1959 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-64
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Dick Sisler (84-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 129,125, Avg. 1,745

1959 Nashville Vols Roster

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 84 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Vols plated 727 runs and surrendered 654 runs. Buddy Gilbert paced Nashville with 24 home runs, while Ultus Alvarez, Larry Davidson and Marv Blaylock each walloped 15 or more also. Marv Blaylock drove in 92 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Cholly Naranjo led the squad with 13 wins, and Tom Gibson recorded a 3.06 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1959 Nashville Vols who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ray Shearer, Jim Bailey, Steve Kraly, Jerry Lane, Lyle Luttrell, Bob Moorhead, Bobby Klaus, Chuck Coles, Bobby Durnbaugh, Whammy Douglas, Buddy Gilbert, Cholly Naranjo, Earl Rapp and Marv Blaylock.

Dick Sisler 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
Cholly Naranjo	13	10	.565	3.85	33	24		12	4		166.0	200	88	71	16	48	9	84	1	2	3
Tom Gibson	11	6	.647	3.06	26	22		8	2		153.0	142	61	52	7	86	3	95	5	0	6
Jerry Cade	11	9	.550	4.75	35	28		10	1		182.0	211	109	96	18	89	13	113	0	0	10
Steve Kraly	10	3	.769	3.58	54	1		0	0		88.0	80	37	35	7	49	12	47	4	0	8
Jim Bailey	10	6	.625	3.76	24	15		9	3		122.0	115	54	51	8	39	1	78	4	0	4
Bob Moorhead	6	4	.600	4.62	19	15		3	0		111.0	120	68	57	13	62	4	69	2	0	11
Howard Rodemoyer	5	5	.500	6.00	35	2		1	0		63.0	86	45	42	4	38	7	33	6	0	5
Jerry Lane	4	7	.364	4.66	37	8		3	0		110.0	136	58	57	15	40	8	60	2	1	3
Whammy Douglas	2	3	.400	2.53	5	5		2	1		32.0	33	9	9	4	15	1	19	0	0	2
Jerry Davis					9						0.0
John Fickinger					9						0.0
Paul Robinson					15						0.0
Chuck Lybeck	0	0			4						0.0
William Cooke	0	1	.000		8						0.0
William Beck	0	3	.000		10						0.0
Totals	72	57	.558	4.12	323	120	0	48	11	0	1027.0	1123	529	470	92	466	58	598	24	3	52	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
Ultus Alvarez	132	557	505	83	150	31	12	15	87	5		43	104	.297	.350	.495	.845	250		0	5	4	3
Marv Blaylock	137	564	494	94	148	24	4	23	92	1		60	106	.300	.378	.504	.882	249		5	1	4	4
Buddy Gilbert	148	609	503	91	142	31	7	24	84	12		96	123	.282	.396	.515	.911	259		3	0	7	7
Thomas Dotterer	136	588	505	78	131	21	4	8	46	5		66	62	.259	.356	.364	.721	184		10	7	0	1
Larry Davidson	122	459	409	65	122	26	3	17	65	1		40	45	.298	.363	.501	.864	205		4	2	4	6
Phil Shartzer	136	498	441	39	112	23	1	3	71	4		53	66	.254	.334	.331	.665	146		1	1	2	8
Edward Irons	94	350	304	39	84	20	1	9	51	1		41	39	.276	.363	.438	.800	133		2	0	3	7
Carlos Castillo	64	308	265	50	82	8	2	5	31	10		34	33	.309	.387	.411	.799	109		1	6	2	1
Bobby Durnbaugh	96	340	288	44	76	13	1	0	17	5		48	26	.264	.371	.316	.687	91		1	3	0	1
Haven Schmidt	78	279	249	35	65	16	3	4	31	5		28	83	.261	.341	.398	.738	99		2	0	0	5
Leon Carter	33	117	107	10	24	4	1	0	11	0		6	7	.224	.261	.280	.541	30		0	2	2	1
Bobby Klaus	23	97	82	9	17	2	0	2	7	1		12	23	.207	.312	.305	.617	25		1	1	1	0
Earl Rapp	18	68	50	11	15	1	0	1	8	0		15	5	.300	.485	.380	.865	19		3	0	0	3
Cholly Naranjo	37	58	47	4	11	0	0	0	0	2		6	8	.234	.333	.234	.567	11		1	4	0	0
Jim Bailey	26	51	44	5	9	3	0	0	4	0		5	21	.205	.286	.273	.558	12		0	2	0	0
Bob Moorhead	20	43	39	4	8	2	0	0	2	0		3	15	.205	.262	.256	.518	10		0	1	0	0
Jerry Lane	39	39	35	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	13	.200	.282	.200	.482	7		2	0	0	0
Lyle Luttrell	8	25	25		5									.200	.200	.200	.400	5
Tom Gibson	27	61	50	4	5	0	0	1	4	0		8	32	.100	.224	.160	.384	8		0	3	0	0
Steve Kraly	55	27	20	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	2	.150	.320	.150	.470	3		1	2	0	0
Jerry Cade	38	69	53	5	3	0	0	0	2	0		9	27	.057	.206	.057	.263	3		1	6	0	0
Howard Rodemoyer	35	16	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	.167	.375	.167	.542	2		0	0	0	0
Chuck Lybeck	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Cooke	8	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Whammy Douglas	6	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Beck	10	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.000	.222	.000	.222	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1530	5249	4551	677	1221	225	39	112	616	52	0	585	843	.268	.354	.409	.763	1860	0	38	46	29	47

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Marv Blaylock	1B	134	1133	104	17	134	.986	9.231
Larry Davidson	1B	14	91	4	2	12	.979	6.786
Carlos Castillo	2B	64	150	197	20	52	.946	5.422
Bobby Durnbaugh	2B	58	124	162	11	42	.963	4.931
Bobby Klaus	2B	23	53	60	1	8	.991	4.913
Thomas Dotterer	3B	131	123	223	18	26	.951	2.641
Leon Carter	3B	13	10	25	0	4	1.000	2.692
Edward Irons	C	82	422	33	2	10	.996	5.549	6
Haven Schmidt	C	75	403	35	4	7	.991	5.840	3
Buddy Gilbert	OF	148	379	20	5	4	.988	2.696
Ultus Alvarez	OF	129	224	23	7	4	.972	1.915
Larry Davidson	OF	96	130	6	4	1	.971	1.417
Earl Rapp	OF	13	16	1	1	0	.944	1.308
Steve Kraly	P	54	8	16	1	0	.960	.444
Jerry Lane	P	37	7	14	0	1	1.000	.568
Howard Rodemoyer	P	35	3	21	1	1	.960	.686
Jerry Cade	P	35	23	33	3	4	.949	1.600
Cholly Naranjo	P	33	13	31	3	1	.936	1.333
Tom Gibson	P	26	8	17	1	4	.962	.962
Jim Bailey	P	24	5	17	2	2	.917	.917
Bob Moorhead	P	19	7	12	0	4	1.000	1.000
Paul Robinson	P	15						.000
William Beck	P	10	1	3	0	0	1.000	.400
John Fickinger	P	9						.000
Jerry Davis	P	9						.000
William Cooke	P	8						.000
Whammy Douglas	P	5						.000
Chuck Lybeck	P	4						.000
Phil Shartzer	SS	129	239	396	26	111	.961	4.922
Bobby Durnbaugh	SS	14	20	28	3	4	.941	3.429
Leon Carter	SS	12	20	28	1	7	.980	4.000
Totals		1458	3612	1509	133	443	.975	3.512	9	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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