1959 Lewiston Broncs Statistics
Team Record: 75-66
Finished 1st in the NWL
Manager: John McNamara (75-66)
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Ballpark: Bengal Field
Attendance: 55,996, Avg. 794
The Lewiston Broncs of the Northwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the NWL.
The Broncs tallied 739 runs and conceded 667 runs. Gary Rushing paced Lewiston with 19 home runs, and Ronnie Wilkins walloped 15 or more also. Gary Rushing drove in 91 runs. Sal Ferrara led all regular hitters by hitting .323. Robert Sutton topped the team with 15 wins, while James Johnson recorded a 2.69 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Thornton Kipper played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lewiston Broncs to do so.
John McNamara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Sutton | 15 | 6 | .714 | 4.53 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 161.0 | 181 | 98 | 81 | 10 | 68 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| James Johnson | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.69 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 181.0 | 195 | 82 | 54 | 12 | 75 | 119 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Bob Wadsworth | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.00 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 177.0 | 190 | 88 | 59 | 10 | 60 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ray Hyde | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.56 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 162.0 | 211 | 107 | 82 | 17 | 64 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Thornton Kipper | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.75 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 187.0 | 181 | 96 | 78 | 9 | 50 | 115 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dennis Job | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.98 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 112.0 | 137 | 71 | 62 | 5 | 75 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Chuck Longwello | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.59 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 49.0 | 64 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sam Canner | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6.68 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 97.0 | 118 | 89 | 72 | 6 | 66 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| William Bouley | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Bailey | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 4.10 | 217 | 140 | 0 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 1126.0 | 1277 | 659 | 513 | 76 | 478 | 0 | 661 | 26 | 2 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Stacy | 124 | 549 | 487 | 80 | 140 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 8 | 46 | 39 | .287 | .359 | .366 | .725 | 178 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Sal Ferrara | 117 | 489 | 415 | 84 | 134 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 72 | 16 | 55 | 14 | .323 | .395 | .463 | .858 | 192 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Ronnie Wilkins | 132 | 545 | 472 | 77 | 130 | 27 | 2 | 18 | 83 | 7 | 65 | 62 | .275 | .361 | .456 | .816 | 215 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| John McNamara | 141 | 574 | 491 | 74 | 122 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 62 | 64 | .248 | .331 | .322 | .653 | 158 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Ed Olsen | 138 | 547 | 486 | 60 | 120 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 46 | 67 | .247 | .310 | .344 | .654 | 167 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Gary Rushing | 90 | 381 | 329 | 69 | 115 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 91 | 4 | 46 | 53 | .350 | .426 | .602 | 1.028 | 198 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chico Heron | 87 | 357 | 296 | 69 | 100 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 19 | 55 | 37 | .338 | .444 | .598 | 1.042 | 177 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dick McDonald | 93 | 334 | 283 | 51 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 39 | 56 | .286 | .380 | .417 | .797 | 118 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Roger Gregg | 70 | 269 | 244 | 34 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 26 | .303 | .361 | .426 | .787 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Milton Campo | 51 | 205 | 179 | 25 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 29 | .296 | .363 | .453 | .815 | 81 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Roger Herrscher | 43 | 172 | 139 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 27 | .288 | .408 | .439 | .847 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Robert Rous | 47 | 167 | 129 | 32 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 37 | 46 | .264 | .425 | .550 | .976 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thornton Kipper | 36 | 86 | 79 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .215 | .253 | .266 | .519 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ray Hyde | 30 | 66 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .241 | .323 | .276 | .599 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dale DeSilva | 12 | 48 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .300 | .391 | .475 | .866 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wadsworth | 31 | 79 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .200 | .314 | .233 | .548 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| James Johnson | 33 | 80 | 68 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 25 | .176 | .273 | .294 | .567 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Sutton | 30 | 69 | 58 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .138 | .194 | .172 | .366 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Longwello | 14 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .333 | .391 | .381 | .772 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Job | 28 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .159 | .196 | .205 | .400 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sam Canner | 29 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .129 | .263 | .129 | .392 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lorenzo Vanzant | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| August Niklas | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1386 | 5147 | 4428 | 730 | 1239 | 228 | 34 | 103 | 657 | 78 | 0 | 567 | 637 | .280 | .362 | .416 | .779 | 1844 | 100 | 29 | 80 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Rushing | 1B | 69 | 580 | 27 | 15 | 59 | .976 | 8.797 | ||||
| Milton Campo | 1B | 51 | 453 | 20 | 9 | 20 | .981 | 9.275 | ||||
| Ed Olsen | 1B | 23 | 172 | 13 | 3 | 13 | .984 | 8.043 | ||||
| Roger Gregg | 2B | 66 | 156 | 183 | 14 | 37 | .960 | 5.136 | ||||
| Chico Heron | 2B | 44 | 103 | 107 | 7 | 20 | .968 | 4.773 | ||||
| Roger Herrscher | 2B | 23 | 40 | 44 | 4 | 8 | .955 | 3.652 | ||||
| Ed Olsen | 3B | 69 | 66 | 111 | 20 | 10 | .898 | 2.565 | ||||
| Chico Heron | 3B | 26 | 18 | 51 | 9 | 9 | .885 | 2.654 | ||||
| Roger Herrscher | 3B | 21 | 12 | 60 | 5 | 5 | .935 | 3.429 | ||||
| Gary Rushing | 3B | 20 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .931 | 2.700 | ||||
| John McNamara | C | 140 | 714 | 84 | 8 | 10 | .990 | 5.700 | 9 | |||
| Ronnie Wilkins | OF | 129 | 189 | 12 | 14 | 1 | .935 | 1.558 | ||||
| Richard Stacy | OF | 123 | 258 | 15 | 9 | 1 | .968 | 2.220 | ||||
| Dick McDonald | OF | 78 | 141 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .943 | 1.910 | ||||
| Ed Olsen | OF | 45 | 80 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .923 | 1.867 | ||||
| Robert Rous | OF | 39 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.692 | ||||
| Thornton Kipper | P | 34 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.559 | ||||
| James Johnson | P | 30 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.633 | ||||
| Robert Sutton | P | 29 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.448 | ||||
| Sam Canner | P | 28 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Bob Wadsworth | P | 27 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 2 | .917 | 1.630 | ||||
| Dennis Job | P | 27 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .444 | ||||
| Ray Hyde | P | 27 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .975 | 1.444 | ||||
| Chuck Longwello | P | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Kenneth Bailey | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Bouley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sal Ferrara | SS | 108 | 176 | 344 | 42 | 50 | .925 | 4.815 | ||||
| Chico Heron | SS | 17 | 24 | 58 | 8 | 10 | .911 | 4.824 | ||||
| Dale DeSilva | SS | 11 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 2 | .862 | 4.545 | ||||
| Totals | 1319 | 3329 | 1436 | 207 | 273 | .958 | 3.613 | 9 | 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.
