1959 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics
Team Record: 68-81
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Mel Parnell (68-81)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium, City Park Stadium
Attendance: 71,577, Avg. 961
The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 68 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.
The Pelicans scored 693 runs and yielded 795 runs. Tookie Gilbert led New Orleans with 22 home runs, while Richard Means walloped 15 or more, too. Tookie Gilbert accounted for 80 RBI. Sonny Piver paced all regular batters with a .292 average. Don Bradey topped the team with 19 wins, and Don Kildoo recorded a 3.71 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1959 New Orleans Pelicans who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Baldwin, Jack Kramer, Chris Kitsos, Tookie Gilbert, Bert Thiel, Tommy Brown, Earl Mossor, Lee Wheat, Don Bradey, Jim Pearce and Carl Powis.
Mel Parnell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bradey | 19 | 14 | .576 | 5.29 | 41 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 235.0 | 252 | 161 | 138 | 20 | 123 | 8 | 133 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bert Thiel | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.63 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 167.0 | 203 | 97 | 86 | 23 | 52 | 2 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Stan Johnson | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.20 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 227.0 | 255 | 127 | 106 | 17 | 85 | 2 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Richard Klinesmith | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.79 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 141.0 | 165 | 84 | 75 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Don Kildoo | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.71 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 136.0 | 135 | 64 | 56 | 12 | 56 | 3 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Charles Ready | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.26 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 125 | 58 | 54 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Neil Roberts | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kelton Russell | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 40 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Lee Wheat | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Angelo Nardella | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.93 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 56 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Drilling | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.25 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 94 | 55 | 50 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Jim Pearce | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Garmon | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sonny Piver | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Earl Mossor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Kramer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 79 | .459 | 4.76 | 298 | 142 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 1177.0 | 1325 | 708 | 623 | 110 | 523 | 21 | 628 | 38 | 2 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Piver | 150 | 646 | 585 | 77 | 171 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 2 | 47 | 60 | .292 | .345 | .371 | .716 | 217 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Tookie Gilbert | 142 | 621 | 495 | 86 | 129 | 29 | 1 | 22 | 80 | 1 | 118 | 87 | .261 | .405 | .457 | .862 | 226 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Frank Baldwin | 131 | 495 | 428 | 38 | 115 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 58 | 73 | .269 | .354 | .362 | .716 | 155 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Chris Kitsos | 139 | 619 | 483 | 92 | 114 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 125 | 73 | .236 | .399 | .350 | .749 | 169 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Means | 121 | 523 | 466 | 66 | 112 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 56 | 3 | 48 | 95 | .240 | .310 | .393 | .703 | 183 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Charles Williams | 90 | 349 | 305 | 48 | 88 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 33 | 52 | .289 | .361 | .433 | .794 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Joe Duhem | 76 | 273 | 230 | 28 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 36 | 52 | .283 | .381 | .426 | .807 | 98 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cob Jarvis | 76 | 300 | 252 | 28 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 42 | 35 | .246 | .356 | .321 | .677 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Reynolds | 62 | 250 | 189 | 35 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 58 | 33 | .302 | .464 | .508 | .972 | 96 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Don Williams | 54 | 188 | 158 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 10 | .247 | .355 | .297 | .652 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Don Bradey | 59 | 138 | 124 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 30 | .218 | .281 | .363 | .644 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carl Powis | 28 | 75 | 65 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | .277 | .365 | .431 | .796 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Teddy Tate | 33 | 93 | 83 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .181 | .269 | .205 | .474 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Maness | 27 | 114 | 96 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16 | .156 | .274 | .271 | .545 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Johnson | 44 | 93 | 88 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 42 | .136 | .165 | .182 | .347 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Klinesmith | 40 | 57 | 48 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .229 | .327 | .271 | .598 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Thiel | 27 | 71 | 64 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .125 | .152 | .125 | .277 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francis Glamp | 10 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .250 | .423 | .350 | .773 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angelo Nardella | 11 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .400 | .625 | .600 | 1.225 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kildoo | 26 | 51 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .082 | .100 | .082 | .182 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelton Russell | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .200 | .368 | .200 | .568 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Stegemeier | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Ready | 37 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .053 | .100 | .079 | .179 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pearce | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Neil Roberts | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Wheat | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Kramer | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Drilling | 28 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .000 | .150 | .000 | .150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1450 | 5098 | 4328 | 591 | 1079 | 204 | 21 | 86 | 514 | 20 | 0 | 667 | 779 | .249 | .351 | .366 | .717 | 1583 | 0 | 29 | 42 | 32 | 38 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tookie Gilbert | 1B | 137 | 1205 | 100 | 12 | 136 | .991 | 9.526 | ||||
| Charles Williams | 2B | 82 | 167 | 233 | 19 | 69 | .955 | 4.878 | ||||
| Chris Kitsos | 2B | 33 | 60 | 94 | 9 | 21 | .945 | 4.667 | ||||
| Robert Maness | 2B | 27 | 65 | 74 | 2 | 17 | .986 | 5.148 | ||||
| Teddy Tate | 2B | 16 | 26 | 31 | 3 | 8 | .950 | 3.562 | ||||
| Sonny Piver | 3B | 53 | 58 | 110 | 11 | 14 | .939 | 3.170 | ||||
| Chris Kitsos | 3B | 43 | 43 | 99 | 7 | 18 | .953 | 3.302 | ||||
| Frank Baldwin | C | 122 | 617 | 49 | 4 | 7 | .994 | 5.459 | 8 | |||
| Don Williams | C | 20 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.800 | 2 | |||
| Teddy Tate | C | 14 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.571 | 0 | |||
| Richard Means | OF | 120 | 232 | 14 | 15 | 1 | .943 | 2.050 | ||||
| Cob Jarvis | OF | 72 | 180 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 2.625 | ||||
| Joe Duhem | OF | 57 | 83 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .957 | 1.544 | ||||
| William Reynolds | OF | 55 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Carl Powis | OF | 21 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.714 | ||||
| Don Williams | OF | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .895 | ||||
| Stan Johnson | P | 42 | 16 | 44 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
| Don Bradey | P | 41 | 15 | 50 | 4 | 5 | .942 | 1.585 | ||||
| Richard Klinesmith | P | 39 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .564 | ||||
| Charles Ready | P | 35 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Dick Drilling | P | 28 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .500 | ||||
| Bert Thiel | P | 27 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Don Kildoo | P | 22 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | ||||
| Kelton Russell | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Angelo Nardella | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Charles Garmon | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Wheat | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sonny Piver | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Kramer | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Pearce | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Neil Roberts | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Mossor | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sonny Piver | SS | 97 | 193 | 267 | 29 | 56 | .941 | 4.742 | ||||
| Chris Kitsos | SS | 54 | 99 | 117 | 10 | 32 | .956 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1340 | 3366 | 1413 | 145 | 400 | .971 | 3.566 | 10 | 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.
