1959 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1959 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise's sixth season in Baltimore, Maryland, and its 59th overall. It resulted with the Orioles finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, 22 games behind the AL champion Chicago White Sox.

1959 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record74–80 (.481)
League place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Jerold Hoffberger, Clarence Miles
General manager(s)Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)Paul Richards
Local televisionWJZ-TV
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal)
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Offseason
  • October 2, 1958: Dick Williams was traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Chico Carrasquel.[1]
  • Prior to 1959 season (exact date unknown)
    • John Anderson was obtained by the Orioles from the 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

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9460 0.610 — 47–30 47–30
Cleveland Indians 8965 0.578 5 43–34 46–31
New York Yankees 7975 0.513 15 40–37 39–38
Detroit Tigers 7678 0.494 18 41–36 35–42
Boston Red Sox 7579 0.487 19 43–34 32–45
Baltimore Orioles 7480 0.481 20 38–39 36–41
Kansas City Athletics 6688 0.429 28 37–40 29–48
Washington Senators 6391 0.409 31 34–43 29–48

Record vs. opponents
1959 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore —8–1411–11–110–1213–98–1412–1012–10
Boston 14–8—8–148–1411–1111–1113–910–12
Chicago 11–11–114–8—15–713–912–1013–9–116–6
Cleveland 12–1014–87–15—14–815–711–1116–6
Detroit 9–1311–119–138–14—15–714–810–12
Kansas City 14–811–1110–127–157–15—5–1712–10
New York 10–129–139–13–111–118–1417–5—15–7
Washington 10–1212–106–166–1612–1010–127–15—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions
  • April 1, 1959: Vito Valentinetti was acquired by the Orioles from the 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: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Walt Dropo.[10]
  • September 6, 1959: Rip Coleman was acquired by the Orioles off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics.[11]

Roster
1959 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CGus Triandos12639385.2162573
1BBob Boyd128415110.265341
2BBilly Gardner14040187.217627
3BBrooks Robinson8831389.284424
SSChico Carrasquel11434677.223428
LFBob Nieman118360105.2922160
CFWillie Tasby142505126.2501348
RFAl Pilarcik13027377.282316

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
Gene Woodling140440132.3001477
Billy Klaus10432180.249325
Joe Ginsberg6516630.181114
Walt Dropo6215142.278621
Albie Pearson8013832.23206
Jim Finigan4811930.252110
Willy Miranda658814.15907
Barry Shetrone337916.20305
Whitey Lockman386915.21702
Bob Hale405410.18507
Bobby Ávila20478.17000
Jerry Adair123511.31402
Joe Taylor14325.15612
Lenny Green27247.292215
Fred Valentine12196.31601
Leo Burke5102.20001
Ron Hansen240.00000
Bob Saverine100----00

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
Hoyt Wilhelm3222615112.19139
Milt Pappas33209.11593.27120
Jerry Walker3018211102.92100
Hal Brown311641193.7981

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
Billy O'Dell38199.110122.9388
Arnie Portocarrero2790276.8023
Jack Fisher2788.2163.0552
Jack Harshman1447.1066.8524
George Bamberger38.1007.562

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
Billy Loes3747144.0634
Ernie Johnson314114.1129
Billy Hoeft161105.7130
Wes Stock70013.558
George Zuverink60104.151
Rip Coleman30000.004

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Miami Marlins International League Pepper Martin
AAA Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Charlie Metro
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Barney Lutz and George Staller
C Stockton Ports California League Billy DeMars
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Earl Weaver
D Pensacola Dons Alabama–Florida League Lou Fitzgerald
D Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Bob Hooper

Notes
  1. Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
  2. John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
  3. Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference
  4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  5. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BAL
  6. Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference
  7. Bobby Avila transactions at Baseball-Reference
  8. Albie Pearson transactions at Baseball-Reference
  9. Billy Hoeft page at Baseball-Reference
  10. Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference
  11. Rip Coleman page at Baseball-Reference

References
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