1959 Vancouver Mounties Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
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
1959 Vancouver Mounties Roster

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.


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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
Chuck Estrada146.7002.85372480183.013374581177178318
Erv Palica1310.5654.14302691185.02199385222554300
George Bamberger117.6112.982522104160.01676053192775004
Joe Hatten97.5623.47272173158.01396361134360501
Fred Besana98.5292.77322464169.014063521084847010
Connie Johnson84.6673.1648520111.01094539123561301
Wes Stock66.5003.4022145298.087413784059105
Dick Luebke45.4442.885300075.075272452547101
Dick Fitzgerald46.4004.184151184.088433974152301
Charlie Beamon15.1675.06842032.033211832024201
Bert Barth0010.0
Gordie Sundin0050.0
Charles Symeon0010.0
Bud Watkins180.0
Totals7964.5523.343481450501501255.011905304661104170694281320

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 Barker1486375848715424141579643959.264.314.430.744251563
Marv Breeding1426035318315319676027654107.288.351.386.7372051116
Ron Hansen147580508611301751861156086.256.336.415.751211354
Joe Taylor1104684017011725223771025969.292.384.536.920215323
Barry Shetrone1014443927411521810301284444.293.370.464.835182440
Joe Durham732792523872127647211951.286.331.460.791116116
Jim Finigan662802462964104025102822.260.337.333.67082141
Joe Frazier1013402932864120425134339.218.320.300.62188130
Wayne Causey91266231215662118123029.242.327.299.62669032
Brooks Robinson4217216320549263021614.331.353.521.87485021
Jim Pagliaroni80259223204890833003355.215.322.363.68581210
Charlie White50164139183872116102216.273.372.374.74652102
Jerry Zimmerman4414612511225009001115.176.259.216.47527370
Erv Palica327569920401300012.290.286.391.67727051
Dick Ewin186157813211310317.228.267.351.61820010
Eddie Basinski4310494121320280048.138.198.223.42121330
George Bamberger256558612200300326.207.246.241.48714040
Chuck Estrada386658211210400516.190.254.259.51315030
Fred Besana33645619110200320.161.203.214.41812050
Bert Barth14504427200500414.159.240.205.4459101
Danny Bishop517176.353.353.353.7066
Spider Jorgensen1331254610050051.240.367.280.6477010
Joe Hatten27565425000300124.093.109.093.2025010
Connie Johnson48333224000300110.125.152.125.2774000
Tom Patton4993.333.333.333.6673
Dick Fitzgerald41221702000100211.118.211.118.3282030
Wes Stock22322621000100115.038.074.038.1131050
Charlie Beamon813130000.000.000.000.0000
Dick Luebke5313101000000015.000.167.000.1670110
Totals1619534947276111199192551035516532481785.254.325.383.708181003081300

Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ray Barker1B1201015759108.9929.083
Marv Breeding2B1363083481588.9784.824
Eddie Basinski2B133926071.0005.000
Jim Finigan3B6561135810.9613.015
Brooks Robinson3B42549388.9483.500
Wayne Causey3B34367225.9823.176
Jim PagliaroniC753344634.9925.0679
Charlie WhiteC461811721.9904.3041
Jerry ZimmermanC422151910.9965.5715
Joe TaylorOF109243530.9882.275
Barry ShetroneOF100304562.9813.090
Joe FrazierOF81117650.9611.519
Joe DurhamOF69131740.9722.000
Ray BarkerOF2971230.9612.517
Wayne CauseyOF2237110.9741.727
Dick EwinOF16261001.0001.688
Dick LuebkeP533510.889.151
Connie JohnsonP48121113.958.479
Dick FitzgeraldP416510.917.268
Chuck EstradaP37102021.938.811
Fred BesanaP3282823.9471.125
Erv PalicaP301025031.0001.167
Joe HattenP271124031.0001.296
George BambergerP2593113.9761.600
Wes StockP22912021.000.955
Charlie BeamonP8.000
Gordie SundinP5.000
Charles SymeonP1.000
Bert BarthP1.000
Ron HansenSS1473214964096.9535.558
Totals147635711515118347.9773.4461500

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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