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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
 

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