Orlando McFarlane | C | 42 | 299 | 28 | 14 | 4 | .959 | 7.786 | 6 | |||
| Jim Stoll | C | 24 | 144 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .974 | 6.250 | 4 | |||
| Felix Pizarro | OF | 119 | 175 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .960 | 1.605 | ||||
| James Brown | OF | 56 | 122 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .956 | 2.339 | ||||
| Raymond Murawski | OF | 48 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.854 | ||||
| Tony Washington | OF | 39 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.538 | ||||
| Morris Cigar | OF | 37 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 2.378 | ||||
| Bob Fischer | OF | 33 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Jim Stoll | OF | 24 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 1.125 | ||||
| Bill Pinckard | OF | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Peter Sala | P | 32 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 6 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | P | 31 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .516 | ||||
| Jim Dickson | P | 28 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.571 | ||||
| Rudy Trbovich | P | 26 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.192 | ||||
| Rex Rupert | P | 22 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.318 | ||||
| Bob Lee | P | 21 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .952 | ||||
| Bob Daniels | P | 20 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 1.150 | ||||
| Rodger Irvine | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .632 | ||||
| Alfred Chavez | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Stoll | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Octavio Acosta | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Weltzen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arturo Miro | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Deeds | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Pregenzer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Plaza | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leslie Peterson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Little | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Rinks | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Michael | SS | 124 | 225 | 370 | 56 | 87 | .914 | 4.798 | ||||
| Totals | 1235 | 3187 | 1337 | 193 | 367 | .959 | 3.663 | 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.
