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1959 Major League Baseball | Year in Review | |
| Standings |
| Team Name | W | L | Pct | GBL | Manager(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | -- | Al Lopez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 5.0 | Joe Gordon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Yankees | 79 | 75 | .513 | 15.0 | Casey Stengel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | 76 | 78 | .494 | 18.0 | Bill Norman Jimmy Dykes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 19.0 | Billy Jurges Pinky Higgins Rudy York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 80 | .481 | 20.0 | Paul Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City Athletics | 66 | 88 | .429 | 28.0 | Harry Craft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington Senators I | 63 | 91 | .409 | 31.0 | Cookie Lavagetto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playoff teams in bold.
| Team Information |
| Team Name | Attendance |
| Baltimore Orioles | 891,926 |
| Boston Red Sox | 984,102 |
| Chicago White Sox | 1,423,144 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1,497,976 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1,221,221 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 963,683 |
| New York Yankees | 1,552,030 |
| Washington Senators I | 615,372 |
| Player Register |
Adair, Jerry (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Aguirre, Hank (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Allison, Bob (MLB) - Washington Senators I Alvarez, Ossie (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Aparicio, Luis (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Arias, Rudy (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Aspromonte, Ken (MLB) - Washington Senators I Avila, Bobby (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox Bamberger, George (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Battey, Earl (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Bauer, Hank (MLB) - New York Yankees Baumann, Frank (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Baxes, Jim (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Becquer, Julio (MLB) - Washington Senators I Bell, Gary (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Bella, Zeke (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Berberet, Lou (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Berra, Yogi (MLB) - New York Yankees Bertoia, Reno (MLB) - Washington Senators I Blanchard, Johnny (MLB) - New York Yankees Blaylock, Gary (MLB) - New York Yankees Bolger, Jim (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Bolling, Frank (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Boone, Ray (MLB) - Chicago White Sox , Kansas City Athletics Bowsfield, Ted (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Boyd, Bob (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Boyer, Clete (MLB) - New York Yankees Brewer, Tom (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Brickell, Fritz (MLB) - New York Yankees Bridges, Rocky (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Briggs, John (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Brodowski, Dick (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Bronstad, Jim (MLB) - New York Yankees Brown, Dick (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Brown, Hal (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Bruce, Bob (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Brunet, George (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Buddin, Don (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Bunning, Jim (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Burke, Leo (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Burnside, Pete (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Busby, Jim (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Callison, Johnny (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Carey, Andy (MLB) - New York Yankees Carrasquel, Chico (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Carreon, Cam (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Carroll, Tom (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Casale, Jerry (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Cash, Norm (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Cerv, Bob (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Chiti, Harry (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Chittum, Nelson (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Chrisley, Neil (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Cicotte, Al (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Clevenger, Tex (MLB) - Washington Senators I Coates, Jim (MLB) - New York Yankees Colavito, Rocky (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Coleman, Gordy (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Coleman, Rip (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics , Baltimore Orioles Consolo, Billy (MLB) - Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators I Courtney, Clint (MLB) - Washington Senators I Daley, Bud (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Daley, Pete (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Davie, Jerry (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Delock, Ike (MLB) - Boston Red Sox DeMaestri, Joe (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Demeter, Steve (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Dickson, Murry (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Dillard, Don (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Ditmar, Art (MLB) - New York Yankees Dobbek, Dan (MLB) - Washington Senators I Doby, Larry (MLB) - Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers Donovan, Dick (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Dropo, Walt (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Duren, Ryne (MLB) - New York Yankees Ennis, Del (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Esposito, Sammy (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Ferrarese, Don (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Finigan, Jim (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Fischer, Bill (MLB) - Washington Senators I Fisher, Jack (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Fitz Gerald, Ed (MLB) - Cleveland Indians , Washington Senators I Ford, Whitey (MLB) - New York Yankees Fornieles, Mike (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Fox, Nellie (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Foytack, Paul (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Francona, Tito (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Freeman, Mark (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees Gabler, Gabe (MLB) - New York Yankees Garcia, Mike (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Gardner, Billy (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Garver, Ned (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Geiger, Gary (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Gernert, Dick (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Gile, Don (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Ginsberg, Joe (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Goodman, Billy (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Gorman, Tom (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Grant, Mudcat (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Grba, Eli (MLB) - New York Yankees Green, Lenny (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators I Green, Pumpsie (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Griggs, Hal (MLB) - Washington Senators I Grim, Bob (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Groth, Johnny (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Grunwald, Al (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Hadley, Kent (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Hale, Bob (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Hamner, Granny (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Hansen, Ron (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Hardy, Carroll (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Harris, Gail (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Harshman, Jack (MLB) - Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles Held, Woodie (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Herbert, Ray (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Herzog, Whitey (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Hicks, Joe (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Hoeft, Billy (MLB) - Detroit Tigers , Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox House, Frank (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Howard, Elston (MLB) - New York Yankees Hunt, Ken (MLB) - New York Yankees Hyde, Dick (MLB) - Washington Senators I Jablonski, Ray (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Jackson, Randy (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Jackson, Ron (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Jensen, Jackie (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Johnson, Ernie (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Johnson, Ken (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Jones, Willie (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Kaat, Jim (MLB) - Washington Senators I Kaline, Al (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Kemmerer, Russ (MLB) - Washington Senators I Keough, Marty (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Kiely, Leo (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Killebrew, Harmon (MLB) - Washington Senators I Killeen, Evans (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Klaus, Billy (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Klimchock, Lou (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Kluszewski, Ted (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Korcheck, Steve (MLB) - Washington Senators I Kralick, Jack (MLB) - Washington Senators I Kubek, Tony (MLB) - New York Yankees Kucks, Johnny (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees Kuenn, Harvey (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Kutyna, Marty (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Landis, Jim (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Larsen, Don (MLB) - New York Yankees | Lary, Frank (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Latman, Barry (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Lau, Charlie (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Leek, Gene (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Lemon, Jim (MLB) - Washington Senators I Lepcio, Ted (MLB) - Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers Locke, Bobby (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Lockman, Whitey (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Loes, Billy (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Lollar, Sherm (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Lopez, Hector (MLB) - New York Yankees , Kansas City Athletics Lown, Turk (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Lumenti, Ralph (MLB) - Washington Senators I Lumpe, Jerry (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees Maas, Duke (MLB) - New York Yankees Mahoney, Jim (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Malkmus, Bobby (MLB) - Washington Senators I Mallett, Jerry (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Malzone, Frank (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Mantle, Mickey (MLB) - New York Yankees Maris, Roger (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Martin, Billy (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Martin, J.C. (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Martyn, Bob (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Maxwell, Charlie (MLB) - Detroit Tigers McAnany, Jim (MLB) - Chicago White Sox McAvoy, Tom (MLB) - Washington Senators I McBride, Ken (MLB) - Chicago White Sox McDougald, Gil (MLB) - New York Yankees McLish, Cal (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Meyer, Russ (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Minoso, Minnie (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Miranda, Willy (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Moford, Herb (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Monbouquette, Bill (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Monroe, Zach (MLB) - New York Yankees Moore, Ray (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Moran, Billy (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Morgan, Joe (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Morgan, Tom (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Mossi, Don (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Mueller, Don (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Naragon, Hal (MLB) - Cleveland Indians , Washington Senators I Narleski, Ray (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Nieman, Bob (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Nixon, Russ (MLB) - Cleveland Indians O'Dell, Billy (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Osborne, Bobo (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Pappas, Milt (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Pascual, Camilo (MLB) - Washington Senators I Pearson, Albie (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators I Perry, Jim (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Peters, Gary (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Phillips, Bubba (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Pierce, Billy (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Piersall, Jim (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Pilarcik, Al (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Pisoni, Jim (MLB) - New York Yankees Plews, Herb (MLB) - Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators I Podbielan, Bud (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Porter, J.W. (MLB) - Washington Senators I Portocarrero, Arnie (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Power, Vic (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Proctor, Jim (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Ramos, Pedro (MLB) - Washington Senators I Raymond, Claude (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Reed, Howie (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Renna, Bill (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Richardson, Bobby (MLB) - New York Yankees Rivera, Jim (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Robinson, Brooks (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Robinson, Humberto (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Romano, Johnny (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Romonosky, John (MLB) - Washington Senators I Rudolph, Don (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Runnels, Pete (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Samford, Ron (MLB) - Washington Senators I Saverine, Bob (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Schaive, Johnny (MLB) - Washington Senators I Schroll, Al (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Schultz, Barney (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Score, Herb (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Shantz, Bobby (MLB) - New York Yankees Shaw, Bob (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Shetrone, Barry (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Shoop, Ron (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Siebern, Norm (MLB) - New York Yankees Sievers, Roy (MLB) - Washington Senators I Simpson, Harry (MLB) - Chicago White Sox , Kansas City Athletics Sisler, Dave (MLB) - Boston Red Sox , Detroit Tigers Skizas, Lou (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Skowron, Bill (MLB) - New York Yankees Slaughter, Enos (MLB) - New York Yankees Smith, Al (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Smith, Bob (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Smith, Bob (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Smith, Hal (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Snyder, Russ (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Staley, Gerry (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Stanka, Joe (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Stephens, Gene (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Stobbs, Chuck (MLB) - Washington Senators I Stock, Wes (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Strickland, George (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Striker, Jake (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Stump, Jim (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Sturdivant, Tom (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees Sullivan, Frank (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Sullivan, Haywood (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Susce, George (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Tanner, Chuck (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Tasby, Willie (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Taylor, Joe (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Terry, Ralph (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees Terwilliger, Wayne (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Throneberry, Faye (MLB) - Washington Senators I Throneberry, Marv (MLB) - New York Yankees Tomanek, Dick (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Torgeson, Earl (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Triandos, Gus (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Tsitouris, John (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Turley, Bob (MLB) - New York Yankees Tuttle, Bill (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Valdivielso, Jose (MLB) - Washington Senators I Valentine, Fred (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Valentinetti, Vito (MLB) - Washington Senators I Valo, Elmer (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Veal, Coot (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Versalles, Zoilo (MLB) - Washington Senators I Walker, Jerry (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Wall, Murray (MLB) - Washington Senators I , Boston Red Sox Ward, Preston (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Webster, Ray (MLB) - Cleveland Indians Wertz, Vic (MLB) - Boston Red Sox White, Sammy (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Wilhelm, Hoyt (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Williams, Dick (MLB) - Kansas City Athletics Williams, Ted (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Wills, Ted (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Wilson, Earl (MLB) - Boston Red Sox Wilson, Red (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Windhorn, Gordie (MLB) - New York Yankees Woodeshick, Hal (MLB) - Washington Senators I Woodling, Gene (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles Wynn, Early (MLB) - Chicago White Sox Yost, Eddie (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Zauchin, Norm (MLB) - Washington Senators I Zernial, Gus (MLB) - Detroit Tigers Zuverink, George (MLB) - Baltimore Orioles |
Major League Cy Young Award - Early Wynn Rookie of the Year - Bob Allison World Series Most Valuable Player - Larry Sherry AL Gold Glove Award (C) - Sherm Lollar AL Gold Glove Award (1B) - Vic Power AL Gold Glove Award (2B) - Nellie Fox AL Gold Glove Award (3B) - Frank Malzone AL Gold Glove Award (SS) - Luis Aparicio AL Gold Glove Award (OF) - Al Kaline AL Gold Glove Award (OF) - Jackie Jensen AL Gold Glove Award (OF) - Minnie Minoso AL Gold Glove Award (P) - Bobby Shantz |
| League Leaders |
On Base Pct (OBP): Eddie Yost - Detroit Tigers (.415)
Slugging Pct (SLG): Al Kaline - Detroit Tigers (.516)
At Bats: Nellie Fox - Chicago White Sox (612)
Runs: Eddie Yost - Detroit Tigers (104)
Hits: Harvey Kuenn - Detroit Tigers (191)
Doubles: Harvey Kuenn - Detroit Tigers (42)
Triples: Bob Allison - Washington Senators I (9)
Home Runs: Rocky Colavito - Cleveland Indians, Harmon Killebrew - Washington Senators I (33)
Runs Batted In: Jackie Jensen - Boston Red Sox (111)
Total Bases: Rocky Colavito - Cleveland Indians (282)
Walks: Eddie Yost - Detroit Tigers (95)
Strikeouts: Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees (118)
Stolen Bases: Luis Aparicio - Chicago White Sox (21)
Hit by Pitch: Minnie Minoso - Cleveland Indians (12)
Wins: Early Wynn - Chicago White Sox (19)
Losses: Pedro Ramos - Washington Senators I (17)
Earned Run Avg (ERA): Hoyt Wilhelm - Baltimore Orioles (2.19)
Games: Gerry Staley - Chicago White Sox (60)
Complete Games: Camilo Pascual - Washington Senators I (17)
Shutouts: Camilo Pascual - Washington Senators I (6)
Saves: Turk Lown - Chicago White Sox (14)
Innings Pitched: Early Wynn - Chicago White Sox (249.2)
Walks: Early Wynn - Chicago White Sox (115)
Strikeouts: Jim Bunning - Detroit Tigers (185)
BB+H/IP (WHIP): Art Ditmar - New York Yankees (1.03)
Hits/9 Ip: Herb Score - Cleveland Indians (6.89)
HR/9 Ip: Milt Pappas - Baltimore Orioles (0.34)
Walks/9 Ip: Hal Brown - Baltimore Orioles (1.76)
SO/9 Ip: Herb Score - Cleveland Indians (8.23)
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