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1959 San Francisco Giants  (1958)  (1960) 90-64, 3rd in National League Scored 664 runs, Allowed 565 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .729 Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 89-65   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-71 Manager(s): Larry Reeves

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Willie Mays          28  154  598  130  187  40   4  52  124  18   3   81   73  .313  .394  .654  150   9.2  1(-5)e7    84  
 1B  Dick Stuart          26  124  403   59  109  13   4  31   73   0   1   45   90  .270  .344  .553   76   6.7  4e30      -13  
 OF  Bob Nieman           32  123  386   56  112  17   5  19   60   1   1   48   62  .290  .370  .508   72   6.8  4(+1)e9   -17  
 SS  Daryl Spencer        30  145  587   68  144  21   1  10   49   3   2   52   68  .245  .306  .336   59   3.5  3e38      -60  
 C  *Smoky Burgess        32  118  383   42  105  21   5  10   56   0   0   41   23  .274  .337  .433   54   4.9  4(+1)e7   -63  
 1B *Willie McCovey       21   92  198   39   67  12   7  10   32   0   1   26   30  .338  .424  .621   53  10.7  4e18      -41  
 OF *Norm Larker          28  111  315   38   88  15   1   8   43   0   1   36   23  .279  .361  .410   45   5.1  4(+2)e3     8  
 2B *Jerry Lumpe          26  136  459   58  118   7   2   2   30   2   1   46   28  .257  .323  .294   44   3.2  3e12       -4  
 3B  Jim Davenport        25  147  497   37  113  14   1   6   47   0   0   36   60  .227  .281  .296   41   2.8  1e10      -68  
 OF  Felipe Alou          24  104  254   34   70  10   1   6   25   5   3   15   29  .276  .315  .394   29   4.1  2(-2)e9   -75  
 OF  Don Demeter          24  103  249   31   52   4   1   9   39   2   1   17   55  .209  .268  .341   23   3.1  2(-2)e6  -121  
 SS  Don Buddin           25   82  202   19   34   9   0   3   12   0   1   30   32  .168  .282  .257   15   2.3  4e38     -184  
 C  *Clint Courtney       32   60  152   13   32   7   1   2   20   0   0   20   11  .211  .307  .309   14   3.2  4(+2)e5    12  
 OF  Jim Busby            32   21   31    3   13   3   0   0    5   0   0    4    4  .419  .486  .516    7  11.1  2(-1)e7   402  
 UT  Ken Aspromonte       27   36   60    9   15   2   0   3    7   0   0    6    6  .250  .318  .433    7   3.8            106  
 3B  Ray Jablonski        32   23   50    3    8   1   0   1    3   0   0    2   15  .160  .192  .240    1   1.2  4e44     -261  
 C   Gene Green           26   14   34    3    5   2   0   1    3   0   0    1    9  .147  .171  .294    1   1.3  4(+2)e3   -86  
 PH *Dusty Rhodes         32    2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -488  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           699                  -28

     * - 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 *Johnny Antonelli     29  19   9  .679  39  39   9   0   0   0   2  289.2  217  107   95  31   89  163  2.95   95   3.0  -74  
  P  Milt Pappas          20  16   8  .667  32  31   8   1   1   0   3  221.2  165   66   62  11   68  133  2.52   65   2.6  -74  
  P  Sam Jones            33  16  15  .516  37  37   7   0   0   0   1  266.1  221  105   97  26   99  199  3.28  103   3.5  -39  
  P *Mike McCormick       20  14  10  .583  42  31   2   4   0   1   0  231.0  202   85   70  11  101  139  2.73   92   3.6  -97  
  P  Ray Moore            33   9   2  .818  44   0   0  20   1   1   0   79.1   86   46   43  10   43   51  4.88   50   5.6   23  
  P  Stu Miller           31   6   8  .429  44   9   2  25  10   0   1  119.2  109   39   35  10   22   66  2.63   41   3.1  -83  
  P  Gerry Staley         38   5   3  .625  52   0   0  46  35   6   0   65.2   61   22   20   4   11   27  2.74   24   3.4    9  
  P  Ruben Gomez          31   3   2  .600  18   6   0   6   0   0   0   45.2   55   36   35   7   19   23  6.90   35   6.9   -3  
  P  Dick Brodowski       26   1   1  .500  10   0   0   4   0   3   0   14.1   16   10   10   3   14    0  6.28   12   7.4  223  
  P *Ted Wills            25   1   1  .500  11   1   0   6   0   0   0   18.0   36   25   23   8    9   11 11.50   30  14.6  309  
  P  Al Cicotte           29   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    6.0   13    6    6   2    2    2  9.00   10  14.8  402  
  P *Leo Kiely            29   0   5  .000  26   0   0  12   2   2   0   37.0   42   18   17   7   13   23  4.14   23   5.7  -34  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      585        -46

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Smoky Burgess 888 91 113 598 26 9 4 .986 33 14 Clint Courtney 422 54 57 288 23 6 0 .981 16 16 Gene Green 84 9 13 46 2 1 0 .980 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Stuart 736 86 89 729 39 10 71 .987 9.39 Willie McCovey 384 41 50 345 26 0 27 1.000 8.69 Norm Larker 198 20 31 210 18 1 15 .996 10.36 Ken Aspromonte 76 7 14 72 10 1 7 .988 9.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Lumpe 1055 116 127 310 335 13 79 .980 5.50 Daryl Spencer 279 33 38 101 69 4 22 .977 5.48 Ken Aspromonte 60 5 15 16 12 2 6 .933 4.18 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Davenport 1252 138 147 126 358 4 23 .992 3.48 Ray Jablonski 111 12 19 10 24 1 3 .971 2.76 Jerry Lumpe 31 4 4 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Daryl Spencer 989 109 118 249 299 30 68 .948 4.99 Don Buddin 393 45 53 97 112 6 26 .972 4.79 Jerry Lumpe 13 0 5 5 8 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Nieman 854 106 107 177 4 5 0 .973 1.91 Don Demeter 174 14 35 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 Dick Stuart 172 20 23 37 1 1 0 .974 1.99 Norm Larker 80 8 17 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 Jim Busby 66 5 16 23 0 1 0 .958 3.15 Felipe Alou 48 1 19 9 1 1 0 .909 1.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Mays 1390 154 154 348 12 3 3 .992 2.33 Don Demeter 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Felipe Alou 522 53 73 112 5 3 0 .975 2.02 Norm Larker 436 53 53 58 1 1 1 .983 1.22 Don Demeter 404 45 53 93 5 1 0 .990 2.18 Bob Nieman 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 Jim Busby 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dick Stuart 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1959 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Bob Nieman
Round 2 (#28):	Leo Kiely
Round 4 (#50):	Clint Courtney
Round 5 (#63):	Ray Moore
Round 6 (#76):	Ken Aspromonte
Round 7 (#85):	Dick Brodowski
Round 8 (#94):	Gene Green
Round 9 (#101):	Ted Wills
Round 10 (#107):	Jim Busby
Round 11 (#111):	Al Cicotte

Transactions

• 1959-08: traded Mel Roach to DEA for Ray Jablonski
• 1959 postseason: released Ken Aspromonte, Don Demeter

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