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Wednesday, August 05, 1959
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Up To This Date
After This Date
Standings Up to and Including this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CHW
63
42
.600
--
450
423
.528
CLE
62
45
.579
2.0
516
438
.574
BAL
55
54
.505
10.0
399
448
.447
KCA
52
53
.495
11.0
477
482
.495
NYY
51
53
.490
11.5
470
444
.526
DET
52
56
.481
12.5
495
514
.483
BOS
47
59
.443
16.5
507
494
.512
WSH
44
64
.407
20.5
446
517
.433
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
SFG
60
46
.566
--
486
405
.583
LAD
61
48
.560
0.5
497
467
.528
MLN
58
46
.558
1.0
479
417
.563
CHC
50
55
.476
9.5
439
451
.488
CIN
50
56
.472
10.0
533
504
.526
PIT
51
57
.472
10.0
437
508
.432
STL
51
57
.472
10.0
476
514
.465
PHI
44
60
.423
15.0
406
487
.418
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CHW
31
18
.633
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219
165
.627
BOS
28
20
.583
2.5
219
202
.537
CLE
27
20
.574
3.0
229
208
.544
NYY
28
22
.560
3.5
217
203
.530
DET
24
22
.522
5.5
218
218
.500
BAL
19
26
.422
10.0
152
173
.441
WSH
19
27
.413
10.5
173
184
.472
KCA
14
35
.286
17.0
204
278
.362
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
PIT
27
19
.587
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214
172
.599
LAD
27
20
.574
0.5
208
203
.511
MLN
28
24
.538
2.0
245
206
.579
CIN
24
24
.500
4.0
231
234
.494
CHC
24
25
.490
4.5
234
237
.494
SFG
23
25
.479
5.0
219
208
.524
STL
20
26
.435
7.0
165
211
.389
PHI
20
30
.400
9.0
193
238
.405
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