1959 Montgomery Rebels Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 77-42
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Frank Carswell (77-42)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 36,199, Avg. 608
1959 Montgomery Rebels Roster

Playoffs - Dothan Cardinals 3 games, Montgomery Rebels 2

The Montgomery Rebels of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 77 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the AAL.

The Rebels plated 748 runs, tops in the circuit. Montgomery gave up 509 runs. Peter Walski and Jim Bethea paced the squad with 21 home runs apiece., while Legrant Scott walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Bethea drove in 99 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .320 clip. Dick Egan, Jose Mejias and Ron Falkenhagen led the team with 14 wins each, and Dick Egan earned a 2.7 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Dick Egan and Lorencito Fernández both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Frank Carswell 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
Jose Mejias145.7373.182424162184.016882655631875110
Dick Egan148.6362.702524152193.015381583952011539
Ron Falkenhagen148.6363.002821122177.0155785969312712116
William Weller137.6503.342522115170.015577639791572014
Paul Gatza128.6003.282417111148.014875548481297010
Harry Stigelman52.7144.812620073.0825139237542010
Robert White201.0004.50831032.024191602433205
Clifford Adams101.00030.0
Donald Matthews12.333140.0
Gene Wofford12.33360.0
James Hornibrook0070.0
Totals7742.6473.26190113066120977.0885463354334390888455740

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
Legrant Scott1195634551291383351781429384.303.422.510.932232384
Jim Bethea114525384971232312199812351.320.483.5491.032211639
Robert Patrick11750943377120182139816085.277.362.418.780181349
Peter Walski119535441851132062198680131.256.368.472.840208338
Joseph Long1004433657710718534386452.293.400.395.795144383
Lorencito Fernández904263797010022103152922.264.321.327.649124594
Larry Koehl7629725537791110360355.310.400.361.76192421
Charles Kimbrough85312245406112283325760.249.402.412.814101712
Pat Duke7125222030517233112652.232.319.323.64171240
Charles Gray3213712013273101901514.225.314.267.58132101
Terry Bartholome31121105920111801240.190.286.248.53326220
Dick Egan2989701716202811123.229.337.343.68024161
Jose Mejias248272101620090511.222.296.250.54618311
Robert Tuttle34108871415200731517.172.302.195.49717222
Ron Falkenhagen28797581410180318.187.228.240.46818100
David Costa1555497820032311.163.241.204.44510210
William Weller2574635820030832.127.225.159.38410030
James Parham1455496710150414.143.222.224.44711110
Paul Gatza2458528600250623.115.207.231.43812000
Charles Chew414144.286.286.286.5714
Harry Stigelman262927340001027.148.207.148.3554000
Donald Matthews1576210000011.167.286.167.4521000
Gene Wofford6881.125.125.125.2501
Roger McCombs4660.000.000.000.0000
James Hornibrook7110.000.000.000.0000
Robert White812120.000.000.000.0000
Clifford Adams3660.000.000.000.0000
Totals12204803399974410391802793626790652753.260.367.388.755155204958450


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Robert Patrick1B1159094014101.9858.252
Charles Kimbrough1B1053024.9645.300
Legrant Scott2B1193203002697.9605.210
Joseph Long3B71561371816.9152.718
Charles Gray3B26175452.9342.731
Pat Duke3B1473267.8672.786
James Parham3B12101892.7572.333
Larry KoehlC7059134134.9808.92912
Pat DukeC5134638122.9707.52910
Peter WalskiOF11927611124.9602.412
Jim BetheaOF1131581141.9771.496
Charles KimbroughOF67751170.9251.284
Terry BartholomeOF30403001.0001.433
Robert TuttleOF2939351.8941.448
Ron FalkenhagenP2862423.9381.071
Harry StigelmanP2615001.000.231
William WellerP2563223.9501.520
Dick EganP2562715.9711.320
Jose MejiasP2432310.9631.083
Paul GatzaP2492212.9691.292
Donald MatthewsP1411001.000.143
Robert WhiteP8.000
James HornibrookP7.000
Gene WoffordP6.000
Clifford AdamsP3.000
Lorencito FernándezSS891142713759.9124.326
Joseph LongSS192646125.8573.789
David CostaSS13132792.8163.077
Totals115730821170198320.9563.6752200

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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