February 1, 2025
Well, it took almost 2 years to complete this replay. Health issues, life, etc. were the main reasons it took so long. As I stated at the beginning, my goal was to manage the Detroit Tigers to a better record than their Actual record and try to win the AL Pennant. I succeeded in the first goal but not the second.
This 1959 season was a lot of fun! The Pennant race was very exciting in the AL, not so much in the NL. I manually played probably 95% of the Tigers games and played some other games from both leagues when a good pitching matchup presented itself.
My Tigers battled Cleveland and Chicago for 1st place in the ALto the last week of the season. They definitely overperformed, as did Cleveland while Chicago faltered down the stretch. The NL had a great pennant race IRL and had to play extra games after the regular season ended in a tie between LA and Milwaukee. In my replay, Milwaukee moved into 1st place in late April and never got challenged. They did overperform in my replay, as did LA, but Milwaukee was too strong.
The Detroit Tigers were a team that could really hit. But their pitching was mostly mediocre. Harvey Kuenn won the batting title with a .361BA. Al Kaline was 2nd with a .342 BA. Charlie Maxwell had a monster season for me and win both the HR and RBI crowns. Pitchers Paul Foytack won 20 games and Frank Lary 18. Chicago's Early Wynn (23-9, 2.75 ERA) took the Cy Young Award. Teammate Rocky Colavito (.269 BA, 45 HR, 1128 RBI) won the AL MVP in a close vote with Charlie Maxwell.
In the NL, Milwaukee's Hank Aaron won the Triple Crown (.354 BA, 51 HR, 131 RBI). He won the NL MVP Award. His teammate Warren Spahn (23-9, 3.07 ERA) won the CY Young Award.
Below are the Awards Voting for the AL and NL:
AWARDS VOTING FOR 1959 American League
MVP AWARD CY YOUNG AWARD
R.Colavito(CLA) 382 E.Wynn(CHA) 148
C.Maxwell(DEA) 368 P.Foytack(DEA) 80
A.Kaline(DEA) 214 A.Ditmar(NYA) 39
W.Held(CLA) 134 J.Bunning(DEA) 15
J.Jensen(BOA) 99 T.Lown(CHA) 7
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C S.Lollar(CHA) 1,527,565 G.Triandos(BAA) 1,446,114
1B V.Power(CLA) 1,867,654 E.Howard(NYA) 1,006,544
2B N.Fox(CHA) 1,975,096 P.Runnels(BOA) 1,847,756
3B H.Killebrew(WAA) 2,453,766 E.Yost(DEA) 2,222,381
SS W.Held(CLA) 2,584,871 D.Buddin(BOA) 1,748,914
LF C.Maxwell(DEA) 3,486,840 M.Minoso(CLA) 2,181,944
CF A.Kaline(DEA) 3,194,333 B.Allison(WAA) 3,130,916
RF R.Colavito(CLA) 3,649,301 J.Jensen(BOA) 3,104,552
Pi E.Wynn(CHA) 3,503,329 A.Ditmar(NYA) 1,893,135
C.Pascual(WAA) 1,634,125 P.Foytack(DEA) 1,549,364
T.Lown(CHA) 1,452,830 J.Bunning(DEA) 1,391,222
G.Staley(CHA) 1,310,020 J.Perry(CLA) 1,175,209
D.Mossi(DEA) 986,581 F.Lary(DEA) 972,909
M.Pappas(BAA) 863,863 G.Bell(CLA) 855,230
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
P C.McLish(CLA) P.Ramos(WAA)
C S.White(BOA) Y.Berra(NYA)
2B N.Fox(CHA) F.Bolling(DEA)
3B E.Yost(DEA) F.Malzone(BOA)
SS L.Aparicio(CHA) W.Held(CLA)
OF A.Kaline(DEA) B.Tuttle(KCA)
OF M.Mantle(NYA) B.Allison(WAA)
OF J.Landis(CHA) J.Jensen(BOA)
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
C S.Lollar(CHA) G.Triandos(BAA)
1B V.Power(CLA) E.Howard(NYA)
2B P.Runnels(BOA) N.Fox(CHA)
3B H.Killebrew(WAA) F.Malzone(BOA)
SS W.Held(CLA) D.Buddin(BOA)
LF C.Maxwell(DEA) M.Minoso(CLA)
CF A.Kaline(DEA) B.Allison(WAA)
RF R.Colavito(CLA) J.Jensen(BOA)
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD MANAGER OF THE YEAR
T.Lown(CHA) 60 Joe Gordon(CLA)
B.Loes(BAA) 45 Al Lopez(CHA)
G.Staley(CHA) 35 Paul Richards(BAA)
M.Fornieles(BOA) 31 Jimmy Dykes(DEA)
T.Morgan(DEA) 22 Billy Jurges(BOA)
AWARDS VOTING FOR 1959 National League
MVP AWARD CY YOUNG AWARD
H.Aaron(MLN) 418 W.Spahn(MLN) 129
E.Mathews(MLN) 357 L.Burdette(MLN) 89
E.Banks(CHN) 201 D.Drysdale(LAN) 48
V.Pinson(CIN) 128 B.Buhl(MLN) 15
F.Robinson(CIN) 94 S.Jones(SFN) 6
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C D.Crandall(MLN) 1,317,159 S.Burgess(PIN) 878,013
1B F.Robinson(CIN) 2,114,611 O.Cepeda(SFN) 1,739,047
2B C.Neal(LAN) 1,932,808 J.Temple(CIN) 1,718,506
3B E.Mathews(MLN) 2,406,750 K.Boyer(SLN) 2,206,047
SS E.Banks(CHN) 2,950,405 J.Logan(MLN) 894,371
LF W.Moon(LAN) 1,343,315 B.White(SLN) 1,178,669
CF V.Pinson(CIN) 2,215,256 W.Mays(SFN) 1,999,159
RF H.Aaron(MLN) 3,649,301 G.Bell(CIN) 1,460,811
Pi W.Spahn(MLN) 3,503,329 D.Drysdale(LAN) 2,455,175
L.Burdette(MLN) 2,229,582 B.Buhl(MLN) 2,067,219
S.Jones(SFN) 1,972,885 R.Craig(LAN) 1,712,398
H.Haddix(PIN) 1,642,067 D.Newcombe(CIN) 1,307,344
B.Lawrence(CIN) 1,274,815 J.Pizarro(MLN) 1,125,281
S.Miller(SFN) 1,057,782 J.Antonelli(SFN) 1,013,510
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
P E.Broglio(SLN) B.Friend(PIN)
C D.Crandall(MLN) H.Smith(SLN)
1B G.Hodges(LAN) E.Bouchee(PHN)
2B C.Neal(LAN) S.Anderson(PHN)
3B J.Davenport(SFN) D.Hoak(PIN)
SS E.Banks(CHN) J.Logan(MLN)
OF B.Virdon(PIN) G.Bell(CIN)
OF W.Mays(SFN) H.Aaron(MLN)
OF V.Pinson(CIN) B.Bruton(MLN)
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER RUNNER UP
C D.Crandall(MLN) S.Burgess(PIN)
1B F.Robinson(CIN) O.Cepeda(SFN)
2B C.Neal(LAN) J.Temple(CIN)
3B E.Mathews(MLN) K.Boyer(SLN)
SS E.Banks(CHN) D.Groat(PIN)
LF W.Moon(LAN) B.White(SLN)
CF V.Pinson(CIN) W.Mays(SFN)
RF H.Aaron(MLN) G.Bell(CIN)
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD MANAGER OF THE YEAR
R.Face(PIN) 27 Fred Haney(MLN)
D.Elston(CHN) 23 Walter Alston(LAN)
B.Lawrence(CIN) 22 Mayo Smith(CIN)
B.Henry(CHN) 19 Bill Rigney(SFN)
C.Labine(LAN) 18 Danny Murtaugh(PIN)
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