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1959 NL Standings and League Leaders

 April 16, 1959

  We've played one full week of the 1959 NL season schedule. The San Francisco Giants and LA Dodgers are off to good starts. The St. Louis Cardinals are still looking for their first Win. Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Charlie Neal and Bobby Thompson are off to good starts at the plate. Milwaukee's Warren Spahn (2-0, .50 ERA) has had 2 sterling starts. Here are the Standings and League Leaders:

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 San Francisco SFN        4   1  .800 ----   150     4   1 .800   83  71 .539
1959 Los Angeles LAN          3   1  .750   .5           2   2 .500   88  68 .564
1959 Milwaukee MLN            2   1  .667  1.0           3   01.000   86  70 .551
1959 Pittsburgh PIN           3   2  .600  1.0           0   5 .000   78  76 .506
1959 Philadelphia PHN         1   1  .500  1.5           1   1 .500   64  90 .416
1959 Chicago CHN              2   2  .500  1.5           2   2 .500   74  80 .481
1959 Cincinnati CIN           1   3  .250  2.5           3   1 .750   74  80 .481
1959 St. Louis SLN            0   5  .000  4.0           1   4 .200   71  83 .461
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN      2    2  .500  1- 1  1- 1  0- 2  2- 0  1- 1  1- 2     2-2     Lost 1
CIN      1    3  .250  1- 2  0- 1  0- 0  1- 3  0- 1  0- 2     1-3     Lost 3
LAN      3    1  .750  2- 0  1- 1  1- 0  2- 1  0- 0  2- 0     3-1     Won 3
MLN      2    1  .667  1- 0  1- 1  0- 0  2- 1  0- 0  0- 1     2-1     Won 1
PHN      1    1  .500  1- 0  0- 1  0- 1  1- 0  1- 0  1- 0     1-1     Lost 1
PIN      3    2  .600  1- 1  2- 1  1- 1  2- 1  0- 0  2- 0     3-2     Won 3
SFN      4    1  .800  1- 1  3- 0  1- 0  3- 1  2- 1  1- 1     4-1     Won 1
SLN      0    5  .000  0- 3  0- 2  0- 3  0- 2  0- 1  0- 1     0-5     Lost 5
TOTAL   16   16  .500
HOME     8    8  .500
ROAD     8    8  .500
LEFT     3    7  .300
RIGHT   13    9  .591
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      2- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     23    21   +2
CIN      1- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     18    24   -6
LAN      3- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     21    18   +3
MLN      2- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     17     4  +13
PHN      1- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0      6    16  -10
PIN      3- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     22    19   +3
SFN      4- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     34    21  +13
SLN      0- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     16    34  -18
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 National League                 Date: 4/16/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 SFN   4   1    C.Neal    LAN .563  W.Mays    SFN    4  W.Mays    SFN   10
1959 LAN   3   1    H.Aaron   MLN .538  F.Robinso CIN    3  B.Thomson CHN    8
1959 MLN   2   1    B.Thomson CHN .533  H.Aaron   MLN    2  F.Robinso CIN    6
1959 PIN   3   2    F.Robinso CIN .533  K.Boyer   SLN    2  H.Aaron   MLN    6
1959 PHN   1   1    D.Hoak    PIN .526  D.Spencer SFN    2  OTHERS TIED W    5
1959 CHN   2   2
1959 CIN   1   3    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 SLN   0   5    W.Spahn   MLN    2  D.Elston  CHN    1  V.Law     PIN 0.00
                    G.Jones   SFN    2  E.Singlet CHN    1  R.Semproc PHN 0.00
                    OTHERS TIED W    1  R.Face    PIN    1  L.Burdett MLN 0.00
                                                            S.William LAN 0.00
                                                            W.Spahn   MLN 0.50
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    MANY TIED WIT    5  J.Brandt  SFN    2  D.Drysdal LAN   13
                                        OTHERS TIED W    1  L.Jackson SLN   13
                                                            B.Henry   CHN   12
                                                            W.Spahn   MLN    9
                                                            J.Antonel SFN    9

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