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
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