1959 Shreveport Sports Statistics
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Les Peden (75-79)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 47,636, Avg. 619
The Shreveport Sports of the Southern Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.
The Sports topped the league with 756 runs, ignited by 135 home runs. Shreveport yielded 745 runs. Jay Ward paced the team with 22 home runs, while Leo Posada, Lou Klimchock and Ken Hunt each walloped 15 or more as well. Lou Klimchock drove in 85 runs. Jay Hankins led all regular hitters by connecting at a .316 clip. Bob Davis paced the squad with 16 wins, and Bud Black earned a 3.29 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bill Tremel, Dutch Romberger, Jim McManus, Jim Small, Harry Taylor, Jay Ward, Bud Black, Lou Klimchock, Bob Spicer, Wally Burnette, Ray Blemker, Bob Davis, Les Peden, Al Grunwald, Ken Hunt, Leo Posada, Grady Wilson, Bill Kirk and Jay Hankins were all players from the 1959 Shreveport Sports who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Les Peden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 16 | 12 | .571 | 4.37 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 212.0 | 221 | 118 | 103 | 18 | 116 | 11 | 127 | 8 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Bud Black | 13 | 15 | .464 | 3.29 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 238.0 | 238 | 120 | 87 | 18 | 95 | 7 | 128 | 8 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Al Grunwald | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.09 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 99.0 | 81 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Donnelly | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.09 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 121.0 | 130 | 69 | 55 | 15 | 54 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Bob Spicer | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.10 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 147.0 | 156 | 87 | 67 | 15 | 62 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Ben Swaringen | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.79 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 80 | 48 | 47 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dave Newkirk | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.06 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 96.0 | 105 | 58 | 54 | 7 | 74 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dutch Romberger | 2 | 1 | .667 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Tremel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.79 | 15 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Horvatin | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.03 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bill Kirk | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.68 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Jack Bristol | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wally Burnette | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arlen Downs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Nance | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Davis | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Blemker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Taylor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Coddington | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 71 | .478 | 4.04 | 333 | 130 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1089.0 | 1122 | 596 | 489 | 94 | 544 | 38 | 592 | 31 | 4 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Klimchock | 151 | 664 | 609 | 94 | 192 | 44 | 5 | 19 | 85 | 3 | 48 | 39 | .315 | .367 | .498 | .864 | 303 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jay Hankins | 144 | 640 | 588 | 83 | 186 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 40 | 40 | .316 | .361 | .420 | .781 | 247 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Leo Posada | 150 | 641 | 564 | 91 | 170 | 33 | 5 | 20 | 81 | 2 | 65 | 114 | .301 | .377 | .484 | .861 | 273 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Rac Slider | 153 | 610 | 530 | 66 | 143 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 61 | 43 | .270 | .345 | .358 | .703 | 190 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Jay Ward | 153 | 646 | 556 | 82 | 143 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 84 | 1 | 75 | 109 | .257 | .344 | .433 | .778 | 241 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Al Grunwald | 124 | 450 | 402 | 56 | 126 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 1 | 42 | 66 | .313 | .377 | .485 | .862 | 195 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Ken Hunt | 99 | 420 | 363 | 69 | 117 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 74 | 3 | 50 | 93 | .322 | .403 | .548 | .952 | 199 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Jack Parks | 106 | 383 | 356 | 49 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 2 | 21 | 77 | .261 | .304 | .430 | .733 | 153 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jim Small | 85 | 330 | 268 | 46 | 74 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 56 | 53 | .276 | .401 | .388 | .789 | 104 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Les Peden | 82 | 281 | 237 | 38 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 41 | 23 | .300 | .404 | .468 | .872 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jim McManus | 63 | 227 | 203 | 28 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 28 | .276 | .345 | .414 | .759 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob Davis | 38 | 87 | 82 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .244 | .279 | .354 | .633 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Black | 39 | 100 | 86 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .163 | .187 | .163 | .350 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alan Scott | 14 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .205 | .262 | .256 | .518 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Spicer | 38 | 63 | 53 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .151 | .274 | .226 | .501 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony DeGennaro | 8 | 21 | 21 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 33 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .152 | .200 | .212 | .412 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lane Akers | 20 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .135 | .220 | .162 | .382 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Cannizzo | 20 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .154 | .214 | .423 | .637 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Wilson | 12 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .143 | .306 | .143 | .448 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Newkirk | 20 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .118 | .211 | .147 | .358 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Donnelly | 33 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .062 | .189 | .062 | .252 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arlen Downs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Tremel | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bristol | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Kirk | 37 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .300 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Horvatin | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dutch Romberger | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Getter | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wally Burnette | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Taylor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Nance | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Blemker | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Coddington | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1693 | 5873 | 5195 | 747 | 1455 | 282 | 35 | 135 | 695 | 21 | 0 | 563 | 803 | .280 | .351 | .426 | .777 | 2212 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 43 | 52 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Grunwald | 1B | 92 | 776 | 73 | 13 | 101 | .985 | 9.228 | ||||
| Jim McManus | 1B | 59 | 465 | 38 | 5 | 55 | .990 | 8.525 | ||||
| Jim Small | 1B | 12 | 94 | 8 | 1 | 10 | .990 | 8.500 | ||||
| Lou Klimchock | 2B | 150 | 364 | 448 | 36 | 119 | .958 | 5.413 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 3B | 153 | 143 | 301 | 33 | 36 | .931 | 2.902 | ||||
| Jack Parks | C | 99 | 480 | 39 | 6 | 6 | .989 | 5.242 | 13 | |||
| Les Peden | C | 61 | 265 | 45 | 4 | 10 | .987 | 5.082 | 9 | |||
| Tony Cannizzo | C | 12 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 3.333 | 2 | |||
| Leo Posada | OF | 150 | 275 | 19 | 10 | 3 | .967 | 1.960 | ||||
| Jay Hankins | OF | 139 | 300 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .987 | 2.237 | ||||
| Ken Hunt | OF | 97 | 154 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .954 | 1.722 | ||||
| Jim Small | OF | 61 | 122 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .962 | 2.082 | ||||
| Les Peden | OF | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Alan Scott | OF | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bud Black | P | 38 | 22 | 49 | 2 | 7 | .973 | 1.868 | ||||
| Bob Spicer | P | 37 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .946 | .946 | ||||
| Bob Davis | P | 34 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .912 | 1.529 | ||||
| Bill Kirk | P | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .303 | ||||
| Richard Donnelly | P | 33 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .909 | .606 | ||||
| Ben Swaringen | P | 30 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Jerry Davis | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Newkirk | P | 20 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.050 | ||||
| Dutch Romberger | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | P | 16 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| Bill Tremel | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Stanley Horvatin | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Bristol | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Nance | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Blemker | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Coddington | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Taylor | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arlen Downs | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wally Burnette | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Hunt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rac Slider | SS | 152 | 301 | 439 | 35 | 126 | .955 | 4.868 | ||||
| Totals | 1591 | 3872 | 1618 | 176 | 489 | .969 | 3.451 | 24 | 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.
