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1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 April 24, 1959

  After 2 weeks of play in the 1959 season, the Boston Red Sox are in 1st place in the AL. I've managed to keep my Detroit Tigers from the awful start they had in the actual '59 season. Currently the Tigers are tied with the Cleveland Indians in 2nd place. In a big surprise, the Indians 2nd baseman Billy Martin leads the AL in HR (5), is 3rd in RBI (11), and 4th in BA at .357. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Boston BOA               7   4  .636 ----   143     6   5 .545   75  79 .487
1959 Detroit DEA              6   5  .545  1.0           1  10 .091   76  78 .494
1959 Cleveland CLA            6   5  .545  1.0          10   1 .909   89  65 .578
1959 New York NYA             5   5  .500  1.5           6   4 .600   79  75 .513
1959 Kansas City KCA          5   6  .455  2.0           5   6 .455   66  88 .429
1959 Chicago CHA              5   6  .455  2.0           6   5 .545   94  60 .610
1959 Baltimore BAA            5   6  .455  2.0           6   5 .545   74  80 .481
1959 Washington WAA           5   7  .417  2.5           4   8 .333   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA      5    6  .455  4- 3  1- 3  1- 2  4- 4  1- 0  2- 1     5-5     Lost 2
BOA      7    4  .636  6- 3  1- 1  0- 0  7- 4  2- 0  2- 1     6-4     Lost 1
CHA      5    6  .455  2- 3  3- 3  1- 1  4- 5  0- 0  2- 0     5-5     Won 2
CLA      6    5  .545  4- 2  2- 3  1- 0  5- 5  0- 1  2- 1     5-5     Lost 1
DEA      6    5  .545  4- 2  2- 3  1- 1  5- 4  0- 0  2- 3     5-5     Won 1
KCA      5    6  .455  2- 3  3- 3  4- 2  1- 4  1- 0  0- 2     5-5     Lost 2
NYA      5    5  .500  0- 1  5- 4  0- 1  5- 4  0- 2  1- 4     5-5     Lost 1
WAA      5    7  .417  3- 2  2- 5  2- 2  3- 5  0- 1  3- 2     3-7     Won 2
TOTAL   44   44  .500
HOME    25   19  .568
ROAD    19   25  .432
LEFT    10    9  .526
RIGHT   34   35  .493
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      5- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     39    55  -16
BOA      7- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     48    42   +6
CHA      5- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     42    55  -13
CLA      6- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     53    51   +2
DEA      6- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     65    53  +12
KCA      5- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     40    41   -1
NYA      5- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     40    30  +10
WAA      5- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     46    46   +0
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 4/24/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 BOA   7   4    P.Runnels BOA .404  B.Martin  CLA    5  B.Nieman  BAA   13
1959 DEA   6   5    B.Phillip CHA .371  OTHERS TIED W    4  A.Kaline  DEA   12
1959 CLA   6   5    E.Yost    DEA .362                      B.Martin  CLA   11
1959 NYA   5   5    B.Martin  CLA .357                      OTHERS TIED W    8
1959 KCA   5   6    A.Kaline  DEA .356
1959 CHA   5   6
1959 BAA   5   6    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA   5   7    MANY TIED WIT    2  M.Forniel BOA    3  M.Forniel BOA 0.00
                                        B.Loes    BAA    2  C.Pascual WAA 1.00
                                        T.Morgan  DEA    2  J.Harshma BAA 1.93
                                        OTHERS TIED W    1  W.Ford    NYA 2.30
                                                            T.Brewer  BOA 2.31
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    P.Runnels BOA   10  MANY TIED WIT    2  B.Turley  NYA   20
                    M.Minoso  CLA    7                      H.Score   CLA   19
                    J.Landis  CHA    6                      T.Brewer  BOA   18
                    N.Fox     CHA    5                      E.Wynn    CHA   17
                    OTHERS TIED W    4                      G.Bell    CLA   17

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