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

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 AL Standings and League Leaders

 August 15, 1959

 It's halfway through the month of August. The Detroit Tigers relinquished their hold on 1st place at the end of July to the Cleveland Indians and are now 3.5 GB. The Chicago White Sox are also more in the picture for the top spot in the AL, trailing the Indians by just 4.5 games.

  Detroit's Charley Maxwell is putting together a career best season at the plate. Teammate's Al Kaline and Harvey Kuenn are putting together fine seasons themselves.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           68  47  .591 ----    37    67  48 .583   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             65  51  .560  3.5          56  60 .483   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             62  50  .554  4.5          69  43 .616   94  60 .610
1959 Boston BOA              56  58  .491 11.5          52  62 .456   75  79 .487
1959 New York NYA            55  59  .482 12.5          57  57 .500   79  75 .513
1959 Kansas City KCA         55  60  .478 13.0          53  62 .461   66  88 .429
1959 Baltimore BAA           51  62  .451 16.0          56  57 .496   74  80 .481
1959 Washington WAA          45  70  .391 23.0          47  68 .409   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     51   62  .451 26-33 25-29 13-16 38-46  9- 5 17-11     4-6     Lost 1
BOA     56   58  .491 27-31 29-27  8-11 48-47  3- 6 12-15     5-5     Won 1
CHA     62   50  .554 29-25 33-25 21-17 41-33  9- 1 22-10     6-4     Lost 1
CLA     68   47  .591 36-20 32-27  9-11 59-36  3- 5 20-18     6-4     Won 3
DEA     65   51  .560 31-27 34-24 13- 9 52-42  3- 4 16-18     5-5     Lost 2
KCA     55   60  .478 28-32 27-28 10-12 45-48  6- 7  8-19     5-5     Won 1
NYA     55   59  .482 27-27 28-32 12-19 43-40  4- 8 17-18     4-6     Lost 4
WAA     45   70  .391 21-37 24-33  7- 8 38-62  4- 5 15-18     5-5     Won 3
TOTAL  457  457  .500
HOME   225  232  .492
ROAD   232  225  .508
LEFT    93  103  .474
RIGHT  364  354  .507
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16 15-15  4- 6  0- 0    443   532  -89
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19 18-12  6- 7  0- 0    560   564   -4
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7 16-11  7- 6  0- 0    454   439  +15
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11 17-14  9- 5  0- 0    570   485  +85
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11 14-16  6- 6  0- 0    642   486 +156
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19 17-13  8- 7  0- 0    528   583  -55
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17 14-14  5- 9  0- 0    454   475  -21
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  7-23  7- 6  0- 0    469   556  -87

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 8/15/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  68  47    H.Kuenn   DEA .357  C.Maxwell DEA   36  C.Maxwell DEA  116
1959 DEA  65  51    A.Kaline  DEA .331  R.Colavit CLA   34  A.Kaline  DEA   93
1959 CHA  62  50    G.Woodlin BAA .321  B.Allison WAA   33  R.Colavit CLA   91
1959 BOA  56  58    N.Fox     CHA .316  H.Killebr WAA   32  J.Jensen  BOA   78
1959 NYA  55  59    P.Runnels BOA .315  J.Jensen  BOA   29  H.Killebr WAA   75
1959 KCA  55  60
1959 BAA  51  62    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  45  70    E.Wynn    CHA   18  T.Lown    CHA   12  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.89
                    F.Lary    DEA   14  M.Forniel BOA   11  B.Shaw    CHA 2.33
                    P.Foytack DEA   12  B.Loes    BAA   10  C.Pascual WAA 2.58
                    A.Ditmar  NYA   12  T.Morgan  DEA    9  E.Wynn    CHA 2.74
                    C.Pascual WAA   12  R.Duren   NYA    6  B.Turley  NYA 2.88
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Snyder  KCA   11  L.Aparici CHA   42  J.Bunning DEA  148
                    H.Smith   KCA   10  B.Tuttle  KCA   16  H.Score   CLA  141
                    L.Aparici CHA    9  A.Pilarci BAA   11  C.Pascual WAA  140
                    V.Power   CLA    9  J.Landis  CHA   11  E.Wynn    CHA  135
                    J.Jensen  BOA    8  OTHERS TIED W   10  F.Lary    DEA  131

1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 August 1, 1959

   The calendar is flipped to August in the 1959 AL season. My Detroit Tigers have been in a funk, losing 5 of their last 6 games and going 14-16 overall in July. Cleveland (59-42) was 17-14. This has allowed the Indians to move into 1st place and the Tigers (59-45) to drop into 2nd, 1.5 games behind. The injury bug has hit Detroit with Al Kaline(cf), Harvey Kuenn(rf), Rocky Bridges(ss), and Frank Bolling(2b) missing a significant amount of playing time. 

  The Chicago White Sox (55-44) were 16-11 in July and are gaining ground on the top spot. They're in 3rd place, 3 games behind. The New York Yankees are in 4th place with a 50-50 record. Only the Washington Senators, who are mired in last place, failed to gain ground on Detroit in July. 

  Detroit's offense this season has been incredible. Their 591 runs scored and +144 Runs/Angst Differential far outpaces any other team. The only other team with a + Differential is Cleveland (+61). Detroit's hitting is led by Charley Maxwell who leads the AL in Homeruns and RBI (32, 104). Harvey Kuenn (.345) and Al Kaline (.341) are 1, 2 in Batting Avg. Kaline is also 2nd in the league in RBI (79). 

  Rocky Colavito (29 HR, 75 RBI) and Woody Held (27 HR) have led the Cleveland hitting attack. Chicago's Early Wynn (16-6, 2.95 ERA. 116 K's) is the top pitcher in the AL. New York and Chicago have had the best pitching so far this season, so both teams have high hopes in the battle for the pennant.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           59  42  .584 ----    52    59  42 .584   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             59  45  .567  1.5          50  54 .481   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             55  44  .556  3.0          59  40 .596   94  60 .610
1959 New York NYA            50  50  .500  8.5          49  51 .490   79  75 .513
1959 Boston BOA              50  51  .495  9.0          44  57 .436   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         47  53  .470 11.5          50  50 .500   66  88 .429
1959 Baltimore BAA           47  56  .456 13.0          51  52 .495   74  80 .481
1959 Washington WAA          38  64  .373 21.5          43  59 .422   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     47   56  .456 23-29 24-27 12-16 35-40  9- 4 14-10     4-6     Won 2
BOA     50   51  .495 23-26 27-25  6- 8 44-43  3- 5  9-13     5-5     Won 1
CHA     55   44  .556 28-23 27-21 19-15 36-29  8- 0 21- 6     8-2     Won 2
CLA     59   42  .584 34-19 25-23  9-10 50-32  3- 5 17-14     6-4     Lost 1
DEA     59   45  .567 29-23 30-22 12- 8 47-37  2- 4 14-15     4-6     Lost 2
KCA     47   53  .470 24-29 23-24 10-10 37-43  6- 6  5-16     4-6     Lost 4
NYA     50   50  .500 24-20 26-30 11-17 39-33  3- 8 14-14     5-5     Won 1
WAA     38   64  .373 19-32 19-32  7- 7 31-57  3- 5 11-17     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL  405  405  .500
HOME   204  201  .504
ROAD   201  204  .496
LEFT    86   91  .486
RIGHT  319  314  .504
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16 15-15  0- 0  0- 0    404   483  -79
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19 18-12  0- 0  0- 0    498   501   -3
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7 16-11  0- 0  0- 0    387   390   -3
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11 17-14  0- 0  0- 0    500   439  +61
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11 14-16  0- 0  0- 0    591   447 +144
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19 17-13  0- 0  0- 0    464   519  -55
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17 14-14  0- 0  0- 0    407   407   +0
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  7-23  0- 0  0- 0    426   491  -65

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 8/1/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  59  42    H.Kuenn   DEA .345  C.Maxwell DEA   32  C.Maxwell DEA  104
1959 DEA  59  45    A.Kaline  DEA .341  B.Allison WAA   31  A.Kaline  DEA   79
1959 CHA  55  44    P.Runnels BOA .321  R.Colavit CLA   29  R.Colavit CLA   75
1959 NYA  50  50    G.Woodlin BAA .314  W.Held    CLA   27  J.Jensen  BOA   69
1959 BOA  50  51    R.Maris   KCA .310  OTHERS TIED W   26  F.Malzone BOA   68
1959 KCA  47  53
1959 BAA  47  56    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  38  64    E.Wynn    CHA   16  M.Forniel BOA   10  B.Shaw    CHA 1.95
                    F.Lary    DEA   13  T.Lown    CHA    9  A.Ditmar  NYA 2.06
                    OTHERS TIED W   11  B.Loes    BAA    8  C.Pascual WAA 2.72
                                        T.Morgan  DEA    8  E.Wynn    CHA 2.95
                                        R.Duren   NYA    6  B.Turley  NYA 3.06
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    R.Snyder  KCA   10  L.Aparici CHA   40  J.Bunning DEA  137
                    Y.Berra   NYA   10  B.Tuttle  KCA   15  H.Score   CLA  135
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  J.Jensen  BOA   10  C.Pascual WAA  132
                                        B.Allison WAA   10  E.Wynn    CHA  116
                                        OTHERS TIED W    9  F.Lary    DEA  114

1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 July 16, 1959

   We're halfway through the month of July and the Cleveland Indians have wrestled 1st place in the AL away from the Detroit Tigers. The two teams have been trading the top spot back and forth the last couple of weeks. My Tigers have had a disappointing July (5-9) so far, but luckily the Indians (6-6) haven't been much better. 

   Detroit's Al Kaline, Charley Maxwell, and Harvey Kuenn are among the league leaders in the top 3 batting categories. Cleveland's Rocky Colavito and Woody Held have been bashing the ball for the Indians.  Chicago's Earyl Wynn (12-6) and Cleveland's Herb Score (10-4, 119 K's) are among the top pitchers in the league. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           48  34  .585 ----    69    47  35 .573   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             50  38  .568  1.0          42  46 .477   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             44  40  .524  5.0          48  36 .571   94  60 .610
1959 New York NYA            43  42  .506  6.5          42  43 .494   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           42  44  .488  8.0          45  41 .523   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              41  43  .488  8.0          38  46 .452   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         39  45  .464 10.0          36  48 .429   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          32  53  .376 17.5          41  44 .482   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     42   44  .488 22-25 20-19 10-13 32-31  7- 3 12- 9     8-2     Won 1
BOA     41   43  .488 20-23 21-20  4- 6 37-37  3- 4  7-12     7-3     Won 1
CHA     44   40  .524 21-21 23-19 17-15 27-25  7- 0 20- 5     3-7     Lost 5
CLA     48   34  .585 26-14 22-20  9- 7 39-27  2- 4 12-12     5-5     Lost 1
DEA     50   38  .568 24-17 26-21  9- 7 41-31  2- 3 11-12     3-7     Lost 1
KCA     39   45  .464 19-23 20-22 10-10 29-35  6- 6  5-15     8-2     Lost 1
NYA     43   42  .506 22-16 21-26  8-14 35-28  3- 8 12-11     5-5     Won 2
WAA     32   53  .376 17-29 15-24  6- 7 26-46  3- 5 10-13     1-9     Won 1
TOTAL  339  339  .500
HOME   171  168  .504
ROAD   168  171  .496
LEFT    73   79  .480
RIGHT  266  260  .506
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16 10- 3  0- 0  0- 0    348   387  -39
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0    413   420   -7
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7  5- 7  0- 0  0- 0    315   345  -30
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0    409   347  +62
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11  5- 9  0- 0  0- 0    518   387 +131
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19  9- 5  0- 0  0- 0    376   409  -33
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0    332   347  -15
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  1-12  0- 0  0- 0    335   404  -69

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 7/16/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  48  34    A.Kaline  DEA .345  C.Maxwell DEA   29  C.Maxwell DEA   90
1959 DEA  50  38    H.Kuenn   DEA .340  W.Held    CLA   26  A.Kaline  DEA   73
1959 CHA  44  40    B.Tuttle  KCA .335  R.Colavit CLA   24  W.Held    CLA   63
1959 NYA  43  42    P.Runnels BOA .326  B.Allison WAA   22  R.Colavit CLA   63
1959 BAA  42  44    G.Woodlin BAA .320  H.Killebr WAA   22  OTHERS TIED W   58
1959 BOA  41  43
1959 KCA  39  45    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  32  53    E.Wynn    CHA   12  M.Forniel BOA    9  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.99
                    F.Lary    DEA   11  B.Loes    BAA    6  B.Shaw    CHA 2.11
                    H.Score   CLA   10  T.Lown    CHA    6  J.Harshma BOA 2.67
                    J.Bunning DEA   10  T.Morgan  DEA    6  C.Pascual WAA 2.76
                    C.Pascual WAA   10  R.Duren   NYA    5  B.Turley  NYA 3.06
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    S.White   BOA    7  L.Aparici CHA   32  H.Score   CLA  119
                    L.Doby    CHA    7  B.Tuttle  KCA   14  J.Bunning DEA  115
                    G.Strickl CLA    7  B.Allison WAA   10  C.Pascual WAA  103
                    B.Cerv    KCA    7  J.Jensen  BOA    9  W.Ford    NYA   99
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  F.Throneb WAA    8  E.Wynn    CHA   88
 

 

1959 AL Standings at the All Star Break

 July 6, 1959

  We've reached the All-Star break in the 1959 season. here are the standings at this point. My Detroit Tigers continue to battle for the top spot in the AL with the Cleveland Indians.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Detroit DEA             48  32  .600 ----    76    40  40 .500   76  78 .494
1959 Cleveland CLA           45  31  .592  1.0          44  32 .579   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             43  35  .551  4.0          43  35 .551   94  60 .610
1959 New York NYA            41  37  .526  6.0          40  38 .513   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           36  43  .456 11.5          41  38 .519   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              35  42  .455 11.5          33  44 .429   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         32  44  .421 14.0          33  43 .434   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          31  47  .397 16.0          37  41 .474   63  91 .409

League Leaders for the 1959 American League                        Date: 7/6/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  45  30    A.Kaline  DEA .362  C.Maxwell DEA   27  C.Maxwell DEA   84
1959 DEA  47  32    H.Kuenn   DEA .352  W.Held    CLA   22  A.Kaline  DEA   69
1959 CHA  43  35    B.Tuttle  KCA .329  R.Colavit CLA   22  R.Colavit CLA   59
1959 NYA  41  37    P.Runnels BOA .328  B.Allison WAA   21  F.Malzone BOA   51
1959 BAA  36  43    G.Woodlin BAA .313  H.Killebr WAA   20  B.Skowron NYA   51
1959 BOA  35  42
1959 KCA  32  44    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  31  47    E.Wynn    CHA   12  M.Forniel BOA    7  B.Shaw    CHA 1.96
                    H.Score   CLA   10  T.Lown    CHA    6  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.99
                    J.Bunning DEA   10  T.Morgan  DEA    6  C.Pascual WAA 2.45
                    F.Lary    DEA   10  B.Loes    BAA    5  J.Harshma BOA 2.70
                    C.Pascual WAA    9  OTHERS TIED W    4  B.Grim    KCA 2.79
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Tuttle  KCA   19  L.Aparici CHA   29  H.Score   CLA  109
                    H.Kuenn   DEA   13  B.Tuttle  KCA   11  J.Bunning DEA  105
                    N.Fox     CHA   10  J.Jensen  BOA    9  C.Pascual WAA   91
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  F.Throneb WAA    8  W.Ford    NYA   89
                                        OTHERS TIED W    7  E.Wynn    CHA   83

1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 July 1, 1959

     The 1959 MLB season heads into July and finds the Detroit Tigers still holding 1st place in the AL. The Tigers were 20-11 in June and have a slim 1 game lead over the Cleveland Indians who went 17-11 last month. The Chicago White Sox had the best record in June going 21-7. This run by the White Sox has moved them into 3rd place, 5 games behind Detroit.  The New York Yankees continue to hover around .500 and in 4th place, 8 games behind. The Boston Red Sox really fell off the pace in June, going a league worst 11-19. They're in 5th place, 11.5 GB.

    Detroit's Al Kaline continues to lead the AL in hitting with a .362  BA. He's missed a lot of playing time the last couple of weeks after suffering a fractured cheek bone. His teammate Harvey Kueen is 2nd in BA with a .338 mark. Charlie Maxwell leads the AL in HR (24) and RBI (70). These 3 hitters are a big reason the Tigers continue to hold to the top spot in the AL. They've also gotten some pretty good work from their starting pitchers Frank Lary (10-5, 3.03 ERA), Jim Bunning (9-6, 3.68), Don Mossi (7-4, 3.38) and Paul Foytack (7-5). 

    Chicago's Early Wynn leads all pitchers in Wins (12) and Bob Shaw has the top ERA in the AL (1.92). Cleveland's Rocky Colavito is 2nd in HR (20) and 3rd in RBI (55). 

        

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Detroit DEA             45  29  .608 ----    82    38  36 .514   76  78 .494
1959 Cleveland CLA           42  28  .600  1.0          40  30 .571   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             39  33  .542  5.0          39  33 .542   94  60 .610
1959 New York NYA            36  36  .500  8.0          37  35 .514   79  75 .513
1959 Boston BOA              32  39  .451 11.5          31  40 .437   75  79 .487
1959 Baltimore BAA           32  41  .438 12.5          38  35 .521   74  80 .481
1959 Washington WAA          31  41  .431 13.0          33  39 .458   63  91 .409
1959 Kansas City KCA         30  40  .429 13.0          31  39 .443   66  88 .429
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     32   41  .438 17-22 15-19  8-12 24-29  6- 3 10- 9     5-5     Won 2
BOA     32   39  .451 15-22 17-17  2- 6 30-33  2- 3  6-11     4-6     Lost 3
CHA     39   33  .542 20-17 19-16 13-12 26-21  5- 0 17- 4     7-3     Won 3
CLA     42   28  .600 24-12 18-16  9- 4 33-24  2- 3 11- 9     7-3     Lost 1
DEA     45   29  .608 21-14 24-15  9- 7 36-22  2- 2  9- 9     5-5     Lost 1
KCA     30   40  .429 15-19 15-21  9- 8 21-32  5- 5  4-15     5-5     Won 1
NYA     36   36  .500 17-15 19-21  7-14 29-22  3- 7 12-11     3-7     Lost 3
WAA     31   41  .431 16-21 15-20  6- 6 25-35  3- 5 10-11     4-6     Won 2
TOTAL  287  287  .500
HOME   145  142  .505
ROAD   142  145  .495
LEFT    63   69  .477
RIGHT  224  218  .507
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15 11-16  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    282   341  -59
BOA      9- 4 14-16  9-19  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    333   368  -35
CHA      8- 8 10-18 21- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    256   280  -24
CLA      7- 7 18-10 17-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    339   286  +53
DEA      9- 6 16-12 20-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    452   309 +143
KCA      6-10 14-11 10-19  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    293   332  -39
NYA      9- 6 14-13 13-17  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    273   283  -10
WAA      7-10 12-18 12-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    307   336  -29

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 7/1/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 DEA  45  29    A.Kaline  DEA .362  C.Maxwell DEA   24  C.Maxwell DEA   70
1959 CLA  42  28    H.Kuenn   DEA .338  R.Colavit CLA   21  A.Kaline  DEA   69
1959 CHA  39  33    P.Runnels BOA .336  B.Allison WAA   21  R.Colavit CLA   55
1959 NYA  36  36    B.Tuttle  KCA .326  W.Held    CLA   19  B.Skowron NYA   48
1959 BOA  32  39    F.Malzone BOA .307  H.Killebr WAA   19  B.Nieman  BAA   46
1959 BAA  32  41
1959 WAA  31  41    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 KCA  30  40    E.Wynn    CHA   12  M.Forniel BOA    7  B.Shaw    CHA 1.92
                    F.Lary    DEA   10  T.Lown    CHA    6  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.98
                    H.Score   CLA    9  T.Morgan  DEA    6  C.Pascual WAA 2.29
                    J.Bunning DEA    9  B.Loes    BAA    5  E.Wynn    CHA 2.61
                    C.Pascual WAA    9  J.Perry   CLA    4  J.Harshma BOA 2.71
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Tuttle  KCA   14  L.Aparici CHA   27  J.Bunning DEA  100
                    H.Kuenn   DEA    8  B.Tuttle  KCA   11  H.Score   CLA   99
                    L.Doby    CHA    7  J.Jensen  BOA    8  C.Pascual WAA   82
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  F.Throneb WAA    8  E.Wynn    CHA   79
                                        OTHERS TIED W    7  W.Ford    NYA   79

1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 June 15, 1959

  Halfway through the month of June in the 1959 AL season finds the Detroit Tigers back in 1st place. They hold a lead of 1.5 games over the Cleveland Indians who were in 1st at the beginning of June. The New York Yankees have climbed into 3rd place while the Chicago White Sox have gone on a league best 11-3 roll here in June to move into 4th place, 7.5 games behind Detroit. The Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles have gone on a tailspin in June.

  Al Kaline (.367, 13, 57), Charlie Maxwell (.277, 19, 55) and Harvey Kuenn (.322) have led the Tiger offense and starters Don Mossi (7-2, 1.70), Jim Bunning (7-5), and Frank Lary (8-4, 2.64) have led the pitching staff. 

  Other top performers around the league are Cleveland's Rocky Colavito (19 HR, 49 RBI), Chicago's Early Wynn (9-4, 2.62), New York's Art Dimar (7-3, 1.94) and the Washington Senator's bashing duo Harmon Killebrew (17, 41) and Bob Allison (19, 34).

   

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Detroit DEA             37  22  .627 ----    96    32  27 .542   76  78 .494
1959 Cleveland CLA           34  22  .607  1.5          32  24 .571   89  65 .578
1959 New York NYA            30  26  .536  5.5          27  29 .482   79  75 .513
1959 Chicago CHA             29  29  .500  7.5          33  25 .569   94  60 .610
1959 Boston BOA              27  31  .466  9.5          25  33 .431   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         25  30  .455 10.0          26  29 .473   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          24  35  .407 13.0          25  34 .424   63  91 .409
1959 Baltimore BAA           24  35  .407 13.0          30  29 .508   74  80 .481
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     24   35  .407 11-21 13-14  4-11 20-24  4- 3  6- 8     2-8     Lost 7
BOA     27   31  .466 13-19 14-12  1- 4 26-27  2- 2  5- 8     2-8     Won 1
CHA     29   29  .500 15-15 14-14 11-12 18-17  4- 0 15- 4     8-2     Won 3
CLA     34   22  .607 18-10 16-12  7- 2 27-20  2- 3  8- 8     8-2     Lost 1
DEA     37   22  .627 17- 9 20-13  7- 4 30-18  0- 1  7- 7     8-2     Won 1
KCA     25   30  .455 11-16 14-14  8- 7 17-23  5- 3  4- 9     4-6     Lost 1
NYA     30   26  .536 13-12 17-14  6-10 24-16  3- 5 11- 9     5-5     Won 1
WAA     24   35  .407 12-18 12-17  6- 6 18-29  2- 5  6- 9     4-6     Won 1
TOTAL  230  230  .500
HOME   110  120  .478
ROAD   120  110  .522
LEFT    50   56  .472
RIGHT  180  174  .508
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15  3-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    213   262  -49
BOA      9- 4 14-16  4-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    259   288  -29
CHA      8- 8 10-18 11- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    196   229  -33
CLA      7- 7 18-10  9- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    263   221  +42
DEA      9- 6 16-12 12- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    350   226 +124
KCA      6-10 14-11  5- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    235   274  -39
NYA      9- 6 14-13  7- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    224   221   +3
WAA      7-10 12-18  5- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    247   266  -19

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 6/15/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 DEA  37  22    A.Kaline  DEA .367  R.Colavit CLA   19  A.Kaline  DEA   57
1959 CLA  34  22    H.Kuenn   DEA .322  C.Maxwell DEA   19  C.Maxwell DEA   55
1959 NYA  30  26    P.Runnels BOA .319  B.Allison WAA   19  R.Colavit CLA   49
1959 CHA  29  29    B.Skowron NYA .315  H.Killebr WAA   17  H.Killebr WAA   41
1959 BOA  27  31    G.Woodlin BAA .313  W.Held    CLA   15  OTHERS TIED W   38
1959 KCA  25  30
1959 WAA  24  35    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 BAA  24  35    E.Wynn    CHA    9  M.Forniel BOA    6  D.Mossi   DEA 1.70
                    F.Lary    DEA    8  T.Morgan  DEA    6  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.94
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  T.Lown    CHA    4  B.Shaw    CHA 2.15
                                        OTHERS TIED W    3  M.Grant   CLA 2.47
                                                            C.Pascual WAA 2.55
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    H.Naragon WAA    9  L.Aparici CHA   23  H.Score   CLA   81
                    D.Brown   CLA    8  B.Tuttle  KCA    9  J.Bunning DEA   71
                    H.Chiti   KCA    7  J.Piersal CLA    7  C.Pascual WAA   68
                    W.Held    CLA    6  B.Allison WAA    7  E.Wynn    CHA   66
                    R.Boone   KCA    6  OTHERS TIED W    6  W.Ford    NYA   65
 

1959 AL Standings and League Leaders

 June 1, 1959

   The Cleveland Indians are in 1st place in the AL as the calendar is turned to June. The Indians win last night over my Detroit Tigers allowed them to move into the top spot. Cleveland also went 18-10 in May, best in the AL. The New York Yankees have moved past the Boston Red Sox into 3rd place by going 8-2 in their last 10 games while the Sox have been 4-6. Nobody's out of the running for the pennant this early in the season though Chicago and Washington have really struggled. 

  My Tigers are represented quite well in the AL's League Leaders. Al Kaline (.391, 12, 45) is having a fantastic season so far. Harvey Kuenn and Charlie Maxwell are also putting up big numbers at the plate. Tiger pitchers Jim Bunning, Frank Lary and Don Mossi are among the top pitchers in the league. 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           25  17  .595 ----   112    25  17 .595   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             25  18  .581   .5          20  23 .465   76  78 .494
1959 New York NYA            23  19  .548  2.0          19  23 .452   79  75 .513
1959 Boston BOA              23  20  .535  2.5          19  24 .442   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         20  21  .488  4.5          20  21 .488   66  88 .429
1959 Baltimore BAA           21  25  .457  6.0          25  21 .543   74  80 .481
1959 Chicago CHA             18  26  .409  8.0          25  19 .568   94  60 .610
1959 Washington WAA          19  28  .404  8.5          21  26 .447   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     21   25  .457 11-14 10-11  4- 8 17-17  4- 3  6- 4     4-6     Won 3
BOA     23   20  .535 11-13 12- 7  1- 1 22-19  2- 1  4- 3     4-6     Lost 3
CHA     18   26  .409  8-14 10-12  4-11 14-15  3- 0 10- 4     1-9     Lost 4
CLA     25   17  .595 15- 7 10-10  6- 2 19-15  1- 2  5- 6     8-2     Won 2
DEA     25   18  .581 12- 7 13-11  5- 3 20-15  0- 1  4- 7     4-6     Lost 1
KCA     20   21  .488  9-12 11- 9  8- 6 12-15  4- 2  2- 5     7-3     Won 1
NYA     23   19  .548  9- 9 14-10  5- 6 18-13  3- 5  9- 8     8-2     Won 1
WAA     19   28  .404  9-14 10-14  4- 3 15-25  1- 4  5- 8     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL  174  174  .500
HOME    84   90  .483
ROAD    90   84  .517
LEFT    37   40  .481
RIGHT  137  134  .506
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA      6-10 15-15  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    175   209  -34
BOA      9- 4 14-16  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    200   206   -6
CHA      8- 8 10-18  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    143   196  -53
CLA      7- 7 18-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    195   163  +32
DEA      9- 6 16-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    249   169  +80
KCA      6-10 14-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    181   207  -26
NYA      9- 6 14-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    173   154  +19
WAA      7-10 12-18  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    204   216  -12

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1959 American League                 Date: 6/1/1959
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1959 CLA  25  17    A.Kaline  DEA .391  H.Killebr WAA   16  A.Kaline  DEA   45
1959 DEA  25  18    H.Kuenn   DEA .360  C.Maxwell DEA   15  C.Maxwell DEA   43
1959 NYA  23  19    G.Woodlin BAA .344  B.Allison WAA   13  H.Killebr WAA   39
1959 BOA  23  20    B.Skowron NYA .339  R.Colavit CLA   12  R.Colavit CLA   36
1959 KCA  20  21    P.Runnels BOA .323  A.Kaline  DEA   12  B.Nieman  BAA   34
1959 BAA  21  25
1959 CHA  18  26    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1959 WAA  19  28    E.Wynn    CHA    6  M.Forniel BOA    6  D.Mossi   DEA 1.50
                    J.Bunning DEA    6  B.Loes    BAA    3  A.Ditmar  NYA 1.78
                    F.Lary    DEA    6  T.Lown    CHA    3  M.Grant   CLA 2.27
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  T.Morgan  DEA    3  J.Harshma BAA 2.61
                                        OTHERS TIED W    2  J.Walker  BAA 2.70
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    A.Kaline  DEA   11  L.Aparici CHA   15  H.Score   CLA   60
                    R.Boone   KCA    8  J.Piersal CLA    7  J.Bunning DEA   56
                    F.Malzone BOA    7  J.Jensen  BOA    5  E.Wynn    CHA   54
                    T.Lepcio  DEA    7  B.Allison WAA    5  W.Ford    NYA   53
                    J.Lumpe   KCA    6  OTHERS TIED W    3  C.Pascual WAA   52