1959 San Antonio Missions Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 75-70
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Grady Hatton (75-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 111,487, Avg. 1,538
1959 San Antonio Missions Roster

Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 2 games, Victoria Rosebuds 0
Finals - Austin Senators 3 games, San Antonio Missions 0

The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.

The Missions scored 685 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 699 runs. Lee Handley paced San Antonio with 14 home runs Ron Santo recorded 87 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. José Santiago led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.1 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Dick Bertell, Jim Brewer, Sammy Drake, Frank Ernaga, Dave Gerard, John Goetz, J C Hartman, Grady Hatton, Footer Johnson, Lou Johnson, Joe Margoneri, Gordon Massa, Manny Montejo, Nat Peeples, Ron Perranoski, José Santiago, Ron Santo and Billy Williams were all players from the 1959 San Antonio Missions who played in the Majors during their careers.

Grady Hatton 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
José Santiago149.6093.10383061212.0205927314604121302
John Goetz129.5714.58342641163.0167958381035112708
Ron Perranoski1110.5243.123726102199.0188896913857139209
Manny Montejo74.6363.844210075.0633432429260502
Ron Goerger66.5004.9419134082.09649457482395110
James Schandevel612.3334.43262260134.014791661067394206
Jim Brewer41.8004.791042047.0452925231234003
Joe Margoneri47.3643.15251551117.0994741650766200
Fernando Osorio33.5004.063220071.08946321117130201
Dave Gerard22.500100.0
Dick Drilling23.4005.821200034.0492622321518201
Kenneth Moursund0030.0
Robert Moore0060.0
Mike Lemish0020.0
Grady Hatton0040.0
Alfred Diez0010.0
Hoyt Benedict230.0
Candido Andrade0010.0
Dizzy Higginbottom01.00040.0
Dave Newkirk01.00030.0
Totals7168.5113.87332139037501134.011485984887851138713301420

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
Ron Santo136573505821653531187225654.327.390.473.863239147
J C Hartman142618545801501735481364957.275.340.345.6851887125
Lee Handley131534460821482721480446644.322.407.480.887221233
Russ Gragg142603517811402431451077220.271.362.335.696173464
Billy Williams94412371571182271079403739.318.382.496.878184211
Footer Johnson11941736358106176350024226.292.360.397.757144066
Wayne Connally101412361429381026013849.258.333.285.619103544
Gordon Massa782532122761150127113631.288.390.373.76379122
Frank Ernaga69258219225373527013642.242.350.370.72081111
Sammy Drake371761553347121214741815.303.376.432.80867030
Lou Johnson3012111317371034251148.327.353.575.92865121
Richard Czekaj541751532437100623101949.242.322.425.74765012
Asdrubal Baro2910184420220600155.238.347.310.65626002
Grady Hatton417967919200610116.284.380.313.69321001
Bill Schmidt25837731830180066.234.289.312.60124000
Dick Bertell207564711111900810.172.260.266.52617021
Ron Perranoski387156410200400618.179.258.214.47212090
José Santiago38736328000400419.127.176.127.3038051
Ron Goerger19302437100100313.292.370.333.7048030
Joe Margoneri2740384720040009.184.184.237.4219020
Kenny Lindley19484747200400110.149.167.191.3589000
Arnie Hallgren1335344610020011.176.200.206.4067000
Manny Montejo4318142510050004.357.357.429.7866040
John Goetz34584975102800516.102.185.245.43012040
Jim Brewer1022212410020014.190.227.238.4655000
Ralph Holding925254.160.160.160.3204
James Schandevel31524034001200711.100.234.175.4097050
Dave Newkirk3442.500.500.5001.0002
Dave Gerard101072200010012.286.375.286.6612020
Allen Shaw718182.111.111.111.2222
Candido Andrade1331.333.333.333.6671
Fernando Osorio3314131000000014.000.071.000.0710000
Dick Drilling1211100000000019.000.091.000.0910000
Kenneth Moursund3110000.000.000.000.0000
Alfred Diez1110000.000.000.000.0000
Robert Moore6110000.000.000.000.0000
Mike Lemish2220000.000.000.000.0000
Totals160754274737666129722335675974429544581.274.349.378.727179102481410


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Billy Williams1B68518482051.9668.324
Footer Johnson1B6652340349.9958.530
Lee Handley1B171035510.9566.353
Wayne Connally2B98268245954.9835.235
Sammy Drake2B3790112424.9815.459
Grady Hatton2B10172425.9534.100
Ron Santo3B1341582465328.8843.015
Kenny Lindley3B1052525.9383.000
Gordon MassaC602243242.9854.26711
Richard CzekajC4519735103.9595.1566
Bill SchmidtC221371230.9806.7732
Dick BertellC19991741.9676.1050
Russ GraggCF114217661.9741.956
Lou JohnsonCF2893220.9793.393
Frank ErnagaLF59111811.9922.017
Billy WilliamsLF2360611.9852.870
Russ GraggLF1633010.9712.062
Footer JohnsonLF14180001.0001.286
Asdrubal BaroLF10201001.0002.100
Manny MontejoP42710011.000.405
José SantiagoP38428011.000.842
Ron PerranoskiP37144443.9351.568
John GoetzP34112072.816.912
Fernando OsorioP32413001.000.531
James SchandevelP26132611.9751.500
Joe MargoneriP2572511.9701.280
Ron GoergerP1941810.9571.158
Dick DrillingP1208001.000.667
Dave GerardP1023011.000.500
Jim BrewerP1026001.000.800
Robert MooreP6.000
Dizzy HigginbottomP4.000
Grady HattonP4.000
Dave NewkirkP3.000
Kenneth MoursundP3.000
Mike LemishP2.000
Alfred DiezP1.000
Candido AndradeP1.000
Lee HandleyRF1051851642.9801.914
Footer JohnsonRF20324011.0001.800
Asdrubal BaroRF1523510.9661.867
J C HartmanSS1422263894263.9364.331
Totals144134251479191311.9633.4031900

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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