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1959 Charleston Senators

1959 > Class AAA > 1959 American Association (East)
Overall: 77-84
Scored 624 runs, Allowed 683 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-87

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Bill Adair
Represented: Charleston, WV
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1958 / 1960

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Hank Aguirre	28	26	55	46	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	.043	.064	.065	.129	3		0	8	0	0
2	Ossie Alvarez	25	103	412	357	33	80	14	1	0	27	10	42	43	.224	.304	.269	.573	96		1	7	5	3	Stats for 2 teams
3	Zeke Bella	28	1		5		1								.200
4	Bob Bruce	26	38	78	70	1	10	2	0	0	4	0	3	3	.143	.178	.171	.350	12		0	5	0	0
5	Wyman Carey*	22	1		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
6	Tom Carroll	22	20	75	64	8	18	4	0	0	14	0	9	9	.281	.373	.344	.717	22		1	0	1	0
7	Alex Cosmidis	30	94	270	237	33	59	10	1	2	15	4	30	16	.249	.333	.325	.658	77		0	3	0	3	Stats for 2 teams
8	Chuck Daniel	25	28	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.063	.118	.063	.180	1		0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
9	Jerry Davie	26	19	35	33	2	7	1	0	0	6	1	0	12	.212	.212	.242	.455	8		0	2	0	0
10	Steve Demeter	24	137	565	512	79	151	25	2	13	77	0	36	62	.295	.344	.428	.772	219		6	4	7	0
11	Ross Grimsley*	37	30	22	19	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	.053	.100	.105	.205	2		0	2	0	0
12	Joe Grzenda	22	20	26	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.150	.261	.150	.411	3		0	3	0	0
13	Bob Hale*	25	88	373	352	45	111	23	4	3	38	2	18	19	.315	.348	.429	.777	151		0	2	1	4
14	Chuck Harmon	35	20	72	65	9	15	3	1	4	11	0	6	10	.231	.292	.492	.784	32		0	0	1	0
15	Bob Hazle*	28	130	435	372	48	99	17	2	4	41	3	51	39	.266	.354	.355	.709	132		2	6	4	5
16	Earl Hersh*	27	141	519	434	59	109	18	6	16	65	6	71	82	.251	.354	.431	.785	187		1	8	5	5	Stats for 2 teams
17	Buddy Hicks#	32	72	190	163	18	43	6	1	0	19	0	25	12	.264	.362	.313	.675	51		0	2	0	3
18	Bob Johnson	23	21	56	54	6	14	2	2	0	6	0	1	2	.259	.268	.370	.638	20		0	0	1	0
19	Frank Kostro	21	45	191	174	21	54	10	1	1	6	1	11	17	.310	.362	.397	.758	69		3	3	0	1
20	Charlie Lau*	26	121	438	390	55	114	29	2	20	79	1	40	53	.292	.357	.531	.888	207		2	1	5	7	Stats for 2 teams
21	Don Lee	25	37	75	67	4	10	4	0	0	5	0	2	16	.149	.183	.209	.392	14		1	4	1	0
22	Joel McDaniel#	20	2		2		2								1.000
23	Bubba Morton	27	141	478	424	57	121	22	7	2	37	8	41	47	.285	.350	.384	.735	163		3	7	3	3
24	Stan Palys	29	49	119	103	11	29	3	0	1	10	0	13	5	.282	.362	.340	.702	35		0	3	0	1
25	Jack Parks*	31	3		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
26	Alfred Paschal	24	56	190	167	29	44	8	2	0	7	2	18	11	.263	.346	.335	.681	56		3	2	0	1	Stats for 2 teams
27	Joe Presko	30	34	25	22	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	2	3	.273	.333	.318	.652	7		0	1	0	0
28	James Raugh	24	5		2		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
29	Phil Regan	22	8		9		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
30	Pablo Rivera	25	7		3		1								.333
31	Barney Schultz	32	36	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.053	.000	.053	0		0	1	0	0
32	Legrant Scott	20	12	31	27	4	9	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	.333	.400	.444	.844	12		0	1	0	0
33	Bob Smith	28	11	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
34	Paul Smith*	28	152	605	534	61	155	28	0	5	40	3	55	44	.290	.359	.371	.730	198		4	9	3	8
35	George Spencer	32	85	28	25	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	.080	.115	.120	.235	3		0	2	0	0
36	Jim Stump	27	38	64	56	7	10	2	0	0	8	0	2	9	.179	.203	.214	.418	12		0	5	1	0
37	Don Taussig	27	122	486	431	44	106	26	3	12	52	2	41	78	.246	.313	.404	.716	174		3	6	5	2	Stats for 2 teams
38	Bill Taylor*	29	73	268	241	22	69	10	2	7	41	0	19	16	.286	.342	.432	.774	104		3	2	3	5
39	Ozzie Virgil	27	154	613	554	57	149	19	2	8	49	5	43	54	.269	.321	.354	.675	196		3	5	8	3
40	Tom Yewcic	27	73	188	160	19	37	3	1	5	15	0	24	33	.231	.342	.356	.698	57		3	1	0	5
	40 Players	26.8	161	5974	5310	624	1411	247	33	82	565	36	489	614	.266	.329	.371	.700	1970	126	37	91	47	53

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Hank Aguirre*	28	8	7	.533	3.73	26	22		3	1	147.0	157	72	61	5	58	3	113	6	1	1	1.463	9.6	0.3	3.6	6.9	1.95
2	Bob Bruce	26	11	13	.458	3.57	38	32		8	4	222.0	207	103	88	15	103	5	177	10	0	6	1.396	8.4	0.6	4.2	7.2	1.72
3	Wyman Carey*	22	0	1	.000		1
4	Chuck Daniel	25	4	4	.500	4.57	27	5		1	1	63.0	66	39	32	9	21	5	29	1	0	1	1.381	9.4	1.3	3.0	4.1	1.38	Stats for 2 teams
5	Jerry Davie	26	4	8	.333	4.35	14	14		4	1	91.0	78	52	44	4	45	2	57	6	0	0	1.352	7.7	0.4	4.5	5.6	1.27
6	Ross Grimsley*	37	6	4	.600	3.48	30	8		1	0	75.0	80	34	29	8	29	1	41	0	0	2	1.453	9.6	1.0	3.5	4.9	1.41
7	Joe Grzenda*	22	3	8	.273	3.58	19	15		2	1	88.0	92	40	35	3	64	0	80	1	0	10	1.773	9.4	0.3	6.5	8.2	1.25
8	Don Lee	25	14	9	.609	3.57	36	30		11	4	194.0	202	85	77	8	59	3	115	6	0	4	1.345	9.4	0.4	2.7	5.3	1.95
9	Joel McDaniel	20	0	0			1
10	Joe Presko	30	4	5	.444	4.72	34	1		0	0	82.0	82	47	43	11	37	9	33	2	0	2	1.451	9.0	1.2	4.1	3.6	0.89
11	James Raugh	24	0	0			5
12	Phil Regan	22	1	3	.250	6.75	8	6		1	0	32.0	47	32	24	2	16	3	8	2	0	1	1.969	13.2	0.6	4.5	2.2	0.50
13	Barney Schultz	32	3	5	.375	4.00	36	1		0	0	81.0	77	40	36	6	24	7	55	2	0	3	1.247	8.6	0.7	2.7	6.1	2.29
14	Bob Smith*	28	2	3	.400	4.50	11	4		0	0	34.0	43	25	17	2	17	0	20	1	0	5	1.765	11.4	0.5	4.5	5.3	1.18
15	George Spencer	32	11	7	.611	2.98	85	0		0	0	148.0	129	57	49	8	35	6	99	1	0	2	1.108	7.8	0.5	2.1	6.0	2.83
16	Jim Stump	27	8	11	.421	3.13	26	23		8	1	158.0	151	75	55	7	63	3	79	3	0	5	1.354	8.6	0.4	3.6	4.5	1.25
	16 Players	28.1	77	84	.478	3.74	161	161	122	39	16	1386.0	1384	683	576	88	559	43	891	44	1	41	1.402	9.0	0.6	3.6	5.8	1.59

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Charlie Lau	112	609	46	5	5	.992	5.85	18	Stats for 2 teams
Tom Yewcic	56	296	9	9	1	.971	5.45	3
Ozzie Virgil	14	63	9	1	0	.986	5.14	8

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Hale	85	403	53	12	53	.974	5.36
Earl Hersh	56	372	33	3	52	.993	7.23	Stats for 2 teams
Paul Smith	51	368	34	6	32	.985	7.88
Ozzie Virgil	19	150	11	1	17	.994	8.47

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ozzie Virgil	66	176	154	10	31	.971	5.00
Alex Cosmidis	61	130	152	11	26	.962	4.62	Stats for 2 teams
Alfred Paschal	45	117	121	6	30	.975	5.29	Stats for 2 teams
Buddy Hicks	11	16	25	2	5	.953	3.73

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Steve Demeter	134		113	241	17	26	.954	2.64
Ozzie Virgil	17		19	30	3	4	.942	2.88

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ossie Alvarez	101	190	280	24	43	.951	4.65	Stats for 2 teams
Frank Kostro	40	58	95	16	14	.905	3.83
Ozzie Virgil	29	43	59	10	11	.911	3.52
Buddy Hicks	28	45	78	6	9	.953	4.39
Tom Carroll	20	32	44	6	10	.927	3.80
Bob Johnson	19	21	29	4	8	.926	2.63

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Don Taussig	119	319	8	7	2	.979	2.75	Stats for 2 teams
Bob Hazle	116	181	15	1	3	.995	1.69
Bubba Morton	116	261	13	3	0	.989	2.36
Paul Smith	95	170	16	6	1	.969	1.96
Earl Hersh	89	177	5	4	0	.978	2.04	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Taylor	69	112	6	0	1	1.000	1.71
Stan Palys	28	43	4	3	0	.940	1.68
Ozzie Virgil	23	40	0	1	0	.976	1.74
Chuck Harmon	16	28	2	0	0	1.000	1.88

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Spencer	85	8	27	3	2	.921	0.41
Bob Bruce	38	11	28	3	6	.929	1.03
Don Lee	36	9	23	3	1	.914	0.89
Barney Schultz	36	7	14	0	0	1.000	0.58
Joe Presko	34	6	21	0	2	1.000	0.79
Ross Grimsley	30	6	6	2	1	.857	0.40
Chuck Daniel	27	3	12	1	0	.938	0.56	Stats for 2 teams
Hank Aguirre	26	5	17	3	0	.880	0.85
Jim Stump	26	8	21	2	1	.935	1.12
Joe Grzenda	19	1	15	2	0	.889	0.84
Jerry Davie	14	12	12	1	1	.960	1.71
Bob Smith	11	1	4	1	0	.833	0.45
Phil Regan	8						0.00
James Raugh	5						0.00
Wyman Carey	1						0.00
Joel McDaniel	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Hank Aguirre	28	R	L	6' 4.0"	205	Jan 31, 1931	Azusa, CA, US
Ossie Alvarez	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 19, 1933	Bolondron, CU
Zeke Bella	28	R	L	5' 11.0"	185	Aug 23, 1930	Greenwich, CT, US
Bob Bruce	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	May 16, 1933	Detroit, MI, US
Wyman Carey	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	160	Nov 9, 1936	Chicago, IL, US
Tom Carroll	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	186	Sep 17, 1936	Jamaica, NY, US
Alex Cosmidis	30	R	R	5' 7.0"	165	Sep 22, 1928	Fayetteville, NC, US
Chuck Daniel	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 17, 1933	Bluffton, AR, US
Jerry Davie	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 10, 1933	Detroit, MI, US
Steve Demeter	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	185	Jan 27, 1935	Homer City, PA, US
Ross Grimsley	37	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 4, 1922	Americus, KS, US
Joe Grzenda	22	R	L	6' 2.0"	180	Jun 8, 1937	Scranton, PA, US
Bob Hale	25	L	L	5' 10.0"	195	Nov 7, 1933	Sarasota, FL, US
Chuck Harmon	35	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Apr 23, 1924	Washington, IN, US
Bob Hazle	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 9, 1930	Laurens, SC, US
Earl Hersh	27	L	L	6' 0.0"	205	May 21, 1932	Ebbvale, MD, US
Buddy Hicks	32	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 15, 1927	Belvedere, CA, US
Bob Johnson	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Mar 4, 1936	Omaha, NE, US
Frank Kostro	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Aug 4, 1937	Windber, PA, US
Charlie Lau	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Apr 12, 1933	Romulus, MI, US
Don Lee	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Feb 26, 1934	Globe, AZ, US
Joel McDaniel	20	S	R	5' 11.0"	165	Apr 10, 1939	Rutherfordton, NC, US
Bubba Morton	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 13, 1931	Washington, DC, US
Stan Palys	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	May 1, 1930	Blakely, PA, US
Jack Parks	31	L	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jun 12, 1928	Sayreton, AL, US
Alfred Paschal	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	1935
Joe Presko	30	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Oct 7, 1928	Kansas City, MO, US
James Raugh	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1935
Phil Regan	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Apr 6, 1937	Otsego, MI, US
Pablo Rivera	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	1934
Barney Schultz	32	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Aug 15, 1926	Beverly, NJ, US
Legrant Scott	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 27, 1938
Bob Smith	28	R	L	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 1, 1931	Woodsville, NH, US
Paul Smith	28	L	L	5' 8.0"	165	Mar 19, 1931	New Castle, PA, US
George Spencer	32	R	R	6' 1.0"	215	Jul 7, 1926	Columbus, OH, US
Jim Stump	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	188	Feb 10, 1932	Lansing, MI, US
Don Taussig	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 19, 1932	New York, NY, US
Bill Taylor	29	L	L	6' 3.0"	212	Dec 30, 1929	Alhambra, CA, US
Ozzie Virgil	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	174	May 17, 1932	Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi, DO
Ronald Witucki	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	1934
Tom Yewcic	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	May 9, 1932	Conenaugh, PA, US

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