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1959 Miami Marlins

1959 > Class AAA > 1959 International League
Overall: 71-83
Scored 542 runs, Allowed 589 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83

Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles-AL
Manager: Pepper Martin
Represented: Miami, FL
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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ted Abernathy	26	2		2		1								.500
2	Bobby Adams	37	15	41	39	3	12	3	1	0	7	0	1	7	.308	.317	.436	.753	17	0	0	1	0
3	John Anderson	29	31	77	72	0	10	1	0	0	4	0	2	14	.139	.162	.153	.315	11	0	3	0	0
4	Jim Archer	27	37	77	67	3	11	1	0	0	3	0	3	13	.164	.197	.179	.376	12	0	6	1	0
5	Roger Bean	22	4		10		2								.200
6	Danny Bishop#	21	7		13		3								.231
7	Walter Brady	24	25	89	77	3	21	1	0	0	6	0	10	5	.273	.356	.286	.642	22	0	2	0	1
8	Johnny Bucha	34	101	361	331	25	85	15	1	1	32	0	22	24	.257	.308	.317	.625	105	3	4	1	5
9	Leo Burke	25	136	497	456	43	100	14	3	21	70	2	31	146	.219	.276	.401	.678	183	6	1	3	9
10	Harry Byrd	34	42	70	61	3	10	1	0	0	2	0	4	12	.164	.215	.180	.396	11	0	5	0	0
11	Foster Castleman	28	121	460	409	53	128	25	0	6	34	2	35	38	.313	.371	.418	.789	171	5	7	4	6
12	Bob Conley	25	14	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
13	Bill Davidson	21	9		6		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
14	Karl Drews	39	2		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
15	Jack Fisher	20	15	40	37	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	2	9	.270	.300	.270	.570	10	0	0	1	0
16	Bert Hamric*	31	146	581	510	58	114	14	7	14	60	8	60	99	.224	.305	.361	.666	184	1	7	3	8
17	Mel Held	30	24	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
18	Arthur Kay	24	55	43	37	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	15	.081	.190	.081	.272	3	0	1	0	0
19	Eddie Kazak	38	7		26		9								.346
20	Frank Kellert	34	77	283	237	23	58	12	0	6	24	0	40	26	.245	.356	.371	.727	88	2	2	2	3
21	Steve Korcheck	26	52	154	131	11	25	3	0	3	20	0	18	33	.191	.283	.282	.565	37	0	2	3	5
22	Bill Lajoie*	25	26	93	81	8	17	0	0	1	7	0	10	9	.210	.290	.247	.537	20	0	0	2	2
23	Windy McCall*	33	6		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
24	Mickey McDermott*	30	68	128	120	10	30	1	0	5	8	0	8	28	.250	.297	.383	.680	46	0	0	0	3
25	Ron Moeller*	20	4		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
26	Herb Moford	30	16	40	39	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	.128	.128	.154	.282	6	0	1	0	0
27	Chuck Oertel*	28	148	600	539	72	148	20	4	11	56	4	50	48	.275	.337	.388	.725	209	3	4	4	5
28	Charles Parsons	27	4		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
29	Rolf Scheel	26	3		4		1								.250
30	Woody Smith	32	156	638	563	67	154	49	2	16	78	3	59	48	.274	.341	.453	.794	255	3	5	8	11
31	Jerry Snyder	29	58	151	140	11	28	2	1	0	7	0	8	13	.200	.243	.229	.472	32	0	3	0	2
32	Bunky Stewart*	28	31	39	36	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.167	.167	.167	.333	6	0	3	0	0
33	Wes Stock	25	6		4		1								.250
34	Virgil Trucks	42	4		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
35	Len Tucker	29	18	45	39	6	5	0	0	0	1	1	5	12	.128	.227	.128	.355	5	0	1	0	1
36	Jose Valdivielso	25	17	30	29	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	.069	.067	.069	.136	2	0	0	1	0
37	Fred Valentine#	24	155	678	614	82	158	25	11	11	39	28	50	87	.257	.319	.388	.707	238	7	4	3	6
38	Vito Valentinetti	30	15	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
39	Bobby Willis	27	88	182	174	20	45	3	0	0	8	3	4	19	.259	.274	.276	.550	48	0	3	1	0
40	Norm Zauchin	29	68	198	165	19	40	7	1	6	26	2	31	39	.242	.364	.406	.770	67	1	0	1	7
41	George Zuverink	34	30	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	.375	.444	.750	1.194	6	0	0	0	0
	41 Players	28.7	156	5698	5094	542	1246	200	31	102	502	53	469	786	.245	.310	.356	.666	1814	31	64	40

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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Ted Abernathy	26	0	0		9.00	1				2.0	3	2	2		1		1				2.000	13.5		4.5	4.5	1.00
2	John Anderson	29	12	9	.571	2.74	30	29	10	3	204.0	187	72	62	9	41	4	95	3	0	7	1.118	8.2	0.4	1.8	4.2	2.32
3	Jim Archer*	27	13	10	.565	2.81	36	28	16	3	208.0	216	78	65	11	43	6	129	4	0	3	1.245	9.3	0.5	1.9	5.6	3.00
4	Harry Byrd	34	8	16	.333	3.52	42	24	9	1	202.0	188	85	79	21	65	8	114	12	0	4	1.252	8.4	0.9	2.9	5.1	1.75
5	Bob Conley	25	1	4	.200	6.59	11	9	1	0	41.0	49	32	30	11	10	0	17	4	0	0	1.439	10.8	2.4	2.2	3.7	1.70	Stats for 2 teams
6	Karl Drews	39	0	0			2
7	Jack Fisher	20	8	4	.667	3.06	12	12	7	0	97.0	81	36	33	4	39	2	70	5	0	3	1.237	7.5	0.4	3.6	6.5	1.79
8	Mel Held	30	1	5	.167	3.83	24	2	0	0	54.0	56	26	23	8	15	4	31	0	0	1	1.315	9.3	1.3	2.5	5.2	2.07	Stats for 2 teams
9	Arthur Kay	24	7	6	.538	2.08	55	6	2	1	160.0	124	53	37	11	44	12	94	3	0	3	1.050	7.0	0.6	2.5	5.3	2.14
10	Gene Lary	25	0	0			6
11	Leigh Lawrence	25	0	0			3
12	Windy McCall*	33	0	0			5
13	Mickey McDermott*	30	3	7	.300	5.66	23	7	0	0	70.0	91	52	44	5	32	5	43	2	1	3	1.757	11.7	0.6	4.1	5.5	1.34
14	Ron Moeller*	20	0	1	.000	3.86	3				7.0	6	3	3		4		5				1.429	7.7		5.1	6.4	1.25
15	Herb Moford	30	7	7	.500	2.10	16	14	6	3	107.0	77	30	25	6	28	3	61	12	0	2	0.981	6.5	0.5	2.4	5.1	2.18
16	Charles Parsons	27	2	0	1.000		4
17	Rolf Scheel	26	0	1	.000		1
18	Bunky Stewart*	28	6	11	.353	2.91	31	18	7	1	127.0	120	56	41	7	51	10	59	6	0	7	1.346	8.5	0.5	3.6	4.2	1.16
19	Wes Stock	25	0	1	.000	9.00	6				15.0	21	19	15		13		9				2.267	12.6		7.8	5.4	0.69
20	Virgil Trucks	42	0	1	.000	3.86	4				7.0	7	4	3		9		0				2.286	9.0		11.6	0.0	0.00
21	Vito Valentinetti	30	1	3	.250	7.97	15	7	1	0	35.0	43	35	31	6	27	4	22	0	0	4	2.000	11.1	1.5	6.9	5.7	0.81
22	George Zuverink	34	3	4	.429	2.95	30	4	2	2	55.0	49	21	18	3	15	2	33	2	0	1	1.164	8.0	0.5	2.5	5.4	2.20
	22 Players	28.7	71	83	.461		156	156					589

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
Johnny Bucha	92	484	66	7	5	.987	5.98	18
Steve Korcheck	44	189	21	4	2	.981	4.77	2
Walter Brady	25	118	15	2	4	.985	5.32	4

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Kellert	61	499	28	1	43	.998	8.64
Norm Zauchin	49	370	18	5	37	.987	7.92
Bill Lajoie	25	208	7	3	14	.986	8.60
Mickey McDermott	20	160	13	0	9	1.000	8.65
Len Tucker	11	79	6	0	6	1.000	7.73
Foster Castleman	10	88	1	0	8	1.000	8.90

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Leo Burke	107		285	291	22	64	.963	5.38
Jerry Snyder	37		73	75	6	13	.961	4.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Woody Smith	146		134	312	22	30	.953	3.05

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Foster Castleman	108	163	257	26	41	.942	3.89
Bobby Willis	70	69	131	13	24	.939	2.86
Woody Smith	16	15	39	3	5	.947	3.38
Jose Valdivielso	10	14	23	2	5	.949	3.70

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Valentine	154	391	9	9	1	.978	2.60
Bert Hamric	145	214	21	8	4	.967	1.62
Chuck Oertel	139	266	13	3	2	.989	2.01
Leo Burke	23	39	3	1	0	.977	1.83
Frank Kellert	20	28	0	2	0	.933	1.40

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Arthur Kay	55	16	19	4	2	.897	0.64
Harry Byrd	42	9	34	1	0	.977	1.02
Jim Archer	36	6	38	1	5	.978	1.22
Bunky Stewart	31	4	30	2	2	.944	1.10
John Anderson	30	14	18	1	0	.970	1.07
George Zuverink	30	3	8	1	1	.917	0.37
Mel Held	24	5	12	2	1	.895	0.71	Stats for 2 teams
Mickey McDermott	23	0	11	2	1	.846	0.48
Herb Moford	16	6	18	1	3	.960	1.50
Vito Valentinetti	15	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.53
Jack Fisher	12	4	8	1	2	.923	1.00
Bob Conley	11	5	6	0	0	1.000	1.00	Stats for 2 teams
Gene Lary	6						0.00
Wes Stock	6						0.00
Windy McCall	5						0.00
Charles Parsons	4						0.00
Virgil Trucks	4						0.00
Leigh Lawrence	3						0.00
Ron Moeller	3						0.00
Karl Drews	2						0.00
Ted Abernathy	1						0.00
Rolf Scheel	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ted Abernathy	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Mar 6, 1933	Stanley, NC, US
Bobby Adams	37	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Dec 14, 1921	Tuolumne, CA, US
John Anderson	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 23, 1929	St. Paul, MN, US
Jim Archer	27	R	L	6' 0.0"	190	May 25, 1932	Max Meadows, VA, US
Roger Bean	22	R		6' 0.0"	175	1937
Danny Bishop	21	S	R	6' 2.0"	195	1938
Walter Brady	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	1935
Johnny Bucha	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jan 22, 1925	Allentown, PA, US
Leo Burke	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	May 6, 1934	Hagerstown, MD, US
Harry Byrd	34	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Feb 3, 1925	Darlington, SC, US
Foster Castleman	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 1, 1931	Nashville, TN, US
Bob Conley	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Feb 1, 1934	Mousie, KY, US
Bill Davidson	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Aug 4, 1937	Camden, NJ, US
Karl Drews	39	R	R	6' 4.0"	192	Feb 22, 1920	Staten Island, NY, US
Jack Fisher	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Mar 4, 1939	Frostburg, MD, US
Bert Hamric	31	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Mar 1, 1928	Clarksburg, WV, US
Mel Held	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	Apr 12, 1929	Edon, OH, US
Arthur Kay	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	174	Oct 16, 1934	Belton, SC, US
Eddie Kazak	38	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 18, 1920	Steubenville, OH, US
Frank Kellert	34	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 6, 1924	Oklahoma City, OK, US
Steve Korcheck	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Aug 11, 1932	McClellandtown, PA, US
Bill Lajoie	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 27, 1934	Wyandotte, MI, US
Gene Lary	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jan 5, 1934	Northport, AL, US
Leigh Lawrence	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Nov 1, 1933	Godfrey, IL, US
Windy McCall	33	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jul 18, 1925	San Francisco, CA, US
Mickey McDermott	30	L	L	6' 2.0"	170	Apr 29, 1929	Poughkeepsie, NY, US
Ron Moeller	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 13, 1938	Cincinnati, OH, US
Herb Moford	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Aug 6, 1928	Brooksville, KY, US
Chuck Oertel	28	L	R	5' 8.0"	165	Mar 12, 1931	Coffeyville, KS, US
Charles Parsons	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	1932
Rolf Scheel	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 15, 1932
Woody Smith	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 25, 1927	University City, MO, US
Jerry Snyder	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Jul 21, 1929	Jenks, OK, US
Bunky Stewart	28	L	L	6' 0.0"	154	Jan 7, 1931	Jasper, NC, US
Wes Stock	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	188	Apr 10, 1934	Longview, WA, US
Virgil Trucks	42	R	R	5' 11.0"	198	Apr 26, 1917	Birmingham, AL, US
Len Tucker	29	R	L	6' 2.0"	205	Nov 18, 1929	Mounds, IL, US
Jose Valdivielso	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	May 22, 1934	Matanzas, Matanzas, CU
Fred Valentine	24	S	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 19, 1935	Clarksdale, MS, US
Vito Valentinetti	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Sep 16, 1928	West New York, NJ, US
George Wehmeyer	32	R		5' 6.0"	150	Feb 24, 1927
Bobby Willis	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	1932
Norm Zauchin	29	R	R	6' 4.0"	220	Nov 17, 1929	Royal Oak, MI, US
George Zuverink	34	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Aug 20, 1924	Holland, MI, US

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