1959 Selma Cloverleafs Statistics
Team Record: 73-46
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Johnny Lipon (73-46)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Selma, Alabama
Ballpark: Bloch Park
Attendance: 26,633, Avg. 448
Playoffs - Selma Cloverleafs 3 games, Pensacola Dons 0
Finals - Selma Cloverleafs 4 games, Dothan Cardinals 1
The Selma Cloverleafs of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1959 season with a record of 73 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Cloverleafs topped the league with just 493 runs allowed. Selma scored 615 runs. Keith Williams paced the squad with 12 home runs and accounted for 80 RBI, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .341 clip. Jerry Fosnow led the team with 15 wins, and Thomas Dooling registered a 2.34 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1959 Selma Cloverleafs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jerry Fosnow, Johnny Lipon, Larry Brown, Doc Edwards and Max Alvis.
Johnny Lipon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Fosnow | 15 | 4 | .789 | 3.42 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 166.0 | 148 | 87 | 63 | 15 | 75 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Claude Pinder | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.92 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 142.0 | 126 | 56 | 46 | 6 | 48 | 101 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Thomas Dooling | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.34 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 131.0 | 101 | 52 | 34 | 8 | 64 | 110 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Billy Carter | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.76 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 189.0 | 172 | 79 | 58 | 11 | 60 | 126 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Robert Gordon | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.29 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 197.0 | 186 | 108 | 72 | 21 | 101 | 181 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Carl Morrow | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.27 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 137.0 | 129 | 76 | 65 | 2 | 104 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Max Alvis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| June Raines | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Lipon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Vlahovic | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 46 | .613 | 3.16 | 199 | 115 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 962.0 | 862 | 458 | 338 | 63 | 452 | 0 | 709 | 63 | 3 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Williams | 116 | 497 | 458 | 84 | 156 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 80 | 3 | 22 | 53 | .341 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 229 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Larry Brown | 117 | 523 | 457 | 84 | 137 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 10 | 48 | 54 | .300 | .372 | .400 | .773 | 183 | 7 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Max Alvis | 117 | 489 | 434 | 79 | 129 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 18 | 34 | 68 | .297 | .349 | .419 | .768 | 182 | 5 | 7 | 9 | |||
| Doc Edwards | 90 | 326 | 303 | 33 | 102 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 14 | 26 | .337 | .364 | .432 | .797 | 131 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Richard Farley | 110 | 459 | 391 | 65 | 101 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 4 | 57 | 78 | .258 | .356 | .389 | .745 | 152 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jack Banning | 82 | 345 | 307 | 63 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 59 | .267 | .336 | .322 | .659 | 99 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Fred Krase | 93 | 341 | 288 | 47 | 74 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 27 | 42 | 46 | .257 | .354 | .354 | .708 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Jose Villar | 87 | 327 | 290 | 40 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 7 | 28 | 76 | .241 | .313 | .345 | .658 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Teague | 87 | 340 | 252 | 43 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 72 | 55 | .270 | .437 | .313 | .751 | 79 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||
| June Raines | 46 | 148 | 121 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 23 | 41 | .182 | .320 | .322 | .642 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Edward Harrison | 31 | 105 | 87 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .218 | .346 | .391 | .737 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Scott | 20 | 79 | 70 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .214 | .286 | .229 | .514 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Dooling | 25 | 58 | 52 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .231 | .259 | .250 | .509 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Lipon | 22 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .379 | .500 | .414 | .914 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Fosnow | 28 | 68 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .183 | .234 | .200 | .434 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Claude Pinder | 43 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .182 | .234 | .273 | .507 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Billy Carter | 31 | 80 | 56 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 10 | .125 | .359 | .125 | .484 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Robert Gordon | 30 | 79 | 69 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 38 | .101 | .195 | .130 | .325 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Vernon Benner | 6 | 15 | 15 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Lanier | 10 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Walter Dobrzykowski | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Gleason | 13 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .077 | .111 | .192 | .303 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Vlahovic | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Morrow | 29 | 56 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .021 | .130 | .021 | .150 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1242 | 4506 | 3908 | 611 | 1044 | 154 | 38 | 51 | 506 | 100 | 0 | 450 | 755 | .267 | .346 | .365 | .711 | 1427 | 0 | 47 | 55 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Williams | 1B | 116 | 884 | 57 | 34 | 100 | .965 | 8.112 | ||||
| Joseph Teague | 2B | 87 | 216 | 229 | 16 | 68 | .965 | 5.115 | ||||
| James Scott | 2B | 20 | 66 | 35 | 10 | 9 | .910 | 5.050 | ||||
| Max Alvis | 3B | 116 | 140 | 189 | 44 | 21 | .882 | 2.836 | ||||
| Doc Edwards | C | 83 | 534 | 47 | 11 | 10 | .981 | 7.000 | 12 | |||
| June Raines | C | 40 | 235 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .984 | 6.100 | 1 | |||
| Richard Farley | OF | 92 | 125 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .938 | 1.478 | ||||
| Fred Krase | OF | 88 | 137 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .953 | 1.625 | ||||
| Jose Villar | OF | 84 | 137 | 10 | 9 | 4 | .942 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jack Banning | OF | 79 | 159 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .954 | 2.101 | ||||
| Edward Harrison | OF | 24 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.708 | ||||
| Claude Pinder | P | 42 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Billy Carter | P | 31 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 3 | .895 | 1.097 | ||||
| Robert Gordon | P | 30 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 3 | .902 | 1.233 | ||||
| Carl Morrow | P | 29 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .964 | .931 | ||||
| Jerry Fosnow | P | 28 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 1.750 | ||||
| Thomas Dooling | P | 25 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .903 | 1.120 | ||||
| Johnny Lipon | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Vlahovic | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| June Raines | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Max Alvis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Brown | SS | 117 | 220 | 317 | 43 | 61 | .926 | 4.590 | ||||
| Totals | 1145 | 2915 | 1092 | 208 | 297 | .951 | 3.500 | 13 | 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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