1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 August 15, 1959

 It's halfway through the month of August. The Detroit Tigers relinquished their hold on 1st place at the end of July to the Cleveland Indians and are now 3.5 GB. The Chicago White Sox are also more in the picture for the top spot in the AL, trailing the Indians by just 4.5 games.

  Detroit's Charley Maxwell is putting together a career best season at the plate. Teammate's Al Kaline and Harvey Kuenn are putting together fine seasons themselves.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           68  47  .591 ----    37    67  48 .583   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             65  51  .560  3.5          56  60 .483   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             62  50  .554  4.5          69  43 .616   94  60 .610
1959 Boston BOA              56  58  .491 11.5          52  62 .456   75  79 .487
1959 New York NYA            55  59  .482 12.5          57  57 .500   79  75 .513
1959 Kansas City KCA         55  60  .478 13.0          53  62 .461   66  88 .429
1959 Baltimore BAA           51  62  .451 16.0          56  57 .496   74  80 .481
1959 Washington WAA          45  70  .391 23.0          47  68 .409   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     51   62  .451 26-33 25-29 13-16 38-46  9- 5 17-11     4-6     Lost 1
BOA     56   58  .491 27-31 29-27  8-11 48-47  3- 6 12-15     5-5     Won 1
CHA     62   50  .554 29-25 33-25 21-17 41-33  9- 1 22-10     6-4     Lost 1
CLA     68   47  .591 36-20 32-27  9-11 59-36  3- 5 20-18     6-4     Won 3
DEA     65   51  .560 31-27 34-24 13- 9 52-42  3- 4 16-18     5-5     Lost 2
KCA     55   60  .478 28-32 27-28 10-12 45-48  6- 7  8-19     5-5     Won 1
NYA     55   59  .482 27-27 28-32 12-19 43-40  4- 8 17-18     4-6     Lost 4
WAA     45   70  .391 21-37 24-33  7- 8 38-62  4- 5 15-18     5-5     Won 3
TOTAL  457  457  .500
HOME   225  232  .492
ROAD   232  225  .508
LEFT    93  103  .474
RIGHT  364  354  .507
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16 15-15  4- 6  0- 0    443   532  -89
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19 18-12  6- 7  0- 0    560   564   -4
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7 16-11  7- 6  0- 0    454   439  +15
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11 17-14  9- 5  0- 0    570   485  +85
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11 14-16  6- 6  0- 0    642   486 +156
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19 17-13  8- 7  0- 0    528   583  -55
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17 14-14  5- 9  0- 0    454   475  -21
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  7-23  7- 6  0- 0    469   556  -87

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 8/15/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  68  47    H.Kuenn   DEA .357  C.Maxwell DEA   36  C.Maxwell DEA  116
1959 DEA  65  51    A.Kaline  DEA .331  R.Colavit CLA   34  A.Kaline  DEA   93
1959 CHA  62  50    G.Woodlin BAA .321  B.Allison WAA   33  R.Colavit CLA   91
1959 BOA  56  58    N.Fox     CHA .316  H.Killebr WAA   32  J.Jensen  BOA   78
1959 NYA  55  59    P.Runnels BOA .315  J.Jensen  BOA   29  H.Killebr WAA   75
1959 KCA  55  60
1959 BAA  51  62    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  45  70    E.Wynn    CHA   18  T.Lown    CHA   12  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.89
                    F.Lary    DEA   14  M.Forniel BOA   11  B.Shaw    CHA 2.33
                    P.Foytack DEA   12  B.Loes    BAA   10  C.Pascual WAA 2.58
                    A.Ditmar  NYA   12  T.Morgan  DEA    9  E.Wynn    CHA 2.74
                    C.Pascual WAA   12  R.Duren   NYA    6  B.Turley  NYA 2.88
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Snyder  KCA   11  L.Aparici CHA   42  J.Bunning DEA  148
                    H.Smith   KCA   10  B.Tuttle  KCA   16  H.Score   CLA  141
                    L.Aparici CHA    9  A.Pilarci BAA   11  C.Pascual WAA  140
                    V.Power   CLA    9  J.Landis  CHA   11  E.Wynn    CHA  135
                    J.Jensen  BOA    8  OTHERS TIED W   10  F.Lary    DEA  131

1959 AL Game: Cle. @ Det.

 August 14, 1959

  In a big game between the top 2 teams in the AL tonight, the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on a 9th inning homerun from Rocky Colavito. It was a great pitching duel between Cal McLish and Frank Lary. Detroit had a runner thrown out at the plate in the bottom of the 8th before Colavito's bomb.

 Cleveland now leads the AL by 3.5 games over 2nd place Detroit. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Cleveland Indians at 1959 Detroit Tigers             8/14/1959
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Piersall CF       4  0  0  0 .283     E.Yost 3B           2  0  1  0 .271  
  V.Power 3B          4  0  1  0 .310     H.Kuenn RF          4  0  2  0 .357  
  M.Minoso LF         4  0  1  0 .284     A.Kaline CF         3  0  0  0 .331  
  T.Francona 1B       4  0  1  0 .301     C.Maxwell LF        4  0  0  0 .288  
  R.Colavito RF       3  1  2  1 .273     L.Berberet C        4  0  0  0 .219  
  J.Baxes 2B          4  0  1  0 .306     F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .276  
  R.Nixon C           3  0  1  0 .229     G.Harris 1B         3  0  0  0 .186  
  W.Held SS           4  0  0  0 .270     R.Bridges SS        3  0  1  0 .283  
  C.McLish P          3  0  0  0 .196   A-C.Veal PR,SS        0  0  0  0 .196  
  A.Cicotte P         0  0  0  0 .778     F.Lary P            3  0  0  0 .130  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  7  1                 Totals      30  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Ran For Bridges In 8th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  7  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
 
Indians (68-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.McLish                  7 1/3   4   0   0   2   8   0   4.43
A.Cicotte WIN(3-4)        1 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.73
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   8   0
 
Tigers (65-51)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Lary LOSS(14-8)         9       7   1   1   2   7   1   3.22
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,982 DATE- Friday, August 14th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Charlie Berry, Jim Honochick, Red Flaherty, Frank Umont
T- 2:09
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 7  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  Tigers: 1
DOUBLES- M.Minoso(22nd), J.Baxes(16th)
HOME RUNS- R.Colavito(34th)
RBIs- R.Colavito(91st)
WALKS- R.Colavito, R.Nixon, E.Yost-2
HIT BY PITCH- A.Kaline
STRIKE OUTS- R.Colavito, J.Baxes, R.Nixon, W.Held-2, C.McLish-2, A.Kaline,
             C.Maxwell-2, L.Berberet, G.Harris, R.Bridges, F.Lary-2
GIDP- W.Held
RLISP 2-out- L.Berberet, W.Held-2, J.Baxes-2
TEAM RISP- Indians: 0 for 4  Tigers: 1 for 4
 
Al Cicotte(3-4) got credit for the win at Briggs Stadium as the Cleveland
Indians shutout the Detroit Tigers 1 to 0.
 
Cleveland scored the deciding run in the 9th inning.  After an out was
recorded, Rocky Colavito clubbed a solo home run.  Cleveland had 7 hits for
the night while Detroit had 4.  
 
Frank Lary(14-8) absorbed the loss.  Wth the win Cleveland now has a record of
a league leading 68-47.  With the loss Detroit now has a record of 65-51.

1959 NL Standings

 August 15, 1959

  It's halfway through the month of August in the 1959 season and the Milwaukee Braves still hold the top spot in the NL. But the large lead they've had for most of the season has dwindled to 5.5 games over the 2nd place Los Angeles Dodgers. LA has really heated up. After going a league best 21-6 in July, they are a league best 8-2 so far in August.

  Milwaukee's Hank Aaron (.359 BA, 39HR, 98 RBI) is still on a pace to win the Triple Crown. Pitcher Don Drysdale (18-7, 2.54 ERA, 182K) along with improved pitching from Sandy Koufax and Johnny Podres is a big reason the Dodgers have been coming on strong. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Milwaukee MLN           73  39  .652 ----    36    61  51 .545   86  70 .551
1959 Los Angeles LAN         69  46  .600  5.5          63  52 .548   88  68 .564
1959 San Francisco SFN       63  51  .553 11.0          65  49 .570   83  71 .539
1959 Cincinnati CIN          62  53  .539 12.5          55  60 .478   74  80 .481
1959 Pittsburgh PIN          53  62  .461 21.5          56  59 .487   78  76 .506
1959 Chicago CHN             50  63  .442 23.5          56  57 .496   74  80 .481
1959 Philadelphia PHN        44  70  .386 30.0          47  67 .412   64  90 .416
1959 St. Louis SLN           44  74  .373 32.0          55  63 .466   71  83 .461
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN     50   63  .442 26-30 24-33 12-19 38-44  5- 9 14-23     4-6     Lost 2
CIN     62   53  .539 35-24 27-29 13-18 49-35  4- 5 17-17     4-6     Lost 1
LAN     69   46  .600 36-23 33-23 11- 8 58-38  7- 3 19-12     8-2     Won 2
MLN     73   39  .652 41-15 32-24 17-16 56-23 13- 4 25-11     3-7     Lost 1
PHN     44   70  .386 21-34 23-36 14-29 30-41  3- 7 17-21     8-2     Won 1
PIN     53   62  .461 26-29 27-33 12-16 41-46  3- 6 19-16     6-4     Won 2
SFN     63   51  .553 33-26 30-25 13- 9 50-42  9- 8 17-20     7-3     Won 2
SLN     44   74  .373 20-39 24-35  9-32 35-42  5- 7 12-20     1-9     Lost 2
TOTAL  458  458  .500
HOME   238  220  .520
ROAD   220  238  .480
LEFT   101  147  .407
RIGHT  357  311  .534
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      8- 8 15-16  9-17 12-16  6- 6  0- 0    454   490  -36
CIN      6- 9 19-12 17-11 15-13  5- 8  0- 0    628   592  +36
LAN     11- 6 13-18 16-14 21- 6  8- 2  0- 0    551   464  +87
MLN     12- 1 20-11 18-11 18- 8  5- 8  0- 0    527   405 +122
PHN      4-10 11-21 10-16 10-18  9- 5  0- 0    435   579 -144
PIN      6- 8 14-19 15-15 12-15  6- 5  0- 0    469   517  -48
SFN      9- 7 18-11 15-16 13-13  8- 4  0- 0    492   415  +77
SLN      5-12 13-15 14-14  9-21  3-12  0- 0    514   608  -94

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 National League                 Date: 8/15/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 MLN  73  39    H.Aaron   MLN .359  H.Aaron   MLN   39  H.Aaron   MLN   98
1959 LAN  69  46    C.Neal    LAN .323  E.Banks   CHN   33  G.Bell    CIN   86
1959 SFN  63  51    G.Bell    CIN .318  E.Mathews MLN   31  K.Boyer   SLN   83
1959 CIN  62  53    J.Cunning SLN .317  K.Boyer   SLN   29  E.Mathews MLN   80
1959 PIN  53  62    K.Boyer   SLN .316  O.Cepeda  SFN   27  OTHERS TIED W   75
1959 CHN  50  63
1959 PHN  44  70    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 SLN  44  74    D.Drysdal LAN   18  R.Face    PIN   10  B.Buhl    MLN 2.27
                    L.Burdett MLN   17  D.Elston  CHN    7  D.Drysdal LAN 2.54
                    W.Spahn   MLN   17  T.Acker   CIN    6  L.Burdett MLN 2.74
                    OTHERS TIED W   13  C.Labine  LAN    6  S.Jones   SFN 2.76
                                        L.McDanie SLN    6  H.Haddix  PIN 2.77
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Gilliam LAN   12  D.Blasing SLN   20  D.Drysdal LAN  182
                    M.Wills   LAN    9  J.Gilliam LAN   19  J.Antonel SFN  136
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  T.Taylor  CHN   17  S.Jones   SFN  133
                                        OTHERS TIED W   14  S.Koufax  LAN  128
                                                            L.Jackson SLN  128