1959 AL Standings

May 26, 1959

  My Detroit Tigers ended their 4 game skid last night with a 16-5 victory over the Kansas City A's. The offense finally came back to life, in a big way, and they got good-enough pitching for the Win. The AL Standings entering today now looks like this:

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           21  15  .583 ----   119    23  13 .639   89  65 .578
1959 Boston BOA              21  15  .583 ----          15  21 .417   75  79 .487
1959 Detroit DEA             22  16  .579 ----          16  22 .421   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            18  17  .514  2.5          14  21 .400   79  75 .513
1959 Kansas City KCA         17  19  .472  4.0          17  19 .472   66  88 .429
1959 Chicago CHA             17  21  .447  5.0          23  15 .605   94  60 .610
1959 Baltimore BAA           17  22  .436  5.5          22  17 .564   74  80 .481
1959 Washington WAA          16  24  .400  7.0          19  21 .475   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     17   22  .436 10-13  7- 9  3- 7 14-15  2- 2  4- 3     5-5     Lost 4
BOA     21   15  .583 11-10 10- 5  1- 1 20-14  2- 0  4- 1     4-6     Won 2
CHA     17   21  .447  7- 9 10-12  4- 9 13-12  3- 0  9- 3     3-7     Lost 4
CLA     21   15  .583 13- 6  8- 9  4- 2 17-13  1- 2  4- 5     6-4     Won 5
DEA     22   16  .579 12- 6 10-10  4- 2 18-14  0- 1  3- 7     4-6     Won 1
KCA     17   19  .472  8-12  9- 7  7- 6 10-13  4- 2  2- 4     7-3     Lost 1
NYA     18   17  .514  6- 8 12- 9  5- 6 13-11  2- 5  6- 7     6-4     Won 4
WAA     16   24  .400  7-11  9-13  4- 3 12-21  1- 3  4- 6     4-6     Lost 2
TOTAL  149  149  .500

A 3 way tie for 1st place and the NY Yankees are only 2.5 back.