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1959 Carolina League

1959 > Class B > League History
Overall: 394 games, 6 teams, approx. 131 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1958 / 1960
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1958 / 1960

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1958 / 1960

League Standings

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Raleigh Capitals BOS 78 52 .600 --
Wilson Tobs PIT 71 58 .550 6.5
Durham Bulls DET 70 60 .538 8
Winston-Salem Red Birds STL 67 62 .519 10.5
Greensboro Yankees NYY 54 76 .415 24
Burlington Indians CLE 49 81 .377 29
This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Greensboro Yankees NYY 22.2 5.91 133 5281 4442 786 1151 182 39 114 690 55 25 736 946 .259 .362 .395 .757 1753 74 29 21
Raleigh Capitals BOS 21.8 5.53 131 5177 4407 724 1182 211 36 86 643 75 30 663 688 .268 .361 .391 .752 1723 73 34 35
Wilson Tobs PIT 23.4 5.10 132 4996 4224 673 1042 164 27 117 585 142 42 674 963 .247 .348 .381 .730 1611 67 31 25
Winston-Salem Red Birds STL 22.0 4.93 130 4985 4299 641 1078 191 40 101 556 64 33 586 960 .251 .338 .384 .722 1652 65 35 28
Durham Bulls DET 21.3 4.92 131 5026 4326 644 1059 184 38 63 556 43 17 603 790 .245 .335 .349 .683 1508 58 39 24
Burlington Indians CLE 22.6 4.32 131 4912 4263 566 1027 149 53 60 490 69 28 550 803 .241 .326 .343 .669 1462 68 31 17
League Totals 22.2 5.12 788 30377 25961 4034 6539 1081 233 541 3520 448 175 3812 5150 .252 .345 .374 .719 9709 405 199 150

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Durham Bulls DET 22.1 4.62 70 60 .538 3.75 131 131 88 43 8 1147.0 1065 605 478 90 580 20 883 26 3 68 5081 1.434 8.4 0.7 4.6 6.9 1.52
Winston-Salem Red Birds STL 22.3 4.69 67 62 .519 3.88 130 130 76 54 7 1134.0 1108 610 489 79 501 11 811 32 5 55 4928 1.419 8.8 0.6 4.0 6.4 1.62
Wilson Tobs PIT 22.9 4.95 71 58 .550 4.12 132 132 81 51 3 1140.0 1074 654 522 84 700 45 959 34 2 43 5192 1.556 8.5 0.7 5.5 7.6 1.37
Burlington Indians CLE 21.6 5.03 49 81 .377 3.99 131 131 95 36 9 1118.0 1044 659 496 97 586 20 841 34 5 67 4948 1.458 8.4 0.8 4.7 6.8 1.44
Raleigh Capitals BOS 22.7 5.06 78 52 .600 3.92 131 131 91 40 3 1144.0 1028 663 498 80 739 29 959 47 6 86 5125 1.545 8.1 0.6 5.8 7.5 1.30
Greensboro Yankees NYY 22.7 6.34 54 76 .415 5.26 133 133 89 44 4 1132.0 1220 843 662 111 706 26 697 48 4 72 5327 1.701 9.7 0.9 5.6 5.5 0.99
League Totals 22.4 5.12 389 389 .500 4.15 788 788 520 268 34 6815.0 6539 4034 3145 541 3812 151 5150 221 25 391 30601 1.519 8.6 0.7 5.0 6.8 1.35

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Durham Bulls DET 131 3441 1389 193 124 .962 20 Frank Skaff
Wilson Tobs PIT 132 3419 1300 213 111 .957 23 Hardy Peterson
Winston-Salem Red Birds STL 130 3402 1317 223 123 .955 16 Al Unser
Raleigh Capitals BOS 131 3432 1225 218 128 .955 44 Kenneth Deal
Burlington Indians CLE 131 3354 1264 221 104 .954 24 Pinky May
Greensboro Yankees NYY 133 3395 1428 264 141 .948 27 Vern Hoscheit
League Totals 788 20443 7923 1332 731 .955 154