1959 San Diego Padres Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 78-75
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: George Metkovich (78-75)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field, Westgate Park
Attendance: 166,741, Avg. 2,180

1959 San Diego Padres Roster

The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1959 season with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses, finishing third in the PCL.

The Padres tallied 579 runs and surrendered 604 runs. Allen Jones paced San Diego with 15 home runs Don Dillard drove in 55 runs. Rod Graber led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .276. John Briggs topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.6 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Dee Fondy, Dick Smith, Miguel de la Hoz, Billy Moran, Stu Locklin, John Briggs, Ken Retzer, Ken Hunt, Bobby Locke, Don Dillard, Bob Alexander, Larry Doby, Billy Hunter, Gene Leek, Bill Renna, Jake Striker, Russ Heman, Stan Pitula, Pete Wojey, Dick Stigman, Rudy Regalado, Fred Hatfield, Bill Werle, Bob Smith, Rod Graber, Carl Thomas, Steve Ridzik and Bud Podbielan were all players from the 1959 San Diego Padres who played in the Majors during their careers.

George Metkovich 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
John Briggs	14	6	.700	2.60	24	21		11	2		166.0	138	53	48	12	51		97	1	2	5
Jake Striker	12	8	.600	2.83	34	25		8	1		191.0	178	72	60	14	68		123	7	0	4
Bud Podbielan	11	5	.688	3.00	24	18		10	4		144.0	139	50	48	9	26		52	3	0	1
Dick Stigman	9	17	.346	4.01	45	25		8	2		191.0	160	104	85	21	100		181	2	0	14
Bobby Locke	6	4	.600	1.63	13	12		8	4		105.0	83	21	19	2	33		73	2	0	2
Russ Heman	6	12	.333	4.26	41	16		5	1		129.0	128	66	61	10	65		81	3	0	3
Pete Wojey	5	5	.500	2.85	46	0		0	0		79.0	64	32	25	6	28		65	5	0	2
Bill Werle	5	8	.385	4.36	32	14		4	0		128.0	153	75	62	12	29		47	7	0	3
Bob Smith	4	4	.500	3.04	11	9		6	0		71.0	65	29	24	4	25		59	1	0	5
Carl Thomas	4	5	.444	7.23	25	7		0	0		66.0	83	57	53	11	36		48	4	0	2
Steve Ridzik	1	0	1.000	2.00	2						9.0	7	2	2		4		7
Don Schaeffer	1	0	1.000	4.38	12	4		1	0		39.0	40	20	19	5	18		16	0	0	2
Gene Lary	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Alexander	0	0			2						0.0
Stan Pitula	0	1	.000	5.10	9	2		0	0		30.0	36	19	17	5	8		16	1	0	2
Totals	78	75	.510	3.49	321	153	0	61	14	0	1348.0	1274	600	523	111	491	0	865	36	2	45	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
Rod Graber	146	605	521	83	144	22	6	2	31	15	8	67	44	.276	.362	.353	.715	184		6	6	5
Billy Hunter	136	505	465	51	116	23	3	8	47	4	6	28	83	.249	.297	.363	.660	169		4	6	2
Don Dillard	95	386	357	41	101	20	6	9	55	2	3	23	34	.283	.328	.448	.776	160		2	2	2
Steve Jankowski	120	420	385	39	95	15	2	12	46	3	3	28	73	.247	.301	.390	.691	150		3	2	2
Billy Moran	102	405	365	32	90	18	2	5	35	6	4	25	37	.247	.298	.348	.646	127		2	12	1
Allen Jones	106	380	345	37	87	17	0	15	44	3	1	30	69	.252	.310	.432	.742	149		0	3	2
Dick Smith	106	345	296	45	85	14	5	1	24	13	3	32	34	.287	.361	.378	.740	112		4	10	3
Mitchell June	112	346	322	52	77	10	7	6	33	4	2	11	57	.239	.280	.370	.649	119		8	3	2
Bill Renna	92	334	299	27	70	19	3	5	34	0	1	26	50	.234	.300	.368	.668	110		3	4	2
Ken Retzer	88	255	224	24	63	12	1	3	28	0	0	26	14	.281	.350	.384	.734	86		0	1	4
Stu Locklin	58	159	145	17	32	7	0	3	19	1	0	12	10	.221	.283	.331	.614	48		1	0	1
Gene Leek	40	145	133	15	29	6	2	3	15	1	0	9	29	.218	.273	.361	.634	48		1	2	0
Ken Kraynak	44	126	116	9	27	4	1	0	11	2	0	8	22	.233	.286	.284	.570	33		1	0	1
Ken Hunt	26	86	77	8	14	0	0	1	5	1	3	6	15	.182	.247	.221	.468	17		1	1	1
Bud Podbielan	26	55	51	5	12	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.235	.250	.314	.564	16		0	3	0
John Briggs	26	62	56	5	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	20	.196	.237	.250	.487	14		1	3	0
Bobby Locke	14	38	33	8	10	3	1	1	4	0	0	5	7	.303	.395	.545	.940	18		0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	11	30	29	2	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	5	.310	.333	.483	.816	14		0	0	0
Dick Stigman	45	61	56	0	7	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	28	.125	.153	.161	.313	9		0	2	1
Larry Doby	9	27	27	2	6	0	1	0	3					.222	.222	.296	.519	8
Bob Smith	11	29	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	12	.214	.214	.214	.429	6		0	1	0
Jake Striker	34	72	69	3	6	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	36	.087	.100	.101	.201	7		0	2	0
Stan Pitula	11	9	9	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.444	.444	.556	1.000	5		0	0	0
Bill Werle	33	41	38	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	12	.105	.128	.211	.339	8		0	2	0
Carl Thomas	25	21	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.188	.316	.250	.566	4		0	2	0
Steve Ridzik	2	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Russ Heman	41	36	31	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.065	.094	.065	.158	2		0	4	0
Don Schaeffer	12	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Pete Wojey	46	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	1	0
Gene Lary	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Biskup	4	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1623	5007	4519	511	1114	196	43	77	464	56	34	350	726	.247	.304	.360	.664	1627	0	37	72	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Steve Jankowski	1B	20	148	17	5	15	.971	8.250
Billy Hunter	2B	133	322	313	11	91	.983	4.774
Steve Jankowski	2B	20	38	51	2	14	.978	4.450
Dick Smith	2B	14	24	19	0	7	1.000	3.071
Steve Jankowski	3B	70	48	114	9	14	.947	2.314
Gene Leek	3B	38	27	87	8	9	.934	3.000
Dick Smith	3B	23	18	54	4	4	.947	3.130
Allen Jones	C	104	633	35	6	7	.991	6.423	2
Ken Retzer	C	64	329	20	4	5	.989	5.453	1
Rod Graber	OF	140	367	13	1	3	.997	2.714
Don Dillard	OF	93	175	7	4	1	.978	1.957
Mitchell June	OF	86	146	6	6	0	.962	1.767
Bill Renna	OF	85	147	9	0	6	1.000	1.835
Stu Locklin	OF	34	64	1	1	0	.985	1.912
Ken Kraynak	OF	34	45	1	1	0	.979	1.353
Ken Hunt	OF	25	38	4	1	2	.977	1.680
Pete Wojey	P	46	3	9	0	0	1.000	.261
Dick Stigman	P	45	3	35	6	1	.864	.844
Russ Heman	P	41	10	34	1	1	.978	1.073
Jake Striker	P	34	12	27	2	2	.951	1.147
Bill Werle	P	32	6	31	2	7	.949	1.156
Carl Thomas	P	25	3	7	0	1	1.000	.400
Bud Podbielan	P	24	16	23	1	5	.975	1.625
John Briggs	P	24	9	21	1	0	.968	1.250
Bobby Locke	P	13	4	19	1	3	.958	1.769
Don Schaeffer	P	12	4	5	0	1	1.000	.750
Bob Smith	P	11	3	10	1	2	.929	1.182
Stan Pitula	P	9						.000
Steve Ridzik	P	2						.000
Bob Alexander	P	2						.000
Gene Lary	P	1						.000
Billy Moran	SS	100	151	258	21	48	.951	4.090
Dick Smith	SS	51	73	136	14	23	.937	4.098
Totals		1455	2866	1366	113	272	.974	2.909	3	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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