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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

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