1959 AL Standings

 September 8, 1959

  The Cleveland Indians took both games of a doubleheader yesterday against the Detroit Tigers, 9-6 and 7-5. As a result, the Tigers dropped to 5 games behind the 1st place Tribe. The Chicago White Sox have been in a tailspin of late and finds themselves 4 games back now.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           80  56  .588 ----    14    80  56 .588   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             77  61  .558  4.0          86  52 .623   94  60 .610
1959 Detroit DEA             76  62  .551  5.0          69  69 .500   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            67  70  .489 13.5          68  69 .496   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           65  70  .481 14.5          66  69 .489   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              66  72  .478 15.0          64  74 .464   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         63  73  .463 17.0          59  77 .434   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          54  84  .391 27.0          56  82 .406   63  91 .409