1959 Pensacola Dons Statistics
Team Record: 51-66
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (51-66)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Ballpark: Vice Admiral Mason Park
Attendance: 30,227, Avg. 517
Playoffs - Selma Cloverleafs 3 games, Pensacola Dons 0
The Pensacola Dons of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 51 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.
The Dons plated 558 runs and allowed 651 runs. Ronald Piotrowski paced Pensacola with 10 home runs and recorded 60 runs batted in, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .258. Ernest Breedlove and Rudy Riska topped the team with 8 wins each, and Rudy Riska recorded a 3.33 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1959 Pensacola Dons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George Werley, Steve Barber, Bo Belinsky and Jim Lehew.
Lou Fitzgerald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Riska | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.33 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 | 95 | 57 | 37 | 6 | 48 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ernest Breedlove | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.17 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 123.0 | 118 | 72 | 57 | 9 | 74 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Steve Barber | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.85 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 159.0 | 115 | 106 | 68 | 6 | 143 | 172 | 8 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| Robert Healey | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.09 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 77.0 | 72 | 48 | 35 | 3 | 52 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Lehew | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.55 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 89.0 | 104 | 51 | 45 | 7 | 24 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Paul Knechtges | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.45 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 142.0 | 162 | 104 | 86 | 12 | 74 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Bo Belinsky | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.00 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 54.0 | 42 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Jerry Alford | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.99 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 79.0 | 64 | 44 | 35 | 3 | 66 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| George Werley | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.97 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 68.0 | 69 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Hendrix | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Dunlap | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Materile | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Piotrowski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Ripken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Stepanovich | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rolland Rhyner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Winkelman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steve Dalkowski | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 66 | .436 | 4.15 | 214 | 105 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 891.0 | 841 | 551 | 411 | 50 | 536 | 0 | 807 | 52 | 4 | 81 | 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 Piotrowski | 115 | 489 | 403 | 62 | 104 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 5 | 79 | 65 | .258 | .377 | .385 | .762 | 155 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| James Dunlap | 117 | 465 | 401 | 51 | 100 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 57 | 85 | .249 | .345 | .354 | .699 | 142 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Richard DeSarbo | 103 | 369 | 303 | 43 | 79 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 54 | 83 | .261 | .380 | .370 | .750 | 112 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Ryan | 88 | 365 | 303 | 53 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 7 | 51 | 91 | .261 | .378 | .396 | .774 | 120 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||
| A. J. Martin | 87 | 333 | 298 | 44 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 46 | .242 | .306 | .319 | .625 | 95 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||
| John Short | 92 | 353 | 308 | 44 | 70 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 37 | 64 | .227 | .321 | .370 | .691 | 114 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cal Ripken | 61 | 256 | 219 | 36 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 36 | .292 | .376 | .411 | .787 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Timothy Murphy | 51 | 216 | 186 | 23 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 28 | .226 | .316 | .274 | .590 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Neb Wilson | 43 | 175 | 137 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 34 | 17 | .234 | .391 | .445 | .836 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| William Massey | 40 | 145 | 132 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 32 | .235 | .299 | .447 | .746 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Livesey | 29 | 121 | 98 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 15 | .276 | .397 | .459 | .856 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim Carver | 46 | 127 | 109 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 27 | .239 | .331 | .385 | .716 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Fred Phagan | 18 | 84 | 78 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .295 | .337 | .346 | .684 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Leonard Haynes | 43 | 176 | 126 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 37 | .183 | .401 | .198 | .600 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hendrix | 39 | 132 | 110 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 29 | .164 | .279 | .191 | .470 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Materile | 25 | 90 | 66 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 17 | .227 | .433 | .364 | .797 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Alford | 17 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .310 | .310 | .345 | .655 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ernest Breedlove | 41 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .200 | .289 | .200 | .489 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Riska | 16 | 42 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .195 | .214 | .268 | .483 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald O'Shields | 20 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .170 | .264 | .213 | .477 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim Lehew | 18 | 42 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .175 | .171 | .175 | .346 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Steve Barber | 30 | 68 | 58 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .121 | .239 | .121 | .359 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Byrd | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Healey | 13 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .111 | .167 | .111 | .278 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Paul Knechtges | 35 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .061 | .164 | .143 | .306 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Dalkowski | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | 9 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| George Werley | 9 | 23 | 23 | 2 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Winkelman | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rolland Rhyner | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Stepanovich | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1233 | 4341 | 3682 | 537 | 869 | 133 | 27 | 67 | 451 | 44 | 0 | 540 | 800 | .236 | .340 | .341 | .681 | 1257 | 0 | 53 | 40 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard DeSarbo | 1B | 66 | 389 | 29 | 16 | 39 | .963 | 6.333 | ||||
| Bob Hendrix | 1B | 29 | 191 | 11 | 7 | 20 | .967 | 6.966 | ||||
| Joseph Materile | 1B | 22 | 148 | 12 | 6 | 13 | .964 | 7.273 | ||||
| Thomas Ryan | 2B | 60 | 181 | 150 | 20 | 41 | .943 | 5.517 | ||||
| Timothy Murphy | 2B | 51 | 127 | 116 | 13 | 26 | .949 | 4.765 | ||||
| James Dunlap | 3B | 74 | 69 | 118 | 37 | 12 | .835 | 2.527 | ||||
| Thomas Ryan | 3B | 22 | 21 | 41 | 6 | 4 | .912 | 2.818 | ||||
| James Livesey | 3B | 12 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Cal Ripken | C | 48 | 378 | 31 | 6 | 10 | .986 | 8.521 | 11 | |||
| William Massey | C | 37 | 301 | 16 | 11 | 1 | .966 | 8.568 | 21 | |||
| Jim Carver | C | 30 | 193 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 6.667 | 3 | |||
| Ronald O'Shields | C | 15 | 91 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .950 | 6.333 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Piotrowski | OF | 115 | 166 | 12 | 9 | 4 | .952 | 1.548 | ||||
| A. J. Martin | OF | 82 | 133 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .959 | 1.707 | ||||
| John Short | OF | 76 | 91 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .951 | 1.276 | ||||
| Neb Wilson | OF | 36 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 1.444 | ||||
| Richard DeSarbo | OF | 26 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .808 | ||||
| Fred Phagan | OF | 17 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| Ernest Breedlove | P | 40 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Knechtges | P | 35 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .571 | ||||
| Steve Barber | P | 30 | 8 | 59 | 14 | 1 | .827 | 2.233 | ||||
| Jim Lehew | P | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Rudy Riska | P | 16 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Jerry Alford | P | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Robert Healey | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .846 | ||||
| Richard Winkelman | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Werley | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Dalkowski | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Materile | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Stepanovich | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rolland Rhyner | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Piotrowski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cal Ripken | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Hendrix | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Dunlap | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Dunlap | SS | 45 | 58 | 86 | 24 | 18 | .857 | 3.200 | ||||
| Leonard Haynes | SS | 43 | 58 | 116 | 22 | 19 | .888 | 4.047 | ||||
| James Livesey | SS | 17 | 20 | 31 | 14 | 8 | .785 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1137 | 2733 | 968 | 246 | 232 | .938 | 3.255 | 37 | 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.
