1959 Kokomo Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 60-65
Finished 5th in the MWL
Manager: Ed Serrano (60-65)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Ballpark: Highland Park Stadium
Attendance: 44,721, Avg. 716
The Kokomo Dodgers of the Midwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 60 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the MWL.
The Dodgers scored 742 runs, best in the league. Kokomo conceded 728 runs. Dale Reichert walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Jorge Gomez swatted 15 or more, too. Dale Reichert drove in 116 runs. Jorge Gomez led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .314. John Kirby topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.13 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Rod Miller played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kokomo Dodgers to do so.
Ed Serrano 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Kirby | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.13 | 30 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 201.0 | 186 | 93 | 70 | 17 | 73 | 186 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
John Bozich | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.20 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 148.0 | 139 | 88 | 69 | 11 | 102 | 123 | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||||
James Van Natta | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.45 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 137.0 | 153 | 100 | 83 | 22 | 44 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Michael Thornton | 7 | 13 | .350 | 5.38 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 149.0 | 140 | 121 | 89 | 14 | 125 | 141 | 15 | 1 | 7 | ||||
David Doud | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.19 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 104.0 | 132 | 79 | 60 | 15 | 39 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Lawrence Iannicelli | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 72.0 | 73 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 43 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Carmine Chierichella | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.75 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 49 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
William Kalmes | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.91 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 64.0 | 52 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 89 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Stan Denny | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Ed Serrano | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Michael Bandura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dave Casanega | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Anthony Ottaiano | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Duke Jones | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.89 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Peter McCauley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Howard Collins | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 60 | 65 | .480 | 4.67 | 248 | 117 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 986.0 | 1010 | 661 | 512 | 100 | 578 | 0 | 811 | 45 | 4 | 62 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dickie Crowe | 123 | 568 | 508 | 81 | 135 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 70 | 6 | 40 | 53 | .266 | .324 | .384 | .708 | 195 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||
Dale Reichert | 125 | 558 | 458 | 94 | 133 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 116 | 7 | 87 | 134 | .290 | .402 | .524 | .926 | 240 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
Stanley Schultz | 109 | 466 | 377 | 67 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 76 | 55 | .297 | .426 | .403 | .830 | 152 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |||
Rod Miller | 120 | 570 | 443 | 102 | 111 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 10 | 115 | 91 | .251 | .409 | .429 | .838 | 190 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
Dave Casanega | 119 | 525 | 438 | 68 | 107 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 71 | 6 | 63 | 62 | .244 | .352 | .384 | .735 | 168 | 13 | 5 | 6 | |||
Jorge Gomez | 106 | 460 | 338 | 100 | 106 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 75 | 16 | 112 | 61 | .314 | .487 | .577 | 1.064 | 195 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
Bob Loftin | 96 | 426 | 373 | 60 | 92 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 7 | 42 | 91 | .247 | .326 | .373 | .699 | 139 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||
Conrad Munatones | 89 | 354 | 304 | 50 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 55 | 5 | 44 | 62 | .263 | .353 | .444 | .797 | 135 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
Bill Loftin | 67 | 240 | 194 | 21 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 61 | .175 | .321 | .247 | .568 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
Robert Steele | 18 | 54 | 46 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .370 | .463 | .609 | 1.072 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Kirby | 30 | 84 | 78 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .218 | .256 | .295 | .551 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
Ed Serrano | 36 | 75 | 62 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .258 | .373 | .484 | .857 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
John Bozich | 48 | 74 | 57 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .228 | .366 | .596 | .963 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
William Murray | 18 | 74 | 65 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .200 | .288 | .354 | .642 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
Bill Bevels | 19 | 67 | 57 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .193 | .313 | .386 | .699 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Leigh Gorman | 16 | 64 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .185 | .286 | .259 | .545 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
James Van Natta | 29 | 68 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .157 | .328 | .176 | .505 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Michael Thornton | 35 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .143 | .189 | .265 | .454 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
Carmine Chierichella | 10 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .375 | .444 | .750 | 1.194 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Doud | 32 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .158 | .220 | .184 | .404 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
William Kalmes | 15 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .274 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Howard Collins | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Lawrence Iannicelli | 13 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .095 | .286 | .095 | .381 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Stan Denny | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Anthony Ottaiano | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Duke Jones | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Peter McCauley | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Michael Bandura | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1309 | 4947 | 4100 | 741 | 1042 | 170 | 16 | 147 | 650 | 61 | 0 | 703 | 871 | .254 | .368 | .411 | .779 | 1685 | 0 | 54 | 56 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Loftin | 1B | 96 | 694 | 38 | 20 | 66 | .973 | 7.625 | ||||
Leigh Gorman | 1B | 16 | 128 | 6 | 6 | 11 | .957 | 8.375 | ||||
Conrad Munatones | 1B | 10 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .986 | 7.300 | ||||
Dickie Crowe | 2B | 71 | 209 | 191 | 23 | 52 | .946 | 5.634 | ||||
Dave Casanega | 2B | 49 | 111 | 95 | 18 | 28 | .920 | 4.204 | ||||
Dave Casanega | 3B | 70 | 51 | 112 | 17 | 12 | .906 | 2.329 | ||||
Dickie Crowe | 3B | 52 | 45 | 106 | 18 | 11 | .893 | 2.904 | ||||
Bill Loftin | C | 61 | 415 | 46 | 15 | 6 | .968 | 7.557 | 16 | |||
Conrad Munatones | C | 50 | 387 | 26 | 14 | 5 | .967 | 8.260 | 12 | |||
Bill Bevels | C | 17 | 103 | 11 | 5 | 4 | .958 | 6.706 | 3 | |||
Rod Miller | OF | 120 | 210 | 15 | 19 | 3 | .922 | 1.875 | ||||
Stanley Schultz | OF | 107 | 168 | 14 | 10 | 4 | .948 | 1.701 | ||||
Jorge Gomez | OF | 106 | 189 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .975 | 1.858 | ||||
Conrad Munatones | OF | 24 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.292 | ||||
Robert Steele | OF | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
William Murray | OF | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
John Bozich | P | 44 | 12 | 43 | 8 | 0 | .873 | 1.250 | ||||
Michael Thornton | P | 34 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .833 | .735 | ||||
David Doud | P | 32 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .895 | .531 | ||||
John Kirby | P | 30 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.300 | ||||
James Van Natta | P | 27 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
William Kalmes | P | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Lawrence Iannicelli | P | 13 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
Stan Denny | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Carmine Chierichella | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
Duke Jones | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Peter McCauley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Anthony Ottaiano | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Howard Collins | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Michael Bandura | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Dale Reichert | SS | 125 | 198 | 325 | 45 | 68 | .921 | 4.184 | ||||
Totals | 1242 | 3071 | 1183 | 240 | 292 | .947 | 3.425 | 31 | 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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