1959 Palatka Redlegs Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 74-62
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Clem Koshorek (0-0), Tony Pacheco (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Palatka, Florida
Ballpark: Azalea Bowl
Attendance: 27,989, Avg. 412
1959 Palatka Redlegs RosterTeam Record: 74-62
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Clem Koshorek (0-0), Tony Pacheco (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Palatka, Florida
Ballpark: Azalea Bowl
Attendance: 27,989, Avg. 412
The Palatka Redlegs of the Florida State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 74 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the FSL.
The Redlegs scored 734 runs and yielded 646 runs. Albert Bullock led Palatka with 12 home runs Mario Zambrano accounted for 86 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .332. Gilberto Lopez paced the squad with 22 wins, while Vic Davalillo added 15 or more wins, too Vic Davalillo recorded a 2.45 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1959 Palatka Redlegs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tommy Helms, Vic Davalillo and Clem Koshorek.
Clem Koshorek and Tony Pacheco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilberto Lopez | 22 | 10 | .688 | 2.62 | 42 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 268.0 | 244 | 121 | 78 | 15 | 101 | 8 | 213 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Vic Davalillo | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.45 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 147.0 | 114 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 65 | 6 | 150 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Amiel Solomon | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.90 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 93.0 | 87 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jesse Merrell | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.74 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 131.0 | 143 | 87 | 69 | 12 | 88 | 3 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| William Wilkerson | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.58 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 57.0 | 51 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Gene Sheets | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.61 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 123.0 | 159 | 88 | 63 | 8 | 46 | 6 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Ken Tuccori | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.60 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 90.0 | 94 | 53 | 46 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jose Padilla | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benny Bain | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Colley | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyatt Boone | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elio Ribet | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles Watson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.62 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Albert Bullock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clem Koshorek | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lester Temple | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Hurst | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivan Davis | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5.43 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 69 | 50 | 35 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 74 | 62 | .544 | 3.71 | 270 | 118 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1007.0 | 1004 | 555 | 415 | 66 | 473 | 27 | 765 | 30 | 7 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Zambrano | 136 | 600 | 518 | 99 | 172 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 86 | 24 | 67 | 55 | .332 | .413 | .454 | .867 | 235 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Paul Umberg | 132 | 585 | 470 | 98 | 134 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 32 | 99 | 47 | .285 | .416 | .383 | .799 | 180 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Herbie Burnette | 98 | 353 | 317 | 52 | 92 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 13 | 31 | 41 | .290 | .356 | .369 | .725 | 117 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Vaughn | 79 | 340 | 276 | 47 | 91 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 50 | 39 | .330 | .434 | .449 | .883 | 124 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Vladimir Mirabal | 95 | 363 | 303 | 41 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 46 | 69 | .281 | .391 | .376 | .767 | 114 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Albert Bullock | 82 | 338 | 288 | 54 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 8 | 46 | 54 | .247 | .358 | .420 | .778 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Carney | 72 | 286 | 248 | 41 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 30 | 56 | .282 | .357 | .456 | .813 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ted Maley | 87 | 272 | 225 | 33 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 41 | 63 | .249 | .373 | .338 | .710 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tommy Helms | 56 | 226 | 210 | 37 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 16 | .252 | .296 | .276 | .572 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Adolfo Suarez | 44 | 169 | 143 | 26 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 19 | 17 | .350 | .419 | .510 | .930 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Juan Iglesias | 54 | 230 | 209 | 28 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 40 | .211 | .273 | .278 | .551 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilberto Lopez | 43 | 114 | 99 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 28 | .313 | .373 | .455 | .827 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Regis Simpson | 48 | 147 | 128 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 46 | .227 | .327 | .336 | .662 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Shepherd | 41 | 162 | 139 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 33 | .201 | .294 | .317 | .610 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vic Davalillo | 73 | 85 | 79 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .291 | .325 | .456 | .781 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Famous | 21 | 86 | 73 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 5 | .301 | .381 | .356 | .737 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clem Koshorek | 27 | 117 | 86 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 4 | .256 | .431 | .349 | .780 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lester Temple | 14 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .250 | .304 | .325 | .629 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Merrell | 31 | 56 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .176 | .222 | .294 | .516 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Fernandez | 17 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .300 | .567 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Montgomery | 22 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .182 | .270 | .303 | .573 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Amiel Solomon | 20 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .179 | .281 | .214 | .496 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Watson | 10 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Tuccori | 16 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .129 | .270 | .161 | .432 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ivan Davis | 21 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .158 | .158 | .263 | .421 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Sheets | 26 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .075 | .119 | .075 | .194 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Colley | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jose Padilla | 15 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Dihigo | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Wilkerson | 16 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hurst | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wyatt Boone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Elio Ribet | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Benny Bain | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1436 | 4870 | 4166 | 685 | 1131 | 168 | 36 | 66 | 575 | 117 | 0 | 566 | 720 | .271 | .363 | .377 | .740 | 1569 | 0 | 53 | 54 | 31 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Carney | 1B | 65 | 550 | 25 | 18 | 50 | .970 | 8.846 | ||||
| Vladimir Mirabal | 2B | 92 | 166 | 240 | 23 | 47 | .946 | 4.413 | ||||
| Albert Bullock | 2B | 32 | 67 | 90 | 9 | 21 | .946 | 4.906 | ||||
| Lawrence Vaughn | 3B | 51 | 36 | 82 | 13 | 5 | .901 | 2.314 | ||||
| Herbie Burnette | 3B | 23 | 30 | 37 | 6 | 4 | .918 | 2.913 | ||||
| Albert Bullock | 3B | 23 | 25 | 55 | 8 | 2 | .909 | 3.478 | ||||
| Clem Koshorek | 3B | 22 | 24 | 56 | 5 | 7 | .941 | 3.636 | ||||
| Robert Famous | 3B | 12 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.583 | ||||
| Ted Maley | C | 74 | 468 | 46 | 19 | 2 | .964 | 6.946 | 9 | |||
| Regis Simpson | C | 43 | 232 | 25 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 5.977 | 12 | |||
| Adolfo Suarez | C | 38 | 224 | 15 | 8 | 3 | .968 | 6.289 | 2 | |||
| Mario Zambrano | OF | 136 | 289 | 9 | 21 | 2 | .934 | 2.191 | ||||
| Paul Umberg | OF | 123 | 199 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .959 | 1.724 | ||||
| Herbie Burnette | OF | 64 | 84 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .897 | 1.359 | ||||
| William Shepherd | OF | 39 | 53 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .919 | 1.462 | ||||
| Lawrence Vaughn | OF | 28 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.607 | ||||
| Lester Temple | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.400 | ||||
| Vic Davalillo | P | 52 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 4 | .975 | .750 | ||||
| Gilberto Lopez | P | 42 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 4 | .946 | 1.262 | ||||
| Jesse Merrell | P | 29 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Sheets | P | 26 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 7 | .951 | 1.500 | ||||
| Amiel Solomon | P | 20 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.150 | ||||
| Ivan Davis | P | 18 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.056 | ||||
| William Wilkerson | P | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Ken Tuccori | P | 14 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.714 | ||||
| Charles Watson | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Elio Ribet | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Padilla | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Colley | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Hurst | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wyatt Boone | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benny Bain | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Iglesias | SS | 54 | 79 | 142 | 18 | 27 | .925 | 4.093 | ||||
| Tommy Helms | SS | 52 | 75 | 151 | 26 | 36 | .897 | 4.346 | ||||
| Albert Bullock | SS | 22 | 37 | 62 | 7 | 13 | .934 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bruce Montgomery | SS | 14 | 13 | 27 | 11 | 4 | .784 | 2.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1283 | 2762 | 1302 | 245 | 249 | .943 | 3.168 | 23 | 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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