1959 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 64-65
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Bob Clear (64-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 30,219, Avg. 469

1959 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

Playoffs - Idaho Falls Russets 2 games, Boise Braves 0
Finals - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 64 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the PL.

The Russets plated 746 runs and allowed 721 runs. Jim Campbell paced Idaho Falls with 24 home runs, while Roberto Sanchez and Donn Clendenon walloped 15 or more also. Jim Campbell drove in 99 runs. Donn Clendenon topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .356 clip. Bob Clear and Tom Parsons led the squad with 13 wins each, and Thomas Hull recorded a 2.71 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1959 Idaho Falls Russets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom Parsons, Rex Johnston, Donn Clendenon, Jim Campbell and John Pregenzer.

Bob Clear 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
Bob Clear	13	8	.619	2.81	26	19		16	0		176.0	156	82	55	13	45		189	0	0	3
Tom Parsons	13	10	.565	4.57	26	26		11	1		187.0	183	120	95	12	97		207	1	0	11
Thomas Hull	9	6	.600	2.71	17	14		8	3		113.0	116	59	34	3	21		71	3	0	3
John Pregenzer	9	10	.474	4.17	24	19		12	1		162.0	166	92	75	11	54		120	8	1	7
Mort Ek	6	10	.375	4.75	27	10		10	0		159.0	169	118	84	12	98		146	8	0	15
Phillip Andress	5	2	.714	4.80	8	8		5	1		60.0	57	38	32	2	40		41	4	0	4
Alfred Chavez	2	0	1.000	1.59	12	0		0	0		34.0	29	7	6	2	10		27	1	1	0
Jim Gleason	2	3	.400	7.46	10	7		1	0		41.0	50	42	34	4	28		21	2	1	4
Ramon Saba	2	5	.286	6.28	11	8		3	0		53.0	71	48	37	6	47		34	0	0	3
Bill Ralston	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Joe Drotar	1	2	.333		7						0.0
Nick Maras	1	5	.167	5.90	19	5		1	0		58.0	65	56	38	3	50		43	6	1	8
Octavio Acosta	0	0			2						0.0
Frank Jackson	0	4	.000	6.38	13	3		2	0		55.0	64	45	39	4	44		44	1	0	9
Totals	64	65	.496	4.34	206	119	0	69	6	0	1098.0	1126	707	529	72	534	0	943	34	4	67	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
Roberto Sanchez	121	568	490	101	157	29	10	17	78	26		63	62	.320	.398	.524	.923	257	9	3	8	4
Darrell McCall	128	583	535	90	151	26	5	8	7	4		36	128	.282	.331	.394	.725	211	9	4	6	2
Donn Clendenon	105	467	416	93	148	26	15	15	96	13		40	68	.356	.410	.599	1.008	249	13	3	1	7
Villard Wright	128	586	501	90	144	29	7	11	81	22		71	132	.287	.377	.439	.816	220	8	5	3	6
Jim Campbell	119	522	428	82	129	20	3	24	99	8		81	75	.301	.417	.530	.947	227	8	6	4	3
Andrew Prevedello	121	502	428	58	103	11	0	3	44	3		66	70	.241	.344	.287	.631	123	10	2	5	1
Bob Fischer	68	314	252	54	81	9	2	1	29	1		56	47	.321	.447	.385	.832	97	2	2	3	1
Rex Johnston	70	301	251	45	69	12	1	2	36	1		43	46	.275	.378	.355	.733	89	5	1	2	4
David Perelli	56	199	180	19	48	3	0	0	18	0		15	39	.267	.330	.283	.613	51	3	2	2	0
Rex McMillan	50	202	177	21	42	10	0	3	21	3		25	43	.237	.332	.345	.676	61	0	0	0	0
Carlee Hendrix	40	169	138	18	34	7	5	2	26	2		27	21	.246	.375	.413	.788	57	0	2	1	1
Bob Clear	39	110	92	13	23	3	1	1	13	0		14	17	.250	.355	.337	.692	31	5	2	0	2
William Whalen	33	98	84	8	18	4	1	1	10	0		11	29	.214	.306	.321	.628	27	1	1	0	2
Fred Filipelli	21	91	73	8	15	3	1	0	5	1		14	12	.205	.348	.274	.622	20	4	2	2	0
Tom Parsons	26	79	73	9	12	1	1	0	9	0		3	41	.164	.197	.205	.403	15	0	0	3	0
Mort Ek	29	84	76	9	11	2	0	0	7	0		7	33	.145	.217	.171	.388	13	1	0	1	0
John Pregenzer	25	71	61	8	10	2	0	0	5	0		7	28	.164	.250	.197	.447	12	2	0	3	0
Ramon Saba	12	22	20	5	9	3	0	0	2	1		0	6	.450	.450	.600	1.050	12	0	0	2	0
Thomas Hull	18	48	41	6	6	0	1	0	2	0		5	10	.146	.239	.195	.434	8	1	0	2	0
Bill Ralston	4	8	8		5									.625	.625	.625	1.250	5
Frank Jackson	16	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	11	.150	.190	.150	.340	3	1	1	0	0
Phillip Andress	9	24	24		3									.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Alfred Chavez	12	14	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.200	.385	.200	.585	2	0	0	1	0
Jim Gleason	10	19	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		7	7	.182	.500	.182	.682	2	0	0	1	0
Octavio Acosta	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Nick Maras	20	22	17	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	9	.059	.273	.059	.332	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Drotar	7	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1289	5126	4408	741	1227	200	53	88	590	86	0	599	939	.278	.367	.408	.774	1797	82	36	50	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Donn Clendenon	1B	105	748	53	24	64	.971	7.629
Fred Filipelli	1B	17	137	12	2	15	.987	8.765
Villard Wright	2B	55	123	101	21	19	.914	4.073
Jim Campbell	2B	40	99	97	9	22	.956	4.900
Carlee Hendrix	2B	35	82	75	13	20	.924	4.486
Darrell McCall	3B	126	121	185	39	23	.887	2.429
Jim Campbell	C	69	493	49	13	5	.977	7.855	18
David Perelli	C	52	384	28	13	3	.969	7.923	10
William Whalen	C	18	112	7	2	1	.983	6.611	2
Andrew Prevedello	OF	118	282	16	17	3	.946	2.525
Villard Wright	OF	72	133	6	4	0	.972	1.931
Rex Johnston	OF	69	119	7	5	2	.962	1.826
Rex McMillan	OF	48	55	7	2	3	.969	1.292
Mort Ek	P	27	16	14	3	1	.909	1.111
Tom Parsons	P	26	6	26	4	3	.889	1.231
Bob Clear	P	26	10	28	2	2	.950	1.462
John Pregenzer	P	24	5	33	5	2	.884	1.583
Nick Maras	P	19	2	5	0	0	1.000	.368
Thomas Hull	P	17	4	17	3	1	.875	1.235
Frank Jackson	P	13	1	5	2	1	.750	.462
Alfred Chavez	P	12	2	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Ramon Saba	P	11	1	7	6	1	.571	.727
Jim Gleason	P	10	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.100
Phillip Andress	P	8						.000
Joe Drotar	P	7						.000
Bill Ralston	P	4						.000
Octavio Acosta	P	2						.000
Roberto Sanchez	SS	120	200	304	44	51	.920	4.200
Jim Campbell	SS	11	15	25	1	7	.976	3.636
Totals		1161	3154	1118	234	249	.948	3.680	30	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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