1959 Cleveland Indians

89-65 • 0.578 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
65 Losses
0.578 Win %
2nd Rank
745 R 646 RA
Diff +99

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⚡ Quick Stats

745 Runs Scored
646 Runs Allowed
+99 Run Diff
1,499K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 4% above the 1959 league average (.253)
OBP .318 1% below the 1959 league average (.321)
SLG .357 8% above the 1959 league average (.331)
Team ERA 3.75 3% better than the 1959 league average (3.86)
Runs Scored 745 11% above the 1959 league average (674 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,499,139
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Avg per Game 19,469

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tito Francona 0.363 2 Minnie Miñoso 0.302 3 Jim Perry 0.300 4 Vic Power 0.289 5 Ed FitzGerald 0.271

Home Runs

1 Rocky Colavito 42 2 Woodie Held 29 3 Minnie Miñoso 21 4 Tito Francona 20 5 Jim Baxes 15

RBI

1 Rocky Colavito 111 2 Minnie Miñoso 92 3 Tito Francona 79 4 Woodie Held 71 5 Vic Power 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vic Power 147 595 102 172 0 0 10 60 40 22 9 0.289
Rocky Colavito 154 588 90 151 0 0 42 111 71 86 3 0.257
Minnie Miñoso 148 570 92 172 0 0 21 92 54 46 8 0.302
Woodie Held 143 525 82 132 0 0 29 71 46 118 1 0.251
George Strickland 132 441 55 105 0 0 3 48 51 64 1 0.238
Tito Francona 122 399 68 145 0 0 20 79 35 42 2 0.363
Jim Piersall 100 317 42 78 0 0 4 30 25 31 6 0.246
Russ Nixon 82 258 23 62 0 0 1 29 15 28 0 0.240
Jim Baxes 77 247 35 59 0 0 15 34 21 47 0 0.239
Billy Martin 73 242 37 63 0 0 9 24 8 18 0 0.260
Dick Brown 48 141 15 31 0 0 5 16 11 39 0 0.220
Ed FitzGerald 49 129 12 35 0 0 1 4 12 14 0 0.271
Gary Bell 44 75 8 18 0 0 0 6 3 19 0 0.240
Cal McLish 35 74 8 14 0 0 0 8 4 25 1 0.189
Ray Webster 40 74 10 15 0 0 2 10 5 7 1 0.203
Granny Hamner 27 67 4 11 0 0 1 3 1 8 0 0.164
Mudcat Grant 42 55 5 11 0 0 1 6 2 16 0 0.200
Carroll Hardy 32 53 12 11 0 0 0 2 3 7 1 0.208
Herb Score 30 52 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 22 0 0.096
Jim Perry 44 50 5 15 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0.300
Chuck Tanner 14 48 6 12 0 0 1 5 2 9 0 0.250
Gene Leek 13 36 7 8 0 0 1 5 2 7 0 0.222
Hal Naragon 14 36 6 10 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 0.278
Jack Harshman 21 34 3 7 0 0 0 5 5 4 0 0.206
Don Ferrarese 15 27 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 9 0 0.259
Bobby Locke 24 24 4 8 0 0 1 5 1 5 0 0.333
Elmer Valo 34 24 3 7 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 0.292
Willie Jones 11 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.222
Billy Moran 11 17 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.294
Gordy Coleman 6 15 5 8 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.533
Mike Garcia 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.071
Don Dillard 10 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.400
Jim Bolger 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Randy Jackson 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Dick Brodowski 18 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Bob Smith 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Al Cicotte 26 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
John Briggs 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Bud Podbielan 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Striker 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Humberto Robinson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dick Brodowski 1.80 2 Jack Harshman 2.59 3 Jim Perry 2.65 4 Bobby Locke 3.13 5 Don Ferrarese 3.20

Wins

1 Cal McLish 19 2 Gary Bell 16 3 Jim Perry 12 4 Mudcat Grant 10 5 Herb Score 9

Strikeouts

1 Herb Score 147 2 Gary Bell 136 3 Cal McLish 113 4 Mudcat Grant 85 5 Jim Perry 79
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Cal McLish 19 8 3.63 35 32 1 235.1 72 113
Gary Bell 16 11 4.04 44 28 5 234.0 105 136
Mudcat Grant 10 7 4.14 38 19 3 165.1 81 85
Herb Score 9 11 4.71 30 25 0 160.2 115 147
Jim Perry 12 10 2.65 44 13 4 153.0 55 79
Bobby Locke 3 2 3.13 24 7 2 77.2 41 40
Don Ferrarese 5 3 3.20 15 10 0 76.0 51 45
Mike Garcia 3 6 4.00 29 8 1 72.0 31 49
Jack Harshman 5 1 2.59 13 6 1 66.0 13 35
Al Cicotte 3 1 5.32 26 1 1 44.0 25 23
Dick Brodowski 2 2 1.80 18 0 5 30.0 21 9
Bob Smith 0 1 5.22 12 3 0 29.1 12 17
John Briggs 0 1 2.13 4 1 0 12.2 3 5
Bud Podbielan 0 1 5.84 6 0 0 12.1 2 5
Humberto Robinson 1 0 4.15 5 0 0 8.2 4 6
Jake Striker 1 0 2.70 1 1 0 6.2 4 5

👥 Roster (41)

Jim Baxes Gary Bell Jim Bolger John Briggs Dick Brodowski Dick Brown Al Cicotte Rocky Colavito Gordy Coleman Don Dillard Don Ferrarese Ed FitzGerald +29 more

41 players

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