1959 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkSeals Stadium
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersBill Rigney
TelevisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
RadioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
Seasons

The 1959 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 77th year in Major League Baseball and their second season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–71 record, 4 games behind the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the team's second and final season at Seals Stadium before moving their games to Candlestick Park the following season.

Offseason

Regular season

In his major league debut on July 30, Willie McCovey went four-for-four against future Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts en route to a .354 batting average. McCovey went on to win National League Rookie of the Year honors while playing in just 52 games.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 8868 0.564 — 46–32 42–36
Milwaukee Braves 8670 0.551 2 49–29 37–41
San Francisco Giants 8371 0.539 4 42–35 41–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 7876 0.506 9 47–30 31–46
Chicago Cubs 7480 0.481 13 38–39 36–41
Cincinnati Reds 7480 0.481 13 43–34 31–46
St. Louis Cardinals 7183 0.461 16 42–35 29–48
Philadelphia Phillies 6490 0.416 23 37–40 27–50

Record vs. opponents

1959 National League record

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LA MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —9–1311–1110–1210–12–112–1012–1010–12
Cincinnati 13–9—13–911–119–139–138–1411–11
Los Angeles 11–119–13—14–1017–511–1114–812–10
Milwaukee 12–1011–1110–14—13–915–7–112–1013–9
Philadelphia 12–10–113–95–179–13—9–139–137–15
Pittsburgh 10–1213–911–117–15–113–9—10–1214–8
San Francisco 10–1214–88–1410–1213–912–10—16–6
St. Louis 12–1011–1110–129–1315–78–146–16—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1959 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CHobie Landrith10928371.251329
1BOrlando Cepeda151605192.31727105
2BDaryl Spencer152555147.2651262
SSEd Bressoud10431579.251926
3BJim Davenport123469121.258638
LFJackie Brandt137429116.2701257
CFWillie Mays151575180.31334104
RFWillie Kirkland126463126.2722268

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
Felipe Alou9524768.2751033
Andre Rodgers7122857.250624
Willie McCovey5219268.3541338
Bob Schmidt7118144.243520
Leon Wagner8712929.225522
Danny O'Connell345811.19000
Dusty Rhodes54489.18807
José Pagán31468.17401
Jim Hegan21304.13300
Hank Sauer13151.06711
Bob Speake15111.09101
Roger McCardell440.00000

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
Johnny Antonelli40282.019103.10165
Sam Jones50270.221152.83209
Jack Sanford36222.115123.16132
Marshall Renfroe12.00027.003

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
Mike McCormick47225.212163.99151
Stu Miller59167.2872.8495
Eddie Fisher1740.0267.8815

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
Al Worthington422333.6845
Gordon Jones313224.3329
Bud Byerly111001.384
Joe Shipley100004.5011
Dom Zanni90006.5511
Billy Muffett50005.403
Curt Barclay100054.000

Awards and honors

All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA Corpus Christi Giants Texas League Ray Murray
A Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
B Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Roy Partee
C Fresno Giants California League Mike McCormick
C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Richie Klaus
D Michigan City White Caps Midwest League Buddy Kerr
D Hastings Giants Nebraska State League Leo Schrall
D Artesia Giants Sophomore League Jodie Phipps

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Springfield[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hobie Landrith page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Rubén Gómez page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "1959 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. ↑ Billy Muffett page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Hank Sauer page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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