1959 St. Petersburg Saints Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 79-57
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: Tom Hamilton (79-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 119,424, Avg. 1,756

1959 St. Petersburg Saints Roster

Playoffs - St. Petersburg Saints 4 games, Tampa Tarpons 2

The St. Petersburg Saints of the Florida State League ended the 1959 season with a record of 79 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the FSL.

The Saints topped the league with 853 runs, sparked by 97 home runs. St. Petersburg yielded 695 runs. Tom Hamilton led the team with 20 home runs, while Bill Cline and Charlie Keller walloped 15 or more as well. Charlie Keller accounted for 105 RBI. Tom Hamilton paced hitters with significant playing time with a .387 average. George Nowakowski paced the squad with 15 wins, and Robert Gouthiere registered a 3.05 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1959 St. Petersburg Saints who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Horace Clarke, Jack Cullen, Tom Hamilton and Elvio Jiménez.

Tom Hamilton 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
George Nowakowski	15	7	.682	3.57	25	23		18	4		174.0	169	83	69	10	78	0	94	4	0	9
Jack Cullen	13	9	.591	3.48	23	21		13	2		155.0	141	86	60	7	79	0	130	5	0	21
Robert Gouthiere	11	4	.733	3.05	18	15		11	3		124.0	117	56	42	8	47	3	82	3	3	6
Jon Nelson	11	5	.688	3.68	24	17		13	0		137.0	128	74	56	6	82	4	107	0	3	13
Charles Reidell	7	8	.467	6.99	25	19		9	0		121.0	125	112	94	9	101	2	68	12	0	9
Bienvenido De La Cruz	6	4	.600	3.11	30	4		2	0		81.0	79	39	28	5	25	3	49	1	1	3
Arturo Polanco	4	1	.800	0.92	7	5		3	2		39.0	40	12	4	3	14	0	34	0	0	3
Gene Smith	4	4	.500	5.28	13	8		2	0		58.0	52	43	34	3	28	1	37	4	0	7
Jeffery Zegel	3	2	.600	5.71	7	7		1	0		41.0	33	35	26	4	45	2	15	2	0	8
John Nelson	3	4	.429	5.21	12	8		4	0		57.0	64	45	33	2	35	1	40	4	0	6
Joseph Latin	1	2	.333		4						0.0
Henry Mora	1	2	.333	5.71	13	2		1	0		52.0	52	36	33	3	40	2	41	3	0	4
Tom Hamilton	0	0			2						0.0
Bill Cline	0	0			2						0.0
Ralph Scorca	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Jack Major	0	2	.000		5						0.0
Jack DePalo	0	2	.000		2						0.0									1
Totals	79	57	.581	4.15	215	129	0	77	11	0	1039.0	1000	621	479	60	574	18	697	38	8	89	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
Elvio Jiménez	132	598	550	110	181	29	17	10	65	13		34	65	.329	.368	.498	.866	274		4	3	7	1
Horace Clarke	137	653	571	115	167	13	7	5	58	34		67	38	.292	.375	.366	.741	209		9	5	1	1
Bill Cline	137	579	509	90	156	26	5	17	100	5		52	97	.306	.379	.477	.856	243		11	1	6	5
Tom Hamilton	125	501	401	109	155	20	3	20	96	3		87	10	.387	.493	.601	1.094	241		4	2	7	11
Charlie Keller	131	569	453	99	132	21	11	19	105	8		102	115	.291	.424	.512	.936	232		7	0	7	6
Donald Keller	135	568	442	94	128	17	3	5	76	11		116	83	.290	.435	.376	.810	166		2	2	6	1
Eugene Domzalski	125	514	420	68	101	16	2	9	81	5		84	74	.240	.368	.352	.721	148		4	1	5	4
Walter James	87	322	242	53	90	18	4	7	52	8		69	28	.372	.516	.566	1.082	137		7	0	4	2
Charles Reidell	58	144	131	24	35	6	1	5	28	1		11	50	.267	.333	.443	.776	58		2	0	0	1
Hugo Muskus	64	206	155	27	34	5	2	0	16	1		47	25	.219	.398	.277	.675	43		1	0	3	3
Jack Cullen	23	73	66	11	13	3	0	0	7	1		7	17	.197	.274	.242	.516	16		0	0	0	0
George Nowakowski	33	91	77	6	13	2	0	0	7	0		10	20	.169	.258	.195	.453	15		0	2	2	1
Carl Gandza	27	79	71	13	12	0	1	0	6	0		8	21	.169	.253	.197	.450	14		0	0	0	1
Robert Gouthiere	22	57	55	6	11	0	1	0	5	0		2	9	.200	.228	.236	.464	13		0	0	0	0
Ronald Deutsch	11	47	42	5	9	2	1	0	6	1		3	13	.214	.277	.310	.586	13		1	0	1	0
Jon Nelson	24	59	55	6	8	0	0	0	3	0		1	17	.145	.161	.145	.306	8		0	3	0	0
John Nelson	14	24	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	1		4	3	.263	.391	.316	.707	6		0	1	0	0
Gene Smith	17	25	21	2	5	1	0	0	5	0		4	4	.238	.360	.286	.646	6		0	0	0	0
Raymond Krieger	6	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Jeffery Zegel	9	19	19		3									.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Bob Flori	8	22	22		3									.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Joseph Latin	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jack Major	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Joseph Brockhoff	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Jack DePalo	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Douglas Backhaus	4	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Arturo Polanco	7	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Henry Mora	13	23	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.048	.130	.048	.178	1		0	0	0	0
Bienvenido De La Cruz	31	31	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	13	.034	.067	.034	.101	1		0	1	0	0
Ralph Scorca	4	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1400	5272	4439	843	1272	180	58	97	718	92	0	711	708	.287	.388	.419	.806	1859	0	52	21	49	37

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tom Hamilton	1B	125	863	93	15	77	.985	7.648
Walter James	1B	11	75	3	2	4	.975	7.091
Eugene Domzalski	2B	101	214	218	31	58	.933	4.277
Horace Clarke	2B	25	56	60	10	13	.921	4.640
Donald Keller	3B	135	143	192	35	17	.905	2.481
Walter James	C	66	384	27	11	4	.974	6.227	18
Hugo Muskus	C	51	295	40	10	5	.971	6.569	6
Carl Gandza	C	21	90	13	5	3	.954	4.905	8
Bill Cline	OF	136	199	13	12	2	.946	1.559
Charlie Keller	OF	128	179	16	12	3	.942	1.523
Elvio Jiménez	OF	124	271	15	11	2	.963	2.306
Charles Reidell	OF	15	17	0	2	0	.895	1.133
Bienvenido De La Cruz	P	30	8	14	2	0	.917	.733
George Nowakowski	P	25	12	35	2	5	.959	1.880
Jon Nelson	P	25	13	25	4	1	.905	1.520
Charles Reidell	P	24	9	20	0	2	1.000	1.208
Jack Cullen	P	23	7	35	3	1	.933	1.826
Robert Gouthiere	P	18	18	24	1	4	.977	2.333
Gene Smith	P	13	6	10	1	0	.941	1.231
Henry Mora	P	13	1	11	0	0	1.000	.923
John Nelson	P	12	3	8	1	0	.917	.917
Jeffery Zegel	P	7						.000
Arturo Polanco	P	7						.000
Jack Major	P	5						.000
Joseph Latin	P	4						.000
Ralph Scorca	P	3						.000
Horace Clarke	SS	112	198	287	39	48	.926	4.330
Eugene Domzalski	SS	24	42	67	11	12	.908	4.542
Totals		1283	3103	1226	220	261	.952	3.374	32	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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