1959 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Baltimore Orioles 1959 American League Memorial Stadium Baltimore 74–80 (.481) 6th Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart Lee MacPhail Paul Richards WJZ-TV WBAL (AM)(Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal) 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.Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference 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.John Anderson page at Baseball Reference Bob Saverine was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.Bob Saverine page at Baseball Reference Regular season June 10, 1959: Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians hit four home runs in one game against the Orioles.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings Baltimore Orioles Record vs. opponents BAL Opening Day starters Bob Boyd Billy Gardner Ron Hansen Al Pilarcik Arnie Portocarrero Brooks Robinson Willie Tasby Gus Triandos Gene Woodlinghttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BAL 1959 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac 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.Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference May 21, 1959: Bobby Ávila was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Orioles off waivers.Bobby Avila transactions at Baseball-Reference May 26, 1959: Albie Pearson was acquired by the Orioles from the Washington Senators in exchange for Lenny Green.Albie Pearson transactions at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1959: Billy Hoeft was acquired by the Orioles from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Harshman.Billy Hoeft page at Baseball-Reference June 23, 1959: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Walt Dropo.Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference September 6, 1959: Rip Coleman was acquired by the Orioles off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics.Rip Coleman page at Baseball-Reference 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 Gus Triandos 126 393 85 .216 25 73 1B Bob Boyd Bob Boyd (baseball) 128 415 110 .265 3 41 2B Billy Gardner 140 401 87 .217 6 27 3B Brooks Robinson 88 313 89 .284 4 24 SS Chico Carrasquel 114 346 77 .223 4 28 LF Bob Nieman 118 360 105 .292 21 60 CF Willie Tasby 142 505 126 .250 13 48 RF Al 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 Gene Woodling 140 440 132 .300 14 77 Billy Klaus 104 321 80 .249 3 25 Joe Ginsberg 65 166 30 .181 1 14 Walt Dropo 62 151 42 .278 6 21 Albie Pearson 80 138 32 .232 0 6 Jim Finigan 48 119 30 .252 1 10 Willy Miranda 65 88 14 .159 0 7 Barry Shetrone 33 79 16 .203 0 5 Whitey Lockman 38 69 15 .217 0 2 Bob Hale Bob Hale (baseball) 40 54 10 .185 0 7 Bobby Ávila 20 47 8 .170 0 0 Jerry Adair 12 35 11 .314 0 2 Joe Taylor Joe Taylor (outfielder) 14 32 5 .156 1 2 Lenny Green 27 24 7 .292 2 15 Fred Valentine Fred Valentine (baseball) 12 19 6 .316 0 1 Leo Burke Leo Burke (baseball) 5 10 2 .200 0 1 Ron Hansen Ron Hansen (baseball) 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Bob 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 Hoyt Wilhelm 32 226.0 15 11 2.19 139 Milt Pappas 33 209.1 15 9 3.27 120 Jerry Walker 30 182.0 11 10 2.92 100 Hal Brown 31 164.0 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 Billy O'Dell 38 199.1 10 12 2.93 88 Arnie Portocarrero 27 90.0 2 7 6.80 23 Jack Fisher 27 88.2 1 6 3.05 52 Jack Harshman 14 47.1 0 6 6.85 24 George 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 Billy Loes 37 4 7 14 4.06 34 Ernie Johnson Ernie Johnson (pitcher) 31 4 1 1 4.11 29 Billy Hoeft 16 1 1 0 5.71 30 Wes Stock 7 0 0 1 3.55 8 George Zuverink 6 0 1 0 4.15 1 Rip Coleman 3 0 0 0 0.00 4 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1959 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1959 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Baltimore Orioles seasons Baltimore Orioles season Baltimore Orio