1959 Baltimore Orioles season

1959 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
Baltimore (since 1954)
Results
Record	74–80 (.481)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerold Hoffberger, Clarence Miles
General manager(s)	Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)	Paul Richards
Local television	WJZ-TV
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal)
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The 1959 Baltimore Orioles season was the franchise's sixth season in Baltimore, Maryland, and its 59th overall. It resulted with the Orioles finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses, 22 games behind the AL champion Chicago White Sox.

Offseason

October 2, 1958: Dick Williams was traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Chico Carrasquel.^[1]
Prior to 1959 season (exact date unknown)
- John Anderson was obtained by the Orioles from the Miami Marlins after expiration of minor league working agreement.^[2]
- Bob Saverine was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.^[3]

Regular season

June 10, 1959: Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians hit four home runs in one game against the Orioles.^[4]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	94	60	.610	--
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	5
New York Yankees	79	75	.513	15
Detroit Tigers	76	78	.494	18
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	19
Baltimore Orioles	74	80	.481	20
Kansas City Athletics	66	88	.429	28
Washington Senators	63	91	.409	31

Record vs. opponents

1959 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	8–14	11–11–1	10–12	13–9	8–14	12–10	12–10
Boston	14–8	—	8–14	8–14	11–11	11–11	13–9	10–12
Chicago	11–11–1	14–8	—	15–7	13–9	12–10	13–9–1	16–6
Cleveland	12–10	14–8	7–15	—	14–8	15–7	11–11	16–6
Detroit	9–13	11–11	9–13	8–14	—	15–7	14–8	10–12
Kansas City	14–8	11–11	10–12	7–15	7–15	—	5–17	12–10
New York	10–12	9–13	9–13–1	11–11	8–14	17–5	—	15–7
Washington	10–12	12–10	6–16	6–16	12–10	10–12	7–15	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 1, 1959: Vito Valentinetti was acquired by the Orioles from the Washington Senators in exchange for Billy Loes. The trade was voided and the players returned to their original teams on April 8.^[6]
May 21, 1959: Bobby Ávila was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Orioles off waivers.^[7]
May 26, 1959: Albie Pearson was acquired by the Orioles from the Washington Senators in exchange for Lenny Green.^[8]
June 15, 1959: Billy Hoeft was acquired by the Orioles from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Harshman.^[9]
June 23, 1959: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Walt Dropo.^[10]
September 6, 1959: Rip Coleman was acquired by the Orioles off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics.^[11]

Roster

1959 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

16 George Bamberger

28 Hal Brown

35 Rip Coleman

48 Jack Fisher

29 Jack Harshman

29 Billy Hoeft

46 Ernie Johnson

18 Billy Loes

41 Billy O'Dell

32 Milt Pappas

24 Arnie Portocarrero

27 Wes Stock

38 Jerry Walker

15 Hoyt Wilhelm

35 George Zuverink

Catchers

22 Joe Ginsberg

11 Gus Triandos

Infielders

8 Jerry Adair

1 Bob Boyd

23 Leo Burke

17 Chico Carrasquel

37 Walt Dropo

33 Jim Finigan

9 Billy Gardner

10 Bob Hale

3 Ron Hansen

6 Billy Klaus

25 Whitey Lockman

7 Willy Miranda

5 Brooks Robinson

Outfielders

8 Bobby Ávila

21 Lenny Green

4 Bob Nieman

21 Albie Pearson

2 Al Pilarcik

40 Barry Shetrone

44 Willie Tasby

27 Joe Taylor

27 Fred Valentine

14 Gene Woodling

Other batters

33 Bob Saverine

Manager

12 Paul Richards

Coaches

45 Jimmy Adair

31 Harry Brecheen

26 Lum Harris

30 Al Vincent

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Triandos, GusGus Triandos	126	393	85	.216	25	73
1B	Boyd, BobBob Boyd	128	415	110	.265	3	41
2B	Gardner, BillyBilly Gardner	140	401	87	.217	6	27
3B	Robinson, BrooksBrooks Robinson	88	313	89	.284	4	24
SS	Carrasquel, ChicoChico Carrasquel	114	346	77	.223	4	28
LF	Nieman, BobBob Nieman	118	360	105	.292	21	60
CF	Tasby, WillieWillie Tasby	142	505	126	.250	13	48
RF	Pilarcik, AlAl Pilarcik	130	273	77	.282	3	16

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Woodling, GeneGene Woodling	140	440	132	.300	14	77
Klaus, BillyBilly Klaus	104	321	80	.249	3	25
Ginsberg, JoeJoe Ginsberg	65	166	30	.181	1	14
Dropo, WaltWalt Dropo	62	151	42	.278	6	21
Pearson, AlbieAlbie Pearson	80	138	32	.232	0	6
Finigan, JimJim Finigan	48	119	30	.252	1	10
Miranda, WillyWilly Miranda	65	88	14	.159	0	7
Shetrone, BarryBarry Shetrone	33	79	16	.203	0	5
Lockman, WhiteyWhitey Lockman	38	69	15	.217	0	2
Hale, BobBob Hale	40	54	10	.185	0	7
Ávila, BobbyBobby Ávila	20	47	8	.170	0	0
Adair, JerryJerry Adair	12	35	11	.314	0	2
Taylor, JoeJoe Taylor	14	32	5	.156	1	2
Green, LennyLenny Green	27	24	7	.292	2	15
Valentine, FredFred Valentine	12	19	6	.316	0	1
Burke, LeoLeo Burke	5	10	2	.200	0	1
Hansen, RonRon Hansen	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Saverine, BobBob Saverine	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wilhelm, HoytHoyt Wilhelm	32	226	15	11	2.19	139
Pappas, MiltMilt Pappas	33	209.1	15	9	3.27	120
Walker, JerryJerry Walker	30	182	11	10	2.92	100
Brown, HalHal Brown	31	164	11	9	3.79	81

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
O'Dell, BillyBilly O'Dell	38	199.1	10	12	2.93	88
Portocarrero, ArnieArnie Portocarrero	27	90	2	7	6.80	23
Fisher, JackJack Fisher	27	88.2	1	6	3.05	52
Harshman, JackJack Harshman	14	47.1	0	6	6.85	24
Bamberger, GeorgeGeorge Bamberger	3	8.1	0	0	7.56	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Loes, BillyBilly Loes	37	4	7	14	4.06	34
Johnson, ErnieErnie Johnson	31	4	1	1	4.11	29
Hoeft, BillyBilly Hoeft	16	1	1	0	5.71	30
Stock, WesWes Stock	7	0	0	1	3.55	8
Zuverink, GeorgeGeorge Zuverink	6	0	1	0	4.15	1
Coleman, RipRip Coleman	3	0	0	0	0.00	4

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Miami Marlins	International League	Pepper Martin
AAA	Vancouver Mounties	Pacific Coast League	Charlie Metro
AA	Amarillo Gold Sox	Texas League	Barney Lutz and George Staller
C	Stockton Ports	California League	Billy DeMars
C	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	Earl Weaver
D	Pensacola Dons	Alabama–Florida League	Lou Fitzgerald
D	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Bob Hooper

Notes

↑ Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
↑ John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BAL
↑ Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bobby Avila transactions at Baseball-Reference
↑ Albie Pearson transactions at Baseball-Reference
↑ Billy Hoeft page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference
↑ Rip Coleman page at Baseball-Reference

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1959 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1959 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

1959 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1959 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1959 World Series

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(3)

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

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