1959 Portland Beavers Statistics
Team Record: 75-77
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Heath (75-77)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 225,257, Avg. 2,964
The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.
The Beavers scored 581 runs and surrendered 623 runs. Jim Greengrass led Portland with 27 home runs, while George Freese and Jack Littrell walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Greengrass accounted for 90 RBI. George Freese paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Ken Johnson topped the team with 16 wins, and Howie Reed recorded a 2.78 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1959 Portland Beavers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ken Johnson, Mike Kume, Tom Gorman, Larry Jansen, Howie Reed, Glenn Cox, Jack Littrell, Marty Kutyna, Bob DiPietro, Bob Davis, Art Houtteman, Vic Lombardi, George Freese, Dave Melton, Jim Westlake, Milt Graff, Wally Burnette, Duane Pillette, Russ Snyder, Jim McManus, Tom Carroll, Jim Greengrass and George Brunet.
Tommy Heath 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Johnson | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.82 | 37 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 249.0 | 228 | 93 | 78 | 18 | 43 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Marty Kutyna | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.34 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 218.0 | 190 | 95 | 81 | 23 | 60 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Howie Reed | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.78 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 152.0 | 135 | 63 | 47 | 10 | 59 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Duane Pillette | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.00 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 120.0 | 110 | 49 | 40 | 8 | 26 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Art Houtteman | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.69 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 134.0 | 132 | 66 | 55 | 15 | 34 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George Brunet | 5 | 13 | .278 | 3.78 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 138.0 | 139 | 73 | 58 | 12 | 41 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Vic Lombardi | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.67 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 72 | 38 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tom Gorman | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.04 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 78.0 | 82 | 44 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.37 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 58 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Jansen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.62 | 11 | 24.0 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Glenn McMinn | 32 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Kume | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wally Burnette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Glenn Cox | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 75 | .479 | 3.44 | 296 | 146 | 0 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 1219.0 | 1172 | 564 | 466 | 112 | 319 | 0 | 646 | 22 | 0 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Graff | 133 | 584 | 527 | 66 | 144 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 32 | .273 | .337 | .332 | .669 | 175 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jim Greengrass | 141 | 556 | 500 | 67 | 137 | 26 | 5 | 27 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 68 | .274 | .333 | .508 | .841 | 254 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| George Freese | 120 | 482 | 423 | 65 | 135 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 30 | .319 | .390 | .513 | .903 | 217 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Clem Moore | 124 | 473 | 429 | 53 | 106 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 38 | .247 | .298 | .336 | .634 | 144 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Dave Melton | 107 | 396 | 367 | 45 | 99 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 28 | .270 | .304 | .362 | .667 | 133 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Jack Littrell | 114 | 405 | 367 | 52 | 82 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 79 | .223 | .286 | .392 | .678 | 144 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Charles Secrest | 90 | 320 | 282 | 34 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 34 | .287 | .361 | .372 | .733 | 105 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tony Tornay | 95 | 339 | 299 | 36 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 32 | .268 | .346 | .385 | .731 | 115 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob DiPietro | 107 | 419 | 344 | 50 | 79 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 59 | .230 | .361 | .410 | .770 | 141 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Russ Snyder | 63 | 247 | 229 | 24 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 13 | .336 | .380 | .410 | .790 | 94 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Westlake | 110 | 364 | 305 | 30 | 75 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 25 | .246 | .364 | .311 | .675 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lenny Neal | 84 | 255 | 238 | 13 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .214 | .256 | .286 | .542 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gilberto Valentin | 23 | 80 | 73 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .205 | .253 | .260 | .513 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Art Houtteman | 29 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .316 | .350 | .421 | .771 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marty Kutyna | 37 | 78 | 67 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .179 | .214 | .179 | .393 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ken Johnson | 37 | 96 | 84 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .143 | .191 | .155 | .346 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Vic Lombardi | 18 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .385 | .393 | .577 | .970 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Howie Reed | 22 | 57 | 51 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .118 | .167 | .137 | .304 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Duane Pillette | 30 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .156 | .182 | .156 | .338 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tom Carroll | 19 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .156 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McManus | 8 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Hogg | 7 | 25 | 25 | 4 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 28 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .364 | .545 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Brunet | 28 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .025 | .025 | .050 | .075 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Davis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Cox | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Gorman | 19 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .000 | .087 | .000 | .087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jansen | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1616 | 5435 | 4842 | 567 | 1234 | 181 | 41 | 99 | 527 | 68 | 43 | 468 | 597 | .255 | .322 | .371 | .692 | 1794 | 0 | 20 | 79 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Westlake | 1B | 93 | 797 | 69 | 5 | 64 | .994 | 9.312 | ||||
| George Freese | 1B | 33 | 308 | 21 | 7 | 32 | .979 | 9.970 | ||||
| Bob DiPietro | 1B | 27 | 245 | 15 | 2 | 19 | .992 | 9.630 | ||||
| Milt Graff | 2B | 132 | 339 | 338 | 29 | 83 | .959 | 5.129 | ||||
| Clem Moore | 2B | 13 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 5 | .950 | 5.846 | ||||
| George Freese | 3B | 82 | 76 | 176 | 16 | 17 | .940 | 3.073 | ||||
| Jack Littrell | 3B | 61 | 64 | 169 | 12 | 26 | .951 | 3.820 | ||||
| Tony Tornay | C | 93 | 414 | 40 | 8 | 3 | .983 | 4.882 | 16 | |||
| Lenny Neal | C | 78 | 344 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 4.692 | 5 | |||
| Jim Greengrass | OF | 139 | 264 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 1.942 | ||||
| Dave Melton | OF | 93 | 165 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 1.892 | ||||
| Charles Secrest | OF | 74 | 168 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .978 | 2.365 | ||||
| Bob DiPietro | OF | 74 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.635 | ||||
| Russ Snyder | OF | 59 | 158 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .982 | 2.746 | ||||
| Clem Moore | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Ken Johnson | P | 37 | 27 | 46 | 4 | 6 | .948 | 1.973 | ||||
| Marty Kutyna | P | 33 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.121 | ||||
| Duane Pillette | P | 30 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Art Houtteman | P | 29 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.034 | ||||
| George Brunet | P | 28 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .750 | ||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | P | 27 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Howie Reed | P | 22 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Tom Gorman | P | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
| Vic Lombardi | P | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Larry Jansen | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Glenn Cox | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Kume | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Davis | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wally Burnette | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clem Moore | SS | 83 | 133 | 226 | 27 | 36 | .930 | 4.325 | ||||
| Jack Littrell | SS | 39 | 58 | 94 | 10 | 23 | .938 | 3.897 | ||||
| Gilberto Valentin | SS | 22 | 36 | 71 | 4 | 9 | .964 | 4.864 | ||||
| Totals | 1469 | 3809 | 1501 | 155 | 340 | .972 | 3.615 | 21 | 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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