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1959 American League
Team Record GB
Chicago White Sox 94 - 60
Cleveland Indians 89 - 65 5.0
New York Yankees 79 - 75 15.0
Detroit Tigers 76 - 78 18.0
Boston Red Sox 75 - 79 19.0
Baltimore Orioles 74 - 80 20.0
Kansas City Athletics 66 - 88 28.0
Washington Senators 63 - 91 31.0

AL Wild Card
Runs Scored: 745
Runs Allowed: 646
Attendance: 1,497,976

1959 Cleveland Indians Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Russ Nixon C 24 82 258 23 62 10 3 1 29 15 1 28 0 0 2 0 9 .240 .277 .314 .591
Vic Power 1B 31 147 595 102 172 31 6 10 60 40 2 22 9 13 4 2 19 .289 .334 .412 .746
Billy Martin 2B 31 73 242 37 63 7 0 9 24 8 2 18 0 2 4 3 5 .260 .290 .401 .691
George Strickland 3B 33 132 441 55 105 15 2 3 48 51 2 64 1 1 3 0 7 .238 .313 .302 .615
Woodie Held SS 27 143 525 82 132 19 3 29 71 46 1 118 1 2 2 2 12 .251 .313 .465 .778
Minnie Minoso LF 33 148 570 92 172 32 0 21 92 54 2 46 8 10 6 17 11 .302 .377 .468 .845
Jim Piersall CF 29 100 317 42 78 13 2 4 30 25 1 31 6 3 8 2 2 .246 .303 .338 .641
Rocky Colavito RF 25 154 588 90 151 24 0 42 111 71 8 86 3 3 0 2 13 .257 .337 .512 .849

1959 Cleveland Indians Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Tito Francona 25 122 399 68 145 17 2 20 79 35 3 42 2 0 1 3 11 .363 .414 .566 .980
Jim Baxes 30 77 247 35 59 11 0 15 34 21 0 47 0 1 2 0 12 .239 .299 .466 .765
Ed Fitz Gerald 35 49 129 12 35 6 1 1 4 12 1 14 0 0 0 2 5 .271 .343 .357 .700
Dick Brown 24 48 141 15 31 7 0 5 16 11 1 39 0 0 1 3 1 .220 .288 .376 .664
Ray Webster 21 40 74 10 15 2 1 2 10 5 0 7 1 0 1 0 2 .203 .253 .338 .591
Elmer Valo 38 34 24 3 7 0 0 0 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292 .424 .292 .716
Carroll Hardy 26 32 53 12 11 1 0 0 2 3 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 .208 .250 .226 .476
Granny Hamner 32 27 67 4 11 1 1 1 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 .164 .174 .254 .428
Hal Naragon 30 14 36 6 10 4 1 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .278 .341 .444 .785
Chuck Tanner 29 14 48 6 12 2 0 1 5 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .280 .354 .634
Gene Leek 22 13 36 7 8 3 0 1 5 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .263 .389 .652
Willie Jones 33 11 18 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .263 .278 .541
Billy Moran 25 11 17 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .294 .294 .588
Don Dillard 22 10 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Jim Bolger 27 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Gordy Coleman 24 6 15 5 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .533 .563 .667 1.230
Randy Jackson 33 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286

1959 Cleveland Indians Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Gary Bell P 22 44 75 8 18 2 0 0 6 3 0 19 0 0 8 0 0 .240 .269 .267 .536
Cal McLish P 33 35 74 8 14 2 1 0 8 4 0 25 1 0 9 0 1 .189 .231 .243 .474
Mudcat Grant P 23 42 55 5 11 0 0 1 6 2 0 16 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .228 .255 .483
Herb Score P 26 30 52 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 .096 .127 .096 .223
Jim Perry P 23 44 50 5 15 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .300 .340 .640
Jack Harshman P 31 21 34 3 7 1 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .300 .235 .535
Don Ferrarese P 30 15 27 1 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .259 .407 .666
Bobby Locke P 25 24 24 4 8 1 0 1 5 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 .333 .360 .500 .860
Mike Garcia P 35 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .142
Dick Brodowski P 26 18 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666
Bob Smith P 32 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Al Cicotte P 29 26 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
John Briggs P 25 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jake Striker P 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Bud Podbielan P 35 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1959 Cleveland Indians Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Cal McLish 33 35 32 19 8 .704 3.63 235.1 110 95 253 26 72 113 .268 5 4 13 0 1 4.46
Gary Bell 22 44 28 16 11 .593 4.04 234.0 107 105 208 28 105 136 .232 5 8 12 1 5 4.80
Herb Score 26 30 25 9 11 .450 4.71 160.2 93 84 123 28 115 147 .206 1 14 9 1 0 5.60
Don Ferrarese 30 15 10 5 3 .625 3.20 76.0 29 27 58 6 51 45 .215 1 1 4 0 0 4.89
Jake Striker 25 1 1 1 0 1.000 2.70 6.2 2 2 8 0 4 5 .286 0 0 0 0 0 3.30

1959 Cleveland Indians Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Jim Perry 23 44 13 12 10 .545 2.65 153.0 54 45 122 10 55 79 .219 2 2 8 2 4 3.93
Mudcat Grant 23 38 19 10 7 .588 4.14 165.1 80 76 140 23 81 85 .227 2 4 6 1 3 5.29
Mike Garcia 35 29 8 3 6 .333 4.00 72.0 39 32 72 4 31 49 .261 3 3 1 0 1 3.78
Al Cicotte 29 26 1 3 1 .750 5.32 44.0 29 26 46 4 25 23 .277 2 0 0 0 1 4.98
Bobby Locke 25 24 7 3 2 .600 3.13 77.2 33 27 66 6 41 40 .224 3 3 0 0 2 4.67
Dick Brodowski 26 18 0 2 2 .500 1.80 30.0 13 6 19 3 21 9 .174 3 2 0 0 5 6.10
Jack Harshman 31 13 6 5 1 .833 2.59 66.0 21 19 46 6 13 35 .175 1 1 5 1 1 3.76
Bob Smith 32 12 3 0 1 .000 5.22 29.1 19 17 31 2 12 17 .267 1 2 0 0 0 4.06
Bud Podbielan 35 6 0 0 1 .000 5.84 12.1 8 8 17 1 2 5 .333 0 0 0 0 0 3.73
Humberto Robinson 29 5 0 1 0 1.000 4.15 8.2 4 4 9 0 4 6 .273 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
John Briggs 25 4 1 0 1 .000 2.13 12.2 5 3 12 1 3 5 .240 0 1 0 0 0 3.95