1959 Minnesota Twins roster

31 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Twins roster: batting

1959 Minnesota Twins 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.
Bob Allison15057083149308513.261.333.815
Harmon Killebrew15354698132421053.242.354.870
Jim Lemon14753173148331005.279.334.844
Roy Sievers115385559321491.242.333.788
Faye Throneberry117327368210426.251.322.710
Reno Bertoia9030833738292.237.302.649
Ron Samford9123723535221.224.262.604
Ken Aspromonte7022531552142.244.321.646
Julio Becquer10822020591263.268.296.677
Clint Courtney7218919442180.233.308.604
Norm Zauchin19711115342.211.291.686
Dan Dobbek1660815150.250.308.691
Zoilo Versalles295949111.153.219.422
Johnny Schaive165939020.153.167.353
Steve Korcheck225138040.157.228.424
Jose Valdivielso241414000.286.333.619

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

1959 Twins roster: pitching

1959 Minnesota Twins 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.
Camilo PascualP323017102.64238.21851.140
Pedro RamosP373513194.16233.2951.220
Russ KemmererP37288174.50206.0891.420
Bill FischerP34299114.28187.1621.360
Tex ClevengerP507853.91117.1711.418
Hal GriggsP3710285.2597.2431.592
Chuck StobbsP417182.9890.2501.177
Hal WoodeshickP313243.6961.0301.540
Dick HydeP370254.9754.1291.534
John RomonoskyP122103.2938.1221.430
Jack KralickP60006.5712.171.540
Vito ValentinettiP710210.1310.272.440
Jim KaatRP320212.605.022.200
Ralph LumentiP20000.003.021.000
Tom McAvoyP10000.002.201.130

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.