1959 Hobbs Cardinals Statistics

Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-54
Finished 3rd in the SL
Manager: Thurman Tucker (70-54)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Hobbs, New Mexico
Ballpark: Bender Park
Attendance: 23,703, Avg. 382

1959 Hobbs Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Alpine Cowboys 2 games, Hobbs Cardinals 0

The Hobbs Cardinals of the Sophomore League ended the 1959 season with a record of 70 wins and 54 losses, finishing third in the SL.

The Cardinals tallied 789 runs and yielded 756 runs. Chris Krug walloped 30 home runs for Hobbs, while Harold Wood, Robert Stolzer and Kenneth Clark each swatted 15 or more also. Chris Krug drove in 118 runs. Elmer Lindsey led batters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Lynn Rube topped the team with 16 wins, and Bob Funge earned a 3.48 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Hobbs Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Weldon Bowlin, Chris Krug and Johnny Lewis.

Thurman Tucker 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
Lynn Rube	16	8	.667	3.57	31	29		17	1		214.0	209	118	85	18	114		133	12	1	9
Bob Funge	10	6	.625	3.48	42	7		4	0		137.0	146	66	53	12	50		79	5	1	5
Gene Parent	7	2	.778	4.50	30	2		1	0		96.0	107	75	48	7	53		57	7	0	5
Leon Nickisch	7	6	.538	6.00	27	10		3	0		96.0	101	84	64	4	77		69	2	0	9
Howard Hughie	6	4	.600	5.05	18	12		4	1		82.0	99	57	46	8	36		53	1	2	5
Frank Scott	6	7	.462	5.18	25	22		3	0		113.0	120	83	65	9	94		89	1	0	9
Paul McKenzie	5	5	.500	3.83	15	13		6	0		94.0	90	56	40	8	42		44	0	2	8
Gerald Christenson	4	1	.800	5.50	15	2		1	0		36.0	46	31	22	2	27		24	2	2	2
James Keith	4	6	.400	4.40	15	14		5	0		94.0	84	62	46	15	37		73	1	1	3
Wayne Pearson	4	7	.364	7.45	16	13		4	0		87.0	117	88	72	8	64		67	1	0	6
Bill Dingus	1	1	.500		8						0.0
Sonny Perrin	0	0			1						0.0
Luis Arrendell	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	70	54	.565	4.64	245	124	0	48	2	0	1049.0	1119	720	541	91	594	0	688	32	9	61	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
Elmer Lindsey	124	601	514	114	155	17	15	8	56	15		81	62	.302	.398	.440	.838	226	8	3	1	2
Weldon Bowlin	123	587	506	104	142	19	7	1	59	8		69	69	.281	.366	.352	.717	178	14	1	7	4
Robert Stolzer	119	528	441	96	126	17	2	19	86	5		81	94	.286	.398	.463	.860	204	14	3	0	3
Chris Krug	118	511	439	93	123	20	3	30	118	3		56	112	.280	.357	.544	.901	239	7	2	4	10
Frankie Williams	121	530	441	81	112	17	3	6	53	8		80	79	.254	.369	.347	.716	153	10	1	7	1
Harold Wood	109	474	368	66	104	19	5	17	75	3		95	103	.283	.432	.500	.932	184	1	6	0	5
Kenneth Clark	84	366	321	66	82	16	2	18	75	5		38	107	.255	.340	.486	.826	156	5	4	1	2
Bill Dingus	82	320	259	45	63	13	1	11	46	0		52	54	.243	.377	.429	.806	111	4	5	2	2
Tony Paulino	52	201	156	29	36	6	1	6	26	1		43	49	.231	.393	.397	.790	62	0	0	0	2
Jose Jacobo	57	160	124	20	25	1	3	0	24	1		28	59	.202	.359	.258	.617	32	1	3	4	1
Charles Douglas	28	105	83	19	22	2	1	2	8	3		17	25	.265	.410	.386	.795	32	2	4	0	1
Lynn Rube	31	86	78	10	20	1	0	0	9	0		6	12	.256	.314	.269	.583	21	1	1	0	1
James Broughton	31	71	61	7	19	1	2	0	8	1		9	9	.311	.394	.393	.788	24	0	0	0	1
Johnny Lewis	10	49	43	7	11	0	0	2	4	0		6	14	.256	.347	.395	.742	17	0	0	0	0
Bob Funge	43	62	51	4	11	1	0	0	1	1		8	16	.216	.322	.235	.557	12	4	0	3	0
Howard Hughie	18	40	34	3	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	10	.176	.222	.176	.399	6	1	0	4	0
Paul McKenzie	15	39	38	2	6	1	0	0	3	0		0	10	.158	.158	.184	.342	7	0	0	1	0
James Keith	15	38	33	1	5	1	0	0	5	0		2	13	.152	.200	.182	.382	6	0	0	3	0
Leon Nickisch	27	45	37	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		8	19	.135	.289	.135	.424	5	0	0	0	0
Frank Scott	25	52	44	5	5	0	0	0	4	0		6	20	.114	.216	.114	.329	5	1	0	1	1
Gene Parent	34	56	53	4	4	1	0	1	3	0		2	24	.075	.109	.151	.260	8	0	0	1	0
Luis Arrendell	14	31	23	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		7	8	.130	.333	.130	.464	3	1	0	1	0
Wayne Pearson	18	42	38	5	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	.079	.146	.079	.225	3	0	0	1	0
Gerald Christenson	16	17	14	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.143	.294	.143	.437	2	0	0	0	0
Sonny Perrin	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1315	5013	4201	789	1090	153	45	121	669	54	0	702	977	.259	.367	.404	.771	1696	74	33	41	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Stolzer	1B	119	1030	35	14	89	.987	8.950
Frankie Williams	2B	96	255	266	33	60	.940	5.427
Weldon Bowlin	2B	28	84	91	5	12	.972	6.250
Bill Dingus	3B	62	61	123	33	15	.848	2.968
Weldon Bowlin	3B	27	27	54	10	4	.890	3.000
Frankie Williams	3B	21	18	47	11	1	.855	3.095
Chris Krug	3B	10	6	21	10	1	.730	2.700
Chris Krug	C	101	566	70	21	8	.968	6.297	15
Jose Jacobo	C	41	222	20	4	2	.984	5.902	4
Elmer Lindsey	OF	124	313	11	14	1	.959	2.613
Harold Wood	OF	107	118	13	7	5	.949	1.224
Kenneth Clark	OF	84	136	18	17	1	.901	1.833
Charles Douglas	OF	27	25	2	7	0	.794	1.000
James Broughton	OF	24	18	1	0	0	1.000	.792
Johnny Lewis	OF	10	13	0	2	0	.867	1.300
Bob Funge	P	42	9	35	3	2	.936	1.048
Lynn Rube	P	31	14	34	6	1	.889	1.548
Gene Parent	P	30	7	12	2	1	.905	.633
Leon Nickisch	P	27	2	16	6	0	.750	.667
Frank Scott	P	25	4	9	1	0	.929	.520
Howard Hughie	P	18	3	16	2	1	.905	1.056
Wayne Pearson	P	16	0	16	2	0	.889	1.000
Paul McKenzie	P	15	2	19	5	1	.808	1.400
James Keith	P	15	4	11	1	1	.938	1.000
Gerald Christenson	P	15	0	14	0	3	1.000	.933
Bill Dingus	P	8						.000
Luis Arrendell	P	2						.000
Sonny Perrin	P	1						.000
Weldon Bowlin	SS	69	112	221	28	47	.922	4.826
Tony Paulino	SS	48	75	132	29	12	.877	4.312
Bill Dingus	SS	12	17	44	4	9	.938	5.083
Totals		1255	3141	1351	277	277	.942	3.579	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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