Holyoke Purple Knights
League: American League
Division: N/A
Team Initials: HOL
Micro Manager: Tony Soprano
Owner Name: Brian Whitacre
All Time Record: 1957 - Current, 96-212, .312 (Playoffs: 0-0, .000)
Previous Franchise:  Joplin Miners (JOP), 1947 - 1957
Trophy Case: 
 2+ Years In League

 
Majors Roster: 40 (23/17) - 1959 Season
Team WAR: 12.4 (9.7 H / 2.7 P)

POS D TH B PLAYER NAME AGE AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS WAR PR
VIEW
C 5 -3 R Cam Carreon 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 930
C+ 7 2 R Jay Porter 26 .223 .290 .317 .607 60 156 139 13 31 7 0 2 12 0 0 -0.5 242
C 8 3 R Hal R. Smith 28 .270 .295 .403 .698 142 474 452 35 122 15 3 13 50 2 6 1.3 685
1B 3 26 L Julio Becquer 27 .268 .296 .382 .677 108 230 220 20 59 12 5 1 26 3 2 0.3 362
1B+ 3 32 R Orlando Cepeda 21 .317 .355 .522 .878 151 648 605 92 192 35 4 27 105 23 9 3.8 942
1B 3 25 L Gail Harris 27 .221 .290 .327 .617 114 388 349 39 77 4 3 9 39 0 1 -1.6 562
2B+ 6 31 R Jerry Adair 22 .314 .333 .371 .705 12 36 35 3 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 0.0 57
SS+ 8 35 B Willie Miranda 33 .159 .221 .216 .437 65 96 88 8 14 5 0 0 7 0 0 -0.3 930
SS+ 6 32 R Ron Samford 29 .224 .262 .342 .604 91 255 237 23 53 13 0 5 22 1 0 -0.8 395
SS 7 35 R Zoilo Versalles 19 .153 .219 .203 .422 29 64 59 4 9 0 0 1 1 1 0 -0.5 930
OF 1 30 L Neil Chrisley 27 .132 .225 .330 .555 65 120 106 7 14 3 0 6 11 0 0 -0.6 930
OF 1 27 R Tommy Davis 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 930
OF+ 1 -3 R Gene Green 26 .189 .241 .311 .551 30 79 74 8 14 6 0 1 3 0 0 -0.2 930
OF 1 27 R Frank Howard 22 .143 .217 .381 .598 9 23 21 2 3 0 1 1 6 0 0 0.1 930
OF+ 2 33 L Tony Kubek 23 .279 .313 .391 .704 132 553 512 67 143 25 7 6 51 3 3 2.3 788
OF+ 1 -2 R Gene Oliver 24 .244 .271 .401 .672 68 181 172 14 42 9 0 6 28 3 2 -0.3 283
OF+ 1 27 L Norm Siebern 25 .271 .341 .403 .744 120 431 380 52 103 17 0 11 53 3 1 0.8 837
OF 2 35 R Bobby Gene Smith 25 .217 .230 .317 .546 43 61 60 11 13 1 1 1 7 0 0 -0.3 930
OF 1 32 R Willie Tasby 26 .250 .303 .378 .682 142 552 505 69 126 16 5 13 48 3 5 0.8 798
OF 3 33 R Bill Tuttle 29 .300 .369 .413 .782 126 520 463 74 139 19 6 7 43 10 6 3.9 754
OF+ 1 33 L Bill White 25 .302 .344 .470 .814 138 560 517 77 156 33 9 12 72 15 10 2.2 810
DNP       Steve Bilko                                    
DNP       Bob Will                                    

POS TH PLAYER NAME AGE SG RG CTRL W L SV G GS ERA WHIP IP H HR BB K K/9 MBF WAR VIEW
SP L Marshall Bridges 28 4 5 XY L 6 3 1 27 4 4.26 1.37 76.0 67 10 37 76 9.0 365 1.2
SP L Art Ceccarelli 29 4   Y M 5 5 0 18 15 4.76 1.29 102.0 95 19 37 56 4.9 483 -0.1
SP R Mark Freeman 28 2 3 H 0 0 0 4 1 5.06 1.59 10.2 12 0 5 5 4.2 55 -0.1
SP R Ruben Gomez 31 2   L 3 8 1 20 12 6.10 1.58 72.1 90 12 24 37 4.6 397 -1.0
SP R Mudcat Grant 23 8   YW L 10 7 3 38 19 4.14 1.34 165.1 140 23 81 85 4.6 791 0.3
SP R Bob Grim 29 4 6 Y 6 10 5 40 9 4.09 1.44 125.1 124 10 57 65 4.7 616 0.8
SP R Jay Hook 22 4   W L 5 5 0 17 15 5.13 1.49 79.0 79 10 39 37 4.2 394 0.2
SP L Jim Kaat 20 1   W L 0 2 0 3 2 12.60 2.20 5.0 7 1 4 2 3.6 34 -0.5
SP L Sandy Koufax 23 7   XYW L 8 6 2 35 23 4.05 1.49 153.1 136 23 92 173 10.2 757 2.2
SP R Johnny Kucks 26 5   8 12 1 42 24 4.34 1.40 168.0 184 15 51 60 3.2 826 1.2
SP R Tom Morgan 29 4 7 Z L 1 4 9 46 1 3.98 1.21 92.2 94 11 18 39 3.8 436 0.7
SP R Ray Narleski 30 3   YW M 4 12 5 42 10 5.78 1.57 104.1 105 21 59 71 6.1 526 -2.6
RP L Luis Arroyo 32   6 W H 1 0 0 10 0 3.95 2.05 13.2 17 0 11 8 5.3 76 -0.2
RP R Billy Loes 29   7 Y 4 7 14 37 0 4.06 1.29 64.1 58 5 25 34 4.8 307 0.6
RP R Claude Raymond 22   1 M 0 0 0 3 0 9.00 1.75 4.0 5 2 2 1 2.3 24 -0.1
RP R Joe Stanka 27   4 YW M 1 0 0 2 0 3.38 1.13 5.1 2 1 4 3 5.1 27 0.1
DNP   Dick Ellsworth                                      

Draft Picks Owned (15)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
1960 HOL Annual Draft #1  
1960 COO Annual Draft #3 1959.6
1960 HOL Annual Draft #3  
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1960 HOL Annual Draft #5  
1960 HOL Annual Draft #6  
1960 HOL Annual Draft #8  
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1960 HOL Annual Draft #16  
 
 

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