1959 Spokane Indians Statistics
Team Record: 77-77
Finished 5th in the PCL
Manager: Bobby Bragan (77-77)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 245,012, Avg. 3,182
The Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1959 season with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the PCL.
The Indians plated 696 runs and surrendered 684 runs. Steve Bilko paced Spokane with 26 home runs, while Tommy Davis, Tony Roig and Frank Howard each walloped 15 or more as well. Steve Bilko drove in 92 runs. Tommy Davis led all regular batters by hitting .345. Connie Grob topped the squad with 12 wins, and Chris Nicolosi registered a 3.44 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1959 Spokane Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Howard, Fred Hatfield, Tom Saffell, Ben Wade, Cuno Barragan, Tommy Davis, Bob Lillis, Johnny Gray, Bobby Bragan, George O'Donnell, Chuck Churn, Dick Scott, Bob Giallombardo, Phil Ortega, Ralph Mauriello, Don Miles, Art Fowler, Phil Paine, Larry Miller, Maury Wills, Steve Bilko, Norm Sherry, Bob Milliken, Dave Hoskins, Roger Craig, Gene Snyder, Lloyd Merritt, Connie Grob, Chuck Essegian, Tony Roig and Dick Young.
Bobby Bragan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Grob | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.74 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 183.0 | 211 | 92 | 76 | 17 | 37 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Chris Nicolosi | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.44 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 204.0 | 201 | 88 | 78 | 24 | 41 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Roger Craig | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.19 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 96.0 | 86 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 26 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Phil Ortega | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.50 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 | 93 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 53 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ben Wade | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.50 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 59 | 37 | 32 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Phil Paine | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.25 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 68 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Art Fowler | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.93 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 44.0 | 52 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lloyd Merritt | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Giallombardo | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.62 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 70 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 33 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dave Hoskins | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.47 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 51.0 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dick Scott | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 6 | 10.0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gene Snyder | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Milliken | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.71 | 6 | 17.0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Norm Sherry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hisel Patrick | 35 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Page | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George O'Donnell | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Churn | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Miller | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 4 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gray | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill George | 0 | 4 | .000 | 23 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 67 | .468 | 3.88 | 365 | 115 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 958.0 | 981 | 484 | 413 | 92 | 308 | 0 | 449 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Davis | 153 | 665 | 612 | 90 | 211 | 32 | 9 | 18 | 78 | 21 | 15 | 40 | 29 | .345 | .384 | .515 | .899 | 315 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Steve Bilko | 135 | 555 | 478 | 76 | 146 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 98 | .305 | .393 | .523 | .916 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tony Roig | 142 | 574 | 501 | 73 | 141 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 86 | .281 | .353 | .441 | .794 | 221 | 0 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Allen Norris | 144 | 513 | 441 | 62 | 117 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 72 | .265 | .347 | .420 | .767 | 185 | 6 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Bob Lillis | 103 | 441 | 406 | 50 | 116 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | .286 | .315 | .379 | .694 | 154 | 2 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Frank Howard | 76 | 318 | 295 | 43 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 68 | .319 | .362 | .559 | .921 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Norm Sherry | 108 | 376 | 332 | 35 | 84 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 42 | .253 | .312 | .367 | .679 | 122 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Maury Wills | 48 | 220 | 192 | 42 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 24 | 20 | .312 | .387 | .391 | .778 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Donald Domenichelli | 87 | 232 | 208 | 22 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .264 | .320 | .341 | .661 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Essegian | 48 | 194 | 176 | 34 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .295 | .354 | .528 | .883 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Rodriguez | 44 | 135 | 117 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | .291 | .371 | .385 | .756 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Don Miles | 34 | 137 | 119 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 39 | .227 | .307 | .437 | .744 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Connie Grob | 42 | 83 | 78 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .256 | .275 | .282 | .557 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Parsons | 27 | 80 | 72 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .250 | .312 | .347 | .660 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Saffell | 46 | 80 | 64 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | .234 | .380 | .281 | .661 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Young | 32 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .212 | .236 | .288 | .525 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Phil Paine | 44 | 44 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .225 | .295 | .325 | .620 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Nicolosi | 41 | 71 | 65 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .138 | .176 | .169 | .346 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Victor Backlund | 12 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .216 | .244 | .216 | .460 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Don Williams | 11 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .212 | .257 | .242 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hoskins | 15 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .240 | .310 | .240 | .550 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roger Craig | 14 | 35 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .188 | .235 | .219 | .454 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Williams | 14 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .147 | .256 | .235 | .492 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gray | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gene Snyder | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Ortega | 22 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Larry Miller | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Scott | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Bragan | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||
| Lloyd Merritt | 31 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Art Fowler | 8 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Wade | 24 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Giallombardo | 23 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill George | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Page | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Milliken | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1599 | 5085 | 4526 | 625 | 1264 | 203 | 48 | 113 | 566 | 66 | 33 | 416 | 621 | .279 | .340 | .420 | .760 | 1902 | 0 | 23 | 80 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bilko | 1B | 133 | 1178 | 110 | 16 | 112 | .988 | 9.684 | ||||
| Frank Howard | 1B | 19 | 157 | 12 | 3 | 14 | .983 | 8.895 | ||||
| Allen Norris | 1B | 12 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.583 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 2B | 103 | 217 | 239 | 18 | 57 | .962 | 4.427 | ||||
| Donald Domenichelli | 2B | 78 | 143 | 181 | 13 | 40 | .961 | 4.154 | ||||
| Allen Norris | 3B | 40 | 37 | 75 | 10 | 9 | .918 | 2.800 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 3B | 39 | 24 | 58 | 3 | 4 | .965 | 2.103 | ||||
| Norm Sherry | C | 103 | 433 | 52 | 9 | 8 | .982 | 4.709 | 10 | |||
| Victor Backlund | C | 12 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 4.083 | 0 | |||
| Don Williams | C | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 3.300 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Davis | OF | 153 | 414 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .977 | 2.804 | ||||
| Allen Norris | OF | 95 | 144 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .955 | 1.579 | ||||
| Frank Howard | OF | 58 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 1.552 | ||||
| Chuck Essegian | OF | 48 | 91 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .959 | 1.958 | ||||
| Ernie Rodriguez | OF | 42 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.738 | ||||
| Tom Saffell | OF | 34 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Don Miles | OF | 32 | 81 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .943 | 2.594 | ||||
| Tony Roig | OF | 21 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.571 | ||||
| William Parsons | OF | 20 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 2.150 | ||||
| Chris Nicolosi | P | 40 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.050 | ||||
| Phil Paine | P | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .818 | .273 | ||||
| Lloyd Merritt | P | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .833 | .323 | ||||
| Connie Grob | P | 31 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 1.935 | ||||
| Ben Wade | P | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .542 | ||||
| Bill George | P | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .217 | ||||
| Phil Ortega | P | 22 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .909 | ||||
| Bob Giallombardo | P | 17 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .769 | .588 | ||||
| Roger Craig | P | 14 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Gene Snyder | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Hoskins | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Art Fowler | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Page | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Scott | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Milliken | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Gray | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Miller | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norm Sherry | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Lillis | SS | 103 | 206 | 352 | 17 | 72 | .970 | 5.417 | ||||
| Maury Wills | SS | 48 | 68 | 161 | 12 | 30 | .950 | 4.771 | ||||
| Totals | 1499 | 3631 | 1419 | 146 | 379 | .972 | 3.369 | 10 | 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.
