1959 Midwest League


Stats

Boxscores

Overall
Team W L PCT GB
Waterloo (BOS) 76 48 .613 -
Clinton (CHW) 71 52 .577 4.5
Decatur (DET) 63 61 .508 13
Keokuk (STL) 62 60 .508 13
Kokomo (LAD) 60 65 .480 16.5
Paris (CHC) 57 68 .456 19.5
Dubuque (PIT) 56 68 .452 20
Michigan City (SF) 51 74 .408 25.5

1st Half
Team W L PCT GB
Waterloo 38 24 .613 -
Clinton 34 26 .567 3
Keokuk 34 27 .557 3.5
Decatur 32 31 .508 6.5
Dubuque 31 31 .500 7
Paris 28 34 .452 10
Kokomo 28 35 .444 10.5
Michigan City 23 40 .365 15.5
2nd Half
Team W L PCT GB
Waterloo 38 24 .613 -
Clinton 37 26 .587 1.5
Kokomo 32 30 .516 6
Decatur 31 30 .508 6.5
Paris 29 34 .460 9.5
Keokuk 28 33 .459 9.5
Michigan City 28 34 .452 10
Dubuque 25 37 .403 13

1st Half
Tie Games, Michigan City at Keokuk 5/18, Paris at Clinton 7/2
Forfeited Game, Decatur at Waterloo, 5/24, Waterloo used 18 players in a 16 inning game, one day after the league's roster limit had been reduved to 17

Playoffs
No Playoffs, Waterloo won both halves

No All Star Game



Post Season All Star Team
1B-Gary Dobereiner, Keokuk
2B-Julio Duran, Clinton
3B-Frank Jaciuk, Decatur
SS-Rich Johnson, Waterloo
OF-Stan Schultz, Kokomo
OF-Donald Branson, Keokuk
OF-Bo Toft, Waterloo
C-Bill Smith, Clinton
C-Tim McCarver-Keokuk
UT-Dale Reichert, Kokomo
UT-Jorge Aguiles Gonez, Kokomo
P-Al Madigan, Clinton
P-Morris Steevents, Paris
P-Joe McDaniel, Decatur
P-Galen Cisco, Waterloo

Player of the Year-Joel McDaniel, Decatur
Rookie of the Year-Dale Reichert, Kokomo
Manager of the Year-Studdy Overmire, Decatur

Attendence
Dubuque, 97,220
Clinton, 82,773
Decatur, 75,834
Waterloo, 67,260
Kokomo, 44,721
Keokuk, 39,045
Michigan City, 28,775