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1959 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: Chicago White Sox

AL Most Valuable Player: Nellie Fox

ML Cy Young: Early Wynn

AL Rookie of the Year: Bob Allison

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Chicago White Sox	94	60	.610	--		4.3	3.8	0.5	-0.1	0.5	86-68	8	47-30	47-30	12-3	35-15	65-42	29-18	28-16	66-44
2	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.6	87-67	2	43-34	46-31	7-6	30-24	76-55	13-10	18-26	71-39
3	New York Yankees	79	75	.513	15.0	25.0	4.4	4.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	81-73	-2	40-37	39-38	10-10	23-24	60-57	19-18	20-24	59-51
4	Detroit Tigers	76	78	.494	18.0	34.0	4.6	4.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	75-79	1	41-36	35-42	3-9	17-27	58-66	18-12	31-35	45-43
5	Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	19.0	38.0	4.7	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	80-74	-5	43-34	32-45	7-6	25-25	64-66	11-13	29-37	46-42
6	Baltimore Orioles	74	80	.481	20.0	43.0	3.6	4.0	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	69-85	5	38-39	36-41	7-7	25-19	55-57	19-23	33-33	41-47
7	Kansas City Athletics	66	88	.429	28.0	91.0	4.4	4.9	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	69-85	-3	37-40	29-48	5-7	21-27	53-69	13-19	22-44	44-44
8	Washington Senators	63	91	.409	31.0	112.0	4.0	4.6	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	68-86	-5	34-43	29-48	5-8	11-26	56-80	7-11	19-47	44-44
	Average	77	77	.500			4.4	4.4				76-77		40-36	36-40	7-7	23-23	60-61	16-15	25-32	52-44

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	41	30.1	3.55	155	5887	5208	551	1240	182	23	109	514	36	24	536	690	.238	.310	.345	.655	82	1795	126	20	88	31	36	1126
Boston Red Sox	41	29.1	4.71	154	5994	5225	726	1335	248	28	125	678	68	25	626	810	.256	.335	.385	.721	95	2014	120	23	65	46	31	1156
Chicago White Sox	40	29.8	4.29	156	6055	5297	669	1325	220	46	97	620	113	53	580	634	.250	.327	.364	.691	91	1928	107	49	84	44	45	1152
Cleveland Indians	41	28.8	4.84	154	5861	5288	745	1390	216	25	167	682	33	36	433	721	.263	.321	.408	.729	102	2157	119	39	60	40	25	995
Detroit Tigers	37	28.8	4.63	154	5950	5211	713	1346	196	30	160	665	34	17	580	735	.258	.335	.400	.735	97	2082	101	44	73	40	31	1160
Kansas City Athletics	43	28.6	4.42	154	5888	5264	681	1383	231	43	117	637	34	24	481	780	.263	.326	.390	.716	95	2051	124	33	69	38	32	1092
New York Yankees	37	28.3	4.43	155	5983	5379	687	1397	224	40	153	651	45	22	457	828	.260	.319	.402	.721	101	2160	101	30	76	38	37	1102
Washington Senators	40	27.1	4.02	154	5736	5092	619	1205	173	32	163	580	51	34	517	881	.237	.308	.379	.688	88	1931	127	26	64	35	20	998
League Average	37	28.8	4.36	154	5919	5246	674	1328	211	33	136	628	52	29	526	760	.253	.323	.384	.707	94	2015	116	33	72	39	32	1098
	296	28.8	4.36	1236	47354	41964	5391	10621	1690	267	1091	5027	414	235	4210	6079	.253	.323	.384	.707	94	16118	925	264	579	312	257	8781

Team Standard Pitching

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