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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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
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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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
35 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
36 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
37 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
38 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
39 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
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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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 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 3 5
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
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* - 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.04 1.14 P
Billy Hoeft 27 16 3 41.0 8 0 7 1 1 .875 0.0 0.0 1.54 0.44 P
Ernie Johnson 35 31 1 50.1 12 1 10 1 0 .917 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.30 1.34 P
Milt Pappas 20 33 27 209.1 45 6 36 3 2 .933 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.83 1.23 P
Hoyt Wilhelm 36 32 27 226.0 45 13 32 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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