1959 Cleveland Indians season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Cleveland Indians
season = 1959
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Cleveland Municipal Stadium
y4 = 1932
city = Cleveland, Ohio
y5 = 1901
owners = William R. Daley
general manager = Frank Lane
managers = Joe Gordon
television = WEWS-TV
(Bill McColgan, Ken Coleman)
radio = WERE
(Bob Neal, Jimmy Dudley)|

Offseason

*November 20, 1958: Billy Martin was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Al Cicotte to the Cleveland Indians for Don Mossi, Ray Narleski, and Ossie Alvarez. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martibi02.shtml Billy Martin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 2, 1958: Jimmy Piersall was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Vic Wertz and Gary Geiger. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/piersji01.shtml Jim Piersall Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

On June 10, 1959, Rocky Colavito hit four home runs in one game versus the Baltimore 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]

eason standings

Transactions

*September 9, 1959: Chuck Tanner was sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01 Chuck Tanner Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Award Winners

*Rocky Colavito, American League leader in Home Runs (tied)All-Star Game

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1959.shtml 1959 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=CLE 1959 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1959_WS.shtml 1959 WS page at Baseball Reference]