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
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