1959 BALTIMORE ORIOLES

| Level: MLB

Location: Baltimore,MD
Team Record: 74-80 .481
Result: 6th in American League
Manager(s): Paul Richards
General Manager: Lee MacPhail
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 891,926
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Baltimore Orioles affiliate history

Oldest Player: Gene Woodling (36)
Youngest Player: Bob Saverine (18)
Longest Tenure: Billy O'Dell, Bob Hale, George Zuverink, Gus Triandos, Willy Miranda, Hal Brown, Brooks Robinson (5)
Top Hitter: Gene Woodling (19)
Top Pitcher: Hoyt Wilhelm (5)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 75.39%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Chi White Sox	94	60	.610	--
Cleveland	89	65	.578	5.0
NY Yankees	79	75	.513	15.0
Detroit	76	78	.494	18.0
Boston	75	79	.487	19.0
Baltimore	74	80	.481	20.0
KC Athletics	66	88	.429	28.0
Washington	63	91	.409	31.0

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
44	Willie Tasby	of	32	26	-	MLB	142	505	69	126	16	5	13	48	3	5	34	80	6	0	5	2	8	.250	.303	.378	682	191	552	399	60	4.1	.273
14	Gene Woodling	of	19	36	-	MLB	140	440	63	132	22	2	14	77	1	1	78	35	0	4	1	5	5	.300	.402	.455	856	200	524	320	95	8.0	.298
1	Bob Boyd	1b	44	33	-	MLB	128	415	42	110	20	2	3	41	3	1	29	14	1	1	12	4	12	.265	.312	.345	656	143	461	334	52	4.2	.266
9	Billy Gardner	2b	40	31	-	MLB	140	401	34	87	13	2	6	27	2	1	38	61	1	9	8	3	12	.217	.284	.304	589	122	451	338	33	2.7	.240
11	Gus Triandos	c	31	28	-	MLB	126	393	43	85	7	1	25	73	0	0	65	56	3	6	4	3	12	.216	.330	.430	760	169	468	327	61	5.0	.190
4	Bob Nieman	of	63	32	-	MLB	118	360	49	105	18	2	21	60	1	2	42	55	2	3	3	2	12	.292	.367	.528	895	190	409	274	73	7.2	.294
17	Chico Carrasquel	ss	65	31	-	MLB	114	346	28	77	13	0	4	28	2	3	34	41	1	1	8	2	10	.223	.292	.295	587	102	391	292	30	2.8	.241
6	Billy Klaus	ss-3b	-	30	-	MLB	104	321	33	80	11	0	3	25	2	4	51	38	0	1	3	2	6	.249	.350	.312	662	100	377	256	40	4.2	.273
5	Brooks Robinson	3b	69	22	UDFA: 1955	MLB	88	313	29	89	15	2	4	24	2	2	17	37	2	5	1	0	5	.284	.325	.383	709	120	333	232	42	4.8	.312
2	Al Pilarcik	of	34	28	-	MLB	130	273	37	77	12	1	3	16	9	3	30	25	1	1	13	0	7	.282	.355	.366	722	100	317	219	40	5.0	.302
22	Joe Ginsberg	c	-	32	-	MLB	65	166	14	30	2	0	1	14	1	0	21	13	0	3	0	3	6	.181	.268	.211	479	35	190	145	9	1.6	.187
37	Walt Dropo	1b	-	36	-	MLB	62	151	17	42	9	0	6	21	0	0	12	20	0	0	2	1	6	.278	.329	.457	786	69	166	118	24	5.5	.286
21	Albie Pearson	of	-	24	-	MLB	80	138	22	32	4	2	0	6	4	0	13	5	0	0	0	1	4	.232	.296	.290	586	40	152	111	14	3.5	.239
33	Jim Finigan	3b-2b	-	30	-	MLB	48	119	14	30	6	0	1	10	1	0	9	10	0	0	0	2	6	.252	.300	.328	628	39	130	97	12	3.4	.264
7	Willy Miranda	ss	-	33	-	MLB	65	88	8	14	5	0	0	7	0	0	7	16	0	0	1	0	2	.159	.221	.216	437	19	96	77	3	0.9	.194
40	Barry Shetrone	of	-	20	-	MLB	33	79	8	16	1	1	0	5	3	0	5	9	0	1	3	1	0	.203	.247	.241	488	19	88	67	5	2.1	.225
32	Milt Pappas	p	-	20	UDFA: 1957	MLB	33	79	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	35	0	0	1	0	0	.139	.150	.152	302	12	81	69	-4	-1.5	.250
15	Hoyt Wilhelm	p	-	35	-	MLB	32	76	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	23	0	0	4	0	1	.053	.111	.053	164	4	85	77	-6	-2.2	.075
25	Whitey Lockman	1b-of	-	32	-	MLB	38	69	7	15	1	1	0	2	0	0	8	4	0	0	1	0	1	.217	.299	.261	560	18	78	56	6	3.1	.231
38	Jerry Walker	p	-	20	-	MLB	31	65	4	11	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	15	0	0	3	0	0	.169	.182	.215	397	14	69	57	1	0.3	.204
41	Billy O'Dell	p	-	27	-	MLB	43	60	5	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	18	0	0	2	0	1	.083	.141	.133	274	8	66	59	-3	-1.3	.098
10	Bob Hale	1b	-	25	-	MLB	40	54	2	10	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	0	1	.185	.214	.241	455	13	56	45	2	1.3	.208
8	Bobby Avila	2b	-	35	-	MLB	20	47	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	.170	.235	.170	406	8	51	44	0	-0.3	.190
28	Hal Brown	p	55	34	-	MLB	31	42	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	0	0	9	0	1	.048	.130	.095	226	4	55	50	-2	-1.2	.069
8	Jerry Adair	2b-ss	-	22	-	MLB	12	35	3	11	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.333	.371	705	13	36	24	5	5.1	.367
27	Joe Taylor	of	-	33	-	MLB	14	32	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.372	.281	653	9	43	27	5	4.8	.154
21	Lenny Green	of	56	26	-	MLB	27	24	3	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	.292	.346	.417	763	10	27	18	4	5.7	.300
48	Jack Fisher	p	-	20	-	MLB	27	23	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.174	341	4	24	20	0	-0.6	.200
24	Arnie Portocarrero	p	-	27	-	MLB	27	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.045	.000	45	0	25	24	-3	-3.5	.000
27	Fred Valentine	of	-	24	-	MLB	12	19	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.316	725	6	22	14	2	4.5	.400
29	Billy Hoeft	p	-	27	-	MLB	16	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.333	583	4	12	10	0	0.6	.500
29	Jack Harshman	p	-	31	-	MLB	15	10	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.500	833	5	12	8	2	6.4	.143
23	Leo Burke	of-2b	-	25	-	MLB	5	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.273	.200	473	2	11	9	0	-0.8	.400
18	Billy Loes	p	-	29	-	MLB	37	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	1	8	7	0	-1.0	.143
46	Ernie Johnson	p	-	35	-	MLB	31	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	667	2	6	5	0	2.0	.333
3	Ron Hansen	ss	-	21	-	MLB	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-1.3	.000
27	Wes Stock	p	-	25	-	MLB	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
16	George Bamberger	p	-	33	-	MLB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
33	Bob Saverine	2b-of	-	18	-	MLB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
35	George Zuverink	p	-	34	-	MLB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	2	0	1	--	.000
Totals: (40 players)							154	5208	551	1240	182	23	109	514	36	24	536	690	20	36	88	31	126	.238	.310	.345	655	1795	5883	4237	594	3.8	.255

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
15	Hoyt Wilhelm	5	35	-	MLB	15	11	2.19	32	27	13	3	2	0	226.0	178	64	55	13	77	139	5	0	1.13	7.09	0.52	3.07	5.54	0.55	.257	1.40
32	Milt Pappas	8	20	UDFA: 1957	MLB	15	9	3.27	33	27	15	4	4	3	209.1	175	82	76	8	75	120	14	1	1.19	7.52	0.34	3.22	5.16	0.63	.259	1.27
41	Billy O'Dell	20	27	-	MLB	10	12	2.93	38	24	6	2	9	1	199.1	163	74	65	18	67	88	2	0	1.15	7.36	0.81	3.03	3.97	0.76	.228	1.05
38	Jerry Walker	17	20	-	MLB	11	10	2.92	30	22	7	2	6	4	182.0	160	68	59	13	52	100	2	1	1.16	7.91	0.64	2.57	4.95	0.52	.265	0.99
28	Hal Brown	22	34	-	MLB	11	9	3.79	31	21	2	0	7	3	164.0	158	73	69	16	32	81	2	0	1.16	8.67	0.88	1.76	4.45	0.40	.268	0.85
24	Arnie Portocarrero	-	27	-	MLB	2	7	6.80	27	14	1	0	8	0	90.0	107	73	68	10	32	23	1	0	1.54	10.70	1.00	3.20	2.30	1.39	.293	0.74
48	Jack Fisher	-	20	-	MLB	1	6	3.05	27	7	1	1	10	2	88.2	76	36	30	7	38	52	0	1	1.29	7.71	0.71	3.86	5.28	0.73	.259	1.36
18	Billy Loes	39	29	-	MLB	4	7	4.06	37	0	0	0	31	14	64.1	58	31	29	5	25	34	0	0	1.29	8.11	0.70	3.50	4.76	0.74	.261	0.91
46	Ernie Johnson	53	35	-	MLB	4	1	4.11	31	1	0	0	16	1	50.1	57	32	23	6	19	29	2	1	1.51	10.19	1.07	3.40	5.19	0.66	.311	1.28
29	Jack Harshman	54	31	-	MLB	0	6	6.85	14	8	0	0	5	0	47.1	58	39	36	6	28	24	2	0	1.82	11.03	1.14	5.32	4.56	1.17	.342	0.95
29	Billy Hoeft	-	27	-	MLB	1	1	5.71	16	3	0	0	6	0	41.0	50	29	26	6	19	30	2	0	1.68	10.98	1.32	4.17	6.59	0.63	--	1.14
35	George Zuverink	-	34	-	MLB	0	1	4.15	6	0	0	0	1	0	13.0	15	7	6	1	6	1	1	0	1.62	10.38	0.69	4.15	0.69	6.00	.298	0.57
27	Wes Stock	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	3.55	7	0	0	0	2	1	12.2	16	6	5	1	2	8	2	0	1.42	11.37	0.71	1.42	5.68	0.25	.341	1.91
16	George Bamberger	-	33	-	MLB	0	0	7.56	3	1	0	0	1	1	8.1	15	7	7	1	2	2	1	0	2.04	16.20	1.08	2.16	2.16	1.00	.412	2.33
35	Rip Coleman	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.50	9.00	0.00	4.50	9.00	0.50	--	--
Totals: (40 players)						74	80	3.56	154	154	45	12	109	30	1,400	1290	621	554	109	476	735	36	4	1.27	8.29	0.71	3.06	4.72	0.65	.280

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gus Triandos	C	125		597	63	13	5	.981	0.00
Joe Ginsberg	C	62		241	29	2	4	.993	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Boyd	1B	109		927	46	15	88	.985	0.00
Walt Dropo	1B	54		386	18	4	42	.990	0.00
Whitey Lockman	1B	22		116	3	1	13	.992	0.00
Bob Hale	1B	8		48	2	0	5	1.000	0.00
Chico Carrasquel	1B	1		3	0	1	1	.750	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Gardner	2B	139		333	392	18	104	.976	0.00
Chico Carrasquel	2B	22		29	33	1	4	.984	0.00
Jerry Adair	2B	11		24	17	3	4	.932	0.00
Bobby Avila	2B	8		9	10	1	2	.950	0.00
Jim Finigan	2B	6		6	11	0	2	1.000	0.00
Whitey Lockman	2B	5		8	6	1	4	.933	0.00
Willy Miranda	2B	5		3	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Leo Burke	2B	2		4	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Billy Klaus	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Brooks Robinson	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brooks Robinson	3B	87		92	187	13	25	.955	0.00
Billy Klaus	3B	49		43	84	6	7	.955	0.00
Jim Finigan	3B	42		30	64	4	4	.959	0.00
Willy Miranda	3B	11		6	8	1	1	.933	0.00
Leo Burke	3B	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chico Carrasquel	3B	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walt Dropo	3B	2		0	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bobby Avila	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Billy Gardner	3B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chico Carrasquel	SS	89		124	237	11	63	.970	0.00
Billy Klaus	SS	59		77	147	7	21	.970	0.00
Willy Miranda	SS	47		51	98	4	23	.974	0.00
Jim Finigan	SS	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ron Hansen	SS	2		2	6	1	1	.889	0.00
Jerry Adair	SS	1		2	2	1	1	.800	0.00
Billy Gardner	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Tasby	OF	137		320	13	11	4	.968	0.00
Gene Woodling	OF	124		210	2	4	0	.981	0.00
Al Pilarcik	OF	106		133	3	3	1	.978	0.00
Bob Nieman	OF	97		171	6	5	0	.973	0.00
Albie Pearson	OF	50		75	2	1	0	.987	0.00
Lenny Green	OF	23		9	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Barry Shetrone	OF	23		36	0	2	0	.947	0.00
Joe Taylor	OF	12		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bobby Avila	OF	10		12	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Fred Valentine	OF	8		7	1	1	0	.889	0.00
Whitey Lockman	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy O'Dell	P	38	199	7	44	3	3	.944	2.31
Billy Loes	P	37	64	3	15	0	3	1.000	2.53
Milt Pappas	P	33	209	6	36	3	2	.933	1.81
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	32	226	13	32	0	1	1.000	1.79
Hal Brown	P	31	164	9	25	1	2	.971	1.87
Ernie Johnson	P	31	50	1	10	1	0	.917	1.98
Jerry Walker	P	30	182	5	32	0	2	1.000	1.83
Jack Fisher	P	27	88	2	11	1	0	.929	1.33
Arnie Portocarrero	P	27	90	6	20	1	0	.963	2.60
Billy Hoeft	P	16	41	0	7	1	1	.875	1.54
Jack Harshman	P	14	47	4	12	0	2	1.000	3.06
Wes Stock	P	7	12	0	2	1	0	.667	1.48
George Zuverink	P	6	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.77
George Bamberger	P	3	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.33
Rip Coleman	P	3	4	0	4	0	1	1.000	9.00

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