1959 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,497,976, Avg. 23,796
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Joe Gordon (89-65)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1959 Cleveland Indians Roster
1959 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1959 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Indians scored 745 runs, most in the league. Cleveland yielded 646 runs. Rocky Colavito walloped 42 home runs for the team, while Woodie Held, Minnie Minoso, Jim Baxes and Tito Francona each swatted 20 or more also. Rocky Colavito accounted for 111 RBI. Minnie Minoso led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .302. Cal McLish topped the team with 19 wins, and Gary Bell as well added 15 or more victories as well Jim Perry earned a 2.65 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Gordon coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Cal McLish	19	8	.704	3.63	35	32	1	13	0	1	235.3	253	110	95	26	72	6	113	5	0	4	1021
Gary Bell	16	11	.593	4.04	44	28	11	12	1	5	234.0	208	107	105	28	105	4	136	5	1	8	1005
Jim Perry	12	10	.545	2.65	44	13	18	8	2	4	153.0	122	54	45	10	55	7	79	2	1	2	615
Mudcat Grant	10	7	.588	4.14	38	19	7	6	1	3	165.3	140	80	76	23	81	4	85	2	0	4	699
Herb Score	9	11	.450	4.71	30	25	2	9	1	0	160.7	123	93	84	28	115	0	147	1	1	14	712
Jack Harshman	5	1	.833	2.59	13	6	6	5	1	1	66.0	46	21	19	6	13	0	35	0	0	1	277
Don Ferrarese	5	3	.625	3.20	15	10	1	4	0	0	76.0	58	29	27	6	51	2	45	1	0	1	322
Al Cicotte	3	1	.750	5.32	26	1	12	0	0	1	44.0	46	29	26	4	25	3	23	2	0	0	193
Bobby Locke	3	2	.600	3.13	24	7	8	0	0	2	77.7	66	33	27	6	41	2	40	3	0	3	338
Mike Garcia	3	6	.333	4.00	29	8	9	1	0	1	72.0	72	39	32	4	31	3	49	0	0	3	310
Dick Brodowski	2	2	.500	1.80	18	0	14	0	0	5	30.0	19	13	6	3	21	1	9	3	0	2	133
Jake Striker	1	0	1.000	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.7	8	2	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	32
Humberto Robinson	1	0	1.000	4.15	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.7	9	4	4	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	37
John Briggs	0	1	.000	2.13	4	1	1	0	0	0	12.7	12	5	3	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	53
Bob Smith	0	1	.000	5.22	12	3	3	0	0	0	29.3	31	19	17	2	12	0	17	0	0	2	129
Bud Podbielan	0	1	.000	5.84	6	0	1	0	0	0	12.3	17	8	8	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	53
Totals	89	65	.578	3.75	344	154	96	58	6	23	1383.7	1230	646	576	148	635	33	799	24	3	45	5929

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Minnie Minoso	148	650	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	8	10	54	46	.302	.377	.468	.846	267	11	17	6	3	2
Vic Power	147	645	595	102	172	31	6	10	60	9	13	40	22	.289	.334	.412	.746	245	19	2	4	4	2
Rocky Colavito	154	664	588	90	151	24	0	42	111	3	3	71	86	.257	.337	.512	.849	301	13	2	0	3	8
Tito Francona	122	443	399	68	145	17	2	20	79	2	0	35	42	.363	.414	.566	.980	226	11	3	1	5	3
Woodie Held	143	577	525	82	132	19	3	29	71	1	2	46	118	.251	.313	.465	.778	244	12	2	2	2	1
George Strickland	132	501	441	55	105	15	2	3	48	1	1	51	64	.238	.313	.302	.615	133	7	0	3	6	2
Jim Piersall	100	354	317	42	78	13	2	4	30	6	3	25	31	.246	.303	.338	.641	107	2	2	8	2	1
Billy Martin	73	259	242	37	63	7	0	9	24	0	2	8	18	.260	.290	.401	.691	97	5	3	4	2	2
Russ Nixon	82	280	258	23	62	10	3	1	29	0	0	15	28	.240	.277	.314	.591	81	9	0	2	5	1
Jim Baxes	77	270	247	35	59	11	0	15	34	0	1	21	47	.239	.299	.466	.764	115	12	0	2	0	0
Ed FitzGerald	49	143	129	12	35	6	1	1	4	0	0	12	14	.271	.343	.357	.699	46	5	2	0	0	1
Dick Brown	48	157	141	15	31	7	0	5	16	0	0	11	39	.220	.288	.376	.664	53	1	3	1	1	1
Gary Bell	44	86	75	8	18	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	19	.240	.269	.267	.536	20	0	0	8	0	0
Jim Perry	44	51	50	5	15	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.340	.640	17	0	0	1	0	0
Ray Webster	40	80	74	10	15	2	1	2	10	1	0	5	7	.203	.253	.338	.591	25	2	0	1	0	0
Cal McLish	35	87	74	8	14	2	1	0	8	1	0	4	25	.189	.231	.243	.474	18	1	0	9	0	0
Chuck Tanner	14	50	48	6	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	9	.250	.280	.354	.634	17	2	0	0	0	0
Carroll Hardy	32	57	53	12	11	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	7	.208	.250	.226	.476	12	0	0	1	0	0
Mudcat Grant	42	58	55	5	11	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	16	.200	.228	.255	.483	14	0	0	1	0	0
Granny Hamner	27	69	67	4	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	8	.164	.174	.254	.428	17	2	0	0	1	0
Hal Naragon	14	41	36	6	10	4	1	0	5	0	0	3	2	.278	.341	.444	.786	16	0	1	0	1	0
Gordy Coleman	6	16	15	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.533	.563	.667	1.229	10	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Locke	24	27	24	4	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	.333	.360	.500	.860	12	1	0	2	0	0
Gene Leek	13	38	36	7	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	7	.222	.263	.389	.652	14	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	34	33	24	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	0	.292	.424	.292	.716	7	2	0	0	2	1
Don Ferrarese	15	28	27	1	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	.259	.259	.407	.667	11	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Harshman	21	40	34	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	4	.206	.300	.235	.535	8	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Moran	11	17	17	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.294	.294	.294	.588	5	0	0	0	0	0
Herb Score	30	55	52	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.096	.127	.096	.223	5	0	0	0	1	0
Don Dillard	10	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Jones	11	19	18	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.222	.263	.278	.541	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Brodowski	18	8	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	2	0	0
Al Cicotte	26	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	1	1	0	0
Randy Jackson	3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Garcia	29	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Striker	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Bolger	8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Briggs	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	1	0
Bud Podbielan	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	12	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humberto Robinson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1854	5860	5288	745	1390	216	25	167	682	33	36	433	721	.263	.321	.408	.729	2157	119	39	60	40	25

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Vic Power	1B	121	118	1063.3	1039	110	6	98	.995	9.725	9.496	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	1B	35	33	293.3	296	19	1	21	.997	9.665	9.000	0	0	0	0
Gordy Coleman	1B	3	3	27.0	18	3	1	1	.955	7.000	7.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Martin	2B	67	65	565.0	147	149	1	37	.997	4.715	4.418	0	0	0	0
Jim Baxes	2B	48	47	415.7	107	110	10	30	.956	4.698	4.521	0	0	0	0
Vic Power	2B	21	21	178.0	48	54	3	6	.971	5.157	4.857	0	0	0	0
Ray Webster	2B	24	11	135.0	28	37	5	10	.929	4.333	2.708	0	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	2B	7	4	41.3	12	19	0	4	1.000	6.750	4.429	0	0	0	0
Billy Moran	2B	6	4	30.0	6	8	0	1	1.000	4.200	2.333	0	0	0	0
George Strickland	2B	4	2	15.0	4	5	1	1	.900	5.400	2.250	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	2B	3	0	3.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.455	.333	0	0	0	0
George Strickland	3B	80	72	642.0	69	131	6	11	.971	2.804	2.500	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	3B	40	36	329.0	33	87	2	8	.984	3.283	3.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Baxes	3B	22	16	158.3	16	38	5	1	.915	3.069	2.455	0	0	0	0
Gene Leek	3B	13	8	79.0	7	14	1	0	.955	2.392	1.615	0	0	0	0
Vic Power	3B	7	7	54.0	7	10	1	1	.944	2.833	2.429	0	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	3B	5	4	36.0	7	6	1	0	.929	3.250	2.600	0	0	0	0
Ray Webster	3B	4	4	26.3	6	8	3	3	.824	4.785	3.500	0	0	0	0
Willie Jones	3B	4	4	23.0	3	10	1	2	.929	5.087	3.250	0	0	0	0
Billy Martin	3B	4	1	22.0	3	4	1	0	.875	2.864	1.750	0	0	0	0
Randy Jackson	3B	2	2	12.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Piersall	3B	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Russ Nixon	C	74	68	597.7	374	31	6	8	.985	6.099	5.473	4	19	32	10	23.8
Dick Brown	C	48	40	376.7	248	21	1	5	.996	6.427	5.604	1	17	12	10	45.5
Ed FitzGerald	C	45	38	334.3	192	26	5	3	.978	5.868	4.844	0	5	13	15	53.6
Hal Naragon	C	10	8	75.0	51	3	0	1	1.000	6.480	5.400	1	3	2	3	60.0
Rocky Colavito	OF	154	154	1381.7	319	7	5	1	.985	2.124	2.117	0	0	0	0
Minnie Minoso	OF	148	148	1322.0	314	14	5	1	.985	2.233	2.216	0	0	0	0
Jim Piersall	OF	91	77	696.7	216	3	4	2	.982	2.829	2.407	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	OF	64	62	546.3	136	2	4	0	.972	2.273	2.156	0	0	0	0
Carroll Hardy	OF	15	8	88.7	41	0	0	0	1.000	4.162	2.733	0	0	0	0
Chuck Tanner	OF	10	10	85.7	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.891	1.800	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	OF	6	3	28.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	1.167	0	0	0	0
Elmer Valo	OF	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	.500	0	0	0	0
Cal McLish	P	35	32	235.3	25	49	2	4	.974	2.830	2.114	0	0	0	0
Gary Bell	P	44	28	234.0	19	27	3	3	.939	1.769	1.045	0	0	0	0
Mudcat Grant	P	38	19	165.3	14	25	2	3	.951	2.123	1.026	0	0	0	0
Herb Score	P	30	25	160.7	1	15	5	1	.762	.896	.533	0	0	0	0
Jim Perry	P	44	13	153.0	12	24	0	1	1.000	2.118	.818	0	0	0	0
Bobby Locke	P	24	7	77.7	9	11	1	1	.952	2.318	.833	0	0	0	0
Don Ferrarese	P	15	10	76.0	0	15	0	2	1.000	1.776	1.000	0	0	0	0
Mike Garcia	P	29	8	72.0	6	11	1	0	.944	2.125	.586	0	0	0	0
Jack Harshman	P	13	6	66.0	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.909	1.077	0	0	0	0
Al Cicotte	P	26	1	44.0	3	8	0	0	1.000	2.250	.423	0	0	0	0
Dick Brodowski	P	18	0	30.0	4	3	2	0	.778	2.100	.389	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	P	12	3	29.3	1	5	0	2	1.000	1.841	.500	0	0	0	0
John Briggs	P	4	1	12.7	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.132	.750	0	0	0	0
Bud Podbielan	P	6	0	12.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.919	.667	0	0	0	0
Humberto Robinson	P	5	0	8.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.077	.400	0	0	0	0
Jake Striker	P	1	1	6.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.700	2.000	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	SS	103	100	871.0	177	277	18	43	.962	4.691	4.408	0	0	0	0
George Strickland	SS	50	48	440.0	80	145	11	42	.953	4.602	4.500	0	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	SS	10	5	51.7	11	13	1	2	.960	4.181	2.400	0	0	0	0
Billy Moran	SS	5	0	13.0	7	1	1	1	.889	5.538	1.600	0	0	0	0
Gene Leek	SS	1	1	8.0	1	5	1	0	.857	6.750	6.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1701	1386	12453.0	4150	1585	127	361	.978	4.145	3.372	6	44	59	38	39.2

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