1959 Tri-City Braves Statistics
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 6th in the NWL
Manager: Jack Lohrke (0-0), Daniel Holden (0-0)
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 46,751, Avg. 668
The Tri-City Braves of the Northwest League ended the 1959 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the NWL.
The Braves plated 627 runs and yielded 805 runs, most in the league. Tex Nelson paced Tri-City with 21 home runs Harry Dunlop drove in 60 runs. Jerry Clifford topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .287. Harold Norris led the team with 18 wins, while Arthur Edmunds added 15 or more wins also Harold Norris recorded a 3.43 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jack Lohrke and Tex Nelson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jack Lohrke and Daniel Holden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Norris | 18 | 13 | .581 | 3.43 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 249.0 | 269 | 137 | 95 | 17 | 69 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Arthur Edmunds | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.90 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 194.0 | 214 | 118 | 84 | 24 | 93 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| David Gray | 10 | 18 | .357 | 4.91 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 207.0 | 247 | 136 | 113 | 20 | 50 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Griffin | 8 | 18 | .308 | 5.05 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 180.0 | 207 | 121 | 101 | 16 | 76 | 123 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Roger Roy | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.79 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 140.0 | 165 | 101 | 90 | 13 | 70 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Tex Nelson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Profumo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ambrose Macias | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Lynn | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Richardson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Holden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Dunlop | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Bouley | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Barnes | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Herb Anderson | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Lohrke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Sublett | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tilbert Neal | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 73 | .443 | 4.48 | 200 | 127 | 0 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 970.0 | 1102 | 613 | 483 | 90 | 358 | 0 | 524 | 26 | 1 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Bauer | 97 | 414 | 376 | 66 | 131 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 26 | 30 | 18 | .348 | .403 | .465 | .868 | 175 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Harry Dunlop | 134 | 531 | 453 | 58 | 119 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 65 | 28 | .263 | .357 | .331 | .688 | 150 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Clifford | 108 | 436 | 383 | 62 | 110 | 32 | 2 | 13 | 57 | 4 | 38 | 70 | .287 | .359 | .483 | .842 | 185 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Harvey Jones | 71 | 322 | 263 | 44 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 54 | 23 | .240 | .364 | .281 | .646 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bob Ruck | 66 | 258 | 230 | 42 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 5 | 21 | 35 | .257 | .325 | .448 | .773 | 103 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tex Nelson | 58 | 247 | 198 | 49 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 57 | 0 | 46 | 69 | .293 | .425 | .677 | 1.102 | 134 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Lohrke | 49 | 166 | 153 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .222 | .247 | .307 | .554 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Richard Satalich | 24 | 101 | 77 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 13 | .312 | .470 | .442 | .912 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Roy | 37 | 90 | 82 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 32 | .280 | .330 | .378 | .708 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Edmunds | 31 | 87 | 74 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .189 | .241 | .297 | .538 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Gilberto Valentin | 7 | 29 | 29 | 13 | .448 | .448 | .448 | .897 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| David Gray | 35 | 92 | 79 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .165 | .233 | .165 | .397 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Don Frailey | 14 | 60 | 56 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dickie Phillips | 22 | 88 | 69 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | .159 | .322 | .232 | .554 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harold Norris | 37 | 118 | 103 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 45 | .107 | .168 | .107 | .275 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bill Griffin | 31 | 69 | 65 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .123 | .162 | .154 | .316 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Will Souza | 7 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Aldredge | 8 | 24 | 24 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerome Stack | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Burke | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Profumo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tilbert Neal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Johnson | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Sublett | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ambrose Macias | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 862 | 3174 | 2756 | 402 | 709 | 136 | 18 | 53 | 351 | 57 | 0 | 326 | 435 | .257 | .339 | .377 | .717 | 1040 | 63 | 27 | 43 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tex Nelson | 1B | 54 | 434 | 21 | 11 | 31 | .976 | 8.426 | ||||
| Harvey Jones | 2B | 68 | 142 | 161 | 14 | 24 | .956 | 4.456 | ||||
| Jack Lohrke | 2B | 42 | 91 | 103 | 11 | 19 | .946 | 4.619 | ||||
| Cal Bauer | 2B | 26 | 64 | 73 | 11 | 15 | .926 | 5.269 | ||||
| Cal Bauer | 3B | 72 | 69 | 151 | 21 | 13 | .913 | 3.056 | ||||
| Richard Satalich | 3B | 24 | 25 | 49 | 10 | 2 | .881 | 3.083 | ||||
| Harry Dunlop | C | 129 | 730 | 60 | 6 | 6 | .992 | 6.124 | 8 | |||
| Jerry Clifford | OF | 105 | 267 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .976 | 2.667 | ||||
| Bob Ruck | OF | 66 | 114 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .960 | 1.803 | ||||
| Don Frailey | OF | 14 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.714 | ||||
| Harold Norris | P | 33 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 2 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Bill Griffin | P | 30 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .886 | 1.033 | ||||
| David Gray | P | 29 | 16 | 52 | 4 | 6 | .944 | 2.345 | ||||
| Arthur Edmunds | P | 28 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 2 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Roger Roy | P | 27 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.074 | ||||
| James Lynn | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Sublett | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tilbert Neal | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ambrose Macias | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| LeRoy Johnson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Richardson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Lohrke | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tex Nelson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Holden | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Bouley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Profumo | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Dunlop | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Barnes | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Anderson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arnold Pederson | SS | 59 | 90 | 157 | 35 | 28 | .876 | 4.186 | ||||
| Dickie Phillips | SS | 22 | 29 | 57 | 12 | 11 | .878 | 3.909 | ||||
| Totals | 881 | 2121 | 1024 | 163 | 163 | .951 | 3.570 | 8 | 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.
