July 1, 1959
The 1959 MLB season heads into July and finds the Detroit Tigers still holding 1st place in the AL. The Tigers were 20-11 in June and have a slim 1 game lead over the Cleveland Indians who went 17-11 last month. The Chicago White Sox had the best record in June going 21-7. This run by the White Sox has moved them into 3rd place, 5 games behind Detroit. The New York Yankees continue to hover around .500 and in 4th place, 8 games behind. The Boston Red Sox really fell off the pace in June, going a league worst 11-19. They're in 5th place, 11.5 GB.
Detroit's Al Kaline continues to lead the AL in hitting with a .362 BA. He's missed a lot of playing time the last couple of weeks after suffering a fractured cheek bone. His teammate Harvey Kueen is 2nd in BA with a .338 mark. Charlie Maxwell leads the AL in HR (24) and RBI (70). These 3 hitters are a big reason the Tigers continue to hold to the top spot in the AL. They've also gotten some pretty good work from their starting pitchers Frank Lary (10-5, 3.03 ERA), Jim Bunning (9-6, 3.68), Don Mossi (7-4, 3.38) and Paul Foytack (7-5).
Chicago's Early Wynn leads all pitchers in Wins (12) and Bob Shaw has the top ERA in the AL (1.92). Cleveland's Rocky Colavito is 2nd in HR (20) and 3rd in RBI (55).
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1959 Detroit DEA 45 29 .608 ---- 82 38 36 .514 76 78 .494
1959 Cleveland CLA 42 28 .600 1.0 40 30 .571 89 65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA 39 33 .542 5.0 39 33 .542 94 60 .610
1959 New York NYA 36 36 .500 8.0 37 35 .514 79 75 .513
1959 Boston BOA 32 39 .451 11.5 31 40 .437 75 79 .487
1959 Baltimore BAA 32 41 .438 12.5 38 35 .521 74 80 .481
1959 Washington WAA 31 41 .431 13.0 33 39 .458 63 91 .409
1959 Kansas City KCA 30 40 .429 13.0 31 39 .443 66 88 .429
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAA 32 41 .438 17-22 15-19 8-12 24-29 6- 3 10- 9 5-5 Won 2
BOA 32 39 .451 15-22 17-17 2- 6 30-33 2- 3 6-11 4-6 Lost 3
CHA 39 33 .542 20-17 19-16 13-12 26-21 5- 0 17- 4 7-3 Won 3
CLA 42 28 .600 24-12 18-16 9- 4 33-24 2- 3 11- 9 7-3 Lost 1
DEA 45 29 .608 21-14 24-15 9- 7 36-22 2- 2 9- 9 5-5 Lost 1
KCA 30 40 .429 15-19 15-21 9- 8 21-32 5- 5 4-15 5-5 Won 1
NYA 36 36 .500 17-15 19-21 7-14 29-22 3- 7 12-11 3-7 Lost 3
WAA 31 41 .431 16-21 15-20 6- 6 25-35 3- 5 10-11 4-6 Won 2
TOTAL 287 287 .500
HOME 145 142 .505
ROAD 142 145 .495
LEFT 63 69 .477
RIGHT 224 218 .507
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA 6-10 15-15 11-16 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 282 341 -59
BOA 9- 4 14-16 9-19 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 333 368 -35
CHA 8- 8 10-18 21- 7 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 256 280 -24
CLA 7- 7 18-10 17-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 339 286 +53
DEA 9- 6 16-12 20-11 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 452 309 +143
KCA 6-10 14-11 10-19 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 293 332 -39
NYA 9- 6 14-13 13-17 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 273 283 -10
WAA 7-10 12-18 12-13 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 307 336 -29
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League Date: 7/1/1959
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
1959 DEA 45 29 A.Kaline DEA .362 C.Maxwell DEA 24 C.Maxwell DEA 70
1959 CLA 42 28 H.Kuenn DEA .338 R.Colavit CLA 21 A.Kaline DEA 69
1959 CHA 39 33 P.Runnels BOA .336 B.Allison WAA 21 R.Colavit CLA 55
1959 NYA 36 36 B.Tuttle KCA .326 W.Held CLA 19 B.Skowron NYA 48
1959 BOA 32 39 F.Malzone BOA .307 H.Killebr WAA 19 B.Nieman BAA 46
1959 BAA 32 41
1959 WAA 31 41 WINS SAVES ERA
1959 KCA 30 40 E.Wynn CHA 12 M.Forniel BOA 7 B.Shaw CHA 1.92
F.Lary DEA 10 T.Lown CHA 6 A.Ditmar NYA 1.98
H.Score CLA 9 T.Morgan DEA 6 C.Pascual WAA 2.29
J.Bunning DEA 9 B.Loes BAA 5 E.Wynn CHA 2.61
C.Pascual WAA 9 J.Perry CLA 4 J.Harshma BOA 2.71
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
B.Tuttle KCA 14 L.Aparici CHA 27 J.Bunning DEA 100
H.Kuenn DEA 8 B.Tuttle KCA 11 H.Score CLA 99
L.Doby CHA 7 J.Jensen BOA 8 C.Pascual WAA 82
OTHERS TIED W 6 F.Throneb WAA 8 E.Wynn CHA 79
OTHERS TIED W 7 W.Ford NYA 79
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