1959 Paris Lakers Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 57-68
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Rube Walker (57-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Paris, Illinois
Ballpark: Laker Stadium
Attendance: 33,209, Avg. 531

1959 Paris Lakers Roster

The Paris Lakers of the Midwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 57 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the MWL.

The Lakers scored 670 runs and conceded 747 runs. Daniel Combs led Paris with 14 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Terry Jones paced all regular batters with a .298 average. Johnnie Seale topped the team with 15 wins, while Morrie Steevens registered a 3.36 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Morrie Steevens, Harvey Branch, Johnnie Seale, Moe Morhardt, Dick Burwell, Tony Balsamo and Nelson Mathews were all players from the 1959 Paris Lakers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Rube Walker 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
Johnnie Seale	15	11	.577	4.50	36	26		14	2		198.0	207	135	99	9	100		195	5	0	14
Morrie Steevens	14	12	.538	3.36	32	26		15	5		201.0	184	101	75	14	117		156	12	0	8
Harvey Branch	8	10	.444	4.50	27	17		9	1		134.0	146	85	67	18	84		141	3	0	12
Tony Balsamo	8	14	.364	3.84	36	16		7	0		176.0	160	99	75	13	62		157	6	1	6
Ronald Vingle	4	1	.800	7.20	13	6		3	1		60.0	76	58	48	8	58		60	3	0	15
Lawrence Dorsey	3	4	.429	4.58	12	10		3	0		55.0	39	32	28	3	44		51	3	0	6
Dick Burwell	3	6	.333	3.86	12	10		2	0		70.0	66	42	30	8	56		75	6	1	9
Robert Maines	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Gordon Gore	1	3	.250	12.21	25	7		2	0		56.0	79	96	76	8	77		46	7	2	9
Gary Pitcher					16						0.0
Max Sherrill	0	0			3						0.0
Rube Walker	0	0			3						0.0
Joseph DeLong	0	0		4.06	9	2		0	0		31.0	33	18	14	3	29		16	1	0	4
Jack Merritt	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Allen Henry	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Totals	57	64	.471	4.70	234	120	0	55	9	0	981.0	990	666	512	84	627	0	897	46	4	83	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
Frank DeMoss	126	571	509	83	141	26	9	4	57	12		47	48	.277	.342	.387	.729	197		4	9	2
Daniel Combs	119	490	418	82	121	22	9	14	82	2		54	117	.289	.388	.486	.874	203		14	3	1
Terry Jones	107	437	399	60	119	22	5	6	51	0		25	43	.298	.347	.424	.771	169		7	2	4
Eugene Petty	113	464	388	67	102	22	1	12	52	12		56	69	.263	.367	.418	.784	162		10	6	4
Joseph DeLong	117	433	393	45	96	12	5	5	52	9		34	60	.244	.305	.338	.644	133		1	4	1
Robert Davison	103	405	359	61	95	15	7	10	45	13		32	69	.265	.337	.429	.766	154		9	2	3
John Gray	85	338	301	47	81	11	9	9	41	2		25	88	.269	.345	.455	.800	137		10	2	0
Mark Flynn	102	415	350	48	76	12	3	5	42	14		51	69	.217	.324	.311	.636	109		6	5	3
Rube Walker	79	249	191	43	56	6	1	6	29	1		52	19	.293	.450	.429	.879	82		4	0	2
Nelson Mathews	61	226	210	35	52	6	7	6	36	2		15	66	.248	.301	.429	.729	90		1	0	0
Moe Morhardt	39	175	140	31	41	14	4	4	19	2		31	29	.293	.422	.536	.958	75		1	2	1
Morrie Steevens	40	91	81	8	17	7	1	0	4	1		9	22	.210	.286	.321	.607	26		0	0	1
Tony Balsamo	42	76	63	5	16	4	0	0	7	0		8	7	.254	.338	.317	.655	20		0	5	0
Jim Purslow	24	76	66	10	16	1	0	4	12	1		8	19	.242	.333	.439	.773	29		1	1	0
Johnnie Seale	38	76	67	7	16	1	0	0	2	0		6	20	.239	.301	.254	.555	17		0	3	0
Steve Bolick	15	47	45	4	11	0	1	0	1	0		1	6	.244	.261	.289	.550	13		0	1	0
Harvey Branch	31	49	45	5	8	1	0	0	2	0		2	15	.178	.213	.200	.413	9		0	2	0
Gary Cowan	13	48	40	13	6	2	0	1	1	1		8	14	.150	.292	.275	.567	11		0	0	0
Ronald Vingle	15	24	18	4	4	1	0	0	2	0		5	8	.222	.417	.278	.694	5		1	0	0
Ralph DiLullo	6	19	19		4									.211	.211	.211	.421	4
Gordon Gore	25	21	21	3	4	0	0	1	1	0		0	5	.190	.190	.333	.524	7		0	0	0
Dick Burwell	13	29	28	3	3	0	0	1	1	0		1	6	.107	.138	.214	.352	6		0	0	0
Robert Maines	3	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Jerry Nauert	2	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jesse Joyce	6	15	15		1									.067	.067	.067	.133	1
Jack Merritt	7	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Max Sherrill	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lawrence Dorsey	12	23	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	11	.000	.095	.000	.095	0		1	2	0
Arthur Gardner	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Allen Henry	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1349	4813	4201	666	1089	185	62	88	539	72	0	471	810	.259	.342	.396	.738	1662	0	70	49	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Eugene Petty	1B	100	748	33	23	60	.971	7.810
Rube Walker	1B	21	127	7	6	13	.957	6.381
Mark Flynn	2B	91	203	221	29	47	.936	4.659
Robert Davison	2B	17	35	31	11	9	.857	3.882
Frank DeMoss	2B	10	23	29	0	6	1.000	5.200
Joseph DeLong	3B	102	89	206	30	29	.908	2.892
Frank DeMoss	3B	13	8	27	4	3	.897	2.692
Terry Jones	C	105	827	61	12	11	.987	8.457	32
Rube Walker	C	20	125	7	6	2	.957	6.600	5
Daniel Combs	OF	115	159	20	19	4	.904	1.557
John Gray	OF	74	111	16	12	1	.914	1.716
Robert Davison	OF	64	86	9	4	4	.960	1.484
Nelson Mathews	OF	61	107	10	8	5	.936	1.918
Moe Morhardt	OF	30	55	4	2	2	.967	1.967
Jim Purslow	OF	21	21	2	2	0	.920	1.095
Rube Walker	OF	13	16	0	1	0	.941	1.231
Tony Balsamo	P	38	5	36	3	4	.932	1.079
Johnnie Seale	P	36	5	31	3	1	.923	1.000
Morrie Steevens	P	32	9	30	3	2	.929	1.219
Harvey Branch	P	27	3	16	4	1	.826	.704
Gordon Gore	P	25	4	7	0	1	1.000	.440
Ronald Vingle	P	13	0	13	2	1	.867	1.000
Lawrence Dorsey	P	12	1	9	2	1	.833	.833
Dick Burwell	P	12	7	6	2	0	.867	1.083
Jack Merritt	P	6						.000
Max Sherrill	P	3						.000
Robert Maines	P	3						.000
Allen Henry	P	1						.000
Frank DeMoss	SS	104	164	265	49	38	.897	4.125
Robert Davison	SS	17	17	39	3	8	.949	3.294
Totals		1186	2955	1135	240	253	.945	3.449	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.

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