1959 Aberdeen Pheasants

1959 > Class C > 1959 Northern League
Overall: 69-55
Scored 786 runs, Allowed 674 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-53

Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles-AL
Manager: Earl Weaver
Represented: Aberdeen, SD
Ballpark: Municipal Ball Park (Aberdeen, SD)
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	HBP	SH	SF
1	David Bednar*	23	106	400	313	63	79	10	0	11	41	9	82	52	.252	.411	.390	.801	122	3	1	1
2	Bo Belinsky*	22	4		7		0								.000
3	Danny Bishop#	21	50	189	156	25	40	7	1	5	28	1	26	35	.256	.367	.410	.777	64	3	1	3
4	Donald Bruns	26	55	122	104	21	30	4	1	7	27	2	17	32	.288	.388	.548	.937	57	0	1	0
5	James Burton	23	115	504	418	72	104	16	2	17	89	7	77	92	.249	.360	.419	.779	175	0	1	8
6	James Caldwell	21	7		16		4								.250
7	Patrick Clarke	23	26	80	74	6	18	3	0	0	9	0	5	32	.243	.288	.284	.571	21	0	0	1
8	Steve Dalkowski*	20	12	27	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.125	.192	.125	.317	3	0	1	0
9	Rodolfo Figueroa*	24	106	501	394	60	100	12	1	0	33	5	86	43	.254	.388	.289	.677	114	3	14	4
10	William Fincher	25	19	18	15	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	.133	.235	.133	.369	2	0	1	0
11	Chuck Hinton	25	126	589	497	112	178	22	7	20	108	17	78	54	.358	.443	.551	.995	274	3	5	6
12	Ralph Lairmore*	22	33	129	106	16	22	4	0	3	12	0	21	27	.208	.339	.330	.669	35	0	2	0
13	Robert Leopold	21	30	76	57	11	14	1	0	0	12	0	8	17	.246	.343	.263	.606	15	1	9	1
14	Frank Mankovitch	22	15	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	1	0
15	James McClusky	21	52	166	142	21	27	2	1	1	13	0	18	25	.190	.287	.239	.526	34	2	2	2
16	Jack McGowan	22	4		16		3								.188
17	Frank Montgomery*	23	126	594	439	105	134	21	7	5	59	30	136	74	.305	.473	.419	.892	184	8	6	5
18	Buster Narum	18	32	79	72	5	13	4	0	1	8	0	5	32	.181	.234	.278	.512	20	0	2	0
19	Dave Nicholson	19	120	515	429	98	128	18	9	35	114	7	76	119	.298	.409	.627	1.036	269	6	1	3
20	John Papa	18	34	61	60	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.117	.117	.117	.233	7	0	1	0
21	Joe Pulliam	20	74	352	305	62	93	9	3	4	30	7	43	41	.305	.392	.393	.785	120	2	0	2
22	Nick Rallo	23	26	31	31	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.194	.194	.194	.387	6	0	0	0
23	Rudy Riska#	23	2		2		0								.000
24	William Rozich	22	111	470	408	78	114	9	1	28	94	0	53	90	.279	.365	.512	.877	209	3	4	2
25	Herm Starrette	20	35	86	68	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	10	25	.118	.241	.147	.388	10	1	7	0
26	Gene Walker	23	1		1		0								.000
27	Earl Weaver	28	13	48	35	8	7	2	0	0	3	0	12	2	.200	.404	.257	.661	9	0	1	0
28	George Werley	20	4		2		0								.000
	28 Players	22.3	125	5106	4192	786	1133	145	35	138	693	85	783	852	.270	.387	.420	.807	1762	37	55	39

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	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bo Belinsky*	22	2	0	1.000		4
2	Donald Bruns	26	5	4	.556	3.60	26	13	6	0	105.0	105	69	42	6	63	79	8	0	8	1.600	9.0	0.5	5.4	6.8	1.25
3	Steve Dalkowski*	20	4	3	.571	5.64	12	10	3	1	59.0	30	43	37	4	110	99	3	0	13	2.373	4.6	0.6	16.8	15.1	0.90
4	William Fincher*	25	4	3	.571	7.77	19	1	1	0	44.0	63	44	38	6	28	27	1	0	4	2.068	12.9	1.2	5.7	5.5	0.96
5	Chuck Hinton	25	0	0			1
6	Robert Leopold*	21	11	12	.478	3.79	30	26	12	1	185.0	188	103	78	17	75	174	7	1	11	1.422	9.1	0.8	3.6	8.5	2.32
7	Frank Mankovitch	22	1	2	.333		14
8	Buster Narum	18	14	9	.609	4.45	31	27	12	2	182.0	198	108	90	12	74	126	3	0	12	1.495	9.8	0.6	3.7	6.2	1.70
9	Dave Nicholson	19	3	1	.750	2.91	9	2	2	0	34.0	23	17	11	3	21	43	1	0	1	1.294	6.1	0.8	5.6	11.4	2.05
10	John Papa	18	5	12	.294	4.32	34	17	6	1	148.0	132	86	71	8	114	122	5	1	16	1.662	8.0	0.5	6.9	7.4	1.07
11	Nick Rallo	23	3	0	1.000	3.81	26	0	0	0	78.0	89	45	33	3	31	41	7	0	3	1.538	10.3	0.3	3.6	4.7	1.32
12	Rudy Riska	23	0	2	.000		2
13	Herm Starrette	20	17	7	.708	3.49	32	25	16	1	196.0	208	94	76	14	54	154	3	1	8	1.337	9.6	0.6	2.5	7.1	2.85
14	Gene Walker	23	0	0			1
15	Earl Weaver	28	0	0			1
16	George Werley	20	0	0			4
	16 Players	20.8	69	55	.556		125	125					674

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
Danny Bishop	46	338	31	6	5	.984	8.02	4
James McClusky	42	277	21	4	3	.987	7.10	6
Ralph Lairmore	29	188	14	2	1	.990	6.97	5
Chuck Hinton	13	82	8	0	0	1.000	6.92	3

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
William Rozich	107		796	32	22	75	.974	7.74
David Bednar	29		190	13	5	19	.976	7.00

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frank Montgomery	114		310	315	41	69	.938	5.48
Earl Weaver	13		40	25	2	10	.970	5.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James Burton	113		100	205	22	22	.933	2.70
Donald Bruns	12		13	19	4	3	.889	2.67

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Rodolfo Figueroa	106	147	273	41	47	.911	3.96
Frank Montgomery	13	18	46	4	6	.941	4.92
Chuck Hinton	12	16	26	4	1	.913	3.50

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Nicholson	114	185	6	13	2	.936	1.68
Chuck Hinton	110	212	10	8	0	.965	2.02
Joe Pulliam	74	139	8	6	2	.961	1.99
David Bednar	68	79	5	9	1	.903	1.24
Patrick Clarke	25	31	4	5	0	.875	1.40

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Papa	34	5	21	0	0	1.000	0.76
Herm Starrette	32	6	36	4	5	.913	1.31
Buster Narum	31	10	40	3	1	.943	1.61
Robert Leopold	30	10	33	2	2	.956	1.43
Donald Bruns	26	11	28	1	2	.975	1.50
Nick Rallo	26	2	14	3	0	.842	0.62
William Fincher	19	1	13	3	2	.824	0.74
Frank Mankovitch	14	0	7	0	1	1.000	0.50
Steve Dalkowski	12	1	7	1	0	.889	0.67
Dave Nicholson	9						0.00
Bo Belinsky	4						0.00
George Werley	4						0.00
Rudy Riska	2						0.00
Chuck Hinton	1						0.00
Gene Walker	1						0.00
Earl Weaver	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
David Bednar	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	1936
Bo Belinsky	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	191	Dec 7, 1936	New York, NY, US
Danny Bishop	21	S	R	6' 2.0"	195	1938
Donald Bruns	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1933
James Burton	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Oct 20, 1935	Baldwinsville, NY, US
James Caldwell	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	1938
Patrick Clarke	23	R		6' 3.0"	205	1936
Steve Dalkowski	20	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 3, 1939	New Britain, CT, US
Rodolfo Figueroa	24	L		5' 10.0"	170	1935
William Fincher	25	R	L	6' 3.0"	195	1934
Chuck Hinton	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	May 3, 1934	Rocky Mount, NC, US
Ralph Lairmore	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	187	1937
Robert Leopold	21	R	L	6' 3.0"	210	Mar 5, 1938
Frank Mankovitch	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Mar 12, 1937
James McClusky	21	R		6' 1.0"	188	1938
Jack McGowan	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Nov 1, 1936	New Haven, CT, US
Frank Montgomery	23	L	L	5' 7.0"	160	1936
Buster Narum	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	194	Nov 16, 1940	Philadelphia, PA, US
Dave Nicholson	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Aug 29, 1939	St. Louis, MO, US
John Papa	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Dec 5, 1940	Bridgeport, CT, US
Joe Pulliam	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	167	Apr 25, 1939	Baltimore, MD, US
Nick Rallo	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	169	1936
Rudy Riska	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	165	1936
William Rozich	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	1937
Herm Starrette	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Nov 20, 1938	Statesville, NC, US
Gene Walker	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	1936
Earl Weaver	28	R	R	5' 7.0"	180	Aug 14, 1930	St. Louis, MO, US
George Werley	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	196	Sep 8, 1938	St. Louis, MO, US

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