1959 Baseball (Rock Valley Conference)

Rock Valley Conference standings
School	W	L
DeKalb	9	2
Freeport	6	4
West Rockford	6	6
St. Thomas	6	6
Belvidere	5	6
East Rockford	4	7
Dixon	3	8

 

First Team All-RVC
1st Base	Steve Land, DeKalb
2nd Base	Bill Wagner, Freeport
Shorstop	Rick Lindstrom, West Rockford
3rd Base	Mike Henigan, DeKalb
Outfield	Dave Shank, Dixon
Outfield	Frank DeCastris, St. Thomas
Outfield	Jim Hyland, Belvidere
Catcher	Roger Wolfe, Dixon
Pitcher	Jack Pillmore, DeKalb
Pitcher	Jerry Olson, St. Thomas
Pitcher	Chuck Wolfe, West Rockford

 

Local Honorable Mention All-RVC
1st Base	Larry Friel, East Rockford
2nd Base	Larry Johnson, East Rockford Bill Wilson, Belvidere
Shorstop	Charles Shukhart, Belvidere
3rd Base	Ed Henby, West Rockford Tom Walz, Freeport
Outfield	Marty Pirrello, West Rockford Gary Bredeson, East Rockford Larry Hedberg, East Rockford Jack Chamberlin, Belvidere Gary Criddle, Freeport Jerry Rehfeldt, Freeport
Catcher	Joe Pirrello, St. Thomas Cal DeWeerdt, West Rockford Tom McFaul, East Rockford
Pitcher	Bill Morrow, Freeport Roger Schaer, Freeport Dan Bunch, West Rockford Kelly Thrun, Belvidere

                                                 

Leading hitters
Player, School	AB	R	H	Avg.
R. Smith, Belvidere	25	4	9	.360
Chamberlin, Belvidere	26	5	9	.346
Walz, Freeport	26	6	9	.346
Land, DeKalb	30	6	10	.333
Shuckhart, Belvidere	25	4	8	.320
R. Wolfe, Dixon	35	5	11	.314
D. Mercer, Dixon	35	5	11	.314
D. Anderson, DeKalb	33	7	10	.303
Bruce, Dixon	25	6	7	.280
McCallister, DeKalb	34	4	9	.273

 

RBI leaders
Chamberlin, Belvidere	12
R. Smith, Belvidere	9
R. Wolfe, Dixon	7
Stolen base leaders
Land, DeKalb	5
Bredeson, East Rockford	5

 

Leading pitchers
Player, School	IP	R	H	W-L
Pillmore, DeKalb	42	11	24	7-1
Olson, St. Thomas	36	18	33	4-1
Thrun, Belvidere	22	13	23	3-2

 

Strikeout leaders
Pillmore, DeKalb	57
Olson, St. Thomas	38
Thrun, Belvidere	36
Detweiler, Dixon	31
C. Wolfe, West Rockford	23