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1959 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
American Team W L WPct GB Tampa Bay 103 59 .636 -- Oakland 103 59 .636 -- New York (A) 90 72 .556 13 Boston (A) 89 73 .549 14 Cleveland 86 76 .531 17 Detroit 67 95 .414 36 Minnesota 62 100 .383 41 Seattle 53 109 .327 50

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Montreal Expos over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
AL League Series (4-2)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Oakland Athletics

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
OAK	5.0	816	162	5610	1546	305	44	168	564	833	.276	.342	.435	.777
BOS	4.9	790	162	5489	1340	266	21	219	646	1178	.244	.324	.420	.744
NYA	4.7	769	162	5605	1487	247	34	202	466	954	.265	.322	.430	.751
CLE	4.6	747	162	5572	1457	264	42	163	541	1084	.261	.327	.412	.739
DET	4.5	733	162	5527	1343	248	41	179	528	1140	.243	.309	.400	.709
TAM	4.4	720	162	5415	1296	210	37	188	619	1176	.239	.317	.396	.713
SEM	3.3	542	162	5504	1248	267	40	82	417	1034	.227	.281	.334	.616
MIN	3.3	527	162	5441	1283	208	24	98	457	1070	.236	.295	.337	.632
Totals	4.4	5644	1296	44163	11000	2015	283	1299	4238	8469	.249	.315	.396	.711
Average		706	162	5520	1375	252	35	162	530	1059

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
OAK	3.5	566	162	3.13	1457.7	1244	7.7	433	2.7	1205	7.4	22
TAM	3.6	576	162	3.39	1456.7	1377	8.5	379	2.3	1010	6.2	52
BOS	4.0	655	162	3.72	1451.0	1315	8.1	477	2.9	1129	7.0	36
MIN	4.1	659	162	3.85	1439.7	1330	8.2	543	3.4	1017	6.3	33
NYA	4.5	735	162	4.20	1447.7	1339	8.3	561	3.5	1174	7.2	41
CLE	4.6	748	162	4.26	1451.0	1393	8.6	584	3.6	1143	7.1	29
DET	5.0	804	162	4.62	1446.7	1508	9.3	559	3.5	906	5.6	24
SEM	5.0	815	162	4.81	1447.0	1500	9.3	527	3.3	859	5.3	21
Totals	4.3	5558	1296	4.00	11597.3	11006	8.5	4063	3.1	8443	6.5	258
Average		695	162		1450	1376		508		1055		32

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
OAK	107	55	-4	6	13	1	6	2	15	0.89	0.88	2,304,725		Marwan Najdawi
TAM	97	65	6	6	18	0	1	0	8	1.01	0.95	2,420,647		Ricky Sanford
NYA	84	78	6	4	14	0	1	1	11	1.09	1.05	2,242,283		Jason Spiegel
BOS	95	67	-6	3	12	12	1	2	19	0.89	0.93	1,914,612		Brian Rodgers
CLE	81	81	5	2	14	0	0	0	10	0.97	1.11	1,076,738		Jason Morton
DET	74	88	-7	2	12	0	0	3	24	1.00	1.04	1,946,079		Pie Traynor
MIN	65	97	-3	2	13	0	0	1	11	1.06	0.88	1,390,266		Cookie Lavagetto
SEM	52	110	1	0	8	2	0	4	13	1.05	1.01	2,207,304		Peter Fletcher

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TAM	309	131.04	127.47	50.46	3.21	3.65	11.22	7.56	11.44	13.38
OAK	309	159.27	105.24	44.46	9.31	3.02	6.71	5.77	6.95	12.72
NYA	270	142.19	86.68	41.10	9.30	5.64	4.87	4.46	8.50	8.34
BOS	267	149.45	80.17	37.35	9.98	2.76	2.88	4.94	5.57	11.23
CLE	258	147.58	77.10	33.29	6.97	2.77	8.50	4.39	4.24	6.42
DET	201	119.99	53.01	27.97	7.88	2.05	4.00	2.52	4.33	7.20
MIN	186	50.03	90.35	45.59	6.28	3.57	5.72	4.12	9.69	16.23
SEM	159	62.32	62.49	34.16	5.56	0.65	5.43	3.81	5.82	12.91

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Duke Snider	BOS	.290, 56 HR, 131 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Gene Conley	OAK	27-8, 1.80, 335.0 IP, 323 K
Bronze Rookie:	Chris Short	DET	17-11, 4.01, 276.3 IP, 172 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Orlando Pena	SEM	.986, 22 PO, 46 A, 1 E
C	Hank Foiles	OAK	.994, 943 PO, 40 A, 6 E 39.3% (11-28) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Dale Long	OAK	.993, 1236 PO, 97 A, 9 E
2B	Jim Finigan	CLE	.985, 271 PO, 556 A, 13 E
3B	Jim Brideweser	OAK	.979, 61 PO, 306 A, 8 E
SS	Chico Carrasquel	OAK	.972, 155 PO, 479 A, 18 E
LF	Orlando Cepeda	DET	1.000, 267 PO, 17 A, 0 E
CF	Duke Snider	BOS	.989, 344 PO, 3 A, 4 E
RF	Al Kaline	MIN	.969, 277 PO, 5 A, 9 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Kluszewski   .349 Lockman OAK .328 Jackson NYA .324 Runnels BOS .319* Carrasquel OAK .307	On-Base Pct Snider BOS .403 Torgeson DET .400 Lockman OAK .395 Yost TAM .392 Gilliam OAK .392	Slugging Pct Snider BOS .687 Jackson NYA .639 Kluszewski   .620 Long OAK .523 Torgeson DET .523	OPS Snider BOS 1.091 Jackson NYA 1.008 Kluszewski   .997 Torgeson DET .922 Lockman OAK .897
XR Snider BOS 133.1 Jackson NYA 123.8 Kluszewski   106.6 Lockman OAK 102.4 Cepeda DET 100.8	Games Bilko TAM 158 Jackson NYA 158 Wertz   158 Cimoli CLE 157 Finigan CLE 157	At-Bats Cepeda DET 626 Brideweser OAK 607 Jackson NYA 593 Cimoli CLE 588 Lockman OAK 588	Runs Snider BOS 114 Jackson NYA 108 Cepeda DET 104 Yost TAM 101 Jensen OAK 98
Hits Lockman OAK 193 Jackson NYA 192 Kluszewski   180 Cepeda DET 179 Kaline MIN 172	Total Bases Jackson NYA 379 Snider BOS 365 Cepeda DET 325 Kluszewski   320 Doby DET 297	Singles Lockman OAK 138 Brown MIN 134 Kaline MIN 125 Johnson MIN 123 Brideweser OAK 121	Doubles Cepeda DET 46 Gilliam OAK 45 Kirkland OAK 38 Jensen OAK 36 Groth SEM 34
Triples Skinner CLE 11 Cepeda DET 8 Gilliam OAK 8 Cimoli CLE 7 Torre SEM 7	Homeruns Snider BOS 56 Jackson NYA 49 Killebrew BOS 35 Robinson BOS 35 Bilko TAM 34	RBIs Jackson NYA 142 Snider BOS 131 Long OAK 109 Kluszewski   108 Cepeda DET 107	Stolen Bases Brideweser OAK 28 Pinson SEM 28 Gilliam OAK 24 Shetrone TAM 24 Ashburn   12
Caught Stealing Lockman OAK 16 Gilliam OAK 9 Skinner CLE 7 Ashburn   5 Brideweser OAK 5	Walks Yost TAM 136 Snider BOS 100 Bilko TAM 92 Killebrew BOS 91 Torgeson DET 91	Strikeouts Lopata TAM 162 Bilko TAM 159 Killebrew BOS 155 Jones DET 151 Yost TAM 151

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Conley OAK 1.80 Miller BOS 2.71 Miller TAM 2.89 Constable MIN 3.04 Robinson TAM 3.06	Wins Conley OAK 27 Scheib OAK 25 Miller BOS 24 Kiely TAM 23 Robinson TAM 23	Losses Pena SEM 24 Terry SEM 22 Arroyo MIN 21 Delock CLE 20 Foytack MIN 20	Winning Pct Conley OAK .771 Kiely TAM .767 Robinson TAM .767 Miller BOS .750 Van Cuyk NYA .737
Saves Buhl BOS 22 Qualters NYA 22 Daley MIN 21 Newcombe   21 Byrd OAK 16	Games Pitched Larsen BOS 92 Van Cuyk NYA 92 Garcia TAM 80 Abernathy DET 78 Gorman MIN 70	Games Started Duren NYA 44 Keriazakos CLE 44 Chakales DET 43 Drabowsky CLE 43 Drysdale NYA 43	Complete Games Scheib OAK 25 Conley OAK 19 Foytack MIN 15 Delock CLE 14 Monbouquette CLE 14
Shutouts Conley OAK 7 Scheib OAK 7 Miller BOS 5 Ramos MIN 4 Jester OAK 3	Innings Pitched Scheib OAK 341.3 Conley OAK 335.0 Delock CLE 315.3 Keriazakos CLE 306.7 Foytack MIN 302.3	Hits Allowed Delock CLE 322 Scheib OAK 291 Kiely TAM 289 Roberts BOS 285 Foytack MIN 282	Homeruns Allowed Score BOS 53 Scheib OAK 46 Pena SEM 41 Pierce OAK 40 Drabowsky CLE 37
Strikeouts Score BOS 406 Keriazakos CLE 343 Conley OAK 323 Duren NYA 323 Scheib OAK 305	Walks Allowed Duren NYA 187 Score BOS 149 Keriazakos CLE 147 Chakales DET 129 Delock CLE 126	Walks per 9IP Miller BOS 1.2 Kiely TAM 1.2 Simmons DET 1.7 Jester OAK 1.9 Roberts BOS 1.9	Hits per 9IP Duren NYA 6.1 Conley OAK 6.3 Score BOS 6.7 Keriazakos CLE 7.0 Arroyo MIN 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Score BOS 13.3 Duren NYA 10.5 Keriazakos CLE 10.1 Conley OAK 8.7 Pierce OAK 8.4	WHiP Conley OAK 0.92 Miller BOS 0.98 Robinson TAM 1.10 Kiely TAM 1.12 Jester OAK 1.13	OAVG Duren NYA .190 Conley OAK .193 Score BOS .202 Keriazakos CLE .213 Arroyo MIN .216	OOBP Conley OAK .241 Miller BOS .256 Robinson TAM .276 Kiely TAM .283 Jester OAK .285
OSLG Conley OAK .276 Miller BOS .318 Robinson TAM .334 Keriazakos CLE .339 Duren NYA .339	OOPS Conley OAK .518 Miller BOS .574 Robinson TAM .609 Constable MIN .640 Kemmerer TAM .642

League All-Stars
Steve Bilko	Jim Brideweser	Bobby Brown
Bob Buhl	Smoky Burgess	Chico Carrasquel
Gene Conley	Larry Doby	Dave Hillman
Randy Jackson	Jackie Jensen	Leo Kiely
Ted Kluszewski	Whitey Lockman	Stan Lopata
Bob Miller	Irv Noren	Tom Qualters
Pedro Ramos	Dusty Rhodes	Humberto Robinson
Carl Scheib	Chris Short	Duke Snider
Lee Walls

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Gene Conley	OAK	$ 22,100,000
2.	Earl Torgeson	DET	$ 15,090,300
3.	Eddie Yost	TAM	$ 14,000,000
4.	Larry Doby	DET	$ 13,000,000
5.	Ted Kluszewski	CLE	$ 12,500,000
6.	Ferris Fain	TAM	$ 11,500,000
	Duke Snider	BOS	$ 11,500,000
8.	Robin Roberts	BOS	$ 10,000,000
9.	Bobby Brown	MIN	$ 8,500,000
10.	Bob Miller	BOS	$ 7,500,000
11.	Gil Hodges	MIN	$ 6,750,000
12.	Bobby Hofman	NYA	$ 6,670,000
13.	Richie Ashburn	DET	$ 6,500,000
	Hersh Freeman	NYA	$ 6,500,000
15.	Roy Sievers	TAM	$ 6,250,000
16.	Jim Gilliam	OAK	$ 6,100,000
	Stu Miller	TAM	$ 6,100,000
18.	Ryne Duren	NYA	$ 6,014,286
19.	Carl Scheib	OAK	$ 6,000,000
	Leo Kiely	TAM	$ 6,000,000
21.	Randy Jackson	NYA	$ 5,990,000
22.	Whitey Lockman	OAK	$ 5,350,000
23.	Paul Foytack	MIN	$ 5,057,143
24.	Del Rice	SEM	$ 5,050,000
25.	Humberto Robinson	TAM	$ 5,007,143

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