1959 Montreal Royals Statistics
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Clay Bryant (72-82)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ballpark: Delorimier Stadium
Attendance: 136,340, Avg. 1,771
The Montreal Royals of the International League ended the 1959 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.
The Royals scored 670 runs and allowed 670 runs. Bob Lennon led Montreal with 28 home runs, while Clyde Parris and Sandy Amorós walloped 15 or more, too. Clyde Parris drove in 90 runs. Sandy Amorós paced all regular batters by hitting .301. Tom Lasorda and Bill Harris topped the squad with 12 wins each, and René Valdés recorded a 3.64 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Montreal Royals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Goliat, Paul LaPalme, Curt Roberts, Bob Wilson, Tim Harkness, Bob Aspromonte, Mike Brumley, Johnny Gray, Jim McManus, Ron Negray, Ed Rakow, Bob Miller, Dick Teed, Tom Lasorda, Jackie Collum, Freddy Rodríguez, Sandy Amorós, Clyde Parris, Bill Harris, Ralph Mauriello, Babe Birrer, René Valdés, Bob Lennon and Roberto Vargas.
Clay Bryant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Lasorda | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.83 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 188.0 | 192 | 93 | 80 | 17 | 77 | 9 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Bill Harris | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.18 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 196.0 | 206 | 101 | 91 | 19 | 76 | 11 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| René Valdés | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.64 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 188.0 | 193 | 86 | 76 | 17 | 48 | 6 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ed Rakow | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.18 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 127.0 | 121 | 64 | 59 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Babe Birrer | 9 | 16 | .360 | 4.02 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 206.0 | 212 | 106 | 92 | 15 | 51 | 17 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Paul LaPalme | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.57 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 84.0 | 72 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Martin Stabiner | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.95 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jackie Collum | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill George | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.69 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Miller | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Negray | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Freddy Rodríguez | 30 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Schwegman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roberto Vargas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gray | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5.21 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 84 | 49 | 44 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 73 | .471 | 3.97 | 335 | 143 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1144.0 | 1149 | 571 | 504 | 100 | 401 | 68 | 631 | 19 | 0 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Amorós | 151 | 622 | 519 | 99 | 156 | 33 | 5 | 26 | 79 | 14 | 89 | 82 | .301 | .409 | .534 | .942 | 277 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Clyde Parris | 142 | 566 | 509 | 71 | 152 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 90 | 5 | 43 | 75 | .299 | .354 | .497 | .851 | 253 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Bob Lennon | 132 | 461 | 407 | 63 | 118 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 73 | 3 | 48 | 66 | .290 | .367 | .560 | .927 | 228 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Bob Aspromonte | 131 | 451 | 413 | 50 | 107 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 24 | 48 | .259 | .299 | .322 | .621 | 133 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dick Teed | 114 | 384 | 332 | 32 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 45 | 37 | .232 | .329 | .307 | .636 | 102 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jim Koranda | 86 | 314 | 287 | 34 | 65 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 52 | .226 | .279 | .352 | .631 | 101 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Harry Schwegman | 94 | 231 | 204 | 16 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 27 | .265 | .339 | .343 | .682 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Brumley | 63 | 154 | 135 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 13 | .244 | .333 | .348 | .681 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gene Wallace | 41 | 141 | 125 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 16 | .248 | .319 | .320 | .639 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Harris | 44 | 75 | 72 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .319 | .329 | .458 | .787 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McManus | 25 | 83 | 78 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .295 | .337 | .462 | .799 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Humber | 23 | 81 | 74 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | .257 | .312 | .419 | .731 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Birrer | 45 | 82 | 79 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .241 | .238 | .342 | .579 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Domenichelli | 22 | 84 | 75 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .187 | .247 | .213 | .460 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Lasorda | 30 | 77 | 69 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .174 | .197 | .232 | .429 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Harkness | 17 | 57 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .216 | .250 | .255 | .505 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| René Valdés | 43 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 24 | .121 | .177 | .138 | .315 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 18 | 44 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .146 | .167 | .171 | .337 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Rakow | 30 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .122 | .163 | .122 | .285 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Zayas | 34 | 50 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .119 | .260 | .119 | .379 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Stabiner | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Napoli | 11 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Collum | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gray | 26 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul LaPalme | 28 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill George | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Vargas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1410 | 4156 | 3694 | 467 | 950 | 181 | 14 | 101 | 443 | 48 | 0 | 363 | 583 | .257 | .325 | .396 | .721 | 1462 | 0 | 20 | 58 | 21 | 52 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Koranda | 1B | 83 | 700 | 48 | 8 | 61 | .989 | 9.012 | ||||
| Harry Schwegman | 1B | 48 | 381 | 28 | 3 | 35 | .993 | 8.521 | ||||
| Jim McManus | 1B | 23 | 194 | 12 | 3 | 24 | .986 | 8.957 | ||||
| Tim Harkness | 1B | 14 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 8.429 | ||||
| Donald Domenichelli | 2B | 22 | 48 | 54 | 2 | 11 | .981 | 4.636 | ||||
| Clyde Parris | 3B | 138 | 117 | 291 | 26 | 26 | .940 | 2.957 | ||||
| Dick Teed | C | 105 | 468 | 56 | 5 | 6 | .991 | 4.990 | 13 | |||
| Mike Brumley | C | 43 | 195 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .990 | 4.814 | 3 | |||
| Don Williams | C | 17 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 4.471 | 0 | |||
| Sandy Amorós | OF | 149 | 314 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .979 | 2.161 | ||||
| Bob Lennon | OF | 116 | 178 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .974 | 1.595 | ||||
| Thomas Humber | OF | 18 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .925 | 2.056 | ||||
| René Valdés | P | 38 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 5 | .895 | 1.342 | ||||
| Babe Birrer | P | 38 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.316 | ||||
| Bill Harris | P | 36 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Freddy Rodríguez | P | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Rakow | P | 30 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Lasorda | P | 29 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 4 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Paul LaPalme | P | 28 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .857 | ||||
| Johnny Gray | P | 26 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .577 | ||||
| Martin Stabiner | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Ron Negray | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Jackie Collum | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .182 | ||||
| Bill George | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Vargas | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Miller | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Schwegman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Aspromonte | SS | 125 | 220 | 337 | 26 | 57 | .955 | 4.456 | ||||
| Gene Wallace | SS | 36 | 56 | 113 | 13 | 24 | .929 | 4.694 | ||||
| Totals | 1272 | 3166 | 1168 | 122 | 280 | .973 | 3.407 | 16 | 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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