1959 Seattle Rainiers Statistics
Team Record: 74-80
Finished 7th in the PCL
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (0-0), Alan Strange (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 172,725, Avg. 2,243
The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1959 season with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the PCL.
The Rainiers plated 538 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 575 runs. Hal Bevan paced Seattle with 13 home runs and recorded 55 runs batted in. Gale Wade topped all regular batters by hitting .280. Mark Freeman led the squad with 13 wins, while Bob Mabe earned a 2.23 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1959 Seattle Rainiers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Adams, Hal Bevan, Chuck Churn, Jack Dittmer, Jim Dyck, Dee Fondy, Mark Freeman, Carroll Hardy, Bobby Henrich, Jay Hook, Eddie Kazak, Frank Kellert, Bill Kennedy, Peanuts Lowrey, Bob Mabe, Harry Malmberg, Windy McCall, Claude Osteen, Paul Pettit, Charlie Rabe, Rudy Regalado, Eric Rodin, Don Rudolph, Lou Skizas, Dave Stenhouse, Max Surkont, Ted Tappe, Bob Thurman, Elmer Valo, Gale Wade, Bill Wight and Ed Winceniak.
Fred Hutchinson and Alan Strange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Freeman | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.42 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 158.0 | 124 | 67 | 60 | 3 | 73 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 12 | 13 | .480 | 2.84 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 200.0 | 172 | 79 | 63 | 7 | 74 | 118 | 7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Jay Hook | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.96 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 140.0 | 103 | 50 | 46 | 9 | 64 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Kennedy | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.32 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 55 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Claude Osteen | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.98 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 193.0 | 107 | 82 | 64 | 8 | 78 | 155 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Don Rudolph | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.08 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 79.0 | 77 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Mabe | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.23 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 141.0 | 111 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 34 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Darrell Martin | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.12 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 73 | 36 | 34 | 7 | 43 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Windy McCall | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.09 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 58 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Wight | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Gibson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Max Surkont | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.43 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 71 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charlie Rabe | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.92 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 52 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| William Kohlwes | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hanlon | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Urquhart | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Churn | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 76 | .493 | 3.07 | 319 | 144 | 0 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 1244.0 | 1003 | 501 | 424 | 53 | 452 | 0 | 836 | 36 | 0 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Wade | 143 | 576 | 515 | 56 | 144 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 46 | 75 | .280 | .345 | .384 | .730 | 198 | 6 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Hal Bevan | 116 | 409 | 370 | 47 | 119 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 26 | .322 | .365 | .481 | .846 | 178 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Harry Malmberg | 121 | 446 | 386 | 34 | 87 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 47 | .225 | .309 | .254 | .563 | 98 | 6 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Lou Skizas | 80 | 298 | 276 | 27 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 21 | .272 | .315 | .428 | .743 | 118 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Elmer Valo | 60 | 214 | 182 | 24 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 10 | .324 | .421 | .434 | .855 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jake Jenkins | 90 | 259 | 235 | 19 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | .247 | .305 | .319 | .624 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Carroll Hardy | 66 | 228 | 209 | 26 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 37 | .254 | .293 | .340 | .633 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Adams | 61 | 223 | 190 | 17 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 30 | .211 | .312 | .247 | .560 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cal Bauer | 45 | 185 | 180 | 20 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .206 | .223 | .222 | .445 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon Carter | 51 | 169 | 158 | 10 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .203 | .246 | .241 | .486 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ted Tappe | 45 | 164 | 147 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 22 | .211 | .287 | .340 | .627 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Winceniak | 31 | 121 | 110 | 14 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .273 | .333 | .436 | .770 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eric Rodin | 43 | 158 | 144 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 28 | .181 | .244 | .285 | .528 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Thurman | 31 | 103 | 92 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .239 | .301 | .326 | .627 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Claude Osteen | 51 | 92 | 90 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .189 | .198 | .244 | .442 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Henrich | 24 | 90 | 79 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .203 | .276 | .215 | .491 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Peanuts Lowrey | 36 | 94 | 79 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .177 | .293 | .228 | .521 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Stenhouse | 35 | 71 | 58 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .207 | .254 | .259 | .513 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Martin | 53 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .333 | .360 | .333 | .693 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Hook | 23 | 53 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .190 | .286 | .214 | .500 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mark Freeman | 26 | 60 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .160 | .204 | .160 | .364 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Don Rudolph | 13 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .241 | .290 | .276 | .566 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Rabe | 29 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .551 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mabe | 26 | 47 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .098 | .136 | .122 | .258 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Max Surkont | 15 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Amaya | 11 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .120 | .267 | .120 | .387 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Windy McCall | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kennedy | 36 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .154 | .312 | .231 | .543 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Dodge | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Wight | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Jongewaard | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Gibson | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1398 | 4243 | 3795 | 390 | 923 | 127 | 21 | 49 | 334 | 43 | 20 | 326 | 518 | .243 | .306 | .326 | .632 | 1239 | 0 | 27 | 70 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Bauer | 2B | 45 | 103 | 105 | 9 | 18 | .959 | 4.622 | ||||
| Bobby Adams | 2B | 40 | 96 | 84 | 6 | 25 | .968 | 4.500 | ||||
| Harry Malmberg | 2B | 16 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 3.500 | ||||
| Peanuts Lowrey | 2B | 12 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | .939 | 2.583 | ||||
| Leon Carter | 3B | 50 | 36 | 121 | 10 | 15 | .940 | 3.140 | ||||
| Lou Skizas | 3B | 44 | 37 | 92 | 8 | 6 | .942 | 2.932 | ||||
| Bobby Adams | 3B | 16 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .886 | 2.438 | ||||
| Harry Malmberg | 3B | 14 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Hal Bevan | C | 91 | 527 | 54 | 10 | 6 | .983 | 6.385 | 9 | |||
| Jake Jenkins | C | 82 | 393 | 44 | 3 | 4 | .993 | 5.329 | 3 | |||
| Gale Wade | OF | 138 | 339 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .972 | 2.500 | ||||
| Carroll Hardy | OF | 62 | 122 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 1.984 | ||||
| Elmer Valo | OF | 46 | 92 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .959 | 2.043 | ||||
| Lou Skizas | OF | 40 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ted Tappe | OF | 38 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.500 | ||||
| Eric Rodin | OF | 37 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.622 | ||||
| Bob Thurman | OF | 26 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| Darrell Martin | P | 52 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .423 | ||||
| Bill Kennedy | P | 36 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Dave Stenhouse | P | 34 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 2 | .918 | 1.324 | ||||
| Claude Osteen | P | 28 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .886 | 1.393 | ||||
| Mark Freeman | P | 26 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Bob Mabe | P | 22 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Jay Hook | P | 19 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.158 | ||||
| Charlie Rabe | P | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .611 | ||||
| Windy McCall | P | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Max Surkont | P | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Don Rudolph | P | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Tom Gibson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Wight | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Kohlwes | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Malmberg | SS | 91 | 160 | 268 | 15 | 47 | .966 | 4.703 | ||||
| Ed Winceniak | SS | 31 | 55 | 74 | 7 | 14 | .949 | 4.161 | ||||
| Bobby Henrich | SS | 24 | 47 | 64 | 9 | 9 | .925 | 4.625 | ||||
| Totals | 1239 | 2337 | 1217 | 122 | 176 | .967 | 2.868 | 12 | 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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