1959 AL Standings

 September 21, 1956

  While the Cleveland Indians were battering the Kansas City Athletics 17-5, the Detroit Tigers lost a heartbreaker to the Chicago Sox 5-4 on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th. The Cleveland Indians magic # is now down to 1.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           88  61  .591 ----     1    87  62 .584   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             84  66  .560  4.5          91  59 .607   94  60 .610
1959 Detroit DEA             83  66  .557  5.0          74  75 .497   76  78 .494
1959 Boston BOA              73  76  .490 15.0          70  79 .470   75  79 .487
1959 New York NYA            71  78  .477 17.0          76  73 .510   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           71  78  .477 17.0          72  77 .483   74  80 .481
1959 Kansas City KCA         70  78  .473 17.5          63  85 .426   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          56  93  .376 32.0          63  86 .423   63  91 .409