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1959 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 91-71
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 751
Runs Allowed: 683
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,399,748
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 8th in the NL
AA: 61-76, 7th in the NL
A: 74-63, 3rd in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
LF  Bob Nieman 32 154 594 92 154 30 8 18 81 0 0 47 91 .259 .314 .428 .741 75.8 13.1 5.5
CF #Mickey Mantle 27 155 527 119 147 16 2 57 133 8 4 117 152 .279 .410 .641 1.051 131.5 32.3 7.4
RF  Wally Post 29 155 565 77 153 25 2 27 88 0 0 60 109 .271 .339 .465 .805 85.4 16.6 4.2
3B *Eddie Mathews 27 157 523 80 143 32 0 18 86 9 3 99 102 .273 .385 .438 .823 91.4 19.2 3.9
1B *Ed Stevens 34 140 516 80 142 27 1 14 57 0 0 34 75 .275 .319 .413 .732 64.0 11.5 2.7
2B  George Strickland 33 148 488 53 121 19 2 3 45 0 0 56 102 .248 .325 .314 .638 51.9 7.1 7.2
C  Earl Battey 24 135 446 54 115 22 4 9 54 0 0 55 64 .258 .340 .386 .726 58.5 10.0 2.3
SS *Tony Kubek 22 126 447 49 134 23 5 2 47 0 0 17 71 .300 .328 .387 .715 52.3 9.8 5.4
SS  Cass Michaels 33 130 313 38 100 20 4 3 23 7 1 17 46 .319 .355 .438 .792 41.1 8.4 3.0
C  Del Rice 36 89 261 29 56 3 1 13 42 0 0 22 69 .215 .280 .383 .663 29.0 3.6 0.9
CF #Ernie Oravetz 27 44 134 18 33 4 0 3 15 0 0 13 25 .246 .318 .343 .661 15.7 2.2 1.2
P  Bobby Shantz 33 40 103 4 8 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 34 .078 .095 .107 .202 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 28 41 103 7 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 42 .126 .143 .155 .298 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Seth Morehead 24 40 86 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 35 .070 .111 .070 .181 -2.6 0.0 0.0
1B  Daryl Spencer 29 47 89 9 20 5 0 2 8 0 0 8 12 .225 .289 .348 .637 8.3 1.0 0.8
LF  Chuck Essegian 27 66 83 8 13 1 0 1 4 0 0 10 36 .157 .247 .205 .452 3.4 0.0 0.3
RF  George Alusik 24 31 80 12 15 2 1 2 13 0 0 8 22 .188 .258 .313 .571 7.1 0.5 1.0
C *Russ Nixon 24 36 77 9 21 3 0 1 9 0 1 1 8 .273 .282 .351 .633 5.9 0.3 0.3
P #Billy O'Dell 27 45 46 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .130 .167 .130 .297 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 30 19 30 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .100 .156 .133 .290 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucks 25 37 23 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .087 .087 .130 .217 -0.5 0.0 0.0
2B  Spook Jacobs 33 17 28 4 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .357 .643 2.7 0.4 0.4
P #Marv Rotblatt 31 33 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 29 85 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Umbricht 28 77 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 2047 5575 751 1415 236 33 173 727 24 9 575 1134 .254 .324 .401 .725 717.0 136.3 46.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 4 3 6 4 4 4 4 5 2 7 3 3 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
*Karl Spooner 28 19 18 .514 41 41 0 293.3 212 118 51 123 342 3.62 18.1
*Bobby Shantz 33 22 9 .710 40 40 0 282.7 255 114 38 86 214 3.63 18.6
*Seth Morehead 24 12 14 .462 40 40 0 278.7 293 124 35 72 163 4.00 11.3
*Billy O'Dell 27 7 10 .412 45 20 3 162.0 176 95 41 57 103 5.28 0.7
 Johnny Kucks 25 9 2 .818 37 8 5 106.7 88 29 6 22 56 2.45 13.3
 Bobby Tiefenauer 29 5 8 .385 85 0 17 98.7 104 37 14 11 61 3.38 10.1
 Jim Umbricht 28 7 4 .636 77 0 5 95.3 77 44 11 41 83 4.15 7.7
 Hersh Freeman 30 6 5 .545 19 7 0 93.0 100 38 11 19 35 3.68 5.1
*Marv Rotblatt 31 4 1 .800 33 0 3 44.0 38 13 4 18 39 2.66 5.4
Team Totals 28.3 91 71 .562 417 156 33 1454.3 1343 612 211 449 1096 3.79 90.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 2 3 2 3 8 3 2 5 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 .997 31.5
E.Battey 830.7 95 95 659 23 4 0 .994 42.1
D.Rice 478.1 50 57 313 9 2 1 .994 0.0
R.Nixon 129.0 14 17 110 5 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1437.8 159 169 1082 37 6 1 .995 26.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.09
E.Stevens 1035.0 120 122 1085 86 12 108 .990 10.18
E.Mathews 181.0 19 22 205 18 2 12 .991 11.09
W.Post 127.3 13 19 136 8 2 9 .986 10.18
D.Spencer 95.0 10 16 100 9 1 7 .991 10.33
M.Mantle 13.0 0 8 16 2 0 1 1.000 12.46
G.Strickland 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1454.3 162 188 1545 123 17 137 .990 10.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.50
G.Strickland 1145.7 134 136 207 436 6 89 .991 5.05
C.Michaels 243.3 22 48 45 85 4 18 .970 4.81
S.Jacobs 59.0 6 11 7 29 0 2 1.000 5.49
D.Spencer 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
D.Rice 1.6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.63
Team Total 1453.6 162 198 259 554 10 110 .988 5.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.66
E.Mathews 1068.0 118 122 48 227 20 23 .932 2.32
E.Battey 218.3 26 26 12 42 1 2 .982 2.23
C.Michaels 122.0 14 16 9 21 0 1 1.000 2.21
D.Rice 48.8 3 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.84
D.Spencer 28.0 2 5 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1485.1 163 179 72 305 21 28 .947 2.28
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 4.73
T.Kubek 1002.7 118 119 139 361 18 74 .965 4.49
C.Michaels 293.3 28 45 37 90 3 14 .977 3.90
D.Spencer 94.3 8 20 10 33 5 6 .896 4.10
G.Strickland 62.0 8 8 6 25 0 5 1.000 4.50
S.Jacobs 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.3 162 193 192 509 26 99 .964 4.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.74
B.Nieman 1280.0 146 152 303 8 6 2 .981 2.19
C.Essegian 61.3 6 11 18 0 1 0 .947 2.64
E.Oravetz 52.0 6 6 11 0 4 0 .733 1.90
G.Alusik 29.0 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.72
W.Post 12.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
E.Stevens 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
E.Mathews 9.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1454.3 162 187 349 8 11 2 .970 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.36
M.Mantle 1271.3 142 143 386 4 4 0 .990 2.76
E.Oravetz 183.0 20 21 49 0 3 0 .942 2.41
Team Total 1454.3 162 164 435 4 7 0 .984 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.76
W.Post 1149.0 128 134 241 3 11 0 .957 1.91
G.Alusik 156.0 19 19 39 2 0 0 1.000 2.37
E.Oravetz 96.3 11 13 25 0 2 0 .926 2.34
C.Essegian 25.0 3 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.36
E.Stevens 13.0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
E.Mathews 13.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
B.Nieman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.3 162 184 311 5 13 0 .960 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.02
K.Spooner 293.3 41 41 10 43 1 2 .981 1.63
B.Shantz 282.7 40 40 12 45 0 1 1.000 1.81
S.Morehead 278.7 40 40 14 40 4 5 .931 1.74
B.O'Dell 162.0 20 45 13 25 0 3 1.000 2.11
J.Kucks 106.7 8 37 8 17 0 1 1.000 2.11
B.Tiefenauer 98.7 0 85 5 16 1 2 .955 1.92
J.Umbricht 95.3 0 77 8 14 0 0 1.000 2.08
H.Freeman 93.0 7 19 9 16 0 2 1.000 2.42
M.Rotblatt 44.0 0 33 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.41
Team Total 1454.3 156 417 80 217 6 16 .980 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kubek .279
On-Base Pct Mantle .410
Slugging Pct Mantle .641
OPS Mantle 1.051
XR Mantle 131.5
Games Mathews 157
At-Bats Nieman 594
Runs Mantle 119
Hits Nieman 154
Total Bases Mantle 338
Singles Kubek 104
Doubles Mathews 32
Triples Nieman 8
Homeruns Mantle 57
RBIs Mantle 133
Stolen Bases Mathews 9
Caught Stealing Mantle 4
Walks Mantle 117
Strikeouts Mantle 152
ERA Spooner 3.62
Wins Shantz 22
Losses Spooner 18
Winning Pct Shantz .710
Saves Tiefenauer 17
Games Pitched Tiefenauer 85
Games Started Spooner 41
Complete Games Spooner 10
Shutouts Morehead 1
Innings Pitched Spooner 293.3
Hits Allowed Morehead 293
Homeruns Allowed Spooner 51
Strikeouts Spooner 342
Walks Allowed Spooner 123
Walks per 9IP Morehead 2.3
Hits per 9IP Spooner 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 10.5
WHiP Spooner 1.14
OAVG Spooner .199
OOBP Spooner .288
OSLG Shantz .387
OOPS Spooner .683
Team All-Stars
Johnny Kucks
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews
Bobby Shantz
Karl Spooner
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 12,000,000
Eddie Mathews $ 7,820,000
Bob Nieman $ 5,050,503
Karl Spooner $ 3,657,143
Ed Stevens $ 2,510,000
Bobby Shantz $ 2,500,000
Cass Michaels $ 2,200,000
Wally Post $ 1,700,000
George Strickland $ 1,450,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 1,017,143
Earl Battey $ 928,571
Spook Jacobs $ 350,000
Johnny Kucks $ 350,000
Billy O'Dell $ 350,000
Daryl Spencer $ 350,000
Seth Morehead $ 300,000
George Alusik $ 300,000
Jim Umbricht $ 300,000
Ernie Oravetz $ 300,000
Tony Kubek $ 300,000
Marv Rotblatt $ 300,000
Chuck Essegian $ 300,000
Russ Nixon $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Tom Alston Boston (N) Karl Spooner
2/1 Traded Tommy Brown Seattle Wally Post
George Strickland
6/1 Released Frankie Zak    
7/31 Traded Hersh Freeman
Del Rice		 Seattle Bob Purkey
9/1 Released Bobby Morgan    
9/1 Released Bob Smith    
 
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