Los Angeles Angels History - 1959 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1959 Los Angeles Angels	69	75	.479	2^nd	5	68-76	1	.259	4.12			1,885,508	$43,230,212	$64,181,032

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Platinum Glove Award	Steven Caesar (P), Ronald Whitson (2B)	2
All-Star	Ronald Whitson	1
Player of the Week	Ian Dennard (Apr 27, May 25), Harry Corry (Jun 8)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	Ian Dennard	23	140	526	166	22	2	27	72	86	82	4	0	2	98	0	2	.316	.410	.519	.929	5.6	148
2B	Ronald Whitson	24	141	531	156	18	0	15	59	73	66	8	0	4	87	0	2	.294	.378	.412	.790	3.7	112
RF	Waldo Threlkeld	36	139	506	134	16	3	31	92	83	46	5	5	6	129	34	11	.265	.329	.492	.821	2.5	117
CF	Harry Corry	24	122	465	141	22	2	13	67	63	27	1	4	2	59	61	15	.303	.341	.443	.784	3.0	109
LF	Edward Wright	24	121	431	119	14	5	12	45	65	29	3	10	5	94	47	25	.276	.323	.415	.738	0.7	97
SS	Lamont Diez	24	137	421	99	20	2	10	62	48	25	6	3	4	103	11	3	.235	.285	.363	.649	0.2	73
1B	Amadeo Vazquez	25	104	272	84	17	1	10	36	38	32	1	9	4	61	7	7	.309	.379	.489	.868	1.5	131
C	Ronald Albano	33	99	275	68	13	1	7	32	29	20	1	12	3	67	3	4	.247	.298	.378	.676	0.4	80
SS	Sabino Martinez	33	90	262	54	10	3	1	16	30	16	3	2	2	67	20	2	.206	.258	.279	.537	-0.3	44
C	Long Daniel	31	78	222	47	7	1	9	26	26	29	1	4	1	67	1	2	.212	.304	.374	.678	0.7	81
1B	John McAuliffe	28	101	207	57	8	1	3	20	23	9	0	2	1	43	1	0	.275	.304	.367	.671	-0.2	79
CF	James Fegan	34	73	186	41	8	0	3	22	21	20	3	0	4	58	12	9	.220	.300	.312	.612	-0.3	65
P	Steven Caesar	33	37	100	9	3	0	1	5	6	1	0	18	0	34	0	0	.090	.099	.150	.249	-1.6	-34
P	Claude Young	25	40	100	9	1	0	0	4	6	6	2	11	0	36	0	0	.090	.157	.100	.257	-1.3	-29
P	Pablo Herrero	28	34	90	17	2	0	0	3	2	0	3	11	0	32	0	0	.189	.215	.211	.426	-0.7	15
SS	Randy Williams	28	25	62	9	5	0	0	3	4	3	0	2	0	14	2	1	.145	.185	.226	.410	-0.5	10
C	Jamal Dawe	26	14	60	23	2	1	5	12	12	2	3	0	0	11	0	1	.383	.431	.700	1.131	1.1	198
P	Michael Knepper	36	24	51	6	4	0	0	2	4	2	0	5	0	20	0	0	.118	.151	.196	.347	-0.8	-8
RF	William Valazquez	31	27	41	14	1	0	2	6	6	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	.341	.349	.512	.861	0.3	128
C	Steffen Godbey	29	41	41	6	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	.146	.167	.171	.337	-0.3	-9
P	Lee Smith	22	13	34	6	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	5	0	14	0	0	.176	.243	.176	.420	-0.4	15
CF	Henry Peterson	26	10	16	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.312	.312	.312	.625	-0.0	69
P	Jeremy Dubin	26	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-0.4	-40
P	John Brown	26	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	80
P	Evan Bare	29	19	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0.0	682
P	James McCloskey	29	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Francis Osgood	34	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Richard Sanders	31	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
28 Players		27.6	1710	4912	1272	195	22	149	592	630	420	45	108	39	1128	200	84	.259	.321	.399	.719	12.8	92
CL Rank				5	6	10	9	4	9	9	8	10	5	8	2	5	6	7	9	6	8	7
BSBL Rank				11	13	20	19	8	17	17	15	20	13	16	2	10	12	14	17	14	16	14

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Claude Young	25	40	40	15	16	0	3.53	313.7	322	140	123	10	89	233	0	9	1	1.31	.322	9.1	122
Steven Caesar	33	37	37	17	15	0	4.29	304.3	305	166	145	29	88	206	0	20	2	1.29	.294	4.6	101
Pablo Herrero	28	34	34	15	17	0	4.26	270.7	308	149	128	30	46	152	0	21	2	1.31	.309	4.1	101
Michael Knepper	36	24	17	6	7	0	5.12	142.3	138	90	81	20	68	105	0	5	0	1.45	.280	0.1	84
Lee Smith	22	13	13	7	6	0	4.29	105.0	103	55	50	13	30	74	0	8	1	1.27	.284	1.3	101
Jeremy Dubin	26	13	3	0	2	0	6.23	39.0	49	33	27	4	37	27	0	1	0	2.21	.344	-0.5	69
John Brown	26	25	0	1	2	0	3.24	33.3	23	13	12	0	24	32	0	0	0	1.41	.284	0.3	133
Francis Osgood	34	28	0	4	6	11	3.73	31.3	25	14	13	5	14	21	1	0	0	1.24	.227	-0.4	116
Evan Bare	29	19	0	2	3	6	2.11	21.3	19	5	5	2	2	18	2	0	0	.98	.279	0.3	205
James McCloskey	29	10	0	2	1	1	1.04	17.3	14	2	2	0	8	18	1	0	0	1.27	.326	0.4	416
Richard Sanders	31	5	0	0	0	0	3.52	7.7	5	3	3	3	3	7	0	0	0	1.04	.118	-0.3	123
Frank Surrett	30	4	0	0	0	0	3.60	5.0	5	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.20	.357	0.1	120
George Rodarte	26	2	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.33	.375	0.1	144
13 Pitchers	28.9	254	144	69	75	18	4.12	1294.0	1319	673	592	116	411	898	4	64	6	1.34	.301	19.2	111
CL Rank		10	1	5	6	8	4	6	5	4	4	2	1	10	9	3	2	4	4	2
BSBL Rank		20	3	12	9	17	6	10	10	7	6	4	3	19	19	3	3	7	7	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Young	40	40	24	59	3	86	3	.965	313.7	2.38	3.2
S. Caesar	37	37	19	77	3	100	4	.960	304.3	2.84	1.9
P. Herrero	34	34	22	62	2	90	6	.933	270.7	2.79	2.4
M. Knepper	24	17	13	23	1	39	3	.923	142.3	2.28	-1.4
L. Smith	13	13	6	13	1	19	0	1.000	105.0	1.63	-0.5
J. Dubin	13	3	1	9	1	13	3	.769	39.0	2.31	-2.8
J. Brown	25	0	3	4	0	8	1	.875	33.3	1.89	0.1
F. Osgood	28	0	2	8	1	10	0	1.000	31.3	2.87	0.7
E. Bare	19	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	21.3	2.11	-0.4
J. McCloskey	10	0	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	17.3	3.12	0.3
R. Sanders	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7.7	0.00	-0.1
F. Surrett	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	5.0	3.60	0.3
G. Rodarte	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	254	144	92	266	12	378	20	.947	1294.0	2.49	3.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
R. Albano	76	67	426	65	1	500	9	.982	588.3	7.51	0.3	1	29.1
L. Daniel	56	55	332	51	1	391	8	.980	462.7	7.45	1.1	6	37.8
J. Dawe	14	14	91	15	0	107	1	.991	126.0	7.57	0.1	1	33.3
S. Godbey	37	8	81	10	0	91	0	1.000	117.0	7.00	0.4	1	35.7
Totals	183	144	930	141	2	1089	18	.983	1294.0	7.45	1.8	9	33.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Vazquez	84	65	703	45	37	757	9	.988	585.3	11.50	0.0
J. McAuliffe	73	50	545	32	30	582	5	.991	453.0	11.46	0.0
L. Diez	32	26	259	21	7	282	2	.993	231.3	10.89	0.0
S. Martinez	3	3	24	0	5	24	0	1.000	22.3	9.67	0.0
R. Albano	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	2.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	193	144	1535	98	79	1649	16	.990	1294.0	11.36	0.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Whitson	140	137	314	456	63	782	12	.985	1224.0	5.66	0.0
L. Diez	11	7	15	22	4	37	0	1.000	63.0	5.29	0.0
J. McAuliffe	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	.667	6.0	3.00	0.0
S. Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	153	144	329	480	67	822	13	.984	1294.0	5.63	0.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
I. Dennard	140	140	79	332	18	434	23	.947	1256.7	2.94	0.0
S. Martinez	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	17.3	2.08	0.0
L. Diez	2	2	2	2	1	4	0	1.000	17.0	2.12	0.0
J. McAuliffe	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	0.0
Totals	145	144	82	339	19	444	23	.948	1294.0	2.93	0.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Martinez	79	79	107	232	23	349	10	.971	663.0	4.60	0.0
L. Diez	64	49	73	185	27	266	8	.970	469.3	4.95	0.0
R. Williams	23	16	26	57	11	84	1	.988	153.7	4.86	0.0
J. McAuliffe	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57	0.0
W. Threlkeld	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	170	144	206	476	61	701	19	.973	1294.0	4.74	0.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Wright	119	114	138	3	0	147	6	.959	975.7	1.30	0.0
L. Diez	14	12	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	103.0	0.96	0.0
J. Fegan	24	7	20	1	0	22	1	.955	96.7	1.96	0.0
H. Corry	10	9	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	77.0	1.52	0.0
W. Valazquez	10	2	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	28.3	1.27	0.0
W. Threlkeld	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	13.0	1.38	0.0
A. Vazquez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	185	144	188	4	0	199	7	.965	1294.0	1.34	0.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Corry	99	99	181	4	0	187	2	.989	891.3	1.87	0.0
J. Fegan	35	33	88	0	0	88	0	1.000	286.7	2.76	0.0
L. Diez	12	11	18	1	0	20	1	.950	104.7	1.63	0.0
H. Peterson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	11.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	147	144	287	5	0	295	3	.990	1294.0	2.03	0.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Threlkeld	130	130	205	10	1	218	3	.986	1147.7	1.69	0.0
H. Corry	11	10	19	0	0	20	1	.950	81.3	2.10	0.0
W. Valazquez	11	4	6	0	0	7	1	.857	59.0	0.92	0.0
H. Peterson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	0.0
J. Fegan	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	156	144	232	10	1	247	5	.980	1294.0	1.68	0.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Ian Dennard	.316
On-Base Percentage	Ian Dennard	.410
Slugging Percentage	Ian Dennard	.519
OPS	Ian Dennard	.929
Games	Ronald Whitson	141
At-Bats	Ronald Whitson	531
Runs	Ian Dennard	86
Hits	Ian Dennard	166
Doubles	Ian Dennard, Harry Corry	22
Triples	Edward Wright	5
Home Runs	Waldo Threlkeld	31
Runs Batted In	Waldo Threlkeld	92
Stolen Bases	Harry Corry	61
Caught Stealing	Edward Wright	25
Walks	Ian Dennard	82
Strikeouts	Waldo Threlkeld	129

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Steven Caesar	17
Losses	Pablo Herrero	17
Saves	Francis Osgood	11
Games	Claude Young	40
Games Started	Claude Young	40
Complete Games	Pablo Herrero	21
Shutouts	Steven Caesar, Pablo Herrero	2
Innings Pitched	Claude Young	313.7
Hits Allowed	Claude Young	322
Home Runs Allowed	Pablo Herrero	30
Strikeouts	Claude Young	233
Walks Allowed	Claude Young	89
Earned Run Average	Claude Young	3.53
Walks + Hits per IP	Steven Caesar	1.29
BABIP	Steven Caesar	.294