1959 Preamble

 March 16, 2023 

   Here are the actual Final Standings of the 1959 MLB season. In the NL, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves were tied at the end of the regular season. A best of 3-game playoff was instituted as the tie breaker and LA won the first 2 games, becoming the NL Champs. 

  The 1959 season began April 9th and ended October 8th with the LA Dodgers defeating the AL Pennant winning Chicago White Sox for the MLB Championship. My Detroit Tigers should at least be fun to manage. They had a good offense, but their pitching may be suspect. 

1959 Final Standings

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Los Angeles Dodgers            156   88   68    0  .564     -   705  670
Milwaukee Braves               157   86   70    1  .551   2.0   724  623
San Francisco Giants           154   83   71    0  .539   4.0   705  613
Pittsburgh Pirates             155   78   76    1  .506   9.0   651  680
Chicago Cubs                   155   74   80    1  .481  13.0   673  688
Cincinnati Reds                154   74   80    0  .481  13.0   764  738
St. Louis Cardinals            154   71   83    0  .461  16.0   641  725
Philadelphia Phillies          155   64   90    1  .416  23.0   599  725

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago White Sox              156   94   60    2  .610     -   669  588
Cleveland Indians              154   89   65    0  .578   5.0   745  646
New York Yankees               155   79   75    1  .513  15.0   687  647
Detroit Tigers                 154   76   78    0  .494  18.0   713  732
Boston Red Sox                 154   75   79    0  .487  19.0   726  696
Baltimore Orioles              155   74   80    1  .481  20.0   551  621
Kansas City Athletics          154   66   88    0  .429  28.0   681  760
Washington Senators            154   63   91    0  .409  31.0   619  701