1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 July 16, 1959

   We're halfway through the month of July and the Cleveland Indians have wrestled 1st place in the AL away from the Detroit Tigers. The two teams have been trading the top spot back and forth the last couple of weeks. My Tigers have had a disappointing July (5-9) so far, but luckily the Indians (6-6) haven't been much better. 

   Detroit's Al Kaline, Charley Maxwell, and Harvey Kuenn are among the league leaders in the top 3 batting categories. Cleveland's Rocky Colavito and Woody Held have been bashing the ball for the Indians.  Chicago's Earyl Wynn (12-6) and Cleveland's Herb Score (10-4, 119 K's) are among the top pitchers in the league. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           48  34  .585 ----    69    47  35 .573   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             50  38  .568  1.0          42  46 .477   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             44  40  .524  5.0          48  36 .571   94  60 .610
1959 New York NYA            43  42  .506  6.5          42  43 .494   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           42  44  .488  8.0          45  41 .523   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              41  43  .488  8.0          38  46 .452   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         39  45  .464 10.0          36  48 .429   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          32  53  .376 17.5          41  44 .482   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     42   44  .488 22-25 20-19 10-13 32-31  7- 3 12- 9     8-2     Won 1
BOA     41   43  .488 20-23 21-20  4- 6 37-37  3- 4  7-12     7-3     Won 1
CHA     44   40  .524 21-21 23-19 17-15 27-25  7- 0 20- 5     3-7     Lost 5
CLA     48   34  .585 26-14 22-20  9- 7 39-27  2- 4 12-12     5-5     Lost 1
DEA     50   38  .568 24-17 26-21  9- 7 41-31  2- 3 11-12     3-7     Lost 1
KCA     39   45  .464 19-23 20-22 10-10 29-35  6- 6  5-15     8-2     Lost 1
NYA     43   42  .506 22-16 21-26  8-14 35-28  3- 8 12-11     5-5     Won 2
WAA     32   53  .376 17-29 15-24  6- 7 26-46  3- 5 10-13     1-9     Won 1
TOTAL  339  339  .500
HOME   171  168  .504
ROAD   168  171  .496
LEFT    73   79  .480
RIGHT  266  260  .506
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16 10- 3  0- 0  0- 0    348   387  -39
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0    413   420   -7
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7  5- 7  0- 0  0- 0    315   345  -30
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0    409   347  +62
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11  5- 9  0- 0  0- 0    518   387 +131
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19  9- 5  0- 0  0- 0    376   409  -33
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0    332   347  -15
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  1-12  0- 0  0- 0    335   404  -69

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 7/16/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  48  34    A.Kaline  DEA .345  C.Maxwell DEA   29  C.Maxwell DEA   90
1959 DEA  50  38    H.Kuenn   DEA .340  W.Held    CLA   26  A.Kaline  DEA   73
1959 CHA  44  40    B.Tuttle  KCA .335  R.Colavit CLA   24  W.Held    CLA   63
1959 NYA  43  42    P.Runnels BOA .326  B.Allison WAA   22  R.Colavit CLA   63
1959 BAA  42  44    G.Woodlin BAA .320  H.Killebr WAA   22  OTHERS TIED W   58
1959 BOA  41  43
1959 KCA  39  45    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  32  53    E.Wynn    CHA   12  M.Forniel BOA    9  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.99
                    F.Lary    DEA   11  B.Loes    BAA    6  B.Shaw    CHA 2.11
                    H.Score   CLA   10  T.Lown    CHA    6  J.Harshma BOA 2.67
                    J.Bunning DEA   10  T.Morgan  DEA    6  C.Pascual WAA 2.76
                    C.Pascual WAA   10  R.Duren   NYA    5  B.Turley  NYA 3.06
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    S.White   BOA    7  L.Aparici CHA   32  H.Score   CLA  119
                    L.Doby    CHA    7  B.Tuttle  KCA   14  J.Bunning DEA  115
                    G.Strickl CLA    7  B.Allison WAA   10  C.Pascual WAA  103
                    B.Cerv    KCA    7  J.Jensen  BOA    9  W.Ford    NYA   99
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  F.Throneb WAA    8  E.Wynn    CHA   88
 

 

1959 NL Standings and League Leaders

 July 16, 1959

  The Milwaukee Braves are still holding a large lead in the NL as we reach the middle of July. The Los Angeles Dodgers have been hot so far this month (10-2) and have moved into 3rd place.

  Milwaukee's Hank Aaron is still making a bid for the Triple Crown (.360 BA, 31 HR 74 RBI) and Warren Spahn (14-3) has been the top pitcher in the league.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Milwaukee MLN           56  27  .675 ----    61    46  37 .554   86  70 .551
1959 Cincinnati CIN          49  38  .563  9.0          38  49 .437   74  80 .481
1959 Los Angeles LAN         50  40  .556  9.5          50  40 .556   88  68 .564
1959 San Francisco SFN       46  40  .535 11.5          49  37 .570   83  71 .539
1959 Pittsburgh PIN          42  48  .467 17.5          48  42 .533   78  76 .506
1959 St. Louis SLN           38  49  .437 20.0          42  45 .483   71  83 .461
1959 Chicago CHN             38  49  .437 20.0          43  44 .494   74  80 .481
1959 Philadelphia PHN        28  56  .333 28.5          31  53 .369   64  90 .416
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN     38   49  .437 21-22 17-27 10-15 28-34  4- 6 10-17     4-6     Lost 1
CIN     49   38  .563 27-17 22-21 10-13 39-25  4- 4 14-15     4-6     Won 1
LAN     50   40  .556 24-20 26-20  9- 7 41-33  4- 3 13- 9     8-2     Won 4
MLN     56   27  .675 29-12 27-15 13-11 43-16 11- 2 21- 8     6-4     Won 1
PHN     28   56  .333 17-28 11-28  9-21 19-35  3- 6 11-17     3-7     Lost 3
PIN     42   48  .467 23-26 19-22 10-14 32-34  3- 5 14-14     6-4     Lost 2
SFN     46   40  .535 22-18 24-22  8- 6 38-34  7- 8 12-14     4-6     Won 1
SLN     38   49  .437 16-25 22-24  6-23 32-26  4- 6 10-11     5-5     Lost 1
TOTAL  347  347  .500
HOME   179  168  .516
ROAD   168  179  .484
LEFT    75  110  .405
RIGHT  272  237  .534
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      8- 8 15-16  9-17  6- 8  0- 0  0- 0    354   382  -28
CIN      6- 9 19-12 17-11  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0    501   442  +59
LAN     11- 6 13-18 16-14 10- 2  0- 0  0- 0    397   379  +18
MLN     12- 1 20-11 18-11  6- 4  0- 0  0- 0    384   295  +89
PHN      4-10 11-21 10-16  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0    302   450 -148
PIN      6- 8 14-19 15-15  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0    389   403  -14
SFN      9- 7 18-11 15-16  4- 6  0- 0  0- 0    383   322  +61
SLN      5-12 13-15 14-14  6- 8  0- 0  0- 0    411   448  -37

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 National League                 Date: 7/16/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 MLN  56  27    H.Aaron   MLN .360  H.Aaron   MLN   31  H.Aaron   MLN   74
1959 CIN  49  38    G.Bell    CIN .338  E.Banks   CHN   23  G.Bell    CIN   64
1959 LAN  50  40    J.Cunning SLN .336  E.Mathews MLN   22  W.Mays    SFN   63
1959 SFN  46  40    D.Stuart  PIN .332  W.Mays    SFN   22  E.Mathews MLN   62
1959 PIN  42  48    K.Boyer   SLN .322  K.Boyer   SLN   21  K.Boyer   SLN   61
1959 SLN  38  49
1959 CHN  38  49    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 PHN  28  56    W.Spahn   MLN   14  R.Face    PIN    8  B.Buhl    MLN 1.94
                    D.Drysdal LAN   13  D.Elston  CHN    6  D.Drysdal LAN 2.36
                    L.Burdett MLN   12  T.Acker   CIN    6  S.Jones   SFN 2.54
                    L.Jackson SLN   11  C.Labine  LAN    6  H.Haddix  PIN 2.77
                    J.Antonel SFN   11  E.Broglio SLN    5  V.Law     PIN 2.78
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    D.Dottere CIN   10  J.Gilliam LAN   18  D.Drysdal LAN  134
                    J.Koppe   PHN   10  D.Blasing SLN   16  S.Koufax  LAN  109
                    G.Green   SLN    7  T.Taylor  CHN   15  J.Antonel SFN  105
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  B.Bruton  MLN   11  S.Jones   SFN  103
                                        B.White   SLN   10  L.Jackson SLN  100

1959 AL Game: Det. @ Cle. and Standings

 July 12, 1959

   The Cleveland Indians also took the 2nd game of today's double header 9-6. The game wasn't as close as the score indicated. Once again it was Woodie Held that beat Detroit. Held hit a grand slam homerun in the 4th inning and finished the game with 6 RBI. 

   A note from this game: Detroit turned a 5-4-3 Triple Play in the 7th inning. Both teams started what were normally relief pitchers in the contest and Cleveland's Al Cicotte got the Win. Tom Morgan couldn't get through the 4th and took the Loss By sweeping the doubleheader the Indians now lead Detroit by 1.5 games. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Cleveland Indians             7/12/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  2  1  0 .292     G.Strickland 3B     4  1  1  0 .273  
  H.Kuenn RF          3  1  1  0 .345     V.Power 1B          5  1  2  0 .284  
  A.Kaline CF         5  0  2  2 .352     M.Minoso LF         3  2  2  1 .277  
  C.Maxwell LF        4  1  1  2 .286     T.Francona CF       3  1  0  1 .300  
  R.Wilson C          5  0  2  0 .314     R.Colavito RF       3  0  0  0 .257  
  G.Zernial 1B        1  0  0  0 .229     W.Held SS           3  1  2  6 .280  
  D.Sisler P          0  0  0  0 .400     E.Fitz Gerald C     4  0  2  0 .270  
B-N.Chrisley PH       1  0  0  0 .208     J.Baxes 2B          4  1  1  1 .289  
  P.Burnside P        0  0  0  0 .000     A.Cicotte P         3  2  3  0 .778  
C-L.Berberet PH       1  0  1  0 .221     G.Bell P            1  0  1  0 .261  
  B.Smith P           0  0  0  0 .000     J.Perry P           0  0  0  0 .450  
D-B.Osborne PH        1  0  0  0 .162                                          
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .286                                          
  R.Bridges SS        3  1  0  0 .293                                          
  T.Morgan P          1  0  0  0 .375                                          
A-G.Harris 1B         3  1  2  2 .195                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  6 10  6                 Totals      33  9 14  9
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Morgan In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sisler In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Burnside In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 4  -  6 10  0
Indians......... 2 2 0  5 0 0  0 0    -  9 14  0
 
Tigers (49-37)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Morgan LOSS(3-4)        3 1/3  10   7   7   1   0   1   4.88
D.Sisler                  1 2/3   2   2   2   1   1   1   2.55
P.Burnside                2       1   0   0   1   1   0   1.23
B.Smith                   1       1   0   0   0   0   0   1.54
Totals                    8      14   9   9   3   2   2
 
Indians (48-33)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Cicotte WIN(2-3)        5       3   1   1   5   0   0   5.94
G.Bell HOLD(1st)          3       3   2   2   2   2   1   3.70
J.Perry                   1       4   3   3   1   1   1   2.45
Totals                    9      10   6   6   8   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,901 DATE- Sunday, July 12th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Larry Napp, John Rice, Eddie Rommel, Johnny Stevens
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:10  Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Indians: 1
TRIPLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Indians: 0
DOUBLES- E.Yost(14th), A.Kaline(16th), V.Power(18th)
HOME RUNS- C.Maxwell(29th), G.Harris(7th), W.Held(24th), J.Baxes(10th)
RBIs- A.Kaline-2(72nd), C.Maxwell-2(90th), G.Harris-2(20th), M.Minoso(43rd),
      T.Francona(20th), W.Held-6(59th), J.Baxes(26th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Minoso
WALKS- E.Yost-2, H.Kuenn-2, C.Maxwell, G.Zernial, F.Bolling, R.Bridges,
       G.Strickland, R.Colavito, W.Held
HIT BY PITCH- T.Francona
STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell, R.Wilson, B.Osborne, T.Francona, R.Colavito
GIDP- F.Bolling, V.Power-2
2-out RBI- W.Held-6, A.Kaline
RLISP 2-out- R.Wilson, E.Fitz Gerald, T.Francona, C.Maxwell, H.Kuenn, F.Bolling
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 9  Indians: 3 for 10
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Detroit turns a triple play!
 
Woodie Held collected 4 RBI with one swing of the bat as the Cleveland Indians
defeated the Detroit Tigers by a score of 9 to 6 at Cleveland Stadium.
 
Held enjoyed a big day at the plate.  He laced a one-base hit plating two runs
in the 1st inning and hit a 'grand salami' to the delight of his teammates in
the 4th inning.  Detroit made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to
push the needed runs across.  
 
Al Cicotte(2-3) went 5 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Tom Morgan(3-4)
was the losing pitcher.  Cleveland knocked him around a bit, as he gave up 7
runs in 3 and 1/3 innings.  
 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           48  33  .593 ----    70    47  34 .580   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             49  37  .570  1.5          42  44 .488   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             44  39  .530  5.0          47  36 .566   94  60 .610
1959 New York NYA            41  42  .494  8.0          41  42 .494   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           41  43  .488  8.5          44  40 .524   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              40  42  .488  8.5          37  45 .451   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         38  44  .463 10.5          35  47 .427   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          31  52  .373 18.0          39  44 .470   63  91 .409
 

1959 AL Game: Det. @ Cle.

 July 12, 1959

  The 1st place Detroit Tigers lost the game in the 9th inning today to the 2nd place Cleveland Indians 3-2. It was the first game of a doubleheader against the Indians and the loss allowed Cleveland to regain 1st place. 

  Detroit's Paul Foytack had been throwing a beauty of a game going into the 9th inning. Leading 2-0, Foytack gave up a leadoff homerun to Minnie Minoso making it 2-1. He walked Rocky Colavito after retiring Tito Francona, and then struck out Russ Nixon. Up next came Woody Held and after a visit to the mound, the Tiger's manager decided to stick with Foytack. Wrong decision. Held promptly hit a 2-run blast into the left field stands and Cleveland walked off with a 3-2 victory, and reclaimed 1st place in the standings. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Cleveland Indians             7/12/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           2  0  0  0 .292     G.Strickland 3B     3  0  1  0 .273  
  H.Kuenn RF          5  0  1  0 .345     V.Power 1B          4  0  0  0 .282  
  A.Kaline CF         4  1  0  0 .352     M.Minoso LF         4  1  1  1 .274  
  C.Maxwell LF        5  0  2  0 .286     T.Francona CF       4  0  0  0 .307  
  L.Berberet C        4  0  2  0 .218     R.Colavito RF       3  1  0  0 .259  
  G.Zernial 1B        3  1  0  1 .232     R.Nixon C           4  0  1  0 .231  
B-N.Chrisley PH       1  0  0  0 .212     W.Held SS           3  1  1  2 .276  
C-G.Harris 1B         0  0  0  0 .186     J.Baxes 2B          3  0  1  0 .291  
  R.Bridges SS        3  0  0  0 .295     B.Locke P           1  0  0  0 .333  
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .290   A-E.Valo PH           1  0  0  0 .333  
  P.Foytack P         3  0  0  0 .000     J.Perry P           0  0  0  0 .450  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  2  5  1                 Totals      30  3  5  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Locke In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Zernial In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Chrisley In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  5  0
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  3  5  5
 
Tigers (49-36)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack LOSS(8-7)       8 2/3   5   3   3   2   4   2   4.60
Totals                    8 2/3   5   3   3   2   4   2
 
Indians (47-33)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Locke                   8       4   2   0   6   3   0   2.93
J.Perry WIN(6-3)          1       1   0   0   0   1   0   2.00
Totals                    9       5   2   0   6   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 23,144 DATE- Sunday, July 12th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Bill Summers, Bill McKinley
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:13  Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Indians: 1
ERRORS- G.Strickland, R.Nixon, W.Held-2, B.Locke
DOUBLES- C.Maxwell(7th)
TRIPLES- R.Nixon(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Minoso(11th), W.Held(23rd)
RBIs- G.Zernial(12th), M.Minoso(42nd), W.Held-2(53rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Foytack, B.Locke
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Zernial
WALKS- E.Yost-3, A.Kaline, L.Berberet, R.Bridges, G.Strickland, R.Colavito
HIT BY PITCH- W.Held
STRIKE OUTS- H.Kuenn, L.Berberet, G.Zernial, N.Chrisley, V.Power, R.Nixon-2,
             B.Locke
GIDP- C.Maxwell
WILD PITCHES- B.Locke
2-out RBI- W.Held-2
RLISP 2-out- L.Berberet, T.Francona, H.Kuenn-2, A.Kaline-2, W.Held, V.Power,
             R.Bridges
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 8  Indians: 0 for 4
 
With the crowd on their collective feet, screaming at the top of their lungs,
Cleveland Indians rallied to top Detroit Tigers by the score of 3 to
2.
 
Cleveland erupted with the game winning runs in the 9th inning scoring 3 runs
on 2 base hits.  Minnie Minoso began things off when he blasted a solo shot.
After an out was recorded, Rocky Colavito came to the plate and drew a walk.
Russ Nixon was next to the plate, but was promptly struck out.  Woodie Held
followed and he blasted a two-run home run making Cleveland the winners and
sending the 23,144 fans home happy.  Both teams ended up with 5 hits on the
afternoon.  
 
Jim Perry(6-3) got the win allowing no runs in 1 inning. Paul Foytack(8-7)
absorbed the loss.  He allowed 5 hits and 2 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings.
 
'Wow, that was fun!', Perry said following the game.  'Once in a while you
play a game that reminds you just why you got into this business to begin
with!'