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1959 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958/1960) 89-65, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 745 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Managed by Joe Gordon Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,497,976 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 Stats (1958/1960) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Russ Nixon          24   82  258   23   62  10  3   1   29  15   28  .240  .277  .314   0   0   9   0   2   5   1   65
1B  Vic Power           31  147  595  102  172  31  6  10   60  40   22  .289  .334  .412   9  13  19   2   4   4   2  107
2B  Billy Martin        31   73  242   37   63   7  0   9   24   8   18  .260  .290  .401   0   2   5   3   4   2   2   91
3B  George Strickland   33  132  441   55  105  15  2   3   48  51   64  .238  .313  .302   1   1   7   0   3   6   2   72
SS  Woodie Held         27  143  525   82  132  19  3  29   71  46  118  .251  .313  .465   1   2  12   2   2   2   1  114
LF  Minnie Minoso       33  148  570   92  172  32  0  21   92  54   46  .302  .377  .468   8  10  11  17   6   3   2  135
CF  Jim Piersall        29  100  317   42   78  13  2   4   30  25   31  .246  .303  .338   6   3   2   2   8   2   1   79
RF  Rocky Colavito      25  154  588   90  151  24  0  42  111  71   86  .257  .337  .512   3   3  13   2   0   3   8  133
   *Tito Francona       25  122  399   68  145  17  2  20   79  35   42  .363  .414  .566   2   0  11   3   1   5   3  171
    Jim Baxes           30   77  247   35   59  11  0  15   34  21   47  .239  .299  .466   0   1  12   0   2   0   0  110
    Dick Brown          24   48  141   15   31   7  0   5   16  11   39  .220  .288  .376   0   0   1   3   1   1   1   84
    Ed Fitz Gerald      35   49  129   12   35   6  1   1    4  12   14  .271  .343  .357   0   0   5   2   0   0   1   95
    Ray Webster         21   40   74   10   15   2  1   2   10   5    7  .203  .253  .338   1   0   2   0   1   0   0   63
    Granny Hamner       32   27   67    4   11   1  1   1    3   1    8  .164  .174  .254   0   0   2   0   0   1   0   18
    Carroll Hardy       26   32   53   12   11   1  0   0    2   3    7  .208  .250  .226   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   34
   *Chuck Tanner        29   14   48    6   12   2  0   1    5   2    9  .250  .280  .354   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   76
    Gene Leek           22   13   36    7    8   3  0   1    5   2    7  .222  .263  .389   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   79
   *Hal Naragon         30   14   36    6   10   4  1   0    5   3    2  .278  .341  .444   0   0   0   1   0   1   0  117
   *Elmer Valo          38   34   24    3    7   0  0   0    5   7    0  .292  .424  .292   0   0   2   0   0   2   1  104
    Willie Jones        33   11   18    1    4   1  0   0    1   1    3  .222  .263  .278   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   51
    Billy Moran         25   11   17    1    5   0  0   0    2   0    1  .294  .294  .294   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   65
   *Gordy Coleman       24    6   15    5    8   0  1   0    2   1    2  .533  .563  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  242
   *Don Dillard         22   10   10    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    2  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  124
    Jim Bolger          27    8    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -62
    Randy Jackson       33    3    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -20

    Gary Bell           22   44   75    8   18   2  0   0    6   3   19  .240  .269  .267   0   0   0   0   8   0   0   50
   #Cal McLish          33   35   74    8   14   2  1   0    8   4   25  .189  .231  .243   1   0   1   0   9   0   0   32
    Mudcat Grant        23   42   55    5   11   0  0   1    6   2   16  .200  .228  .255   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   34
   *Herb Score          26   30   52    1    5   0  0   0    1   2   22  .096  .127  .096   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -37
   #Jim Perry           23   44   50    5   15   0  1   0    5   0    3  .300  .300  .340   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   78
   *Jack Harshman       31   21   34    3    7   1  0   0    5   5    4  .206  .300  .235   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   52
    Don Ferrarese       30   15   27    1    7   4  0   0    4   0    9  .259  .259  .407   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   83
    Bobby Locke         25   24   24    4    8   1  0   1    5   1    5  .333  .360  .500   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  137
    Mike Garcia         35   29   14    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    5  .071  .071  .071   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -60
    Dick Brodowski      26   18    6    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   87
   *Bob Smith           32   12    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Al Cicotte          29   26    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .500  .333   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  138
    John Briggs         25    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -100
    Bud Podbielan       35    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Jake Striker        25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .667  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  103
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6  154 5288  745 1390 216 25 167  682 433  721  .263  .319  .408  33  36 119  39  60  40  25  107
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    1    2   5  7   1        8    6     1     5     1   8   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Cal McLish          33  35   3.63  19   8  1  32   1  13   0  235.3  253  110   95  26   72  113 1021   4   5  0   6 102
SP  Gary Bell           22  44   4.04  16  11  5  28  11  12   1  234.0  208  107  105  28  105  136 1005   8   5  1   4  92
SP *Herb Score          26  30   4.71   9  11  0  25   2   9   1  160.7  123   93   84  28  115  147  712  14   1  1   0  79
SP *Don Ferrarese       30  15   3.20   5   3  0  10   1   4   0   76.0   58   29   27   6   51   45  322   1   1  0   2 116

CL  Dick Brodowski      26  18   1.80   2   2  5   0  14   0   0   30.0   19   13    6   3   21    9  133   2   3  0   1 206
RP  Jim Perry           23  44   2.65  12  10  4  13  18   8   2  153.0  122   54   45  10   55   79  615   2   2  1   7 140
RP  Al Cicotte          29  26   5.32   3   1  1   1  12   0   0   44.0   46   29   26   4   25   23  193   0   2  0   3  70
RP  Mike Garcia         35  29   4.00   3   6  1   8   9   1   0   72.0   72   39   32   4   31   49  310   3   0  0   3  93
RP  Mudcat Grant        23  38   4.14  10   7  3  19   7   6   1  165.3  140   80   76  23   81   85  699   4   2  0   4  90

    Bobby Locke         25  24   3.13   3   2  2   7   8   0   0   77.7   66   33   27   6   41   40  338   3   3  0   2 118
   *Jack Harshman       31  13   2.59   5   1  1   6   6   5   1   66.0   46   21   19   6   13   35  277   1   0  0   0 143
   *Bob Smith           32  12   5.22   0   1  0   3   3   0   0   29.3   31   19   17   2   12   17  129   2   0  0   0  71
    John Briggs         25   4   2.13   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   12.7   12    5    3   1    3    5   53   1   0  0   0 174
    Bud Podbielan       35   6   5.84   0   1  0   0   1   0   0   12.3   17    8    8   1    2    5   53   0   0  0   0  64
    Humberto Robinson   29   5   4.15   1   0  0   0   2   0   0    8.7    9    4    4   0    4    6   37   0   0  0   1  89
   *Jake Striker        25   1   2.70   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    6.7    8    2    2   0    4    5   32   0   0  0   0 137
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 154   3.75  89  65 23 154  96  58   7 1383.0 1230  646  576 148  635  799 5929  45  24  3  33  99
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   2   7  6           1   8      4    1    3        6    8    3

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

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RNixon 597 68 74 374 31 6 8 .985 4 19 32 10 DBrown 376 40 48 248 21 1 5 .996 1 17 12 10 EFitz Geral 334 38 45 192 26 5 3 .978 0 5 13 15 HNaragon 75 8 10 51 3 0 1 1.000 1 3 2 3 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1383 154 154 865 81 12 17 .987 6 44 59 38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPower 1063 118 121 1039 110 6 98 .995 9.73 TFrancona 293 33 35 296 19 1 21 .997 9.67 GColeman 27 3 3 18 3 1 1 .955 7.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 1353 132 8 120 .995 9.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMartin 565 65 67 147 149 1 37 .997 4.72 JBaxes 415 47 48 107 110 10 30 .956 4.70 VPower 178 21 21 48 54 3 6 .971 5.16 RWebster 135 11 24 28 37 5 10 .929 4.33 GHamner 41 4 7 12 19 0 4 1.000 6.76 BMoran 30 4 6 6 8 0 1 1.000 4.20 GStrickland 15 2 4 4 5 1 1 .900 5.40 WHeld 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 352 383 20 89 .974 4.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GStrickland 642 72 80 69 131 6 11 .971 2.80 WHeld 329 36 40 33 87 2 8 .984 3.28 JBaxes 158 16 22 16 38 5 1 .915 3.07 GLeek 79 8 13 7 14 1 0 .955 2.39 VPower 54 7 7 7 10 1 1 .944 2.83 GHamner 36 4 5 7 6 1 0 .929 3.25 RWebster 26 4 4 6 8 3 3 .824 4.79 WJones 23 4 4 3 10 1 2 .929 5.09 BMartin 22 1 4 3 4 1 0 .875 2.86 RJackson 12 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 JPiersall 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 151 311 21 26 .957 3.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WHeld 871 100 103 177 277 18 43 .962 4.69 GStrickland 440 48 50 80 145 11 42 .953 4.60 GHamner 51 5 10 11 13 1 2 .960 4.18 BMoran 13 0 5 7 1 1 1 .889 5.54 GLeek 8 1 1 1 5 1 0 .857 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 276 441 32 88 .957 4.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMinoso 1322 148 148 317 14 5 1 .985 2.25 TFrancona 31 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 CTanner 27 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 CHardy 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 330 14 5 1 .986 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPiersall 696 77 91 219 4 4 2 .982 2.88 TFrancona 514 59 61 130 2 4 0 .971 2.31 CHardy 85 8 14 40 0 0 0 1.000 4.20 CTanner 58 7 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 WHeld 28 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 407 6 8 2 .981 2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RColavito 1381 154 154 311 7 5 1 .985 2.07 EValo 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 312 7 5 1 .985 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RColavito 1381 154 154 319 7 5 1 .985 2.12 MMinoso 1322 148 148 314 14 5 1 .985 2.23 JPiersall 696 77 91 216 3 4 2 .982 2.83 TFrancona 546 62 64 136 2 4 0 .972 2.27 CHardy 88 8 15 41 0 0 0 1.000 4.16 CTanner 85 10 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 WHeld 28 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 EValo 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1383 154 154 1052 26 18 4 .984 2.34 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMcLish 235 32 35 25 49 2 4 .974 2.83 GBell 234 28 44 19 27 3 3 .939 1.77 MGrant 165 19 38 14 25 2 3 .951 2.12 HScore 160 25 30 1 15 5 1 .762 0.90 JPerry 153 13 44 12 24 0 1 1.000 2.12 BLocke 77 7 24 9 11 1 1 .952 2.32 DFerrarese 76 10 15 0 15 0 2 1.000 1.78 MGarcia 72 8 29 6 11 1 0 .944 2.12 JHarshman 66 6 13 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.91 ACicotte 44 1 26 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.25 DBrodowski 30 0 18 4 3 2 0 .778 2.10 BSmith 29 3 12 1 5 0 2 1.000 1.84 JBriggs 12 1 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.13 BPodbielan 12 0 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.93 HRobinson 8 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.07 JStriker 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1383 154 154 101 211 16 17 .951 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Minoso .302 On-base % Minoso .377 Slugging % Colavito .512 OPS Colavito .849 Games Colavito 154 At Bats Power 595 Plate Appearances (approx.) Colavito 664 Runs Power 102 Hits Minoso and Power 172 Total Bases Colavito 301 Doubles Minoso 32 Triples Power 6 Home Runs Colavito 42 RBI Colavito 111 Bases on Balls Colavito 71 Strikeouts Held 118 Stolen Bases Power 9 Singles Power 125 Adjusted OPS+ Minoso 135 Runs Created Colavito 101 Adjusted Batting Runs Francona 38 Batting Wins Francona 3.8 Extra-Base Hits Colavito 66 Times on Base Minoso 243 Offensive Win% Minoso .658 Hit By Pitch Minoso 17 Sac. Hits McLish 9 Sac. Flies Strickland 6 Intentional Walks Colavito 8 Grounded into Double Plays Power 19 Caught Stealing Power 13 Power/Speed Number Minoso 11.6 At Bats per Strikeout Power 27.0 At Bats per Home Run Colavito 14.0 Outs Power 463

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA McLish 3.63 Wins McLish 19 Won-Loss % McLish .704 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Grant 1.337 Hits Allowed/9IP Score 6.89 Bases on Balls/9IP McLish 2.75 Strikeouts/9IP Score 8.23 Games Bell and Perry 44 Saves Bell and Brodowski 5 Innings McLish 235.3 Strikeouts Score 147 Games Started McLish 32 Comp. Games McLish 13 Shutouts Perry 2 Home Runs Allow. Bell and Score 28 Bases On Balls Allow. Score 115 Hits Allowed McLish 253 SO to Walk McLish 1.57 Losses Bell and Score 11 Earned Runs Allow. Bell 105 Wild Pitches Score 14 Hit Batsmen Bell and McLish 5 Batters Faced McLish 1021 Games Finished Perry 18 Adjusted ERA+ McLish 102

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Rocky Colavito
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Cal McLish
Minnie Minoso
Minnie Minoso (Starting LF)
Vic Power
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