June 15, 1959
Halfway through the month of June in the 1959 AL season finds the Detroit Tigers back in 1st place. They hold a lead of 1.5 games over the Cleveland Indians who were in 1st at the beginning of June. The New York Yankees have climbed into 3rd place while the Chicago White Sox have gone on a league best 11-3 roll here in June to move into 4th place, 7.5 games behind Detroit. The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles have gone on a tailspin in June.
Al Kaline (.367, 13, 57), Charlie Maxwell (.277, 19, 55) and Harvey Kuenn (.322) have led the Tiger offense and starters Don Mossi (7-2, 1.70), Jim Bunning (7-5), and Frank Lary (8-4, 2.64) have led the pitching staff.
Other top performers around the league are Cleveland's Rocky Colavito (19 HR, 49 RBI), Chicago's Early Wynn (9-4, 2.62), New York's Art Dimar (7-3, 1.94) and the Washington Senator's bashing duo Harmon Killebrew (17, 41) and Bob Allison (19, 34).
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1959 Detroit DEA 37 22 .627 ---- 96 32 27 .542 76 78 .494
1959 Cleveland CLA 34 22 .607 1.5 32 24 .571 89 65 .578
1959 New York NYA 30 26 .536 5.5 27 29 .482 79 75 .513
1959 Chicago CHA 29 29 .500 7.5 33 25 .569 94 60 .610
1959 Boston BOA 27 31 .466 9.5 25 33 .431 75 79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA 25 30 .455 10.0 26 29 .473 66 88 .429
1959 Washington WAA 24 35 .407 13.0 25 34 .424 63 91 .409
1959 Baltimore BAA 24 35 .407 13.0 30 29 .508 74 80 .481
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 24 35 .407 11-21 13-14 4-11 20-24 4- 3 6- 8 2-8 Lost 7
BOA 27 31 .466 13-19 14-12 1- 4 26-27 2- 2 5- 8 2-8 Won 1
CHA 29 29 .500 15-15 14-14 11-12 18-17 4- 0 15- 4 8-2 Won 3
CLA 34 22 .607 18-10 16-12 7- 2 27-20 2- 3 8- 8 8-2 Lost 1
DEA 37 22 .627 17- 9 20-13 7- 4 30-18 0- 1 7- 7 8-2 Won 1
KCA 25 30 .455 11-16 14-14 8- 7 17-23 5- 3 4- 9 4-6 Lost 1
NYA 30 26 .536 13-12 17-14 6-10 24-16 3- 5 11- 9 5-5 Won 1
WAA 24 35 .407 12-18 12-17 6- 6 18-29 2- 5 6- 9 4-6 Won 1
TOTAL 230 230 .500
HOME 110 120 .478
ROAD 120 110 .522
LEFT 50 56 .472
RIGHT 180 174 .508
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA 6-10 15-15 3-10 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 213 262 -49
BOA 9- 4 14-16 4-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 259 288 -29
CHA 8- 8 10-18 11- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 196 229 -33
CLA 7- 7 18-10 9- 5 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 263 221 +42
DEA 9- 6 16-12 12- 4 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 350 226 +124
KCA 6-10 14-11 5- 9 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 235 274 -39
NYA 9- 6 14-13 7- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 224 221 +3
WAA 7-10 12-18 5- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 247 266 -19
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League Date: 6/15/1959
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1959 DEA 37 22 A.Kaline DEA .367 R.Colavit CLA 19 A.Kaline DEA 57
1959 CLA 34 22 H.Kuenn DEA .322 C.Maxwell DEA 19 C.Maxwell DEA 55
1959 NYA 30 26 P.Runnels BOA .319 B.Allison WAA 19 R.Colavit CLA 49
1959 CHA 29 29 B.Skowron NYA .315 H.Killebr WAA 17 H.Killebr WAA 41
1959 BOA 27 31 G.Woodlin BAA .313 W.Held CLA 15 OTHERS TIED W 38
1959 KCA 25 30
1959 WAA 24 35 WINS SAVES ERA
1959 BAA 24 35 E.Wynn CHA 9 M.Forniel BOA 6 D.Mossi DEA 1.70
F.Lary DEA 8 T.Morgan DEA 6 A.Ditmar NYA 1.94
OTHERS TIED W 7 T.Lown CHA 4 B.Shaw CHA 2.15
OTHERS TIED W 3 M.Grant CLA 2.47
C.Pascual WAA 2.55
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
H.Naragon WAA 9 L.Aparici CHA 23 H.Score CLA 81
D.Brown CLA 8 B.Tuttle KCA 9 J.Bunning DEA 71
H.Chiti KCA 7 J.Piersal CLA 7 C.Pascual WAA 68
W.Held CLA 6 B.Allison WAA 7 E.Wynn CHA 66
R.Boone KCA 6 OTHERS TIED W 6 W.Ford NYA 65
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