1959 San Francisco Giants roster

32 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Giants roster: batting

1959 San Francisco Giants 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.
Orlando Cepeda151605921922710523.317.355.878
Willie Mays1515751251803410427.313.381.964
Jim Davenport123469651216380.258.301.645
Willie Kirkland1264636412622685.272.335.810
Jackie Brandt13742963116125711.270.324.739
Eddie Bressoud10431536799260.251.311.714
Hobie Landrith10928330713290.251.345.678
Felipe Alou95247386810335.275.318.784
Andre Rodgers7122832576242.250.342.733
Willie McCovey52192326813382.354.4291.085
Bob Schmidt7118117445200.243.296.672
Leon Wagner8712920295220.225.361.779
Danny O'connell3458611000.190.254.495
Dusty Rhodes544819070.188.259.488
Jose Pagan314678011.174.208.404
Hank Sauer131511110.067.067.333
Bob Speake151101010.091.167.258
Roger McCardell4400000.000.000.000

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

1959 Giants roster: pitching

1959 San Francisco Giants 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.
Johnny AntonelliP403819103.10282.01651.151
Sam JonesP503521152.83270.22091.264
Mike McCormickP473112163.99225.21511.324
Jack SanfordP363115123.16222.11321.211
Stu MillerP599872.84167.2951.328
Al WorthingtonP423233.6873.1451.432
Gordon JonesP310324.3343.2291.472
Eddie FisherP175267.8840.0151.631
Joe ShipleyP101004.5018.0111.830
Bud ByerlyP110101.3813.041.230
Dom ZanniP90006.5511.0111.820
Billy MuffettP50005.406.232.100
Marshall RenfroeP110027.002.033.000
Curt BarclayP100054.000.1012.000

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.