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1959 Selma Cloverleafs

1959 > Class D > 1959 Alabama-Florida League
Overall: 73-46
Scored 615 runs, Allowed 493 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-48

Affiliation: Cleveland Indians-AL
Manager: Johnny Lipon
Represented: Selma, AL
Ballpark: Bloch Park (Selma, AL)
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 Max Alvis 21 117 489 434 79 129 25 5 6 70 18 34 68 .297 .349 .419 .768 182 5 7 9
2 Jack Banning* 24 82 345 307 63 82 8 3 1 25 25 30 59 .267 .336 .322 .659 99 2 6 0
3 Vernon Benner 21 6 15 4 .267
4 Larry Brown 19 117 523 457 84 137 23 4 5 50 10 48 54 .300 .372 .400 .773 183 7 7 4
5 Billy Carter 22 31 80 56 9 7 0 0 0 5 0 21 10 .125 .359 .125 .484 7 0 2 1
6 Walter Dobrzykowski 19 5 19 2 .105
7 Thomas Dooling 21 25 58 52 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 2 25 .231 .259 .250 .509 13 0 4 0
8 Doc Edwards 22 90 326 303 33 102 15 1 4 53 1 14 26 .337 .364 .432 .797 131 2 2 5
9 Richard Farley 19 110 459 391 65 101 16 7 7 49 4 57 78 .258 .356 .389 .745 152 5 1 5
10 Jerry Fosnow 18 28 68 60 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 4 26 .183 .234 .200 .434 12 0 4 0
11 Paul Gleason 20 13 27 26 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .077 .111 .192 .303 5 1 0 0
12 Robert Gordon 19 30 79 69 4 7 2 0 0 7 0 8 38 .101 .195 .130 .325 9 0 2 0
13 Edward Harrison? -- 31 105 87 18 19 2 2 3 15 0 16 20 .218 .346 .391 .737 34 1 1 0
14 Fred Krase* 19 93 341 288 47 74 7 6 3 36 27 42 46 .257 .354 .354 .708 102 4 2 5
15 Frank Lanier* 25 10 31 24 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 3 .125 .300 .125 .425 3 0 1 0
16 Johnny Lipon 36 22 36 29 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 7 4 .379 .500 .414 .914 12 0 0 0
17 Carl Morrow 21 29 56 48 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 33 .021 .130 .021 .150 1 0 2 0
18 Claude Pinder 19 43 50 44 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 3 17 .182 .234 .273 .507 12 0 3 0
19 June Raines 20 46 148 121 13 22 3 1 4 18 1 23 41 .182 .320 .322 .642 39 2 1 1
20 James Scott 21 20 79 70 7 15 1 0 0 2 0 7 17 .214 .286 .229 .514 16 0 2 0
21 Joseph Teague* 20 87 340 252 43 68 7 2 0 33 4 72 55 .270 .437 .313 .751 79 6 6 4
22 Jose Villar 20 87 327 290 40 70 12 3 4 47 7 28 76 .241 .313 .345 .658 100 4 1 4
23 Daniel Vlahovic 20 4 8 1 .125
24 Keith Williams 20 116 497 458 84 156 29 4 12 80 3 22 53 .341 .375 .500 .875 229 8 1 8
24 Players 20.5 119 4506 3902 615 1046 153 40 51 517 100 455 773 .268 .348 .367 .715 1432 48 53 48
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 Max Alvis 21 0 0 1
2 Billy Carter 22 12 9 .571 2.76 31 21 16 2 189.0 172 79 58 11 60 126 8 0 7 1.228 8.2 0.5 2.9 6.0 2.10
3 Thomas Dooling 21 12 4 .750 2.34 25 18 9 2 131.0 101 52 34 8 64 110 6 2 6 1.260 6.9 0.5 4.4 7.6 1.72
4 Jerry Fosnow* 18 15 4 .789 3.42 28 23 11 1 166.0 148 87 63 15 75 98 3 0 4 1.343 8.0 0.8 4.1 5.3 1.31
5 Robert Gordon 19 12 9 .571 3.29 30 27 14 2 197.0 186 108 72 21 101 181 19 0 7 1.457 8.5 1.0 4.6 8.3 1.79
6 Johnny Lipon 36 0 1 .000 8
7 Carl Morrow 21 8 13 .381 4.27 29 20 5 1 137.0 129 76 65 2 104 93 15 1 15 1.701 8.5 0.1 6.8 6.1 0.89
8 Claude Pinder 19 14 3 .824 2.92 42 6 2 0 142.0 126 56 46 6 48 101 12 0 4 1.225 8.0 0.4 3.0 6.4 2.10
9 June Raines 20 0 1 .000 1
10 Daniel Vlahovic? 20 0 2 .000 4
10 Players 20.4 73 46 .613 3.16 119 119 61 58 8 1011.0 905 493 355 64 482 737 66 3 48 1.372 8.1 0.6 4.3 6.6 1.53

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
Doc Edwards 83 534 47 11 10 .981 7.00 12
June Raines 40 235 9 4 4 .984 6.10 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Keith Williams 116 884 57 34 100 .965 8.11

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joseph Teague 87 216 229 16 68 .965 5.11
James Scott 20 66 35 10 9 .910 5.05

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Max Alvis 116 140 189 44 21 .882 2.84

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Larry Brown 117 220 317 43 61 .926 4.59

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Richard Farley 92 125 11 9 0 .938 1.48
Fred Krase 88 137 6 7 0 .953 1.63
Jose Villar 84 137 10 9 4 .942 1.75
Jack Banning 79 159 7 8 2 .954 2.10
Edward Harrison 24 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.71

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Claude Pinder 42 5 16 0 0 1.000 0.50
Billy Carter 31 8 26 4 3 .895 1.10
Robert Gordon 30 3 34 4 3 .902 1.23
Carl Morrow 29 2 25 1 2 .964 0.93
Jerry Fosnow 28 3 46 1 6 .980 1.75
Thomas Dooling 25 1 27 3 4 .903 1.12
Johnny Lipon 8 0.00
Daniel Vlahovic 4 0.00
Max Alvis 1 0.00
June Raines 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Max Alvis 21 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Feb 2, 1938 Jasper, TX, US
Jack Banning 24 L 6' 0.0" 165 Apr 1, 1935
Vernon Benner 21 R 6' 0.0" 160 1938
Larry Brown 19 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Mar 1, 1940 Shinnston, WV, US
Billy Carter 22 R R 5' 10.0" 160 1937
Walter Dobrzykowski 19 R R 6' 0.0" 150 1940
Thomas Dooling 21 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1938
Doc Edwards 22 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Dec 10, 1936 Red Jacket, WV, US
Richard Farley 19 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1940
Jerry Fosnow 18 R L 6' 4.0" 195 Sep 21, 1940 Deshler, OH, US
Paul Gleason 20 R R 6' 1.0" 175 May 4, 1939 Jersey City, NJ, US
Robert Gordon 19 R R 6' 4.0" 210 1940
Edward Harrison -- Unknown
Fred Krase 19 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 16, 1939 Chicago, IL, US
Frank Lanier 25 L R 6' 0.0" 168 1934
Johnny Lipon 36 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 Martins Ferry, OH, US
Carl Morrow 21 R R 6' 2.0" 185 1938
Claude Pinder 19 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1940
June Raines 20 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Sep 9, 1938
James Scott 21 R 6' 0.0" 170 1938
Joseph Teague 20 L R 5' 11.0" 155 Dec 29, 1938
Jose Villar 20 R R 6' 2.0" 185 1939
Daniel Vlahovic 20 R 6' 1.0" 185 1939
Keith Williams 20 R R 6' 4.0" 193 Aug 1, 1938

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