1959 Cleveland Indians Statistics

1958 Season 1960 Season

Record: 89-65-0, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe Gordon (89-65)

General Manager: Frank Lane

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium

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

Pythagorean W-L: 87-67, 745 Runs, 646 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	502	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 Miñoso	35	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	Name	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 FitzGerald	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	CF	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*	30	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	Name	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	31	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	29.0	154	5861	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	7	8	3	1	5	1	2		2		3		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.2	154	5389	4864	708	1301	206	23	165	639	32	36	415	605	.267	.327	.421	.749	107	2048	116	37	35	37	25
		Pitcher Totals	26.9	154	472	424	37	89	10	2	2	43	1	0	18	116	.210	.244	.257	.501	40	109	3	2	25	3	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	4.00	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	4.35	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	5.14	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	117	4.44	1.434	6.9	0.7	6.0	5.3	0.88
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	209	5.64	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	4.83	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	3.48	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	3.20	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	2	44.0	46	29	26	4	25	3	23	2	0	0	193	70	4.52	1.614	9.4	0.8	5.1	4.7	0.92
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	119	4.22	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	144	3.26	0.894	6.3	0.8	1.8	4.8	2.69
12		Bob Smith*	31	0	1	.000	5.22	12	3	3	0	0	0	29.1	31	19	17	2	12	0	17	0	0	2	129	72	3.50	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	180	3.49	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	66	3.27	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	93	2.54	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	146	2.84	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	24	1383.2	1230	646	576	148	635	33	799	24	3	45	5929	99	4.21	1.348	8.0	1.0	4.1	5.2	1.26
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		4				1	8	5	4	1	3	4	6	8		3
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W