1959 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 89-73
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 790
Runs Allowed: 655
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 1,914,612
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 3rd in the AL
AA: 74-63, 2nd in the AL
A: 67-70, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
RF  Frank Robinson 23 155 564 97 141 23 1 35 102 9 5 75 145 .250 .346 .480 .826 92.6 19.1 2.7
RF *Duke Snider 32 154 531 114 154 33 5 56 131 0 0 100 134 .290 .403 .687 1.091 133.1 35.2 4.1
3B  Harmon Killebrew 23 156 523 71 121 17 1 35 96 0 0 91 155 .231 .345 .468 .814 88.4 17.9 3.6
1B *Norm Cash 24 145 503 88 123 26 0 28 91 0 0 78 107 .245 .351 .463 .814 84.6 17.9 2.3
SS  Johnny Logan 32 144 489 63 126 21 1 11 60 1 0 29 75 .258 .299 .372 .672 50.1 7.1 4.9
2B *Pete Runnels 31 113 446 63 143 34 2 3 32 0 0 49 37 .321 .389 .426 .815 70.5 17.0 1.9
1B *Joe Cunningham 27 124 374 55 98 20 1 5 30 0 0 56 84 .262 .364 .361 .725 48.1 8.9 1.8
C  Gus Triandos 28 116 367 39 71 26 1 10 48 0 0 41 97 .193 .275 .351 .626 36.6 4.0 6.1
3B  Ray Jablonski 32 123 276 38 74 12 3 11 38 0 0 19 35 .268 .315 .453 .768 34.8 6.2 1.8
C  Hardy Peterson 29 74 245 36 51 12 0 7 27 0 0 25 40 .208 .284 .343 .626 26.2 3.1 3.8
2B *Gene Stephens 26 108 235 33 59 13 2 3 26 0 0 22 36 .251 .314 .362 .676 27.7 4.9 0.9
SS  Alvin Dark 37 89 199 16 47 10 1 4 23 0 0 10 33 .236 .280 .357 .636 18.7 2.4 1.6
LF *Whitey Herzog 27 63 117 18 27 4 1 1 9 0 0 13 21 .231 .308 .308 .615 10.6 1.1 0.5
CF  Bill Tuttle 29 55 106 18 28 6 0 5 19 0 0 12 17 .264 .344 .462 .807 16.5 3.2 0.7
P  Bob Miller 33 42 103 2 15 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 37 .146 .170 .175 .345 1.2 0.0 0.0
P #Robin Roberts 32 39 96 7 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 24 .177 .192 .188 .379 3.1 0.0 0.0
P *Herb Score 26 40 91 7 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 45 .099 .118 .143 .261 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ramon Monzant 26 41 88 1 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 35 .136 .146 .148 .294 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Harry Agganis 30 63 52 14 10 1 1 2 7 6 1 9 4 .192 .311 .365 .677 6.5 0.7 0.2
LF  Dick Gernert 30 42 54 8 9 3 0 2 10 0 0 8 12 .167 .274 .333 .608 4.9 0.4 0.1
C *Yogi Berra 34 12 16 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .188 .278 .250 .528 1.2 0.0 0.2
P *Whitey Ford 30 54 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Bob Buhl 30 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Craig 29 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Don Larsen 29 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2139 5489 790 1340 266 21 219 772 16 6 646 1178 .244 .326 .420 .746 754.4 149.5 37.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 2 5 3 8 1 2 8 3 1 8 4 3 3 3 2  
* - 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
 Robin Roberts 32 15 14 .517 39 39 0 297.0 285 121 33 62 151 3.67 14.4
 Bob Miller 33 24 8 .750 42 42 0 292.0 249 88 17 38 148 2.71 25.3
 Ramon Monzant 26 14 17 .452 41 41 0 287.7 235 106 32 100 222 3.32 16.3
*Herb Score 26 20 11 .645 40 40 0 274.7 203 126 53 149 406 4.13 11.3
 Don Larsen 29 4 8 .333 92 0 11 104.3 128 68 22 38 92 5.87 0.0
*Whitey Ford 30 9 5 .643 54 0 2 73.3 72 29 7 31 47 3.56 5.4
 Roger Craig 29 1 5 .167 49 0 0 54.3 80 34 7 24 25 5.63 0.0
 Bob Buhl 30 2 3 .400 46 0 22 51.3 43 17 2 24 26 2.98 7.4
 Ray Crone 27 0 2 .000 16 0 1 17.7 20 10 5 11 12 5.10 0.0
Team Totals 29.1 89 73 .549 419 162 36 1452.3 1315 599 178 477 1129 3.71 80.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 4 4 2 6 3 3 4 3  
* - 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
G.Triandos 878.3 97 107 713 28 3 0 .996 20.6
H.Peterson 551.0 63 66 423 22 2 0 .996 58.3
Y.Berra 23.0 2 6 13 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1452.3 162 179 1149 51 5 0 .996 36.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
N.Cash 1224.3 139 143 1289 93 11 90 .992 10.16
H.Agganis 97.0 12 16 115 10 0 6 1.000 11.60
D.Gernert 64.0 8 8 83 4 0 3 1.000 12.23
G.Stephens 31.0 3 6 32 4 0 2 1.000 10.45
F.Robinson 13.0 0 6 10 2 0 1 1.000 8.31
H.Killebrew 10.0 0 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 8.10
J.Cunningham 7.0 0 5 9 0 0 2 1.000 11.57
D.Snider 5.0 0 3 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80
G.Triandos 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 193 1553 113 11 105 .993 10.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
P.Runnels 956.0 109 112 181 334 12 63 .977 4.85
G.Stephens 377.3 40 51 70 133 3 24 .985 4.84
A.Dark 119.0 13 19 14 37 1 6 .981 3.86
Team Total 1452.3 162 182 265 504 16 93 .980 4.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
H.Killebrew 858.7 98 100 48 196 11 16 .957 2.56
R.Jablonski 449.0 50 58 28 114 9 6 .940 2.85
A.Dark 113.7 11 22 13 34 4 2 .922 3.72
J.Logan 18.0 2 2 3 6 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Robinson 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Snider 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1452.3 162 184 93 351 24 24 .949 2.75
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
J.Logan 1196.3 139 142 157 459 18 64 .972 4.63
A.Dark 254.0 23 47 28 86 6 10 .950 4.04
R.Jablonski 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 190 185 545 24 74 .968 4.52
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
F.Robinson 809.0 93 94 161 2 0 0 1.000 1.81
H.Killebrew 407.0 46 48 85 2 0 0 1.000 1.92
B.Tuttle 128.3 14 20 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
R.Jablonski 85.0 8 17 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
W.Herzog 12.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Stephens 11.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1452.3 162 190 307 4 0 0 1.000 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
D.Snider 1202.7 135 137 344 3 4 0 .989 2.60
B.Tuttle 124.3 15 17 33 0 1 0 .971 2.39
W.Herzog 83.3 10 13 20 0 1 0 .952 2.16
G.Stephens 36.0 2 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
D.Gernert 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Robinson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Y.Berra 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 181 404 3 6 0 .985 2.52
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
J.Cunningham 803.3 93 97 174 0 4 0 .978 1.95
F.Robinson 463.0 53 56 90 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
W.Herzog 132.7 15 18 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
D.Snider 23.3 0 12 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
Y.Berra 16.0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
G.Stephens 14.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
Team Total 1452.3 162 194 304 2 4 0 .987 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
R.Roberts 297.0 39 39 21 38 2 3 .967 1.79
B.Miller 292.0 42 42 21 49 1 1 .986 2.16
R.Monzant 287.7 41 41 24 46 2 0 .972 2.19
H.Score 274.7 40 40 9 24 1 1 .971 1.08
D.Larsen 104.3 0 92 6 18 0 0 1.000 2.07
W.Ford 73.3 0 54 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.60
R.Craig 54.3 0 49 0 10 0 1 1.000 1.66
B.Buhl 51.3 0 46 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.10
R.Crone 17.7 0 16 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.51
Team Total 1452.3 162 419 89 203 6 8 .980 1.81
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Runnels .319
On-Base Pct Snider .403
Slugging Pct Snider .687
OPS Snider 1.091
XR Snider 133.1
Games Killebrew 156
At-Bats Robinson 564
Runs Snider 114
Hits Snider 154
Total Bases Snider 365
Singles Runnels 104
Doubles Runnels 34
Triples Snider 5
Homeruns Snider 56
RBIs Snider 131
Stolen Bases Robinson 9
Caught Stealing Robinson 5
Walks Snider 100
Strikeouts Killebrew 155
ERA Miller 2.71
Wins Miller 24
Losses Monzant 17
Winning Pct Miller .750
Saves Buhl 22
Games Pitched Larsen 92
Games Started Miller 42
Complete Games Roberts 13
Shutouts Miller 5
Innings Pitched Roberts 297.0
Hits Allowed Roberts 285
Homeruns Allowed Score 53
Strikeouts Score 406
Walks Allowed Score 149
Walks per 9IP Miller 1.2
Hits per 9IP Score 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Score 13.3
WHiP Miller 0.98
OAVG Score .202
OOBP Miller .256
OSLG Miller .318
OOPS Miller .574
Team All-Stars
Bob Buhl
Bob Miller
Duke Snider
Player Salaries
Duke Snider $ 11,500,000
Robin Roberts $ 10,000,000
Bob Miller $ 7,500,000
Harmon Killebrew $ 3,942,857
Herb Score $ 3,514,286
Ray Jablonski $ 3,500,000
Pete Runnels $ 3,250,000
Johnny Logan $ 2,990,000
Bob Buhl $ 1,937,143
Don Larsen $ 1,710,000
Joe Cunningham $ 1,536,429
Gus Triandos $ 1,528,571
Yogi Berra $ 1,440,000
Gene Stephens $ 1,305,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 800,000
Whitey Ford $ 650,000
Alvin Dark $ 640,000
Ray Narleski $ 480,000
Dick Gernert $ 385,714
Harry Agganis $ 350,000
Bill Tuttle $ 350,000
Tony Roig $ 350,000
Frank Robinson $ 300,000
Ray Crone $ 300,000
Roger Craig $ 300,000
Norm Cash $ 300,000
Ramon Monzant $ 300,000
Whitey Herzog $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
10/13 Released Hardy Peterson