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1959 NL Standings and League Leaders

 April 24, 1959

  After 2 weeks of the 1959 season the Milwaukee Braves sit on top of the NL. The Braves have won 7 in a row to grab 1st place. Hank Aaron and Warren Spahn have contributed greatly to the quick start. 
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Milwaukee MLN            8   1  .889 ----   142     7   2 .778   86  70 .551
1959 San Francisco SFN        8   5  .615  2.0           8   5 .615   83  71 .539
1959 Los Angeles LAN          7   5  .583  2.5           8   4 .667   88  68 .564
1959 Chicago CHN              6   6  .500  3.5           6   6 .500   74  80 .481
1959 Pittsburgh PIN           4   5  .444  4.0           3   6 .333   78  76 .506
1959 Cincinnati CIN           4   7  .364  5.0           5   6 .455   74  80 .481
1959 Philadelphia PHN         3   6  .333  5.0           4   5 .444   64  90 .416
1959 St. Louis SLN            4   9  .308  6.0           3  10 .231   71  83 .461
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN      6    6  .500  4- 2  2- 4  3- 3  3- 3  1- 1  1- 2     5-5     Won 1
CIN      4    7  .364  3- 4  1- 3  1- 1  3- 6  0- 2  1- 4     3-7     Lost 1
LAN      7    5  .583  5- 4  2- 1  1- 0  6- 5  0- 0  3- 1     6-4     Won 1
MLN      8    1  .889  4- 0  4- 1  0- 0  8- 1  2- 0  2- 1     8-1     Won 7
PHN      3    6  .333  2- 2  1- 4  1- 2  2- 4  1- 1  2- 2     3-6     Won 1
PIN      4    5  .444  2- 2  2- 3  2- 1  2- 4  0- 0  2- 0     4-5     Lost 2
SFN      8    5  .615  3- 3  5- 2  1- 1  7- 4  2- 1  1- 3     5-5     Lost 1
SLN      4    9  .308  0- 4  4- 5  3- 5  1- 4  0- 1  2- 1     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL   44   44  .500
HOME    23   21  .523
ROAD    21   23  .477
LEFT    12   13  .480
RIGHT   32   31  .508
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      6- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     53    59   -6
CIN      4- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     55    57   -2
LAN      7- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     53    54   -1
MLN      8- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     53    20  +33
PHN      3- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     38    60  -22
PIN      4- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     35    44   -9
SFN      8- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     75    46  +29
SLN      4- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0     45    67  -22
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 National League                 Date: 4/24/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 MLN   8   1    H.Aaron   MLN .500  F.Robinso CIN    6  W.Mays    SFN   20
1959 SFN   8   5    F.Robinso CIN .463  W.Mays    SFN    6  H.Aaron   MLN   15
1959 LAN   7   5    G.Bell    CIN .442  K.Boyer   SLN    5  F.Robinso CIN   13
1959 CHN   6   6    D.Stuart  PIN .433  D.Spencer SFN    5  OTHERS TIED W   12
1959 PIN   4   5    B.Bruton  MLN .421  OTHERS TIED W    4
1959 CIN   4   7
1959 PHN   3   6    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 SLN   4   9    W.Spahn   MLN    3  D.Elston  CHN    2  J.Pizarro MLN 0.00
                    OTHERS TIED W    2  E.Singlet CHN    2  L.Burdett MLN 1.08
                                        OTHERS TIED W    1  J.Sanford SFN 1.38
                                                            D.Drysdal LAN 1.44
                                                            S.Jones   SFN 1.52
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    E.Mathews MLN    9  MANY TIED WIT    2  J.Podres  LAN   23
                    W.Covingt MLN    9                      D.Drysdal LAN   19
                    R.Clement PIN    9                      B.Henry   CHN   18
                    B.Bruton  MLN    8                      S.William LAN   18
                    OTHERS TIED W    7                      S.Jones   SFN   18

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