1959 AL Game: Det. @ Chi.

 September 2, 1959

  The Chicago White Sox ended up sweeping the big 3 game series against the Detroit Tigers by winning the 2nd game of today's double-header 3-2. Detroit trailed 3-1 entering the 9th inning and loaded the bases with a single and 2 walks with nobody out. Gerry Staley came on in relief and walked the first batter he faced, forcing in a run to make it 3-2. Then Staley bared down and got a strikeout, popout and flyout to Save the Win for Chicago.

  With the victory, Chicago increased their AL lead over Cleveland to 1.5 games while the Tigers dropped to 4.5 games behind the 1st place White Sox.  

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Chicago White Sox              9/2/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  0  0  0 .282     L.Aparicio SS       4  0  1  0 .239  
  H.Kuenn RF          4  0  0  0 .351     N.Fox 2B            2  1  1  0 .321  
  A.Kaline CF         3  1  2  0 .330     J.Landis CF         4  0  1  0 .277  
  C.Maxwell LF        3  1  0  0 .276     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  1  1  0 .375  
  F.Bolling 2B        3  0  0  1 .270     S.Lollar C          3  0  1  2 .245  
  R.Wilson C          4  0  1  0 .275     B.Goodman 3B        3  0  0  0 .271  
  R.Bridges SS        4  0  0  0 .281     K.McBride P         0  0  0  0 .250  
  B.Osborne 1B        3  0  0  0 .162     G.Staley P          0  0  0  0 .167  
E-T.Lepcio PH         0  0  0  1 .298     A.Smith LF          3  1  1  1 .204  
  P.Foytack P         2  0  0  0 .043   D-J.Rivera LF         0  0  0  0 .248  
A-N.Chrisley PH       1  0  0  0 .202     J.McAnany RF        2  0  0  0 .345  
  P.Burnside P        0  0  0  0 .000     B.Latman P          2  0  0  0 .118  
F-J.Groth PH          1  0  0  0 .267   B-B.Phillips 3B       0  0  0  0 .293  
                                        C-S.Esposito 3B       0  0  0  0 .265  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  3  2                 Totals      27  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Foytack In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Latman In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Phillips In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Smith In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Osborne In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Burnside In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  3  1
White Sox....... 0 0 0  1 1 1  0 0    -  3  6  1
 
Tigers (73-60)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack LOSS(15-11)     7       6   3   2   4   2   1   4.22
P.Burnside                1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.61
Totals                    8       6   3   2   4   2   1
 
White Sox (77-55)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Latman WIN(7-8)         8       2   1   0   3   4   0   4.03
K.McBride                 0       1   1   1   2   0   0   3.31
G.Staley SAVE(7th)        1       0   0   0   1   1   0   2.18
Totals                    9       3   2   1   6   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,569 DATE- Wednesday, September 2nd 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  White Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- B.Osborne, L.Aparicio
DOUBLES- N.Fox(26th), S.Lollar(17th)
HOME RUNS- A.Smith(16th)
RBIs- F.Bolling(43rd), T.Lepcio(16th), S.Lollar-2(71st), A.Smith(53rd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(6th)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Aparicio
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Latman
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Lollar
WALKS- E.Yost-2, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, F.Bolling, T.Lepcio, N.Fox-2, B.Goodman,
       J.McAnany
STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell, R.Wilson, R.Bridges, B.Osborne, P.Foytack, J.Landis,
             B.Latman
GIDP- T.Kluszewski
BALKS- B.Latman
2-out RBI- S.Lollar
RLISP 2-out- F.Bolling-2, R.Bridges, B.Goodman, A.Smith, J.Landis, E.Yost-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 12  White Sox: 1 for 7
 
Barry Latman had an impressive outing as the Chicago White Sox defeated the
Detroit Tigers by the score of 3 to 2 at Comiskey Park.
 
Chicago took the lead for keeps in the bottom of the 5th inning scoring a
single run.  Al Smith cracked a solo homerun.  Detroit had a chance to come
back in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Latman(7-8) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 8 innings. Gerry Staley
earned his 7th save.  Paul Foytack(15-11) took the loss.  He allowed 6 hits
and 4 walks in 7 innings.  
 
'Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals' said Jimmy Dykes after the game.
'We lost this game today because we didn't follow the instructions every
Little Leaguer hears every day.'

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League 

                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Chicago CHA             77  55  .583 ----    22    82  50 .621   94  60 .610
1959 Cleveland CLA           75  56  .573  1.5          76  55 .580   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             73  60  .549  4.5          66  67 .496   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            66  67  .496 11.5          67  66 .504   79  75 .513
1959 Boston BOA              64  70  .478 14.0          62  72 .463   75  79 .487
1959 Baltimore BAA           61  69  .469 15.0          63  67 .485   74  80 .481
1959 Kansas City KCA         60  70  .462 16.0          59  71 .454   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          52  81  .391 25.5          53  80 .398   63  91 .409

1959 AL Game: Det.@ Chi.

 September 2, 1959

  The first game of 2 today at Comiskey Park in Chicago was played in very poor weather. It seemed to effect Detroit's Rocky Bridges the most as he committed 2 errors that helped the White Sox defeat the Tigers 7-4. 

  Chicago got a run in the 1st, and 1 in the 4th on a homer by Sherm Lollar who hit 2 yesterday. Detroit bounced back with a run in the 5th and 1 in the 6th. They had a chance to tie it in the 6th, but Eddie Yost was thrown out at the plate by leftfielder Al Smith.

  The White Sox broke the game open in the bottom of the 7th when they tallied 4 runs for a 7-2 lead. The big hit for Chicago was a 2 out 2-run triple by Louis Aparicio. Detroit got 2 back in the 8th, but Turk Lown came in and shut them down the rest of the way for his 17th Save of the season. 

  With the Win, Chicago moves into 1st place past the Cleveland Indians who lost today. Detroit will get another shot at Chicago in Game 2 tonight.

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Chicago White Sox              9/2/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           2  1  1  0 .284     L.Aparicio SS       4  3  3  3 .239  
  B.Osborne 1B        3  0  1  1 .166     N.Fox 2B            4  0  1  1 .320  
  H.Kuenn RF          4  0  1  2 .354     J.Landis CF         4  0  2  1 .277  
  A.Kaline CF         4  0  0  0 .328     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  0  0  0 .393  
  C.Maxwell LF        4  1  1  1 .278     S.Lollar C          4  1  1  1 .244  
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .272     B.Goodman 3B        3  1  1  0 .275  
  R.Wilson C          4  0  1  0 .275     A.Smith LF          3  0  0  0 .203  
  R.Bridges SS        3  0  0  0 .284     J.McAnany RF        4  1  0  0 .349  
  F.Lary P            2  1  1  0 .145     D.Donovan P         2  0  0  0 .107  
  J.Stump P           0  0  0  0 ----     R.Moore P           1  1  1  1 .150  
A-N.Chrisley PH       0  1  0  0 .204     T.Lown P            1  0  0  0 .444  
  D.Sisler P          0  0  0  0 .400                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  4  6  4                 Totals      34  7  9  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Stump In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 1 1  0 2 0  -  4  6  3
White Sox....... 1 0 0  1 1 0  4 0    -  7  9  0
 
Tigers (73-59)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Lary LOSS(15-9)         6 1/3   7   7   5   0   1   2   3.49
J.Stump                   0 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0   1.35
D.Sisler                  1       0   0   0   1   0   0   2.62
Totals                    8       9   7   5   1   1   2
 
White Sox (76-55)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Donovan WIN(11-12)      5       4   2   2   2   0   1   4.05
R.Moore HOLD(2nd)         2 2/3   2   2   2   1   1   0   3.75
T.Lown SAVE(17th)         1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   1.53
Totals                    9       6   4   4   3   2   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,242 DATE- Wednesday, September 2nd 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:20
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 3  White Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  White Sox: 2
ERRORS- R.Wilson, R.Bridges-2
DOUBLES- H.Kuenn(39th), J.Landis(26th)
TRIPLES- L.Aparicio(5th)
HOME RUNS- C.Maxwell(42nd), L.Aparicio(5th), S.Lollar(22nd)
RBIs- B.Osborne(14th), H.Kuenn-2(70th), C.Maxwell(126th), L.Aparicio-3(44th),
      N.Fox(48th), J.Landis(67th), S.Lollar(69th), R.Moore
STOLEN BASES- L.Aparicio(52nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Osborne, A.Smith
WALKS- E.Yost-2, N.Chrisley, B.Goodman
STRIKE OUTS- F.Bolling, R.Bridges, N.Fox
GIDP- R.Bridges
WILD PITCHES- D.Donovan
2-out RBI- L.Aparicio, H.Kuenn-2
RLISP 2-out- S.Lollar-3, A.Kaline-2, T.Lown
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 8  White Sox: 4 for 12
 
The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers by a score of 7 to 4 at
Comiskey Park.
 
Luis Aparicio had a big day at the plate.  He stroked a one-base hit in the
1st inning, hit a bases-empty home run in the 5th inning and tripled which
was good for two runs in the 7th inning.  Dick Donovan(11-12) got help from
Turk Lown who pitched great and earned his 17th save.  
 
Frank Lary(15-9) absorbed the loss.  He allowed Chicago 7 runs in 6 and 1/3
innings of work.

1959 AL Game: Det. @ Chi.

 September 1, 1959

  The 3rd place Detroit Tigers are in Chicago for a big 3 game series against the 2nd place White Sox. Both teams are within striking distance of the 1st place Cleveland Indians. The first game features Jim Bunning on the mound for Detroit and Bob Shaw for Chicago.

  In a well pitched game, the Tigers scratched out a run in the 2nd inning and another in the 5th. With a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 6th, Bunning gave up a solo homer to Sherm Lollar. Then, with runners on 1st and 3rd, Bunning committed a balk allowing the tying run to score. In the bottom of the 8th, Lollar homed again off Bunning giving Chicago the lead 3-2. In the top of the 9th, the Tigers had runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 out and Al Kaline coming to the plate. Turk Lown got Kaline swinging for strike 3 and the victory for the White Sox.

  The win moved Chicago into a 1st place tie with Cleveland and Detroit dropped to 2.5 GB. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow with a lot on the line.

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Chicago White Sox              9/1/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  1  2  1 .283     L.Aparicio SS       3  0  1  0 .236  
  H.Kuenn RF          5  0  2  1 .355     N.Fox 2B            4  0  1  0 .321  
  A.Kaline CF         4  0  1  0 .331     J.Landis CF         4  0  1  0 .275  
  C.Maxwell LF        3  0  1  0 .278     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  0  1  0 .458  
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .274     S.Lollar C          4  2  2  2 .244  
  R.Wilson C          4  0  0  0 .276     B.Goodman 3B        2  1  1  0 .274  
  R.Bridges SS        4  0  1  0 .286   D-S.Esposito 3B       0  0  0  0 .265  
  B.Osborne 1B        2  1  0  0 .162     A.Smith LF          2  0  0  0 .204  
  J.Bunning P         2  0  0  0 .243   A-E.Torgeson PH       1  0  1  0 .197  
E-L.Berberet PH       1  0  0  0 .227     G.Staley P          0  0  0  0 .167  
                                        C-J.McAnany PH        1  0  0  0 .356  
                                          T.Lown P            0  0  0  0 .500  
                                          J.Rivera RF         3  0  1  0 .248  
                                          B.Shaw P            2  0  0  0 .190  
                                        B-B.Phillips PH,LF    1  0  0  0 .293  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  7  2                 Totals      31  3  9  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Smith In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Shaw In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Staley In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Goodman In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Bunning In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  7  0
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 1    -  3  9  0
 
Tigers (73-58)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Bunning LOSS(12-10)     8       9   3   3   2   6   2   3.83
Totals                    8       9   3   3   2   6   2
 
White Sox (75-55)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Shaw                    7       5   2   2   5   4   0   2.31
G.Staley WIN(9-1)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.21
T.Lown SAVE(16th)         1       2   0   0   0   2   0   1.57
Totals                    9       7   2   2   5   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,905 DATE- Tuesday, September 1st 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Red Flaherty, Frank Umont, Charlie Berry, Jim Honochick
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:10  White Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  White Sox: 1
DOUBLES- E.Yost(19th), J.Landis(25th)
TRIPLES- H.Kuenn(6th)
HOME RUNS- S.Lollar-2(21st)
RBIs- E.Yost(61st), H.Kuenn(68th), S.Lollar-2(68th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Bunning
WALKS- E.Yost-2, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, B.Osborne, L.Aparicio, B.Goodman
HIT BY PITCH- B.Osborne, B.Goodman
STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, R.Wilson, B.Osborne, J.Bunning, L.Berberet,
             N.Fox, T.Kluszewski, S.Lollar, A.Smith, B.Shaw-2
GIDP- F.Bolling, S.Lollar
BALKS- J.Bunning
2-out RBI- E.Yost, S.Lollar
RLISP 2-out- R.Wilson-2, H.Kuenn, C.Maxwell, J.Bunning, T.Kluszewski, N.Fox,
             A.Kaline
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 9  White Sox: 0 for 4
 
Catcher Sherm Lollar ripped 2 homeruns as the Chicago White Sox defeated the
Detroit Tigers 3 to 2 at Comiskey Park.
 
The game was won by Chicago when they scored a run in the 8th inning.  After
two outs Lollar delivered a solo blast.  Detroit had a chance in the 9th but
they came up short.  
 
The win went to Gerry Staley(9-1) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Staley got
help from Turk Lown who was credited with his 16th save.  Jim Bunning(12-10)
was charged with the loss.  
 
With this win, Chicago has a 75-55 record. They have been 7-3 lately.  With
the loss, Detroit has a record of 6-4 lately, 73-58 overall.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           75  55  .577 ----    25    75  55 .577   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             75  55  .577 ----          80  50 .615   94  60 .610
1959 Detroit DEA             73  58  .557  2.5          66  65 .504   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            64  67  .489 11.5          65  66 .496   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           61  67  .477 13.0          61  67 .477   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              62  70  .470 14.0          62  70 .470   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         59  70  .457 15.5          59  70 .457   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          52  79  .397 23.5          53  78 .405   63  91 .409

1959 AL Standings

 September 1, 1959

   My Detroit Tigers held 1st place for most of this 1959 season until the very last day in July when the Cleveland Indians took the top spot. The Indians have held 1st place for all but 2 days in August. The Chicago White Sox moved into 1st for those 2 days.  

  Now that we've reached the last month of the 1959 season, it looks like a fierce battle for the AL Pennant will be happening. The Tigers have had the most explosive offense and the White Sox the best pitching this year. Chicago had the best record in August, 19-11. The Indians are 2nd in hitting and 3rd in pitching. It should be an exciting last month.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           75  55  .577 ----    25    75  55 .577   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             74  55  .574   .5          80  49 .620   94  60 .610
1959 Detroit DEA             73  57  .562  2.0          65  65 .500   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            64  66  .492 11.0          64  66 .492   79  75 .513
1959 Boston BOA              62  69  .473 13.5          62  69 .473   75  79 .487
1959 Baltimore BAA           60  67  .472 13.5          61  66 .480   74  80 .481
1959 Kansas City KCA         59  70  .457 15.5          59  70 .457   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          51  79  .392 24.0          52  78 .400   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     60   67  .472 28-33 32-34 17-16 43-51  9- 5 20-12     6-4     Lost 1
BOA     62   69  .473 30-32 32-37  8-13 54-56  3- 6 14-20     4-6     Won 2
CHA     74   55  .574 37-28 37-27 25-18 49-37  9- 2 25-13     6-4     Won 1
CLA     75   55  .577 42-27 33-28 10-11 65-44  4- 6 22-19     5-5     Lost 1
DEA     73   57  .562 38-31 35-26 15-10 58-47  3- 4 20-20     6-4     Lost 1
KCA     59   70  .457 32-42 27-28 11-15 48-55  6- 8 11-21     3-7     Won 1
NYA     64   66  .492 29-28 35-38 13-19 51-47  4- 8 20-21     5-5     Lost 1
WAA     51   79  .392 23-38 28-41  8- 8 43-71  6- 5 18-24     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL  518  518  .500
HOME   259  259  .500
ROAD   259  259  .500
LEFT   107  110  .493
RIGHT  411  408  .502
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16 15-15 13-11  0- 0    500   579  -79
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19 18-12 12-18  0- 0    630   660  -30
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7 16-11 19-11  0- 0    567   489  +78
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11 17-14 16-13  0- 0    633   556  +77
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11 14-16 14-12  0- 0    707   548 +159
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19 17-13 12-17  0- 0    576   658  -82
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17 14-14 14-16  0- 0    521   544  -23
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  7-23 13-15  0- 0    519   619 -100

1959 AL League Leaders

 September 1, 1959

   Several Detroit Tigers are represented in the top 5 of several pitching and batting categories in the AL. Charlie Maxwell, my biggest surprise in this 1959 replay, leads the league in Homeruns (41) and RBI (125). Harvey Kuenn leads in BA (.354). Al Kaline is 3rd in BA (.332) and 2nd in RBI (106). Both Frank Lary and Paul Foytack are 2nd in Wins with 15. Jim Bunning is tops in K's (168).

  Chicago's Early Wynn (20-7, 2.64 ERA, 161 K) has been the top pitcher in the AL. Louis Aparicio leads all of MLB by a wide margin in Steals with 51. New York's Art Ditmar is having a very good season (14-7, 1.93 ERA). Cleveland's Rocky Colavito is 2nd in HR (38) and 3rd in RBI (105). 

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 9/1/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  75  55    H.Kuenn   DEA .354  C.Maxwell DEA   41  C.Maxwell DEA  125
1959 CHA  74  55    G.Woodlin BAA .335  R.Colavit CLA   38  A.Kaline  DEA  106
1959 DEA  73  57    A.Kaline  DEA .332  B.Allison WAA   36  R.Colavit CLA  105
1959 NYA  64  66    N.Fox     CHA .321  H.Killebr WAA   35  J.Jensen  BOA   84
1959 BOA  62  69    P.Runnels BOA .315  OTHERS TIED W   31  F.Malzone BOA   83
1959 BAA  60  67
1959 KCA  59  70    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  51  79    E.Wynn    CHA   20  T.Lown    CHA   15  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.93
                    P.Foytack DEA   15  M.Forniel BOA   12  B.Shaw    CHA 2.30
                    F.Lary    DEA   15  B.Loes    BAA   11  C.Pascual WAA 2.52
                    A.Ditmar  NYA   14  T.Morgan  DEA   10  E.Wynn    CHA 2.64
                    OTHERS TIED W   13  R.Duren   NYA    7  B.Turley  NYA 2.76
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.McAnany CHA    7  L.Aparici CHA   51  J.Bunning DEA  168
                    L.Doby    CHA    7  B.Tuttle  KCA   16  E.Wynn    CHA  161
                    C.Carrasq BAA    6  J.Landis  CHA   14  C.Pascual WAA  157
                    G.Stephen BOA    6  M.Mantle  NYA   12  F.Lary    DEA  149
                    J.Landis  CHA    6  B.Allison WAA   12  H.Score   CLA  146

1959 NL Standings

 September 1, 1959

  The Milwaukee Braves head into the last month of the 1959 MLB season still holding a commanding edge on 1st place. They've been in 1st since the 2nd week of the season. LA, Cincinnati, and San Francisco have made small attempts at challenging the Braves but all have come up short.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Milwaukee MLN           84  46  .646 ----    15    70  60 .538   86  70 .551
1959 Los Angeles LAN         75  56  .573  9.5          72  59 .550   88  68 .564
1959 Cincinnati CIN          73  58  .557 11.5          63  68 .481   74  80 .481
1959 San Francisco SFN       70  61  .534 14.5          73  58 .557   83  71 .539
1959 Pittsburgh PIN          64  68  .485 21.0          70  62 .530   78  76 .506
1959 Chicago CHN             60  69  .465 23.5          62  67 .481   74  80 .481
1959 Philadelphia PHN        51  82  .383 34.5          54  79 .406   64  90 .416
1959 St. Louis SLN           48  85  .361 37.5          61  72 .459   71  83 .461
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
CHN     60   69  .465 29-32 31-37 13-23 47-46  6-11 17-25     7-3     Won 2
CIN     73   58  .557 41-28 32-30 17-19 56-39  4- 5 22-18     6-4     Lost 1
LAN     75   56  .573 39-23 36-33 12-10 63-46  7- 3 20-15     4-6     Won 3
MLN     84   46  .646 47-18 37-28 18-18 66-28 14- 4 28-15     4-6     Lost 2
PHN     51   82  .383 27-43 24-39 18-33 33-49  5- 7 19-25     4-6     Lost 2
PIN     64   68  .485 37-35 27-33 14-18 50-50  3- 6 22-17     6-4     Won 2
SFN     70   61  .534 33-26 37-35 14-11 56-50  9- 9 20-22     5-5     Lost 3
SLN     48   85  .361 22-45 26-40  9-35 39-50  5- 8 13-24     3-7     Won 1
TOTAL  525  525  .500
HOME   275  250  .524
ROAD   250  275  .476
LEFT   115  167  .408
RIGHT  410  358  .534
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
CHN      8- 8 15-16  9-17 12-16 16-12  0- 0    530   555  -25
CIN      6- 9 19-12 17-11 15-13 16-13  0- 0    722   665  +57
LAN     11- 6 13-18 16-14 21- 6 14-12  0- 0    616   530  +86
MLN     12- 1 20-11 18-11 18- 8 16-15  0- 0    610   465 +145
PHN      4-10 11-21 10-16 10-18 16-17  0- 0    511   681 -170
PIN      6- 8 14-19 15-15 12-15 17-11  0- 0    586   605  -19
SFN      9- 7 18-11 15-16 13-13 15-14  0- 0    558   503  +55
SLN      5-12 13-15 14-14  9-21  7-23  0- 0    580   709 -129

1959 NL League Leaders

 September 1, 1959

  Here are the NL League Leaders in some of the top categories. Milwaukee's Hank Aaron (.354, 45, 111) continues his quest for the Triple Crown. He and his teammates Eddie Mathews (36, 91) and Billy Bruton (.312) lead the Brave's powerful offensive attack. The pitching staff is also the best in the NL. Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette and Bob Buhl head that mound corps.

  Cincinnati's Frank Robinson (.327 BA) and Gus Bell (.323 BA, 103RBI) have shown prowess at the plate. Chicago SS Ernie Banks is 2nd in the NL in homers (39) while being a top-notch fielder. St. Louis Cardinal 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is another top-notch fielder who is 4th in homers (30) and 3rd in RBI (94).

 LA's Don Drysdale (19 W, 2.52 ERA, 202 K's) may be the top pitcher in the NL as he is close to netting the pitching Triple Crown. 

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 National League                 Date: 9/1/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 MLN  84  46    H.Aaron   MLN .354  H.Aaron   MLN   45  H.Aaron   MLN  111
1959 LAN  75  56    F.Robinso CIN .327  E.Banks   CHN   39  G.Bell    CIN  103
1959 CIN  73  58    J.Cunning SLN .327  E.Mathews MLN   36  K.Boyer   SLN   94
1959 SFN  70  61    G.Bell    CIN .323  K.Boyer   SLN   30  E.Mathews MLN   91
1959 PIN  64  68    B.Bruton  MLN .312  O.Cepeda  SFN   29  W.Post    PHN   90
1959 CHN  60  69
1959 PHN  51  82    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 SLN  48  85    W.Spahn   MLN   20  R.Face    PIN   11  B.Buhl    MLN 2.35
                    D.Drysdal LAN   19  D.Elston  CHN    8  D.Drysdal LAN 2.52
                    L.Burdett MLN   19  OTHERS TIED W    6  V.Law     PIN 2.87
                    V.Law     PIN   15                      L.Burdett MLN 2.91
                    OTHERS TIED W   14                      G.Hobbie  CHN 2.93
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    V.Pinson  CIN   14  J.Gilliam LAN   21  D.Drysdal LAN  202
                    J.Adcock  MLN   10  D.Blasing SLN   21  J.Antonel SFN  155
                    N.Larker  LAN    9  F.Robinso CIN   19  S.Koufax  LAN  152
                    G.Green   SLN    7  T.Taylor  CHN   18  S.Jones   SFN  148
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  V.Pinson  CIN   16  J.Podres  LAN  135

1959 AL Game: Det. @ KC

 August 29, 1959

  Two Detroit Tigers reached season statistical milestones in tonight's 8-4 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Al Kaline went over the 100 RBI mark with 5 RBI in the game. He now has 103 on the year. Charlie Maxwell slammed 2 homers, giving him 41 on the year. The 2 RBI gives him a league leading total of 124. 

 Harvey Kuenn was 3 for 5 to up his AL leading BA to .355. Paul Foytack went the distance for his team leading 15th Win. With the victory, the 3rd place Tigers pulled within 2 games of the league leading Cleveland Indians.

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Kansas City Athletics         8/29/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           4  3  2  0 .284     R.Snyder CF         5  0  1  1 .320  
  F.Bolling 2B        5  1  2  0 .275     J.Lumpe 2B          4  0  1  0 .255  
  H.Kuenn RF          3  1  3  1 .355     D.Williams 3B       4  0  1  0 .248  
  A.Kaline CF         5  1  2  5 .326     B.Cerv LF           3  0  0  0 .296  
  C.Maxwell LF        5  2  2  2 .278     R.Maris RF          4  0  0  0 .294  
  L.Berberet C        3  0  1  0 .228     K.Hadley 1B         4  2  2  1 .293  
  R.Bridges SS        4  0  1  0 .289     H.Smith C           2  2  1  0 .313  
  B.Osborne 1B        4  0  0  0 .168     J.Demaestri SS      3  0  1  1 .239  
  P.Foytack P         4  0  0  0 .045     R.Herbert P         3  0  0  0 .186  
                                        A-W.Terwilliger PH    1  0  0  1 .218  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  8 13  8                 Totals      33  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Herbert In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 1 4  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  8 13  0
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 2  -  4  7  1
 
Tigers (73-56)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack WIN(15-10)      9       7   4   4   4   4   1   4.27
Totals                    9       7   4   4   4   4   1
 
Athletics (58-70)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Herbert LOSS(8-11)      9      13   8   7   3   9   3   3.79
Totals                    9      13   8   7   3   9   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,050 DATE- Saturday, August 29th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Athletics: 2
ERRORS- J.Demaestri
DOUBLES- L.Berberet(11th), D.Williams(21st)
TRIPLES- A.Kaline(2nd)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(23rd), C.Maxwell-2(41st), K.Hadley(4th)
RBIs- H.Kuenn(67th), A.Kaline-5(103rd), C.Maxwell-2(124th), R.Snyder(8th),
      K.Hadley(29th), J.Demaestri(33rd), W.Terwilliger(23rd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Yost(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Kuenn
WALKS- E.Yost, H.Kuenn, L.Berberet, B.Cerv, H.Smith-2, J.Demaestri
STRIKE OUTS- E.Yost, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, L.Berberet, R.Bridges, B.Osborne,
             P.Foytack-3, R.Snyder, J.Lumpe, D.Williams, B.Cerv
GIDP- A.Kaline, R.Maris
2-out RBI- R.Snyder
RLISP 2-out- B.Cerv, P.Foytack, B.Osborne, J.Lumpe, L.Berberet
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 4 for 12  Athletics: 2 for 6
 
Al Kaline left the yard and had 5 RBI and Paul Foytack tossed a complete game
at Kansas City where the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Athletics 8 to
4.
 
Kaline had a big day against Kansas City.  He lost the ball over the fence for
three runs in the 3rd inning and tripled plating two runs in the 9th inning.
Detroit had 13 hits for the night.  
 
Foytack(15-10) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 4 runs. Ray
Herbert(8-11) was the losing pitcher.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 9
innings of work.