- 1959 Baltimore Orioles season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Baltimore Orioles
season = 1959
misc =
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
ballpark = Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1954
city = Baltimore,Maryland
y5 = 1954
owners = Jerold Hoffberger, Clarence Miles
general manager =Lee MacPhail
managers = Paul Richards
television =WJZ-TV
radio =WBAL (AM)
(Ernie Harwell ,Herb Carneal ) |The 1959
Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in theAmerican League with a record of 74 wins and 80 losses.Offseason
*October 2, 1958: Chico Carrasquel was traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Dick Williams. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml]
Regular season
On June 10, 1959,
Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians hit four home runs in one game versus the Orioles. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]Opening Day starters
*Bob Boyd
*Billy Gardner
*Ron Hansen
*Al Pilarcik
*Arnie Portocarrero
*Brooks Robinson
*Willie Tasby
*Gus Triandos
*Gene Woodling [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BAL]eason standings
Transactions
*June 23, 1959:
Walt Dropo was traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Lockman. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml]Roster
Starting pitchers
Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]* Class AAA: Miami Marlins (
International League ;Pepper Martin , manager)
* Class AAA:Vancouver Mounties (Pacific Coast League ;Charlie Metro , manager)
* Class AA:Amarillo Gold Sox (Texas League ;Barney Lutz andGeorge Staller , managers)
* Class C:Stockton Ports (California League ;Billy DeMars , manager)
* Class C:Aberdeen Pheasants (Northern League;Earl Weaver , manager)
* Class D:Pensacola Dons (Alabama-Florida League ;Lou Fitzgerald , manager)
* Class D:Bluefield Orioles (Appalachian League ;Bob Hooper , manager)References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1959.shtml 1959 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BAL 1959 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com]
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