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1959 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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National Team W L WPct GB Montreal 99 63 .611 -- New York (N) 97 65 .599 2 Brooklyn 91 71 .562 8 Boston (N) 88 74 .543 11 Cincinnati 79 83 .488 20 Pittsburgh 71 91 .438 28 St. Louis 61 101 .377 38 San Diego 57 105 .352 42

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Montreal Expos over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
NL League Series (4-3)	Montreal Expos over New York (N) Giants

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
BSN	4.9	792	162	5485	1378	249	43	205	597	1252	.251	.325	.424	.749
MON	4.9	791	162	5537	1464	239	29	224	474	1009	.264	.322	.439	.762
NYG	4.8	784	162	5593	1481	285	35	210	490	1046	.265	.324	.441	.765
BRK	4.6	751	162	5575	1415	236	33	173	575	1134	.254	.324	.401	.725
PIT	4.5	723	162	5493	1362	242	40	171	407	1098	.248	.300	.400	.700
CIN	4.0	653	162	5466	1364	214	31	161	467	945	.250	.309	.388	.697
STL	3.8	623	162	5550	1343	225	24	149	491	1040	.242	.304	.372	.675
SDP	3.3	541	162	5546	1336	266	31	101	356	1011	.241	.287	.355	.641
Totals	4.4	5658	1296	44245	11143	1956	266	1394	3857	8535	.252	.312	.403	.714
Average		707	162	5531	1393	244	33	174	482	1067

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
MON	3.5	575	162	3.20	1441.7	1223	7.5	469	2.9	1268	7.8	27
NYG	3.9	632	162	3.58	1462.0	1307	8.1	446	2.8	1149	7.1	36
BRK	4.2	683	162	3.79	1454.3	1343	8.3	449	2.8	1096	6.8	33
BSN	4.3	692	162	3.95	1446.0	1346	8.3	522	3.2	1106	6.8	30
CIN	4.3	699	162	3.99	1437.3	1394	8.6	464	2.9	1154	7.1	31
SDP	4.9	795	162	4.74	1441.0	1513	9.3	563	3.5	829	5.1	19
STL	5.1	821	162	4.74	1450.7	1456	9.0	637	3.9	1043	6.4	27
PIT	5.2	847	162	5.08	1425.7	1555	9.6	482	3.0	916	5.7	30
Totals	4.4	5744	1296	4.13	11558.6	11137	8.6	4032	3.1	8561	6.6	233
Average		718	162		1445	1392		504		1070		29

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
BRK	88	74	3	5	12	8	0	1	25	0.94	0.96	1,399,748		Ty Kubick
BSN	91	71	-3	5	14	0	10	3	15	0.98	0.98	2,252,139		Ben Thompson
NYG	97	65	0	5	13	4	1	2	21	1.05	1.20	2,350,835		Matt Ida
MON	104	58	-5	4	17	1	2	3	20	1.08	1.05	2,426,377		Hyram the Camel Jockey
CIN	76	86	3	3	14	2	9	0	12	0.99	1.02	1,780,063		Freddy Wills
PIT	69	93	2	2	10	0	0	0	15	1.07	1.03	1,636,941		Jay Zorn
STL	61	101	0	1	9	0	1	1	19	1.02	1.13	1,212,400		Joel Roltgen
SDP	54	108	3	0	11	1	0	1	18	0.94	0.76	1,638,306		Jamie D'Agostini

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
MON	297	126.49	121.80	48.68	10.97	3.19	6.51	5.52	8.12	14.37
NYG	291	129.98	114.49	46.50	7.35	3.20	8.24	7.06	7.27	13.38
BRK	273	136.26	90.25	46.47	2.60	3.68	8.62	4.76	7.43	19.40
BSN	264	137.47	87.79	38.71	11.05	2.51	5.20	3.23	7.13	9.60
CIN	237	101.24	95.04	40.69	8.00	2.77	7.50	5.06	8.48	8.91
PIT	213	120.13	62.28	30.56	6.52	1.85	3.98	5.18	5.14	7.91
STL	183	84.33	66.33	32.31	5.65	1.96	4.42	4.82	7.36	8.12
SDP	171	67.05	64.41	39.52	6.58	4.18	6.05	4.36	6.19	12.16

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.279, 57 HR, 133 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Sandy Koufax	MON	24-5, 2.11, 281.7 IP, 312 K
Bronze Rookie:	Dick Brown	SDP	.254, 15 HR, 48 RBI
Gold Glove Winners
P	Jack Kralick	SDP	.968, 20 PO, 41 A, 2 E
C	Johnny Pramesa	NYG	.995, 921 PO, 41 A, 5 E 40.0% (10-25) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Bill White	PIT	.990, 1486 PO, 129 A, 16 E
2B	Billy Gardner	SDP	.985, 290 PO, 515 A, 12 E
3B	Dick Williams	SDP	.949, 82 PO, 344 A, 23 E
SS	Bill Serena	BSN	.973, 183 PO, 567 A, 21 E
LF	Bob Nieman	BRK	.981, 303 PO, 8 A, 6 E
CF	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.990, 386 PO, 4 A, 4 E
RF	Wally Moon	CIN	.993, 282 PO, 4 A, 2 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

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

Batting Average McDougald NYG .324 Francona STL .309 Mays CIN .308 Hazle SDP .307 Colavito PIT .306	On-Base Pct Mantle BRK .410 Colavito PIT .386 Mathews BRK .385 McDougald NYG .383 Francona STL .381	Slugging Pct Mantle BRK .641 McDougald NYG .608 Colavito PIT .594 Mays CIN .586 Aaron NYG .560	OPS Mantle BRK 1.051 McDougald NYG .991 Colavito PIT .980 Mays CIN .965 Aaron NYG .939
XR Mantle BRK 131.5 Mays CIN 115.0 Colavito PIT 114.9 McDougald NYG 111.2 Aaron NYG 109.9	Games Aaron NYG 158 Wagner STL 158 Colavito PIT 157 Demeter PIT 157 Mathews BRK 157	At-Bats Nieman BRK 594 Aaron NYG 586 Adcock MON 586 Mays CIN 585 Serena BSN 584	Runs Mantle BRK 119 Mays CIN 114 Adcock MON 112 Aaron NYG 109 McDougald NYG 109
Hits Mays CIN 180 McDougald NYG 178 Aaron NYG 177 Francona STL 176 Colavito PIT 167	Total Bases Mays CIN 343 Mantle BRK 338 McDougald NYG 334 Aaron NYG 328 Colavito PIT 324	Singles Upton STL 133 Francona STL 125 Pearson CIN 119 Fairly SDP 113 Kuenn NYG 113	Doubles McDougald NYG 39 Aaron NYG 35 Hazle SDP 35 Kokos BSN 35 Colavito PIT 34
Triples Green BSN 8 Nieman BRK 8 Wakefield NYG 7 White PIT 7 Wills PIT 7	Homeruns Mantle BRK 57 Colavito PIT 41 Adcock MON 40 Mays CIN 40 Aaron NYG 36	RBIs Mantle BRK 133 Colavito PIT 127 Aaron NYG 113 Adcock MON 109 Mays CIN 104	Stolen Bases Upton STL 25 Wills PIT 25 Mays CIN 19 Kell STL 14 Allison STL 11
Caught Stealing Mays CIN 13 Caffie PIT 12 Wills PIT 12 Moon CIN 8 Upton STL 8	Walks Mantle BRK 117 Glaviano BSN 101 Mathews BRK 99 Del Greco MON 82 Kokos BSN 79	Strikeouts Serena BSN 185 Glaviano BSN 178 Sawatski BSN 160 Mantle BRK 152 Adcock MON 139

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Koufax MON 2.11 Stobbs CIN 2.42 Spahn BSN 2.77 Antonelli NYG 2.79 Hoeft MON 3.21	Wins Antonelli NYG 24 Koufax MON 24 Friend NYG 23 Shantz BRK 22 Stobbs CIN 21	Losses Johnson PIT 24 Lehman SDP 21 Jay CIN 20 Presko BSN 20 McDevitt CIN 19	Winning Pct Koufax MON .828 Shantz BRK .710 Antonelli NYG .706 Spahn BSN .643 Friend NYG .639
Saves Jones BSN 19 Wiesler CIN 19 Blaylock STL 18 Tiefenauer BRK 17 Bowman NYG 15	Games Pitched Tiefenauer BRK 85 Grim NYG 79 Sherry STL 79 Umbricht BRK 77 Bowman NYG 74	Games Started Antonelli NYG 44 Jay CIN 44 Presko BSN 44 Stone NYG 44 Clevenger BSN 43	Complete Games Johnson PIT 25 Friend NYG 22 Spahn BSN 22 Stobbs CIN 21 Koufax MON 16
Shutouts Koufax MON 5 O'Toole MON 4 Gray CIN 3 Johnson PIT 3 Spahn BSN 3	Innings Pitched Friend NYG 346.3 Johnson PIT 344.3 Presko BSN 331.3 Antonelli NYG 325.3 Jay CIN 322.7	Hits Allowed Johnson PIT 374 Friend NYG 367 Presko BSN 334 Hoeft MON 298 Jay CIN 298	Homeruns Allowed Spooner BRK 51 Owens PIT 48 Haddix BSN 44 Johnson PIT 43 O'Dell BRK 41
Strikeouts Spooner BRK 342 Antonelli NYG 341 Peterson MON 337 Koufax MON 312 Stone NYG 270	Walks Allowed Peterson MON 137 Presko BSN 123 Spooner BRK 123 McDevitt CIN 112 Hobbie STL 106	Walks per 9IP Stobbs CIN 0.7 Friend NYG 1.6 Hoeft MON 1.7 Johnson PIT 2.1 Morehead BRK 2.3	Hits per 9IP Koufax MON 6.3 Spahn BSN 6.4 Peterson MON 6.4 Spooner BRK 6.5 Antonelli NYG 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner BRK 10.5 Peterson MON 10.2 Koufax MON 10.0 Gray CIN 9.4 Antonelli NYG 9.4	WHiP Koufax MON 0.99 Stobbs CIN 1.02 Spahn BSN 1.05 Antonelli NYG 1.05 Spooner BRK 1.14	OAVG Koufax MON .195 Peterson MON .197 Spahn BSN .197 Spooner BRK .199 Antonelli NYG .204	OOBP Koufax MON .255 Stobbs CIN .259 Spahn BSN .266 Antonelli NYG .267 Hoeft MON .286
OSLG Koufax MON .282 Spahn BSN .322 Stobbs CIN .327 Peterson MON .339 Antonelli NYG .341	OOPS Koufax MON .538 Stobbs CIN .586 Spahn BSN .588 Antonelli NYG .608 Peterson MON .629

League All-Stars
Hank Aaron	Joe Adcock	Johnny Antonelli
Ernie Banks	Bob Blaylock	Wes Covington
Don Demeter	Bob Friend	Joey Jay
Sam Jones	Sandy Koufax	Johnny Kucks
Mickey Mantle	Roger Maris	Eddie Mathews
Willie Mays	Gil McDougald	Johnny Pramesa
Carl Sawatski	Bill Serena	Bobby Shantz
Warren Spahn	Karl Spooner	Hank Thompson
Bill White

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Joe Adcock	MON	$ 23,165,000
2.	Kent Peterson	MON	$ 21,730,000
3.	Mickey Mantle	BRK	$ 12,000,000
4.	Bill Serena	BSN	$ 11,400,000
5.	Chuck Stobbs	CIN	$ 9,250,000
6.	Del Ennis	NYG	$ 8,550,000
7.	Gil McDougald	NYG	$ 7,840,000
8.	Eddie Mathews	BRK	$ 7,820,000
9.	Johnny Antonelli	NYG	$ 7,400,000
10.	Carl Sawatski	BSN	$ 7,220,000
11.	Dean Stone	NYG	$ 6,950,000
12.	Ted Gray	CIN	$ 6,650,000
13.	Gus Zernial	MON	$ 6,600,000
14.	Hank Thompson	BSN	$ 6,500,000
15.	Cliff Fannin	SDP	$ 6,350,000
16.	Hank Aaron	NYG	$ 6,292,857
17.	Don Newcombe	CIN	$ 6,250,000
	Willie Mays	CIN	$ 6,250,000
19.	Bob Cerv	STL	$ 6,200,000
20.	Dick Wakefield	NYG	$ 6,001,001
21.	Bob Friend	NYG	$ 5,740,000
22.	Joe Presko	BSN	$ 5,507,143
23.	Warren Spahn	BSN	$ 5,500,000
24.	Sandy Koufax	MON	$ 5,192,857
25.	Rocky Colavito	PIT	$ 5,128,571

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