May 15, 1959
At the close of play today the Detroit Tigers are all alone in 1st place in the AL. The Tigers have been getting excellent hitting and very good pitching. Al Kaline (.387, 10,36) has been putting on an offensive show this season. He's 2nd behind teammate Harvey Kuenn (.400) in BA, 3rd in HR's and 1st in RBI.
The rest of the AL is right behind Detroit in the Standings and a good pennant race is underway.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT 1959 Detroit DEA 18 10 .643 ---- 126 10 18 .357 76 78 .494 1959 Boston BOA 17 11 .607 1.0 12 16 .429 75 79 .487 1959 Cleveland CLA 15 11 .577 2.0 17 9 .654 89 65 .578 1959 New York NYA 13 13 .500 4.0 11 15 .423 79 75 .513 1959 Chicago CHA 14 15 .483 4.5 18 11 .621 94 60 .610 1959 Baltimore BAA 12 17 .414 6.5 16 13 .552 74 80 .481 1959 Kansas City KCA 11 16 .407 6.5 13 14 .481 66 88 .429 1959 Washington WAA 12 19 .387 7.5 15 16 .484 63 91 .409 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN AST 10 STREAK BAA 12 17 .414 5- 8 7- 9 2- 5 10-12 2- 2 4- 3 3-7 Lost 1 BOA 17 11 .607 7- 6 10- 5 1- 0 16-11 2- 0 2- 1 5-5 Lost 2 CHA 14 15 .483 7- 9 7- 6 3- 6 11- 9 2- 0 8- 2 5-5 Lost 1 CLA 15 11 .577 9- 6 6- 5 2- 2 13- 9 1- 2 3- 5 7-3 Won 2 DEA 18 10 .643 12- 6 6- 4 1- 1 17- 9 0- 1 3- 5 8-2 Won 4 KCA 11 16 .407 5-11 6- 5 6- 5 5-11 3- 2 2- 3 5-5 Won 1 NYA 13 13 .500 5- 4 8- 9 4- 4 9- 9 2- 3 5- 6 3-7 Won 1 WAA 12 19 .387 4- 8 8-11 4- 2 8-17 1- 3 3- 5 4-6 Lost 4 TOTAL 112 112 .500 HOME 54 58 .482 ROAD 58 54 .518 LEFT 23 25 .479 RIGHT 89 87 .506 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS AGNST DIFF BAA 6-10 6- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 106 140 -34 BOA 9- 4 8- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 128 126 +2 CHA 8- 8 6- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 107 126 -19 CLA 7- 7 8- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 119 95 +24 DEA 9- 6 9- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 167 105 +62 KCA 6-10 5- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 101 142 -41 NYA 9- 6 4- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 110 102 +8 WAA 7-10 5- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 141 143 -2NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League Date: 5/15/1959 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1959 DEA 18 10 H.Kuenn DEA .400 H.Killebr WAA 13 A.Kaline DEA 36 1959 BOA 17 11 A.Kaline DEA .387 B.Allison WAA 12 B.Nieman BAA 25 1959 CLA 15 11 B.Skowron NYA .358 A.Kaline DEA 10 H.Killebr WAA 25 1959 NYA 13 13 W.Held CLA .338 W.Held CLA 9 B.Allison WAA 22 1959 CHA 14 15 F.Bolling DEA .324 C.Maxwell DEA 9 OTHERS TIED W 19 1959 BAA 12 17 1959 KCA 11 16 WINS SAVES ERA 1959 WAA 12 19 F.Baumann BOA 5 M.Forniel BOA 4 M.Grant CLA 1.91 E.Wynn CHA 5 B.Loes BAA 3 C.Pascual WAA 1.94 OTHERS TIED W 4 T.Morgan DEA 3 F.Baumann BOA 2.12 OTHERS TIED W 2 A.Ditmar NYA 2.33 G.Bell CLA 2.47 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS F.Malzone BOA 14 L.Aparici CHA 10 E.Wynn CHA 43 H.Kuenn DEA 9 J.Jensen BOA 5 J.Bunning DEA 41 F.Bolling DEA 8 OTHERS TIED W 3 W.Ford NYA 37 R.Sievers WAA 8 T.Brewer BOA 36 OTHERS TIED W 7 OTHERS TIED W 32
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