1959 CLEVELAND INDIANS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 89-65 .578
Result: 2nd in American League
Manager(s): Joe Gordon
General Manager: Frank Lane
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,497,976
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Cleveland Indians affiliate history

Oldest Player: Elmer Valo (38)
Youngest Player: Ray Webster (21)
Longest Tenure: Mike Garcia (12)
Top Hitter: Rocky Colavito (6)
Top Pitcher: Gary Bell (11)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 49.70%

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
10	Vic Power	1b	16	31	-	MLB	147	595	102	172	31	6	10	60	9	13	40	22	2	2	4	4	19	.289	.334	.412	746	245	645	463	89	5.2	.286
6	Rocky Colavito	of	6	25	-	MLB	154	588	90	151	24	0	42	111	3	3	71	86	2	8	0	3	13	.257	.337	.512	849	301	664	456	110	6.5	.235
9	Minnie Minoso	of	7	36	-	MLB	148	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	8	10	54	46	17	2	6	3	11	.302	.377	.468	846	267	650	428	111	7.0	.298
3	Woodie Held	ss-of	25	27	-	MLB	143	525	82	132	19	3	29	71	1	2	46	118	2	1	2	2	12	.251	.313	.465	778	244	577	411	77	5.1	.271
4	George Strickland	ss-2b	39	33	-	MLB	132	441	55	105	15	2	3	48	1	1	51	64	0	2	3	6	7	.238	.313	.302	615	133	501	353	45	3.5	.268
14	Tito Francona	of-1b	36	25	-	MLB	122	399	68	145	17	2	20	79	2	0	35	42	3	3	1	5	11	.363	.414	.566	980	226	443	271	97	9.6	.365
37	Jim Piersall	of	64	29	-	MLB	100	317	42	78	13	2	4	30	6	3	25	31	2	1	8	2	2	.246	.303	.338	641	107	354	254	38	4.0	.261
15	Russ Nixon	c	60	24	-	MLB	82	258	23	62	10	3	1	29	0	0	15	28	0	1	2	5	9	.240	.277	.314	591	81	280	212	23	2.9	.261
32	Jim Baxes	2b-3b	-	30	-	MLB	77	247	35	59	11	0	15	34	0	1	21	47	0	0	2	0	12	.239	.299	.466	764	115	270	203	33	4.4	.238
1	Billy Martin	2b	-	31	-	MLB	73	242	37	63	7	0	9	24	0	2	8	18	3	2	4	2	5	.260	.290	.401	691	97	259	192	30	4.3	.249
11	Dick Brown	c	-	24	-	MLB	48	141	15	31	7	0	5	16	0	0	11	39	3	1	1	1	1	.220	.288	.376	664	53	157	113	15	3.6	.265
8	Ed Fitz Gerald	c	-	35	-	MLB	49	129	12	35	6	1	1	4	0	0	12	14	2	1	0	0	5	.271	.343	.357	699	46	143	99	17	4.6	.298
39	Gary Bell	p	68	22	-	MLB	44	75	8	18	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	19	0	0	8	0	0	.240	.269	.267	536	20	86	65	5	1.9	.321
5	Ray Webster	2b	-	21	-	MLB	40	74	10	15	2	1	2	10	1	0	5	7	0	0	1	0	2	.203	.253	.338	591	25	80	62	7	3.0	.200
22	Cal McLish	p	49	33	-	MLB	35	74	8	14	2	1	0	8	1	0	4	25	0	0	9	0	1	.189	.231	.243	474	18	87	70	2	0.9	.286
7	Granny Hamner	if	-	32	-	MLB	27	67	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	1	2	.164	.174	.254	428	17	69	59	2	0.7	.169
33	Mudcat Grant	p	-	23	-	MLB	42	55	5	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	16	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.228	.255	483	14	58	45	2	1.0	.263
30	Carroll Hardy	of	-	26	-	MLB	32	53	12	11	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	7	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.250	.226	476	12	57	44	2	1.5	.239
27	Herb Score	p	-	26	-	MLB	30	52	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	0	0	0	1	0	.096	.127	.096	223	5	55	48	-4	-2.1	.161
31	Jim Perry	p	-	23	UDFA: 1956	MLB	44	50	5	15	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.340	640	17	51	36	6	4.2	.319
26	Chuck Tanner	of	-	29	-	MLB	14	48	6	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.280	.354	634	17	50	38	4	3.0	.289
18	Hal Naragon	c	-	30	-	MLB	14	36	6	10	4	1	0	5	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	.278	.341	.444	786	16	41	27	7	7.2	.286
7	Gene Leek	3b	-	22	-	MLB	13	36	7	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.389	652	14	38	28	4	4.0	.250
23	Jack Harshman	p	-	31	-	MLB	21	34	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	.206	.300	.235	535	8	40	28	3	2.9	.226
34	Don Ferrarese	p	-	30	-	MLB	15	27	1	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	.259	.259	.407	667	11	28	21	3	3.8	.389
23,29	Bobby Locke	p	-	25	-	MLB	24	24	4	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.360	.500	860	12	27	19	4	5.8	.389
17	Elmer Valo	of	-	38	-	MLB	34	24	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	2	2	.292	.424	.292	716	7	33	21	4	5.1	.269
12	Willie Jones	3b	-	33	-	MLB	11	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.278	541	5	19	14	1	2.6	.267
18	Billy Moran	2b	-	25	-	MLB	11	17	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.294	588	5	17	12	2	3.4	.312
45	Gordy Coleman	1b	-	24	-	MLB	6	15	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.533	.562	.667	1229	10	16	7	5	20.0	.615
25	Mike Garcia	p	-	35	-	MLB	29	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	143	1	14	13	-1	-2.7	.111
38	Don Dillard	of	-	22	-	MLB	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	800	4	10	6	1	6.7	.500
2	Randy Jackson	3b	-	33	-	MLB	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	7	-	-	.167
45	Jim Bolger	of	-	27	-	MLB	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	0	8	7	0	-1.9	.000
28	Bob Smith	p	-	31	-	MLB	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
48	Dick Brodowski	p	-	26	-	MLB	18	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	2	8	6	1	3.2	.400
20	Al Cicotte	p	-	29	-	MLB	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	833	1	5	3	1	5.7	.500
32	John Briggs	p	-	25	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	4	-1	-3.5	.000
23	Jake Striker	p	-	25	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.667	.000	667	0	3	1	0	11.6	.000
23	Bud Podbielan	p	-	35	-	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (40 players)							154	5288	745	1390	216	25	167	682	33	36	433	721	39	25	60	40	119	.263	.321	.408	729	2157	5860	4153	741	4.8	.275

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
22	Cal McLish	14	33	-	MLB	19	8	3.63	35	32	13	0	1	1	235.1	253	110	95	26	72	113	4	0	1.38	9.68	0.99	2.75	4.32	0.64	.286	1.43
39	Gary Bell	11	22	-	MLB	16	11	4.04	44	28	12	1	11	5	234.0	208	107	105	28	105	136	8	1	1.34	8.00	1.08	4.04	5.23	0.77	.253	0.83
33	Mudcat Grant	40	23	-	MLB	10	7	4.14	38	19	6	1	7	3	165.1	140	80	76	23	81	85	4	0	1.34	7.62	1.25	4.41	4.63	0.95	.236	0.71
27	Herb Score	19	26	-	MLB	9	11	4.71	30	25	9	1	2	0	160.2	123	93	84	28	115	147	14	1	1.48	6.89	1.57	6.44	8.23	0.78	.232	0.80
31	Jim Perry	45	23	UDFA: 1956	MLB	12	10	2.65	44	13	8	2	18	4	153.0	122	54	45	10	55	79	2	1	1.16	7.18	0.59	3.24	4.65	0.70	.244	0.78
23,29	Bobby Locke	-	25	-	MLB	3	2	3.13	24	7	0	0	8	2	77.2	66	33	27	6	41	40	3	0	1.38	7.65	0.70	4.75	4.64	1.03	.248	1.38
34	Don Ferrarese	-	30	-	MLB	5	3	3.20	15	10	4	0	1	0	76.0	58	29	27	6	51	45	1	0	1.43	6.87	0.71	6.04	5.33	1.13	.243	0.98
25	Mike Garcia	-	35	-	MLB	3	6	4.00	29	8	1	0	9	1	72.0	72	39	32	4	31	49	3	0	1.43	9.00	0.50	3.88	6.13	0.63	.311	0.89
23	Jack Harshman	54	31	-	MLB	5	1	2.59	13	6	5	1	6	1	66.0	46	21	19	6	13	35	1	0	0.89	6.27	0.82	1.77	4.77	0.37	--	0.71
20	Al Cicotte	-	29	-	MLB	3	1	5.32	26	1	0	0	12	1	44.0	46	29	26	4	25	23	0	0	1.61	9.41	0.82	5.11	4.70	1.09	.323	1.00
48	Dick Brodowski	51	26	-	MLB	2	2	1.80	18	0	0	0	14	5	30.0	19	13	6	3	21	9	2	0	1.33	5.70	0.90	6.30	2.70	2.33	.172	1.13
28	Bob Smith	-	31	-	MLB	0	1	5.22	12	3	0	0	3	0	29.1	31	19	17	2	12	17	2	0	1.47	9.51	0.61	3.68	5.22	0.71	.319	1.50
32	John Briggs	-	25	-	MLB	0	1	2.13	4	1	0	0	1	0	12.2	12	5	3	1	3	5	1	0	1.18	8.53	0.71	2.13	3.55	0.60	.262	0.55
23	Bud Podbielan	-	35	-	MLB	0	1	5.84	6	0	0	0	1	0	12.1	17	8	8	1	2	5	0	0	1.54	12.41	0.73	1.46	3.65	0.40	.381	0.63
29	Humberto Robinson	-	29	-	MLB	1	0	4.15	5	0	0	0	2	0	8.2	9	4	4	0	4	6	0	0	1.50	9.35	0.00	4.15	6.23	0.67	.346	0.80
23	Jake Striker	-	25	-	MLB	1	0	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	8	2	2	0	4	5	0	0	1.80	10.80	0.00	5.40	6.75	0.80	.364	0.50
Totals: (40 players)						89	65	3.75	154	154	58	6	96	23	1,384	1230	646	576	167	635	799	45	3	1.32	8.00	0.96	4.13	5.20	0.79	.270

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Russ Nixon	C	74		374	31	6	8	.985	0.00
Dick Brown	C	48		248	21	1	5	.996	0.00
Ed Fitz Gerald	C	45		192	26	5	3	.978	0.00
Hal Naragon	C	10		51	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vic Power	1B	121		1039	110	6	98	.995	0.00
Tito Francona	1B	35		296	19	1	21	.997	0.00
Gordy Coleman	1B	3		18	3	1	1	.955	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Martin	2B	67		147	149	1	37	.997	0.00
Jim Baxes	2B	48		107	110	10	30	.956	0.00
Ray Webster	2B	24		28	37	5	10	.929	0.00
Vic Power	2B	21		48	54	3	6	.971	0.00
Granny Hamner	2B	7		12	19	0	4	1.000	0.00
Billy Moran	2B	6		6	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
George Strickland	2B	4		4	5	1	1	.900	0.00
Woodie Held	2B	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Strickland	3B	80		69	131	6	11	.971	0.00
Woodie Held	3B	40		33	87	2	8	.984	0.00
Jim Baxes	3B	22		16	38	5	1	.915	0.00
Gene Leek	3B	13		7	14	1	0	.955	0.00
Vic Power	3B	7		7	10	1	1	.944	0.00
Granny Hamner	3B	5		7	6	1	0	.929	0.00
Willie Jones	3B	4		3	10	1	2	.929	0.00
Billy Martin	3B	4		3	4	1	0	.875	0.00
Ray Webster	3B	4		6	8	3	3	.824	0.00
Randy Jackson	3B	2		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Piersall	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Woodie Held	SS	103		177	277	18	43	.962	0.00
George Strickland	SS	50		80	145	11	42	.953	0.00
Granny Hamner	SS	10		11	13	1	2	.960	0.00
Billy Moran	SS	5		7	1	1	1	.889	0.00
Gene Leek	SS	1		1	5	1	0	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rocky Colavito	OF	154		319	7	5	1	.985	0.00
Minnie Minoso	OF	148		314	14	5	1	.985	0.00
Jim Piersall	OF	91		216	3	4	2	.982	0.00
Tito Francona	OF	64		136	2	4	0	.972	0.00
Carroll Hardy	OF	15		41	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chuck Tanner	OF	10		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Woodie Held	OF	6		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Bell	P	44	234	19	27	3	3	.939	1.77
Jim Perry	P	44	153	12	24	0	1	1.000	2.12
Mudcat Grant	P	38	165	14	25	2	3	.951	2.13
Cal McLish	P	35	235	25	49	2	4	.974	2.83
Herb Score	P	30	160	1	15	5	1	.762	0.90
Mike Garcia	P	29	72	6	11	1	0	.944	2.13
Al Cicotte	P	26	44	3	8	0	0	1.000	2.25
Bobby Locke	P	24	77	9	11	1	1	.952	2.33
Dick Brodowski	P	18	30	4	3	2	0	.778	2.10
Don Ferrarese	P	15	76	0	15	0	2	1.000	1.78
Jack Harshman	P	13	66	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.91
Bob Smith	P	12	29	1	5	0	2	1.000	1.86
Bud Podbielan	P	6	12	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.98
Humberto Robinson	P	5	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.20
John Briggs	P	4	12	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.21
Jake Striker	P	1	6	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.90

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