1959 Los Angeles Dodgers roster

34 players appeared for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1959 MLB season. They won the 1959 World Series, 4-2.

1959 Dodgers roster: batting

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Charlie Neal151616103177198317.287.337.802
Jim Gilliam1455539115633423.282.387.732
Wally Moon14554393164197415.302.394.890
Gil Hodges1244135711425803.276.367.880
Johnny Roseboro118397399210387.232.322.700
Don Demeter139371559518705.256.294.731
Duke Snider1263705911423881.308.400.935
Norm Larker10831137908490.289.344.762
Don Zimmer9724921414283.165.274.523
Ron Fairly11824427584230.238.324.668
Maury Wills832422763077.260.298.596
Joe Pignatano5213917331111.237.346.648
Rip Repulski539411242140.255.343.704
Carl Furillo50938270130.290.333.667
Bob Lillis3048711020.229.275.545
Frank Howard92123160.143.217.598
Sandy Amoros5511010.200.200.400
Norm Sherry2301020.333.500.833
Tommy Davis1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1959 Dodgers roster: pitching

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Don DrysdaleP443617133.46270.22421.222
Johnny PodresP34291494.11195.01451.360
Sandy KoufaxP3523864.05153.11731.492
Roger CraigP29171152.06152.2761.090
Danny McDevittP39221083.97145.01061.384
Stan WilliamsP3515553.97124.2891.510
Larry SherryP239722.1994.1721.253
Clem LabineP5605103.9384.2371.379
Art FowlerP360345.3161.0471.522
Johnny KlippsteinP280405.9145.2301.772
Chuck ChurnP140324.9930.2241.241
Gene SnyderP112115.4726.1201.970
Carl ErskineP103037.7123.1151.971
Fred KippP20000.002.211.880
Bill HarrisP10000.001.201.800

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.