1959 Kearney Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 27-35
Finished 4th in the NSL
Manager: Jim Gleeson (27-35)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kearney, Nebraska
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 13,141, Avg. 424
The Kearney Yankees of the Nebraska State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 27 wins and 35 losses, finishing fourth in the NSL.
The Yankees plated 318 runs and gave up 369 runs. Boyd Coffie paced Kearney with 11 home runs and drove in 63 runs. Ike Futch topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .319. George Haney led the team with 6 wins and a team-best 2.44 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Jim Bouton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kearney Yankees to do so.
Jim Gleeson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Haney | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.44 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 64 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 29 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joseph Messina | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.38 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ron Speiser | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.03 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 58.0 | 46 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 50 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Karl Drops | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.79 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Arturo Polanco | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28.0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Lasko | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.61 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 62.0 | 37 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 43 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Hub King | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.08 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jim Bouton | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 55 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 29 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Knoff | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Louis Konyha | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.00 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 14 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Steven Evans | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kim Elliott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Anglada | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack DePalo | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Scorca | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.88 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 30 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 40 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Bruce Jacobson | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 27 | 35 | .435 | 4.30 | 147 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 494.0 | 419 | 319 | 236 | 25 | 377 | 0 | 480 | 19 | 1 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Futch | 52 | 244 | 207 | 39 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 8 | .319 | .420 | .386 | .806 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Boyd Coffie | 56 | 229 | 199 | 32 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 63 | 0 | 27 | 49 | .286 | .377 | .528 | .905 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dan Morgan | 54 | 188 | 160 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 27 | .300 | .380 | .419 | .799 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Matthew Encinas | 60 | 262 | 188 | 49 | 48 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 65 | 34 | .255 | .452 | .340 | .793 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Julian Vicente | 37 | 137 | 127 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 15 | .299 | .338 | .409 | .748 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jim Kuinius | 48 | 184 | 155 | 21 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 51 | .245 | .346 | .381 | .727 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Daryl Richardson | 47 | 175 | 157 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 45 | .191 | .257 | .261 | .518 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jack DePalo | 34 | 116 | 103 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 24 | .282 | .362 | .427 | .789 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Tucker | 46 | 160 | 147 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 35 | .177 | .225 | .265 | .490 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Oscar Pickering | 45 | 185 | 143 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 60 | .154 | .346 | .245 | .591 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Entz | 22 | 94 | 82 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 29 | .256 | .333 | .305 | .638 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Wallace Panel | 22 | 103 | 79 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 27 | .190 | .363 | .316 | .679 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jose Calero | 29 | 96 | 82 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .171 | .292 | .268 | .560 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Haney | 20 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .194 | .405 | .419 | .824 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ron Speiser | 15 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hub King | 9 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Bouton | 15 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Karl Drops | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Scorca | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Goodsell | 7 | 20 | 20 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Anglada | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Messina | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Owen | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Knoff | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Lasko | 12 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Louis Konyha | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Arturo Polanco | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Jacobson | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kim Elliott | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wilfredo Caban | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 720 | 2396 | 2031 | 311 | 479 | 88 | 19 | 30 | 261 | 22 | 0 | 312 | 473 | .236 | .341 | .342 | .683 | 695 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Kuinius | 1B | 35 | 256 | 16 | 7 | 18 | .975 | 7.771 | ||||
| Jose Calero | 1B | 27 | 202 | 10 | 4 | 16 | .981 | 7.852 | ||||
| Julian Vicente | 2B | 35 | 65 | 91 | 8 | 18 | .951 | 4.457 | ||||
| Dan Morgan | 2B | 34 | 56 | 59 | 10 | 9 | .920 | 3.382 | ||||
| Daryl Richardson | 3B | 33 | 22 | 36 | 16 | 1 | .784 | 1.758 | ||||
| David Tucker | 3B | 20 | 15 | 36 | 8 | 2 | .864 | 2.550 | ||||
| Boyd Coffie | C | 52 | 456 | 49 | 14 | 7 | .973 | 9.712 | 19 | |||
| Jim Kuinius | C | 11 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 7.273 | 5 | |||
| Matthew Encinas | OF | 60 | 83 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .948 | 1.517 | ||||
| Oscar Pickering | OF | 28 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.393 | ||||
| Jack DePalo | OF | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.043 | ||||
| Wallace Panel | OF | 22 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Michael Entz | OF | 22 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.136 | ||||
| David Tucker | OF | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| Daryl Richardson | OF | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dan Morgan | OF | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Karl Drops | P | 22 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Bouton | P | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.067 | ||||
| Ron Speiser | P | 13 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Joseph Messina | P | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Robert Lasko | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Ralph Scorca | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Knoff | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hub King | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Anglada | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Jacobson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arturo Polanco | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Konyha | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kim Elliott | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ike Futch | SS | 52 | 89 | 135 | 21 | 22 | .914 | 4.308 | ||||
| Totals | 625 | 1481 | 513 | 114 | 97 | .946 | 3.190 | 24 | 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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