1959 San Antonio Missions

1959 > Class AA > 1959 Texas League
Overall: 75-70
Scored 685 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-74

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Grady Hatton
Represented: San Antonio, TX
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	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Candido Andrade	22	1		3		1									.333
2	Alberto Baro	30	29	101	84	4	20	2	2	0	6	0	0	15	5	.238	.347	.310	.656	26		0	0	2
3	Hoyt Benedict	29	34	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0		Stats for 3 teams
4	Dick Bertell	23	20	75	64	7	11	1	1	1	9	0	0	8	10	.172	.260	.266	.526	17		0	2	1
5	Jim Brewer*	21	10	22	21	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.190	.227	.238	.465	5		0	0	0
6	Wayne Connally	24	101	412	361	42	93	8	1	0	26	0	1	38	49	.258	.333	.285	.619	103		5	4	4
7	Richard Czekaj	23	54	175	153	24	37	10	0	6	23	1	0	19	49	.242	.322	.425	.747	65		0	1	2
8	Alfred Diez	25	1		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
9	Sammy Drake#	24	37	176	155	33	47	12	1	2	14	7	4	18	15	.303	.376	.432	.808	67		0	3	0
10	Dick Drilling	29	12	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	0	0
11	Frank Ernaga	28	69	258	219	22	53	7	3	5	27	0	1	36	42	.242	.350	.370	.720	81		1	1	1
12	Dave Gerard	22	10	10	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.286	.375	.286	.661	2		0	2	0
13	Ron Goerger*	22	19	30	24	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.292	.370	.333	.704	8		0	3	0
14	John Goetz	21	34	58	49	7	5	1	0	2	8	0	0	5	16	.102	.185	.245	.430	12		0	4	0
15	Russ Gragg*	25	142	603	517	81	140	24	3	1	45	10	7	72	20	.271	.362	.335	.696	173		4	6	4
16	Arnold Hallgren	26	13	35	34	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.176	.200	.206	.406	7		0	0	0
17	Lee Handley	24	131	534	460	82	148	27	2	14	80	4	4	66	44	.322	.407	.480	.887	221		2	3	3
18	J.C. Hartman	25	142	618	545	80	150	17	3	5	48	13	6	49	57	.275	.340	.345	.685	188		7	12	5
19	Grady Hatton*	36	41	79	67	9	19	2	0	0	6	1	0	11	6	.284	.380	.313	.693	21		0	0	1
20	Ralph Holding	22	9		25		4									.160
21	Footer Johnson*	27	119	417	363	58	106	17	6	3	50	0	2	42	26	.292	.360	.397	.757	144		0	6	6
22	Lou Johnson	24	30	121	113	17	37	10	3	4	25	1	1	4	8	.327	.353	.575	.928	65		1	2	1
23	Mike Lemish	32	2		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
24	Kenny Lindley	24	19	48	47	4	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.149	.167	.191	.358	9		0	0	0
25	Joe Margoneri*	29	27	40	38	4	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	.184	.184	.237	.421	9		0	2	0
26	Gordon Massa*	23	78	253	212	27	61	15	0	1	27	1	1	36	31	.288	.390	.373	.763	79		1	2	2
27	Manny Montejo	23	43	18	14	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	.357	.357	.429	.786	6		0	4	0
28	Robert Moore	23	6		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
29	Kenneth Moursund	22	3		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
30	Dave Newkirk	27	3		4		2									.500
31	Fernando Osorio	29	33	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	0		0	0	0
32	Nat Peeples	33	90	341	278	49	71	9	0	8	48	9	3	56	54	.255	.374	.374	.748	104		0	1	6		Stats for 2 teams
33	Ron Perranoski*	23	38	71	56	4	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	18	.179	.258	.214	.472	12		0	9	0
34	Jose Santiago	30	38	73	63	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	19	.127	.176	.127	.303	8		0	5	1
35	Ron Santo	19	136	573	505	82	165	35	3	11	87	2	2	56	54	.327	.390	.473	.863	239		1	4	7
36	James Schandevel	22	31	52	40	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	11	.100	.234	.175	.409	7		0	5	0
37	Bill Schmidt	23	25	83	77	3	18	3	0	1	8	0	0	6	6	.234	.289	.312	.601	24		0	0	0
38	Allen Shaw	23	7		18		2									.111
39	Billy Williams*	21	94	412	371	57	118	22	7	10	79	4	0	37	39	.318	.382	.496	.878	184		2	1	1
	39 Players	24.7	145	5573	4847	685	1323	224	36	71	621	49	27	567	618	.273	.350	.378	.728	1832	115	27	89	43	38

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	Candido Andrade	22	0	0			1
2	Hoyt Benedict	29	5	4	.556	5.60	34	0		0	0	53.0	61	36	33	7	36	3	23	4	0	1	1.830	10.4	1.2	6.1	3.9	0.64	Stats for 3 teams
3	Jim Brewer*	21	4	1	.800	4.79	10	4		2	0	47.0	45	29	25	2	31	2	34	0	0	3	1.617	8.6	0.4	5.9	6.5	1.10
4	Alfred Diez	25	0	0			1
5	Dick Drilling	29	2	3	.400	5.82	12	0		0	0	34.0	49	26	22	3	21	5	18	2	0	1	2.059	13.0	0.8	5.6	4.8	0.86
6	Dave Gerard	22	2	2	.500		10
7	Ron Goerger*	22	6	6	.500	4.94	19	13		4	0	82.0	96	49	45	7	48	2	39	5	1	10	1.756	10.5	0.8	5.3	4.3	0.81
8	John Goetz	21	12	9	.571	4.58	34	26		4	1	163.0	167	95	83	8	103	5	112	7	0	8	1.656	9.2	0.4	5.7	6.2	1.09
9	Grady Hatton	36	0	0			4
10	Dizzy Higginbottom*	24	0	1	.000		4
11	Mike Lemish	32	0	0			2
12	Joe Margoneri*	29	4	7	.364	3.15	25	15		5	1	117.0	99	47	41	6	50	7	66	2	0	0	1.274	7.6	0.5	3.8	5.1	1.32
13	Manny Montejo	23	7	4	.636	3.84	42	1		0	0	75.0	63	34	32	4	29	2	60	5	0	2	1.227	7.6	0.5	3.5	7.2	2.07
14	Robert Moore	23	0	0			6
15	Kenneth Moursund	22	0	0			3
16	Dave Newkirk	27	0	1	.000		3
17	Fernando Osorio	29	3	3	.500	4.06	32	2		0	0	71.0	89	46	32	11	17	1	30	2	0	1	1.493	11.3	1.4	2.2	3.8	1.76
18	Ron Perranoski*	23	11	10	.524	3.12	37	26		10	2	199.0	188	89	69	13	85	7	139	2	0	9	1.372	8.5	0.6	3.8	6.3	1.64
19	Jose Santiago	30	14	9	.609	3.10	38	30		6	1	212.0	205	92	73	14	60	4	121	3	0	2	1.250	8.7	0.6	2.5	5.1	2.02
20	James Schandevel	22	6	12	.333	4.43	26	22		6	0	134.0	147	91	66	10	67	3	94	2	0	6	1.597	9.9	0.7	4.5	6.3	1.40
	20 Players	25.2	75	70	.517	4.06	145	145	107	38	6	1254.0	1292	699	566	85	581	44	755	34	2	45	1.494	9.3	0.6	4.2	5.4	1.30

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
Gordon Massa	60	224	32	4	2	.985	4.27	11
Richard Czekaj	45	197	35	10	3	.959	5.16	6
Bill Schmidt	22	137	12	3	0	.980	6.77	2
Dick Bertell	19	99	17	4	1	.967	6.11	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Williams	68	518	48	20	51	.966	8.32
Footer Johnson	66	523	40	3	49	.995	8.53
Lee Handley	17	103	5	5	10	.956	6.35

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wayne Connally	98	268	245	9	54	.983	5.23
Sammy Drake	37	90	112	4	24	.981	5.46
Grady Hatton	10	17	24	2	5	.953	4.10

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ron Santo	134		158	246	53	28	.884	3.01
Kenny Lindley	10		5	25	2	5	.938	3.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
J.C. Hartman	142		226	389	42	63	.936	4.33

LF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Nat Peeples	66	102	3	7	0	.938	1.59	Stats for 2 teams
Frank Ernaga	59	111	8	1	1	.992	2.02
Billy Williams	23	60	6	1	1	.985	2.87
Russ Gragg	16	33	0	1	0	.971	2.06
Footer Johnson	14	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.29
Alberto Baro	10	20	1	0	0	1.000	2.10

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Russ Gragg	114		217	6	6	1	.974	1.96
Lou Johnson	28		93	2	2	0	.979	3.39

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Handley	105	185	16	4	2	.980	1.91
Footer Johnson	20	32	4	0	1	1.000	1.80
Alberto Baro	15	23	5	1	0	.966	1.87

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Manny Montejo	42	7	10	0	1	1.000	0.40
Jose Santiago	38	4	28	0	1	1.000	0.84
Ron Perranoski	37	14	44	4	3	.935	1.57
Hoyt Benedict	34	1	10	0	1	1.000	0.32	Stats for 3 teams
John Goetz	34	11	20	7	2	.816	0.91
Fernando Osorio	32	4	13	0	0	1.000	0.53
James Schandevel	26	13	26	1	1	.975	1.50
Joe Margoneri	25	7	25	1	1	.970	1.28
Ron Goerger	19	4	18	1	0	.957	1.16
Dick Drilling	12	0	8	0	0	1.000	0.67
Jim Brewer	10	2	6	0	0	1.000	0.80
Dave Gerard	10	2	3	0	1	1.000	0.50
Robert Moore	6						0.00
Grady Hatton	4						0.00
Dizzy Higginbottom	4						0.00
Kenneth Moursund	3						0.00
Dave Newkirk	3						0.00
Mike Lemish	2						0.00
Candido Andrade	1						0.00
Alfred Diez	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Candido Andrade	22	R	R	6' 5.0"	170	1937
Alberto Baro	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	Nov 21, 1928	Mayari, Oriente, CU
Hoyt Benedict	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1930
Dick Bertell	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Nov 21, 1935	Oak Park, IL, US
Jim Brewer	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	186	Nov 14, 1937	Merced, CA, US
Wayne Connally	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Aug 13, 1934
Richard Czekaj	23	R		5' 8.0"	180	Aug 30, 1935	Philadelphia, PA, US
Alfred Diez	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Mar 22, 1934	MX
Sammy Drake	24	S	R	5' 11.0"	175	Oct 7, 1934	Little Rock, AR, US
Dick Drilling	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 23, 1929	Fonda, IA, US
Frank Ernaga	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Aug 22, 1930	Susanville, CA, US
Dave Gerard	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Aug 6, 1936	New York, NY, US
Ron Goerger	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jan 23, 1937	Tacoma, WA, US
John Goetz	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 24, 1937	Goetzville, MI, US
Russ Gragg	25	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	1934
Arnold Hallgren	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 12, 1933	Windfield, AB, CA
Lee Handley	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	1935
J.C. Hartman	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 15, 1934	Cottonton, AL, US
Grady Hatton	36	L	R	5' 8.0"	170	Oct 7, 1922	Beaumont, TX, US
Dizzy Higginbottom	24	L	L	6' 4.0"	180	1935
Ralph Holding	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Oct 30, 1936
Footer Johnson	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Feb 15, 1932	Dayton, OH, US
Lou Johnson	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 22, 1934	Lexington, KY, US
Mike Lemish	32	R	R	5' 9.0"	195	Jul 27, 1926	Fort Wayne, IN, US
Kenny Lindley	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jun 21, 1935	Alton, IL, US
Joe Margoneri	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Jan 13, 1930	Somerset, PA, US
Gordon Massa	23	L	R	6' 3.0"	210	Sep 2, 1935	Cincinnati, OH, US
Manny Montejo	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	150	Oct 16, 1935	Caibarien, CU
Robert Moore	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	1936
Kenneth Moursund	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	1937
Dave Newkirk	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Jul 13, 1931	Blackwell, OK, US
Fernando Osorio	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Nov 21, 1929	Panama, Panama, PA
Nat Peeples	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 29, 1926	Memphis, TN, US
Ron Perranoski	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 1, 1936	Paterson, NJ, US
Jose Santiago	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Sep 4, 1928	Coamo, PR
Ron Santo	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Feb 25, 1940	Seattle, WA, US
James Schandevel	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Mar 15, 1937
Bill Schmidt	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1936
Allen Shaw	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	174	1936
Billy Williams	21	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jun 15, 1938	Whistler, AL, US

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