1959 Baltimore Orioles

Roster of 40 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

74–80

Runs

550

Home runs

109

Team AVG

.238

Team ERA

3.56

Pitching K

735

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Willie TasbyOF	142	505	69	126	13	48	3	.250	.681	8.5
Gene WoodlingLF	140	440	63	132	14	77	1	.300	.857	12.0
Bob Boyd1B	128	415	42	110	3	41	3	.265	.657	5.9
Billy Gardner2B	140	401	34	87	6	27	2	.217	.588	4.5
Gus TriandosC	126	393	43	85	25	73	0	.216	.760	10.0
Bob NiemanLF	118	360	49	105	21	60	1	.292	.895	11.0
Chico CarrasquelSS	114	346	28	77	4	28	2	.223	.587	3.9
Billy KlausSS	104	321	33	80	3	25	2	.249	.662	4.8
Brooks Robinson3B	88	313	29	89	4	24	2	.284	.708	4.7
Al PilarcikRF	130	273	37	77	3	16	9	.282	.721	6.2
Joe GinsbergC	65	166	14	30	1	14	1	.181	.479	1.2
Walt Dropo1B	62	151	17	42	6	21	0	.278	.786	—
Albie PearsonCF	80	138	22	32	0	6	4	.232	.586	—
Jim Finigan3B	48	119	14	30	1	10	1	.252	.628	1.7
Willy MirandaSS	65	88	8	14	0	7	0	.159	.437	0.0
Barry ShetroneCF	33	79	8	16	0	5	3	.203	.488	0.7
Milt PappasP	33	79	4	11	0	2	0	.139	.302	11.0
Hoyt WilhelmP	32	76	2	4	0	2	0	.053	.164	11.8
Whitey Lockman1B	38	69	7	15	0	2	0	.217	.560	—
Jerry WalkerP	31	65	4	11	1	4	1	.169	.397	10.4
Billy O'DellP	43	60	5	5	1	2	1	.083	.274	11.0
Bob Hale1B	40	54	2	10	0	7	0	.185	.455	0.1
Bobby Avila2B	20	47	1	8	0	0	0	.170	.405	—
Hal BrownP	31	42	2	2	0	1	0	.048	.225	9.1
Jerry Adair2B	12	35	3	11	0	2	0	.314	.704	—
Joe TaylorOF	14	32	2	5	1	2	0	.156	.653	—
Lenny GreenCF	27	24	3	7	1	2	0	.292	.763	—
Jack FisherP	27	23	0	3	0	2	0	.130	.341	6.7
Arnie PortocarreroP	27	21	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.045	1.5
Fred ValentineOF	12	19	0	6	0	1	0	.316	.725	—
Billy HoeftP	16	12	0	3	0	0	0	.250	.583	—
Jack HarshmanP	15	10	3	2	1	1	0	.200	.833	—
Leo BurkeRF	5	10	0	2	0	1	0	.200	.473	—
Billy LoesP	37	8	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.250	9.1
Ernie JohnsonP	31	6	1	2	0	1	0	.333	.666	5.1
Ron HansenSS	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	—
George BambergerP	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Wes StockP	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Hoyt WilhelmP	32	27	15	11	0	226.0	139	2.19	11.8
Milt PappasP	33	27	15	9	3	209.1	120	3.27	11.0
Billy O'DellP	38	24	10	12	1	199.1	88	2.93	11.0
Jerry WalkerP	30	22	11	10	4	182.0	100	2.92	10.4
Hal BrownP	31	21	11	9	3	164.0	81	3.79	9.1
Arnie PortocarreroP	27	14	2	7	0	90.0	23	6.80	1.5
Jack FisherP	27	7	1	6	2	88.2	52	3.05	6.7
Billy LoesP	37	0	4	7	14	64.1	34	4.06	9.1
Ernie JohnsonP	31	1	4	1	1	50.1	29	4.11	5.1
Jack HarshmanP	14	8	0	6	0	47.1	24	6.85	—
Billy HoeftP	16	3	1	1	0	41.0	30	5.71	—
George ZuverinkP	6	0	0	1	0	13.0	1	4.15	—
Wes StockP	7	0	0	0	1	12.2	8	3.55	—
George BambergerP	3	1	0	0	1	8.1	2	7.56	—
Rip ColemanP	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	0.00	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Willie TasbyOF	142	505	69	126	13	48	3	.250	.681	8.5
Gene WoodlingLF	140	440	63	132	14	77	1	.300	.857	12.0
Bob Boyd1B	128	415	42	110	3	41	3	.265	.657	5.9
Billy Gardner2B	140	401	34	87	6	27	2	.217	.588	4.5
Gus TriandosC	126	393	43	85	25	73	0	.216	.760	10.0
Bob NiemanLF	118	360	49	105	21	60	1	.292	.895	11.0
Chico CarrasquelSS	114	346	28	77	4	28	2	.223	.587	3.9
Billy KlausSS	104	321	33	80	3	25	2	.249	.662	4.8
Brooks Robinson3B	88	313	29	89	4	24	2	.284	.708	4.7
Al PilarcikRF	130	273	37	77	3	16	9	.282	.721	6.2
Joe GinsbergC	65	166	14	30	1	14	1	.181	.479	1.2
Walt Dropo1B	62	151	17	42	6	21	0	.278	.786	—
Albie PearsonCF	80	138	22	32	0	6	4	.232	.586	—
Jim Finigan3B	48	119	14	30	1	10	1	.252	.628	1.7
Willy MirandaSS	65	88	8	14	0	7	0	.159	.437	0.0
Barry ShetroneCF	33	79	8	16	0	5	3	.203	.488	0.7
Milt PappasP	33	79	4	11	0	2	0	.139	.302	11.0
Hoyt WilhelmP	32	76	2	4	0	2	0	.053	.164	11.8
Whitey Lockman1B	38	69	7	15	0	2	0	.217	.560	—
Jerry WalkerP	31	65	4	11	1	4	1	.169	.397	10.4
Billy O'DellP	43	60	5	5	1	2	1	.083	.274	11.0
Bob Hale1B	40	54	2	10	0	7	0	.185	.455	0.1
Bobby Avila2B	20	47	1	8	0	0	0	.170	.405	—
Hal BrownP	31	42	2	2	0	1	0	.048	.225	9.1
Jerry Adair2B	12	35	3	11	0	2	0	.314	.704	—
Joe TaylorOF	14	32	2	5	1	2	0	.156	.653	—
Lenny GreenCF	27	24	3	7	1	2	0	.292	.763	—
Jack FisherP	27	23	0	3	0	2	0	.130	.341	6.7
Arnie PortocarreroP	27	21	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.045	1.5
Fred ValentineOF	12	19	0	6	0	1	0	.316	.725	—
Billy HoeftP	16	12	0	3	0	0	0	.250	.583	—
Jack HarshmanP	15	10	3	2	1	1	0	.200	.833	—
Leo BurkeRF	5	10	0	2	0	1	0	.200	.473	—
Billy LoesP	37	8	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.250	9.1
Ernie JohnsonP	31	6	1	2	0	1	0	.333	.666	5.1
Ron HansenSS	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	—
George BambergerP	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Wes StockP	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Hoyt WilhelmP	32	27	15	11	0	226.0	139	2.19	11.8
Milt PappasP	33	27	15	9	3	209.1	120	3.27	11.0
Billy O'DellP	38	24	10	12	1	199.1	88	2.93	11.0
Jerry WalkerP	30	22	11	10	4	182.0	100	2.92	10.4
Hal BrownP	31	21	11	9	3	164.0	81	3.79	9.1
Arnie PortocarreroP	27	14	2	7	0	90.0	23	6.80	1.5
Jack FisherP	27	7	1	6	2	88.2	52	3.05	6.7
Billy LoesP	37	0	4	7	14	64.1	34	4.06	9.1
Ernie JohnsonP	31	1	4	1	1	50.1	29	4.11	5.1
Jack HarshmanP	14	8	0	6	0	47.1	24	6.85	—
Billy HoeftP	16	3	1	1	0	41.0	30	5.71	—
George ZuverinkP	6	0	0	1	0	13.0	1	4.15	—
Wes StockP	7	0	0	0	1	12.2	8	3.55	—
George BambergerP	3	1	0	0	1	8.1	2	7.56	—
Rip ColemanP	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	0.00	—