1959 Baltimore Orioles season
Memorial Stadium | ||
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City | Baltimore | |
Record | 74–80 (.481) | |
League place | 6th | |
Owners | Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart | |
General managers | Lee MacPhail | |
Managers | Paul Richards | |
Television | WJZ-TV | |
Radio | WBAL (AM) (Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal) | |
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The 1959
Offseason
- October 2, 1958: Kansas City Athletics for Chico Carrasquel.[1]
- Prior to 1959 season (exact date unknown)
- Miami Marlins after expiration of minor league working agreement.[2]
- Bob Saverine was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.[3]
Regular season
- June 10, 1959: Cleveland Indians hit four home runs in one game against the Orioles.[4]
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | — | 47–30 | 47–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 5 | 43–34 | 46–31 |
New York Yankees | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 15 | 40–37 | 39–38 |
Detroit Tigers | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 18 | 41–36 | 35–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 19 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 20 | 38–39 | 36–41 |
Kansas City Athletics | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 28 | 37–40 | 29–48 |
Washington Senators | 63 | 91 | 0.409 | 31 | 34–43 | 29–48 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 8–14 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
Boston | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–10 | 14–8 | 7–15 | — | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 16–6 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 15–7 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Kansas City | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 7–15 | — | 5–17 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 9–13 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 17–5 | — | 15–7 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — |
Opening Day starters
- Bob Boyd
- Billy Gardner
- Ron Hansen
- Al Pilarcik
- Arnie Portocarrero
- Brooks Robinson
- Willie Tasby
- Gus Triandos
- Gene Woodling[5]
Notable transactions
- April 1, 1959: Washington Senators in exchange for Billy Loes. The trade was voided and the players returned to their original teams on April 8.[6]
- May 21, 1959: Bobby Ávila was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Orioles off waivers.[7]
- May 26, 1959: Albie Pearson was acquired by the Orioles from the Washington Senators in exchange for Lenny Green.[8]
- June 15, 1959: Billy Hoeft was acquired by the Orioles from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Harshman.[9]
- June 23, 1959: Cincinnati Redlegs for Walt Dropo.[10]
- September 6, 1959: Kansas City Athletics.[11]
Roster
1959 Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gus Triandos | 126 | 393 | 85 | .216 | 25 | 73 |
1B | Bob Boyd | 128 | 415 | 110 | .265 | 3 | 41 |
2B | Billy Gardner | 140 | 401 | 87 | .217 | 6 | 27 |
3B | Brooks Robinson | 88 | 313 | 89 | .284 | 4 | 24 |
SS | Chico Carrasquel | 114 | 346 | 77 | .223 | 4 | 28 |
LF | Bob Nieman | 118 | 360 | 105 | .292 | 21 | 60 |
CF | Willie Tasby | 142 | 505 | 126 | .250 | 13 | 48 |
RF | Al Pilarcik | 130 | 273 | 77 | .282 | 3 | 16 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Gene Woodling | 140 | 440 | 132 | .300 | 14 | 77 |
Billy Klaus | 104 | 321 | 80 | .249 | 3 | 25 |
Joe Ginsberg | 65 | 166 | 30 | .181 | 1 | 14 |
Walt Dropo | 62 | 151 | 42 | .278 | 6 | 21 |
Albie Pearson | 80 | 138 | 32 | .232 | 0 | 6 |
Jim Finigan | 48 | 119 | 30 | .252 | 1 | 10 |
Willy Miranda | 65 | 88 | 14 | .159 | 0 | 7 |
Barry Shetrone | 33 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 0 | 5 |
Whitey Lockman | 38 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Hale | 40 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 0 | 7 |
Bobby Ávila | 20 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Adair | 12 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 0 | 2 |
Joe Taylor | 14 | 32 | 5 | .156 | 1 | 2 |
Lenny Green | 27 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 2 | 15 |
Fred Valentine | 12 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 1 |
Leo Burke | 5 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Hansen | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Saverine | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hoyt Wilhelm | 32 | 226.0 | 15 | 11 | 2.19 | 139 |
Milt Pappas | 33 | 209.1 | 15 | 9 | 3.27 | 120 |
Jerry Walker | 30 | 182.0 | 11 | 10 | 2.92 | 100 |
Hal Brown | 31 | 164.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.79 | 81 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Billy O'Dell | 38 | 199.1 | 10 | 12 | 2.93 | 88 |
Arnie Portocarrero | 27 | 90.0 | 2 | 7 | 6.80 | 23 |
Jack Fisher | 27 | 88.2 | 1 | 6 | 3.05 | 52 |
Jack Harshman | 14 | 47.1 | 0 | 6 | 6.85 | 24 |
George Bamberger | 3 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Billy Loes | 37 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4.06 | 34 |
Ernie Johnson |
31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.11 | 29 |
Billy Hoeft | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.71 | 30 |
Wes Stock | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.55 | 8 |
George Zuverink | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 1 |
Rip Coleman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Miami Marlins
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International League | Pepper Martin |
AAA | Vancouver Mounties | Pacific Coast League | Charlie Metro |
AA | Amarillo Gold Sox | Texas League | Barney Lutz and George Staller |
C
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Stockton Ports | California League | Billy DeMars |
C
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Aberdeen Pheasants | Northern League | Earl Weaver |
D
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Pensacola Dons
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Alabama–Florida League | Lou Fitzgerald |
D
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Bluefield Orioles
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Appalachian League | Bob Hooper |
Notes
- ^ Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
- ^ John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference
- ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ "1959 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bobby Avila transactions at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Albie Pearson transactions at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Billy Hoeft page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Rip Coleman page at Baseball-Reference
References
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1959 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
- 1959 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com