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16 teams in AL, NL · 1238 regular-season games · 1959-04-09 to 1959-09-29 · attendance 19,143,979

◀ 1958 1960 ▶

World Series champion

Los Angeles Dodgers

MVP

Nellie Fox AL
Ernie Banks NL

Cy Young

Early Wynn

Rookie of the Year

Bob Allison AL
Willie McCovey NL

All-Star Games

1959-07-07 at Forbes Field
1959-08-03 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Hall of Fame class of 1959

Zack Wheat

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers 4–2 Chicago White Sox	6

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago White Sox	94	60	.610	—	588	1,423,144	Al Lopez	Pennant
2	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	5	646	1,497,976	Joe Gordon
3	New York Yankees	79	75	.513	15	647	1,552,030	Casey Stengel
4	Detroit Tigers	76	78	.494	18	732	1,221,221	Bill Norman, Jimmy Dykes
5	Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	19	696	984,102	Pinky Higgins, Rudy York, Billy Jurges
6	Baltimore Orioles	74	80	.481	20	621	891,926	Paul Richards
7	Kansas City Athletics	66	88	.429	28	760	963,683	Harry Craft
8	Washington Senators	63	91	.409	31	701	615,372	Cookie Lavagetto

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	.564	—	670	2,071,045	Walter Alston	World Series
2	Milwaukee Braves	86	70	.551	2	623	1,749,112	Fred Haney
3	San Francisco Giants	83	71	.539	4	613	1,422,130	Bill Rigney
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	.506	9	680	1,359,917	Danny Murtaugh
5	Chicago Cubs	74	80	.481	13	688	858,255	Bob Scheffing
5	Cincinnati Redlegs	74	80	.481	13	738	801,298	Mayo Smith, Fred Hutchinson
7	St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	.461	16	725	929,953	Solly Hemus
8	Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	.416	23	725	802,815	Eddie Sawyer

Leaders

AL

HR

1. 42Harmon Killebrew
2. 42Rocky Colavito
3. 33Jim Lemon

RBI

1. 112Jackie Jensen
2. 111Rocky Colavito
3. 105Harmon Killebrew

AVG

1. .363Tito Francona
2. .353Harvey Kuenn
3. .327Al Kaline

SB

1. 56Luis Aparicio
2. 21Mickey Mantle
3. 20Jim Landis

W

1. 22Early Wynn
2. 19Cal McLish
3. 18Bob Shaw

ERA

1. 2.19Hoyt Wilhelm
2. 2.64Camilo Pascual
3. 2.69Bob Shaw

SO

1. 201Jim Bunning
2. 185Camilo Pascual
3. 179Early Wynn

SV

1. 15Turk Lown
2. 14Gerry Staley
3. 14Billy Loes

NL

HR

1. 46Eddie Mathews
2. 45Ernie Banks
3. 39Hank Aaron

RBI

1. 143Ernie Banks
2. 125Frank Robinson
3. 123Hank Aaron

AVG

1. .355Hank Aaron
2. .345Joe Cunningham
3. .317Orlando Cepeda

SB

1. 27Willie Mays
2. 23Tony Taylor
3. 23Jim Gilliam

W

1. 21Warren Spahn
2. 21Sam Jones
3. 21Lew Burdette

ERA

1. 2.83Sam Jones
2. 2.84Stu Miller
3. 2.86Bob Buhl

SO

1. 242Don Drysdale
2. 209Sam Jones
3. 173Sandy Koufax

SV

1. 15Don McMahon
2. 15Lindy McDaniel
3. 13Don Elston