1959 Cleveland Indians
Record: 86-76
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 747
Runs Allowed: 748
Exp W-L: 81-81
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,076,738
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 1st in the AL
AA: 69-68, 3rd in the AL
A: 76-61, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Bob Skinner 27 155 583 68 156 21 11 6 59 9 7 66 95 .268 .343 .372 .715 74.2 13.3 1.9
CF  Gino Cimoli 29 157 588 82 157 26 7 22 75 12 2 35 112 .267 .311 .447 .758 79.7 14.8 2.2
3B  Jim Finigan 30 157 544 81 161 24 3 15 71 1 1 81 95 .296 .386 .434 .820 91.0 20.5 7.4
C  Harry Chiti 26 152 536 56 137 19 3 15 76 1 0 25 92 .256 .287 .386 .673 57.5 7.5 3.6
LF *Norm Siebern 25 146 458 80 122 27 2 22 72 0 0 76 87 .266 .366 .478 .844 79.8 17.2 1.6
2B  Don Buddin 25 138 382 55 87 19 1 15 52 0 0 64 97 .228 .338 .401 .738 54.2 9.6 3.1
C *Johnny Roseboro 26 132 400 58 111 19 6 9 58 5 3 35 57 .278 .336 .423 .758 55.5 10.3 4.3
1B  Roberto Clemente 24 140 392 58 122 32 3 5 44 5 1 32 45 .311 .366 .446 .812 59.9 14.3 0.8
3B  Andy Carey 27 133 280 33 85 23 0 3 37 1 1 20 23 .304 .354 .418 .772 39.3 8.3 2.0
1B *Jim Gentile 25 92 260 50 60 11 0 15 40 0 0 36 64 .231 .332 .446 .778 39.0 7.3 1.1
C  Earl Averill 27 86 226 26 40 9 0 6 23 0 1 33 77 .177 .285 .296 .581 19.2 0.6 2.7
1B *Ted Kluszewski 34 56 216 34 81 11 2 20 49 0 0 12 24 .375 .404 .722 1.127 53.7 15.5 0.8
2B  Don Zimmer 28 68 142 16 39 10 1 2 15 3 2 8 21 .275 .316 .401 .717 17.2 3.2 1.0
P  Ike Delock 29 42 109 5 13 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 41 .119 .127 .147 .274 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Gus Keriazakos 27 44 97 9 14 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 38 .144 .153 .155 .308 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Moe Drabowsky 23 43 91 5 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 38 .154 .161 .176 .337 1.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Roy McMillan 29 71 90 15 25 3 0 5 17 0 0 7 5 .278 .343 .478 .821 13.6 2.9 0.4
LF  Jim Pisoni 29 46 83 12 20 3 1 3 14 0 0 8 22 .241 .308 .410 .717 10.2 1.6 0.4
P  Bill Monbouquette 22 27 62 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 36 .081 .081 .129 .210 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Milt Pappas 20 20 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Pizarro 22 16 11 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .455 .455 .545 1.000 2.1 0.5 0.0
P  Nelson Chittum 26 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Kellner 34 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Dave Hillman 31 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 25 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.8 2048 5572 747 1457 264 42 163 725 38 18 541 1084 .261 .328 .412 .739 744.4 147.6 33.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 4 3 4 2 6 4 3 7 4 5 3 2 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Ike Delock 29 16 20 .444 42 42 0 315.3 322 159 24 126 242 4.54 8.8
 Gus Keriazakos 27 20 13 .606 44 44 0 306.7 238 120 25 147 343 3.52 22.8
 Moe Drabowsky 23 17 12 .586 43 43 0 290.0 267 136 37 95 250 4.22 16.1
 Bill Monbouquette 22 6 16 .273 27 24 0 194.7 219 109 22 64 95 5.04 1.4
 Dave Hillman 31 11 5 .688 55 0 12 69.0 59 15 5 22 28 1.96 14.5
 Milt Pappas 20 3 2 .600 20 6 1 66.0 64 33 6 22 36 4.50 2.2
 Bob Turley 28 1 3 .250 43 0 1 46.7 51 33 12 36 42 6.37 0.0
 Don Elston 30 1 1 .500 38 0 3 44.3 49 25 8 23 37 5.08 1.2
*Juan Pizarro 22 3 0 1.000 16 3 1 39.7 43 22 2 22 30 4.99 1.7
 Nelson Chittum 26 4 1 .800 33 0 2 35.0 35 11 3 13 16 2.83 4.6
 Camilo Pascual 25 4 3 .571 27 0 9 29.0 28 15 6 10 18 4.66 3.1
*Alex Kellner 34 0 0 .000 12 0 0 16.3 18 9 1 4 6 4.96 0.5
Team Totals 26.4 86 76 .531 400 162 29 1452.6 1393 687 151 584 1143 4.26 77.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 5 5 3 6 3 6 8 3 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 30.6
J.Roseboro 888.7 93 120 693 32 1 0 .999 24.3
E.Averill 561.0 69 71 472 12 1 0 .998 18.8
H.Chiti 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
B.Skinner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1452.7 162 195 1165 44 2 0 .998 22.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
J.Gentile 558.3 68 72 669 54 4 61 .994 11.65
T.Kluszewski 450.4 53 54 497 41 5 41 .991 10.75
B.Skinner 242.0 26 30 279 20 3 33 .990 11.12
R.Clemente 113.0 7 29 127 7 0 11 1.000 10.67
A.Carey 79.3 8 13 102 9 1 11 .991 12.59
N.Siebern 20.0 1 5 28 1 0 2 1.000 13.05
Team Total 1463.1 163 203 1702 132 13 159 .993 11.28
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
J.Finigan 1267.7 142 149 271 556 13 116 .985 5.87
A.Carey 179.0 20 27 40 80 1 14 .992 6.03
D.Zimmer 6.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 179 311 640 14 130 .985 5.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
H.Chiti 1195.0 148 148 61 273 5 30 .985 2.52
A.Carey 221.0 14 60 13 51 3 5 .955 2.61
D.Zimmer 30.7 0 11 2 11 1 0 .929 3.82
J.Finigan 4.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
R.McMillan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 223 77 337 9 35 .979 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
D.Buddin 1012.7 114 130 156 424 31 84 .949 5.15
D.Zimmer 280.0 35 39 30 114 7 12 .954 4.63
R.McMillan 158.0 13 39 25 58 4 10 .954 4.73
H.Chiti 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1452.7 162 209 211 597 42 106 .951 5.01
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
N.Siebern 1086.7 118 135 191 3 3 1 .985 1.61
R.Clemente 304.0 37 40 43 1 0 1 1.000 1.30
A.Carey 46.0 5 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
E.Averill 15.0 2 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Pisoni 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 190 246 4 3 2 .988 1.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
G.Cimoli 1317.7 149 155 259 9 10 1 .964 1.83
J.Pisoni 135.0 13 26 29 2 0 1 1.000 2.07
Team Total 1452.7 162 181 288 11 10 2 .968 1.85
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
B.Skinner 1024.7 119 121 171 9 4 2 .978 1.58
R.Clemente 365.0 37 52 49 0 4 0 .925 1.21
A.Carey 35.0 3 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Pisoni 26.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
H.Chiti 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1452.7 162 185 232 9 8 2 .968 1.49
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
I.Delock 315.3 42 42 23 59 3 4 .965 2.34
G.Keriazakos 306.7 44 44 17 46 3 1 .955 1.85
M.Drabowsky 290.0 43 43 22 45 1 3 .985 2.08
B.Monbouquette 194.7 24 27 16 45 0 2 1.000 2.82
D.Hillman 69.0 0 55 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.35
M.Pappas 66.0 6 20 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.18
B.Turley 46.7 0 43 4 14 0 0 1.000 3.47
D.Elston 44.3 0 38 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.44
J.Pizarro 39.7 3 16 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.82
N.Chittum 35.0 0 33 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Pascual 29.0 0 27 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.93
A.Kellner 16.3 0 12 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.31
Team Total 1452.6 162 400 97 267 7 12 .981 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Finigan .296
On-Base Pct Finigan .386
Slugging Pct Siebern .478
OPS Siebern .844
XR Finigan 91.0
Games Finigan, Cimoli 157
At-Bats Cimoli 588
Runs Cimoli 82
Hits Finigan 161
Total Bases Cimoli 263
Singles Finigan 119
Doubles Clemente 32
Triples Skinner 11
Homeruns Cimoli, Siebern 22
RBIs Chiti 76
Stolen Bases Cimoli 12
Caught Stealing Skinner 7
Walks Finigan 81
Strikeouts Cimoli 112
ERA Keriazakos 3.52
Wins Keriazakos 20
Losses Delock 20
Winning Pct Hillman .688
Saves Hillman 12
Games Pitched Hillman 55
Games Started Keriazakos 44
Complete Games Delock, Monbouquette 14
Shutouts Delock, Drabowsky, Keriazakos 1
Innings Pitched Delock 315.3
Hits Allowed Delock 322
Homeruns Allowed Drabowsky 37
Strikeouts Keriazakos 343
Walks Allowed Keriazakos 147
Walks per 9IP Drabowsky 2.9
Hits per 9IP Keriazakos 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Keriazakos 10.1
WHiP Drabowsky 1.25
OAVG Keriazakos .213
OOBP Drabowsky .306
OSLG Keriazakos .339
OOPS Keriazakos .645
Team All-Stars
Dave Hillman
Ted Kluszewski
Player Salaries
Ted Kluszewski $ 12,500,000
Ike Delock $ 4,321,429
Jim Finigan $ 4,278,571
Alex Kellner $ 3,500,000
Gus Keriazakos $ 3,228,571
Bob Skinner $ 3,057,143
Bob Turley $ 2,530,000
Harry Chiti $ 2,078,571
Andy Carey $ 1,528,571
Roy McMillan $ 1,142,857
Joe Black $ 1,000,000
Johnny Podres $ 400,000
Don Elston $ 350,000
Dick Hyde $ 350,000
Jim Suchecki $ 350,000
Dave Hillman $ 350,000
Juan Pizarro $ 300,000
Don Buddin $ 300,000
Norm Siebern $ 300,000
Johnny Roseboro $ 300,000
Nelson Chittum $ 300,000
Roberto Clemente $ 300,000
Don Zimmer $ 300,000
Moe Drabowsky $ 300,000
Jim Pisoni $ 300,000
Milt Pappas $ 300,000
Jim Gentile $ 300,000
Earl Averill $ 300,000
Bill Monbouquette $ 300,000
Gino Cimoli $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Leo Burke Montreal Andy Carey
2/1 Traded Dick Brown San Diego Jim Finigan
2/2 Signed     Joe Black
7/1 Traded Camilo Pascual New York (A) Ted Kluszewski