1959 Binghamton Triplets

1959 > Class A > 1959 Eastern League
Overall: 71-68
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 687 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-68

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Charlie Silvera
Represented: Binghamton, NY
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	Harry Addis	22	20	19	18	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	5	.278	.316	.333	.649	6	0	0	0	0
2	Joseph Arenivar*	26	107	474	415	71	136	20	11	8	55	4	48	54	.328	.405	.487	.891	202	7	2	2	2
3	Tony Asaro	23	75	327	283	48	98	10	3	8	39	5	30	36	.346	.404	.488	.891	138	2	5	7	1
4	Dick Bogard*	22	31	122	98	10	22	4	0	1	7	2	23	14	.224	.372	.296	.668	29	0	1	0	1
5	Donald Brummer	22	63	273	248	43	68	4	1	1	22	5	22	21	.274	.335	.310	.645	77	1	1	1	2
6	Fred Carpenter	21	96	327	303	31	78	11	6	2	36	2	21	32	.257	.306	.353	.659	107	1	0	2	4
7	William Carr	22	122	503	460	70	138	12	5	16	80	11	36	82	.300	.358	.452	.810	208	6	0	1	0
8	Sam Chetta	25	5		7		2								.286
9	David Davis*	21	136	593	551	86	156	21	13	6	60	12	34	56	.283	.321	.401	.723	221	0	2	6	3
10	Jack Davis	24	118	450	398	68	101	14	2	15	44	5	44	105	.254	.333	.412	.745	164	4	2	2	1
11	John Davolio*	24	12	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0	0
12	William Drummond	25	16	23	19	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	9	.158	.238	.263	.501	5	0	2	0	0
13	James Dunn	23	41	63	53	4	8	2	0	1	4	0	7	30	.151	.250	.245	.495	13	0	3	0	0
14	Leonardo Ferguson	20	41	66	62	7	17	3	0	0	8	1	0	6	.274	.281	.323	.604	20	1	2	1	0
15	James Horsford	20	7		10		4								.400
16	Henry Johnson*	22	9		20		2								.100
17	Jimmie Johnston*	24	35	158	121	21	23	3	0	3	9	1	36	19	.190	.373	.289	.663	35	0	0	1	1
18	Don Lock	22	9		24		7								.292
19	George Maier	26	13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
20	Joseph Miller	25	20	55	53	8	18	4	0	2	9	0	1	9	.340	.352	.528	.880	28	0	1	0	0
21	Donald Nichols	25	13	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	1	0	0
22	Lamar North	30	60	224	194	26	48	9	0	2	19	0	28	35	.247	.341	.325	.666	63	0	1	1	4
23	David Palmer	23	17	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	1	0	0
24	Robert Riesener	22	7		8		1								.125
25	Bernard Schreiber	25	9		18		4								.222
26	Rudolph Serrett*	19	31	72	64	5	10	4	0	0	7	0	3	35	.156	.191	.219	.410	14	0	4	1	0
27	Charlie Silvera	34	28	89	65	7	16	3	0	0	4	0	22	5	.246	.443	.292	.735	19	1	1	0	2
28	Bill Stafford	19	4		9		2								.222
29	Richard Stewart	24	6		8		1								.125
30	Bruce Swango*	22	12	25	23	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	.174	.240	.174	.414	4	0	0	0	0
31	Lee Thomas*	23	138	602	546	79	166	22	5	25	122	2	47	45	.304	.354	.500	.854	273	0	0	9	9
32	Donald Thompson	25	35	93	78	6	14	2	2	0	4	0	6	25	.179	.235	.256	.492	20	0	8	1	0
33	Tom Tresh#	20	51	203	177	32	43	6	2	6	16	0	21	29	.243	.327	.401	.728	71	1	4	0	0
34	Patrick Utley	24	39	23	22	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	11	.136	.174	.136	.310	3	0	0	0	0
35	Doug Weiss	24	9		9		5								.556
36	Mike Weldon	23	61	227	195	28	41	6	2	1	13	0	30	28	.210	.322	.277	.599	54	2	0	0	2
37	Dick Windle	25	58	230	207	31	53	10	0	12	40	1	17	31	.256	.316	.478	.794	99	2	2	2	1
38	Dale Zeigler*	22	1		1		0								.000
	38 Players	23.2	140	5402	4783	703	1299	174	53	111	619	51	506	767	.272	.343	.400	.742	1912	30	45	38

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	Harry Addis	22	1	6	.143	4.28	20	7	2	1	61.0	70	37	29	6	17	4	27	3	0	3	1.426	10.3	0.9	2.5	4.0	1.59
2	Joseph Banker	25	0	0			1
3	John Davolio*	24	2	2	.500		12
4	William Drummond	25	3	3	.500	3.52	16	7	3	1	64.0	70	34	25	5	27	4	48	3	0	8	1.516	9.8	0.7	3.8	6.8	1.78
5	James Dunn	23	6	9	.400	3.59	40	18	6	1	173.0	167	82	69	20	44	11	114	7	1	4	1.220	8.7	1.0	2.3	5.9	2.59
6	Leonardo Ferguson	20	11	10	.524	3.35	29	23	13	2	161.0	145	74	60	14	85	7	148	2	1	8	1.429	8.1	0.8	4.8	8.3	1.74
7	John Hinfey	24	0	0			3
8	James Horsford	20	2	0	1.000		3
9	George Maier*	26	2	1	.667		13
10	Daniel McCarthy	24	0	0			2
11	Donald Nichols	25	3	2	.600		13
12	David Palmer	23	1	3	.250	6.43	17	3	0	0	35.0	44	26	25	3	30	2	18	1	1	4	2.114	11.3	0.8	7.7	4.6	0.60
13	Robert Riesener	22	2	1	.667		7
14	Rudolph Serrett*	19	9	11	.450	4.36	31	30	7	2	190.0	196	111	92	19	85	3	124	4	0	12	1.479	9.3	0.9	4.0	5.9	1.46
15	Bill Stafford	19	1	0	1.000	2.40	4	4	1	0	30.0	31	14	8	2	11	3	20	0	0	0	1.400	9.3	0.6	3.3	6.0	1.82
16	Richard Stewart	24	1	2	.333		6
17	Bruce Swango	22	4	3	.571	3.91	9	5	2	0	46.0	35	30	20	5	27	4	22	3	0	2	1.348	6.8	1.0	5.3	4.3	0.81
18	Donald Thompson*	25	17	9	.654	3.73	33	28	13	1	215.0	240	120	89	14	85	6	151	8	0	15	1.512	10.0	0.6	3.6	6.3	1.78
19	Patrick Utley	24	5	3	.625	4.96	39	2	0	0	78.0	83	47	43	7	53	4	35	3	0	7	1.744	9.6	0.8	6.1	4.0	0.66
20	Doug Weiss	24	1	2	.333	6.00	9	4	2	0	30.0	35	24	20	5	15	2	7	3	0	1	1.667	10.5	1.5	4.5	2.1	0.47
21	Dale Zeigler*	22	0	1	.000		1
	21 Players	22.6	71	68	.511		140	140					687

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
Lamar North	57	293	38	6	6	.982	5.81	6
Dick Windle	49	276	17	4	3	.987	5.98	7
Charlie Silvera	27	136	10	4	0	.973	5.41	1
Joseph Miller	15	75	5	1	1	.988	5.33	5

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joseph Arenivar	104		877	84	26	106	.974	9.24
Jimmie Johnston	35		306	25	9	36	.974	9.46

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Tony Asaro	75		210	257	17	73	.965	6.23
Donald Brummer	63		142	202	8	59	.977	5.46

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
David Davis	70	63	125	16	18	.922	2.69
Dick Bogard	27	23	50	7	2	.913	2.70
Mike Weldon	19	18	40	6	8	.906	3.05

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
David Davis	61	106	192	36	55	.892	4.89
Tom Tresh	42	76	106	6	26	.968	4.33
Mike Weldon	36	63	100	11	22	.937	4.53

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Thomas	128	219	15	9	2	.963	1.83
William Carr	116	240	12	16	2	.940	2.17
Jack Davis	99	164	16	6	2	.968	1.82
Fred Carpenter	78	137	4	8	0	.946	1.81

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Dunn	40	16	33	2	0	.961	1.23
Patrick Utley	39	6	7	3	1	.813	0.33
Donald Thompson	33	14	37	6	3	.895	1.55
Rudolph Serrett	31	14	29	4	2	.915	1.39
Leonardo Ferguson	29	11	51	5	2	.925	2.14
Harry Addis	20	5	8	0	0	1.000	0.65
David Palmer	17	0	11	0	0	1.000	0.65
William Drummond	16	7	7	3	0	.824	0.88
George Maier	13	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.23
Donald Nichols	13	3	8	1	0	.917	0.85
John Davolio	12	1	3	1	0	.800	0.33
Bruce Swango	9						0.00
Doug Weiss	9						0.00
Robert Riesener	7						0.00
Richard Stewart	6						0.00
Bill Stafford	4						0.00
John Hinfey	3						0.00
James Horsford	3						0.00
Daniel McCarthy	2						0.00
Joseph Banker	1						0.00
Dale Zeigler	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Harry Addis	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	223	1937
Joseph Arenivar	26	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	1933
Tony Asaro	23	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	Jan 16, 1936	San Diego, CA, US
Joseph Banker	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1934
Dick Bogard	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	Feb 10, 1937	Mount Pleasant, MS, US
Donald Brummer	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1937
Fred Carpenter	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	1938
William Carr	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	1937
Sam Chetta	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	205	1934
David Davis	21	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 13, 1937	Freeburg, PA, US
Jack Davis	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1935
John Davolio	24	L	L	6' 5.0"	215	1935
William Drummond	25	R	R		215	1934
James Dunn	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	1936
Leonardo Ferguson	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	150	Apr 23, 1939	Guabito, PA
John Hinfey	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	196	1935
James Horsford	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Sep 30, 1938	Santurce, PR
Henry Johnson	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	1937
Jimmie Johnston	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	200	1935
Don Lock	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 27, 1936	Wichita, KS, US
George Maier	26	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 4, 1932
Daniel McCarthy	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1935
Joseph Miller	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	1934
Donald Nichols	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	1934
Lamar North	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	May 20, 1929
David Palmer	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1936
Robert Riesener	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	1937
Bernard Schreiber	25	R		5' 11.0"	170	1934
Rudolph Serrett	19	L	L	6' 4.0"	185	Aug 26, 1939
Charlie Silvera	34	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 13, 1924	San Francisco, CA, US
Bill Stafford	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	188	Aug 13, 1939	Catskill, NY, US
Richard Stewart	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	1935
Bruce Swango	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	200	Mar 12, 1937	Welch, OK, US
Lee Thomas	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	Feb 5, 1936	Peoria, IL, US
Donald Thompson	25	R	L	6' 1.0"	185	1934
Tom Tresh	20	S	R	6' 1.0"	180	Sep 20, 1938	Detroit, MI, US
Patrick Utley	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	208	1935
Doug Weiss	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1935
Mike Weldon	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1936
Dick Windle	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 11, 1934	Kansas City, MO, US
Dale Zeigler	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	1937

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