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1959 Carlsbad Potashers

1959 > Class D > 1959 Sophomore League
Overall: 72-54
Scored 783 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-56

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Walt Dixon
Represented: Carlsbad, NM
Ballpark: Montgomery Field (Carlsbad, NM)
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 Randal Booth 22 53 186 161 22 32 4 0 2 21 0 23 38 .199 .301 .261 .562 42 3 1 0 1
2 Benjamin Brown* 23 123 541 394 92 107 26 5 8 87 5 129 93 .272 .450 .424 .873 167 13 5 5 8
3 Jack Bryant* 25 80 327 272 36 68 8 2 6 36 8 49 68 .250 .362 .360 .722 98 2 1 1 4
4 William Buntin 20 37 126 119 14 26 6 0 2 16 1 6 19 .218 .262 .319 .581 38 5 1 0 0
5 Gilbert Carter 24 119 513 420 88 120 29 1 34 117 4 84 147 .286 .400 .602 1.002 253 5 1 0 8
6 Dock Conners 25 51 206 155 28 33 7 0 1 23 3 44 22 .213 .395 .277 .673 43 7 4 1 2
7 William Cowan 20 6 11 4 .364
8 Louis Crane* 19 9 7 0 .000
9 Lawrence Garrett* 18 2 3 0 .000
10 Murray Hall* 21 81 379 309 72 98 13 9 10 58 4 65 38 .317 .437 .515 .951 159 3 2 1 2
11 Victor Hansen 22 27 61 46 8 5 1 0 0 3 0 13 7 .109 .305 .130 .436 6 2 0 2 0
12 Richard Herd 22 18 21 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .063 .286 .063 .348 1 0 0 0 0
13 George Hickman 21 25 39 34 5 12 1 1 0 4 0 4 5 .353 .421 .441 .862 15 0 0 1 0
14 Wesley Hill 20 13 40 37 4 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 10 .108 .150 .108 .258 4 0 1 0 1
15 Charles Johnson 18 47 164 126 23 24 4 2 4 17 0 29 42 .190 .362 .349 .711 44 4 6 1 2
16 Gary Johnson 20 126 567 459 85 94 13 2 0 47 9 85 59 .205 .332 .242 .573 111 15 6 9 8
17 Al Kozak 20 1 1 0 .000
18 James Luckring* 21 44 67 55 6 13 1 1 0 12 0 11 8 .236 .358 .291 .649 16 0 0 0 1
19 Donald Luttrell* 23 4 1 0 .000
20 Gary McCabe 18 4 2 0 .000
21 Richard Menefee* 22 7 14 3 .214
22 Edmund Pepper 19 29 100 88 16 20 4 5 1 13 0 10 17 .227 .303 .420 .723 37 0 0 1 1
23 Martin Perez 26 35 81 66 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 12 40 .076 .238 .121 .359 8 2 2 1 0
24 Jimmy Prevatt 21 24 49 42 4 5 0 1 1 3 0 6 16 .119 .229 .238 .467 10 1 0 1 0
25 James Purslow* 22 19 76 56 12 11 3 0 1 14 0 17 18 .196 .395 .304 .698 17 0 2 0 1
26 Theron Reeves* 22 3 2 1 .500
27 Allen Shaw 23 105 479 418 100 123 17 6 10 73 17 55 72 .294 .382 .435 .817 182 8 5 0 1
28 Craig Sorensen 23 47 211 172 35 52 11 1 10 49 6 36 17 .302 .431 .552 .984 95 1 3 0 0
29 Edward Stemac 24 41 83 72 6 12 1 0 0 4 1 7 23 .167 .241 .181 .421 13 1 0 4 0
30 John Trinceri 22 32 118 102 15 29 3 1 0 28 0 14 15 .284 .373 .333 .706 34 2 1 0 1
31 Jack Warner 18 54 45 41 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 15 .098 .114 .098 .211 4 1 0 1 2
32 Jesse White 24 120 570 487 109 152 6 10 2 52 49 74 40 .312 .402 .378 .780 184 7 1 5 3
32 Players 22.4 126 5095 4188 783 1058 159 47 93 687 108 777 854 .253 .371 .380 .751 1590 82 43 34 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 SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Randal Booth 22 0 1 .000 1
2 Benjamin Brown 23 0 0 1
3 William Buntin? 20 0 0 4
4 Gilbert Carter 24 0 0 1
5 Louis Crane* 19 1 2 .333 8
6 Murray Hall* 21 0 0 1
7 Victor Hansen 22 9 7 .563 4.69 27 16 6 0 140.0 118 84 73 13 74 140 1 0 12 1.371 7.6 0.8 4.8 9.0 1.89
8 Richard Herd 22 2 7 .222 5.55 18 9 2 1 60.0 71 47 37 11 32 33 2 1 2 1.717 10.6 1.6 4.8 5.0 1.03
9 George Hickman 21 4 4 .500 3.86 16 13 3 1 70.0 68 43 30 2 60 52 3 0 3 1.829 8.7 0.3 7.7 6.7 0.87
10 Al Kozak 20 0 0 1
11 James Luckring 21 8 6 .571 6.27 36 8 3 0 99.0 115 93 69 12 73 81 5 0 4 1.899 10.5 1.1 6.6 7.4 1.11
12 Donald Luttrell? 23 0 0 3
13 Gary McCabe 18 0 0 4
14 Richard Menefee* 22 1 0 1.000 7
15 Martin Perez 26 13 9 .591 3.71 35 26 6 0 189.0 193 111 78 8 80 187 5 1 13 1.444 9.2 0.4 3.8 8.9 2.34
16 Jimmy Prevatt 21 8 5 .615 3.57 21 12 7 1 111.0 86 53 44 6 74 122 2 0 13 1.441 7.0 0.5 6.0 9.9 1.65
17 Theron Reeves* 22 0 1 .000 3
18 Allen Shaw 23 0 0 1
19 Edward Stemac 24 13 9 .591 4.29 41 23 4 1 210.0 216 130 100 10 92 161 2 1 30 1.467 9.3 0.4 3.9 6.9 1.75
20 Jack Warner 18 13 3 .813 2.41 54 2 0 0 127.0 69 36 34 1 84 184 1 0 14 1.205 4.9 0.1 6.0 13.0 2.19
21 Jesse White 24 0 0 1
21 Players 22.0 72 54 .571 126 126 699

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Randal Booth 50 355 19 3 4 .992 7.48 14
Charles Johnson 45 331 21 2 11 .994 7.82 3
William Buntin 24 202 22 4 6 .982 9.33 9
John Trinceri 22 146 13 7 1 .958 7.23 7

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Murray Hall 79 612 32 14 61 .979 8.15
Edmund Pepper 27 185 11 7 16 .966 7.26
Benjamin Brown 25 153 8 6 11 .964 6.44

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Allen Shaw 103 220 251 19 57 .961 4.57
Jack Bryant 13 20 17 2 6 .949 2.85
Dock Conners 12 24 13 1 2 .974 3.08

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Bryant 68 51 86 18 6 .884 2.01
Benjamin Brown 36 28 39 11 1 .859 1.86
Dock Conners 24 17 42 12 3 .831 2.46

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gary Johnson 125 210 337 66 73 .892 4.38

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jesse White 118 226 13 12 2 .952 2.03
Gilbert Carter 114 200 8 23 2 .900 1.82
Benjamin Brown 68 92 5 4 1 .960 1.43
Craig Sorensen 46 71 6 5 2 .939 1.67
James Purslow 18 20 2 0 0 1.000 1.22
Dock Conners 13 21 0 3 0 .875 1.62

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jack Warner 54 1 26 0 3 1.000 0.50
Edward Stemac 41 10 39 4 1 .925 1.20
James Luckring 36 2 12 4 0 .778 0.39
Martin Perez 35 3 31 2 4 .944 0.97
Victor Hansen 27 2 19 1 2 .955 0.78
Jimmy Prevatt 21 3 18 2 0 .913 1.00
Richard Herd 18 1 12 1 0 .929 0.72
George Hickman 16 4 11 2 0 .882 0.94
Louis Crane 8 0.00
Richard Menefee 7 0.00
William Buntin 4 0.00
Gary McCabe 4 0.00
Donald Luttrell 3 0.00
Theron Reeves 3 0.00
Randal Booth 1 0.00
Benjamin Brown 1 0.00
Gilbert Carter 1 0.00
Murray Hall 1 0.00
Al Kozak 1 0.00
Allen Shaw 1 0.00
Jesse White 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Randal Booth 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 1937
Benjamin Brown 23 L R 5' 9.0" 180 1936
Jack Bryant 25 L R 6' 0.0" 170 1934
William Buntin 20 R 6' 3.0" 190 1939
Gilbert Carter 24 R R 5' 11.0" 202 1935
Dock Conners 25 R R 5' 10.0" 150 1934
William Cowan 20 R 6' 0.0" 190 1939
Louis Crane 19 L L 5' 11.0" 170 1940
Lawrence Garrett 18 L R 6' 1.0" 175 1941
Murray Hall 21 L L 6' 1.0" 185 1938
Victor Hansen 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 1937
Larry Herd 25 1934
Richard Herd 22 R R 5' 11.0" 175 1937
George Hickman 21 R R 6' 4.0" 197 1938
Wesley Hill 20 R 5' 11.0" 169 1939
Charles Johnson 18 R 5' 10.0" 170 1941
Gary Johnson 20 R R 5' 9.0" 165 1939
Al Kozak 20 R R 6' 1.0" 185 1939
James Luckring 21 L R 5' 10.0" 180 1938
Donald Luttrell 23 L 6' 0.0" 170 1936
Gary McCabe 18 R R 6' 3.0" 165 1941
Richard Menefee 22 L L 6' 1.0" 170 1937
Edmund Pepper 19 R L 5' 11.0" 185 1940
Martin Perez 26 R R 6' 0.0" 195 1933
Jimmy Prevatt 21 R R 6' 1.0" 170 1938
James Purslow 22 L 5' 9.0" 185 1937
Theron Reeves 22 L L 5' 11.0" 160 1937
Allen Shaw 23 R R 5' 11.0" 174 1936
Craig Sorensen 23 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Jul 31, 1935 Salt Lake City, UT, US
Edward Stemac 24 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1935
John Trinceri 22 R R 5' 11.0" 193 1937
Jack Warner 18 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Jul 12, 1940 Brandywine, WV, US
Jesse White 24 R R 5' 9.0" 160 Jun 23, 1935

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