1959 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics and Roster

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1959 Los Angeles Dodgers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958/1960)
88-68, Finished 1st in National League
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World Series Champs
Scored 705 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-74
Managed by Walter Alston

Ballpark: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,071,045 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 107
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Won World Series (4-2) over Chicago White Sox

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 Stats (1958/1960) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Johnny Roseboro     26  118  397   39   92  14  7  10   38  52   69  .232  .322  .378   7   5   7   3   5   4  11   81
1B  Gil Hodges          35  124  413   57  114  19  2  25   80  58   92  .276  .367  .513   3   2  13   3   3   3   6  126
2B  Charlie Neal        28  151  616  103  177  30 11  19   83  43   86  .287  .337  .464  17   6  22   4  21   1   2  106
3B #Jim Gilliam         30  145  553   91  156  18  4   3   34  96   25  .282  .387  .345  23  10   3   0   3   3   4   92
SS  Don Zimmer          28   97  249   21   41   7  1   4   28  37   56  .165  .274  .249   3   1   8   1   4   1   7   37
LF *Wally Moon          29  145  543   93  164  26 11  19   74  81   64  .302  .394  .495  15   6   9   3   8   2   1  129
CF  Don Demeter         24  139  371   55   95  11  1  18   70  16   87  .256  .294  .437   5   6   7   6   3   5   1   87
RF *Duke Snider         32  126  370   59  114  11  2  23   88  58   71  .308  .400  .535   1   5   8   0   5   2  13  140
   *Norm Larker         28  108  311   37   90  14  1   8   49  26   25  .289  .344  .418   0   1  12   2   8   4   1   97
   *Ron Fairly          20  118  244   27   58  12  1   4   23  31   29  .238  .324  .344   0   4   3   1   6   2   2   74
   #Maury Wills         26   83  242   27   63   5  2   0    7  13   27  .260  .298  .298   7   3   3   0   3   0   5   55
    Joe Pignatano       29   52  139   17   33   4  1   1   11  21   15  .237  .346  .302   1   0   2   2   4   0   2   70
    Rip Repulski        30   53   94   11   24   4  0   2   14  13   23  .255  .343  .362   0   1   3   0   1   1   2   83
    Carl Furillo        37   50   93    8   27   4  0   0   13   7   11  .290  .333  .333   0   0   5   0   1   2   2   74
    Dick Gray           27   21   52    8    8   1  0   2    4   6   12  .154  .241  .288   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   37
    Bob Lillis          29   30   48    7   11   2  0   0    2   3    4  .229  .275  .271   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   42
    Chuck Essegian      27   24   46    6   14   6  0   1    5   4   11  .304  .360  .500   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  120
    Jim Baxes           30   11   33    4   10   1  0   2    5   4    7  .303  .395  .515   1   0   3   1   0   0   0  134
    Frank Howard        22    9   21    2    3   0  1   1    6   2    9  .143  .217  .381   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   51
   #Solly Drake         28    9    8    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    3  .250  .333  .250   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   55
   *Sandy Amoros        29    5    5    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4
    Norm Sherry         27    2    3    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    0  .333  .500  .333   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  122
    Tommy Davis         20    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Don Drysdale        22   46   91    9   15   1  1   4   12   4   31  .165  .198  .330   0   1   2   0   8   1   0   34
   *Johnny Podres       26   34   65    4   16   1  0   0    4   6   13  .246  .306  .262   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   49
    Sandy Koufax        23   35   54    3    6   3  0   0    0   2   29  .111  .143  .167   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -20
    Roger Craig         29   29   52    1    3   0  0   0    3   1   28  .058  .075  .058   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -65
   *Danny McDevitt      26   39   46    4    5   1  0   0    3   0   17  .109  .128  .130   0   0   0   1   2   0   0  -33
    Stan Williams       22   35   36    3    7   0  0   0    3   3   15  .194  .256  .194   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   19
    Larry Sherry        23   23   32    3    7   0  0   2    5   1    6  .219  .242  .406   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   65
    Clem Labine         32   56   16    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    9  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Art Fowler          36   36   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -57
    Carl Erskine        32   10    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Johnny Klippstein   31   28    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -25
    Chuck Churn         29   14    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .167  .167  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   26
    Gene Snyder         28   11    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    2  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -28
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  156 5282  705 1360 196 46 148  667 591  891  .257  .332  .396  84  51 115  28 100  32  61   96
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    3    6   7  2   5        1    2     6     2     6   1   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Don Drysdale        22  44   3.46  17  13  2  36   7  15   4  270.7  237  113  104  26   93  242 1142   4  18  2   9 122
SP *Johnny Podres       26  34   4.11  14   9  0  29   1   6   2  195.0  192   93   89  23   74  145  823   8   3  0   7 103
SP *Sandy Koufax        23  35   4.05   8   6  2  23   6   6   1  153.3  136   74   69  23   92  173  679   5   0  1   4 104
SP *Danny McDevitt      26  39   3.97  10   8  4  22   8   6   2  145.0  149   83   64  16   51  106  645   3  14  0   5 106
SP  Roger Craig         29  29   2.06  11   5  0  17   3   7   4  152.7  122   49   35  13   45   76  612   2   1  0   3 205

CL  Clem Labine         32  56   3.93   5  10  9   0  33   0   0   84.7   91   39   37  11   25   37  358   0   1  0  10 107
RP  Art Fowler          36  36   5.31   3   4  2   0  17   0   0   61.0   70   39   36   8   23   47  271   0   0  1   7  80
RP  Johnny Klippstein   31  28   5.91   4   0  2   0  10   0   0   45.7   48   31   30   8   33   30  214   2   2  0   5  71
RP  Stan Williams       22  35   3.97   5   5  0  15   8   2   0  124.7  102   64   55  12   86   89  558   7   9  0   7 106
RP  Chuck Churn         29  14   4.99   3   2  1   0   6   0   0   30.7   28   17   17   2   10   24  125   0   1  0   4  85

    Larry Sherry        23  23   2.19   7   2  3   9  10   1   1   94.3   75   27   23   9   43   72  392   1   2  0   5 192
   *Gene Snyder         28  11   5.47   1   1  0   2   2   0   0   26.3   32   19   16   1   20   20  128   7   0  0   2  77
    Carl Erskine        32  10   7.71   0   3  1   3   2   0   0   23.3   33   22   20   5   13   15  117   1   0  0   1  55
   *Fred Kipp           27   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    2    0    0   0    3    1   13   0   0  0   1    
    Bill Harris         27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    0    0    0   0    3    0    8   0   0  0   1    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.9 156   3.79  88  68 26 156 113  43  14 1411.0 1317  670  594 157  614 1077 6085  40  51  4  71 111
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   1   8  1           6   2      1    2    3        7    8    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JRoseboro 1021 114 117 848 54 8 10 .991 14 29 17 25 JPignatano 380 41 49 322 17 1 8 .997 5 10 7 6 NSherry 10 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1411 156 156 1174 71 9 18 .993 19 39 24 31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHodges 952 106 113 891 66 8 77 .992 9.04 NLarker 456 50 55 456 42 5 53 .990 9.82 WMoon 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 1349 108 13 130 .991 9.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CNeal 1346 150 151 386 413 9 110 .989 5.34 JGilliam 63 6 8 16 13 1 2 .967 4.14 DZimmer 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 402 427 10 112 .988 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGilliam 1156 127 132 121 245 16 18 .958 2.85 DGray 98 11 11 4 20 0 2 1.000 2.20 JBaxes 87 10 10 11 29 2 2 .952 4.14 DZimmer 37 4 5 5 13 0 0 1.000 4.38 GHodges 33 4 4 5 8 0 3 1.000 3.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 146 315 18 25 .962 2.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DZimmer 636 70 88 115 226 10 43 .972 4.82 MWills 635 70 82 121 220 12 39 .966 4.83 BLillis 132 16 20 27 52 7 10 .919 5.37 CNeal 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 263 500 29 92 .963 4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMoon 1022 110 125 185 9 3 2 .985 1.71 NLarker 179 23 23 34 5 0 0 1.000 1.96 RRepulski 89 11 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 RFairly 29 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 CEssegian 26 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 FHoward 26 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 JGilliam 23 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 DSnider 17 1 2 7 0 1 0 .875 3.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 265 14 4 2 .986 1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDemeter 854 81 124 221 5 4 1 .983 2.38 DSnider 365 52 54 74 1 2 0 .974 1.85 RFairly 156 18 24 30 3 2 1 .943 1.90 WMoon 20 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 RRepulski 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 SDrake 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 331 9 8 2 .977 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSnider 476 50 69 73 1 1 1 .987 1.40 RFairly 366 38 63 62 5 2 0 .971 1.65 WMoon 228 28 32 35 4 1 0 .975 1.53 CFurillo 146 16 25 23 0 2 0 .920 1.42 RRepulski 67 7 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 CEssegian 51 6 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 NLarker 41 7 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.32 FHoward 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 SDrake 12 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.50 JGilliam 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 223 11 7 1 .971 1.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.21 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WMoon 1271 141 143 224 13 4 2 .983 1.68 DSnider 859 103 107 157 2 4 1 .975 1.67 DDemeter 854 81 124 223 5 4 1 .983 2.40 RFairly 551 58 88 97 8 4 1 .963 1.71 NLarker 220 30 30 35 6 0 0 1.000 1.68 RRepulski 170 20 31 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 CFurillo 146 16 25 23 0 2 0 .920 1.42 CEssegian 77 9 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 FHoward 42 5 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 JGilliam 30 4 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 SDrake 14 1 4 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1411 156 156 818 34 19 5 .978 1.81 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DDrysdale 270 36 44 18 48 3 4 .957 2.19 JPodres 195 29 34 6 37 2 5 .956 1.98 SKoufax 153 23 35 4 16 1 1 .952 1.17 RCraig 152 17 29 19 18 1 2 .974 2.18 DMcDevitt 145 22 39 11 22 4 2 .892 2.05 SWilliams 124 15 35 6 21 0 1 1.000 1.95 LSherry 94 9 23 3 11 1 1 .933 1.34 CLabine 84 0 56 9 18 0 2 1.000 2.87 AFowler 61 0 36 2 12 1 0 .933 2.07 JKlippstein 45 0 28 2 7 2 0 .818 1.77 CChurn 30 0 14 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.35 GSnyder 26 2 11 1 2 1 1 .750 1.03 CErskine 23 3 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.55 FKipp 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.67 BHarris 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1411 156 156 83 225 16 19 .951 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Moon .302

On-base % Moon .394

Slugging % Hodges .513

OPS Moon .889

Games Neal 151

At Bats Neal 616

Plate Appearances (approx.) Neal 685

Runs Neal 103

Hits Neal 177

Total Bases Neal 286

Doubles Neal 30

Triples Moon and Neal 11

Home Runs Hodges 25

RBI Snider 88

Bases on Balls Gilliam 96

Strikeouts Hodges 92

Stolen Bases Gilliam 23

Singles Gilliam 131

Adjusted OPS+ Moon 129

Runs Created Moon 111

Adjusted Batting Runs Moon 25

Batting Wins Moon 2.4

Extra-Base Hits Neal 60

Times on Base Gilliam 252

Offensive Win% Moon .700

Hit By Pitch Demeter 6

Sac. Hits Neal 21

Sac. Flies Demeter 5

Intentional Walks Snider 13

Grounded into Double Plays Neal 22

Caught Stealing Gilliam 10

Power/Speed Number Neal 17.9

At Bats per Strikeout Gilliam 22.1

At Bats per Home Run Hodges 16.5

Outs Neal 489

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ERA Drysdale 3.46

Wins Drysdale 17

Won-Loss % Craig .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Drysdale 1.219

Hits Allowed/9IP Drysdale 7.88

Bases on Balls/9IP Drysdale 3.09

Strikeouts/9IP Drysdale 8.05

Games Labine 56

Saves Labine 9

Innings Drysdale 270.7

Strikeouts Drysdale 242

Games Started Drysdale 36

Comp. Games Drysdale 15

Shutouts Craig and Drysdale 4

Home Runs Allow. Drysdale 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Drysdale 93

Hits Allowed Drysdale 237

SO to Walk Drysdale 2.60

Losses Drysdale 13

Earned Runs Allow. Drysdale 104

Wild Pitches Podres 8

Hit Batsmen Drysdale 18

Batters Faced Drysdale 1142

Games Finished Labine 33

Adjusted ERA+ Drysdale 122

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Don Drysdale (Starting P)
Don Drysdale (Starting P)
Jim Gilliam
Wally Moon (Starting LF)
Wally Moon (Starting LF)
Charlie Neal

1958/1960

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