Major League Baseball season
Major League Baseball team season
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
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters
Notable transactions
Roster
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
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Farm system
Notes
- ^ Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
- ^ John Anderson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 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".
- ^ Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bobby Avila transactions at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Albie Pearson transactions at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Billy Hoeft page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Rip Coleman page at Baseball-Reference
References
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1959 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
- 1959 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com