Batters Debuting in 1959 Sorted by Debut Date Previous Year / Next Year
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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Sparky Anderson 1959-1959 152 477 42 104 9 3 0 34 42 53 .218 .282 .249 6 9 Apr 10 25.047 Rudy Arias 1959-1959 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 10 27.308 Gary Blaylock 1959-1959 46 36 5 5 1 0 2 5 0 18 .139 .139 .333 0 0 Apr 10 27.181 George Altman 1959-1967 991 3091 409 832 132 34 101 403 268 572 .269 .329 .432 52 22 Apr 11 26.022 Jim Baxes 1959-1959 88 280 39 69 12 0 17 39 25 54 .246 .310 .471 1 1 Apr 11 30.280 Ernie Broglio 1959-1966 259 431 29 68 10 0 0 24 24 121 .158 .201 .181 0 0 Apr 11 23.227 Howie Nunn 1959-1962 46 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 0 0 Apr 11 23.175 Norm Sherry 1959-1963 194 497 45 107 9 1 18 69 37 102 .215 .279 .346 1 0 Apr 12 27.270 Jerry Davie 1959-1959 11 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 .400 .500 .400 0 0 Apr 14 26.063 Jack Fisher 1959-1969 401 594 32 74 11 0 1 31 38 201 .125 .181 .148 1 1 Apr 14 20.041 Joe Morgan 1959-1964 88 187 15 36 5 3 2 10 18 31 .193 .263 .283 0 0 Apr 14 28.146 Bob Gibson 1959-1975 596 1328 132 274 44 5 24 144 63 415 .206 .243 .301 13 10 Apr 15 23.157 Fred Green 1959-1964 88 17 3 3 0 0 2 2 1 13 .176 .222 .529 0 0 Apr 15 25.213 Jack Kralick 1959-1967 236 382 25 62 3 1 4 21 16 114 .162 .199 .207 0 0 Apr 15 23.318 Claude Raymond 1959-1971 453 101 6 11 4 0 0 8 3 44 .109 .142 .149 0 0 Apr 15 21.343 Joe Schaffernoth 1959-1961 74 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 .125 .125 .125 0 0 Apr 15 21.252 Chuck Cottier 1959-1969 580 1584 168 348 63 17 19 127 137 248 .220 .282 .317 28 10 Apr 17 23.099 Ray Webster 1959-1960 47 77 11 15 2 1 2 11 6 7 .195 .250 .325 1 0 Apr 17 21.153 Mike Cuellar 1959-1977 316 661 37 76 8 4 7 33 9 304 .115 .128 .171 0 0 Apr 18 21.345 Mark Freeman 1959-1960 34 22 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 10 .136 .174 .136 0 0 Apr 18 28.132 Bob Giggie 1959-1962 30 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 18 25.248 Russ Snyder 1959-1970 1365 3631 488 984 150 29 42 319 294 438 .271 .325 .363 58 32 Apr 18 24.300 Chris Short 1959-1973 465 697 29 88 5 2 0 24 14 198 .126 .146 .139 1 0 Apr 19 21.212 Wes Stock 1959-1967 321 59 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 37 .051 .097 .051 0 0 Apr 19 25.009 Gene Leek 1959-1962 77 249 23 55 12 1 6 25 9 67 .221 .254 .349 0 1 Apr 22 22.281 Jim Perry 1959-1975 542 889 73 177 22 3 5 59 32 179 .199 .228 .247 0 1 Apr 23 23.175 Don Dillard 1959-1965 272 476 59 116 16 5 14 47 32 85 .244 .292 .387 0 3 Apr 24 22.106 Don Eaddy 1959-1959 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 24 25.067 Bob Hartman 1959-1962 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 0 0 Apr 26 21.241 Gene Snyder 1959-1959 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 0 0 Apr 26 28.026 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Roger McCardell 1959-1959 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 8 26.252 Ted Wills 1959-1965 84 44 4 11 3 0 0 1 3 14 .250 .298 .318 0 0 May 24 25.104 Joe Christopher 1959-1966 638 1667 224 434 68 17 29 173 157 277 .260 .329 .374 29 19 May 26 23.164 Al Jackson 1959-1969 373 435 37 69 14 2 1 23 13 155 .159 .184 .207 2 1 Jun 1 23.158 Gene Oliver 1959-1969 786 2216 268 546 111 5 93 320 215 420 .246 .315 .427 24 21 Jun 6 24.076 Maury Wills 1959-1972 1942 7588 1067 2134 177 71 20 458 552 684 .281 .330 .331 586 208 Jun 6 26.247 Jim Bronstad 1959-1964 47 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .056 .000 0 0 Jun 7 22.350 Dick Ricketts 1959-1959 12 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 0 0 Jun 14 25.192 Charlie O'Rourke 1959-1959 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 16 21.359 Marshall Bridges 1959-1965 206 59 6 7 1 1 1 6 3 20 .119 .175 .220 0 0 Jun 17 28.015 Bobby Locke 1959-1968 168 98 12 25 2 0 1 12 9 22 .255 .318 .306 0 0 Jun 18 25.107 Eddie Fisher 1959-1973 664 246 11 30 5 1 0 8 10 97 .122 .156 .150 0 0 Jun 22 22.341 Wally Shannon 1959-1960 65 118 7 31 5 0 0 6 3 18 .263 .293 .305 0 0 Jul 9 26.167 Eli Grba 1959-1963 143 160 15 35 5 0 4 19 14 42 .219 .284 .325 0 0 Jul 10 24.335 Lee Maye 1959-1971 1288 4048 533 1109 190 39 94 419 282 481 .274 .323 .410 59 34 Jul 17 24.218 Pumpsie Green 1959-1963 344 796 119 196 31 12 13 74 138 132 .246 .357 .364 12 10 Jul 21 25.267 Barry Shetrone 1959-1963 60 112 12 23 2 1 1 7 5 16 .205 .237 .268 3 0 Jul 27 21.021 Jim Mahoney 1959-1965 120 210 32 48 4 1 4 15 11 47 .229 .266 .314 1 2 Jul 28 25.063 Earl Wilson 1959-1970 405 740 95 144 12 6 35 111 67 271 .195 .265 .369 0 0 Jul 28 24.299 Steve Demeter 1959-1960 15 23 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .087 .087 .130 0 0 Jul 29 24.183 Willie McCovey 1959-1980 2588 8197 1229 2211 353 46 521 1555 1345 1550 .270 .374 .515 26 22 Jul 30 21.201 Ed Donnelly 1959-1959 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 1 24.234 Zoilo Versalles 1959-1971 1400 5141 650 1246 230 63 95 471 318 810 .242 .290 .367 97 48 Aug 1 19.226 Jim Kaat 1959-1983 840 1251 117 232 44 5 16 106 63 367 .185 .227 .267 5 1 Aug 2 20.268 Ken McBride 1959-1965 160 264 20 38 11 1 1 12 11 102 .144 .179 .205 0 0 Aug 4 23.357 Jose Pagan 1959-1973 1326 3689 387 922 138 26 52 372 244 510 .250 .298 .344 46 35 Aug 4 24.091 Billy Williams 1959-1976 2488 9350 1410 2711 434 88 426 1475 1045 1046 .290 .361 .492 90 49 Aug 6 21.052 Bob Duliba 1959-1967 176 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 .038 .074 .038 0 0 Aug 11 24.214 Ron Shoop 1959-1959 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .143 0 0 Aug 22 27.337 Ed Keegan 1959-1962 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Aug 24 20.047 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Joe Stanka 1959-1959 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Sep 2 28.041 Ben Johnson 1959-1960 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 6 28.113 Evans Killeen 1959-1959 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 7 23.192 Fred Valentine 1959-1968 533 1458 180 360 56 10 36 138 156 228 .247 .330 .373 47 16 Sep 7 24.231 Cliff Cook 1959-1963 163 398 33 80 17 3 7 35 26 136 .201 .254 .312 2 1 Sep 9 23.020 Dan Dobbek 1959-1961 198 433 52 90 12 5 15 49 53 72 .208 .297 .363 5 5 Sep 9 24.277 Buddy Gilbert 1959-1959 7 20 4 3 0 0 2 2 3 4 .150 .261 .450 0 0 Sep 9 24.045 Jim Bailey 1959-1959 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 10 24.268 Duke Carmel 1959-1965 124 227 22 48 7 3 4 23 27 60 .211 .294 .322 3 4 Sep 10 22.140 Ken Hunt 1959-1964 310 782 107 177 42 4 33 111 85 222 .226 .303 .417 9 4 Sep 10 25.059 J.C. Martin 1959-1972 908 2189 189 487 82 12 32 230 201 299 .222 .291 .315 9 8 Sep 10 22.271 Tim McCarver 1959-1980 1909 5529 590 1501 242 57 97 645 548 422 .271 .337 .388 61 49 Sep 10 17.329 Gary Peters 1959-1972 450 807 86 179 31 7 19 102 29 172 .222 .253 .348 0 1 Sep 10 22.142 Gordie Windhorn 1959-1962 95 108 20 19 9 1 2 8 11 19 .176 .252 .333 1 2 Sep 10 25.265 Bob Saverine 1959-1967 379 861 114 206 27 6 6 47 73 149 .239 .299 .305 23 9 Sep 12 18.102 Tom Hughes 1959-1959 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 13 25.000 Bob Bruce 1959-1967 223 346 25 52 7 1 0 17 28 102 .150 .220 .176 0 0 Sep 14 26.121 Jim Proctor 1959-1959 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 14 24.005 Al Spangler 1959-1971 912 2267 307 594 87 26 21 175 295 234 .262 .347 .351 37 32 Sep 16 26.070 John Gabler 1959-1961 58 42 3 6 0 1 0 2 2 15 .143 .182 .190 1 0 Sep 18 28.351 Joe Hicks 1959-1963 212 416 41 92 11 3 12 39 29 73 .221 .278 .349 3 6 Sep 18 26.164 Gordy Coleman 1959-1967 773 2384 282 650 102 11 98 387 177 333 .273 .324 .448 9 8 Sep 19 25.076 Marty Kutyna 1959-1962 159 47 0 9 0 0 0 4 1 2 .191 .208 .191 0 0 Sep 19 26.309 Jerry Mallett 1959-1959 4 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .267 .313 .267 0 0 Sep 19 24.001 Tommy Davis 1959-1976 1999 7223 811 2121 272 35 153 1052 381 754 .294 .329 .405 136 59 Sep 22 20.185 Don Gile 1959-1962 58 120 12 18 2 1 3 9 5 35 .150 .194 .258 0 0 Sep 25 24.159 Jake Striker 1959-1960 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .667 .000 0 0 Sep 25 25.337 Jim Umbricht 1959-1963 88 28 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 .179 .179 .179 0 0 Sep 26 29.009 Cam Carreon 1959-1966 354 986 113 260 43 4 11 114 97 117 .264 .331 .349 3 4 Sep 27 22.052 Tom McAvoy 1959-1959 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 27 23.046 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Marshall Renfroe 1959-1959 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 27 23.125 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
Pitchers Debuting in 1959 Sorted by Debut Date
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Rudy Arias 1959-1959 2 0 1.000 4.09 34 0 0 0 2 44.0 49 20 7 20 28 Apr 10 27.308 Gary Blaylock 1959-1959 4 6 .400 4.80 41 13 3 0 0 125.7 147 67 14 58 81 Apr 10 27.181 Ernie Broglio 1959-1966 77 74 .510 3.74 259 184 52 18 2 1337.3 1216 556 143 587 849 Apr 11 23.227 Howie Nunn 1959-1962 4 3 .571 5.11 46 0 0 0 0 68.7 73 39 3 42 50 Apr 11 23.175 Jerry Davie 1959-1959 2 2 .500 4.17 11 5 1 0 0 36.7 40 17 8 17 20 Apr 14 26.063 Jack Fisher 1959-1969 86 139 .382 4.06 400 265 62 9 9 1975.7 2061 891 193 605 1017 Apr 14 20.041 Bob Gibson 1959-1975 251 174 .591 2.91 528 482 255 56 6 3884.3 3279 1258 257 1336 3117 Apr 15 23.157 Fred Green 1959-1964 9 7 .563 3.48 88 1 0 0 4 142.3 142 55 12 63 77 Apr 15 25.213 Jack Kralick 1959-1967 67 65 .508 3.56 235 169 45 12 1 1218.0 1238 482 124 318 668 Apr 15 23.318 Claude Raymond 1959-1971 46 53 .465 3.66 449 7 2 0 83 721.0 711 293 75 225 497 Apr 15 21.343 Joe Schaffernoth 1959-1961 3 8 .273 4.58 74 1 0 0 3 118.0 116 60 12 53 68 Apr 15 21.252 Mike Cuellar 1959-1977 185 130 .587 3.14 453 379 172 36 11 2808.0 2538 979 222 822 1632 Apr 18 21.345 Mark Freeman 1959-1960 3 3 .500 5.56 34 9 1 0 1 87.3 82 54 10 38 55 Apr 18 28.132 Bob Giggie 1959-1962 3 1 .750 5.18 30 2 0 0 1 57.3 70 33 8 32 32 Apr 18 25.248 Chris Short 1959-1973 135 132 .506 3.43 501 308 88 24 18 2325.0 2215 886 183 806 1629 Apr 19 21.212 Wes Stock 1959-1967 27 13 .675 3.60 321 3 0 0 22 517.3 434 207 60 215 365 Apr 19 25.009 Jim Perry 1959-1975 215 174 .553 3.45 630 447 109 32 10 3285.7 3127 1258 308 998 1576 Apr 23 23.175 Bob Hartman 1959-1962 0 1 .000 5.21 11 2 0 0 0 19.0 20 11 1 10 12 Apr 26 21.241 Gene Snyder 1959-1959 1 1 .500 5.47 11 2 0 0 0 26.3 32 16 1 20 20 Apr 26 28.026 Ted Wills 1959-1965 8 11 .421 5.46 83 13 2 0 5 186.3 210 113 29 97 133 May 24 25.104 Al Jackson 1959-1969 67 99 .404 3.98 302 184 54 14 10 1389.3 1449 614 115 407 738 Jun 01 23.158 Jim Bronstad 1959-1964 1 7 .125 5.48 45 3 0 0 3 93.7 110 57 11 37 45 Jun 07 22.350 Dick Ricketts 1959-1959 1 6 .143 5.82 12 9 0 0 0 55.7 68 36 7 30 25 Jun 14 25.192 Marshall Bridges 1959-1965 23 15 .605 3.75 206 5 1 0 25 345.3 315 144 29 191 302 Jun 17 28.015 Bobby Locke 1959-1968 16 15 .516 4.02 165 23 2 2 10 416.7 432 186 40 165 194 Jun 18 25.107 Eddie Fisher 1959-1973 85 70 .548 3.41 690 63 7 2 81 1538.7 1398 583 149 438 812 Jun 22 22.341 Eli Grba 1959-1963 28 33 .459 4.48 135 75 10 0 4 536.3 513 267 62 284 255 Jul 10 24.335 Earl Wilson 1959-1970 121 109 .526 3.69 338 310 69 13 0 2051.7 1863 842 236 796 1452 Jul 28 24.299 Ed Donnelly 1959-1959 1 1 .500 3.14 9 0 0 0 0 14.3 18 5 1 9 6 Aug 01 24.234 Jim Kaat 1959-1983 283 237 .544 3.45 898 625 180 31 18 4530.3 4620 1738 395 1083 2461 Aug 02 20.268 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Ken McBride 1959-1965 40 50 .444 3.79 151 122 28 7 3 807.7 717 340 75 363 503 Aug 04 23.357 Bob Duliba 1959-1967 17 12 .586 3.47 176 0 0 0 14 257.0 257 99 25 96 129 Aug 11 24.214 Ed Keegan 1959-1962 0 3 .000 9.00 13 3 0 0 1 23.0 31 23 3 23 11 Aug 24 20.047 Joe Stanka 1959-1959 1 0 1.000 3.38 2 0 0 0 0 5.3 2 2 1 4 3 Sep 02 28.041 Ben Johnson 1959-1960 2 1 .667 3.91 21 2 0 0 1 46.0 56 20 4 15 15 Sep 06 28.113 Evans Killeen 1959-1959 0 0 4.76 4 0 0 0 0 5.7 4 3 0 4 1 Sep 07 23.192 Jim Bailey 1959-1959 0 1 .000 6.17 3 1 0 0 0 11.7 17 8 1 6 7 Sep 10 24.268 Gary Peters 1959-1972 124 103 .546 3.25 359 286 79 23 5 2081.0 1894 751 157 706 1420 Sep 10 22.142 Tom Hughes 1959-1959 0 2 .000 15.75 2 2 0 0 0 4.0 9 7 2 2 2 Sep 13 25.000 Bob Bruce 1959-1967 49 71 .408 3.85 219 167 26 6 1 1122.3 1146 480 95 340 733 Sep 14 26.121 Jim Proctor 1959-1959 0 1 .000 16.88 2 1 0 0 0 2.7 8 5 0 3 0 Sep 14 24.005 John Gabler 1959-1961 7 12 .368 4.39 53 14 0 0 5 164.0 171 80 8 79 63 Sep 18 28.351 Marty Kutyna 1959-1962 14 16 .467 3.88 159 6 0 0 8 290.0 301 125 28 108 110 Sep 19 26.309 Jake Striker 1959-1960 1 0 1.000 3.48 3 1 0 0 0 10.3 13 4 1 5 6 Sep 25 25.337 Jim Umbricht 1959-1963 9 5 .643 3.06 88 7 0 0 3 194.0 155 66 17 71 133 Sep 26 29.009 Tom McAvoy 1959-1959 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 2 0 Sep 27 23.046 Marshall Renfroe 1959-1959 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 6 1 3 3 Sep 27 23.125 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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