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1959 Cleveland Indians Lineups and Defense
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
89-65, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 745 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Manager: Joe Gordon (89-65)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,497,976 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
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1958 / 1960 Lineups and Defense

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Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1. Fri,4/10 at KCA W (6-4) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
2. Sat,4/11 at KCA W (3-2) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Ferrarese  
3. Tue,4/14 vs DET W (8-1) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
4. Wed,4/15 vs DET W (2-1) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
5. Fri,4/17 vs KCA W (4-3)# Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
6. Sat,4/18 vs KCA W (13-4) Naragon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Hardy Colavito Ferrarese  
7. Sun,4/19 vs KCA L (3-4) Naragon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Hardy Colavito Score  
8. Tue,4/21 at DET W (14-1) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
9. Wed,4/22 at DET W (10-1) Naragon Power Martin Leek Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
10. Thu,4/23 at DET W (10-4) Naragon Power Martin Leek Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Perry  
11. Fri,4/24 vs CHW W (6-4) Nixon Power Martin Leek Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
12. Sat,4/25 vs CHW L (6-8) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
13. Sun,4/26 vs CHW L (5-6) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Ferrarese  
14. Sun,4/26 vs CHW L (2-5)# Brown Power Martin Leek Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
15. Fri,5/1 vs NYY W (4-2) Nixon Power Martin Leek Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
16. Sat,5/2 vs NYY W (5-2) Nixon Power Martin Jackson Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
17. Sun,5/3 vs WSH W (5-0) Nixon Power Martin Jackson Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Grant  
18. Sun,5/3 vs WSH L (1-3) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Garcia  
19. Tue,5/5 vs BAL W (9-1)# Brown Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Ferrarese  
20. Wed,5/6 vs BAL L (5-6) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
21. Fri,5/8 at CHW W (3-1) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
22. Sat,5/9 at CHW L (5-9) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
23. Sun,5/10 at CHW L (4-5)# Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Grant  
24. Sun,5/10 at CHW L (0-5) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Garcia  
25. Tue,5/12 at NYY W (7-6) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
26. Fri,5/15 at BOS W (4-3) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Grant  
27. Sat,5/16 at BOS W (12-6)# Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
28. Sun,5/17 at BAL L (7-8) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
29. Sun,5/17 at BAL W (8-3) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
30. Mon,5/18 at BAL L (0-3) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Ferrarese  
31. Tue,5/19 at WSH W (5-2) Naragon Power Webster Held Hamner Minoso Piersall Colavito Grant  
32. Wed,5/20 at WSH W (5-3) Naragon Power Webster Held Hamner Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
33. Fri,5/22 vs DET W (1-0) Naragon Power Webster Held Hamner Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
34. Sat,5/23 vs DET L (4-6) Nixon Power Webster Held Hamner Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
35. Sun,5/24 vs DET W (3-2)# Naragon Power Martin Baxes Hamner Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
36. Sun,5/24 vs DET L (3-6) Nixon Power Webster Baxes Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Garcia  
37. Tue,5/26 at CHW W (3-0) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Baxes Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Ferrarese  
38. Wed,5/27 at CHW L (1-5) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Baxes Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
39. Thu,5/28 vs KCA L (2-7)# Fitz Gerald Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Hardy Colavito Grant  
40. Sat,5/30 vs KCA W (3-2) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
41. Sat,5/30 vs KCA L (1-3)# Fitz Gerald Power Martin Baxes Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
42. Sun,5/31 at DET L (4-7) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Baxes Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Ferrarese  
43. Mon,6/1 at DET L (1-3) Nixon Power Martin Hamner Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
44. Tue,6/2 vs WSH L (2-3) Fitz Gerald Power Strickland Baxes Held Minoso Francona Colavito Grant  
45. Wed,6/3 vs WSH L (0-4) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
46. Fri,6/5 vs NYY L (2-11) Nixon Power Martin Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
47. Sat,6/6 vs NYY L (1-2) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Jones Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Ferrarese  
48. Sun,6/7 vs NYY W (7-5) Nixon Francona Martin Jones Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
49. Sun,6/7 vs NYY L (3-4) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Hamner Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
50. Tue,6/9 at BAL L (3-7)# Fitz Gerald Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Grant  
51. Wed,6/10 at BAL W (11-8) Brown Power Martin Jones Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
52. Thu,6/11 at BAL W (2-1) Brown Power Martin Jones Held Minoso Francona Colavito Ferrarese  
53. Sat,6/13 at WSH W (8-7) Brown Power Webster Hamner Held Minoso Francona Colavito Garcia  
54. Sun,6/14 at WSH W (9-5) Brown Power Webster Baxes Held Minoso Francona Colavito Grant  
55. Sun,6/14 at WSH W (12-6) Brown Power Webster Baxes Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
56. Mon,6/15 at BOS W (5-1) Brown Power Webster Baxes Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
57. Tue,6/16 at BOS W (4-1)# Brown Power Webster Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
58. Thu,6/18 at BOS L (6-7) Brown Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Locke  
59. Fri,6/19 at NYY L (2-3)# Brown Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Hardy Colavito Bell  
60. Sat,6/20 at NYY L (2-10) Nixon Power Strickland Baxes Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
61. Sun,6/21 at NYY W (4-2) Brown Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
62. Sun,6/21 at NYY W (5-4) Nixon Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Grant  
63. Tue,6/23 vs BAL L (1-5) Brown Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
64. Wed,6/24 vs BAL L (4-7) Brown Power Webster Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
65. Thu,6/25 vs BAL W (3-2) Brown Power Hamner Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Locke  
66. Fri,6/26 vs BOS W (11-5) Brown Power Hamner Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
67. Sat,6/27 vs BOS L (4-6) Brown Power Hamner Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Grant  
68. Sun,6/28 vs BOS W (5-4) Nixon Power Hamner Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
69. Sun,6/28 vs BOS W (1-0)# Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
70. Tue,6/30 vs CHW W (3-1)# Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
71. Wed,7/1 vs CHW L (5-6) Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Grant  
72. Thu,7/2 at KCA L (4-6) Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
73. Fri,7/3 at KCA W (8-4) Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
74. Sat,7/4 at DET W (6-1) Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
75. Sat,7/4 at DET W (12-9) Nixon Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Locke  
76. Sun,7/5 at DET W (5-4) Brown Power Baxes Hamner Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Garcia  
77. Thu,7/9 at CHW L (3-4)# Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
78. Fri,7/10 at CHW W (8-4) Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
79. Sat,7/11 vs DET W (8-7)# Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Garcia  
80. Sun,7/12 vs DET L (2-6) Nixon Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Locke  
81. Sun,7/12 vs DET W (8-4) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Cicotte  
82. Tue,7/14 at NYY L (0-1)# Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
83. Thu,7/16 at NYY L (5-7) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
84. Thu,7/16 at NYY L (0-4)# Brown Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Smith  
85. Fri,7/17 at BOS W (8-7) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Locke  
86. Sat,7/18 at BOS W (7-5) Brown Power Martin Strickland Held Francona Piersall Colavito Score  
87. Sun,7/19 at BOS L (5-6) Brown Power Martin Strickland Held Francona Piersall Colavito Bell  
88. Sun,7/19 at BOS W (5-3)# Fitz Gerald Power Martin Strickland Held Francona Piersall Colavito Grant  
89. Tue,7/21 vs NYY W (5-1)# Fitz Gerald Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
90. Wed,7/22 vs NYY L (5-8) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
91. Thu,7/23 vs NYY W (8-5) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Smith  
92. Fri,7/24 vs WSH W (5-2) Nixon Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
93. Sat,7/25 vs WSH W (8-1) Nixon Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
94. Sun,7/26 vs WSH W (9-0) Nixon Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Perry  
95. Sun,7/26 vs WSH W (4-3) Nixon Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Locke  
96. Mon,7/27 vs BOS L (0-4) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
97. Tue,7/28 vs BOS W (5-2) Brown Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
98. Tue,7/28 vs BOS L (4-8) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Martin Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Ferrarese  
99. Wed,7/29 vs BOS L (1-4) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Held Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
100. Thu,7/30 vs BOS W (4-3) Nixon Power Martin Baxes Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Grant  
101. Fri,7/31 vs BAL W (5-4) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Baxes Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Perry  
102. Sat,8/1 vs BAL L (2-5) Brown Power Martin Baxes Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Locke  
103. Sun,8/2 vs BAL L (4-5) Fitz Gerald Power Martin Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
104. Sun,8/2 vs BAL W (6-3) Nixon Power Martin Baxes Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
105. Tue,8/4 at WSH W (8-2) Nixon Francona Martin Power Strickland Minoso Held Colavito Perry  
106. Wed,8/5 at WSH W (7-3) Nixon Francona Martin Power Strickland Minoso Held Colavito Grant  
107. Wed,8/5 at WSH L (0-9) Brown Francona Martin Power Strickland Minoso Held Colavito McLish  
108. Thu,8/6 at WSH W (5-2) Nixon Francona Baxes Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
109. Fri,8/7 at BAL W (8-5) Nixon Francona Baxes Held Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Score  
110. Sun,8/9 at BAL L (3-4) Nixon Francona Moran Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Perry  
111. Mon,8/10 at KCA W (6-4) Nixon Francona Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
112. Tue,8/11 at KCA L (3-7)# Brown Francona Baxes Power Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Grant  
113. Wed,8/12 at KCA W (9-4) Nixon Francona Baxes Power Strickland Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
114. Thu,8/13 at KCA W (7-5) Nixon Francona Baxes Power Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Harshman  
115. Fri,8/14 at DET L (1-11) Nixon Francona Baxes Power Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
116. Sat,8/15 at DET L (6-9) Nixon Power Baxes Held Strickland Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
117. Mon,8/17 at DET L (4-5) Nixon Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
118. Tue,8/18 vs WSH L (4-11) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Perry  
119. Wed,8/19 vs WSH W (5-4) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
120. Thu,8/20 vs WSH W (6-1) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Grant  
121. Fri,8/21 vs BAL W (5-0) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Harshman  
122. Sat,8/22 vs BAL W (4-2) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
123. Sun,8/23 vs BOS W (1-0) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Perry  
124. Sun,8/23 vs BOS W (6-2) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Garcia  
125. Tue,8/25 vs NYY W (6-3)# Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito McLish  
126. Wed,8/26 vs NYY W (5-4) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Bell  
127. Fri,8/28 vs CHW L (3-7) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Harshman  
128. Sat,8/29 vs CHW L (0-2) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Perry  
129. Sun,8/30 vs CHW L (3-6) Fitz Gerald Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
130. Sun,8/30 vs CHW L (4-9) Fitz Gerald Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Bell  
131. Wed,9/2 vs KCA W (6-3) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Score  
132. Fri,9/4 at CHW L (2-3) Fitz Gerald Power Baxes Strickland Held Minoso Francona Colavito Perry  
133. Sat,9/5 at CHW W (6-5) Brown Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
134. Sun,9/6 at CHW W (2-1) Brown Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Grant  
135. Mon,9/7 vs DET W (15-14) Fitz Gerald Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Garcia  
136. Mon,9/7 vs DET W (6-5) Brown Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Smith  
137. Wed,9/9 at BAL W (3-2) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Harshman  
138. Wed,9/9 at BAL W (4-1) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Perry  
139. Thu,9/10 at BAL L (1-6) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
140. Fri,9/11 at WSH L (4-5) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Tanner Colavito Grant  
141. Sat,9/12 at WSH W (7-2) Nixon Francona Power Baxes Held Minoso Tanner Colavito Bell  
142. Sun,9/13 at NYY L (1-2) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Tanner Colavito Harshman  
143. Sun,9/13 at NYY L (0-1) Nixon Francona Power Webster Held Minoso Tanner Colavito Perry  
144. Mon,9/14 at NYY W (8-5) Nixon Francona Power Webster Held Minoso Tanner Colavito McLish  
145. Tue,9/15 at BOS L (0-1) Nixon Francona Power Webster Held Minoso Tanner Colavito Grant  
146. Wed,9/16 at BOS L (5-6) Nixon Francona Power Webster Held Minoso Tanner Colavito Bell  
147. Fri,9/18 at KCA W (11-2)# Brown Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Perry  
148. Sat,9/19 at KCA W (13-7) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Harshman  
149. Sun,9/20 at KCA W (4-3) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito McLish  
150. Tue,9/22 vs CHW L (2-4) Nixon Francona Power Strickland Held Minoso Piersall Colavito Perry  
151. Fri,9/25 vs KCA W (8-2) Nixon Coleman Moran Leek Held Tanner Hardy Colavito Striker  
152. Fri,9/25 vs KCA W (8-7)# Brown Francona Power Leek Held Minoso Hardy Colavito McLish  
153. Sat,9/26 vs KCA L (4-8) Nixon Coleman Moran Held Leek Tanner Hardy Colavito Briggs  
154. Sun,9/27 vs KCA L (5-6) Brown Coleman Moran Leek Held Tanner Hardy Colavito Score  
154 games 4 players 3 players 7 players 10 players 4 players 3 players 5 players 1 players 13 players 0 players
Most Common-games Nixon-68
Brown-40
Fitz Gerald-38		 Power-118
Francona-33
Coleman-3		 Martin-65
Baxes-47
Power-21		 Strickland-72
Held-36
Baxes-16		 Held-100
Strickland-48
Hamner-5		 Minoso-148
Tanner-3
Francona-3		 Piersall-77
Francona-59
Hardy-8		 Colavito-154
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-		 McLish-32
Bell-28
Score-25		 -
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Most Common Lineups

22 Games
C. Nixon
1B. Power
2B. Martin
3B. Held
SS. Strickland
LF. Minoso
CF. Piersall
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

18 Games
C. Fitz Gerald
1B. Power
2B. Baxes
3B. Strickland
SS. Held
LF. Minoso
CF. Francona
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

8 Games
C. Brown
1B. Power
2B. Baxes
3B. Strickland
SS. Held
LF. Minoso
CF. Francona
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Nixon
1B. Francona
2B. Power
3B. Strickland
SS. Held
LF. Minoso
CF. Piersall
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Fitz Gerald
1B. Power
2B. Martin
3B. Baxes
SS. Held
LF. Minoso
CF. Piersall
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Nixon
1B. Francona
2B. Power
3B. Webster
SS. Held
LF. Minoso
CF. Tanner
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

66 total lineups (120 when including pitchers)


1958 / 1960 Lineups and Defense

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