1959 Pocatello Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 58-70
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Tommy Giordano (58-70)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Ballpark: Halliwell Baseball Park
Attendance: 27,423, Avg. 428
The Pocatello Athletics of the Pioneer League ended the 1959 season with a record of 58 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.
The Athletics tallied 819 runs and gave up 839 runs, most in the league. Leroy Scercy paced Pocatello with 21 home runs, while Charlie Bennett and Ronald Hogg walloped 15 or more, too. Charlie Bennett accounted for 98 RBI. Joe Ala topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .370 clip. Diego Seguí led the squad with 12 wins, and John O'Donnell registered a 3.97 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Pocatello Athletics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Diego Seguí, Tommy Giordano and John O'Donoghue.
Tommy Giordano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego Seguí | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.41 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 204.0 | 231 | 131 | 100 | 21 | 62 | 156 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Jack Tupper | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.55 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 164.0 | 186 | 113 | 83 | 20 | 92 | 115 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| John O'Donnell | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.98 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 120.0 | 129 | 77 | 53 | 12 | 55 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 8 | 17 | .320 | 4.65 | 37 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 176.0 | 209 | 133 | 91 | 11 | 84 | 155 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Bob Villasenor | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.91 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 70 | 51 | 42 | 8 | 69 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tim Hayes | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.68 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 102.0 | 113 | 76 | 53 | 13 | 62 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| John O'Donoghue | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.97 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 89.0 | 109 | 80 | 59 | 12 | 69 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| William Augustoni | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.18 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 49 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Golick | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Giordano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Plath | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Tabacchi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Corrigan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Centi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Forrest Bailey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ervin Moore | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 70 | .453 | 4.67 | 292 | 119 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 990.0 | 1104 | 705 | 514 | 102 | 542 | 0 | 743 | 18 | 4 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Hogg | 129 | 603 | 526 | 120 | 167 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 91 | 18 | 62 | 96 | .317 | .398 | .546 | .944 | 287 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charlie Bennett | 129 | 563 | 482 | 96 | 156 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 98 | 14 | 63 | 91 | .324 | .406 | .483 | .889 | 233 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ray Tabacchi | 129 | 603 | 527 | 111 | 148 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 58 | 55 | .281 | .355 | .332 | .687 | 175 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Joe Ala | 101 | 439 | 376 | 85 | 139 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 75 | 8 | 45 | 33 | .370 | .439 | .532 | .971 | 200 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Leo Kernica | 124 | 533 | 482 | 79 | 135 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 42 | 65 | .280 | .341 | .390 | .731 | 188 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Leroy Scercy | 95 | 403 | 350 | 62 | 96 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 68 | 6 | 47 | 91 | .274 | .360 | .523 | .883 | 183 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Melvin Wright | 104 | 424 | 367 | 58 | 92 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 9 | 45 | 66 | .251 | .333 | .403 | .737 | 148 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Milo Fuller | 99 | 362 | 299 | 45 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 53 | 87 | .241 | .356 | .355 | .710 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Wilcox | 32 | 119 | 111 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 14 | .270 | .305 | .333 | .638 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Tanner | 72 | 174 | 146 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 52 | .205 | .322 | .349 | .671 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Diego Seguí | 46 | 91 | 84 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .274 | .322 | .452 | .775 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Fawley | 22 | 75 | 61 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 8 | .279 | .387 | .328 | .715 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Anthony DeGennaro | 14 | 58 | 45 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .356 | .466 | .622 | 1.088 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 38 | 67 | 65 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .246 | .258 | .400 | .658 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Barboza | 20 | 82 | 67 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .209 | .321 | .299 | .619 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Tupper | 41 | 68 | 63 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .159 | .209 | .254 | .463 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Augustoni | 28 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .310 | .429 | .448 | .877 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Hayes | 28 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .242 | .306 | .364 | .669 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John O'Donnell | 32 | 43 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .195 | .233 | .195 | .428 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Villasenor | 14 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .207 | .281 | .241 | .523 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John O'Donoghue | 21 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .176 | .176 | .206 | .382 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dube | 12 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .263 | .300 | .368 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ervin Moore | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Golick | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Corrigan | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Centi | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Giordano | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1374 | 4903 | 4271 | 791 | 1211 | 197 | 54 | 101 | 670 | 77 | 0 | 507 | 814 | .284 | .362 | .426 | .788 | 1819 | 91 | 45 | 34 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Scercy | 1B | 95 | 760 | 37 | 26 | 70 | .968 | 8.389 | ||||
| Thomas Wilcox | 1B | 28 | 206 | 16 | 5 | 21 | .978 | 7.929 | ||||
| Ray Tabacchi | 2B | 119 | 338 | 312 | 19 | 84 | .972 | 5.462 | ||||
| Joe Ala | 3B | 96 | 80 | 185 | 36 | 19 | .880 | 2.760 | ||||
| Milo Fuller | C | 99 | 661 | 43 | 12 | 5 | .983 | 7.111 | 12 | |||
| James Tanner | C | 39 | 149 | 19 | 1 | 5 | .994 | 4.308 | 7 | |||
| Anthony DeGennaro | C | 11 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.636 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Hogg | OF | 129 | 296 | 21 | 13 | 4 | .961 | 2.457 | ||||
| Charlie Bennett | OF | 129 | 218 | 17 | 14 | 3 | .944 | 1.822 | ||||
| Melvin Wright | OF | 103 | 138 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .961 | 1.427 | ||||
| Raymond Barboza | OF | 19 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 1.737 | ||||
| Diego Seguí | P | 44 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .902 | .841 | ||||
| Jack Tupper | P | 38 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .897 | .921 | ||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | P | 37 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 2 | .816 | 1.081 | ||||
| John O'Donnell | P | 32 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .938 | ||||
| Tim Hayes | P | 27 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .704 | ||||
| William Augustoni | P | 27 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .333 | ||||
| John O'Donoghue | P | 21 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .850 | .810 | ||||
| Bob Villasenor | P | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| William Corrigan | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| David Centi | P | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Ervin Moore | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Golick | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Forrest Bailey | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Plath | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Tabacchi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Giordano | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leo Kernica | SS | 112 | 146 | 322 | 67 | 67 | .875 | 4.179 | ||||
| Ray Tabacchi | SS | 11 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 7 | .883 | 4.818 | ||||
| Totals | 1282 | 3156 | 1205 | 241 | 302 | .948 | 3.402 | 20 | 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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