June 1, 1959
The month of May is in the books and the Milwaukee Braves still hold the top spot in the NL. The Braves, who are currently on a 7-game winning streak, continue to get top notch pitching from the likes of Warren Spahn (9-0), Lew Burdette and Bob Buhl. Hanks Aaron (.347, 14, 42), Eddie Matthews and Billy Brutton lead their very potent offense. All these players are in the top 5 of many stat categories.
The San Francisco Giants have been in 2nd place for most of the month, 5-5 GB, but can't seem to gain any ground on the Braves. Cincinnati, LA and Chicago are the other teams that look to have a shot at the pennant. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Philadelphia have all struggled this season.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 National League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1959 Milwaukee MLN 32 12 .727 ---- 105 28 16 .636 86 70 .551
1959 San Francisco SFN 27 18 .600 5.5 26 19 .578 83 71 .539
1959 Cincinnati CIN 25 21 .543 8.0 21 25 .457 74 80 .481
1959 Los Angeles LAN 24 24 .500 10.0 25 23 .521 88 68 .564
1959 Chicago CHN 23 24 .489 10.5 23 24 .489 74 80 .481
1959 Pittsburgh PIN 20 27 .426 13.5 25 22 .532 78 76 .506
1959 St. Louis SLN 18 27 .400 14.5 19 26 .422 71 83 .461
1959 Philadelphia PHN 15 31 .326 18.0 17 29 .370 64 90 .416
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
CHN 23 24 .489 13- 8 10-16 7- 9 16-15 3- 2 5- 8 4-6 Won 1
CIN 25 21 .543 15- 9 10-12 5- 6 20-15 2- 2 9-10 7-3 Won 2
LAN 24 24 .500 13-14 11-10 4- 6 20-18 3- 1 9- 5 5-5 Won 2
MLN 32 12 .727 19- 4 13- 8 6- 3 26- 9 8- 2 12- 4 8-2 Won 7
PHN 15 31 .326 7-13 8-18 3-12 12-19 2- 4 6-11 2-8 Lost 7
PIN 20 27 .426 10-12 10-15 6- 6 14-21 1- 3 6-10 3-7 Lost 2
SFN 27 18 .600 16-11 11- 7 5- 4 22-14 3- 5 6- 8 6-4 Lost 1
SLN 18 27 .400 8-12 10-15 4-13 14-14 2- 5 7- 4 5-5 Lost 2
TOTAL 184 184 .500
HOME 101 83 .549
ROAD 83 101 .451
LEFT 40 59 .404
RIGHT 144 125 .535
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN 8- 8 15-16 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 206 201 +5
CIN 6- 9 19-12 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 267 245 +22
LAN 11- 6 13-18 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 198 231 -33
MLN 12- 1 20-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 217 144 +73
PHN 4-10 11-21 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 173 257 -84
PIN 6- 8 14-19 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 204 210 -6
SFN 9- 7 18-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 219 146 +73
SLN 5-12 13-15 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 182 232 -50
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 National League Date: 6/1/1959
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1959 MLN 32 12 B.Bruton MLN .376 H.Aaron MLN 14 H.Aaron MLN 42
1959 SFN 27 18 F.Robinso CIN .361 K.Boyer SLN 13 W.Mays SFN 38
1959 CIN 25 21 G.Bell CIN .348 F.Robinso CIN 12 V.Pinson CIN 36
1959 LAN 24 24 H.Aaron MLN .347 W.Mays SFN 12 E.Mathews MLN 36
1959 CHN 23 24 R.Clement PIN .340 E.Mathews MLN 11 OTHERS TIED W 34
1959 PIN 20 27
1959 SLN 18 27 WINS SAVES ERA
1959 PHN 15 31 W.Spahn MLN 9 T.Acker CIN 5 J.Antonel SFN 2.03
D.Drysdal LAN 8 E.Broglio SLN 4 J.Nuxhall CIN 2.06
L.Burdett MLN 7 OTHERS TIED W 3 B.Buhl MLN 2.10
J.Antonel SFN 7 J.Sanford SFN 2.16
OTHERS TIED W 6 B.Friend PIN 2.32
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
T.Taylor CHN 22 T.Taylor CHN 12 D.Drysdal LAN 75
V.Pinson CIN 9 J.Gilliam LAN 8 J.Podres LAN 62
D.Crandal MLN 7 B.Bruton MLN 7 S.Koufax LAN 61
G.Green SLN 7 D.Blasing SLN 7 J.Antonel SFN 61
N.Larker LAN 6 W.Mays SFN 6 J.Sanford SFN 54
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