1959 Baltimore Orioles 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

October 2, 1958: Dick Williams was traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Chico Carrasquel.
Prior to 1959 season
*John Anderson was obtained by the Orioles from the Miami Marlins after expiration of minor league working agreement.
*Bob Saverine was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.
Regular season
June 10, 1959: Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians hit four home runs in one game against the Orioles.
Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Bob Boyd
Billy Gardner
Ron Hansen
Al Pilarcik
Arnie Portocarrero
Brooks Robinson
Willie Tasby
Gus Triandos
Gene Woodling
Notable transactions
April 1, 1959: Vito Valentinetti was acquired by the Orioles from the Washington Senators in exchange for Billy Loes. The trade was voided and the players returned to their original teams on April 8.
May 21, 1959: Bobby Ávila was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Orioles off waivers.
May 26, 1959: Albie Pearson was acquired by the Orioles from the Washington Senators in exchange for Lenny Green.
June 15, 1959: Billy Hoeft was acquired by the Orioles from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jack Harshman.
June 23, 1959: Whitey Lockman was traded by the Orioles to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Walt Dropo.
September 6, 1959: Rip Coleman was acquired by the Orioles off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics.
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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		126	393	85	.216	25	73
1B		128	415	110	.265	3	41
2B		140	401	87	.217	6	27
3B		88	313	89	.284	4	24
SS		114	346	77	.223	4	28
LF		118	360	105	.292	21	60
CF		142	505	126	.250	13	48
RF		130	273	77	.282	3	16

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	140	440	132	.300	14	77
	104	321	80	.249	3	25
	65	166	30	.181	1	14
	62	151	42	.278	6	21
	80	138	32	.232	0	6
	48	119	30	.252	1	10
	65	88	14	.159	0	7
	33	79	16	.203	0	5
	38	69	15	.217	0	2
	40	54	10	.185	0	7
	20	47	8	.170	0	0
	12	35	11	.314	0	2
	14	32	5	.156	1	2
	27	24	7	.292	2	15
	12	19	6	.316	0	1
	5	10	2	.200	0	1
	2	4	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	32	226	15	11	2.19	139
	33	209.1	15	9	3.27	120
	30	182	11	10	2.92	100
	31	164	11	9	3.79	81

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	38	199.1	10	12	2.93	88
	27	90	2	7	6.80	23
	27	88.2	1	6	3.05	52
	14	47.1	0	6	6.85	24
	3	8.1	0	0	7.56	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	37	4	7	14	4.06	34
	31	4	1	1	4.11	29
	16	1	1	0	5.71	30
	7	0	0	1	3.55	8
	6	0	1	0	4.15	1
	3	0	0	0	0.00	4

Farm system

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