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1959 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Baltimore Orioles
season	1959
league	American League
ballpark	Memorial Stadium
city	Baltimore
record	74–80 (.481)
league_place	6th
owners	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
general_managers	Lee MacPhail
managers	Paul Richards
television	WJZ-TV
radio	WBAL (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal)

(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.
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.
- Bob Saverine was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.

Regular season

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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Bob Boyd
Billy Gardner
Ron Hansen
Al Pilarcik
Arnie Portocarrero
Brooks Robinson
Willie Tasby
Gus Triandos
Gene Woodling

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.
May 21, 1959: Bobby Ávila was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Orioles off waivers.
May 26, 1959: Albie Pearson was acquired by the Orioles from the Washington Senators in exchange for Lenny Green.
June 15, 1959: Billy Hoeft was acquired by the Orioles from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Harshman.
June 23, 1959: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Walt Dropo.
September 6, 1959: Rip Coleman was acquired by the Orioles off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics.

Roster

1959 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	126	393	85	.216	25	73
1B	128	415	110	.265	3	41
2B	140	401	87	.217	6	27
3B	88	313	89	.284	4	24
SS	114	346	77	.223	4	28
LF	118	360	105	.292	21	60
CF	142	505	126	.250	13	48
RF	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

AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
140	440	132	.300	14	77
104	321	80	.249	3	25
65	166	30	.181	1	14
62	151	42	.278	6	21
80	138	32	.232	0	6
48	119	30	.252	1	10
65	88	14	.159	0	7
33	79	16	.203	0	5
38	69	15	.217	0	2
40	54	10	.185	0	7
20	47	8	.170	0	0
12	35	11	.314	0	2
14	32	5	.156	1	2
27	24	7	.292	2	15
12	19	6	.316	0	1
5	10	2	.200	0	1
2	4	0	.000	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	226.0	15	11	2.19	139
33	209.1	15	9	3.27	120
30	182.0	11	10	2.92	100
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	199.1	10	12	2.93	88
27	90.0	2	7	6.80	23
27	88.2	1	6	3.05	52
14	47.1	0	6	6.85	24
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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
37	4	7	14	4.06	34
31	4	1	1	4.11	29
16	1	1	0	5.71	30
7	0	0	1	3.55	8
6	0	1	0	4.15	1
3	0	0	0	0.00	4

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/anderjo02.shtml John Anderson page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saverbo01.shtml 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
"1959 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenvi01.shtml Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/avilabo01.shtml#trans Bobby Avila transactions at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pearsal02.shtml#trans Albie Pearson transactions at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoeftbi01.shtml Billy Hoeft page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemri01.shtml Rip Coleman page at Baseball-Reference]

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