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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