1959 Vancouver Mounties Statistics
Team Record: 82-69
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Charlie Metro (82-69)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 238,970, Avg. 3,165
The Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1959 season with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the PCL.
The Mounties allowed 570 runs, least in the league. Vancouver plated 638 runs. Joe Taylor paced the squad with 23 home runs, while Ron Hansen and Ray Barker walloped 15 or more also. Ray Barker drove in 79 runs. Marv Breeding led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .288 clip. Chuck Estrada topped the team with 14 wins, and Fred Besana recorded a 2.77 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Eddie Basinski, Fred Besana, Erv Palica, Joe Durham, Joe Frazier, Barry Shetrone, Jim Dyck, Jim Finigan, Jim Pagliaroni, Wayne Causey, Tom Patton, Wes Stock, Frank Kellert, Spider Jorgensen, Charlie White, Dick Luebke, Marv Breeding, Connie Johnson, Joe Taylor, Gordie Sundin, Charlie Beamon, Joe Hatten, Chuck Estrada, Brooks Robinson, Jerry Zimmerman, Ray Barker, Ron Hansen and George Bamberger were all players from the 1959 Vancouver Mounties who played in the Majors during their careers.
Charlie Metro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Estrada | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.85 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 183.0 | 133 | 74 | 58 | 11 | 77 | 178 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Erv Palica | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.14 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 185.0 | 219 | 93 | 85 | 22 | 25 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Bamberger | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.98 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 160.0 | 167 | 60 | 53 | 19 | 27 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Joe Hatten | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.47 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 158.0 | 139 | 63 | 61 | 13 | 43 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Besana | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.77 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 169.0 | 140 | 63 | 52 | 10 | 84 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Connie Johnson | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.16 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 111.0 | 109 | 45 | 39 | 12 | 35 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Wes Stock | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.40 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 98.0 | 87 | 41 | 37 | 8 | 40 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dick Luebke | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.88 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 75 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.18 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 84.0 | 88 | 43 | 39 | 7 | 41 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charlie Beamon | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.06 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bert Barth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gordie Sundin | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Symeon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bud Watkins | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 64 | .552 | 3.34 | 348 | 145 | 0 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 1255.0 | 1190 | 530 | 466 | 110 | 417 | 0 | 694 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Barker | 148 | 637 | 584 | 87 | 154 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 79 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 59 | .264 | .314 | .430 | .744 | 251 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Marv Breeding | 142 | 603 | 531 | 83 | 153 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 27 | 6 | 54 | 107 | .288 | .351 | .386 | .737 | 205 | 1 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Ron Hansen | 147 | 580 | 508 | 61 | 130 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 86 | .256 | .336 | .415 | .751 | 211 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Joe Taylor | 110 | 468 | 401 | 70 | 117 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 59 | 69 | .292 | .384 | .536 | .920 | 215 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Barry Shetrone | 101 | 444 | 392 | 74 | 115 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 44 | 44 | .293 | .370 | .464 | .835 | 182 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Joe Durham | 73 | 279 | 252 | 38 | 72 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 51 | .286 | .331 | .460 | .791 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Finigan | 66 | 280 | 246 | 29 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 22 | .260 | .337 | .333 | .670 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Joe Frazier | 101 | 340 | 293 | 28 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 39 | .218 | .320 | .300 | .621 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Causey | 91 | 266 | 231 | 21 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 29 | .242 | .327 | .299 | .626 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Brooks Robinson | 42 | 172 | 163 | 20 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .331 | .353 | .521 | .874 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Pagliaroni | 80 | 259 | 223 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 55 | .215 | .322 | .363 | .685 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie White | 50 | 164 | 139 | 18 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16 | .273 | .372 | .374 | .746 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Zimmerman | 44 | 146 | 125 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .176 | .259 | .216 | .475 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Erv Palica | 32 | 75 | 69 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .290 | .286 | .391 | .677 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Dick Ewin | 18 | 61 | 57 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .228 | .267 | .351 | .618 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Basinski | 43 | 104 | 94 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .138 | .198 | .223 | .421 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Bamberger | 25 | 65 | 58 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .207 | .246 | .241 | .487 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Estrada | 38 | 66 | 58 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .190 | .254 | .259 | .513 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fred Besana | 33 | 64 | 56 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .161 | .203 | .214 | .418 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bert Barth | 14 | 50 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .159 | .240 | .205 | .445 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny Bishop | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | .353 | .353 | .353 | .706 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Spider Jorgensen | 13 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .240 | .367 | .280 | .647 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hatten | 27 | 56 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .093 | .109 | .093 | .202 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Connie Johnson | 48 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .125 | .152 | .125 | .277 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Patton | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | 41 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wes Stock | 22 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .038 | .074 | .038 | .113 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Beamon | 8 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Luebke | 53 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1619 | 5349 | 4727 | 611 | 1199 | 192 | 55 | 103 | 551 | 65 | 32 | 481 | 785 | .254 | .325 | .383 | .708 | 1810 | 0 | 30 | 81 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Barker | 1B | 120 | 1015 | 75 | 9 | 108 | .992 | 9.083 | ||||
| Marv Breeding | 2B | 136 | 308 | 348 | 15 | 88 | .978 | 4.824 | ||||
| Eddie Basinski | 2B | 13 | 39 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jim Finigan | 3B | 65 | 61 | 135 | 8 | 10 | .961 | 3.015 | ||||
| Brooks Robinson | 3B | 42 | 54 | 93 | 8 | 8 | .948 | 3.500 | ||||
| Wayne Causey | 3B | 34 | 36 | 72 | 2 | 5 | .982 | 3.176 | ||||
| Jim Pagliaroni | C | 75 | 334 | 46 | 3 | 4 | .992 | 5.067 | 9 | |||
| Charlie White | C | 46 | 181 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 4.304 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Zimmerman | C | 42 | 215 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 5.571 | 5 | |||
| Joe Taylor | OF | 109 | 243 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .988 | 2.275 | ||||
| Barry Shetrone | OF | 100 | 304 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .981 | 3.090 | ||||
| Joe Frazier | OF | 81 | 117 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .961 | 1.519 | ||||
| Joe Durham | OF | 69 | 131 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ray Barker | OF | 29 | 71 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 2.517 | ||||
| Wayne Causey | OF | 22 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.727 | ||||
| Dick Ewin | OF | 16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | ||||
| Dick Luebke | P | 53 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .151 | ||||
| Connie Johnson | P | 48 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .958 | .479 | ||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | P | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .268 | ||||
| Chuck Estrada | P | 37 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .938 | .811 | ||||
| Fred Besana | P | 32 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Erv Palica | P | 30 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Joe Hatten | P | 27 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.296 | ||||
| George Bamberger | P | 25 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.600 | ||||
| Wes Stock | P | 22 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .955 | ||||
| Charlie Beamon | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordie Sundin | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Symeon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bert Barth | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Hansen | SS | 147 | 321 | 496 | 40 | 96 | .953 | 5.558 | ||||
| Totals | 1476 | 3571 | 1515 | 118 | 347 | .977 | 3.446 | 15 | 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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