1959 LOS ANGELES DODGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Los Angeles,CA
Team Record: 88-68 .564
Result: 1st in National League
Manager(s): Walter Alston
General Manager: Buzzie Bavasi
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 2,071,045
Playoffs: Won World Series (White Sox)

Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Carl Furillo (37)
Youngest Player: Tommy Davis (20)
Longest Tenure:
Top Hitter: Charlie Neal (9)
Top Pitcher: Don Drysdale (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 78.78%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
LA Dodgers	88	68	.564	--
Milwaukee	86	70	.551	2.0
SF Giants	83	71	.539	4.0
Pittsburgh	78	76	.506	9.0
Chi Cubs	74	80	.481	13.0
Cincinnati	74	80	.481	13.0
St. Louis	71	83	.461	16.0
Philadelphia	64	90	.416	23.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
43	Charlie Neal	2b-ss	9	28	-	MLB	151	616	103	177	30	11	19	83	17	6	43	86	4	2	21	1	22	.287	.337	.464	802	286	685	489	102	5.6	.309
19	Jim Gilliam	2b-3b	16	30	-	MLB	145	553	91	156	18	4	3	34	23	10	96	25	0	4	3	3	3	.282	.387	.345	732	191	655	416	94	6.1	.290
9	Wally Moon	of	10	29	-	MLB	145	543	93	164	26	11	19	74	15	6	81	64	3	1	8	2	9	.302	.394	.495	890	269	637	404	119	8.0	.314
14	Gil Hodges	1b	32	35	-	MLB	124	413	57	114	19	2	25	80	3	2	58	92	3	6	3	3	13	.276	.367	.513	880	212	480	320	79	6.7	.298
44	Johnny Roseboro	c	40	26	-	MLB	118	397	39	92	14	7	10	38	7	5	52	69	3	11	5	4	7	.232	.322	.378	700	150	461	326	52	4.3	.255
2	Don Demeter	of	33	24	-	MLB	139	371	55	95	11	1	18	70	5	6	16	87	6	1	3	5	7	.256	.294	.437	731	162	401	297	46	4.2	.284
4	Duke Snider	of	31	32	-	MLB	126	370	59	114	11	2	23	88	1	5	58	71	0	13	5	2	8	.308	.400	.535	935	198	435	276	79	7.8	.327
5	Norm Larker	1b	56	28	-	MLB	108	311	37	90	14	1	8	49	0	1	26	25	2	1	8	4	12	.289	.344	.418	762	130	351	246	48	5.3	.291
23	Don Zimmer	3b-2b	-	28	-	MLB	97	249	21	41	7	1	4	28	3	1	37	56	1	7	4	1	8	.165	.274	.249	523	62	292	222	14	1.7	.195
8	Ron Fairly	1b-of	-	20	UDFA: 1958	MLB	118	244	27	58	12	1	4	23	0	4	31	29	1	2	6	2	3	.238	.324	.344	668	84	284	201	31	4.1	.254
30	Maury Wills	ss-3b	-	26	-	MLB	83	242	27	63	5	2	0	7	7	3	13	27	0	5	3	0	3	.260	.298	.298	596	72	258	188	22	3.1	.293
58	Joe Pignatano	c	-	29	-	MLB	52	139	17	33	4	1	1	11	1	0	21	15	2	2	4	0	2	.237	.346	.302	648	42	166	112	18	4.2	.260
20	Rip Repulski	of	-	31	-	MLB	53	94	11	24	4	0	2	14	0	1	13	23	0	2	1	1	3	.255	.343	.362	704	34	109	76	11	3.9	.314
6	Carl Furillo	of	-	37	-	MLB	50	93	8	27	4	0	0	13	0	0	7	11	0	2	1	2	5	.290	.333	.333	667	31	103	74	10	3.6	.321
53	Don Drysdale	p	54	22	-	MLB	46	91	9	15	1	1	4	12	0	1	4	31	0	0	8	1	2	.165	.198	.330	528	30	104	88	3	1.0	.193
22	Johnny Podres	p	-	26	-	MLB	34	65	4	16	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	13	0	0	3	1	1	.246	.306	.262	567	17	75	54	5	2.5	.302
32	Sandy Koufax	p	-	23	UDFA: 1955	MLB	35	54	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	29	0	0	2	0	0	.111	.143	.167	310	9	58	50	-3	-1.4	.240
38	Roger Craig	p	-	29	-	MLB	29	52	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	28	0	0	4	0	0	.058	.075	.058	133	3	57	53	-6	-3.0	.125
11	Dick Gray	3b	-	27	-	MLB	21	52	8	8	1	0	2	4	0	0	6	12	0	0	1	0	1	.154	.241	.288	530	15	59	46	3	1.7	.158
30	Bob Lillis	ss-2b	-	29	-	MLB	30	48	7	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	.229	.275	.271	545	13	51	37	4	2.9	.250
29	Chuck Essegian	of	-	27	-	MLB	24	46	6	14	6	0	1	5	0	0	4	11	0	1	0	0	1	.304	.360	.500	860	23	50	33	9	7.0	.382
16	Danny McDevitt	p	-	26	-	MLB	39	46	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	1	0	2	0	0	.109	.128	.130	258	6	49	43	-2	-1.5	.172
40	Stan Williams	p	-	22	-	MLB	35	36	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	0	0	1	0	1	.194	.256	.194	451	7	40	31	0	-0.0	.333
29	Jim Baxes	2b-3b	-	30	-	MLB	11	33	4	10	1	0	2	5	1	0	4	7	1	0	0	0	3	.303	.395	.515	910	17	38	26	6	6.3	.333
51	Larry Sherry	p	-	23	-	MLB	23	32	3	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0	.219	.242	.406	649	13	34	26	3	3.4	.208
25	Frank Howard	of-1b	-	22	UDFA: 1958	MLB	9	21	2	3	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.381	598	8	23	18	1	2.1	.182
41	Clem Labine	p	-	32	-	MLB	56	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	17	17	-	-	.000
45	Art Fowler	p	-	36	-	MLB	36	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	167	1	13	12	-1	-2.2	.125
18	Solly Drake	of	-	28	-	MLB	9	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	583	2	9	6	1	3.0	.400
35	Johnny Klippstein	p	-	31	-	MLB	28	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	6	0	-1.2	.200
17	Carl Erskine	p	-	32	-	MLB	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
45	Chuck Churn	p	-	29	-	MLB	14	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	500	2	6	5	0	1.0	.333
37	Gene Snyder	p	-	28	-	MLB	11	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	0	9	7	0	-0.6	.000
18	Sandy Amoros	of	-	29	-	MLB	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	1	5	4	0	0.3	.250
34	Norm Sherry	c	-	27	-	MLB	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.500	.333	833	1	4	3	0	3.1	.333
12	Tommy Davis	of	-	20	UDFA: 1957	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							156	5282	705	1360	196	46	148	667	84	51	591	891	28	61	100	32	115	.257	.334	.396	730	2092	6033	4220	740	4.7	.284

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
53	Don Drysdale	3	22	-	MLB	17	13	3.46	44	36	15	4	7	2	270.2	237	113	104	26	93	242	4	2	1.22	7.88	0.86	3.09	8.05	0.38	.337	0.87
22	Johnny Podres	18	26	-	MLB	14	9	4.11	34	29	6	2	1	0	195.0	192	93	89	23	74	145	8	0	1.36	8.86	1.06	3.42	6.69	0.51	.350	0.71
32	Sandy Koufax	33	23	UDFA: 1955	MLB	8	6	4.05	35	23	6	1	6	2	153.1	136	74	69	23	92	173	5	1	1.49	7.98	1.35	5.40	10.15	0.53	.334	0.54
38	Roger Craig	38	29	-	MLB	11	5	2.06	29	17	7	4	3	0	152.2	122	49	35	13	45	76	2	0	1.09	7.19	0.77	2.65	4.48	0.59	.256	0.94
16	Danny McDevitt	40	26	-	MLB	10	8	3.97	39	22	6	2	8	4	145.0	149	83	64	16	51	106	3	0	1.38	9.25	0.99	3.17	6.58	0.48	.313	1.40
40	Stan Williams	-	22	-	MLB	5	5	3.97	35	15	2	0	8	0	124.2	102	64	55	12	86	89	7	0	1.51	7.36	0.87	6.21	6.43	0.97	.262	0.64
51	Larry Sherry	50	23	-	MLB	7	2	2.19	23	9	1	1	10	3	94.1	75	27	23	9	43	72	1	0	1.25	7.16	0.86	4.10	6.87	0.60	.289	0.69
41	Clem Labine	31	32	-	MLB	5	10	3.93	56	0	0	0	33	9	84.2	91	39	37	11	25	37	0	0	1.37	9.67	1.17	2.66	3.93	0.68	.316	1.15
45	Art Fowler	43	36	-	MLB	3	4	5.31	36	0	0	0	17	2	61.0	70	39	36	8	23	47	0	1	1.52	10.33	1.18	3.39	6.93	0.49	.378	0.59
35	Johnny Klippstein	-	31	-	MLB	4	0	5.91	28	0	0	0	10	2	45.2	48	31	30	8	33	30	2	0	1.77	9.46	1.58	6.50	5.91	1.10	.345	0.65
45	Chuck Churn	-	29	-	MLB	3	2	4.99	14	0	0	0	6	1	30.2	28	17	17	2	10	24	0	0	1.24	8.22	0.59	2.93	7.04	0.42	.366	0.95
37	Gene Snyder	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	5.47	11	2	0	0	2	0	26.1	32	19	16	1	20	20	7	0	1.97	10.94	0.34	6.84	6.84	1.00	.470	0.97
17	Carl Erskine	-	32	-	MLB	0	3	7.71	10	3	0	0	2	1	23.1	33	22	20	5	13	15	1	0	1.97	12.73	1.93	5.01	5.79	0.87	.337	0.75
26	Fred Kipp	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.87	6.75	0.00	10.12	3.37	3.00	.250	1.67
21	Bill Harris	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.80	0.00	0.00	16.20	0.00	--	.000	4.00
Totals: (36 players)						88	68	3.79	156	156	43	14	113	26	1,412	1317	670	595	148	614	1077	40	4	1.38	8.40	1.00	3.91	6.87	0.57	.321

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Roseboro	C	117		848	54	8	10	.991	0.00
Joe Pignatano	C	49		322	17	1	8	.997	0.00
Norm Sherry	C	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gil Hodges	1B	113		891	66	8	77	.992	0.00
Norm Larker	1B	55		456	42	5	53	.990	0.00
Wally Moon	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Charlie Neal	2B	151		386	413	9	110	.989	0.00
Jim Gilliam	2B	8		16	13	1	2	.967	0.00
Don Zimmer	2B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Gilliam	3B	132		121	245	16	18	.958	0.00
Dick Gray	3B	11		4	20	0	2	1.000	0.00
Jim Baxes	3B	10		11	29	2	2	.952	0.00
Don Zimmer	3B	5		5	13	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gil Hodges	3B	4		5	8	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Zimmer	SS	88		115	226	10	43	.972	0.00
Maury Wills	SS	82		121	220	12	39	.966	0.00
Bob Lillis	SS	20		27	52	7	10	.919	0.00
Charlie Neal	SS	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wally Moon	OF	143		224	13	4	2	.983	0.00
Don Demeter	OF	124		223	5	4	1	.983	0.00
Duke Snider	OF	107		157	2	4	1	.975	0.00
Ron Fairly	OF	88		97	8	4	1	.963	0.00
Rip Repulski	OF	31		30	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Norm Larker	OF	30		35	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Carl Furillo	OF	25		23	0	2	0	.920	0.00
Chuck Essegian	OF	10		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Frank Howard	OF	6		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Solly Drake	OF	4		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Jim Gilliam	OF	3		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Clem Labine	P	56	84	9	18	0	2	1.000	2.89
Don Drysdale	P	44	270	18	48	3	4	.957	2.20
Danny McDevitt	P	39	145	11	22	4	2	.892	2.05
Art Fowler	P	36	61	2	12	1	0	.933	2.07
Sandy Koufax	P	35	153	4	16	1	1	.952	1.18
Stan Williams	P	35	124	6	21	0	1	1.000	1.96
Johnny Podres	P	34	195	6	37	2	5	.956	1.98
Roger Craig	P	29	152	19	18	1	2	.974	2.19
Johnny Klippstein	P	28	45	2	7	2	0	.818	1.79
Larry Sherry	P	23	94	3	11	1	1	.933	1.34
Chuck Churn	P	14	30	1	7	0	0	1.000	2.38
Gene Snyder	P	11	26	1	2	1	1	.750	1.03
Carl Erskine	P	10	23	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.56
Fred Kipp	P	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	8.18
Bill Harris	P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	7.50

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