Oakland Acorns History - 1959 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1959 Oakland Acorns	66	78	.458	5^th	31	68-76	-2	.259	4.51			1,867,700	$49,975,151	$64,734,051

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Platinum Glove Award	Derrick Frasure (1B)	1
All-Star	Thomas Henderson	1
Pitcher of the Month	George Ogren (Apr)	1
Rookie of the Month	George Wilson (Aug)	1
Player of the Week	John Lafortune (Apr 20, May 11), George Wilson (Aug 31)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
SS	Leo Nickel	23	136	577	161	32	3	2	43	66	38	1	3	3	106	2	9	.279	.323	.355	.678	0.8	82
1B	Derrick Frasure	30	141	566	164	33	2	18	60	93	40	12	0	3	94	8	4	.290	.348	.451	.798	2.3	113
2B	Patrick Nehring	25	142	516	133	28	1	19	75	93	61	7	0	7	120	86	27	.258	.340	.426	.766	3.1	105
C	Jimmy Hildreth	34	118	400	109	17	1	14	62	47	29	7	0	8	74	1	2	.273	.327	.425	.752	2.0	100
3B	Cody Morris	28	113	365	77	18	1	6	23	48	36	5	10	2	86	2	1	.211	.289	.315	.604	-0.3	62
RF	Mark Fleck	34	89	331	103	12	1	10	61	47	13	1	5	6	66	25	9	.311	.333	.444	.777	1.1	107
CF	Aron Keitt	36	89	277	60	15	0	9	39	32	29	5	0	2	78	13	11	.217	.300	.368	.669	0.1	79
RF	George Wilson	23	65	240	61	12	5	23	65	41	17	1	0	5	76	4	8	.254	.300	.633	.934	1.5	143
LF	John Lafortune	32	60	235	76	17	4	12	55	38	20	1	0	5	45	6	5	.323	.372	.583	.955	2.2	152
3B	Scott Butters	29	48	187	46	7	1	5	15	34	27	4	0	0	48	11	1	.246	.353	.374	.728	1.1	96
CF	Timothy Johnson	35	52	177	56	15	5	2	26	29	16	2	0	2	32	18	12	.316	.376	.492	.867	1.3	131
CF	Gerald Johnson	37	63	162	51	13	3	4	24	26	15	1	2	4	36	15	2	.315	.368	.506	.874	1.5	132
LF	Eric Costanzo	30	44	132	26	5	0	4	11	13	26	4	2	0	38	0	1	.197	.346	.326	.671	0.1	82
CF	Loren Scriven	33	69	116	32	10	0	4	16	14	7	4	2	0	32	1	1	.276	.339	.466	.804	0.5	114
P	Royce Rasch	22	33	79	10	0	1	0	5	7	2	0	14	1	26	1	0	.127	.146	.152	.298	-1.3	-20
C	Jerry Barber	32	42	89	28	7	0	7	22	14	5	0	0	1	25	4	1	.315	.347	.629	.977	1.1	156
P	Billy Grizzard	27	34	62	9	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	20	0	20	0	0	.145	.145	.194	.339	-1.1	-10
P	Jason Williams	30	26	51	4	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	9	0	24	0	0	.078	.096	.118	.214	-1.1	-43
LF	Donald Rogers	30	46	42	8	2	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	.190	.244	.238	.483	-0.3	30
C	John Alligood	21	22	43	5	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	.116	.156	.140	.295	-0.6	-20
SS	Rudolph Kistner	28	29	41	13	6	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	.317	.317	.537	.854	0.3	124
P	George Ogren	29	14	33	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	7	0	15	0	0	.091	.118	.212	.330	-0.6	-14
P	Gerald Adkisson	35	14	30	5	4	0	0	1	2	1	0	6	0	8	0	0	.167	.194	.300	.494	-0.3	30
C	Melvin Hall	32	16	31	11	2	1	0	4	4	3	1	0	0	7	0	0	.355	.429	.484	.912	0.3	145
P	Tracy Dodson	34	35	22	4	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	10	0	0	.182	.217	.273	.490	-0.3	31
P	Michael Teets	24	10	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	.050	.050	.100	.150	-0.4	-61
P	Vincent Harris	23	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-0.2	-50
P	Kenneth Sartin	23	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	-0.1	9
P	Chris Weatherspoon	30	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-100
-	Nelson Evans	24	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-0.1	-63
P	Thomas Henderson	25	51	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Noe Mathena	23	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Adrian Hoover	29	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Donald Crafts	26	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
34 Players		29.4	1687	4860	1257	265	29	141	626	669	396	57	93	49	1125	199	94	.259	.319	.412	.731	12.1	93
CL Rank				7	7	4	8	6	6	6	10	7	9	4	3	6	5	8	10	4	5	8
BSBL Rank				13	14	8	17	10	12	13	18	14	19	8	3	11	10	15	18	11	13	15

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Royce Rasch	22	33	33	11	17	0	5.24	252.3	259	156	147	46	76	227	0	13	1	1.33	.306	1.6	82
Billy Grizzard	27	34	27	10	12	0	4.26	228.3	238	116	108	18	96	124	2	15	0	1.46	.297	2.0	101
Jason Williams	30	26	26	7	7	0	4.13	165.7	150	84	76	17	85	171	0	0	0	1.42	.312	2.2	105
George Ogren	29	14	14	7	6	0	3.73	111.0	108	52	46	8	43	100	0	9	1	1.36	.328	2.2	116
Gerald Adkisson	35	14	14	4	5	0	3.26	102.0	104	49	37	10	31	70	0	0	0	1.32	.302	1.4	132
Tracy Dodson	34	35	12	8	7	4	5.99	91.7	116	62	61	15	25	68	3	0	0	1.54	.344	0.1	72
Thomas Henderson	25	51	0	8	1	2	3.06	67.7	65	28	23	6	23	58	8	0	0	1.30	.309	0.5	141
Michael Teets	24	10	9	2	6	1	5.72	56.7	72	43	36	6	19	27	0	1	0	1.61	.337	0.4	75
Vincent Harris	23	5	5	2	3	0	4.22	42.7	44	20	20	2	17	44	0	3	0	1.43	.350	1.2	102
Chris Weatherspoon	30	18	0	2	1	2	3.55	38.0	42	15	15	4	14	21	1	0	0	1.47	.311	-0.1	121
Donald Crafts	26	28	0	1	5	6	2.53	32.0	27	11	9	4	15	22	1	0	0	1.31	.253	-0.3	170
Kenneth Sartin	23	4	4	1	3	0	7.81	27.7	42	26	24	2	8	24	0	1	0	1.81	.417	0.6	55
Josiah Ordway	23	17	0	0	1	1	2.40	15.0	12	4	4	2	3	17	6	0	0	1.00	.278	0.2	180
Ellsworth Tillison	25	16	0	0	1	0	5.40	15.0	19	9	9	2	12	6	5	0	0	2.07	.327	-0.3	80
Noe Mathena	23	13	0	2	3	7	2.63	13.7	12	5	4	0	10	8	0	0	0	1.61	.286	0.1	164
Adrian Hoover	29	10	0	0	0	1	13.50	9.3	17	17	14	0	4	5	4	0	0	2.25	.425	0.1	32
Alfredo Sojo	20	6	0	1	0	0	4.26	6.3	6	3	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	1.26	.263	-0.1	101
Pete Schauer	24	2	0	0	0	0	12.27	3.7	5	5	5	2	4	3	0	0	0	2.45	.333	-0.3	35
Chuck Ferebee	19	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	1.7	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.40	.333	-0.1	80
19 Pitchers	27.2	337	144	66	78	24	4.51	1280.3	1341	707	642	146	488	1000	30	42	2	1.43	.315	11.6	103
CL Rank		3	1	7	4	5	8	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	3	6	7	7	7	8
BSBL Rank		6	3	15	6	7	14	16	12	11	13	12	13	12	3	13	16	16	16	16

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Rasch	33	33	8	42	2	50	0	1.000	252.3	1.78	-0.6
B. Grizzard	34	27	12	52	0	65	1	.985	228.3	2.52	0.2
J. Williams	26	26	10	35	1	51	6	.882	165.7	2.44	-1.4
G. Ogren	14	14	7	26	0	33	0	1.000	111.0	2.68	-0.9
G. Adkisson	14	14	3	18	0	24	3	.875	102.0	1.85	-0.3
T. Dodson	35	12	5	18	0	24	1	.958	91.7	2.26	-1.2
T. Henderson	51	0	1	9	0	13	3	.769	67.7	1.33	-1.7
M. Teets	10	9	4	11	0	17	2	.882	56.7	2.38	-0.2
V. Harris	5	5	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	42.7	0.84	-0.2
C. Weatherspoon	18	0	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	38.0	2.13	-1.0
D. Crafts	28	0	0	9	0	9	0	1.000	32.0	2.53	1.1
K. Sartin	4	4	2	7	0	10	1	.900	27.7	2.93	0.0
J. Ordway	17	0	3	4	0	7	0	1.000	15.0	4.20	-0.1
E. Tillison	16	0	1	1	0	3	1	.667	15.0	1.20	0.0
N. Mathena	13	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	13.7	3.29	-0.1
A. Hoover	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.3	0.96	-0.3
A. Sojo	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	6.3	2.84	0.0
P. Schauer	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	3.7	7.36	0.0
C. Ferebee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	337	144	63	249	3	330	18	.945	1280.3	2.19	-6.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Hildreth	112	112	774	94	4	875	7	.992	992.3	7.87	-1.7	2	26.5
J. Barber	17	17	138	12	1	155	5	.968	149.0	9.06	-0.6	5	34.6
J. Alligood	12	8	60	7	0	67	0	1.000	77.0	7.83	-0.9	2	14.3
M. Hall	7	7	48	2	0	51	1	.980	61.0	7.38	-0.6	0	8.3
T. Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	149	144	1021	115	5	1149	13	.989	1280.3	7.99	-3.9	9	25.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Frasure	141	141	1252	64	75	1319	3	.998	1251.3	9.47	0.0
L. Scriven	4	3	25	2	2	27	0	1.000	28.0	8.68	0.0
D. Rogers	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	146	144	1279	66	77	1348	3	.998	1280.3	9.45	0.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Nehring	142	142	309	383	66	699	7	.990	1247.3	4.99	0.0
C. Morris	6	2	8	12	6	20	0	1.000	33.0	5.45	0.0
Totals	148	144	317	395	72	719	7	.990	1280.3	5.00	0.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Morris	100	96	57	195	10	260	8	.969	818.7	2.77	0.0
S. Butters	48	48	30	105	6	136	1	.993	419.0	2.90	0.0
R. Kistner	21	0	2	3	1	6	1	.833	40.7	1.11	0.0
D. Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
L. Scriven	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	171	144	89	303	17	402	10	.975	1280.3	2.76	0.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Nickel	136	136	198	361	54	567	8	.986	1197.3	4.20	0.0
R. Kistner	8	8	9	19	4	29	1	.966	71.0	3.55	0.0
C. Morris	6	0	3	3	1	6	0	1.000	11.0	4.91	0.0
D. Rogers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	151	144	210	384	59	603	9	.985	1280.3	4.18	0.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Lafortune	47	47	88	1	0	91	2	.978	415.7	1.93	0.0
E. Costanzo	44	44	77	1	0	80	2	.975	391.3	1.79	0.0
M. Fleck	31	31	68	1	0	71	2	.972	269.0	2.31	0.0
A. Keitt	21	20	27	0	0	30	3	.900	182.3	1.33	0.0
L. Scriven	3	2	4	0	0	6	2	.667	20.0	1.80	0.0
D. Rogers	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	148	144	265	3	0	279	11	.961	1280.3	1.88	0.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Keitt	61	58	104	1	0	108	3	.972	516.0	1.83	0.0
T. Johnson	46	46	103	1	0	105	1	.990	394.3	2.37	0.0
G. Johnson	23	18	44	0	0	45	1	.978	174.3	2.27	0.0
J. Lafortune	13	13	29	0	0	30	1	.967	114.7	2.28	0.0
L. Scriven	9	9	20	1	0	25	4	.840	81.0	2.33	0.0
Totals	152	144	300	3	0	313	10	.968	1280.3	2.13	0.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Wilson	64	64	131	7	1	141	3	.979	562.3	2.21	0.0
M. Fleck	58	58	115	4	0	120	1	.992	506.3	2.12	0.0
G. Johnson	20	16	30	1	0	33	2	.939	151.7	1.84	0.0
L. Scriven	8	6	11	1	0	15	3	.800	59.0	1.83	0.0
A. Keitt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	151	144	287	13	1	309	9	.971	1280.3	2.11	0.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Derrick Frasure	.290
On-Base Percentage	Derrick Frasure	.348
Slugging Percentage	Derrick Frasure	.451
OPS	Derrick Frasure	.798
Games	Patrick Nehring	142
At-Bats	Leo Nickel	577
Runs	Derrick Frasure, Patrick Nehring	93
Hits	Derrick Frasure	164
Doubles	Derrick Frasure	33
Triples	George Wilson, Timothy Johnson	5
Home Runs	George Wilson	23
Runs Batted In	Patrick Nehring	75
Stolen Bases	Patrick Nehring	86
Caught Stealing	Patrick Nehring	27
Walks	Patrick Nehring	61
Strikeouts	Patrick Nehring	120

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Royce Rasch	11
Losses	Royce Rasch	17
Saves	Noe Mathena	7
Games	Thomas Henderson	51
Games Started	Royce Rasch	33
Complete Games	Billy Grizzard	15
Shutouts	Royce Rasch, George Ogren	1
Innings Pitched	Royce Rasch	252.3
Hits Allowed	Royce Rasch	259
Home Runs Allowed	Royce Rasch	46
Strikeouts	Royce Rasch	227
Walks Allowed	Billy Grizzard	96
Earned Run Average	Jason Williams	4.13
Walks + Hits per IP	Royce Rasch	1.33
BABIP	Billy Grizzard	.297