1959 Minot Mallards Statistics
Team Record: 63-60
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Ken Landenberger (63-60)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Minot, North Dakota
Ballpark: Corbett Field
Attendance: 29,337, Avg. 477
Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 1 game, Minot Mallards 0
The Minot Mallards of the Northern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 63 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Mallards scored 753 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Hal Jones walloped 35 home runs for Minot, and John Skorupski added 15 or more also. Hal Jones recorded 127 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .325. Thomas Trammel led the squad with 13 wins, while Larry Smith recorded a 3.65 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1959 Minot Mallards who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ramón López, Hal Jones, Sonny Siebert, Jim Lawrence and Billy Williams.
Ken Landenberger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Trammel | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.52 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 189.0 | 188 | 115 | 95 | 11 | 117 | 171 | 9 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Larry Smith | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.65 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 185.0 | 208 | 99 | 75 | 20 | 55 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Willie Calvin | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.26 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 207.0 | 226 | 123 | 98 | 9 | 84 | 155 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ramón López | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.68 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 88 | 56 | 48 | 7 | 61 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Frank Slusser | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.06 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 153.0 | 167 | 93 | 69 | 8 | 53 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Al Eisele | 6 | 6 | .500 | 7.90 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 105 | 85 | 72 | 7 | 57 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Bob Butler | 3 | 11 | .214 | 6.28 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 86.0 | 98 | 65 | 60 | 7 | 76 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Donald Koudis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Skorupski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Russ Fischer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Maine | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Isaac Simmons | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 60 | .512 | 4.73 | 202 | 120 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1009.0 | 1110 | 651 | 530 | 74 | 522 | 0 | 718 | 35 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Jones | 122 | 535 | 456 | 114 | 148 | 25 | 7 | 35 | 127 | 2 | 67 | 88 | .325 | .413 | .640 | 1.053 | 292 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| William Wyatt | 124 | 579 | 471 | 118 | 140 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 94 | 75 | .297 | .421 | .416 | .837 | 196 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||
| James Card | 121 | 538 | 476 | 82 | 130 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 88 | 0 | 51 | 94 | .273 | .342 | .384 | .727 | 183 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Jay Perry | 124 | 593 | 466 | 103 | 128 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 117 | 99 | .275 | .422 | .384 | .806 | 179 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Billy Williams | 86 | 374 | 327 | 52 | 102 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 68 | 11 | 36 | 29 | .312 | .382 | .440 | .823 | 144 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Skorupski | 91 | 380 | 283 | 69 | 87 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 69 | 3 | 78 | 64 | .307 | .475 | .572 | 1.047 | 162 | 12 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Edward Schuermann | 78 | 292 | 243 | 30 | 65 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 44 | 53 | .267 | .380 | .453 | .833 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Madison Parker | 88 | 313 | 276 | 30 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 60 | .192 | .277 | .283 | .559 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Jim Lawrence | 61 | 253 | 215 | 34 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 32 | 52 | .223 | .323 | .353 | .676 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Sonny Siebert | 61 | 227 | 185 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 38 | 47 | .238 | .364 | .384 | .748 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Ledford | 32 | 144 | 119 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 23 | 21 | .319 | .431 | .487 | .918 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Newberry | 23 | 86 | 71 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 21 | .239 | .353 | .366 | .719 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Willie Calvin | 32 | 84 | 66 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .197 | .354 | .258 | .611 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Trammel | 31 | 85 | 79 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .165 | .195 | .203 | .398 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Larry Smith | 25 | 81 | 67 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .164 | .260 | .164 | .424 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Ramón López | 44 | 65 | 57 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | .158 | .234 | .228 | .462 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Frank Slusser | 22 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .158 | .226 | .158 | .384 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Willie Williams | 29 | 79 | 63 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .143 | .304 | .175 | .478 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Butts | 8 | 21 | 21 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Butler | 16 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Immediato | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Isaac Simmons | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Eisele | 34 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Russ Fischer | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Koudis | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1276 | 4897 | 4092 | 749 | 1078 | 179 | 43 | 108 | 679 | 76 | 0 | 682 | 837 | .263 | .372 | .407 | .779 | 1667 | 0 | 45 | 43 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Jones | 1B | 121 | 947 | 64 | 28 | 104 | .973 | 8.355 | ||||
| William Wyatt | 2B | 124 | 308 | 348 | 18 | 91 | .973 | 5.290 | ||||
| James Card | 3B | 120 | 116 | 220 | 44 | 21 | .884 | 2.800 | ||||
| Madison Parker | C | 77 | 468 | 51 | 3 | 9 | .994 | 6.740 | 12 | |||
| Jim Lawrence | C | 38 | 214 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .978 | 5.868 | 7 | |||
| Willie Williams | C | 15 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 5.467 | 6 | |||
| Jay Perry | OF | 124 | 179 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 1.532 | ||||
| Billy Williams | OF | 85 | 200 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .981 | 2.482 | ||||
| Sonny Siebert | OF | 50 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .935 | 1.440 | ||||
| John Skorupski | OF | 39 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Bobby Ledford | OF | 32 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.656 | ||||
| Jim Lawrence | OF | 27 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.407 | ||||
| Wayne Newberry | OF | 19 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.316 | ||||
| Al Eisele | P | 34 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .857 | .353 | ||||
| Ramón López | P | 32 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .531 | ||||
| Thomas Trammel | P | 30 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .942 | 1.633 | ||||
| Willie Calvin | P | 28 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.036 | ||||
| Larry Smith | P | 24 | 11 | 40 | 5 | 4 | .911 | 2.125 | ||||
| Frank Slusser | P | 21 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .885 | 1.095 | ||||
| Bob Butler | P | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Russ Fischer | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Skorupski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Isaac Simmons | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Maine | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Koudis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Schuermann | SS | 71 | 112 | 193 | 31 | 40 | .908 | 4.296 | ||||
| John Skorupski | SS | 57 | 111 | 140 | 25 | 31 | .909 | 4.404 | ||||
| Totals | 1201 | 3039 | 1232 | 194 | 315 | .957 | 3.556 | 25 | 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.
