1959 Phoenix Giants Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: John Davis (64-90)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 79,106, Avg. 1,027

1959 Phoenix Giants Roster

The Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1959 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.

The Giants paced the league with 782 runs, sparked by 196 home runs. Phoenix yielded 855 runs, most in the circuit. Willie McCovey led the team with 29 home runs, while Benny Valenzuela, Bob Speake, Owen Friend, Bobby Prescott, José Pagán and Bill Wilson each walloped 15 or more also. Willie McCovey accounted for 92 RBI. José Pagán topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Eddie Fisher paced the squad with 10 wins, and Marshall Renfroe registered a 3.54 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1959 Phoenix Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Eddie Fisher, Bill Wilson, Jim Brideweser, Owen Friend, Andre Rodgers, Bobby Prescott, Julio Navarro, John Fitzgerald, José Pagán, Jay Van Noy, John Orsino, Marcelino Solis, Manny Mota, Dom Zanni, Don Choate, Roger McCardell, Billy Muffett, Bob Speake, Roy Wright, Joe Shipley, Marshall Renfroe, Willie McCovey, Marion Fricano, Benny Valenzuela, Curt Barclay and Dusty Rhodes.

John Davis 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
Eddie Fisher	10	4	.714	2.97	16	14		7	2		118.0	96	44	39	11	31		56	2	1	4
Marshall Renfroe	8	8	.500	3.54	29	21		9	0		168.0	174	81	66	8	59		97	4	0	3
Curt Barclay	8	16	.333	5.51	33	31		10	2		196.0	253	143	120	30	62		71	9	1	6
Marcelino Solis	7	11	.389	4.45	48	16		3	0		164.0	184	111	81	15	62		77	9	0	6
Donald Hyman	5	11	.312	4.60	41	15		1	0		133.0	125	83	68	24	68		94	2	1	8
Julio Navarro	4	2	.667	4.38	39	1		0	0		72.0	88	43	35	7	34		40	6	0	3
Joe Shipley	4	6	.400	6.59	28	2		0	0		56.0	61	44	41	2	51		34	11	1	9
Don Choate	4	7	.364	4.59	22	17		3	0		102.0	103	57	52	12	48		60	3	0	3
Billy Muffett	3	2	.600	5.50	12	6		2	0		54.0	79	45	33	9	17		21	0	0	0
Joe Blasko	1	1	.500		14						0.0
Dom Zanni	1	2	.333	3.00	3						12.0	15	5	4		8		13
Roy Wright	1	4	.200	7.34	15	4		0	0		38.0	47	32	31	9	16		14	2	0	2
Bud Watkins					19						0.0
Glenn McMinn					19						0.0
Bill Lindner	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Marion Fricano	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Tom Bowers	0	1	.000		3						0.0
John Fitzgerald	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Totals	56	79	.415	4.61	360	127	0	35	4	0	1113.0	1225	688	570	127	456	0	577	48	4	44	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
Bill Wilson	146	594	540	74	144	30	4	23	82	2	2	47	112	.267	.329	.465	.794	251		4	1	2
José Pagán	105	478	445	79	139	29	3	19	55	7	4	22	37	.312	.350	.519	.869	231		5	4	2
Benny Valenzuela	128	540	482	88	132	30	3	20	66	0	1	51	37	.274	.342	.473	.815	228		1	2	4
Willie McCovey	95	405	349	84	130	26	11	29	92	0	3	51	48	.372	.459	.759	1.219	265		5	0	0
Bobby Prescott	115	453	392	71	120	22	4	21	79	0	2	50	54	.306	.390	.543	.934	213		6	2	3
Jim Brideweser	135	513	458	64	115	19	4	3	31	3	3	39	46	.251	.318	.330	.648	151		7	7	2
Bob Speake	101	420	386	53	106	12	1	20	64	4	4	30	50	.275	.326	.466	.793	180		1	0	3
Sal Taormina	117	398	319	66	92	20	5	11	43	0	3	65	38	.288	.423	.486	.909	155		10	3	1
Owen Friend	116	384	350	41	83	12	2	16	50	0	1	29	90	.237	.297	.420	.717	147		2	0	3
Albert Stieglitz	68	228	215	27	60	18	2	7	38	0	2	12	33	.279	.320	.479	.799	103		1	0	0
Jay Van Noy	82	254	227	28	55	18	3	6	23	1	3	23	46	.242	.315	.427	.742	97		2	0	2
Roger McCardell	62	223	204	13	53	6	0	7	21	0	1	15	31	.260	.314	.392	.706	80		2	0	2
Andre Rodgers	41	164	146	12	38	3	2	4	16	0	0	17	35	.260	.337	.390	.728	57		0	1	0
Dusty Rhodes	23	86	80	16	26	6	0	5	14	0	0	6	7	.325	.372	.588	.960	47		0	0	0
John Orsino	23	72	71	7	20	6	0	3	15	0	0	1	8	.282	.292	.493	.785	35		0	0	0
Marcelino Solis	53	75	68	6	14	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	12	.206	.280	.221	.501	15		1	0	0
Sid Harvey	22	53	50	3	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.240	.255	.260	.515	13		0	2	0
Manny Mota	21	47	44	9	11	2	1	1	7	0	0	3	2	.250	.298	.409	.707	18		0	0	0
Curt Barclay	40	94	81	6	11	2	0	0	3	1	0	9	21	.136	.228	.160	.389	13		1	2	1
Eddie Fisher	17	54	46	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	1	3	15	.196	.240	.217	.457	10		0	4	1
Marshall Renfroe	34	66	61	5	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	14	.148	.172	.164	.336	10		0	2	1
Don Choate	31	37	35	7	8	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	16	.229	.270	.343	.613	12		0	0	0
Donald Hyman	45	52	42	4	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	14	.167	.239	.238	.477	10		0	6	0
Billy Muffett	13	21	17	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	.294	.368	.529	.898	9		0	2	0
Charlie Barnes	19	53	51	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	15	.098	.132	.098	.230	5		0	0	0
James Miller	6	18	18		4									.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Dom Zanni	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Bill Lindner	9	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Joe Shipley	28	14	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	0	0
Julio Navarro	39	23	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.048	.130	.048	.178	1		1	0	0
Marion Fricano	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Strichek	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Bowers	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Blasko	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Roy Wright	16	13	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
John Fitzgerald	6	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1784	5853	5244	771	1412	271	46	196	724	18	30	493	810	.269	.336	.451	.787	2363	0	49	40	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Willie McCovey	1B	93	896	43	16	80	.983	1.097
Bob Speake	1B	43	430	40	5	46	.989	1.930
Sal Taormina	1B	18	110	13	4	8	.969	6.833
Jim Brideweser	2B	110	252	333	19	73	.969	5.318
Owen Friend	2B	56	135	141	11	43	.962	4.929
Benny Valenzuela	3B	119	108	273	16	29	.960	3.202
Owen Friend	3B	21	17	43	4	6	.938	2.857
Jay Van Noy	3B	20	14	37	4	4	.927	2.550
Albert Stieglitz	C	63	238	37	7	2	.975	4.365	9
Roger McCardell	C	59	284	30	6	2	.981	5.322	8
John Orsino	C	22	82	8	1	1	.989	4.091	10
Sid Harvey	C	17	55	7	4	1	.939	3.647	2
Charlie Barnes	C	15	63	4	1	2	.985	4.467	4
Bill Wilson	OF	142	353	7	5	1	.986	2.535
Bobby Prescott	OF	105	151	8	2	0	.988	1.514
Sal Taormina	OF	81	115	1	5	0	.959	1.432
Bob Speake	OF	55	103	3	3	0	.972	1.927
Jay Van Noy	OF	47	68	7	5	2	.938	1.596
Owen Friend	OF	24	24	5	2	0	.935	1.208
Dusty Rhodes	OF	18	34	1	0	0	1.000	1.944
Manny Mota	OF	17	22	0	2	0	.917	1.294
Marcelino Solis	P	48	6	40	2	3	.958	.958
Donald Hyman	P	41	3	17	2	0	.909	.488
Julio Navarro	P	39	3	10	0	1	1.000	.333
Curt Barclay	P	33	13	49	1	1	.984	1.879
Marshall Renfroe	P	29	3	18	1	1	.955	.724
Joe Shipley	P	28	3	8	2	0	.846	.393
Don Choate	P	22	5	26	2	0	.939	1.409
Eddie Fisher	P	16	5	12	1	0	.944	1.062
Roy Wright	P	15	2	7	0	2	1.000	.600
Joe Blasko	P	14	2	6	0	1	1.000	.571
Billy Muffett	P	12	3	6	1	1	.900	.750
Bill Lindner	P	9						.000
John Fitzgerald	P	6						.000
Marion Fricano	P	4						.000
Dom Zanni	P	3						.000
Tom Bowers	P	3						.000
José Pagán	SS	104	191	334	40	57	.929	5.048
Andre Rodgers	SS	36	73	140	8	29	.964	5.917
Jim Brideweser	SS	23	27	66	7	12	.930	4.043
Totals		1630	3893	1780	189	408	.968	3.480	33	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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