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1959 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 90-72
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 769
Runs Allowed: 735
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,242,283
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
AA: 61-76, 7th in the AL
A: 48-89, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
1B  Randy Jackson 33 158 593 108 192 32 4 49 142 5 1 46 99 .324 .368 .639 1.008 123.8 29.4 3.9
LF *Dusty Rhodes 32 157 562 96 150 26 3 29 97 1 0 63 97 .267 .339 .479 .817 90.5 17.7 2.1
2B *Don Blasingame 27 154 545 69 134 12 2 4 39 6 1 59 47 .246 .319 .297 .616 54.4 5.9 7.2
SS *Preston Ward 31 149 483 56 125 22 4 17 60 0 1 45 84 .259 .321 .427 .747 62.1 9.7 3.6
C  Bobby Hofman 33 135 485 65 133 20 3 23 83 0 0 42 96 .274 .333 .470 .803 71.0 13.2 3.6
1B *Vic Wertz 34 103 367 56 92 13 3 20 47 0 0 32 59 .251 .311 .466 .777 51.4 8.8 2.2
C  Elston Howard 30 121 365 49 103 20 3 13 48 0 0 15 70 .282 .309 .460 .769 48.5 8.9 4.3
1B  Hector Lopez 29 123 330 42 89 17 1 11 36 0 0 26 39 .270 .323 .427 .750 43.0 7.6 2.2
C *Smoky Burgess 32 109 328 32 104 17 2 8 48 1 0 21 54 .317 .357 .454 .811 49.6 10.2 4.5
CF *Al Pilarcik 28 125 297 63 91 18 3 4 36 2 0 48 26 .306 .401 .428 .828 50.6 11.0 1.4
CF  Curt Flood 21 93 301 45 86 15 4 2 17 3 1 17 30 .286 .326 .382 .708 34.7 5.6 1.9
1B *Ted Kluszewski 34 77 300 43 99 21 1 14 59 0 0 14 29 .330 .356 .547 .903 53.0 12.2 2.1
P  Don Drysdale 22 43 103 5 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 48 .155 .194 .155 .350 1.9 0.0 0.0
C *Johnny Blanchard 26 45 102 9 17 2 0 6 13 0 0 13 23 .167 .267 .363 .630 10.0 0.4 0.9
P  Ryne Duren 30 44 86 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 .035 .035 .035 .070 -5.6 0.0 0.0
1B  Norm Zauchin 29 60 86 10 21 5 1 2 9 0 1 10 21 .244 .323 .395 .718 10.3 1.7 0.3
SS  Eddie Kasko 27 51 82 7 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 5 10 .207 .250 .268 .518 4.7 0.0 1.1
P  Don Kaiser 24 38 78 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 32 .013 .038 .026 .063 -5.9 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Hall 28 37 40 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .150 .190 .150 .340 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Meyer 27 50 36 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .111 .135 .111 .246 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Qualters 24 64 16 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .250 .438 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Marlowe 30 22 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Chris Van Cuyk 32 92 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Sturdivant 29 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Lindy McDaniel 23 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 25 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 30 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2117 5605 769 1487 247 34 202 749 19 5 466 954 .265 .321 .430 .750 747.5 142.2 41.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 3 2 6 6 2 3 7 2 6 2 2 4 2 2 3  
* - 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
 Don Drysdale 22 16 11 .593 43 43 0 289.3 267 137 37 70 204 4.26 14.9
 Ryne Duren 30 17 15 .531 44 44 0 277.3 188 116 24 187 323 3.76 15.7
 Don Kaiser 24 9 15 .375 38 29 1 222.0 254 118 21 65 122 4.78 3.3
 Jack Meyer 27 11 7 .611 50 22 3 156.0 119 63 22 74 172 3.63 12.0
 Dick Hall 28 8 5 .615 30 20 0 149.0 163 52 10 11 73 3.14 13.1
*Chris Van Cuyk 32 14 5 .737 92 0 8 98.7 90 59 22 45 79 5.38 5.5
 Tom Qualters 24 6 1 .857 63 0 22 87.0 71 27 3 37 63 2.79 16.9
 Dick Marlowe 30 1 2 .333 22 2 0 36.0 35 24 8 13 30 6.00 0.0
 Camilo Pascual 25 4 1 .800 21 0 0 31.7 29 11 7 13 37 3.13 3.2
 Barney Schultz 32 2 3 .400 27 0 6 27.7 26 16 2 13 19 5.21 1.9
 Tom Sturdivant 29 1 1 .500 13 2 1 27.0 31 16 3 14 16 5.33 0.1
 Lindy McDaniel 23 0 2 .000 17 0 0 23.7 31 17 3 12 16 6.47 0.0
 Hersh Freeman 30 1 3 .250 16 6 0 22.0 32 16 4 7 20 6.55 0.0
 Johnny Blanchard 26 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0.3 3 3 1 0 0 81.82 0.0
Team Totals 27.3 90 72 .556 477 168 41 1447.6 1339 675 167 561 1174 4.20 86.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 2 3 6 4 5 5 7 2 5  
* - 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
S.Burgess 691.0 75 91 597 15 2 0 .997 26.3
E.Howard 637.3 73 78 532 15 0 1 1.000 20.0
J.Blanchard 117.0 14 14 71 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
V.Wertz 5.2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Hofman 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1452.9 162 186 1203 33 2 1 .998 23.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
T.Kluszewski 622.0 72 74 687 56 6 57 .992 10.75
H.Lopez 341.7 37 43 383 26 6 39 .986 10.77
V.Wertz 253.2 28 29 290 27 3 25 .991 11.27
P.Ward 220.0 25 25 229 17 4 16 .984 10.06
B.Hofman 129.0 15 16 163 19 2 21 .989 12.70
J.Blanchard 66.0 8 10 73 3 1 3 .987 10.36
N.Zauchin 27.0 2 4 35 1 0 6 1.000 12.00
R.Jackson 19.7 1 6 17 3 0 1 1.000 9.16
E.Kasko 8.0 1 3 8 2 0 1 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1686.5 189 210 1885 154 22 169 .989 10.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
B.Hofman 996.3 113 116 179 394 17 71 .971 5.18
H.Lopez 204.3 24 30 36 76 7 19 .941 4.93
D.Blasingame 128.0 15 17 28 74 0 20 1.000 7.17
E.Kasko 49.0 4 11 11 17 0 7 1.000 5.14
C.Flood 41.0 3 11 16 19 1 5 .972 7.68
P.Ward 29.0 3 4 5 10 0 2 1.000 4.66
Team Total 1447.7 162 189 275 590 25 124 .972 5.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
R.Jackson 1281.0 144 147 69 264 25 26 .930 2.34
H.Lopez 74.0 9 10 3 21 2 4 .923 2.92
P.Ward 39.7 4 5 3 5 1 0 .889 1.82
E.Kasko 28.0 3 4 1 10 1 2 .917 3.54
N.Zauchin 25.0 2 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.44
Team Total 1447.7 162 172 78 302 29 32 .929 2.36
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
D.Blasingame 1167.3 133 137 170 415 10 75 .983 4.51
P.Ward 178.0 20 26 29 78 3 18 .973 5.41
E.Kasko 102.3 9 25 11 45 1 5 .982 4.93
Team Total 1447.7 162 188 210 538 14 98 .982 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
D.Rhodes 1117.3 126 132 197 8 7 2 .967 1.65
A.Pilarcik 132.0 14 19 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
N.Zauchin 75.0 9 10 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.16
E.Howard 60.0 6 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
P.Ward 34.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
V.Wertz 19.4 1 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
H.Lopez 19.0 3 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42
J.Blanchard 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Flood 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.1 163 187 264 10 8 3 .972 1.69
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
C.Flood 610.3 68 72 154 3 3 0 .981 2.32
P.Ward 467.7 55 56 108 0 4 0 .964 2.08
A.Pilarcik 331.3 35 49 83 2 0 1 1.000 2.31
J.Blanchard 20.0 2 2 4 0 1 0 .800 1.80
H.Lopez 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
Team Total 1447.3 162 181 356 5 8 1 .978 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
V.Wertz 545.6 62 63 115 5 3 1 .976 1.98
P.Ward 223.0 26 26 44 0 4 0 .917 1.78
A.Pilarcik 165.7 17 21 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
D.Rhodes 146.3 16 18 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.60
H.Lopez 45.7 5 7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.96
J.Blanchard 28.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Flood 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
N.Zauchin 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1167.3 130 144 231 6 8 1 .967 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
D.Drysdale 289.3 43 43 17 32 1 3 .980 1.52
R.Duren 277.3 44 44 16 40 1 1 .982 1.82
D.Kaiser 222.0 29 38 13 43 2 1 .966 2.27
J.Meyer 156.0 22 50 8 18 1 2 .963 1.50
D.Hall 149.0 20 30 12 36 0 3 1.000 2.90
C.Van Cuyk 98.7 0 92 4 15 1 2 .950 1.73
T.Qualters 87.0 0 63 2 15 0 1 1.000 1.76
D.Marlowe 36.0 2 22 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.25
C.Pascual 31.7 0 21 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.85
B.Schultz 27.7 0 27 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.63
T.Sturdivant 27.0 2 13 2 7 1 0 .900 3.00
L.McDaniel 23.7 0 17 0 11 1 0 .917 4.18
H.Freeman 22.0 6 16 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1447.3 168 476 78 236 8 15 .975 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jackson .324
On-Base Pct Jackson .368
Slugging Pct Jackson .639
OPS Jackson 1.008
XR Jackson 123.8
Games Jackson 158
At-Bats Jackson 593
Runs Jackson 108
Hits Jackson 192
Total Bases Jackson 379
Singles Blasingame 116
Doubles Jackson 32
Triples Flood, Jackson, Ward 4
Homeruns Jackson 49
RBIs Jackson 142
Stolen Bases Blasingame 6
Caught Stealing Blasingame, Flood, Jackson, Ward, Zauchin 1
Walks Rhodes 63
Strikeouts Jackson 99
ERA Duren 3.76
Wins Duren 17
Losses Duren, Kaiser 15
Winning Pct Van Cuyk .737
Saves Qualters 22
Games Pitched Van Cuyk 92
Games Started Duren 44
Complete Games Kaiser 7
Shutouts Drysdale, Duren, Kaiser 1
Innings Pitched Drysdale 289.3
Hits Allowed Drysdale 267
Homeruns Allowed Drysdale 37
Strikeouts Duren 323
Walks Allowed Duren 187
Walks per 9IP Drysdale 2.2
Hits per 9IP Duren 6.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Duren 10.5
WHiP Drysdale 1.16
OAVG Duren .190
OOBP Drysdale .291
OSLG Duren .339
OOPS Duren .664
Team All-Stars
Smoky Burgess
Randy Jackson
Tom Qualters
Dusty Rhodes
Player Salaries
Bobby Hofman $ 6,670,000
Hersh Freeman $ 6,500,000
Ryne Duren $ 6,014,286
Randy Jackson $ 5,990,000
Preston Ward $ 4,200,000
Dusty Rhodes $ 4,200,000
Camilo Pascual $ 2,821,429
Jack Meyer $ 2,085,714
Hector Lopez $ 1,222,857
Elston Howard $ 1,160,000
Smoky Burgess $ 1,000,000
Tom Qualters $ 914,286
Chris Van Cuyk $ 550,000
Norm Zauchin $ 350,000
Don Drysdale $ 300,000
Curt Flood $ 300,000
Don Blasingame $ 300,000
Dick Hall $ 300,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 300,000
Eddie Kasko $ 300,000
Dick Marlowe $ 300,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 300,000
Al Pilarcik $ 300,000
Barney Schultz $ 300,000
Tom Sturdivant $ 300,000
Don Kaiser $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Bob Cerv St. Louis Bobby Wilkins
3/3 Traded Rocky Bridges
Earl Torgeson
Tom Burgess
Don Ferrarese		 Detroit Ted Kluszewski
Bobby Hofman
7/1 Traded Ted Kluszewski Cleveland Camilo Pascual
7/31 Released Bobby Wilkins    
7/31 Traded Vic Wertz Seattle Hersh Freeman
 
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