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1959 AL Final Standings and League Leaders

 September 28, 1959

 Cleveland wins the AL Pennant.  Here are the Final Standings for the 1959 AL season with the final League Leaders. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           91  63  .591 ----  *WON*   89  65 .578   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             87  67  .565  4.0          76  78 .494   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             86  68  .558  5.0          94  60 .610   94  60 .610
1959 Boston BOA              75  79  .487 16.0          75  79 .487   75  79 .487
1959 Baltimore BAA           74  80  .481 17.0          74  80 .481   74  80 .481
1959 New York NYA            72  82  .468 19.0          79  75 .513   79  75 .513
1959 Kansas City KCA         71  83  .461 20.0          66  88 .429   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          60  94  .390 31.0          63  91 .409   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     74   80  .481 35-42 39-38 21-21 53-59 12- 5 25-14     5-5     Won 2
BOA     75   79  .487 38-39 37-40  9-15 66-64  4- 6 18-23     5-5     Lost 1
CHA     86   68  .558 42-35 44-33 27-20 59-48 10- 4 31-17     6-4     Lost 1
CLA     91   63  .591 47-30 44-33 12-11 79-52  7- 6 24-20     6-4     Lost 1
DEA     87   67  .565 45-32 42-35 17-13 70-54  4- 4 24-25     7-3     Won 1
KCA     71   83  .461 33-44 38-39 14-17 57-66  8- 9 14-23     3-7     Won 1
NYA     72   82  .468 37-40 35-42 15-22 57-60  5-12 26-27     2-8     Lost 2
WAA     60   94  .390 29-48 31-46  8-10 52-84  6-10 21-34     5-5     Won 1
TOTAL  616  616  .500
HOME   306  310  .497
ROAD   310  306  .503
LEFT   123  129  .488
RIGHT  493  487  .503
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16 15-15 13-11 14-13    609   685  -76
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19 18-12 12-18 13-10    747   758  -11
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7 16-11 19-11 12-13    665   608  +57
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11 17-14 16-13 16- 8    775   650 +125
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11 14-16 14-12 14-10    828   650 +178
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19 17-13 12-17 12-13    683   803 -120
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17 14-14 14-16  8-16    605   654  -49
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  7-23 13-15  9-15    629   733 -104

1959 American League Leaders                                  Date: 9/28/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  91  63    H.Kuenn   DEA .361  C.Maxwell DEA   46  C.Maxwell DEA  140
1959 DEA  87  67    A.Kaline  DEA .340  R.Colavit CLA   45  R.Colavit CLA  128
1959 CHA  86  68    G.Woodlin BAA .324  H.Killebr WAA   42  A.Kaline  DEA  127
1959 BOA  75  79    V.Power   CLA .317  B.Allison WAA   40  J.Jensen  BOA  108
1959 BAA  74  80    N.Fox     CHA .315  W.Held    CLA   37  W.Held    CLA   99
1959 NYA  72  82
1959 KCA  71  83    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  60  94    E.Wynn    CHA   23  T.Lown    CHA   20  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.93
                    P.Foytack DEA   20  B.Loes    BAA   15  B.Turley  NYA 2.60
                    F.Lary    DEA   16  M.Forniel BOA   13  C.Pascual WAA 2.66
                    A.Ditmar  NYA   16  T.Morgan  DEA   10  E.Wynn    CHA 2.75
                    OTHERS TIED W   15  R.Duren   NYA    8  D.Mossi   DEA 2.81
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Maris   KCA   13  L.Aparici CHA   57  J.Bunning DEA  203
                    N.Fox     CHA    9  B.Tuttle  KCA   17  C.Pascual WAA  186
                    L.Doby    CHA    7  J.Landis  CHA   16  E.Wynn    CHA  185
                    H.Lopez   NYA    7  M.Mantle  NYA   15  F.Lary    DEA  156
                    C.Courtne WAA    7  A.Pilarci BAA   14  H.Score   CLA  151

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