1959 Williamsport Grays Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-60
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Frank Lucchesi (81-60)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 91,819, Avg. 1,302

1959 Williamsport Grays Roster

Playoffs - Williamsport Grays 3 games, Allentown Red Sox 0
Finals - Springfield Giants 3 games, Williamsport Grays 1

The Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League ended the 1959 season with a record of 81 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Grays paced the circuit with 748 runs. Williamsport allowed 650 runs. Jacke Davis walloped 33 home runs for the squad, while Fred Hopke and Tony Curry swatted 15 or more also. Fred Hopke drove in 130 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .316 clip. Bob Milo led the squad with 11 wins, and Ed Keegan earned a 3.2 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1959 Williamsport Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ed Keegan, Tony Curry, Curt Simmons, Al Neiger, Art Mahaffey, Angelo LiPetri, Bobby Wine, John Easton, Fred Van Dusen, Mack Burk, Dave Baldwin and Jacke Davis.

Frank Lucchesi 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
Bob Milo	11	9	.550	3.64	32	18		9	2		151.0	154	76	61	13	35	2	88	0	1	7
Ed Keegan	10	7	.588	3.20	19	19		10	2		152.0	122	68	54	10	90	2	139	3	0	7
Bob Gontkosky	10	11	.476	4.58	27	26		9	1		161.0	152	100	82	14	110	2	150	5	0	11
Jerry Kettle	9	10	.474	4.92	26	19		6	0		139.0	167	87	76	21	46	5	78	7	0	4
Art Mahaffey	8	0	1.000	1.67	9	9		8	1		81.0	57	21	15	4	35	0	84	3	0	2
Al Neiger	7	4	.636	3.26	13	13		7	1		94.0	90	41	34	5	31	3	55	4	0	7
Norm Camp	7	5	.583	4.24	18	7		2	0		70.0	82	43	33	11	30	5	37	4	0	2
John Dewald	6	5	.545	3.71	33	10		4	2		148.0	145	77	61	15	44	6	89	11	0	10
Marco Mainini	5	3	.625	3.46	36	0		0	0		52.0	53	25	20	6	19	2	30	1	0	2
Curt Simmons	4	1	.800	2.86	6	6		3	0		44.0	43	16	14	4	7	0	19	0	0	1
Robert Gill	2	1	.667	3.97	8	4		1	0		34.0	36	18	15	6	6	0	16	3	1	2
Robert Baillargeon	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Dave Baldwin	1	1	.500	7.38	12	5		1	1		39.0	48	39	32	4	28	1	25	1	0	3
Robert Frederick	0	0			4						0.0
Angelo LiPetri	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Jack Schultea	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Totals	81	60	.574	3.84	255	136	0	60	10	0	1165.0	1149	611	497	113	481	28	810	42	2	58	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
Tony Curry	139	626	568	108	178	49	9	23	90	2		50	76	.313	.368	.553	.921	314		2	1	5	5
Fred Hopke	136	556	487	80	154	29	0	30	130	2		49	74	.316	.388	.561	.949	273		13	0	7	6
Jacke Davis	139	577	508	92	148	30	3	33	115	5		56	117	.291	.373	.557	.930	283		11	0	2	6
Moose Johnson	139	623	510	103	148	19	6	1	43	16		92	45	.290	.403	.357	.759	182		6	12	3	3
Bobby Wine	120	473	426	40	89	12	3	5	33	0		39	81	.209	.274	.286	.560	122		0	5	3	4
Fred Van Dusen	106	413	309	77	84	18	3	14	65	2		92	56	.272	.437	.485	.922	150		4	1	7	6
Gordon Figard	75	341	290	54	80	17	6	4	26	6		49	52	.276	.382	.417	.800	121		1	1	0	4
Doc Ayers	106	342	294	40	68	4	2	1	24	5		40	24	.231	.323	.269	.592	79		1	5	2	3
Dick Harris	81	301	261	29	57	14	2	3	24	5		35	44	.218	.312	.322	.634	84		2	0	3	5
Mack Burk	57	209	182	27	49	6	0	7	29	5		25	30	.269	.361	.418	.778	76		1	1	0	1
John Easton	35	152	135	21	48	8	2	2	31	3		11	17	.356	.414	.489	.903	66		4	0	2	1
Barton Dupon	32	110	96	6	21	7	0	1	9	0		13	16	.219	.309	.323	.632	31		0	0	1	1
Donald Jacquin	25	91	82	9	14	2	0	2	6	0		8	15	.171	.253	.268	.521	22		1	0	0	2
Bob Milo	40	69	63	7	10	5	0	1	6	0		3	20	.159	.194	.286	.480	18		0	2	1	0
Charlie Fields	11	29	26	8	9	0	0	1	2	0		2	5	.346	.393	.462	.854	12		0	1	0	0
Nathan Dickerson	14	42	35	4	9	3	0	1	9	0		5	9	.257	.381	.429	.810	15		2	0	0	2
Art Mahaffey	9	33	33		8									.242	.242	.242	.485	8
Norm Camp	19	26	24	2	7	1	1	0	3	0		1	5	.292	.346	.417	.763	10		1	0	0	0
Owen Johnson	11	45	43	5	7	3	0	2	11	0		0	10	.163	.178	.372	.550	16		1	0	1	0
Jerry Kettle	27	52	43	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		6	18	.140	.245	.140	.384	6		0	3	0	0
John Dewald	33	56	47	3	6	2	0	0	3	0		6	19	.128	.226	.170	.397	8		0	3	0	0
Ed Keegan	23	60	52	7	6	0	0	0	1	0		3	20	.115	.161	.115	.276	6		0	4	1	0
Curt Simmons	10	22	18	4	5	0	0	0	2	0		4	4	.278	.409	.278	.687	5		0	0	0	0
John Turk	13	42	36	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		6	5	.139	.262	.139	.401	5		0	0	0	0
Marco Mainini	37	13	13	2	4	1	0	0	3	0		0	5	.308	.308	.385	.692	5		0	0	0	0
Al Neiger	13	37	32	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	.094	.171	.094	.265	3		0	2	0	0
Dave Baldwin	12	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	10	.154	.214	.154	.368	2		0	0	0	0
Bob Gontkosky	30	62	50	4	2	0	0	1	1	0		4	23	.040	.111	.100	.211	5		0	8	0	0
Angelo LiPetri	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Robert Baillargeon	4	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Robert Gill	8	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Jack Schultea	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Frederick	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1516	5444	4704	740	1230	230	37	132	671	51	0	603	807	.261	.349	.410	.759	1930	0	50	49	38	49

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fred Hopke	1B	134	1066	70	22	115	.981	8.478
Nathan Dickerson	1B	12	68	5	4	8	.948	6.083
Moose Johnson	2B	137	337	391	27	100	.964	5.314
Gordon Figard	3B	63	46	109	11	16	.934	2.460
Doc Ayers	3B	63	64	119	8	19	.958	2.905
Donald Jacquin	3B	25	22	39	5	9	.924	2.440
Dick Harris	C	74	435	41	6	6	.988	6.432	9
Mack Burk	C	49	334	25	0	6	1.000	7.327	2
John Turk	C	12	53	2	2	0	.965	4.583	2
Owen Johnson	C	11	63	6	2	1	.972	6.273	10
Tony Curry	OF	137	254	10	16	4	.943	1.927
Jacke Davis	OF	134	215	13	9	1	.962	1.701
Fred Van Dusen	OF	93	208	6	6	1	.973	2.301
John Easton	OF	35	89	3	0	0	1.000	2.629
Barton Dupon	OF	25	32	2	0	0	1.000	1.360
Marco Mainini	P	36	4	11	4	1	.789	.417
John Dewald	P	33	5	32	3	1	.925	1.121
Bob Milo	P	32	5	34	0	1	1.000	1.219
Bob Gontkosky	P	27	8	24	1	1	.970	1.185
Jerry Kettle	P	26	8	22	0	2	1.000	1.154
Ed Keegan	P	19	5	24	1	3	.967	1.526
Norm Camp	P	18	6	15	2	1	.913	1.167
Al Neiger	P	13	9	13	2	0	.917	1.692
Dave Baldwin	P	12	1	5	0	0	1.000	.500
Art Mahaffey	P	9						.000
Robert Gill	P	8						.000
Curt Simmons	P	6						.000
Jack Schultea	P	6						.000
Robert Frederick	P	4						.000
Robert Baillargeon	P	4						.000
Angelo LiPetri	P	2						.000
Bobby Wine	SS	119	216	333	42	60	.929	4.613
Doc Ayers	SS	24	28	71	5	19	.952	4.125
Totals		1402	3581	1425	178	375	.966	3.571	23	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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