1959 Winston-Salem Red Birds Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 67-62
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Al Unser (67-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 77,157, Avg. 1,196

1959 Winston-Salem Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Raleigh Capitals 2 games, Winston-Salem Red Birds 0 - Series reduced to best of 3 because of rain

The Winston-Salem Red Birds of the Carolina League ended the 1959 season with a record of 67 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.

The Red Birds scored 641 runs and allowed 610 runs. Fred Whitfield led Winston-Salem with 25 home runs, and Joe Wooten walloped 15 or more, too. Fred Whitfield accounted for 103 RBI. Carlos Dore paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .295 average. Sam McIntyre topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.26 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1959 Winston-Salem Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gordie Richardson, Mike Shannon, Lee Gregory, Bud Bloomfield, Fred Whitfield and Dick Hughes.

Al Unser 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
Sam McIntyre	12	9	.571	3.26	25	23		11	2		196.0	176	85	71	8	85	4	99	1	1	5
Gordie Richardson	11	8	.579	3.78	30	20		11	2		157.0	144	74	66	8	77	2	126	5	1	6
George Moton	11	12	.478	3.53	31	24		10	1		194.0	198	99	76	9	56	1	160	5	0	8
Chuck Behrends	7	3	.700	4.13	25	19		5	0		122.0	133	80	56	11	63	0	65	2	0	9
James Turk	6	9	.400	3.31	49	1		0	0		106.0	91	49	39	7	43	4	100	3	1	3
Robert List	5	1	.833	2.94	10	7		4	1		52.0	57	23	17	6	13	0	36	1	0	0
Lee Gregory	4	3	.571	3.18	8	7		4	0		51.0	39	21	18	5	23	0	47	1	0	0
Jack Mooneyham	4	5	.444	4.66	21	8		2	0		87.0	80	52	45	3	45	0	55	6	1	5
George Doyle	3	5	.375	4.75	18	11		3	1		72.0	74	45	38	8	36	1	48	4	1	3
Gary Willison	2	2	.500	8.00	10	6		1	0		36.0	45	37	32	7	34	0	24	2	0	8
William Carpenter	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Dick Hughes	1	2	.333	5.14	7						21.0	23	19	12		17
William Dikeman	0	2	.000		11						0.0
Totals	67	62	.519	3.87	248	126	0	51	7	0	1094.0	1060	584	470	72	492	12	760	30	5	47	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
Fred Whitfield	107	475	441	66	129	19	3	25	103	3		23	93	.293	.335	.519	.854	229		6	3	2	4
Carlos Dore	115	480	407	85	120	16	5	2	37	24		60	47	.295	.391	.373	.765	152		7	2	4	6
Joe Wooten	112	469	404	66	103	22	3	22	67	0		48	95	.255	.339	.488	.827	197		6	6	5	3
Bobby Moegle	114	495	411	71	103	24	2	14	69	3		77	110	.251	.368	.421	.789	173		2	1	4	4
James Gilchrist	99	393	333	68	96	21	5	2	47	3		49	77	.288	.378	.399	.778	133		1	7	3	1
Mike Shannon	99	392	348	41	95	14	2	14	60	6		37	98	.273	.345	.445	.791	155		3	1	3	1
Bud Bloomfield	130	545	469	61	88	6	3	3	27	7		58	71	.188	.280	.232	.513	109		4	10	4	1
Allen Herring	96	347	314	30	65	10	1	5	33	2		24	57	.207	.268	.293	.561	92		3	4	2	1
Ed Zander	76	246	208	26	53	15	0	6	33	0		32	47	.255	.363	.413	.777	86		4	1	1	2
Hank Kuhlmann	81	300	220	34	50	11	1	2	17	3		74	52	.227	.426	.314	.739	69		2	4	0	7
Kenneth Bryant	60	220	195	30	49	7	5	1	21	9		19	36	.251	.326	.354	.680	69		3	2	1	0
James Smith	22	92	81	12	27	4	6	2	10	0		9	12	.333	.402	.605	1.007	49		1	0	1	0
Gordie Richardson	30	61	57	13	16	3	0	0	2	1		3	13	.281	.317	.333	.650	19		0	1	0	0
Bernard Porter	28	105	85	11	16	5	2	3	10	1		16	31	.188	.330	.400	.730	34		2	2	0	1
George Moton	33	75	60	7	14	5	0	0	8	0		7	16	.233	.304	.317	.621	19		0	6	2	0
Sam McIntyre	28	78	60	9	13	1	0	0	3	2		11	24	.217	.347	.233	.581	14		1	6	0	0
Chuck Behrends	25	50	40	2	8	1	0	0	1	0		6	15	.200	.304	.225	.529	9		0	4	0	0
Jack Mooneyham	25	32	30	4	7	1	0	0	1	0		1	11	.233	.258	.267	.525	8		0	1	0	0
James Turk	49	29	22	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		5	3	.227	.370	.227	.598	5		0	2	0	0
Gary Willison	10	17	16	1	4	2	0	0	3	0		1	7	.250	.294	.375	.669	6		0	0	0	0
Charles Douglas	7	14	14		3									.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Robert List	10	21	15	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		4	5	.200	.368	.267	.635	4		0	2	0	0
Lee Gregory	10	21	16	4	3	2	1	0	1	0		5	4	.188	.381	.438	.818	7		0	0	0	0
Bernard Kelly	7	19	19		3									.158	.158	.158	.316	3
George Doyle	19	25	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	.143	.217	.143	.360	3		0	2	0	0
William Carpenter	3	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Dick Hughes	7	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
William Dikeman	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1413	5014	4298	648	1079	190	39	101	555	64	0	572	935	.251	.343	.384	.727	1650	0	45	67	32	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fred Whitfield	1B	107	894	102	28	84	.973	9.308
Bernard Porter	1B	23	189	15	9	38	.958	8.870
James Gilchrist	2B	72	134	194	18	36	.948	4.556
Kenneth Bryant	2B	51	97	114	16	33	.930	4.137
Joe Wooten	3B	102	136	158	23	19	.927	2.882
James Gilchrist	3B	16	76	22	5	4	.951	6.125
Hank Kuhlmann	C	75	523	32	8	8	.986	7.400	9
Ed Zander	C	65	370	30	8	4	.980	6.154	7
Bobby Moegle	OF	114	163	6	9	0	.949	1.482
Carlos Dore	OF	105	172	18	10	4	.950	1.810
Mike Shannon	OF	88	212	12	8	2	.966	2.545
Allen Herring	OF	79	141	12	11	2	.933	1.937
James Turk	P	49	14	26	1	3	.976	.816
George Moton	P	31	14	35	5	2	.907	1.581
Gordie Richardson	P	30	4	24	0	2	1.000	.933
Sam McIntyre	P	25	11	30	2	1	.953	1.640
Chuck Behrends	P	25	15	23	1	0	.974	1.520
Jack Mooneyham	P	21	4	11	3	2	.833	.714
George Doyle	P	18	9	12	2	1	.913	1.167
William Dikeman	P	11	2	5	0	1	1.000	.636
Gary Willison	P	10	1	6	0	1	1.000	.700
Robert List	P	10	0	3	1	0	.750	.300
Lee Gregory	P	8						.000
Dick Hughes	P	7						.000
William Carpenter	P	3						.000
Bud Bloomfield	SS	129	196	340	34	78	.940	4.155
Totals		1274	3377	1230	202	325	.958	3.616	16	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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