1959 Miami Marlins Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Pepper Martin (71-83)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 140,384, Avg. 1,823

1959 Miami Marlins Roster

The Miami Marlins of the International League ended the 1959 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.

The Marlins topped the circuit with just 589 runs allowed. Miami scored 542 runs, worst in the league,. Leo Burke led the squad with 21 home runs, while Woody Smith walloped 15 or more, too. Woody Smith drove in 78 runs. Chuck Oertel paced all regular batters with a .275 average. Jim Archer paced the squad with 13 wins, and Artie Kay earned a 2.08 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1959 Miami Marlins who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Karl Drews, George Zuverink, Bert Hamric, Ron Moeller, Mickey McDermott, Jerry Snyder, Jack Fisher, Chuck Oertel, José Valdivielso, Windy McCall, Mel Held, Bob Conley, John Anderson, Vito Valentinetti, Herb Moford, Eddie Kazak, Virgil Trucks, Steve Korcheck, Norm Zauchin, Jim Archer, Foster Castleman, Fred Valentine, Bobby Adams, Harry Byrd, Frank Kellert, Wes Stock, Bunky Stewart, Johnny Bucha, Ted Abernathy and Leo Burke.

Pepper Martin 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
Jim Archer	13	10	.565	2.81	36	28		16	3		208.0	216	78	65	11	43	6	129	4	0	3
John Anderson	12	9	.571	2.74	30	29		10	3		204.0	187	72	62	9	41	4	95	3	0	7
Jack Fisher	8	4	.667	3.06	12	12		7	0		97.0	81	36	33	4	39	2	70	5	0	3
Harry Byrd	8	16	.333	3.52	42	24		9	1		202.0	188	85	79	21	65	8	114	12	0	4
Artie Kay	7	6	.538	2.08	55	6		2	1		160.0	124	53	37	11	44	12	94	3	0	3
Herb Moford	7	7	.500	2.10	16	14		6	3		107.0	77	30	25	6	28	3	61	12	0	2
Bunky Stewart	6	11	.353	2.91	31	18		7	1		127.0	120	56	41	7	51	10	59	6	0	7
George Zuverink	3	4	.429	2.95	30	4		2	2		55.0	49	21	18	3	15	2	33	2	0	1
Mickey McDermott	3	7	.300	5.66	23	7		0	0		70.0	91	52	44	5	32	5	43	2	1	3
Will Parsons	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
Vito Valentinetti	1	3	.250	7.97	15	7		1	0		35.0	43	35	31	6	27	4	22	0	0	4
Windy McCall	0	0			5						0.0
Leigh Lawrence	0	0			3						0.0
Bob Conley					1						0.0
Karl Drews	0	0			2						0.0
Mel Held					7						0.0
Gene Lary	0	0			6						0.0
Ted Abernathy	0	0		9.00	1						2.0	3	2	2		1		1
Rolf Scheel	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Virgil Trucks	0	1	.000	3.86	4						7.0	7	4	3		9		0
Ron Moeller	0	1	.000	3.86	3						7.0	6	3	3		4		5
Wes Stock	0	1	.000	9.00	6						15.0	21	19	15		13		9
Totals	70	81	.464	3.18	333	149	0	60	14	0	1296.0	1213	546	458	83	412	56	735	49	1	37	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
Fred Valentine	155	678	614	82	158	25	11	11	39	28		50	87	.257	.319	.388	.707	238		7	4	3	6
Woody Smith	156	638	563	67	154	49	2	16	78	3		59	48	.274	.341	.453	.794	255		3	5	8	11
Chuck Oertel	148	600	539	72	148	20	4	11	56	4		50	48	.275	.337	.388	.725	209		3	4	4	5
Foster Castleman	121	460	409	53	128	25	0	6	34	2		35	38	.313	.371	.418	.789	171		5	7	4	6
Bert Hamric	146	581	510	58	114	14	7	14	60	8		60	99	.224	.305	.361	.666	184		1	7	3	8
Leo Burke	136	497	456	43	100	14	3	21	70	2		31	146	.219	.276	.401	.678	183		6	1	3	9
Johnny Bucha	101	361	331	25	85	15	1	1	32	0		22	24	.257	.308	.317	.625	105		3	4	1	5
Frank Kellert	77	283	237	23	58	12	0	6	24	0		40	26	.245	.356	.371	.727	88		2	2	2	3
Bobby Willis	88	182	174	20	45	3	0	0	8	3		4	19	.259	.274	.276	.550	48		0	3	1	0
Norm Zauchin	68	198	165	19	40	7	1	6	26	2		31	39	.242	.364	.406	.770	67		1	0	1	7
Mickey McDermott	68	128	120	10	30	1	0	5	8	0		8	28	.250	.297	.383	.680	46		0	0	0	3
Jerry Snyder	58	151	140	11	28	2	1	0	7	0		8	13	.200	.243	.229	.472	32		0	3	0	2
Steve Korcheck	52	154	131	11	25	3	0	3	20	0		18	33	.191	.283	.282	.565	37		0	2	3	5
Walter Brady	25	89	77	3	21	1	0	0	6	0		10	5	.273	.356	.286	.642	22		0	2	0	1
Bill Lajoie	26	93	81	8	17	0	0	1	7	0		10	9	.210	.290	.247	.537	20		0	0	2	2
Bobby Adams	15	41	39	3	12	3	1	0	7	0		1	7	.308	.317	.436	.753	17		0	0	1	0
Jim Archer	37	77	67	3	11	1	0	0	3	0		3	13	.164	.197	.179	.376	12		0	6	1	0
Jack Fisher	15	40	37	4	10	0	0	0	2	0		2	9	.270	.300	.270	.570	10		0	0	1	0
Harry Byrd	42	70	61	3	10	1	0	0	2	0		4	12	.164	.215	.180	.396	11		0	5	0	0
John Anderson	31	77	72	0	10	1	0	0	4	0		2	14	.139	.162	.153	.315	11		0	3	0	0
Eddie Kazak	7	26	26		9									.346	.346	.346	.692	9
Bunky Stewart	31	39	36	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	10	.167	.167	.167	.333	6		0	3	0	0
Len Tucker	18	45	39	6	5	0	0	0	1	1		5	12	.128	.227	.128	.355	5		0	1	0	1
Herb Moford	16	40	39	3	5	1	0	0	1	0		0	6	.128	.128	.154	.282	6		0	1	0	0
George Zuverink	30	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	2	0		1	2	.375	.444	.750	1.194	6		0	0	0	0
Danny Bishop	7	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Artie Kay	55	43	37	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		5	15	.081	.190	.081	.272	3		0	1	0	0
Roger Bean	4	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
José Valdivielso	17	30	29	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	7	.069	.067	.069	.136	2		0	0	1	0
Ted Abernathy	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Rolf Scheel	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Wes Stock	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Vito Valentinetti	15	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Bill Davidson	9	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Karl Drews	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Virgil Trucks	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Windy McCall	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Will Parsons	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ron Moeller	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1805	5686	5092	536	1245	198	31	102	501	53	0	459	772	.245	.309	.356	.664	1811	0	31	65	39	74

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Kellert	1B	61	499	28	1	43	.998	8.639
Norm Zauchin	1B	49	370	18	5	37	.987	7.918
Bill Lajoie	1B	25	208	7	3	14	.986	8.600
Mickey McDermott	1B	20	160	13	0	9	1.000	8.650
Len Tucker	1B	11	79	6	0	6	1.000	7.727
Foster Castleman	1B	10	88	1	0	8	1.000	8.900
Leo Burke	2B	107	285	291	22	64	.963	5.383
Jerry Snyder	2B	37	73	75	6	13	.961	4.000
Woody Smith	3B	146	134	312	22	30	.953	3.055
Johnny Bucha	C	92	484	66	7	5	.987	5.978	18
Steve Korcheck	C	44	189	21	4	2	.981	4.773	2
Walter Brady	C	25	118	15	2	4	.985	5.320	4
Fred Valentine	OF	154	391	9	9	1	.978	2.597
Bert Hamric	OF	145	214	21	8	4	.967	1.621
Chuck Oertel	OF	139	266	13	3	2	.989	2.007
Leo Burke	OF	23	39	3	1	0	.977	1.826
Frank Kellert	OF	20	28	0	2	0	.933	1.400
Artie Kay	P	55	16	19	4	2	.897	.636
Harry Byrd	P	42	9	34	1	0	.977	1.024
Jim Archer	P	36	6	38	1	5	.978	1.222
Bunky Stewart	P	31	4	30	2	2	.944	1.097
George Zuverink	P	30	3	8	1	1	.917	.367
John Anderson	P	30	14	18	1	0	.970	1.067
Mickey McDermott	P	23	0	11	2	1	.846	.478
Herb Moford	P	16	6	18	1	3	.960	1.500
Vito Valentinetti	P	15	1	7	0	0	1.000	.533
Jack Fisher	P	12	4	8	1	2	.923	1.000
Mel Held	P	7						.000
Wes Stock	P	6						.000
Gene Lary	P	6						.000
Windy McCall	P	5						.000
Virgil Trucks	P	4						.000
Will Parsons	P	4						.000
Ron Moeller	P	3						.000
Leigh Lawrence	P	3						.000
Karl Drews	P	2						.000
Rolf Scheel	P	1						.000
Bob Conley	P	1						.000
Ted Abernathy	P	1						.000
Foster Castleman	SS	108	163	257	26	41	.942	3.889
Bobby Willis	SS	70	69	131	13	24	.939	2.857
Woody Smith	SS	16	15	39	3	5	.947	3.375
José Valdivielso	SS	10	14	23	2	5	.949	3.700
Totals		1645	3949	1540	153	333	.973	3.337	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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