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1959 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

74-80, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (74-80)
Scored 551 runs, Allowed 621 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Jerry Adair 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 17, 1936 2 12 10 12 12 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bobby Avila 35 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 11 20 11 20 16 0 0 0 8 1 0 1 0 9 10 3 2 -0.8 $
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 -0.4 $
Bob Boyd 39 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 7 128 101 128 109 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 -1.1 $
Hal Brown 34 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 9 31 21 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Leo Burke 25 R R 5' 11" 185 May 6, 1934 2 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $
Chico Carrasquel 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 23, 1926 10 114 95 114 110 0 0 1 22 2 89 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.7 $
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 0.1 $
Walt Dropo 36 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 11 62 37 62 56 0 0 54 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.1 $
Jim Finigan 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 19, 1928 6 48 29 48 46 0 0 0 6 42 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.4 $
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 1.0 $
Billy Gardner 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1927 6 140 129 140 140 0 0 0 139 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $
Joe Ginsberg 32 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 10 65 40 65 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.9 $
Lenny Green 26 L L 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1933 3 27 5 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 5 23 4 2 0.1 $
Bob Hale 25 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 5 40 5 40 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 -0.6 $
Ron Hansen 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 5, 1938 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jack Harshman 31 L L 6' 2" 178 Jul 12, 1927 9 15 8 15 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.5 $
Billy Hoeft 27 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 8 16 3 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Ernie Johnson 35 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1924 9 31 1 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Billy Klaus 30 L R 5' 9" 160 Dec 9, 1928 7 104 86 104 101 0 0 0 1 49 59 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.8 $
Whitey Lockman 32 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 14 38 12 38 26 0 0 22 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 -0.6 $
Billy Loes 29 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 13, 1929 9 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Willy Miranda 33 B R 5' 9" 150 May 24, 1926 9 65 30 65 63 0 0 0 5 11 47 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.4 $
Bob Nieman 32 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 9 118 94 118 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 23 1 2.1 $
Billy O'Dell 26 B L 5' 11" 170 Feb 10, 1933 5 43 24 43 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.4 $ 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 3.7 $11,000
Albie Pearson 24 L L 5' 5" 140 Sep 12, 1934 2 80 23 80 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 15 50 28 10 -0.2 $
Al Pilarcik 28 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 3, 1930 4 130 60 130 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 102 106 29 9 0.8 $
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 -2.3 $
Brooks Robinson HOF 22 R R 6' 1" 180 May 18, 1937 5 88 80 88 87 0 0 0 1 87 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.5 $
Bob Saverine 18 B R 5' 10" 160 Jun 2, 1941 1st 1 0 1 0 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 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 1 23 7 5 -0.9 $
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 -0.1 $
Willie Tasby 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 8, 1933 2 142 123 142 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 131 0 137 5 5 0.2 $
Joe Taylor 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 2, 1926 4 14 10 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 12 2 0 0.0 $
Gus Triandos 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 30, 1930 7 126 115 126 125 0 124 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.1 $ All-Star
Fred Valentine 24 B R 6' 1" 190 Jan 19, 1935 1st 12 6 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 8 0 4 -0.2 $
Jerry Walker 20 B R 6' 1" 195 Feb 12, 1939 3 31 22 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.0 $8,500 All-Star
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 36 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 8 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 $ All-Star
Gene Woodling 36 L R 5' 9" 195 Aug 16, 1922 14 140 118 140 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 70 124 21 0 2.9 $ All-Star
George Zuverink 34 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 20, 1924 8 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 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 WAR Salary

Bob Boyd

Al Pilarcik

Ron Hansen

Bob Nieman

Brooks Robinson

Billy Klaus

Willy Miranda

Jerry Adair
Bobby Avila

Billy Gardner

Bob Hale

Gus Triandos

Gene Woodling

Hoyt Wilhelm

George Bamberger

Chico Carrasquel

Billy Loes

Lenny Green
Albie Pearson

Joe Ginsberg

Leo Burke

Arnie Portocarrero

Whitey Lockman

Wes Stock
Joe Taylor
Fred Valentine

Hal Brown

Jack Harshman
Billy Hoeft

Milt Pappas

Jim Finigan
Bob Saverine

Whitey Lockman

Rip Coleman
George Zuverink

Walt Dropo

Jerry Walker

Barry Shetrone

Billy O'Dell

Willie Tasby

Ernie Johnson

Jack Fisher

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers