1959 Baltimore Orioles season

1959 Baltimore Orioles season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Baltimore Orioles
season = 1959
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
ballpark = Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1954
city = Baltimore, Maryland
y5 = 1954
owners = Jerold Hoffberger, Clarence Miles
general manager = Lee MacPhail
managers = Paul Richards
television =WJZ-TV
radio = WBAL (AM)
(Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal) |

The 1959 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses.

Offseason

*October 2, 1958: Chico Carrasquel was traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Williams. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml]

Regular season

On June 10, 1959, Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians hit four home runs in one game versus the Orioles. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

Opening Day starters

*Bob Boyd
*Billy Gardner
*Ron Hansen
*Al Pilarcik
*Arnie Portocarrero
*Brooks Robinson
*Willie Tasby
*Gus Triandos
*Gene Woodling [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BAL]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 23, 1959: Walt Dropo was traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Lockman. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Miami Marlins (International League; Pepper Martin, manager)
* Class AAA: Vancouver Mounties (Pacific Coast League; Charlie Metro, manager)
* Class AA: Amarillo Gold Sox (Texas League; Barney Lutz and George Staller, managers)
* Class C: Stockton Ports (California League; Billy DeMars, manager)
* Class C: Aberdeen Pheasants (Northern League; Earl Weaver, manager)
* Class D: Pensacola Dons (Alabama-Florida League; Lou Fitzgerald, manager)
* Class D: Bluefield Orioles (Appalachian League; Bob Hooper, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1959.shtml 1959 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BAL 1959 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com]


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