1959 Great Falls Electrics Statistics
Team Record: 60-70
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Brandy Davis (60-70)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 33,990, Avg. 523
Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Great Falls Electrics 1
The Great Falls Electrics of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 60 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Electrics scored 820 runs, best in the league. Great Falls conceded 837 runs. Eddie Reed led the team with 18 home runs and drove in 103 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .339 average. Bill Kunkel topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 4.19 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Great Falls Electrics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Smith, Bill Kunkel and Brandy Davis.
Brandy Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kunkel | 14 | 12 | .538 | 4.19 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 189.0 | 199 | 114 | 88 | 8 | 92 | 160 | 12 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Rick Warren | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.30 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 138.0 | 139 | 84 | 66 | 11 | 63 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Edward Maj | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.05 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 91.0 | 90 | 54 | 41 | 10 | 55 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Len Schnittker | 9 | 11 | .450 | 6.04 | 38 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 164.0 | 189 | 142 | 110 | 16 | 129 | 128 | 10 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Louis Hribar | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.66 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 61.0 | 48 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Decker | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6.38 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 138 | 104 | 78 | 9 | 57 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.34 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 71.0 | 102 | 58 | 50 | 6 | 38 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Thomas Donovan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Iannicelli | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 34 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Guillermo Rivera | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.80 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 54 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Bayno | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roy Shimek | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Caesar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Schmitt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Domingo Carrasquel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Castanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brandy Davis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carmine Chierichella | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Scarbrough | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hopey | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Lewis | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.10 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 72 | 55 | 40 | 9 | 30 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 57 | 64 | .471 | 5.12 | 283 | 113 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 954.0 | 1065 | 697 | 543 | 81 | 524 | 0 | 789 | 42 | 2 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domingo Carrasquel | 130 | 604 | 505 | 134 | 162 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 95 | 39 | 76 | 85 | .321 | .417 | .503 | .920 | 254 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 8 | ||
| George Miller | 125 | 510 | 435 | 83 | 138 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 90 | 9 | 61 | 51 | .317 | .400 | .444 | .844 | 193 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Reed | 108 | 470 | 386 | 88 | 131 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 103 | 15 | 69 | 87 | .339 | .438 | .570 | 1.008 | 220 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mike Castanon | 127 | 520 | 426 | 72 | 128 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 6 | 77 | 61 | .300 | .408 | .390 | .797 | 166 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Bruce Cranshaw | 105 | 455 | 379 | 79 | 121 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 70 | 46 | .319 | .425 | .406 | .831 | 154 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Arthur Fletcher | 121 | 488 | 416 | 61 | 110 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 60 | 40 | .264 | .365 | .363 | .728 | 151 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Albert Caesar | 84 | 327 | 281 | 36 | 70 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 40 | 83 | .249 | .350 | .370 | .720 | 104 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Lachemann | 83 | 298 | 253 | 43 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 38 | 38 | .273 | .366 | .431 | .797 | 109 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ronald Boone | 85 | 294 | 262 | 36 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 92 | .237 | .311 | .370 | .681 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Schmitt | 35 | 121 | 102 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 27 | .275 | .373 | .382 | .755 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Brandy Davis | 47 | 134 | 110 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 29 | .255 | .359 | .327 | .686 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Al Cruz | 22 | 92 | 79 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .316 | .380 | .430 | .811 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rick Warren | 34 | 69 | 52 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .365 | .470 | .481 | .950 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Anthony Hopey | 22 | 55 | 52 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .327 | .352 | .481 | .833 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Smith | 16 | 75 | 62 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 23 | .258 | .342 | .435 | .778 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Kunkel | 53 | 77 | 63 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | .222 | .310 | .349 | .659 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Len Schnittker | 40 | 76 | 57 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .193 | .347 | .228 | .575 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jack Decker | 37 | 52 | 39 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .231 | .423 | .359 | .782 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Maj | 24 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .242 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Louis Hribar | 10 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .227 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Tobias | 9 | 21 | 21 | 4 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 22 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .167 | .259 | .375 | .634 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Iannicelli | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Scarbrough | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carmine Chierichella | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roy Shimek | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Donovan | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Lewis | 28 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .000 | .267 | .000 | .267 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guillermo Rivera | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1407 | 4887 | 4112 | 775 | 1182 | 204 | 48 | 77 | 680 | 94 | 0 | 626 | 778 | .287 | .384 | .417 | .800 | 1713 | 75 | 50 | 45 | 54 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Fletcher | 1B | 109 | 841 | 42 | 13 | 106 | .985 | 8.101 | ||||
| George Miller | 1B | 19 | 132 | 4 | 4 | 10 | .971 | 7.158 | ||||
| Anthony Hopey | 1B | 13 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .966 | 6.538 | ||||
| Mike Castanon | 2B | 125 | 286 | 349 | 35 | 99 | .948 | 5.080 | ||||
| Albert Caesar | 3B | 59 | 38 | 90 | 11 | 13 | .921 | 2.169 | ||||
| Ronald Schmitt | 3B | 22 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 4 | .780 | 1.455 | ||||
| Al Cruz | 3B | 10 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Bill Lachemann | C | 71 | 446 | 28 | 13 | 5 | .973 | 6.676 | 8 | |||
| Ronald Boone | C | 69 | 433 | 49 | 7 | 4 | .986 | 6.986 | 11 | |||
| Eddie Reed | OF | 106 | 178 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 1.774 | ||||
| George Miller | OF | 104 | 203 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 2.058 | ||||
| Bruce Cranshaw | OF | 103 | 111 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .916 | 1.165 | ||||
| Brandy Davis | OF | 28 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .911 | 1.821 | ||||
| Albert Caesar | OF | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arthur Fletcher | OF | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 | ||||
| Dick Smith | OF | 10 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Ronald Schmitt | OF | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Bill Kunkel | P | 43 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 4 | .907 | .907 | ||||
| Len Schnittker | P | 38 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .861 | .816 | ||||
| Jack Decker | P | 33 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 1 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Rick Warren | P | 27 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .963 | ||||
| Larry Lewis | P | 27 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .593 | ||||
| Edward Maj | P | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Forsythe | P | 22 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .818 | ||||
| Guillermo Rivera | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Joe Bayno | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Hribar | P | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Lawrence Iannicelli | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Scarbrough | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Donovan | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Hopey | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carmine Chierichella | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandy Davis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Shimek | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Schmitt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Castanon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Domingo Carrasquel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Caesar | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Domingo Carrasquel | SS | 125 | 200 | 376 | 34 | 86 | .944 | 4.608 | ||||
| Totals | 1296 | 3125 | 1172 | 181 | 356 | .960 | 3.316 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
