1959 American League Shortstop

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Pennant Winner: Chicago White Sox

AL Most Valuable Player: Nellie Fox

ML Cy Young: Early Wynn

AL Rookie of the Year: Bob Allison

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Team Fielding - SS

Team Fielding - SS Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp
Baltimore Orioles	7	4.01	155	155	113	1400.1	771	256	491	24	109	.969	5	4	1	4
Boston Red Sox	5	4.52	154	154	122	1364.0	770	268	461	41	96	.947	-13	-11	-13	0
Chicago White Sox	2	3.77	156	156	146	1425.1	815	299	492	24	92	.971	9	7	9	0
Cleveland Indians	5	4.19	154	154	139	1383.2	749	276	441	32	88	.957	2	2	2	0
Detroit Tigers	3	4.75	154	154	94	1360.0	757	268	454	35	94	.954	0	0	0	0
Kansas City Athletics	4	4.94	154	154	126	1361.0	768	259	479	30	103	.961	-14	-12	-14	0
New York Yankees	6	4.17	155	155	133	1399.0	781	248	507	26	95	.967	7	6	7	0
Washington Senators	6	4.55	154	154	112	1360.0	824	272	511	41	101	.950	-7	-6	-5	-2
League Average	4	4.36	154	154	123	1382	779	268	480	32	97	.959	-1	-0	-2	0
	36	4.36	1236	1236	985	11053.1	6235	2146	3836	253	778	.959	-11	-1	-13	2

Team Advanced Fielding - SS*

Team Advanced Fielding - SS* Table
								Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
Baltimore Orioles	5851	66%	77%	29%	607	92%	7	261	133	109	19	490	371	98	3	9	25	0	15	10	21	110	43	6	36	7	7	103	51	50	5	3	1
Boston Red Sox	5897	67%	75%	28%	615	90%	6	260	146	99	16	464	344	103	1	15	40	4	21	15	26	95	41	2	36	5	2	90	43	44	5	2	3
Chicago White Sox	6018	65%	76%	28%	651	91%	9	295	151	114	29	497	386	92	2	5	24	0	18	6	13	94	35	8	30	4	2	83	43	36	6	2	3
Cleveland Indians	5916	61%	73%	26%	620	90%	4	282	165	98	19	439	329	90	2	6	32	2	24	6	24	89	33	5	19	9	6	80	38	34	3	1	2
Detroit Tigers	5789	64%	74%	26%	601	91%	6	271	142	101	28	455	342	95	3	3	35	0	24	11	31	94	34	2	33	4	7	84	37	44	8	3	5
Kansas City Athletics	5914	68%	77%	28%	619	91%	10	255	132	99	24	477	340	122	3	6	30	1	22	7	25	101	49	2	21	7	6	91	51	36	5	1	3
New York Yankees	5976	64%	74%	30%	652	90%	6	252	128	106	18	508	394	103	1	2	26	2	14	10	22	96	39	6	38	4	3	92	46	46	3	0	2
Washington Senators	5867	63%	78%	31%	674	88%	9	274	135	120	20	522	414	86	5	7	41	1	32	8	39	100	30	9	29	15	10	97	40	54	2	1	1
League Average	5904	65%	75%	28%	630	90%	7	269	142	106	22	482	365	99	2	7	32	1	21	9	25	97	38	5	30	7	5	90	44	43	5	2	2
	47228	65%	75%	28%	5039	90%	57	2150	1132	846	173	3852	2920	789	20	53	253	10	170	73	201	779	304	40	242	55	43	720	349	344	37	13	20

Player Fielding - SS

Player Fielding - SS Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
1	Jerry Adair	22	BAL	1	2	2	17.0	5	2	2	1	1	.800	-2	-113	-2	0	2.12	4.00
2	Luis Aparicio	25	CHW	152	150	142	1338.2	765	282	460	23	87	.970	8	7	8	0	4.99	4.88
3	Ken Aspromonte	27	WSH	12	9	8	89.0	45	15	27	3	5	.933	-2	-30	-2	0	4.25	3.50
4	Reno Bertoia	24	WSH	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	360	0	0	9.00	1.00
5	Clete Boyer	22	NYY	26	22	16	194.1	104	40	63	1	14	.990	1	7	1	0	4.77	3.96
6	Fritz Brickell	24	NYY	15	9	9	95.2	53	14	35	4	3	.925	-1	-8	0	-1	4.61	3.27
7	Rocky Bridges	31	DET	110	108	61	861.2	496	179	293	24	66	.952	0	0	-2	2	4.93	4.29
8	Don Buddin	25	BOS	150	145	117	1225.0	682	235	412	35	89	.949	-10	-10	-10	0	4.75	4.31
9	Chico Carrasquel	33	BAL	89	80	61	691.1	372	124	237	11	63	.970	1	2	-2	3	4.70	4.06
10	Tom Carroll	22	KCA	9	1	1	25.0	17	7	10	0	1	1.000	1	34	1	0	6.12	1.89
11	Billy Consolo	24	TOT	77	68	47	579.1	368	117	232	19	45	.948	0	0	0	0	5.42	4.53
12	Billy Consolo	24	BOS	2	2	2	18.0	11	6	3	2	1	.818	-2	-113	-2	0	4.50	4.50
13	Billy Consolo	24	WSH	75	66	45	561.1	357	111	229	17	44	.952	2	4	2	0	5.45	4.53
14	Joe DeMaestri	30	KCA	115	106	87	905.1	509	167	320	22	63	.957	-7	-9	-6	-1	4.84	4.23
15	Sammy Esposito	27	CHW	14	6	4	86.2	50	17	32	1	5	.980	1	17	1	0	5.09	3.50
16	Jim Finigan	30	BAL	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
17	Billy Gardner	31	BAL	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.00
18	Pumpsie Green	25	BOS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-120	0	0	0.00	0.00
19	Granny Hamner	32	CLE	10	5	4	51.2	25	11	13	1	2	.960	1	19	1	0	4.18	2.40
20	Ron Hansen	21	BAL	2	2	1	13.0	9	2	6	1	1	.889	0	-37	0	0	5.54	4.00
21	Woodie Held	27	CLE	103	100	90	871.0	472	177	277	18	43	.962	0	0	2	-2	4.69	4.41
22	Billy Klaus	30	BAL	59	41	34	407.0	231	77	147	7	21	.970	5	15	5	0	4.95	3.80
23	Tony Kubek	23	NYY	67	64	60	582.1	349	121	217	11	42	.968	4	9	4	0	5.22	5.04
24	Gene Leek	22	CLE	1	1	0	8.0	7	1	5	1	0	.857	1	90	1	0	6.75	6.00
25	Ted Lepcio	29	DET	35	21	15	207.2	102	32	65	5	12	.951	1	3	1	0	4.20	2.77
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
26	Jerry Lumpe	26	TOT	60	49	40	448.0	256	89	159	8	41	.969	-7	-19	-8	1	4.98	4.13
27	Jerry Lumpe	26	NYY	4	2	2	23.1	15	4	11	0	2	1.000	0	21	0	0	5.79	3.75
28	Jerry Lumpe	26	KCA	56	47	38	424.2	241	85	148	8	39	.967	-7	-21	-8	1	4.94	4.16
29	Jim Mahoney	25	BOS	30	6	2	95.0	67	24	39	4	5	.940	0	-3	0	0	5.97	2.10
30	Gil McDougald	31	NYY	52	45	37	394.1	203	58	140	5	25	.975	2	5	2	0	4.52	3.81
31	Willy Miranda	33	BAL	47	30	15	269.0	153	51	98	4	23	.974	1	3	0	1	4.99	3.17
32	Billy Moran	25	CLE	5	0	0	13.0	9	7	1	1	1	.889	-2	-138	-2	0	5.54	1.60
33	Bobby Richardson	23	NYY	14	13	9	109.0	57	11	41	5	9	.912	0	-4	-1	1	4.29	3.71
34	Pete Runnels	31	BOS	9	1	1	25.0	10	3	7	0	1	1.000	-1	-24	-1	0	3.60	1.11
35	Ron Samford	29	WSH	64	56	47	488.1	284	92	177	15	33	.947	-4	-9	-2	-2	4.96	4.20
36	George Strickland	33	CLE	50	48	45	440.0	236	80	145	11	42	.953	2	7	0	2	4.60	4.50
37	Wayne Terwilliger	34	KCA	2	0	0	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	-60	0	0	1.50	0.50
38	José Valdivielso	25	WSH	21	4	1	59.0	31	13	18	0	6	1.000	-1	-16	-1	0	4.73	1.48
39	Coot Veal	26	DET	72	25	18	290.2	159	57	96	6	16	.962	-1	-2	2	-2	4.74	2.13
40	Zoilo Versalles	19	WSH	29	19	11	161.1	106	41	59	6	13	.943	-2	-17	-2	0	5.58	3.45

Player Advanced Fielding - ss

Player Advanced Fielding - ss Table
											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1	Jerry Adair	22	BAL	74	51%	72%	28%	11	64%	0	6	4	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	Luis Aparicio	25	CHW	5639	64%	76%	28%	610	90%	8	278	142	109	26	465	359	88	2	5	23	0	17	6	12	88	32	8	29	3	2	78	40	34	6	2	3
3	Ken Aspromonte	27	WSH	401	60%	76%	30%	39	90%	0	15	9	5	2	29	24	5	0	0	3	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	2	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	0
4	Reno Bertoia	24	WSH	3	67%	100%	33%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Clete Boyer	22	NYY	848	58%	75%	29%	93	89%	0	40	24	14	2	62	48	14	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	14	6	3	3	2	0	14	9	5	0	0	0
6	Fritz Brickell	24	NYY	417	70%	77%	31%	47	91%	0	14	7	6	1	37	30	7	0	0	4	0	1	3	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0
7	Rocky Bridges	31	DET	3671	66%	75%	26%	383	90%	4	180	91	68	21	295	227	55	3	3	24	0	16	8	22	66	21	1	25	4	5	58	23	34	6	2	4
8	Don Buddin	25	BOS	5307	67%	75%	28%	545	90%	6	228	127	89	13	415	300	99	1	13	34	4	17	13	20	88	40	2	31	4	2	83	42	38	5	2	3
9	Chico Carrasquel	33	BAL	2885	64%	77%	28%	289	92%	4	127	66	51	10	236	166	58	1	5	11	0	7	4	10	63	31	2	19	1	4	58	33	24	3	2	0
10	Tom Carroll	22	KCA	107	65%	82%	32%	14	93%	0	6	4	2	0	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	Billy Consolo	24	WSH	2412	64%	77%	31%	294	89%	0	113	56	55	2	231	191	35	0	4	17	0	12	5	16	44	13	4	13	5	4	41	17	22	2	1	1
12	Billy Consolo	24	BOS	78	64%	76%	15%	9	78%	0	6	5	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	Joe DeMaestri	30	KCA	3892	68%	77%	28%	419	91%	7	165	88	66	11	324	243	71	1	4	22	1	15	6	17	61	27	2	16	4	2	54	29	23	4	1	2
14	Sammy Esposito	27	CHW	379	69%	75%	27%	41	95%	1	17	9	5	3	32	27	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	3	0	1	1	0	5	3	2	0	0	0
15	Jim Finigan	30	BAL	7	43%	43%	14%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Billy Gardner	31	BAL	7	43%	100%	29%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Pumpsie Green	25	BOS	5	60%	60%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Granny Hamner	32	CLE	215	66%	70%	26%	19	89%	0	10	5	4	1	13	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
19	Ron Hansen	21	BAL	69	80%	71%	23%	10	80%	0	2	2	0	0	7	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Woodie Held	27	CLE	3742	60%	73%	25%	400	89%	3	182	111	62	9	272	208	53	2	3	18	2	13	3	14	44	15	2	11	5	5	41	17	21	0	0	0
21	Billy Klaus	30	BAL	1697	67%	77%	31%	183	92%	1	75	35	34	6	146	120	23	1	1	7	0	4	3	5	21	5	1	10	2	1	21	8	13	0	0	0
22	Tony Kubek	23	NYY	2458	64%	75%	32%	282	89%	3	118	53	52	13	222	166	47	0	2	11	2	6	3	9	43	16	2	16	2	3	41	19	22	1	0	1
23	Gene Leek	22	CLE	33	39%	85%	21%	8	88%	0	2	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ted Lepcio	29	DET	899	58%	72%	25%	81	91%	2	33	16	13	4	65	47	14	0	0	5	0	4	1	4	12	5	0	2	0	2	11	5	4	1	1	0
25	Jerry Lumpe	26	KCA	1884	69%	76%	27%	185	91%	3	84	40	31	13	142	87	50	2	2	8	0	7	1	8	39	22	0	5	2	4	36	22	12	1	0	1
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
26	Jerry Lumpe	26	NYY	97	71%	72%	26%	11	100%	0	4	2	2	0	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
27	Jim Mahoney	25	BOS	405	67%	79%	29%	53	89%	0	23	12	8	3	40	37	2	0	2	4	0	4	0	4	5	0	0	4	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
28	Gil McDougald	31	NYY	1676	64%	71%	27%	168	92%	3	62	33	27	2	136	111	23	1	0	5	0	4	1	5	25	10	1	13	0	0	24	11	13	1	0	0
29	Willy Miranda	33	BAL	1112	68%	77%	31%	113	95%	2	51	26	22	3	97	78	14	1	2	4	0	2	2	4	23	5	2	7	4	2	21	7	13	2	1	1
30	Billy Moran	25	CLE	64	63%	83%	22%	6	83%	0	7	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	Bobby Richardson	23	NYY	480	66%	73%	30%	51	86%	0	14	9	5	0	40	29	11	0	0	5	0	2	3	5	9	5	0	4	0	0	9	5	4	0	0	0
32	Pete Runnels	31	BOS	102	79%	80%	35%	8	100%	0	3	2	1	0	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
33	Ron Samford	29	WSH	2091	62%	79%	30%	233	87%	6	90	44	36	10	181	139	32	3	1	15	0	13	2	15	32	10	1	8	8	5	32	11	21	0	0	0
34	George Strickland	33	CLE	1862	63%	72%	27%	187	92%	1	81	43	29	9	148	104	36	0	3	11	0	9	2	8	42	17	3	8	3	1	37	20	12	3	1	2
35	Wayne Terwilliger	34	KCA	31	61%	77%	23%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	José Valdivielso	25	WSH	263	67%	72%	24%	23	100%	2	13	6	5	2	19	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	2	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	0
37	Coot Veal	26	DET	1219	60%	75%	26%	137	91%	0	58	35	20	3	95	68	26	0	0	6	0	4	2	5	16	8	1	6	0	0	15	9	6	1	0	1
38	Zoilo Versalles	19	WSH	697	65%	77%	32%	84	83%	1	43	20	19	4	61	46	10	1	2	6	0	5	1	6	13	4	2	4	1	1	13	6	6	0	0	0
	LgAvg			656	65%	75%	28%	70	90%	1	30	16	12	2	54	41	11	0	1	4	0	2	1	3	11	4	1	3	1	1	10	5	5	1	0	0