1959 Baltimore Orioles Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1959 Baltimore Orioles Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Gus Triandos	28	126	468	393	43	85	7	1	25	73	0	0	65	56	.216	.330	.430	.760	110	169	12	3	4	3	6
2	1B	Bob Boyd*	39	128	461	415	42	110	20	2	3	41	3	1	29	14	.265	.312	.345	.656	83	143	12	1	12	4	1
3	2B	Billy Gardner	31	140	451	401	34	87	13	2	6	27	2	1	38	61	.217	.284	.304	.589	64	122	12	1	8	3	9
4	SS	Chico Carrasquel	31	114	391	346	28	77	13	0	4	28	2	3	34	41	.223	.292	.295	.587	64	102	10	1	8	2	1
5	3B	Brooks Robinson	22	88	333	313	29	89	15	2	4	24	2	2	17	37	.284	.325	.383	.709	97	120	5	2	1	0	5
6	LF	Bob Nieman	32	118	409	360	49	105	18	2	21	60	1	2	42	55	.292	.367	.528	.895	146	190	12	2	3	2	3
7	CF	Willie Tasby	26	142	552	505	69	126	16	5	13	48	3	5	34	80	.250	.303	.378	.682	89	191	8	6	5	2	0
8	RF	Al Pilarcik*	28	130	317	273	37	77	12	1	3	16	9	3	30	25	.282	.355	.366	.722	102	100	7	1	13	0	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Gene Woodling*	36	140	524	440	63	132	22	2	14	77	1	1	78	35	.300	.402	.455	.856	138	200	5	0	1	5	4
10	IF	Billy Klaus*	30	104	377	321	33	80	11	0	3	25	2	4	51	38	.249	.350	.312	.662	86	100	6	0	3	2	1
11	C	Joe Ginsberg*	32	65	190	166	14	30	2	0	1	14	1	0	21	13	.181	.268	.211	.479	36	35	6	0	0	3	3
12	1B	Walt Dropo	36	62	166	151	17	42	9	0	6	21	0	0	12	20	.278	.329	.457	.786	117	69	6	0	2	1	0
13	OF	Albie Pearson*	24	80	152	138	22	32	4	2	0	6	4	0	13	5	.232	.296	.290	.586	64	40	4	0	0	1	0
14	3B	Jim Finigan	30	48	130	119	14	30	6	0	1	10	1	0	9	10	.252	.300	.328	.628	75	39	6	0	0	2	0
15	SS	Willy Miranda#	33	65	96	88	8	14	5	0	0	7	0	0	7	16	.159	.221	.216	.437	22	19	2	0	1	0	0
16	CF	Barry Shetrone*	20	33	88	79	8	16	1	1	0	5	3	0	5	9	.203	.247	.241	.488	37	19	0	0	3	1	1
17	1B	Whitey Lockman*	32	38	78	69	7	15	1	1	0	2	0	0	8	4	.217	.299	.261	.560	58	18	1	0	1	0	0
18	1B	Bob Hale*	25	40	56	54	2	10	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	6	.185	.214	.241	.455	27	13	1	0	0	0	1
19	UT	Bobby Avila	35	20	51	47	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.170	.235	.170	.406	15	8	5	0	0	0	0
20	OF	Joe Taylor	33	14	43	32	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	11	5	.156	.372	.281	.653	85	9	0	0	0	0	0
21	MI	Jerry Adair	22	12	36	35	3	11	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5	.314	.333	.371	.705	96	13	0	0	0	0	0
22	OF	Lenny Green*	26	27	27	24	3	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	.292	.346	.417	.763	112	10	0	1	1	0	0
23	OF	Fred Valentine#	24	12	22	19	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	.316	.409	.316	.725	105	6	0	0	0	0	0
24	IF	Leo Burke	25	5	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.273	.200	.473	34	2	1	1	0	0	0
25	SS	Ron Hansen	21	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		Bob Saverine#	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Hoyt Wilhelm	36	32	85	76	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	23	.053	.111	.053	.164	-53	4	1	0	4	0	0
28	P	Milt Pappas	20	33	81	79	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	35	.139	.150	.152	.302	-16	12	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Jerry Walker#	20	31	69	65	4	11	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	15	.169	.182	.215	.397	10	14	0	0	3	0	0
30	P	Billy O'Dell#	27	43	66	60	5	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	18	.083	.141	.133	.274	-23	8	1	0	2	0	0
31	P	Hal Brown	34	31	55	42	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	.048	.130	.095	.226	-36	4	1	0	9	0	0
32	P	Arnie Portocarrero	27	27	25	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.045	.000	.045	-86	0	0	0	3	0	0
33	P	Jack Fisher	20	27	24	23	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.130	.167	.174	.341	-5	4	0	1	0	0	0
34	P	Billy Hoeft*	27	16	12	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.333	.583	61	4	1	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jack Harshman*	31	15	12	10	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.200	.333	.500	.833	129	5	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Billy Loes	29	37	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Ernie Johnson	35	31	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	2	1	0	0	0	0
38	P	George Zuverink	34	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Wes Stock	25	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	George Bamberger	35	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Rip Coleman*	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.1	155	5883	5208	551	1240	182	23	109	514	36	24	536	690	.238	.310	.345	.655	82	1795	126	20	88	31	36
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	8	7	7	8	7		5	5	4	7	7	7	8	8		8
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Hoyt Wilhelm	36	15	11	.577	2.19	32	27	2	13	3	0	226.0	178	64	55	13	77	3	139	10	0	5	902	173	1.128	7.1	0.5	3.1	5.5	1.81
2	SP	Milt Pappas	20	15	9	.625	3.27	33	27	4	15	4	3	209.1	175	82	76	8	75	2	120	4	1	14	858	116	1.194	7.5	0.3	3.2	5.2	1.60
3	SP	Billy O'Dell*	27	10	12	.455	2.93	38	24	9	6	2	1	199.1	163	74	65	18	67	7	88	1	0	2	826	129	1.154	7.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	1.31
4	SP	Jerry Walker	20	11	10	.524	2.92	30	22	6	7	2	4	182.0	160	68	59	13	52	9	100	3	1	2	736	130	1.165	7.9	0.6	2.6	4.9	1.92
5	SP	Hal Brown	34	11	9	.550	3.79	31	21	7	2	0	3	164.0	158	73	69	16	32	5	81	1	0	2	674	100	1.159	8.7	0.9	1.8	4.4	2.53
6	SP	Arnie Portocarrero	27	2	7	.222	6.80	27	14	8	1	0	0	90.0	107	73	68	10	32	0	23	2	0	1	408	56	1.544	10.7	1.0	3.2	2.3	0.72
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Billy Loes	29	4	7	.364	4.06	37	0	31	0	0	14	64.1	58	31	29	5	25	3	34	3	0	0	275	93	1.290	8.1	0.7	3.5	4.8	1.36
8	RP	Jack Fisher	20	1	6	.143	3.05	27	7	10	1	1	2	88.2	76	36	30	7	38	1	52	1	1	0	375	124	1.286	7.7	0.7	3.9	5.3	1.37
9	RP	Ernie Johnson	35	4	1	.800	4.11	31	1	16	0	0	1	50.1	57	32	23	6	19	2	29	3	1	2	230	92	1.510	10.2	1.1	3.4	5.2	1.53
10	RP	Jack Harshman*	31	0	6	.000	6.85	14	8	5	0	0	0	47.1	58	39	36	6	28	5	24	2	0	2	221	55	1.817	11.0	1.1	5.3	4.6	0.86
11	RP	Billy Hoeft*	27	1	1	.500	5.71	16	3	6	0	0	0	41.0	50	29	26	6	19	3	30	0	0	2	186	66	1.683	11.0	1.3	4.2	6.6	1.58
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		George Zuverink	34	0	1	.000	4.15	6	0	1	0	0	0	13.0	15	7	6	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	55	91	1.615	10.4	0.7	4.2	0.7	0.17
13		Wes Stock	25	0	0		3.55	7	0	2	0	0	1	12.2	16	6	5	1	2	0	8	0	0	2	55	107	1.421	11.4	0.7	1.4	5.7	4.00
14		George Bamberger	35	0	0		7.56	3	1	1	0	0	1	8.1	15	7	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	39	50	2.040	16.2	1.1	2.2	2.2	1.00
15		Rip Coleman*	27	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	17		1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
		Team Totals	27.5	74	80	.481	3.56	155	155	110	45	12	30	1400.1	1290	621	554	111	476	40	735	30	4	36	5857	106	1.261	8.3	0.7	3.1	4.7	1.54
		Rank in 8 AL teams		6	3		2				4	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	3		6082
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Jerry Adair	22	12	10	87.0	49	26	19	4	5	.918	-1.0	-13.8	-1.0	-0.6	-0.4		0		4.66	3.75						2B-SS
Bobby Avila	35	19	11	98.1	33	21	11	1	2	.970	0.3	3.7	0.3	-0.7	1.0	0	0		2.93	1.68						RF-2B-LF-3B
George Bamberger	35	3	1	8.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									3.24	1.00						P
Bob Boyd	39	109	101	878.0	988	927	46	15	88	.985	-6.3	-8.6	-6.3	-4.3	-2.0		0		9.97	8.93						1B
Hal Brown	34	31	21	164.0	35	9	25	1	2	.971									1.87	1.10						P
Leo Burke	25	4	2	23.0	8	4	4	0	0	1.000	0.2	10.4	0.2	0.4	-0.2		0		3.13	2.00						2B-3B
Chico Carrasquel	31	114	95	821.1	441	157	271	13	68	.971	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.6	-1.4		2		4.69	3.75						SS-2B-3B-1B
Rip Coleman	27	3	0	4.0	4	0	4	0	1	1.000									9.00	1.33						P
Walt Dropo	36	56	37	359.0	410	386	20	4	43	.990	0.5	1.7	0.5	-1.2	1.8		0		10.18	7.25						1B-3B
Jim Finigan	30	50	29	283.2	115	36	75	4	6	.965	-0.9	-3.8	-0.9	-0.3	-0.6		0		3.52	2.22						3B-2B-SS
Jack Fisher	20	27	7	88.2	14	2	11	1	0	.929									1.32	0.48						P
Billy Gardner	31	141	129	1120.1	745	334	393	18	104	.976	16.0	17.1	11.0	2.9	8.1		5		5.84	5.16						2B-3B-SS
Joe Ginsberg	32	62	40	433.0	272	241	29	2	4	.993	-1.0	-2.8						-1	5.61	4.35	21	6	7	13	65%	C
Lenny Green	26	25	5	76.0	11	9	2	0	0	1.000	-0.5	-7.9	-1.5	-0.2	-1.3	1			1.30	0.44						LF-RF
Bob Hale	25	8	5	44.2	50	48	2	0	5	1.000	0.1	2.7	0.1	-0.1	0.2		0		10.07	6.25						1B
Ron Hansen	21	2	2	13.0	9	2	6	1	1	.889	-0.4	-36.9	-0.4	0.3	-0.7		0		5.54	4.00						SS
Jack Harshman	31	14	8	47.1	16	4	12	0	2	1.000									3.04	1.14						P
Billy Hoeft	27	16	3	41.0	8	0	7	1	1	.875									1.54	0.44						P
Ernie Johnson	35	31	1	50.1	12	1	10	1	0	.917									1.97	0.35						P
Billy Klaus	30	109	86	772.0	364	120	231	13	28	.964	4.4	6.8	4.4	4.5	-0.1		0		4.09	3.22						SS-3B-2B
Whitey Lockman	32	28	12	130.2	135	124	9	2	17	.985	-3.6	-33.1	-3.6	-2.1	-1.4	0	0		9.16	4.75						1B-2B-RF
Billy Loes	29	37	0	64.1	18	3	15	0	3	1.000									2.52	0.49						P
Willy Miranda	33	63	30	300.0	173	60	108	5	25	.971	2.4	9.6	1.4	-1.5	2.8		1		5.04	2.67						SS-3B-2B
Bob Nieman	32	97	94	723.2	182	171	6	5	0	.973	-0.7	-1.2	0.3	1.4	-1.2	-1			2.20	1.82						LF
Billy O'Dell	27	38	24	199.1	54	7	44	3	3	.944									2.30	1.34						P
Milt Pappas	20	33	27	209.1	45	6	36	3	2	.933									1.81	1.27						P
Albie Pearson	24	54	23	273.0	78	75	2	1	0	.987	3.6	15.8	3.6	0.0	3.6	0			2.54	1.43						CF-RF-LF
Al Pilarcik	28	113	60	649.2	141	135	3	3	1	.979	1.1	2.0	1.1	-2.5	3.6	0			1.91	1.22						RF-CF-LF
Arnie Portocarrero	27	27	14	90.0	27	6	20	1	0	.963									2.60	0.96						P
Brooks Robinson	22	88	80	724.1	292	92	187	13	25	.955	13.0	21.5	11.0	6.1	4.9		2		3.47	3.17						3B-2B
Barry Shetrone	20	23	17	174.2	34	32	0	2	0	.941	-3.3	-22.7	-3.3	-3.9	0.7	0			1.65	1.39						CF-LF-RF
Wes Stock	25	7	0	12.2	3	0	2	1	0	.667									1.42	0.29						P
Willie Tasby	26	138	123	1123.1	347	323	13	11	4	.968	-3.3	-3.5	-2.3	-4.3	2.1	-1			2.69	2.43						CF-LF
Joe Taylor	33	12	10	88.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-0.9	-12.3	-0.9	-0.7	-0.2	0			1.12	0.92						RF-LF
Gus Triandos	28	125	115	967.1	673	597	63	13	5	.981	-6.0	-7.4						-6	6.14	5.28	28	29	33	27	45%	C
Fred Valentine	24	9	6	55.0	9	7	1	1	0	.889	-1.1	-24.0	-1.1	-1.1	0.0	0			1.31	0.89						RF-LF
Jerry Walker	20	30	22	182.0	37	5	32	0	2	1.000									1.83	1.23						P
Hoyt Wilhelm	36	32	27	226.0	45	13	32	0	1	1.000									1.79	1.41						P
Gene Woodling	36	142	118	976.2	217	211	2	4	0	.982	-2.7	-3.3	0.3	-1.1	1.5	-3			1.96	1.50						RF-LF
George Zuverink	34	6	0	13.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000									2.77	0.67						P
Team Totals	29.9	155	1395	12596.0	6109	4202	1760	147	448	.976	9.8	0.9	10.8	-9.6	20.8	-4	10	-7	4.26	3.13	49	35	40	40	50%
Rank in 8 AL teams								3	2	6
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1958 / 1960 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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