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1959 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1958)  (1960) 88-66, 4th in National League Scored 753 runs, Allowed 599 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-60 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .718 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 93 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 83-71   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-68 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Wally Moon           29  154  585  108  172  29  17  17  100  10   3   90   77  .294  .388  .489  113   6.8  3(+1)e5   -12  
 OF  Rocky Colavito       25  154  594  110  157  23   0  50  140   4   6   71   80  .264  .342  .556  108   6.3  3(-5)e5    48  
 2B #Jim Gilliam          30  151  558  103  156  16   5   5   57  33   5   96   43  .280  .383  .353   89   5.6  2e30        4  
 C   Sherm Lollar         34  152  555   87  152  27   4  29   91  14   6   52   57  .274  .341  .494   87   5.4  1(-2)e4    39  
 OF  Jim Landis           25  145  550   87  138  20  12   5   47  26  10   82   69  .251  .353  .358   76   4.6  1(-1)e3   -38  
 1B *Bill White           25  146  556   75  158  37   5  12   79  15   8   35   64  .284  .326  .433   75   4.9  2e8       -55  
 3B  Hal Smith            28   99  319   33   90  14   0   9   53   0   0   34   43  .282  .357  .411   50   5.7  4e21       21  
 SS  Ted Lepcio           29   71  241   30   66   6   0   9   36   3   1   18   60  .274  .321  .411   32   4.7  4e42      -18  
 SS #Maury Wills          26   98  259   26   70   6   1   0   17  11   2   12   29  .270  .300  .301   24   3.4  2e25        6  
 2B #Pumpsie Green        25   76  187   31   46   9   5   1   21   5   4   24   21  .246  .341  .364   24   4.5  3e25       35  
 PH  Carl Furillo         37   62   70    7   30   4   0   0   10   0   0    9   11  .429  .494  .486   15  10.0            313  
 SS *Wally Shannon        26   33  105    1   30   8   0   0   10   0   0    1   12  .286  .290  .362   11   4.0  4e18       23  
 OF *Ron Fairly           20   26   75    9   16   1   1   3    8   0   0   10   11  .213  .306  .373    9   4.3             11  
 SS  Fritz Brickell       24   10   35    4    9   2   0   2    6   0   0    1    7  .257  .270  .486    4   4.1  4e56      122  
 1B *Bob Boyd             39   29   63    5   15   0   1   0    9   1   1    2    1  .238  .262  .270    4   2.2  4e25     -125  
 PH *Elmer Valo           38   34   27    5    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    6    1  .259  .394  .296    3   3.8            -26  
 SS  Jose Valdivielso     25    4   13    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .308  .308  .385    1   4.6  3e21       73  
 UT  Gene Leek            22   10   34    2    5   2   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .147  .171  .294    1   1.3           -187  
 PH *Ted Kluszewski       34   17   26    3    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .231  .259  .269    0    .6           -194  
 SS  Bob Bowman           28    5   11    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000  .154  .000    0    .1  unrated  -225  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           734                    2

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Don Drysdale         22  22  12  .647  40  39  14   1   0   0   3  286.0  262  116  107  30   92  247  3.37  121   3.8  -36  
  P  Jim Owens            25  20  10  .667  34  31  12   3   0   2   5  238.2  181   80   68  15   71  161  2.56   75   2.8 -100  
  P  Robin Roberts        32  16  15  .516  37  37  13   0   0   0   2  278.0  281  131  124  43   50  150  4.01  136   4.4  -21  
  P  Pedro Ramos          24  12  10  .545  34  34   4   0   0   0   2  242.0  230  104   96  30   57   88  3.57  108   4.0  -61  
  P  Billy Loes           29   5   3  .625  38   0   0  21  12   5   0   50.2   38   16   15   4   15   28  2.66   16   2.9  -74  
  P *Johnny Podres        26   4   4  .500  28   7   1  16   3   0   1   87.1  101   48   45  10   33   69  4.64   48   5.0   -3  
  P *Danny McDevitt       26   4   5  .444  42   0   0  20   5   4   0   52.1   56   28   26   4   26   41  4.47   31   5.4  -27  
  P *Sandy Koufax         23   3   4  .429  31   5   0  13   2   0   0   73.0   63   38   35   6   48   88  4.32   34   4.2  -87  
  P  Johnny Klippstein    31   1   0 1.000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.0    2    0    0   0    1    1  0.00    0   2.5 -277  
  P  Joey Jay             23   1   0 1.000  25   0   0  14   0   1   0   35.1   34   17    9   4   14   26  2.29   17   4.3  -11  
  P  Chuck Churn          29   0   0  .000  12   0   0  11   6   2   0   13.1   14    3    3   0    2   10  2.03    3   2.6 -131  
  P  Carl Erskine         32   0   1  .000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    3.0    6    3    3   0    2    1  9.00    3  11.0 -101  
  P  Jack Meyer           27   0   2  .000  15   1   0   8   0   0   0   19.2   19   15   15   4   13   17  6.86   12   5.9  104  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      611        -48

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Sherm Lollar 1325 148 151 943 44 6 9 .994 22 15 Hal Smith 39 4 9 33 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 Ted Kluszewski 18 2 2 22 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill White 1041 117 118 996 85 2 105 .998 9.35 Wally Moon 229 25 25 227 19 5 17 .980 9.65 Bob Boyd 103 11 13 99 5 0 9 1.000 9.09 Ted Kluszewski 8 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Gilliam 889 102 105 292 260 22 67 .962 5.59 Pumpsie Green 432 47 60 134 125 6 31 .977 5.40 Fritz Brickell 28 3 4 6 10 0 4 1.000 5.14 Ted Lepcio 27 2 8 12 9 0 3 1.000 6.91 Wally Shannon 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hal Smith 722 82 85 82 165 11 10 .957 3.08 Jim Gilliam 407 46 50 39 100 3 9 .979 3.08 Ted Lepcio 164 16 23 18 35 2 4 .964 2.91 Gene Leek 54 6 7 9 20 0 3 1.000 4.83 Carl Furillo 25 3 3 4 3 2 0 .778 2.52 Bob Boyd 8 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 Ron Fairly 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Maury Wills 658 69 90 139 245 5 48 .987 5.25 Ted Lepcio 343 41 41 87 80 5 18 .971 4.38 Wally Shannon 231 27 30 63 95 3 21 .981 6.16 Fritz Brickell 49 7 7 9 12 2 1 .913 3.86 Gene Leek 32 3 4 6 10 2 3 .889 4.50 Jose Valdivielso 27 3 4 7 9 1 4 .941 5.33 Bob Bowman 25 3 3 3 5 1 1 .889 2.88 Pumpsie Green 16 1 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Moon 1128 126 128 210 3 1 0 .995 1.70 Bill White 229 25 25 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 Carl Furillo 21 3 4 6 0 1 0 .857 2.57 Ron Fairly 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Landis 1246 137 145 248 13 2 1 .992 1.88 Ron Fairly 134 17 19 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 Wally Moon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rocky Colavito 1380 154 154 286 6 3 2 .990 1.90 Ron Fairly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1959 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Rocky Colavito
Round 2 (#18):	Hal Smith
Round 3 (#30):	Billy Loes
Round 4 (#41):	Ted Kluszewski
Round 5 (#54):	Ted Lepcio
Round 6 (#67):	Bob Bowman

Transactions

• 1959-01: traded Bob Anderson, Frank Torre, George Snyder to SLN for Bill White, Wally Shannon, Pumpsie Green
• 1959-01: acquired Elmer Valo as a free agent
• 1959-05: acquired Jose Valdivielso as a free agent
• 1959-09: released Jose Valdivielso
• 1959-09: acquired Fritz Brickell as a free agent
• 1959-14: released Fred Brickell
• 1959-14: acquired Gene Leek as a free agent
• 1959 postseason: released Jim Owens

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