Английская Википедия:1959 San Francisco Giants season

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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.

Offseason

• October 8, 1958: Marv Grissom and Ernie Broglio were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Hobie Landrith, Billy Muffett and Benny Valenzuela.
• December 3, 1958: Rubén Gómez and Valmy Thomas were traded by the Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jack Sanford.
• December 5, 1958: Joey Amalfitano was released by the Giants.
• March 25, 1959: Ray Jablonski and Bill White were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Sam Jones and Don Choate.

Regular 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.

Opening Day starters

• Johnny Antonelli
• Jackie Brandt
• Orlando Cepeda
• Jim Davenport
• Willie Kirkland
• Willie Mays
• Andre Rodgers
• Bob Schmidt
• Daryl Spencer

Notable transactions

• July 26, 1959: Billy Muffett and cash were traded by the Giants to the Boston Red Sox for Bud Byerly.
• August 25, 1959: Hank Sauer was released by the Giants.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Шаблон:Sortname	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

Other batters

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
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
Шаблон:Sortname	54	48	9	.188	0	7
Шаблон:Sortname	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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	40	282.0	19	10	3.10	165
Шаблон:Sortname	50	270.2	21	15	2.83	209
Шаблон:Sortname	36	222.1	15	12	3.16	132
Marshall Renfroe	1	2.0	0	0	27.00	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Al Worthington	42	2	3	3	3.68	45
Gordon Jones	31	3	2	2	4.33	29
Шаблон:Sortname	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
Шаблон:Sortname	5	0	0	0	5.40	3
Шаблон:Sortname	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

• Willie McCovey – National League Rookie of the Year

All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)

Farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Springfield

References

• 1959 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1959 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac