1959 San Francisco Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Seals Stadium | |
City | San Francisco, California | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Chub Feeney | |
Managers | Bill Rigney | |
Television |
KTVU ( Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) | |
Radio |
KSFO ( Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King) | |
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The 1959 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 77th year in Major League Baseball and their second season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–71 record, 4 games behind the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the team's second and final season at Seals Stadium before moving their games to Candlestick Park the following season.
In his major league debut on July 30, Willie McCovey went four-for-four against future Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts en route to a .354 batting average. McCovey went on to win National League Rookie of the Year honors while playing in just 52 games.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 88 | 68 | 0.564 | — | 46–32 | 42–36 |
Milwaukee Braves | 86 | 70 | 0.551 | 2 | 49–29 | 37–41 |
San Francisco Giants | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 4 | 42–35 | 41–36 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 9 | 47–30 | 31–46 |
Chicago Cubs | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 13 | 38–39 | 36–41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 13 | 43–34 | 31–46 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 16 | 42–35 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 23 | 37–40 | 27–50 |
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Team | CHC | CIN | LA | MIL | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–11 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 14–10 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 11–11 | 10–14 | — | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–12 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 6–16 | — |
1959 San Francisco Giants | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Hobie Landrith | 109 | 283 | 71 | .251 | 3 | 29 |
1B | Orlando Cepeda | 151 | 605 | 192 | .317 | 27 | 105 |
2B | Daryl Spencer | 152 | 555 | 147 | .265 | 12 | 62 |
SS | Ed Bressoud | 104 | 315 | 79 | .251 | 9 | 26 |
3B | Jim Davenport | 123 | 469 | 121 | .258 | 6 | 38 |
LF | Jackie Brandt | 137 | 429 | 116 | .270 | 12 | 57 |
CF | Willie Mays | 151 | 575 | 180 | .313 | 34 | 104 |
RF | Willie Kirkland | 126 | 463 | 126 | .272 | 22 | 68 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Felipe Alou | 95 | 247 | 68 | .275 | 10 | 33 |
Andre Rodgers | 71 | 228 | 57 | .250 | 6 | 24 |
Willie McCovey | 52 | 192 | 68 | .354 | 13 | 38 |
Bob Schmidt | 71 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 5 | 20 |
Leon Wagner | 87 | 129 | 29 | .225 | 5 | 22 |
Danny O'Connell | 34 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 0 |
Dusty Rhodes | 54 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 7 |
José Pagán | 31 | 46 | 8 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Hegan | 21 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Sauer | 13 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 1 | 1 |
Bob Speake | 15 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
Roger McCardell | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Antonelli | 40 | 282.0 | 19 | 10 | 3.10 | 165 |
Sam Jones | 50 | 270.2 | 21 | 15 | 2.83 | 209 |
Jack Sanford | 36 | 222.1 | 15 | 12 | 3.16 | 132 |
Marshall Renfroe | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike McCormick | 47 | 225.2 | 12 | 16 | 3.99 | 151 |
Stu Miller | 59 | 167.2 | 8 | 7 | 2.84 | 95 |
Eddie Fisher | 17 | 40.0 | 2 | 6 | 7.88 | 15 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Al Worthington | 42 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.68 | 45 |
Gordon Jones | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.33 | 29 |
Bud Byerly | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 4 |
Joe Shipley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 11 |
Dom Zanni | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 11 |
Billy Muffett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
Curt Barclay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |
All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Springfield [8]