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1959 Baltimore Orioles Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
74-80, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 551 runs, Allowed 621 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85
Manager: Paul Richards (74-80)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 891,926 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
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1958 / 1960 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Jerry Adair 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 17, 1936 2 12 10 12 12 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Avila 35 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 11 20 11 20 20 0 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 9 10 3 2
George Bamberger 35 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 1, 1923 3 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Boyd 39 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 7 128 101 128 128 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Hal Brown 34 R R 6' 2" 182 Dec 11, 1924 9 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Burke 25 R R 5' 10" 190 May 6, 1934 2 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chico Carrasquel 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 23, 1928 10 114 95 114 114 0 0 1 22 2 89 0 0 0 0 7 1
Rip Coleman 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 31, 1931 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Dropo 36 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 11 62 37 62 62 0 0 54 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Jim Finigan 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 6 48 29 48 48 0 0 0 6 42 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
Jack Fisher 20 R R 6' 2" 215 Mar 4, 1939 1st 27 7 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Gardner 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 19, 1927 6 140 129 140 140 0 0 0 139 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Ginsberg 32 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 10 65 40 65 65 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Lenny Green 26 L L 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1933 3 27 5 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 5 23 4 2
Bob Hale 25 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 5 40 5 40 40 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
Ron Hansen 21 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 5, 1938 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Harshman 31 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1927 9 15 8 15 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Hoeft 27 L L 6' 3" 205 May 17, 1932 8 16 3 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Johnson 35 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 16, 1924 9 31 1 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Klaus 30 L R 5' 10" 165 Dec 9, 1928 7 104 86 104 104 0 0 0 1 49 59 0 0 0 0 7 1
Whitey Lockman 32 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 14 38 12 38 38 0 0 22 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
Billy Loes 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 13, 1929 9 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willy Miranda 33 B R 150 May 24, 1926 9 65 30 65 65 0 0 0 5 11 47 0 0 0 0 0 4
Bob Nieman 32 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 9 118 94 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 23 1
Billy O'Dell 27 B L 5' 11" 170 Feb 10, 1932 5 43 24 43 43 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 All-Star
Milt Pappas 20 R R 6' 3" 190 May 11, 1939 3 33 27 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albie Pearson 24 L L 5' 5" 141 Sep 12, 1934 2 80 23 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 15 50 28 10
Al Pilarcik 28 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 3, 1930 4 130 60 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 102 106 29 9
Arnie Portocarrero 27 R R 6' 3" 196 Jul 5, 1931 6 27 14 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brooks Robinson HOF 22 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1937 5 88 80 88 88 0 0 0 1 87 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bob Saverine 18 B R 5' 9" 165 Jun 2, 1941 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Barry Shetrone 20 L R 6' 2" 190 Jul 6, 1938 1st 33 17 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 1 23 7 5
Wes Stock 25 R R 6' 2" 188 Apr 10, 1934 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Tasby 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 8, 1933 2 142 123 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 131 0 137 5 5
Joe Taylor 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1926 4 14 10 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 12 2 0
Gus Triandos 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 30, 1930 7 126 115 126 126 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 All-Star
Fred Valentine 24 B R 6' 1" 190 Jan 19, 1935 1st 12 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 8 0 4
Jerry Walker 20 B R 6' 1" 195 Feb 12, 1939 3 31 22 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 All-Star
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 36 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1922 8 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Gene Woodling 36 L R 195 Aug 16, 1922 14 140 118 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 70 124 21 0 All-Star
George Zuverink 34 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 20, 1924 8 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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