1959 Savannah Reds Statistics
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 6th in the SAL
Manager: Bob Wellman (0-0), Jack Cassini (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 54,212, Avg. 774
The Savannah Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1959 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the SAL.
The Reds scored 610 runs and conceded 677 runs. Cliff Cook walloped 32 home runs for Savannah and drove in 100 runs. Thomas St. John paced all regular batters with a .283 average. Duane Richards topped the team with 16 wins, while James Sprankle also added 15 or more wins also Duane Richards registered a 3.2 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1959 Savannah Reds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Duane Richards, Cliff Cook, Joe Gaines, Ted Tappe, Bobby Henrich, Don Nicholas, Clem Koshorek, Joe Azcue, Juan Delis, Bob Moorhead and Bob Wellman.
Bob Wellman and Jack Cassini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Richards | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.20 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 205.0 | 178 | 85 | 73 | 13 | 54 | 5 | 145 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |||
| James Sprankle | 15 | 13 | .536 | 4.18 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 196.0 | 184 | 110 | 91 | 15 | 94 | 9 | 97 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Kenneth Hommel | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.73 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 116.0 | 102 | 67 | 61 | 11 | 55 | 8 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bob Krop | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.32 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 146.0 | 146 | 80 | 70 | 13 | 79 | 4 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bobby Risenhoover | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.47 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 127.0 | 125 | 68 | 49 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Bob Moorhead | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.08 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 76.0 | 63 | 44 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim Jones | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.81 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 124.0 | 137 | 87 | 80 | 10 | 87 | 3 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Andrés Ayón | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 56.0 | 47 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| William Beck | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.55 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 65 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Campbell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Dobzanski | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 41 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steven Watson | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kendon Mallory | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Hurst | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Wellman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 73 | .479 | 4.06 | 272 | 138 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1153.0 | 1088 | 626 | 520 | 90 | 544 | 40 | 772 | 29 | 4 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas St. John | 135 | 620 | 523 | 81 | 148 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 18 | 87 | 30 | .283 | .383 | .384 | .768 | 201 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Joe Gaines | 136 | 582 | 497 | 81 | 139 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 74 | 6 | 67 | 53 | .280 | .371 | .421 | .792 | 209 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Bob Wellman | 129 | 530 | 440 | 53 | 119 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 79 | 57 | .270 | .376 | .355 | .731 | 156 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Cliff Cook | 129 | 509 | 451 | 73 | 115 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 100 | 1 | 47 | 98 | .255 | .321 | .514 | .836 | 232 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Francisco Obregon | 132 | 512 | 461 | 55 | 108 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 44 | 60 | .234 | .303 | .317 | .620 | 146 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Joe Azcue | 113 | 389 | 363 | 48 | 95 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 21 | 51 | .262 | .306 | .419 | .724 | 152 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Nicholas | 112 | 454 | 362 | 66 | 93 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 11 | 79 | 38 | .257 | .389 | .378 | .768 | 137 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Henrich | 70 | 300 | 273 | 44 | 72 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 49 | .264 | .322 | .388 | .710 | 106 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Rancourt | 53 | 176 | 151 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .232 | .335 | .298 | .633 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ted Tappe | 35 | 138 | 121 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .231 | .319 | .355 | .674 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Cooper | 41 | 140 | 114 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 25 | .193 | .324 | .263 | .587 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Zeleznock | 32 | 95 | 82 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 25 | .195 | .298 | .244 | .542 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Delis | 21 | 65 | 52 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | .288 | .406 | .385 | .791 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Schimchak | 19 | 87 | 75 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 13 | .200 | .299 | .307 | .606 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dick Kennedy | 31 | 85 | 78 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .192 | .247 | .282 | .529 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duane Richards | 34 | 81 | 74 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .135 | .179 | .203 | .382 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Krop | 28 | 46 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .140 | .178 | .233 | .410 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Sprankle | 40 | 75 | 65 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .092 | .157 | .169 | .326 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrés Ayón | 11 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .294 | .368 | .294 | .663 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Witty Quintana | 7 | 23 | 23 | 5 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Moorhead | 13 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .200 | .259 | .360 | .619 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Risenhoover | 27 | 49 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .125 | .239 | .125 | .364 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Hommel | 41 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .121 | .167 | .121 | .288 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Beck | 23 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .150 | .292 | .150 | .442 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gail Thomas | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Dobzanski | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Campbell | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .273 | .439 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Jones | 31 | 47 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .024 | .111 | .024 | .136 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hurst | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steven Watson | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kendon Mallory | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1488 | 5152 | 4462 | 591 | 1089 | 147 | 40 | 100 | 515 | 77 | 0 | 567 | 712 | .244 | .331 | .362 | .693 | 1616 | 0 | 33 | 50 | 40 | 45 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Wellman | 1B | 124 | 981 | 58 | 21 | 86 | .980 | 8.379 | ||||
| Thomas St. John | 1B | 10 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 2B | 69 | 193 | 178 | 15 | 47 | .961 | 5.377 | ||||
| Thomas St. John | 2B | 66 | 172 | 135 | 13 | 41 | .959 | 4.652 | ||||
| Cliff Cook | 3B | 125 | 127 | 255 | 34 | 34 | .918 | 3.056 | ||||
| Joe Azcue | C | 81 | 518 | 62 | 4 | 3 | .993 | 7.160 | 13 | |||
| Larry Rancourt | C | 47 | 238 | 20 | 9 | 3 | .966 | 5.489 | 6 | |||
| Dick Kennedy | C | 18 | 115 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 7.056 | 3 | |||
| Joe Gaines | OF | 136 | 214 | 16 | 15 | 2 | .939 | 1.691 | ||||
| Don Nicholas | OF | 100 | 220 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 2.280 | ||||
| Thomas St. John | OF | 55 | 80 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .954 | 1.509 | ||||
| Ron Cooper | OF | 32 | 62 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .940 | 1.969 | ||||
| Ted Tappe | OF | 30 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Zeleznock | OF | 23 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.957 | ||||
| William Schimchak | OF | 19 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.632 | ||||
| Juan Delis | OF | 18 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Joe Azcue | OF | 12 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
| Kenneth Hommel | P | 38 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .526 | ||||
| James Sprankle | P | 35 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.029 | ||||
| Duane Richards | P | 34 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 6 | .961 | 1.441 | ||||
| Jim Jones | P | 31 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.194 | ||||
| Bob Krop | P | 28 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .897 | .929 | ||||
| Bobby Risenhoover | P | 27 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 2 | .896 | 1.593 | ||||
| William Beck | P | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Bob Moorhead | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Robert Dobzanski | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Andrés Ayón | P | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Bob Campbell | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steven Watson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kendon Mallory | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Wellman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Hurst | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Henrich | SS | 70 | 137 | 213 | 29 | 33 | .923 | 5.000 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | SS | 61 | 98 | 162 | 19 | 25 | .932 | 4.262 | ||||
| Totals | 1368 | 3433 | 1332 | 203 | 292 | .959 | 3.483 | 22 | 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.
