1959 Major League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: AL, NL

World Series Champion: Los Angeles Dodgers

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Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	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	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	.564	4.5	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	82-74	6	46-32	42-36	9-8	33-22	73-57	15-11	39-29	49-39
3	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	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
4	Milwaukee Braves	86	70	.551	4.6	4.0	0.6	-0.1	0.6	89-67	-3	49-29	37-41	4-6	21-26	63-54	23-16	37-31	49-39
5	San Francisco Giants	83	71	.539	4.6	4.0	0.6	-0.1	0.5	87-67	-4	42-35	41-36	7-8	20-22	65-58	18-13	30-36	53-35
6	New York Yankees	79	75	.513	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
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	.506	4.2	4.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	74-80	4	47-30	31-46	19-2	36-19	63-52	15-24	28-38	50-38
8	Detroit Tigers	76	78	.494	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
9	Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	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
10	Chicago Cubs	74	80	.481	4.3	4.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	75-79	-1	38-39	36-41	8-10	23-24	53-57	21-23	45-43	29-37
11	Cincinnati Reds	74	80	.481	5.0	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.1	79-75	-5	43-34	31-46	2-8	18-28	53-56	21-24	41-47	33-33
12	Baltimore Orioles	74	80	.481	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
13	St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	.461	4.2	4.7	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	68-86	3	42-35	29-48	7-9	26-27	51-48	20-35	33-55	38-28
14	Kansas City Athletics	66	88	.429	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
15	Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	.416	3.9	4.7	-0.8	0.1	-0.7	64-90	0	37-40	27-50	1-6	23-32	48-51	16-39	32-56	32-34
16	Washington Senators	63	91	.409	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				77-77		41-35	35-41	7-7	24-24	59-57	17-19	30-37	46-39

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 Cubs	39	29.0	4.34	155	5941	5296	673	1321	209	44	163	635	32	19	498	911	.249	.317	.398	.715	91	2107	106	43	62	40	63	1086
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
Cincinnati Reds	39	28.0	4.96	154	5923	5288	764	1448	258	34	161	721	65	28	499	763	.274	.337	.427	.764	100	2257	121	32	53	50	43	1088
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
Los Angeles Dodgers	38	28.2	4.52	156	6034	5282	705	1360	196	46	148	667	84	51	591	891	.257	.334	.396	.730	89	2092	115	28	100	32	61	1122
Milwaukee Braves	37	29.5	4.61	157	6012	5388	724	1426	216	36	177	683	41	14	488	765	.265	.326	.417	.743	105	2245	130	27	64	43	64	1110
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
Philadelphia Phillies	37	28.9	3.86	155	5736	5109	599	1237	196	38	113	560	39	46	498	858	.242	.312	.362	.673	79	1848	111	34	59	35	54	1034
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	28.2	4.20	155	5954	5369	651	1414	230	42	112	617	32	26	442	715	.263	.320	.384	.704	89	2064	125	24	77	40	59	1109
San Francisco Giants	34	26.2	4.58	154	5893	5281	705	1377	239	35	167	660	81	34	473	875	.261	.322	.414	.736	97	2187	96	25	73	38	57	1075
St. Louis Cardinals	49	28.1	4.16	154	5910	5317	641	1432	244	49	118	605	65	53	485	747	.269	.331	.400	.731	90	2128	108	19	60	26	49	1166
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	36	28.5	4.38	155	5922	5268	678	1352	217	37	141	636	53	32	512	788	.257	.324	.392	.716	93	2065	115	31	70	38	44	1098
	571	28.5	4.38	2476	94757	84294	10853	21636	3478	591	2250	10175	853	506	8184	12604	.257	.324	.392	.716	93	33046	1837	496	1127	616	707	17571

Team Standard Pitching

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