1959 Philadelphia Phillies roster

28 players appeared for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Phillies roster: batting

1959 Philadelphia Phillies 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.
Richie Ashburn153564861501209.266.360.667
Harry Anderson1425085012214631.240.304.706
Ed Bouchee1364997514215740.285.375.824
Sparky Anderson152477421040346.218.282.531
Wally Post1324686211922940.254.310.767
Joe Koppe126422681107287.261.327.713
Gene Freese1324006010723708.268.343.843
Dave Philley9925432747370.291.339.800
Carl Sawatski7419815589430.293.392.872
Valmy Thomas66140528171.200.253.489
Chico Fernandez451231526032.211.269.537
Harry Hanebrink57971025170.258.273.613
Joe Lonnett43938161100.172.284.499
Bob Bowman5779710250.127.176.379
John Easton3300000.000.000.000

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

1959 Phillies roster: pitching

1959 Philadelphia Phillies 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.
Robin RobertsP353515174.27257.11371.170
Jim OwensP313012123.21221.11351.251
Gene ConleyP25221273.00180.01021.121
Don CardwellP25229104.06153.01061.310
Ray SemprochP30183105.40111.2541.593
Jack MeyerP471533.3693.2711.381
Ruben GomezP2012386.1072.1371.581
Turk FarrellP380164.7457.0311.516
Chris ShortP32008.1614.182.020
Jim HearnP60025.7311.011.910
Curt SimmonsP70004.5010.041.600
Ed KeeganP330318.009.033.560
Freddy RodriguezP100013.502.012.000

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.