1959 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 86-76
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Walker Cooper (86-76)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 249,384, Avg. 3,079

1959 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Indians tallied 749 runs and yielded 665 runs. Ron Jackson walloped 30 home runs for Indianapolis and drove in 99 runs. Joe Hicks topped all regular hitters with a .314 average. Ed Hobaugh and Gary Peters led the squad with 13 wins each, while Ken McBride recorded a 2.79 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ted Beard, Cloyd Boyer, Johnny Callison, Cam Carreon, Walker Cooper, Joe Hicks, Ed Hobaugh, Dixie Howell, Ron Jackson, Stan Johnson, Bob Kuzava, J. C. Martin, Jim McAnany, Ken McBride, Jim McDonald, Les Moss, Gary Peters, Eddie Phillips, Tom Qualters, Jim Snyder, Carl Thomas and Hal Trosky.

Walker Cooper 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
Ed Hobaugh	13	7	.650	3.85	53	13		4	0		201.0	212	103	86	24	60	5	118	5	1	7
Gary Peters	13	11	.542	3.56	35	27		12	3		192.0	170	83	76	7	68	5	96	1	1	3
Ken McBride	11	5	.688	2.79	26	19		8	1		145.0	125	53	45	8	72	4	86	6	1	6
Jim McDonald	10	11	.476	3.75	28	23		9	1		163.0	183	83	68	16	31	0	56	1	0	2
Cloyd Boyer	10	14	.417	3.30	34	31		10	3		202.0	186	95	74	15	59	1	85	6	0	3
Carl Thomas	7	2	.778	2.75	13	12		6	2		95.0	71	31	29	6	38	2	55	4	1	4
Tom Qualters	7	11	.389	3.34	36	23		4	2		148.0	155	73	55	13	49	4	53	4	0	8
Dixie Howell	6	8	.429	3.54	51	0		0	0		89.0	96	41	35	3	36	11	45	1	0	3
Thomas Richards	3	1	.750	4.78	9	5		1	0		32.0	30	19	17	1	17	0	11	2	0	0
Hal Trosky	3	2	.600	3.57	24	8		1	0		68.0	67	40	27	8	33	3	45	0	0	6
Bob Kuzava	3	4	.429	3.57	49	1		0	0		68.0	72	39	27	6	19	1	44	0	0	1
Billy Dufour	0	0			3						0.0
Bill Slack	0	0			1						0.0
Totals	86	76	.531	3.46	362	162	0	55	12	0	1403.0	1367	660	539	107	482	36	694	30	4	43	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
Joe Hicks	151	642	573	86	180	29	10	11	79	7		45	67	.314	.368	.457	.825	262		8	9	7	4
Cam Carreon	145	585	531	70	165	22	5	10	91	8		44	48	.311	.363	.427	.791	227		2	4	4	2
Stan Johnson	145	577	524	85	147	15	5	7	61	16		36	44	.281	.334	.368	.702	193		8	5	4	2
Ron Jackson	130	539	475	72	136	27	1	30	99	0		46	82	.286	.360	.537	.897	255		12	0	6	8
J. C. Martin	133	491	449	67	129	19	2	13	57	4		34	68	.287	.344	.425	.769	191		5	2	1	9
Robert Sagers	146	517	435	62	125	28	4	11	60	6		66	53	.287	.383	.446	.829	194		4	8	4	7
Jim Snyder	129	401	357	42	99	15	0	2	36	6		31	33	.277	.341	.336	.677	120		4	8	1	1
Alfred Facchini	132	476	425	46	94	14	3	0	37	6		34	70	.221	.282	.268	.551	114		5	5	7	5
Johnny Callison	79	344	311	51	93	16	9	10	46	6		26	29	.299	.353	.505	.858	157		2	1	4	5
Jim McAnany	75	290	248	42	78	11	7	5	41	1		34	34	.315	.395	.476	.871	118		1	4	3	2
Ted Beard	102	345	290	44	73	7	4	2	22	9		51	43	.252	.367	.324	.691	94		2	2	0	2
Gary Peters	67	110	102	9	29	9	0	1	9	0		4	19	.284	.318	.402	.720	41		1	3	0	1
Leon Carter	33	108	93	13	23	4	1	2	14	1		12	11	.247	.333	.376	.710	35		1	0	2	1
Les Moss	43	108	94	5	21	2	0	0	12	0		10	7	.223	.295	.245	.540	23		0	3	1	2
Gordon Figard	30	100	90	8	15	1	1	1	2	2		7	15	.167	.232	.233	.466	21		1	1	1	1
Cloyd Boyer	39	78	64	8	13	1	0	0	5	0		3	19	.203	.268	.219	.486	14		3	7	1	0
Ed Hobaugh	57	74	69	6	12	1	0	0	8	0		3	14	.174	.205	.188	.394	13		0	1	1	0
Tom Qualters	42	50	43	7	10	1	0	0	2	0		2	13	.233	.267	.256	.522	11		0	5	0	0
Jim McDonald	28	59	45	7	10	2	1	0	3	0		10	8	.222	.364	.311	.675	14		0	4	0	0
Ken McBride	26	58	52	4	10	3	0	1	5	0		4	13	.192	.250	.308	.558	16		0	2	0	0
Carl Thomas	13	37	34	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	8	.206	.222	.206	.428	7		0	1	1	0
Hal Trosky	25	22	19	1	6	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.316	.316	.316	.632	6		0	3	0	0
Dixie Howell	61	47	35	2	6	0	0	0	1	0		11	10	.171	.370	.171	.541	6		0	1	0	1
Bobby Joe Case	6	21	21		4									.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Chico Terry	5	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Bob Kuzava	49	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	2	0	0
Thomas Richards	9	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Billy Dufour	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Walker Cooper	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1905	6116	5413	740	1490	227	53	106	692	72	0	515	718	.275	.342	.396	.738	2141	0	59	81	48	53

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ron Jackson	1B	130	1178	90	11	118	.991	9.754
J. C. Martin	1B	36	266	16	4	24	.986	7.833
Jim Snyder	1B	12	74	6	1	7	.988	6.667
Jim Snyder	2B	98	199	247	5	66	.989	4.551
Robert Sagers	2B	94	192	227	17	47	.961	4.457
J. C. Martin	3B	94	70	194	21	21	.926	2.809
Robert Sagers	3B	68	52	98	5	11	.968	2.206
Leon Carter	3B	32	23	65	4	7	.957	2.750
Cam Carreon	C	143	650	53	19	10	.974	4.916	15
Les Moss	C	30	127	5	0	2	1.000	4.400	3
Joe Hicks	OF	143	282	12	6	4	.980	2.056
Stan Johnson	OF	125	230	8	8	2	.967	1.904
Ted Beard	OF	82	173	10	3	3	.984	2.232
Johnny Callison	OF	79	193	3	3	1	.985	2.481
Jim McAnany	OF	71	157	8	4	1	.976	2.324
Ed Hobaugh	P	53	15	22	0	1	1.000	.698
Dixie Howell	P	51	3	18	0	1	1.000	.412
Bob Kuzava	P	49	3	14	0	0	1.000	.347
Tom Qualters	P	36	7	32	5	3	.886	1.083
Gary Peters	P	35	6	28	0	1	1.000	.971
Cloyd Boyer	P	34	16	38	2	2	.964	1.588
Jim McDonald	P	28	15	29	0	2	1.000	1.571
Ken McBride	P	26	11	39	2	5	.962	1.923
Hal Trosky	P	24	4	24	2	2	.933	1.167
Carl Thomas	P	13	10	12	1	1	.957	1.692
Thomas Richards	P	9						.000
Billy Dufour	P	3						.000
Bill Slack	P	1						.000
Alfred Facchini	SS	125	183	370	45	67	.925	4.424
Jim Snyder	SS	28	24	71	4	9	.960	3.393
Gordon Figard	SS	26	21	75	5	11	.950	3.692
Totals		1778	4184	1814	177	429	.971	3.373	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.

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