1959 Hastings Giants Statistics
Team Record: 23-39
Finished 5th in the NSL
Manager: Leo Schrall (23-39)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Hastings, Nebraska
Ballpark: Duncan Field
Attendance: 10,235, Avg. 330
The Hastings Giants of the Nebraska State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 23 wins and 39 losses, finishing fifth in the NSL.
The Giants scored 301 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 405 runs. Woody Huyke led Hastings with 12 home runs and drove in 50 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .311. Rudy Tretter topped the team with 5 wins, and Clell Quarles recorded a 4.35 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1959 Hastings Giants who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jesús Alou, Fred Wenz, Bob Barton and Bill Hands.
Leo Schrall 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 Tretter | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.37 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 38.0 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Wenz | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.88 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 51.0 | 58 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 34 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Clell Quarles | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.35 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 63 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 38 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Carl Shelen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.68 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25.0 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mark Opatt | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 45 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Lowell Bussler | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.60 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 52 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 25 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Samuel Mason | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Blehm | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.71 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 31 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Elizardo Toro | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John May | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.34 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 64 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 52 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Hands | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.64 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 1 | 40 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Raymond Moulder | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.79 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 61 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jesús Alou | 0 | 0 | 19.80 | 2 | 5.0 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Buster LaGarde | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Cobb | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Porter | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 23 | 39 | .371 | 5.57 | 145 | 59 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 488.0 | 502 | 372 | 302 | 21 | 316 | 0 | 441 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Huyke | 62 | 271 | 228 | 52 | 71 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 3 | 38 | 34 | .311 | .415 | .548 | .963 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Bonnabeaux | 62 | 281 | 230 | 32 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 44 | 17 | .274 | .398 | .330 | .728 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Art Cole | 61 | 264 | 239 | 39 | 57 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 19 | 53 | .238 | .299 | .389 | .688 | 93 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Rafael Casillas | 52 | 204 | 184 | 27 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 25 | .283 | .350 | .315 | .665 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Barton | 44 | 171 | 143 | 14 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 37 | .287 | .396 | .399 | .795 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Morett | 28 | 123 | 103 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 21 | .320 | .421 | .427 | .849 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Robert Davis | 50 | 212 | 173 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 53 | .168 | .284 | .220 | .503 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| William Honnor | 50 | 154 | 138 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 49 | .196 | .263 | .254 | .517 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Herb Raybourn | 19 | 66 | 52 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 6 | .327 | .431 | .346 | .777 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Richard McKenna | 43 | 166 | 127 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 45 | .118 | .317 | .142 | .459 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Willie Beaman | 16 | 53 | 47 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | .234 | .308 | .277 | .584 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Stallings | 15 | 52 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | .270 | .471 | .297 | .768 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Quinton Gray | 6 | 23 | 23 | 9 | .391 | .391 | .391 | .783 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Opatt | 16 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .292 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gordon Achilles | 10 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .233 | .378 | .500 | .878 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edgar Airey | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Moulder | 12 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .286 | .400 | .686 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Tretter | 8 | 17 | 17 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerry Brooks | 7 | 19 | 19 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Massetti | 6 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Hands | 14 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .136 | .208 | .182 | .390 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barry Freitag | 19 | 40 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jesús Alou | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Virgilio Rosa | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Farrar | 6 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Lowell Bussler | 17 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .111 | .238 | .278 | .516 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buster LaGarde | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jackie Blehm | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Shelen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Clell Quarles | 16 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .059 | .304 | .059 | .363 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John May | 16 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Donald Cobb | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Elizardo Toro | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Samuel Mason | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Porter | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Francisco Robles | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Wenz | 9 | 17 | 17 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 727 | 2411 | 2062 | 280 | 489 | 55 | 29 | 21 | 238 | 24 | 0 | 290 | 443 | .237 | .336 | .323 | .658 | 665 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Honnor | 1B | 35 | 244 | 11 | 10 | 12 | .962 | 7.286 | ||||
| Rafael Casillas | 1B | 30 | 224 | 13 | 4 | 11 | .983 | 7.900 | ||||
| Robert Davis | 2B | 45 | 101 | 107 | 12 | 10 | .945 | 4.622 | ||||
| Woody Huyke | 3B | 48 | 40 | 82 | 12 | 3 | .910 | 2.542 | ||||
| Jerry Bonnabeaux | 3B | 15 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 1 | .765 | 1.733 | ||||
| Bob Barton | C | 42 | 321 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .986 | 8.238 | 18 | |||
| Art Cole | OF | 60 | 88 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .906 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jerry Bonnabeaux | OF | 51 | 78 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .936 | 1.725 | ||||
| Bob Morett | OF | 23 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 2.261 | ||||
| Rafael Casillas | OF | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| James Stallings | OF | 13 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.154 | ||||
| Willie Beaman | OF | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Clell Quarles | P | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| John May | P | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Elizardo Toro | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Lowell Bussler | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Mark Opatt | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Bill Hands | P | 13 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Raymond Moulder | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.200 | ||||
| Fred Wenz | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jackie Blehm | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Shelen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Tretter | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Porter | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Mason | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buster LaGarde | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Cobb | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard McKenna | SS | 40 | 51 | 88 | 17 | 11 | .891 | 3.475 | ||||
| Woody Huyke | SS | 17 | 22 | 56 | 10 | 4 | .886 | 4.588 | ||||
| Totals | 595 | 1275 | 491 | 108 | 59 | .942 | 2.968 | 18 | 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.
