1959 Baltimore Orioles

74-80 • 0.481 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
80 Losses
0.481 Win %
6th Rank
551 R 621 RA
Diff -70

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551 Runs Scored
621 Runs Allowed
-70 Run Diff
892K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 AL Average

Batting Avg .238 6% below the 1959 league average (.253)
OBP .309 4% below the 1959 league average (.321)
SLG .300 9% below the 1959 league average (.331)
Team ERA 3.56 8% better than the 1959 league average (3.86)
Runs Scored 551 18% below the 1959 league average (674 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMemorial Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 892,196
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Avg per Game 11,438

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Gene Woodling 0.300 2 Bob Nieman 0.292 3 Brooks Robinson 0.284 4 Al Pilarcik 0.282 5 Walt Dropo 0.278

Home Runs

1 Gus Triandos 25 2 Bob Nieman 21 3 Gene Woodling 14 4 Willie Tasby 13 5 Walt Dropo 6

RBI

1 Gene Woodling 77 2 Gus Triandos 73 3 Bob Nieman 60 4 Willie Tasby 48 5 Bob Boyd 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Tasby 142 505 69 126 0 0 13 48 34 80 3 0.250
Gene Woodling 140 440 63 132 0 0 14 77 78 35 1 0.300
Bob Boyd 128 415 42 110 0 0 3 41 29 14 3 0.265
Billy Gardner 140 401 34 87 0 0 6 27 38 61 2 0.217
Gus Triandos 126 393 43 85 0 0 25 73 65 56 0 0.216
Bob Nieman 118 360 49 105 0 0 21 60 42 55 1 0.292
Chico Carrasquel 114 346 28 77 0 0 4 28 34 41 2 0.223
Billy Klaus 104 321 33 80 0 0 3 25 51 38 2 0.249
Brooks Robinson 88 313 29 89 0 0 4 24 17 37 2 0.284
Al Pilarcik 130 273 37 77 0 0 3 16 30 25 9 0.282
Joe Ginsberg 65 166 14 30 0 0 1 14 21 13 1 0.181
Walt Dropo 62 151 17 42 0 0 6 21 12 20 0 0.278
Albie Pearson 80 138 22 32 0 0 0 6 13 5 4 0.232
Jim Finigan 48 119 14 30 0 0 1 10 9 10 1 0.252
Willy Miranda 65 88 8 14 0 0 0 7 7 16 0 0.159
Milt Pappas 33 79 4 11 0 0 0 2 1 35 0 0.139
Barry Shetrone 33 79 8 16 0 0 0 5 5 9 3 0.203
Hoyt Wilhelm 32 76 2 4 0 0 0 2 5 23 0 0.053
Whitey Lockman 38 69 7 15 0 0 0 2 8 4 0 0.217
Jerry Walker 31 65 4 11 0 0 1 4 1 15 1 0.169
Billy O'Dell 43 60 5 5 0 0 1 2 4 18 1 0.083
Bob Hale 40 54 2 10 0 0 0 7 2 6 0 0.185
Bobby Avila 20 47 1 8 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0.170
Hal Brown 31 42 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 13 0 0.048
Jerry Adair 12 35 3 11 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.314
Joe Taylor 14 32 2 5 0 0 1 2 11 5 0 0.156
Lenny Green 27 24 3 7 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0.292
Jack Fisher 27 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.130
Arnie Portocarrero 27 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0.000
Fred Valentine 12 19 0 6 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.316
Billy Hoeft 16 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.250
Leo Burke 5 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.200
Jack Harshman 15 10 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0.200
Billy Loes 37 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.125
Ernie Johnson 31 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333
Ron Hansen 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
George Bamberger 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Wes Stock 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rip Coleman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Saverine 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Zuverink 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.19 2 Jerry Walker 2.92 3 Billy O'Dell 2.93 4 Jack Fisher 3.05 5 Milt Pappas 3.27

Wins

1 Milt Pappas 15 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 15 3 Hal Brown 11 4 Jerry Walker 11 5 Billy O'Dell 10

Strikeouts

1 Hoyt Wilhelm 139 2 Milt Pappas 120 3 Jerry Walker 100 4 Billy O'Dell 88 5 Hal Brown 81
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hoyt Wilhelm 15 11 2.19 32 27 0 226.0 77 139
Milt Pappas 15 9 3.27 33 27 3 209.1 75 120
Billy O'Dell 10 12 2.93 38 24 1 199.1 67 88
Jerry Walker 11 10 2.92 30 22 4 182.0 52 100
Hal Brown 11 9 3.79 31 21 3 164.0 32 81
Arnie Portocarrero 2 7 6.80 27 14 0 90.0 32 23
Jack Fisher 1 6 3.05 27 7 2 88.2 38 52
Billy Loes 4 7 4.06 37 0 14 64.1 25 34
Ernie Johnson 4 1 4.11 31 1 1 50.1 19 29
Jack Harshman 0 6 6.85 14 8 0 47.1 28 24
Billy Hoeft 1 1 5.71 16 3 0 41.0 19 30
George Zuverink 0 1 4.15 6 0 0 13.0 6 1
Wes Stock 0 0 3.55 7 0 1 12.2 2 8
George Bamberger 0 0 7.56 3 1 1 8.1 2 2
Rip Coleman 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.0 2 4

👥 Roster (41)

Jerry Adair Bobby Avila George Bamberger Bob Boyd Hal Brown Leo Burke Chico Carrasquel Rip Coleman Walt Dropo Jim Finigan Jack Fisher Billy Gardner +29 more

41 players

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