1959 San Francisco Giants Roster

National League (NL)
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,421,630, Avg. 18,463
Ballpark: Seals Stadium
Manager: Bill Rigney (83-71)
Location: San Francisco, California
1959 San Francisco Giants Statistics
1959 San Francisco Giants Results

The San Francisco Giants of the National League ended the 1959 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Giants topped the league with just 613 runs allowed. San Francisco scored 705 runs. Willie Mays walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Orlando Cepeda and Willie Kirkland swatted 20 or more also. Orlando Cepeda accounted for 105 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .317 average. Sam Jones led the squad with 21 wins, and Johnny Antonelli and Jack Sanford, too added 15 or more wins, too Sam Jones earned a 2.83 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Rigney coached the team.

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Player Pos. Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Felipe AlouRFRRMay 12, 19356'0"195Bajos de Haina, Sa D.R.
Johnny AntonelliPLLApril 12, 19306'1"185Rochester, NY USA
Curt BarclayPRRAugust 22, 19316'3"210Chicago, IL USA
Jackie BrandtLFRRApril 28, 19345'11"165Omaha, NE USA
Eddie BressoudSSRRMay 2, 19326'1"175Los Angeles, CA USA
Bud ByerlyPRROctober 26, 19196'2"185Webster Groves, MO USA
Orlando Cepeda1BRRSeptember 17, 19376'2"210Ponce, P.R.
Jim Davenport3BRRAugust 17, 19335'11"170Siluria, AL USA
Eddie FisherPRRJuly 16, 19366'2"200Shreveport, LA USA
Jim HeganCRRAugust 3, 19206'2"195Lynn, MA USA
Gordon JonesPRRApril 2, 19306'0"185Portland, OR USA
Sam JonesPRRDecember 14, 19256'4"192Stewartsville, OH USA
Willie KirklandRFLRFebruary 17, 19346'1"206Siluria, AL USA
Hobie LandrithCLRMarch 16, 19305'10"170Decatur, IL USA
Willie MaysCFRRMay 6, 19315'10"170Westfield, AL USA
Roger McCardellCRRAugust 29, 19326'0"200Gorsuch Mills, MD USA
Mike McCormickPLLSeptember 29, 19386'2"195Pasadena, CA USA
Willie McCovey1BLLJanuary 10, 19386'4"198Mobile, AL USA
Stu MillerPRRDecember 26, 19275'11"165Northampton, MA USA
Billy MuffettPRRSeptember 21, 19306'1"198Hammond, IN USA
Danny O'Connell3BRRJanuary 21, 19295'11"168Paterson, NJ USA
Jose Pagan3BRRMay 5, 19355'9"160Barceloneta, P.R.
Marshall RenfroePLLMay 25, 19366'0"180Century, FL USA
Dusty RhodesPLRMay 13, 19276'0"178Mathews, AL USA
Andre RodgersSSRRDecember 2, 19346'3"200Nassau, Ne Bahamas
Jack SanfordPRRMay 18, 19296'0"190Wellesley Hills, MA USA
Hank SauerLFRRMarch 17, 19176'3"198Pittsburgh, PA USA
Bob SchmidtCRRApril 22, 19336'2"205St. Louis, MO USA
Joe ShipleyPRRMay 9, 19356'4"210Morristown, TN USA
Bob SpeakePLLAugust 22, 19306'1"178Springfield, MO USA
Daryl Spencer2BRRJuly 13, 19286'2"185Wichita, KS USA
Leon WagnerLFLRMay 13, 19346'1"195Chattanooga, TN USA
Al WorthingtonPRRFebruary 5, 19296'2"195Birmingham, AL USA
Dom ZanniPRRMarch 1, 19325'11"180Bronx, NY USA



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