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1959 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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	Russ Nixon*	24	82	280	258	23	62	10	3	1	29	0	0	15	28	.240	.277	.314	.591	65	81	9	0	2	5	1
2	1B	Vic Power	31	147	645	595	102	172	31	6	10	60	9	13	40	22	.289	.334	.412	.746	107	245	19	2	4	4	2
3	2B	Billy Martin	31	73	259	242	37	63	7	0	9	24	0	2	8	18	.260	.290	.401	.691	91	97	5	3	4	2	2
4	SS	Woodie Held	27	143	577	525	82	132	19	3	29	71	1	2	46	118	.251	.313	.465	.778	114	244	12	2	2	2	1
5	3B	George Strickland	33	132	501	441	55	105	15	2	3	48	1	1	51	64	.238	.313	.302	.615	72	133	7	0	3	6	2
6	LF	Minnie Minoso	33	148	650	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	8	10	54	46	.302	.377	.468	.846	135	267	11	17	6	3	2
7	CF	Jim Piersall	29	100	354	317	42	78	13	2	4	30	6	3	25	31	.246	.303	.338	.641	79	107	2	2	8	2	1
8	RF	Rocky Colavito	25	154	664	588	90	151	24	0	42	111	3	3	71	86	.257	.337	.512	.849	133	301	13	2	0	3	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
9	UT	Tito Francona*	25	122	443	399	68	145	17	2	20	79	2	0	35	42	.363	.414	.566	.980	171	226	11	3	1	5	3
10	IF	Jim Baxes	30	77	270	247	35	59	11	0	15	34	0	1	21	47	.239	.299	.466	.764	110	115	12	0	2	0	0
11	C	Dick Brown	24	48	157	141	15	31	7	0	5	16	0	0	11	39	.220	.288	.376	.664	84	53	1	3	1	1	1
12	C	Ed Fitz Gerald	35	49	143	129	12	35	6	1	1	4	0	0	12	14	.271	.343	.357	.699	95	46	5	2	0	0	1
13	2B	Ray Webster	21	40	80	74	10	15	2	1	2	10	1	0	5	7	.203	.253	.338	.591	63	25	2	0	1	0	0
14	IF	Granny Hamner	32	27	69	67	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	8	.164	.174	.254	.428	18	17	2	0	0	1	0
15	OF	Carroll Hardy	26	32	57	53	12	11	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	7	.208	.250	.226	.476	34	12	0	0	1	0	0
16	OF	Chuck Tanner*	29	14	50	48	6	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	9	.250	.280	.354	.634	76	17	2	0	0	0	0
17	C	Hal Naragon*	30	14	41	36	6	10	4	1	0	5	0	0	3	2	.278	.341	.444	.786	117	16	0	1	0	1	0
18	IF	Gene Leek	22	13	38	36	7	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	7	.222	.263	.389	.652	79	14	0	0	0	0	0
19	RF	Elmer Valo*	38	34	33	24	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	.292	.424	.292	.716	104	7	2	0	0	2	1
20	3B	Willie Jones	33	11	19	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.222	.263	.278	.541	51	5	0	0	0	0	0
21	MI	Billy Moran	25	11	17	17	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.294	.294	.294	.588	65	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	1B	Gordy Coleman*	24	6	16	15	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.533	.563	.667	1.229	242	10	0	0	0	0	0
23		Don Dillard*	22	10	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	124	4	0	0	0	0	0
24		Jim Bolger	27	8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	3B	Randy Jackson	33	3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	1	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	Cal McLish#	33	35	87	74	8	14	2	1	0	8	1	0	4	25	.189	.231	.243	.474	32	18	1	0	9	0	0
27	P	Gary Bell	22	44	86	75	8	18	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	19	.240	.269	.267	.536	50	20	0	0	8	0	0
28	P	Mudcat Grant	23	42	58	55	5	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	16	.200	.228	.255	.483	34	14	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Herb Score*	26	30	55	52	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.096	.127	.096	.223	-37	5	0	0	0	1	0
30	P	Jim Perry#	23	44	51	50	5	15	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.340	.640	78	17	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Jack Harshman*	31	21	40	34	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	4	.206	.300	.235	.535	52	8	0	0	0	1	0
32	P	Don Ferrarese	30	15	28	27	1	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	.259	.259	.407	.667	83	11	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Bobby Locke	25	24	27	24	4	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	.333	.360	.500	.860	137	12	1	0	2	0	0
34	P	Mike Garcia	35	29	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	-60	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Dick Brodowski	26	18	8	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	2	0	0	2	0	0
36	P	Bob Smith*	32	12	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Al Cicotte	29	26	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	138	1	0	1	1	0	0
38	P	Jake Striker*	25	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	103	0	0	1	0	0	0
39	P	John Briggs	25	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	1	0
40	P	Bud Podbielan	35	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Humberto Robinson	29	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.7	154	5860	5288	745	1390	216	25	167	682	33	36	433	721	.263	.321	.408	.729	102	2157	119	39	60	40	25
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	1	2	5	7	1		8	2	8	6	1	5	1	2		2
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	Cal McLish	33	19	8	.704	3.63	35	32	1	13	0	1	235.1	253	110	95	26	72	6	113	5	0	4	1021	102	1.381	9.7	1.0	2.8	4.3	1.57
2	SP	Gary Bell	22	16	11	.593	4.04	44	28	11	12	1	5	234.0	208	107	105	28	105	4	136	5	1	8	1005	92	1.338	8.0	1.1	4.0	5.2	1.30
3	SP	Herb Score*	26	9	11	.450	4.71	30	25	2	9	1	0	160.2	123	93	84	28	115	0	147	1	1	14	712	79	1.481	6.9	1.6	6.4	8.2	1.28
4	SP	Don Ferrarese*	30	5	3	.625	3.20	15	10	1	4	0	0	76.0	58	29	27	6	51	2	45	1	0	1	322	116	1.434	6.9	0.7	6.0	5.3	0.88
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
5	CL	Dick Brodowski	26	2	2	.500	1.80	18	0	14	0	0	5	30.0	19	13	6	3	21	1	9	3	0	2	133	206	1.333	5.7	0.9	6.3	2.7	0.43
6	RP	Mudcat Grant	23	10	7	.588	4.14	38	19	7	6	1	3	165.1	140	80	76	23	81	4	85	2	0	4	699	90	1.337	7.6	1.3	4.4	4.6	1.05
7	RP	Jim Perry	23	12	10	.545	2.65	44	13	18	8	2	4	153.0	122	54	45	10	55	7	79	2	1	2	615	140	1.157	7.2	0.6	3.2	4.6	1.44
8	RP	Mike Garcia	35	3	6	.333	4.00	29	8	9	1	0	1	72.0	72	39	32	4	31	3	49	0	0	3	310	93	1.431	9.0	0.5	3.9	6.1	1.58
9	RP	Al Cicotte	29	3	1	.750	5.32	26	1	12	0	0	1	44.0	46	29	26	4	25	3	23	2	0	0	193	70	1.614	9.4	0.8	5.1	4.7	0.92
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
10		Bobby Locke	25	3	2	.600	3.13	24	7	8	0	0	2	77.2	66	33	27	6	41	2	40	3	0	3	338	118	1.378	7.6	0.7	4.8	4.6	0.98
11		Jack Harshman*	31	5	1	.833	2.59	13	6	6	5	1	1	66.0	46	21	19	6	13	0	35	0	0	1	277	143	0.894	6.3	0.8	1.8	4.8	2.69
12		Bob Smith*	32	0	1	.000	5.22	12	3	3	0	0	0	29.1	31	19	17	2	12	0	17	0	0	2	129	71	1.466	9.5	0.6	3.7	5.2	1.42
13		John Briggs	25	0	1	.000	2.13	4	1	1	0	0	0	12.2	12	5	3	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	53	174	1.184	8.5	0.7	2.1	3.6	1.67
14		Bud Podbielan	35	0	1	.000	5.84	6	0	1	0	0	0	12.1	17	8	8	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	53	64	1.541	12.4	0.7	1.5	3.6	2.50
15		Humberto Robinson	29	1	0	1.000	4.15	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	9	4	4	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	37	89	1.500	9.3	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50
16		Jake Striker*	25	1	0	1.000	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	2	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	32	137	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	6.8	1.25
		Team Totals	27.0	89	65	.578	3.75	154	154	96	58	6	23	1383.2	1230	646	576	148	635	33	799	24	3	45	5929	99	1.348	8.0	1.0	4.1	5.2	1.26
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		4				1	8	6	4	1	3	4	6	8		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
Jim Baxes	30	70	63	574.0	286	123	148	15	31	.948	-2.6	-5.4	-2.6	-1.5	-1.1		0		4.25	3.87						2B-3B
Gary Bell	22	44	28	234.0	49	19	27	3	3	.939									1.77	1.05						P
John Briggs	25	4	1	12.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000									2.13	0.75						P
Dick Brodowski	26	18	0	30.0	9	4	3	2	0	.778									2.10	0.39						P
Dick Brown	24	48	40	376.2	270	248	21	1	5	.996	-1.0	-3.2						-1	6.43	5.60	1	17	12	10	45%	C
Al Cicotte	29	26	1	44.0	11	3	8	0	0	1.000									2.25	0.42						P
Rocky Colavito	25	154	154	1381.2	323	311	7	5	1	.985	17.1	14.9	16.1	7.3	8.8	1			2.07	2.06						RF
Gordy Coleman	24	3	3	27.0	22	18	3	1	1	.955	-1.9	-84.4	-1.9	0.0	-1.9		0		7.00	7.00						1B
Don Ferrarese	30	15	10	76.0	15	0	15	0	2	1.000									1.78	1.00						P
Ed Fitz Gerald	35	45	38	334.1	223	192	26	5	3	.978	5.0	17.9						5	5.87	4.84	0	5	13	15	54%	C
Tito Francona	25	100	95	839.2	457	431	21	5	21	.989	-3.1	-4.4	-3.1	-1.9	-1.2	0	0		4.84	4.52						CF-1B-LF
Mike Garcia	35	29	8	72.0	18	6	11	1	0	.944									2.12	0.59						P
Mudcat Grant	23	38	19	165.1	41	14	25	2	3	.951									2.12	1.03						P
Granny Hamner	32	22	13	129.0	70	30	38	2	6	.971	2.1	19.5	2.1	-0.0	2.1		0		4.74	3.09						SS-2B-3B
Carroll Hardy	26	15	8	88.2	42	42	0	0	0	1.000	1.7	23.0	2.7	1.0	1.7	-1			4.26	2.80						CF-LF
Jack Harshman	31	13	6	66.0	14	3	11	0	0	1.000									1.91	1.08						P
Woodie Held	27	152	139	1231.2	602	217	365	20	51	.967	4.2	4.1	6.2	1.5	4.5	0	-2		4.25	3.83						SS-3B-CF-2B
Randy Jackson	33	2	2	12.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.2	20.0	0.2	0.0	0.2		0		1.50	1.00						3B
Willie Jones	33	4	4	23.0	14	3	10	1	2	.929	1.2	62.6	1.2	0.9	0.3		0		5.09	3.25						3B
Gene Leek	22	14	9	87.0	29	8	19	2	0	.931	-1.2	-16.6	-1.2	-1.3	0.1		0		2.79	1.93						3B-SS
Bobby Locke	25	24	7	77.2	21	9	11	1	1	.952									2.32	0.83						P
Billy Martin	31	71	66	587.0	305	150	153	2	37	.993	4.1	8.4	3.1	2.2	0.9		1		4.65	4.27						2B-3B
Cal McLish	33	35	32	235.1	76	25	49	2	4	.974									2.83	2.11						P
Minnie Minoso	33	148	148	1322.0	336	317	14	5	1	.985	14.5	13.2	13.5	6.2	7.3	1			2.25	2.24						LF
Billy Moran	25	11	4	43.0	23	13	9	1	2	.957	-2.8	-78.1	-2.8	-1.3	-1.4		0		4.60	2.00						2B-SS
Hal Naragon	30	10	8	75.0	54	51	3	0	1	1.000	1.0	16.0						1	6.48	5.40	1	3	2	3	60%	C
Russ Nixon	24	74	68	597.2	411	374	31	6	8	.985	-6.0	-12.0						-6	6.10	5.47	4	19	32	10	24%	C
Jim Perry	23	44	13	153.0	36	12	24	0	1	1.000									2.12	0.82						P
Jim Piersall	29	92	77	698.2	228	219	5	4	2	.982	16.6	28.5	15.6	8.0	7.7	1	0		2.89	2.43						CF-3B
Bud Podbielan	35	6	0	12.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000									2.92	0.67						P
Vic Power	31	149	146	1295.1	1278	1094	174	10	105	.992	7.7	7.1	8.7	2.1	6.6		-1		8.81	8.51						1B-2B-3B
Humberto Robinson	29	5	0	8.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									2.08	0.40						P
Herb Score	26	30	25	160.2	21	1	15	5	1	.762									0.90	0.53						P
Bob Smith	32	12	3	29.1	6	1	5	0	2	1.000									1.84	0.50						P
George Strickland	33	134	122	1097.0	452	153	281	18	54	.960	6.2	6.8	4.2	0.3	3.9		2		3.56	3.24						3B-SS-2B
Jake Striker	25	1	1	6.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									2.70	2.00						P
Chuck Tanner	29	10	10	85.2	17	17	0	0	0	1.000	-1.7	-23.8	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	0			1.79	1.70						CF-LF
Elmer Valo	38	2	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	180.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0			4.50	0.50						RF
Ray Webster	21	28	15	161.1	87	34	45	8	13	.908	-1.8	-13.4	-1.8	-2.1	0.3		0		4.41	2.82						2B-3B
Team Totals	28.4	154	1386	12453.0	5862	4150	1585	127	361	.978	59.8	5.8	58.8	19.7	39.1	2	0	-1	4.14	3.37	6	44	59	38	39%
Rank in 8 AL teams								7	7	2
	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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