1959 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston
Record75–79 (.487)
League place5th (19 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersBucky Harris
ManagersPinky Higgins, Rudy York, and Billy Jurges
TelevisionWHDH-TV
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1959 Boston Red Sox season was the 59th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, 19 games behind the AL champion Chicago White Sox.

Offseason

1958 turned out to be Jimmy Piersall's final season with the Red Sox. On December 2, 1958, Piersall was traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Gary Geiger and Vic Wertz.[1]

Notable transactions

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 94 60 0.610 — 47–30 47–30
Cleveland Indians 89 65 0.578 5 43–34 46–31
New York Yankees 79 75 0.513 15 40–37 39–38
Detroit Tigers 76 78 0.494 18 41–36 35–42
Boston Red Sox 75 79 0.487 19 43–34 32–45
Baltimore Orioles 74 80 0.481 20 38–39 36–41
Kansas City Athletics 66 88 0.429 28 37–40 29–48
Washington Senators 63 91 0.409 31 34–43 29–48

Record vs. opponents

1959 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore — 8–14 11–11–1 10–12 13–9 8–14 12–10 12–10
Boston 14–8 — 8–14 8–14 11–11 11–11 13–9 10–12
Chicago 11–11–1 14–8 — 15–7 13–9 12–10 13–9–1 16–6
Cleveland 12–10 14–8 7–15 — 14–8 15–7 11–11 16–6
Detroit 9–13 11–11 9–13 8–14 — 15–7 14–8 10–12
Kansas City 14–8 11–11 10–12 7–15 7–15 — 5–17 12–10
New York 10–12 9–13 9–13–1 11–11 8–14 17–5 — 15–7
Washington 10–12 12–10 6–16 6–16 12–10 10–12 7–15 —


Notable transactions

Opening day lineup

24 Don Buddin SS
  3 Pete Runnels 2B
10 Gene Stephens    CF
  6 Vic Wertz 1B
  4 Jackie Jensen RF
11 Frank Malzone 3B
37 Gary Geiger RF
22 Sammy White C
23 Tom Brewer P

Roster

1959 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Sammy White 119 377 107 .284 1 42
1B Dick Gernert 117 298 78 .262 11 42
2B Pete Runnels 147 560 176 .314 6 57
SS Don Buddin 151 485 117 .241 10 53
3B Frank Malzone 154 604 169 .280 19 92
LF Ted Williams 103 272 69 .254 10 43
CF Marty Keough 96 251 61 .243 7 27
RF Jackie Jensen 148 535 148 .277 28 112

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
Gary Geiger 120 335 82 .245 11 48
Gene Stephens 92 270 75 .278 3 39
Vic Wertz 94 247 68 .275 7 49
Pumpsie Green 50 172 40 .233 1 10
Pete Daley 65 169 38 .225 1 11
Jim Busby 61 102 23 .225 1 5
Bobby Ávila 22 45 11 .244 3 6
Jim Mahoney 31 23 3 .130 1 4
Bill Renna 14 22 2 .091 0 2
Jerry Mallett 4 15 4 .267 0 1
Billy Consolo 10 14 3 .214 0 0
Herb Plews 13 12 1 .083 0 0
Don Gile 3 10 2 .200 0 1
Ted Lepcio 3 3 1 .333 0 1
Haywood Sullivan 4 2 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
Tom Brewer 36 215.1 10 12 3.76 121
Jerry Casale 31 179.2 13 8 4.31 93
Frank Sullivan 30 177.2 9 11 3.95 107
Ted Wills 9 56.1 2 6 5.27 24

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
Bill Monbouquette 34 151.2 7 7 4.15 87
Ike Delock 28 134.1 11 6 2.95 55
Frank Baumann 26 95.2 6 4 4.05 48
Al Schroll 14 46.0 1 4 4.70 26
Jack Harshman 8 24.2 2 3 6.57 14
Earl Wilson 9 23.2 1 1 6.08 17
Billy Hoeft 5 17.2 0 3 5.60 8
Ted Bowsfield 5 9.0 0 1 15.00 4
Herb Moford 4 8.2 0 2 11.42 7

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
Mike Fornieles 46 5 3 11 3.07 54
Leo Kiely 41 3 3 7 4.20 30
Murray Wall 26 2 5 3 5.51 14
Nelson Chittum 21 3 0 0 1.19 12
Dave Sisler 3 0 0 0 6.75 3

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Gene Mauch
A Allentown Red Sox Eastern League Sheriff Robinson
B Raleigh Capitals Carolina League Ken Deal
D Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Elmer Yoter
D Corning Cor-Sox New York–Penn League Len Okrie
D Alpine Cowboys Sophomore League Eddie Popowski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Waterloo, Alpine
Source:[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
  2. ^ Mike Page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ a b Chuck Tanner Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac
  4. ^ Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
  5. ^ Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
  6. ^ Billy Muffett at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  8. ^ Boston Red Sox Official Profile, Photo and Data Book. 1959. p. 30. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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