1959 Cleveland Indians season

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The 1959 Cleveland Indians season was the 59th season in franchise history. The Indians finished in second place in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, 5 games behind the American League Champion Chicago White Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

On June 10, right fielder Rocky Colavito hit four home runs in one game against the Baltimore Orioles.[5]

Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9460 .610 4730 4730
Cleveland Indians 8965 .578 5 4334 4631
New York Yankees 7975 .513 15 4037 3938
Detroit Tigers 7678 .494 18 4136 3542
Boston Red Sox 7579 .487 19 4334 3245
Baltimore Orioles 7480 .481 20 3839 3641
Kansas City Athletics 6688 .429 28 3740 2948
Washington Senators 6391 .409 31 3443 2948
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Record vs. opponents

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Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore 8–1411–11–110–1213–98–1412–1012–10
Boston 14–88–148–1411–1111–1113–910–12
Chicago 11–11–114–815–713–912–1013–9–116–6
Cleveland 12–1014–87–1514–815–711–1116–6
Detroit 9–1311–119–138–1415–714–810–12
Kansas City 14–811–1110–127–157–155–1712–10
New York 10–129–139–13–111–118–1417–515–7
Washington 10–1212–106–166–1612–1010–127–15
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Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

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Roster

1959 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRuss Nixon8225862.240129
1BVic Power147595172.2891060
2BBilly Martin7324263.260924
SSWoodie Held143525132.2512971
3BGeorge Strickland132441105.238348
LFMinnie Miñoso148570172.3022192
CFJimmy Piersall10031778.246430
RFRocky Colavito154588151.25742*111
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  • Tied with Harmon Killebrew (WSH) for league lead

Other batters

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

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tito Francona122399145.3632079
Jim Baxes7724759.2391534
Dick Brown4814131.220516
Ed Fitz Gerald4912935.27114
Ray Webster407415.203210
Granny Hamner276711.16413
Carroll Hardy325311.20802
Chuck Tanner144812.25015
Hal Naragon143610.27805
Gene Leek13368.22215
Elmer Valo34247.29205
Willie Jones11184.22201
Billy Moran11175.29402
Gordy Coleman6158.53302
Don Dillard10104.40001
Jim Bolger870.00000
Randy Jackson771.14300
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cal McLish35235.11983.63113
Gary Bell44234.016114.04136
Herb Score30160.29114.71147
Jake Striker16.2102.705
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Other pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mudcat Grant38165.11074.1485
Jim Perry44153.012102.6579
Bobby Locke2477.2015.2217
Don Ferrarese1576.0533.2045
Mike Garcia2972.0364.0049
Jack Harshman1366.0512.5935
Bob Smith1229.1015.2217
John Briggs412.2015.2217
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Relief pitchers

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

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dick Brodowski182251.809
Al Cicotte263115.3223
Bud Podbielan60105.845
Humberto Robinson51004.156
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Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Selma[10]

References

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