1959 Stockton Ports Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 76-63
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Billy DeMars (76-63)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Stockton, California
Ballpark: Billy Hebert Field
Attendance: 34,426, Avg. 495

1959 Stockton Ports Roster

The Stockton Ports of the California League ended the 1959 season with a record of 76 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Ports conceded 697 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Stockton plated 766 runs. Pete Ward paced the team with 16 home runs Jerry Gilbert drove in 100 runs. Pete Ward topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Richard Hunt led the squad with 16 wins, while Ted Denney, too added 15 or more wins, too George Gaffney registered a 2.49 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1959 Stockton Ports who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pete Ward, Billy DeMars, Frank Zupo, George Werley and Bo Belinsky.

Billy DeMars 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
Richard Hunt	16	14	.533	3.45	55	19		8	0		198.0	185	97	76	10	84		182	4	0	7
Ted Denney	15	8	.652	3.20	49	22		7	1		191.0	176	97	68	13	123		132	17	1	7
George Gaffney	13	11	.542	2.49	34	24		10	3		210.0	174	81	58	9	106		164	7	0	11
Hugh Springer	10	6	.625	4.50	26	14		3	0		108.0	99	66	54	3	67		84	4	1	6
Pat Gillick	9	5	.643	3.78	38	20		5	0		162.0	152	82	68	7	127		127	8	4	12
Michael Blewett	3	2	.600	5.40	30	2		0	0		75.0	79	55	45	5	51		45	2	2	5
George Werley	3	3	.500	6.14	17	8		2	0		63.0	67	48	43	2	40		49	7	0	3
William Mitchell	2	6	.250	8.00	12	8		0	0		45.0	52	44	40	2	48		28	1	0	6
Billy DeMars	1	0	1.000		1						0.0
Bo Belinsky	1	0	1.000	6.81	8	6		1	0		37.0	36	31	28	2	40		31	2	3	4
Jerry Alford	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Gene Walker	1	3	.250	4.92	23	7		0	0		53.0	55	48	29	4	68		35	4	0	10
Ronald Pearson	1	4	.200	4.70	15	5		1	0		44.0	54	31	23	0	23		32	0	0	6
Robert Healey	0	0			8						0.0
Pete Anthony	0	0			1						0.0
Totals	76	63	.547	4.04	322	135	0	37	4	0	1186.0	1129	680	532	57	777	0	909	56	11	77	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
Charlie Johnson	134	583	471	86	150	31	5	3	82	15		91	60	.318	.434	.425	.859	200	17	10	5	6
Pete Ward	126	547	439	97	141	22	4	16	78	10		85	50	.321	.438	.499	.937	219	6	12	4	7
Roy Stotler	133	616	531	94	141	21	9	5	62	14		69	101	.266	.353	.367	.720	195	17	4	9	3
Jerry Gilbert	139	611	523	70	137	18	4	8	100	9		74	72	.262	.351	.358	.709	187	17	2	5	7
Pete Anthony	98	450	352	87	106	14	1	10	67	6		84	58	.301	.433	.432	.865	152	8	3	4	7
Raynor Youngdahl	108	468	385	61	104	19	2	8	56	7		67	95	.270	.384	.392	.777	151	8	7	5	4
Richard Hernandez	71	274	211	32	54	9	5	0	32	1		51	37	.256	.393	.346	.739	73	4	1	4	7
Jim Carver	51	198	170	23	48	8	0	2	31	1		25	47	.282	.376	.365	.740	62	3	1	1	1
Dick Ewin	51	228	182	33	43	8	0	6	31	5		38	65	.236	.361	.379	.740	69	2	1	1	6
Michael Blewett	86	244	197	32	41	3	1	5	20	5		39	43	.208	.336	.310	.646	61	7	0	6	2
Jack McGowan	77	286	205	46	41	9	0	2	22	3		75	48	.200	.414	.273	.687	56	6	2	1	3
Gary Walker	26	110	95	7	23	1	0	0	10	2		14	8	.242	.339	.253	.592	24	3	0	1	0
James Caldwell	30	114	94	11	20	2	1	0	4	1		18	16	.213	.345	.255	.600	24	5	1	1	0
Frank Zupo	43	138	103	22	20	4	1	2	10	1		31	32	.194	.394	.311	.705	32	0	3	1	0
James Livesey	24	102	86	12	16	3	1	1	6	2		15	16	.186	.307	.279	.586	24	4	0	1	0
James McClusky	33	118	106	9	16	1	0	0	11	0		10	23	.151	.237	.160	.398	17	2	2	0	0
Hugh Springer	26	48	41	4	10	0	0	0	4	0		3	13	.244	.295	.244	.539	10	0	0	4	0
Ted Denney	50	81	53	11	10	3	0	0	3	0		14	24	.189	.358	.245	.603	13	0	0	14	0
George Gaffney	35	83	71	6	9	0	0	0	0	0		3	29	.127	.162	.127	.289	9	2	0	9	0
Pat Gillick	40	66	56	3	8	0	0	0	5	0		5	19	.143	.213	.143	.356	8	0	0	5	0
Richard Hunt	59	73	56	3	7	0	0	0	5	0		13	34	.125	.290	.125	.415	7	0	0	4	0
Bo Belinsky	8	12	12		4									.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Ralph Lairmore	8	22	22		4									.182	.182	.182	.364	4
Gene Walker	24	21	18	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	4	.167	.250	.222	.472	4	0	0	1	0
George Werley	17	26	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	3	.158	.333	.158	.491	3	0	0	2	0
William Mitchell	12	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	6	.167	.333	.167	.500	2	0	0	1	0
Ronald Pearson	16	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	0	0
A. J. Martin	6	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Billy DeMars	2	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jerry Alford	5	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Totals	1538	5580	4555	758	1167	177	34	68	641	82	0	834	909	.256	.373	.355	.728	1616	111	49	89	53	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jerry Gilbert	1B	138	1101	102	27	108	.978	8.717
Richard Hernandez	2B	61	158	143	10	29	.968	4.934
Pete Anthony	2B	52	115	119	10	35	.959	4.500
Pete Ward	2B	15	34	41	6	7	.926	5.000
Pete Ward	3B	63	66	123	18	14	.913	3.000
Pete Anthony	3B	40	44	87	8	7	.942	3.275
Michael Blewett	3B	22	24	37	7	2	.897	2.773
Roy Stotler	3B	12	7	21	1	2	.966	2.333
Jim Carver	C	51	353	32	11	3	.972	7.549	9
Frank Zupo	C	34	198	23	10	3	.957	6.500	14
James McClusky	C	29	199	34	7	6	.971	8.034	3
James Caldwell	C	27	178	26	3	3	.986	7.556	2
Charlie Johnson	OF	131	251	24	10	3	.965	2.099
Raynor Youngdahl	OF	103	248	10	7	1	.974	2.505
Roy Stotler	OF	58	87	9	4	1	.960	1.655
Jack McGowan	OF	56	80	3	4	1	.954	1.482
Dick Ewin	OF	49	64	2	4	0	.943	1.347
James Livesey	OF	23	56	3	2	0	.967	2.565
Richard Hunt	P	55	6	20	2	1	.929	.473
Ted Denney	P	49	7	17	3	0	.889	.490
Pat Gillick	P	38	3	46	6	3	.891	1.289
George Gaffney	P	34	11	17	4	1	.875	.824
Michael Blewett	P	30	6	19	1	2	.962	.833
Hugh Springer	P	26	4	10	1	2	.933	.538
Gene Walker	P	23	3	13	1	0	.941	.696
George Werley	P	17	4	10	0	3	1.000	.824
Ronald Pearson	P	15	1	8	0	1	1.000	.600
William Mitchell	P	12	2	2	3	0	.571	.333
Robert Healey	P	8						.000
Bo Belinsky	P	8						.000
Jerry Alford	P	5						.000
Billy DeMars	P	1						.000
Pete Anthony	P	1						.000
Roy Stotler	SS	65	106	184	37	39	.887	4.462
Pete Ward	SS	36	56	93	7	19	.955	4.139
Gary Walker	SS	26	45	83	12	10	.914	4.923
Totals		1413	3517	1361	226	306	.956	3.452	28	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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