May 15, 1959
Halfway through the month of May and the Milwaukee Braves are still in 1st place. After a torrid start (12-1) to the season, the Braves have cooled off a bit this month (8-6). The San Francisco Giants are in 2nd place, 3.5 GB the league leaders. The 3rd place LA Dodgers (17-15) are the only other NL team above .500.
Milwaukee's Hank Aaron leads the league in BA(.425), HR(10), and RBI(32). Cincinati's Frank Robinson is in the top 5 of those 3 categories. Aaron's teammate's, pitchers Lew Burdette (6-2) and Warren Spahn (6-0), are off to great starts. The Dodger's Don Drysdale (7-2, 2-06 ERA, 55 K) has been the top pitcher overall in the NL.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 National League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1959 Milwaukee MLN 20 7 .741 ---- 123 17 10 .630 86 70 .551
1959 San Francisco SFN 18 12 .600 3.5 16 14 .533 83 71 .539
1959 Los Angeles LAN 17 15 .531 5.5 18 14 .563 88 68 .564
1959 Cincinnati CIN 14 15 .483 7.0 16 13 .552 74 80 .481
1959 Chicago CHN 15 17 .469 7.5 16 16 .500 74 80 .481
1959 Pittsburgh PIN 13 17 .433 8.5 15 15 .500 78 76 .506
1959 St. Louis SLN 13 19 .406 9.5 12 20 .375 71 83 .461
1959 Philadelphia PHN 11 19 .367 10.5 11 19 .367 64 90 .416
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
CHN 15 17 .469 7- 5 8-12 4- 7 11-10 3- 1 2- 4 2-8 Lost 3
CIN 14 15 .483 9- 8 5- 7 3- 4 11-11 0- 2 3- 7 5-5 Lost 1
LAN 17 15 .531 7- 6 10- 9 2- 5 15-10 1- 0 6- 3 5-5 Won 2
MLN 20 7 .741 12- 4 8- 3 3- 3 17- 4 5- 1 8- 2 5-5 Lost 1
PHN 11 19 .367 4-11 7- 8 3- 9 8-10 2- 3 5- 5 6-4 Lost 3
PIN 13 17 .433 8-10 5- 7 4- 5 9-12 1- 1 4- 6 3-7 Lost 3
SFN 18 12 .600 10- 5 8- 7 3- 1 15-11 3- 2 4- 5 7-3 Won 4
SLN 13 19 .406 7- 8 6-11 4- 9 9-10 0- 5 3- 3 7-3 Won 2
TOTAL 121 121 .500
HOME 64 57 .529
ROAD 57 64 .471
LEFT 26 43 .377
RIGHT 95 78 .549
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN 8- 8 7- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 145 149 -4
CIN 6- 9 8- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 157 157 +0
LAN 11- 6 6- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 139 149 -10
MLN 12- 1 8- 6 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 146 99 +47
PHN 4-10 7- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 116 180 -64
PIN 6- 8 7- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 126 126 +0
SFN 9- 7 9- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 147 95 +52
SLN 5-12 8- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 139 160 -21
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 National League Date: 5/15/1959
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1959 MLN 20 7 H.Aaron MLN .425 H.Aaron MLN 10 H.Aaron MLN 32
1959 SFN 18 12 F.Robinso CIN .409 F.Robinso CIN 9 F.Thomas CIN 29
1959 LAN 17 15 C.Neal LAN .395 K.Boyer SLN 9 W.Post PHN 26
1959 CIN 14 15 B.Bruton MLN .394 E.Mathews MLN 8 W.Mays SFN 26
1959 CHN 15 17 D.Stuart PIN .360 W.Mays SFN 8 F.Robinso CIN 24
1959 PIN 13 17
1959 SLN 13 19 WINS SAVES ERA
1959 PHN 11 19 D.Drysdal LAN 7 T.Acker CIN 4 J.Antonel SFN 1.71
L.Burdett MLN 6 D.Elston CHN 3 V.Law PIN 1.76
W.Spahn MLN 6 E.Singlet CHN 3 D.Drysdal LAN 2.06
B.Lawrenc CIN 5 E.Broglio SLN 3 H.Haddix PIN 2.12
OTHERS TIED W 4 OTHERS TIED W 2 J.Nuxhall CIN 2.18
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
T.Taylor CHN 7 T.Taylor CHN 6 D.Drysdal LAN 55
B.Mazeros PIN 7 J.Gilliam LAN 6 J.Podres LAN 47
L.Walls CHN 6 D.Blasing SLN 6 J.Sanford SFN 43
C.Neal LAN 6 B.White SLN 5 J.Antonel SFN 38
OTHERS TIED W 5 W.Mays SFN 5 S.Jones SFN 37
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