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1959 Oakland Athletics
Record: 103-59
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 816
Runs Allowed: 566
Exp W-L: 107-55
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,304,725
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 5th in the AL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the AL
A: 66-71, 5th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
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
SS  Jim Brideweser 32 148 607 96 169 31 6 11 75 28 5 62 67 .278 .345 .404 .749 85.5 15.8 5.2
CF *Whitey Lockman 32 153 588 93 193 29 5 21 98 10 16 65 56 .328 .395 .502 .897 102.4 22.5 4.9
RF  Jackie Jensen 32 155 566 98 169 36 1 27 95 5 3 61 107 .299 .366 .509 .875 97.6 20.4 3.2
2B #Jim Gilliam 30 150 520 94 149 45 8 4 52 24 9 89 18 .287 .392 .427 .818 88.9 19.0 5.7
1B *Dale Long 33 144 512 86 136 23 5 33 109 0 0 48 94 .266 .326 .523 .849 84.0 16.1 2.3
2B  Chico Carrasquel 31 141 472 61 145 24 5 10 71 9 5 58 34 .307 .382 .443 .825 76.7 16.1 5.9
C  Hank Foiles 30 137 450 61 123 32 5 12 66 0 0 55 126 .273 .350 .447 .796 64.9 11.9 7.2
RF *Willie Kirkland 25 146 438 81 118 38 5 22 74 9 5 41 63 .269 .331 .530 .861 71.6 14.5 2.2
1B *Billy Klaus 30 119 289 37 71 5 1 5 28 6 0 40 57 .246 .336 .322 .658 34.3 4.6 2.6
RF  Stan Palys 29 101 291 36 90 17 1 13 37 0 0 14 46 .309 .340 .509 .848 45.3 9.5 1.8
DH  Vic Power 31 84 208 22 65 8 1 5 34 4 0 7 13 .313 .333 .433 .766 28.1 5.4 0.8
P  Carl Scheib 32 41 122 10 25 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 22 .205 .210 .238 .447 5.3 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Conley 28 41 114 7 17 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 28 .149 .149 .211 .360 2.1 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 32 40 106 4 11 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 32 .104 .119 .123 .242 -1.4 0.0 0.0
C  Sammy White 30 37 97 5 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 13 .165 .212 .216 .428 3.3 0.0 1.2
P  Virgil Jester 31 35 85 5 12 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 30 .141 .146 .165 .311 1.5 0.0 0.0
RF  Bill Wilson 30 39 63 4 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 16 .159 .221 .222 .443 2.3 0.0 0.4
C *Joe Ginsberg 32 28 58 13 20 3 0 2 9 0 0 8 5 .345 .424 .500 .924 11.1 2.7 0.8
P  Tom Acker 29 16 13 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .308 .357 .385 .742 1.7 0.4 0.0
1B  Luis Aparicio 25 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.9 0.2 0.0
P *Dave Hoskins 33 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Marshall Bridges 28 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Byrd 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Ross 30 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1849 5610 816 1546 305 44 168 792 96 43 564 833 .276 .341 .435 .776 806.1 159.3 44.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 8 3 1 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Carl Scheib 32 25 14 .641 41 41 0 341.3 291 125 46 108 305 3.30 23.2
 Gene Conley 28 27 8 .771 41 41 0 335.0 233 67 8 76 323 1.80 36.9
*Billy Pierce 32 22 11 .667 40 40 0 301.0 264 124 40 93 281 3.71 15.2
 Virgil Jester 31 15 15 .500 35 35 0 257.0 238 93 31 53 158 3.26 15.3
 Dolan Nichols 29 4 5 .444 53 0 5 65.3 80 33 4 32 20 4.55 1.2
 Tom Acker 29 4 1 .800 15 5 0 43.0 46 23 4 10 29 4.81 1.6
 Harry Byrd 34 2 1 .667 31 0 16 30.7 17 9 2 15 16 2.64 6.6
*Marshall Bridges 28 3 0 1.000 18 0 0 23.3 19 9 2 19 27 3.47 1.6
*Bob Ross 30 1 3 .250 20 0 1 22.3 21 10 4 15 24 4.03 0.7
 Dave Hoskins 33 0 0 .000 15 0 0 20.7 17 5 1 4 11 2.18 1.9
*Ron Mrozinski 28 0 0 .000 9 0 0 9.7 10 2 1 3 5 1.86 1.0
 Jim Waugh 25 0 1 .000 7 0 0 8.7 8 7 1 5 6 7.27 0.0
Team Totals 29.9 103 59 .636 325 162 22 1458.0 1244 507 144 433 1205 3.13 105.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 7 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1  
* - 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
H.Foiles 1124.3 125 128 943 40 6 0 .994 39.3
S.White 200.3 20 20 165 5 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Ginsberg 138.4 21 22 115 5 1 0 .992 40.0
B.Klaus 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1465.7 166 172 1224 50 7 0 .995 38.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
D.Long 1119.3 126 139 1236 97 9 101 .993 10.72
V.Power 303.0 35 46 333 23 3 29 .992 10.57
B.Wilson 10.7 1 4 11 1 0 1 1.000 10.13
B.Klaus 7.0 0 3 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.29
W.Lockman 6.0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Aparicio 5.0 0 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 16.20
H.Foiles 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Ginsberg 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 199 1605 121 12 132 .993 10.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
J.Gilliam 1241.0 138 144 256 478 16 83 .979 5.32
B.Klaus 212.0 24 29 44 80 3 18 .976 5.26
S.Palys 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Aparicio 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.White 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 176 300 560 19 101 .978 5.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
J.Brideweser 1296.0 144 146 61 306 8 31 .979 2.55
B.Klaus 137.0 16 17 9 35 3 0 .936 2.89
B.Wilson 16.0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
W.Kirkland 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Gilliam 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Carrasquel 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Aparicio 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 170 73 342 11 31 .974 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
C.Carrasquel 1173.3 136 138 155 479 18 73 .972 4.86
B.Klaus 270.7 25 44 37 87 8 17 .939 4.12
J.Brideweser 9.0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00
L.Aparicio 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Palys 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 186 194 572 26 91 .967 4.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
W.Kirkland 959.0 104 122 175 4 12 0 .937 1.68
S.Palys 482.0 57 63 91 3 0 0 1.000 1.76
B.Wilson 16.0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
W.Lockman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 191 271 7 12 0 .959 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
W.Lockman 1317.7 147 147 322 7 4 3 .988 2.25
S.Palys 82.0 9 10 17 2 0 1 1.000 2.09
B.Wilson 57.0 6 9 16 0 1 0 .941 2.53
S.White 3.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Jensen 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.5 162 168 355 9 5 4 .986 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
J.Jensen 1294.7 146 153 239 6 8 1 .968 1.70
V.Power 84.0 10 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
B.Wilson 32.3 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
S.Palys 28.0 2 6 10 0 1 0 .909 3.21
W.Kirkland 14.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Aparicio 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Acker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 188 272 7 9 1 .969 1.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
C.Scheib 341.3 41 41 17 52 1 4 .986 1.82
G.Conley 335.0 41 41 12 48 3 3 .952 1.61
B.Pierce 301.0 40 40 17 41 3 2 .951 1.73
V.Jester 257.0 35 35 12 54 0 6 1.000 2.31
D.Nichols 65.3 0 53 0 13 0 0 1.000 1.79
T.Acker 43.0 5 15 8 10 0 2 1.000 3.77
H.Byrd 30.7 0 31 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.94
M.Bridges 23.3 0 18 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.16
B.Ross 22.3 0 20 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.40
D.Hoskins 20.7 0 15 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.74
R.Mrozinski 9.7 0 9 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.59
J.Waugh 8.7 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1458.0 162 325 74 236 7 20 .978 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lockman .328
On-Base Pct Lockman .395
Slugging Pct Long .523
OPS Lockman .897
XR Lockman 102.4
Games Jensen 155
At-Bats Brideweser 607
Runs Jensen 98
Hits Lockman 193
Total Bases Lockman 295
Singles Lockman 138
Doubles Gilliam 45
Triples Gilliam 8
Homeruns Long 33
RBIs Long 109
Stolen Bases Brideweser 28
Caught Stealing Lockman 16
Walks Gilliam 89
Strikeouts Foiles 126
ERA Conley 1.80
Wins Conley 27
Losses Jester 15
Winning Pct Conley .771
Saves Byrd 16
Games Pitched Nichols 53
Games Started Conley, Scheib 41
Complete Games Scheib 25
Shutouts Conley, Scheib 7
Innings Pitched Scheib 341.3
Hits Allowed Scheib 291
Homeruns Allowed Scheib 46
Strikeouts Conley 323
Walks Allowed Scheib 108
Walks per 9IP Jester 1.9
Hits per 9IP Conley 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Conley 8.7
WHiP Conley 0.92
OAVG Conley .193
OOBP Conley .241
OSLG Conley .276
OOPS Conley .518
Team All-Stars
Jim Brideweser
Chico Carrasquel
Gene Conley
Jackie Jensen
Whitey Lockman
Carl Scheib
Player Salaries
Gene Conley $ 22,100,000
Jim Gilliam $ 6,100,000
Carl Scheib $ 6,000,000
Whitey Lockman $ 5,350,000
Jackie Jensen $ 4,620,000
Dale Long $ 4,390,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 3,950,000
Jim Brideweser $ 3,660,000
Hank Foiles $ 1,707,143
Joe Ginsberg $ 1,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 1,000,000
Billy Klaus $ 685,714
Harry Byrd $ 520,000
Stan Palys $ 435,714
Dave Hoskins $ 350,000
Virgil Jester $ 350,000
Bill Wilson $ 350,000
Vic Power $ 350,000
Bob Ross $ 350,000
Tom Acker $ 300,000
Ron Mrozinski $ 300,000
Dolan Nichols $ 300,000
Marshall Bridges $ 300,000
Jim Waugh $ 300,000
Luis Aparicio $ 300,000
Willie Kirkland $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Reno Bertoia
Ted Gray
Ben Flowers		 Cincinnati Dale Long
2/3 Traded Humberto Robinson
Bill Bruton		 Tampa Bay Whitey Lockman
Jackie Jensen
3/3 Traded Jack Spring Detroit Billy Pierce
Hank Foiles
$2,000,000
4/2 Signed     Ed Fitz Gerald
4/2 Signed     Johnny Bero
4/2 Signed     Jerry Coleman
7/31 Traded Sammy White
Lyle Luttrell		 Montreal Joe Ginsberg
Luis Aparicio
 
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