1959 North Platte Indians Statistics

Nebraska State League (NSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 22-40
Finished 6th in the NSL
Manager: Mark Wylie (22-40)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: North Platte, Nebraska
Ballpark: Cody Park
Attendance: 14,275, Avg. 460

1959 North Platte Indians Roster

The North Platte Indians of the Nebraska State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 22 wins and 40 losses, finishing sixth in the NSL.

The Indians scored 311 runs and conceded 437 runs, most in the circuit. Robert Puccinelli recorded 35 runs batted in and topped all regular hitters with a .307 average, while Walter Marek recorded a 4.67 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Duke Sims and Dave Vineyard both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Mark Wylie 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
James South	4	5	.444	5.66	15	9		2	0		62.0	67	58	39	3	51		58	2	0	2
Walter Marek	4	6	.400	4.67	15	11		5	0		79.0	87	56	41	2	45		75	3	1	6
Curtis Johnson	3	6	.333	5.37	14	10		1	0		67.0	77	55	40	2	43		41	4	0	7
Ron Schamp	3	6	.333	5.77	17	8		4	0		78.0	90	63	50	7	44		57	2	0	7
Dave Vineyard	3	6	.333	6.49	15	10		4	0		61.0	68	55	44	7	38		64	5	0	7
Gary Moston	2	4	.333	6.05	16	5		1	0		61.0	56	54	41	4	45		60	1	0	3
Arthur Siefert	2	6	.250	4.74	17	9		2	0		76.0	76	53	40	7	39		80	2	0	2
Curtis Luker	1	0	1.000	5.54	19	0		0	0		26.0	22	17	16	4	23		28	1	0	1
Stephen Taylor	0	0			2						0.0
Ronald Beamer	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Totals	22	40	.355	5.49	136	62	0	19	0	0	510.0	543	411	311	36	328	0	463	20	1	35	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
Robert Puccinelli	53	235	192	36	59	11	3	4	35	1		39	26	.307	.425	.458	.883	88		1	2	1
John Parker	46	203	172	27	47	5	0	2	19	0		27	26	.273	.376	.337	.713	58		2	1	1
Bobby Gray	60	242	201	28	46	9	0	5	29	1		32	57	.229	.351	.348	.699	70		7	0	2
Robert Walenczyk	47	188	155	15	45	6	1	1	20	1		27	24	.290	.403	.361	.765	56		3	2	1
Robert Martin	53	220	183	37	45	8	2	4	30	6		31	40	.246	.352	.377	.729	69		1	1	4
Duke Sims	46	182	154	26	43	9	2	3	30	2		25	32	.279	.379	.422	.801	65		1	0	2
Earl Ward	48	183	139	26	41	10	6	1	22	0		39	42	.295	.459	.475	.934	66		4	0	1
William Kirkpatrick	44	175	154	22	35	5	1	4	26	1		18	23	.227	.312	.351	.663	54		1	2	0
James Abdella	38	151	108	27	29	7	3	0	10	2		41	19	.269	.470	.389	.859	42		0	2	0
Ernest Givens	45	139	106	25	19	2	3	0	7	5		30	42	.179	.365	.255	.620	27		1	2	0
Jose Rivero	17	61	54	4	13	2	1	0	3	0		4	6	.241	.305	.315	.620	17		1	2	0
Melvin Barnes	36	88	80	5	13	1	0	0	7	1		7	15	.162	.227	.175	.402	14		0	0	1
Walter Marek	17	38	35	8	9	0	0	0	5	0		3	10	.257	.316	.257	.573	9		0	0	0
Ed Gentle	25	53	49	7	9	0	1	0	5	0		3	12	.184	.245	.224	.470	11		1	0	0
Walter Dobrzykowski	6	23	23		7									.304	.304	.304	.609	7
Bobby Wiginton	13	32	32	0	6	2	0	0	3	0		0	10	.188	.188	.250	.438	8		0	0	0
Arthur Siefert	17	30	26	1	5	1	0	0	3	0		3	12	.192	.276	.231	.507	6		0	1	0
Gary Moston	16	27	27	3	4	0	1	0	2	0		0	4	.148	.148	.222	.370	6		0	0	0
Robert Worthington	11	30	29	3	4	1	0	1	4	0		1	11	.138	.167	.276	.443	8		0	0	0
Ron Schamp	17	34	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.091	.118	.091	.209	3		0	0	0
Dave Vineyard	15	25	20	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	11	.100	.250	.100	.350	2		0	1	0
Curtis Johnson	14	27	27	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	5	.074	.074	.111	.185	3		0	0	0
Curtis Luker	21	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Earl Pierce	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Edward Larkin	8	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
James South	15	31	20	4	1	0	0	0	5	0		8	10	.050	.345	.050	.395	1		1	2	0
Froylan Montalvo	7	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Beamer	6	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	745	2456	2058	306	490	80	24	25	266	20	0	343	448	.238	.352	.337	.688	693	0	24	18	13	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Walenczyk	1B	47	298	27	17	19	.950	6.915
Bobby Gray	2B	45	102	89	23	15	.893	4.244
Ernest Givens	2B	12	26	25	5	6	.911	4.250
John Parker	3B	39	40	45	16	4	.842	2.179
Bobby Gray	3B	15	11	18	7	1	.806	1.933
Bobby Wiginton	3B	10	5	7	5	2	.706	1.200
Duke Sims	C	40	326	33	11	5	.970	8.975	17
Robert Worthington	C	11	51	7	2	0	.967	5.273	2
William Kirkpatrick	C	10	89	6	3	0	.969	9.500	3
Robert Puccinelli	OF	53	94	6	7	0	.935	1.887
Earl Ward	OF	37	37	3	7	0	.851	1.081
James Abdella	OF	30	45	4	2	0	.961	1.633
William Kirkpatrick	OF	26	26	6	0	1	1.000	1.231
Melvin Barnes	OF	26	30	0	3	0	.909	1.154
Ernest Givens	OF	25	18	0	3	0	.857	.720
Ed Gentle	OF	13	12	0	0	0	1.000	.923
Curtis Luker	P	19	3	5	0	0	1.000	.421
Arthur Siefert	P	17	5	15	8	1	.714	1.176
Ron Schamp	P	17	7	22	2	2	.935	1.706
Gary Moston	P	16	5	19	2	1	.923	1.500
Dave Vineyard	P	15	5	19	2	0	.923	1.600
James South	P	15	6	7	3	0	.812	.867
Walter Marek	P	15	2	16	2	1	.900	1.200
Curtis Johnson	P	14	10	16	2	1	.929	1.857
Ronald Beamer	P	6						.000
Stephen Taylor	P	2						.000
Robert Martin	SS	48	80	90	27	17	.863	3.542
Jose Rivero	SS	16	24	35	6	7	.908	3.688
Totals		639	1357	520	165	83	.919	2.937	22	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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