1959 Indianapolis Indians

1959 > Class AAA > 1959 American Association (East)
Overall: 86-76
Scored 749 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72

Affiliation: Chicago White Sox-AL
Manager: Walker Cooper
Represented: Indianapolis, IN
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
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	Ted Beard*	38	102	345	290	44	73	7	4	2	22	9	51	43	.252	.367	.324	.691	94		2	2	0	2
2	Cloyd Boyer	31	39	78	64	8	13	1	0	0	5	0	3	19	.203	.268	.219	.486	14		3	7	1	0
3	Johnny Callison*	20	79	344	311	51	93	16	9	10	46	6	26	29	.299	.353	.505	.858	157		2	1	4	5
4	Cam Carreon	21	145	585	531	70	165	22	5	10	91	8	44	48	.311	.363	.427	.791	227		2	4	4	2
5	Leon Carter	28	33	108	93	13	23	4	1	2	14	1	12	11	.247	.333	.376	.710	35		1	0	2	1
6	Robert Case*	22	6		21		4								.190
7	Walker Cooper	44	2		2		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
8	Billy Dufour	28	3		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
9	Alfred Facchini	28	132	476	425	46	94	14	3	0	37	6	34	70	.221	.282	.268	.551	114		5	5	7	5
10	Gordon Figard#	24	30	100	90	8	15	1	1	1	2	2	7	15	.167	.232	.233	.466	21		1	1	1	1
11	Joe Hicks*	26	151	642	573	86	180	29	10	11	79	7	45	67	.314	.368	.457	.825	262		8	9	7	4
12	Ed Hobaugh	25	57	74	69	6	12	1	0	0	8	0	3	14	.174	.205	.188	.394	13		0	1	1	0
13	Dixie Howell*	39	61	47	35	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	11	10	.171	.370	.171	.541	6		0	1	0	1
14	Ron Jackson	25	130	539	475	72	136	27	1	30	99	0	46	82	.286	.360	.537	.897	255		12	0	6	8
15	Stan Johnson*	22	145	577	524	85	147	15	5	7	61	16	36	44	.281	.334	.368	.702	193		8	5	4	2
16	Bob Kuzava#	36	49	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	2	0	0
17	J.C. Martin*	22	133	491	449	67	129	19	2	13	57	4	34	68	.287	.344	.425	.769	191		5	2	1	9
18	Jim McAnany	22	75	290	248	42	78	11	7	5	41	1	34	34	.315	.395	.476	.871	118		1	4	3	2
19	Ken McBride	23	26	58	52	4	10	3	0	1	5	0	4	13	.192	.250	.308	.558	16		0	2	0	0
20	Jim McDonald	32	28	59	45	7	10	2	1	0	3	0	10	8	.222	.364	.311	.675	14		0	4	0	0
21	Les Moss	34	43	108	94	5	21	2	0	0	12	0	10	7	.223	.295	.245	.540	23		0	3	1	2
22	Gary Peters*	22	67	110	102	9	29	9	0	1	9	0	4	19	.284	.318	.402	.720	41		1	3	0	1
23	Eddie Phillips#	28	85	271	235	19	59	9	0	2	30	2	27	39	.251	.330	.315	.644	74		2	4	3	0	Stats for 3 teams
24	Tom Qualters	24	42	50	43	7	10	1	0	0	2	0	2	13	.233	.267	.256	.522	11		0	5	0	0
25	Thomas Richards*	23	9		11		1								.091
26	Robert Sagers	25	146	517	435	62	125	28	4	11	60	6	66	53	.287	.383	.446	.829	194		4	8	4	7
27	Jim Snyder	26	129	401	357	42	99	15	0	2	36	6	31	33	.277	.341	.336	.677	120		4	8	1	1
28	Chico Terry	26	5		11		3								.273
29	Carl Thomas	27	13	37	34	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	.206	.222	.206	.428	7		0	1	1	0
30	Hal Trosky	22	25	22	19	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.316	.316	.316	.632	6		0	3	0	0
	30 Players	25.4	163	6172	5450	749	1496	228	54	106	706	84	532	737	.274	.342	.394	.737	2150	112	55	83	52	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	Cloyd Boyer	31	10	14	.417	3.30	34	31		10	3	202.0	186	95	74	15	59	1	85	6	0	3	1.213	8.3	0.7	2.6	3.8	1.44
2	Billy Dufour	28	0	0			3
3	Ed Hobaugh	25	13	7	.650	3.85	53	13		4	0	201.0	212	103	86	24	60	5	118	5	1	7	1.353	9.5	1.1	2.7	5.3	1.97
4	Dixie Howell	39	6	8	.429	3.54	51	0		0	0	89.0	96	41	35	3	36	11	45	1	0	3	1.483	9.7	0.3	3.6	4.6	1.25
5	Bob Kuzava*	36	3	4	.429	3.57	49	1		0	0	68.0	72	39	27	6	19	1	44	0	0	1	1.338	9.5	0.8	2.5	5.8	2.32
6	Ken McBride	23	11	5	.688	2.79	26	19		8	1	145.0	125	53	45	8	72	4	86	6	1	6	1.359	7.8	0.5	4.5	5.3	1.19
7	Jim McDonald	32	10	11	.476	3.75	28	23		9	1	163.0	183	83	68	16	31	0	56	1	0	2	1.313	10.1	0.9	1.7	3.1	1.81
8	Gary Peters*	22	13	11	.542	3.56	35	27		12	3	192.0	170	83	76	7	68	5	96	1	1	3	1.240	8.0	0.3	3.2	4.5	1.41
9	Tom Qualters	24	7	11	.389	3.34	36	23		4	2	148.0	155	73	55	13	49	4	53	4	0	8	1.378	9.4	0.8	3.0	3.2	1.08
10	Thomas Richards	23	3	1	.750	4.78	9	5		1	0	32.0	30	19	17	1	17	0	11	2	0	0	1.469	8.4	0.3	4.8	3.1	0.65
11	Bill Slack	26	0	0			1
12	Carl Thomas	27	7	2	.778	2.75	13	12		6	2	95.0	71	31	29	6	38	2	55	4	1	4	1.147	6.7	0.6	3.6	5.2	1.45
13	Hal Trosky	22	3	2	.600	3.57	24	8		1	0	68.0	67	40	27	8	33	3	45	0	0	6	1.471	8.9	1.1	4.4	6.0	1.36
	13 Players	28.1	86	76	.531	3.47	163	163	108	55	12	1412.1	1378	665	544	108	487	37	699	30	4	43	1.321	8.8	0.7	3.1	4.5	1.44

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
Cam Carreon	143		650	53	19	10	.974	4.92	15
Les Moss	30		127	5	0	2	1.000	4.40	3

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ron Jackson	130	1178	90	11	118	.991	9.75
J.C. Martin	36	266	16	4	24	.986	7.83
Jim Snyder	12	74	6	1	7	.988	6.67

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jim Snyder	98		199	247	5	66	.989	4.55
Robert Sagers	94		192	227	17	47	.961	4.46

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
J.C. Martin	94	70	194	21	21	.926	2.81
Robert Sagers	68	52	98	5	11	.968	2.21
Leon Carter	32	23	65	4	7	.957	2.75

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alfred Facchini	125	183	370	45	67	.925	4.42
Jim Snyder	28	24	71	4	9	.960	3.39
Gordon Figard	26	21	75	5	11	.950	3.69

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Hicks	143	282	12	6	4	.980	2.06
Stan Johnson	125	230	8	8	2	.967	1.90
Ted Beard	82	173	10	3	3	.984	2.23
Johnny Callison	79	193	3	3	1	.985	2.48
Jim McAnany	71	157	8	4	1	.976	2.32
Eddie Phillips	71	111	2	4	0	.966	1.59	Stats for 3 teams

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ed Hobaugh	53	15	22	0	1	1.000	0.70
Dixie Howell	51	3	18	0	1	1.000	0.41
Bob Kuzava	49	3	14	0	0	1.000	0.35
Tom Qualters	36	7	32	5	3	.886	1.08
Gary Peters	35	6	28	0	1	1.000	0.97
Cloyd Boyer	34	16	38	2	2	.964	1.59
Jim McDonald	28	15	29	0	2	1.000	1.57
Ken McBride	26	11	39	2	5	.962	1.92
Hal Trosky	24	4	24	2	2	.933	1.17
Carl Thomas	13	10	12	1	1	.957	1.69
Thomas Richards	9						0.00
Billy Dufour	3						0.00
Bill Slack	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ted Beard	38	L	L	5' 8.0"	165	Jan 7, 1921	Woodsboro, MD, US
Cloyd Boyer	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Sep 1, 1927	Alba, MO, US
Johnny Callison	20	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	Mar 12, 1939	Qualls, OK, US
Cam Carreon	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 6, 1937	Colton, CA, US
Leon Carter	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1931
Robert Case	22	L	R	5' 5.0"	145	Feb 18, 1937
Walker Cooper	44	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jan 8, 1915	Atherton, MO, US
Billy Dufour	28	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Dec 14, 1930	Wyandotte, MI, US
Alfred Facchini	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Mar 12, 1931	San Francisco, CA, US
Gordon Figard	24	S	R	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 16, 1934
Joe Hicks	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Apr 7, 1933	Ivy, VA, US
Ed Hobaugh	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Jun 27, 1934	Kittanning, PA, US
Dixie Howell	39	L	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jan 7, 1920	Harold, KY, US
Ron Jackson	25	R	R	6' 7.0"	225	Oct 22, 1933	Kalamazoo, MI, US
Stan Johnson	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	Feb 12, 1937	Dallas, TX, US
Bob Kuzava	36	S	L	6' 2.0"	202	May 28, 1923	Wyandotte, MI, US
J.C. Martin	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	188	Dec 13, 1936	Axton, VA, US
Jim McAnany	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	196	Sep 4, 1936	Los Angeles, CA, US
Ken McBride	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 12, 1935	Huntsville, AL, US
Jim McDonald	32	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	May 17, 1927	Grants Pass, OR, US
Les Moss	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	205	May 14, 1925	Tulsa, OK, US
Gary Peters	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Apr 21, 1937	Grove City, PA, US
Eddie Phillips	28	S	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 8, 1930	St. Louis, MO, US
Tom Qualters	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Apr 1, 1935	McKeesport, PA, US
Thomas Richards	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 4, 1936	Carlos, MD, US
Robert Sagers	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	181	Nov 1, 1933
Bill Slack	26	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	May 3, 1933	Sarnia, ON, CA
Jim Snyder	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Aug 15, 1932	Dearborn, MI, US
Chico Terry	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 17, 1932	Cruces, Las Villas, CU
Carl Thomas	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	245	May 28, 1932	Minneapolis, MN, US
Hal Trosky	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Sep 29, 1936	Cleveland, OH, US

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