1959 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: MLB
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | Chicago White Sox ** | 94 | 60 | .610 | -- | 669 | 588 | Al Lopez | Comiskey Park | 1,423,144 | $0 | Nellie Fox (2) | Early Wynn (3) | Lost World Series (Dodgers) |
| 2 | Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 5.0 | 745 | 646 | Joe Gordon | Cleveland Municipal Stadi | 1,497,976 | $0 | Rocky Colavito (6) | Gary Bell (11) | |
| 3 | New York Yankees | 79 | 75 | .513 | 15.0 | 687 | 647 | Casey Stengel | Yankee Stadium | 1,552,030 | $0 | Mickey Mantle (1) | Art Ditmar (15) | |
| 4 | Detroit Tigers | 76 | 78 | .494 | 18.0 | 713 | 732 | Jimmy Dykes, Bill Norman | Briggs Stadium | 1,221,221 | $0 | Al Kaline (3) | Jim Bunning (2) | |
| 5 | Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 19.0 | 726 | 696 | Pinky Higgins, Billy Jurges, Rudy York | Fenway Park | 984,102 | $0 | Jackie Jensen (4) | Tom Brewer (16) | |
| 6 | Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 80 | .481 | 20.0 | 551 | 621 | Paul Richards | Memorial Stadium | 891,926 | $0 | Gene Woodling (19) | Hoyt Wilhelm (5) | |
| 7 | Kansas City Athletics | 66 | 88 | .429 | 28.0 | 681 | 760 | Harry Craft | Municipal Stadium | 963,683 | $0 | Hector Lopez (14) | Bud Daley (9) | |
| 8 | Washington Senators I | 63 | 91 | .409 | 31.0 | 619 | 701 | Cookie Lavagetto | Griffith Stadium | 615,372 | $0 | Harmon Killebrew (8) | Camilo Pascual (1) |
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