1959 Minnesota Twins
Record: 62-100
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 527
Runs Allowed: 659
Exp W-L: 65-97
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,390,266
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 8th in the AL
AA: 58-79, 8th in the AL
A: 83-54, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
1B *Bobby Brown 34 152 574 56 161 21 5 1 50 0 0 59 57 .280 .350 .340 .690 66.2 8.3 5.1
CF  Al Kaline 24 155 565 54 172 31 1 15 62 0 2 49 59 .304 .360 .442 .802 82.4 12.5 4.4
LF *Jerry Lynch 28 153 568 58 131 20 4 16 64 0 0 44 107 .231 .287 .364 .651 59.3 5.2 3.9
3B  Al Smith 31 151 525 57 128 24 2 17 67 4 2 62 129 .244 .325 .394 .719 65.1 7.2 3.4
1B  Darrell Johnson 30 151 510 48 133 9 1 0 30 1 1 59 84 .261 .341 .282 .623 49.3 3.8 3.0
C  Gil Hodges 35 147 498 59 111 23 2 20 66 0 0 42 144 .223 .288 .398 .686 54.7 5.2 4.8
CF  Jim Busby 32 140 425 42 84 13 2 6 28 7 2 29 51 .198 .254 .280 .534 26.1 0.0 4.6
SS  Gene Mauch 33 126 395 39 92 24 2 1 25 3 3 45 74 .233 .309 .311 .620 37.4 2.5 6.7
3B *Jim King 26 134 307 32 74 12 3 14 53 1 1 27 48 .241 .302 .436 .738 40.8 4.9 2.8
1B  Virgil Stallcup 37 103 202 17 48 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 63 .238 .256 .257 .513 11.3 0.0 3.1
C  Sherm Lollar 34 115 192 12 37 3 0 2 10 0 1 13 31 .193 .243 .240 .482 8.1 0.0 1.4
3B  Bobby Thomson 35 105 161 15 30 10 1 3 11 0 0 9 49 .186 .229 .317 .546 11.1 0.0 0.8
P  Paul Foytack 28 42 93 4 12 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 38 .129 .129 .183 .312 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Pedro Ramos 24 33 90 6 18 4 0 0 10 1 0 2 27 .200 .217 .244 .462 4.4 0.0 0.0
P *Luis Arroyo 32 41 75 6 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 16 .240 .260 .267 .526 5.3 0.0 0.0
P #Jim Constable 26 34 77 3 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 33 .117 .127 .143 .269 -0.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Milt Smith 30 65 63 12 8 2 1 0 4 2 1 3 26 .127 .167 .190 .357 -0.6 0.0 0.5
CF  Bob Usher 34 27 55 5 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 17 .182 .224 .273 .497 2.1 0.0 0.5
SS  Kermit Wahl 36 28 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .136 .174 .136 .310 0.1 0.0 0.2
P *Bud Daley 26 52 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .118 .158 .118 .276 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  El Tappe 32 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.1
P  Tom Gorman 34 70 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .571 .821 1.3 0.1 0.0
P  Corky Valentine 30 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Klippstein 31 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Mabe 29 41 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Dick Bokelmann 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.9 2160 5441 527 1283 208 24 98 504 19 13 457 1070 .236 .296 .337 .633 523.3 50.0 45.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 8 7 8 7 7 8 6 5 7 4 7 7 7 7 7  
* - 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
 Paul Foytack 28 12 20 .375 42 42 0 302.3 282 124 24 100 207 3.69 18.0
 Pedro Ramos 24 14 16 .467 33 33 0 267.0 232 103 27 95 166 3.47 20.1
*Luis Arroyo 32 10 21 .323 41 41 0 258.7 208 108 34 100 233 3.76 15.8
*Jim Constable 26 12 14 .462 34 34 0 236.7 195 80 18 86 183 3.04 20.0
 Tom Gorman 34 4 9 .308 70 4 9 115.0 126 53 12 46 55 4.15 6.4
*Bud Daley 26 7 13 .350 52 8 21 103.7 115 54 15 43 77 4.69 5.3
 Johnny Klippstein 31 2 1 .667 50 0 1 69.7 64 32 6 38 53 4.13 4.2
 Bob Mabe 29 0 4 .000 41 0 2 42.3 48 28 8 19 27 5.95 0.0
 Corky Valentine 30 0 2 .000 31 0 0 37.7 50 26 8 10 13 6.21 0.0
 George Spencer 32 0 0 .000 5 0 0 5.7 10 8 2 4 2 12.72 0.0
 Dick Bokelmann 32 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 2 1 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 29.5 62 100 .383 402 162 33 1440.0 1330 616 154 543 1017 3.85 90.4
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 4 7 8 3 4 4 5 5 4  
* - 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.Hodges 1105.3 124 129 789 39 11 1 .987 37.5
S.Lollar 308.3 36 37 226 8 2 0 .992 25.0
E.Tappe 21.3 2 4 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
D.Johnson 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1440.0 162 173 1037 48 13 1 .988 34.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.95
D.Johnson 1213.7 148 150 1344 102 13 141 .991 10.72
V.Stallcup 89.7 9 21 94 10 1 3 .990 10.44
B.Thomson 58.7 5 17 79 7 2 8 .977 13.19
J.King 51.3 0 29 58 4 1 6 .984 10.87
G.Hodges 17.0 0 10 19 4 1 1 .958 12.18
S.Lollar 7.7 0 8 8 1 0 1 1.000 10.57
E.Tappe 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
B.Brown 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1440.0 162 237 1604 129 18 160 .990 10.83
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.44
B.Brown 1290.3 146 149 273 490 19 115 .976 5.32
M.Smith 135.7 15 23 34 39 1 7 .986 4.84
K.Wahl 14.0 1 4 1 10 0 2 1.000 7.07
Team Total 1440.0 162 176 308 539 20 124 .977 5.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
A.Smith 1249.7 143 147 68 277 25 25 .932 2.48
B.Thomson 159.0 18 21 13 38 2 3 .962 2.89
M.Smith 12.3 1 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.92
J.King 10.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
S.Lollar 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
K.Wahl 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00
Team Total 1440.0 162 180 83 322 28 28 .935 2.53
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.88
G.Mauch 1010.7 120 125 147 415 25 87 .957 5.00
V.Stallcup 398.0 41 69 60 166 4 25 .983 5.11
K.Wahl 30.3 1 16 4 7 1 0 .917 3.26
J.King 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.0 162 211 211 588 30 112 .964 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.80
J.Lynch 1285.0 145 150 252 5 8 0 .970 1.80
J.King 58.7 7 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
J.Busby 44.0 5 5 8 0 2 0 .800 1.64
B.Usher 42.0 5 6 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
A.Smith 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Thomson 4.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hodges 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.0 162 179 280 6 10 1 .966 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.34
J.Busby 872.7 101 104 243 2 1 1 .996 2.53
J.King 492.3 55 66 131 4 3 1 .978 2.47
B.Usher 52.0 6 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
B.Thomson 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Lynch 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
A.Kaline 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Bokelmann 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1440.0 162 191 396 6 4 2 .990 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.83
A.Kaline 1275.7 145 150 277 5 9 1 .969 1.99
J.King 66.3 8 12 17 0 1 0 .944 2.31
J.Busby 52.0 6 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
B.Usher 28.0 3 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
B.Thomson 15.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
A.Smith 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.0 162 180 313 5 10 1 .970 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.01
P.Foytack 302.3 42 42 17 51 2 4 .971 2.02
P.Ramos 267.0 33 33 12 45 1 3 .983 1.92
L.Arroyo 258.7 41 41 19 31 0 2 1.000 1.74
J.Constable 236.7 34 34 9 38 1 5 .979 1.79
T.Gorman 115.0 4 70 5 16 0 2 1.000 1.64
B.Daley 103.7 8 52 2 20 0 1 1.000 1.91
J.Klippstein 69.7 0 50 3 15 0 1 1.000 2.33
B.Mabe 42.3 0 41 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.91
C.Valentine 37.7 0 31 5 8 0 1 1.000 3.11
G.Spencer 5.7 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.18
D.Bokelmann 1.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1440.0 162 402 76 232 4 20 .987 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kaline .304
On-Base Pct Kaline .360
Slugging Pct Kaline .442
OPS Kaline .802
XR Kaline 82.4
Games Kaline 155
At-Bats Brown 574
Runs Hodges 59
Hits Kaline 172
Total Bases Kaline 250
Singles Brown 134
Doubles Kaline 31
Triples Brown 5
Homeruns Hodges 20
RBIs Smith 67
Stolen Bases Busby 7
Caught Stealing Mauch 3
Walks Smith 62
Strikeouts Hodges 144
ERA Constable 3.04
Wins Ramos 14
Losses Arroyo 21
Winning Pct Ramos .467
Saves Daley 21
Games Pitched Gorman 70
Games Started Foytack 42
Complete Games Foytack 15
Shutouts Ramos 4
Innings Pitched Foytack 302.3
Hits Allowed Foytack 282
Homeruns Allowed Arroyo 34
Strikeouts Arroyo 233
Walks Allowed Arroyo, Foytack 100
Walks per 9IP Foytack 3.0
Hits per 9IP Arroyo 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Arroyo 8.1
WHiP Constable 1.19
OAVG Arroyo .216
OOBP Arroyo .289
OSLG Constable .340
OOPS Constable .640
Team All-Stars
Bobby Brown
Pedro Ramos
Player Salaries
Bobby Brown $ 8,500,000
Gil Hodges $ 6,750,000
Paul Foytack $ 5,057,143
Al Smith $ 4,000,000
Jim Busby $ 3,500,000
Bobby Thomson $ 3,500,000
Al Kaline $ 2,985,714
Jerry Lynch $ 2,142,857
Luis Arroyo $ 1,478,571
Tom Gorman $ 874,286
Gene Mauch $ 775,714
Sherm Lollar $ 650,000
Dick Bokelmann $ 570,000
Darrell Johnson $ 350,000
Virgil Stallcup $ 350,000
Johnny Klippstein $ 350,000
Kermit Wahl $ 300,000
Bob Mabe $ 300,000
Pedro Ramos $ 300,000
Jim King $ 300,000
Milt Smith $ 300,000
George Spencer $ 300,000
El Tappe $ 300,000
Bud Daley $ 300,000
Jim Constable $ 300,000
Bob Usher $ 300,000
Corky Valentine $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Dick Bokelmann
2/14 Signed     Al Smith
2/15 Signed     Sherm Lollar
3/3 Traded Ed Bouchee Boston (N) Bobby Kline