Iron City Salamanders
League: National League
Division: N/A
Team Initials: IRO
Micro Manager: Tony Soprano
Owner Name: John Niespodzianski
All Time Record: 1947 - Current, 1086-762, .588 (Playoffs: 21-24, .467)
Trophy Case: 
 10+ Years In League 1947 Inaugural Member 1949 NL Pennant Winner 1950 World Series Winner 1950 NL Pennant Winner 1951 World Series Winner 1951 NL Pennant Winner 1952 NL Pennant Winner 1953 NL Pennant Winner 1954 NL Pennant Winner 1956 NL LCS Winner 1956 NL Wild Card Representative

 
Majors Roster: 40 (24/16) - 1959 Season
Team WAR: 24.8 (13.2 H / 11.6 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 7 5 L Lou Berberet 29 .216 .284 .367 .651 100 379 338 38 73 8 2 13 44 0 0 0.4 881
C 8 3 L Smoky Burgess 32 .297 .349 .485 .834 114 418 377 41 112 28 5 11 59 0 0 2.9 858
C 6 -2 R John Romano 24 .294 .407 .468 .875 53 153 126 20 37 5 1 5 25 0 1 1.3 237
1B+ 3 29 L Norm Larker 28 .289 .344 .418 .762 108 351 311 37 90 14 1 8 49 0 1 1.1 496
1B+ 3 27 L Rocky Nelson 34 .291 .379 .457 .836 98 204 175 31 51 11 0 6 32 0 0 1.1 317
1B 2 30 R Don Pavletich 20         1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 930
1B 3 29 L Earl Torgeson 35 .220 .359 .357 .716 127 344 277 40 61 5 3 9 45 7 6 0.2 496
2B+ 6 29 R Ken Aspromonte 27 .244 .321 .324 .646 70 255 225 31 55 12 0 2 14 2 1 0.1 414
2B+ 6 28 R Johnny Goryl 25 .188 .264 .354 .618 25 53 48 1 9 3 1 1 6 1 1 -0.2 84
3B+ 5 35 R Jim Davenport 25 .258 .301 .343 .645 123 509 469 65 121 16 3 6 38 0 1 1.8 731
3B+ 3 30 R Danny O'Connell 30 .190 .254 .241 .495 34 66 58 6 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 930
SS+ 7 36 R Clete Boyer 22 .175 .215 .193 .408 47 124 114 4 20 2 0 0 3 1 0 -0.5 930
SS 7 32 R Ken Hamlin 24 .125 .300 .125 .425 3 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 930
OF+ 3 34 R Jackie Brandt 25 .270 .324 .415 .739 137 471 429 63 116 16 5 12 57 11 4 1.4 679
OF+ 1 31 R Harry Bright 29 .250 .321 .458 .779 40 54 48 4 12 1 0 3 8 0 0 0.1 87
OF 2 35 L Johnny Callison 20 .173 .271 .288 .560 49 118 104 12 18 3 0 3 12 0 1 -0.6 930
OF 1 29 L Ron Fairly 20 .238 .324 .344 .668 118 284 244 27 58 12 1 4 23 0 4 -1.0 456
OF 2 33 L Gary Geiger 22 .245 .289 .397 .686 120 360 335 45 82 10 4 11 48 9 3 1.2 562
OF 2 33 R Johnny Groth 32 .235 .284 .353 .637 55 112 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 0 0 -0.3 172
OF 2 35 R Carroll Hardy 26 .208 .250 .226 .476 32 57 53 12 11 1 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 930
OF+ 2 32 L Whitey Herzog 27 .293 .446 .390 .836 38 157 123 25 36 7 1 1 9 1 0 1.9 248
OF+ 2 33 L Marty Keough 25 .243 .320 .418 .739 96 285 251 40 61 13 5 7 27 3 1 1.2 462
OF 2 33 L Al Spangler 25 .417 .462 .583 1.045 6 14 12 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.2 21
OF 2 31 L Gene Stephens 26 .278 .353 .367 .720 92 310 270 34 75 13 1 3 39 5 2 1.3 444

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 Frank Baumann 25 5 7 W 6 4 1 26 10 4.05 1.58 95.2 96 11 55 48 4.5 483 0.6
SP R Moe Drabowsky 23 6   W L 5 10 0 31 23 4.13 1.50 141.2 138 21 75 70 4.4 705 0.0
SP R Eddie Fisher 22 1   Z M 2 6 1 17 5 7.88 1.63 40.0 57 8 8 15 3.4 223 -1.4
SP R Bob Gibson 23 10   YW H 3 5 0 13 9 3.33 1.53 75.2 77 4 39 48 5.7 378 1.5
SP R Ray Herbert 29 5   Y L 11 11 1 37 26 4.85 1.41 183.2 196 24 62 99 4.9 891 0.4
SP R Ken Johnson 26 5   XW M 1 1 0 2 2 4.09 1.46 11.0 11 2 5 8 6.5 54 0.1
SP R Russ Kemmerer 28 4   8 17 0 37 28 4.50 1.42 206.0 221 20 71 89 3.9 1005 1.3
SP R Barry Latman 23 8   Y 8 5 0 37 21 3.75 1.35 156.0 138 15 72 97 5.6 750 0.7
SP L Don Mossi 30 13   YZ 17 9 0 34 30 3.36 1.14 228.0 210 20 49 125 4.9 1041 4.1
SP L Joe Nuxhall 30 5   Y G 9 9 1 28 21 4.24 1.44 131.2 155 10 35 75 5.1 645 0.1
SP R Robin Roberts 32 5   YZ L 15 17 0 35 35 4.27 1.17 257.1 267 34 35 137 4.8 1187 2.3
SP L Dean Stone 28 4 5 Y L 0 1 1 18 1 4.20 1.53 30.0 30 4 16 17 5.1 150 0.4
SP R Tom Sturdivant 29 3 4 X L 2 8 5 43 6 4.73 1.37 97.0 90 13 43 73 6.8 473 -0.4
SP R Jim Umbricht 28 1   W M 0 0 0 1 1 6.43 1.57 7.0 7 3 4 3 3.9 38 0.0
RP R Art Fowler 36   3 X L 3 4 2 36 0 5.31 1.53 61.0 70 8 23 47 6.9 331 -0.2
RP R Don McMahon 29   16 Y G 5 3 15 60 0 2.57 1.46 80.2 81 5 37 55 6.1 397 2.1

Draft Picks Owned (17)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
1960 IRO Annual Draft #1  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #2  
1960 COO Annual Draft #2 1959.4
1960 HOL Annual Draft #2 1959.1
1960 IRO Annual Draft #4  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #5  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #6  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #7  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #8  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #9  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #10  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #11  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #12  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #13  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #14  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #15  
1960 IRO Annual Draft #16  
 
 

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