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1959 Seattle Mariners
Record: 53-109
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 542
Runs Allowed: 815
Exp W-L: 52-110
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 2,207,304
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
AA: 83-54, 1st in the AL
A: 78-59, 2nd 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
CF  Johnny Groth 32 156 560 53 129 34 3 11 64 0 0 64 106 .230 .309 .361 .670 60.4 7.5 3.1
CF *Vada Pinson 20 145 529 64 148 34 5 9 65 28 4 25 55 .280 .317 .414 .731 71.2 13.2 2.9
RF  Felipe Alou 24 127 470 45 114 27 6 9 59 0 0 23 50 .243 .284 .383 .667 48.5 6.1 2.7
2B *Jerry Lumpe 26 137 439 53 111 19 3 3 36 0 0 41 41 .253 .317 .330 .648 44.3 5.3 3.8
C *Frank Torre 27 115 408 55 136 31 7 2 38 0 0 33 17 .333 .389 .458 .847 63.1 13.9 1.1
CF *Cal Abrams 35 115 347 40 63 13 3 1 21 0 0 49 106 .182 .285 .245 .530 24.9 0.0 2.5
LF  Jim Greengrass 31 131 347 34 82 16 4 14 45 0 0 23 73 .236 .282 .427 .709 39.8 5.1 1.5
SS  Jack Lohrke 35 119 307 25 68 16 1 3 22 0 0 41 80 .221 .315 .309 .625 29.6 3.0 2.2
SS *Wally Shannon 26 100 303 16 73 10 2 2 24 0 0 7 46 .241 .267 .307 .574 21.4 0.7 3.2
C  Billy Shantz 31 84 253 31 63 15 2 3 24 0 0 21 33 .249 .305 .360 .665 24.8 2.7 2.8
3B *Joe Morgan 28 90 257 19 45 8 0 1 19 0 0 17 56 .175 .226 .218 .444 9.6 0.0 1.7
2B  Granny Hamner 32 83 219 21 35 11 2 8 23 0 0 18 67 .160 .222 .338 .560 15.4 0.0 1.8
1B *Vic Wertz 34 55 192 23 44 7 0 8 23 0 0 20 43 .229 .300 .391 .691 22.4 2.8 0.9
2B #Red Schoendienst 36 57 157 14 30 4 1 0 12 0 0 3 31 .191 .204 .229 .433 5.8 0.0 1.3
C  Del Rice 36 43 119 12 25 8 0 3 15 0 0 5 34 .210 .248 .353 .601 9.2 0.5 1.0
3B *Fred Hatfield 34 26 95 5 14 4 0 1 4 0 0 5 19 .147 .229 .221 .450 4.0 0.0 0.6
P  Ralph Terry 23 38 77 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 .130 .141 .130 .271 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Anderson 23 35 77 8 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 27 .169 .198 .169 .366 2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Orlando Pena 25 36 71 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 .028 .028 .028 .056 -5.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 20 51 41 2 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 19 .073 .068 .146 .215 0.3 0.0 0.0
LF  Ralph Kiner 36 49 42 4 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 14 .071 .184 .095 .279 0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Gus Niarhos 38 25 39 3 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 7 7 .205 .326 .308 .634 4.6 0.6 0.4
C  Sammy White 30 23 44 5 10 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .227 .244 .364 .608 3.5 0.3 0.5
CF *Carmen Mauro 32 29 32 6 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 7 .156 .289 .281 .571 2.8 0.2 0.2
P  Barry Latman 23 12 30 1 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 9 .167 .167 .333 .500 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Earl Wilson 24 11 24 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .208 .240 .250 .490 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Beard 30 27 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Necciai 27 64 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ruben Gomez 31 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Donovan 31 44 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Willard Schmidt 31 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2118 5504 542 1248 267 40 82 522 28 4 417 1034 .227 .284 .334 .618 505.0 62.3 34.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 7 8 2 4 8 7 5 1 8 3 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Ralph Terry 23 8 22 .267 38 37 0 270.3 263 130 34 67 155 4.33 13.1
 Bob Anderson 23 11 13 .458 35 35 0 252.3 255 111 28 81 151 3.96 18.3
 Orlando Pena 25 6 24 .200 36 36 0 237.7 254 152 41 90 149 5.76 0.0
 Bob Miller 20 9 14 .391 51 24 2 179.3 169 98 23 87 100 4.92 7.5
 Barry Latman 23 4 4 .500 12 12 0 99.0 83 50 16 35 70 4.55 5.7
 Ron Necciai 27 4 5 .444 64 0 8 86.0 83 44 15 25 68 4.60 7.0
 Earl Wilson 24 3 6 .333 11 11 0 80.0 82 37 13 28 52 4.16 5.8
 Ralph Beard 30 1 7 .125 27 5 4 68.3 85 38 1 26 19 5.01 2.5
 Ruben Gomez 31 2 3 .400 45 2 3 58.3 88 43 11 28 26 6.63 0.0
 Willard Schmidt 31 2 5 .286 46 0 3 56.3 68 34 8 31 39 5.43 1.0
 Dick Donovan 31 3 4 .429 44 0 1 54.3 61 32 6 24 27 5.30 1.5
 Connie Johnson 36 0 2 .000 5 0 0 6.3 9 5 0 5 3 7.11 0.0
Team Totals 27.0 53 109 .327 414 162 21 1448.3 1500 774 196 527 859 4.81 62.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 5 7 8 8 4 8 8  
* - 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
B.Shantz 593.0 67 72 354 26 4 0 .990 29.2
F.Torre 488.7 54 54 303 27 7 0 .979 54.2
D.Rice 208.2 24 27 136 4 1 0 .993 0.0
S.White 86.7 13 13 71 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Niarhos 80.0 9 12 44 5 1 0 .980 33.3
V.Wertz 2.8 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.4 167 178 910 64 13 0 .987 37.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
J.Groth 470.7 53 53 569 43 5 42 .992 11.70
F.Torre 435.7 48 55 546 45 3 51 .995 12.21
V.Wertz 134.2 15 16 154 15 2 13 .988 11.33
C.Abrams 50.0 6 6 47 8 2 4 .965 9.90
J.Lohrke 49.0 6 7 58 4 0 10 1.000 11.39
V.Pinson 20.0 2 3 19 4 0 2 1.000 10.35
C.Mauro 16.0 2 2 18 0 1 0 .947 10.13
J.Morgan 8.0 1 1 9 1 0 2 1.000 11.25
R.Schoendienst 7.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.Alou 4.0 0 2 6 0 1 2 .857 13.50
J.Lumpe 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1198.5 134 147 1436 120 14 126 .991 11.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
J.Lumpe 1025.3 116 127 225 422 9 91 .986 5.68
R.Schoendienst 321.0 39 40 64 121 0 27 1.000 5.19
J.Lohrke 34.7 2 6 5 21 1 5 .963 6.75
C.Mauro 27.3 3 5 10 9 1 1 .950 6.26
J.Groth 21.0 1 8 3 8 0 2 1.000 4.71
G.Hamner 18.0 1 6 6 12 0 4 1.000 9.00
W.Shannon 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
D.Rice 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.White 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 193 314 594 11 131 .988 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
J.Morgan 678.7 81 87 38 175 16 14 .930 2.82
G.Hamner 462.7 52 59 31 120 4 9 .974 2.94
F.Hatfield 212.0 26 26 4 49 0 2 1.000 2.25
J.Lohrke 35.0 0 19 0 4 1 1 .800 1.03
D.Rice 21.2 2 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.70
R.Schoendienst 8.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1417.5 161 197 75 353 21 27 .953 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
W.Shannon 771.7 94 95 119 333 11 59 .976 5.27
J.Lohrke 535.0 60 66 87 211 6 33 .980 5.01
G.Hamner 44.0 3 12 8 17 1 4 .962 5.11
C.Mauro 43.0 4 9 10 11 0 3 1.000 4.40
J.Groth 23.0 1 9 5 15 0 5 1.000 7.83
R.Schoendienst 13.7 0 6 5 7 0 2 1.000 7.91
F.Hatfield 12.0 0 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Lumpe 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
G.Niarhos 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 204 237 600 18 108 .979 5.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
V.Pinson 921.7 104 105 198 5 0 2 1.000 1.98
J.Greengrass 429.0 50 51 91 3 6 0 .940 1.97
C.Abrams 58.0 5 10 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.09
R.Schoendienst 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
V.Wertz 10.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
J.Groth 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.0 161 172 299 9 6 2 .981 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
C.Abrams 657.3 80 81 175 7 1 3 .995 2.49
J.Groth 624.3 72 74 183 2 2 1 .989 2.67
V.Pinson 80.0 8 19 23 1 1 0 .960 2.70
J.Greengrass 72.7 2 22 13 0 1 0 .929 1.61
C.Mauro 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Alou 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Schoendienst 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.White 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.8 162 202 394 10 5 4 .988 2.52
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
F.Alou 1033.0 121 122 223 5 3 2 .987 1.99
V.Wertz 289.1 33 34 61 3 1 0 .985 1.99
J.Greengrass 169.3 15 29 34 2 2 0 .947 1.91
J.Groth 136.7 15 15 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
V.Pinson 62.0 7 9 12 0 1 0 .923 1.74
C.Abrams 29.3 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
C.Mauro 4.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25
R.Kiner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Shantz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Morgan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1727.4 194 219 357 10 8 2 .979 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
R.Terry 270.3 37 38 23 52 4 5 .949 2.50
B.Anderson 252.3 35 35 15 31 2 2 .958 1.64
O.Pena 237.7 36 36 22 46 1 2 .986 2.58
B.Miller 179.3 24 51 11 32 2 4 .956 2.16
B.Latman 99.0 12 12 6 20 0 2 1.000 2.36
R.Necciai 86.0 0 64 5 19 1 2 .960 2.51
E.Wilson 80.0 11 11 11 17 1 3 .966 3.15
R.Beard 68.3 5 27 4 15 2 0 .905 2.50
R.Gomez 58.3 2 45 2 17 0 3 1.000 2.93
W.Schmidt 56.3 0 46 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.96
D.Donovan 54.3 0 44 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.15
C.Johnson 6.3 0 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.27
Team Total 1448.3 162 414 104 266 13 25 .966 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Torre .293
On-Base Pct Torre .345
Slugging Pct Pinson .414
OPS Torre .748
XR Pinson 71.2
Games Groth 156
At-Bats Groth 560
Runs Pinson 64
Hits Pinson 148
Total Bases Pinson 219
Singles Pinson 100
Doubles Pinson, Groth 34
Triples Torre 7
Homeruns Greengrass 14
RBIs Pinson 65
Stolen Bases Pinson 28
Caught Stealing Pinson 4
Walks Groth 64
Strikeouts Groth, Abrams 106
ERA Anderson 3.96
Wins Anderson 11
Losses Pena 24
Winning Pct Anderson .458
Saves Necciai 8
Games Pitched Necciai 64
Games Started Terry 37
Complete Games Terry 9
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Terry 270.3
Hits Allowed Terry 263
Homeruns Allowed Pena 41
Strikeouts Terry 155
Walks Allowed Pena 90
Walks per 9IP Terry 2.2
Hits per 9IP Miller 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Pena 5.6
WHiP Terry 1.22
OAVG Miller .248
OOBP Terry .298
OSLG Miller .402
OOPS Terry .712
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Del Rice $ 5,050,000
Sammy White $ 2,600,000
Jack Lohrke $ 1,250,000
Johnny Groth $ 1,200,000
Jim Greengrass $ 1,000,000
Ralph Beard $ 514,286
Ron Necciai $ 300,000
Bob Anderson $ 300,000
Barry Latman $ 300,000
Felipe Alou $ 300,000
Bob Miller $ 300,000
Earl Wilson $ 300,000
Orlando Pena $ 300,000
Vada Pinson $ 300,000
Wally Shannon $ 300,000
Ralph Terry $ 300,000
Frank Torre $ 300,000
Jerry Lumpe $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Wally Post
George Strickland		 Brooklyn Tommy Brown
2/1 Traded Bill Serena Boston (N) Troy Herriage
2/15 Signed     Connie Johnson
3/3 Traded Steve Bilko
Frank Lary		 Tampa Bay Whammy Douglas
3/3 Traded Danny O'Connell
$5,000,000		 Detroit Jack Lohrke
Jim Greengrass
Red Schoendienst
3/3 Traded Dino Restelli Tampa Bay Jim Bronstad
4/2 Released Tommy Brown    
4/2 Signed     Billy Shantz
4/2 Signed     Gus Niarhos
5/1 Released Connie Johnson    
5/1 Signed     Willard Schmidt
5/1 Signed     Ralph Kiner
7/31 Released Willard Schmidt    
7/31 Released Ruben Gomez    
7/31 Released Ralph Kiner    
7/31 Traded Bob Purkey Brooklyn Hersh Freeman
Del Rice
7/31 Traded Hersh Freeman New York (A) Vic Wertz
7/31 Traded Troy Herriage Montreal Sammy White
Jerry Walker
7/31 Released Gus Niarhos    
7/31 Signed     Carmen Mauro
7/31 Signed     Fred Hatfield
9/1 Released Joe Morgan    
9/1 Released Red Schoendienst    
10/3 Released Cal Abrams    
10/3 Released Vic Wertz    
10/3 Released Carmen Mauro    
10/3 Released Billy Shantz    
10/3 Released Dick Donovan    
10/3 Released Granny Hamner    
10/3 Released Fred Hatfield    
 
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