1959 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Mickey Mantle	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	144	541	104	154	23	4	31	75	21	3	93	126	2	1	2	7	.285	.390	.514	904
2	Nellie Fox	2B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	156	624	84	191	34	6	2	70	5	6	71	13	7	9	5	6	.306	.380	.389	769
3	Al Kaline	OF	Retired	Detroit	136	511	86	167	19	2	27	94	10	4	72	42	4	2	6	11	.327	.410	.530	940
4	Jackie Jensen	OF	Deceased	Boston	148	535	101	148	31	0	28	112	20	5	88	67	0	1	12	20	.277	.372	.492	864
5	Harvey Kuenn	OF-SS	Deceased	Detroit	139	561	99	198	42	7	9	71	7	2	48	37	1	3	4	6	.353	.402	.501	903
6	Rocky Colavito	OF	Retired	Cleveland	154	588	90	151	24	0	42	111	3	3	71	86	2	0	3	13	.257	.337	.512	849
7	Minnie Minoso	OF	Retired	Cleveland	148	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	8	10	54	46	17	6	3	11	.302	.377	.468	845
8	Harmon Killebrew	1B-3B	Deceased	Washington	153	546	98	132	20	2	42	105	3	2	90	116	7	0	4	12	.242	.354	.516	870
9	Eddie Yost	3B	Deceased	Detroit	148	521	115	145	19	0	21	61	9	2	135	77	12	4	3	6	.278	.435	.436	871
10	Jim Landis	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	149	515	78	140	26	7	5	60	20	9	78	68	8	13	9	5	.272	.370	.379	749
11	Pete Runnels	1B-2B	Deceased	Boston	147	560	95	176	33	6	6	57	6	5	95	48	1	5	0	17	.314	.415	.427	842
12	Bob Allison	OF	Deceased	Washington	150	570	83	149	18	9	30	85	13	8	60	92	2	5	2	22	.261	.333	.482	815
13	Frank Malzone	3B	Retired	Boston	154	604	90	169	34	2	19	92	6	0	42	58	1	3	10	15	.280	.323	.437	760
14	Hector Lopez	OF-3B	Retired	NY Yankees	112	406	60	115	16	2	16	69	3	1	28	54	6	3	4	9	.283	.336	.451	787
		OF-3B	Retired	KC Athletics	35	135	22	38	10	3	6	24	1	0	8	23	1	1	1	1	.281	.324	.533	857
15	Jim Lemon	OF	Deceased	Washington	147	531	73	148	18	3	33	100	5	2	46	99	1	0	6	9	.279	.334	.510	844
16	Vic Power	1B	Deceased	Cleveland	147	595	102	172	31	6	10	60	9	13	40	22	2	4	4	19	.289	.334	.412	746
17	Luis Aparicio	SS	Retired	Chi White Sox	152	612	98	157	18	5	6	51	56	13	53	40	3	11	7	11	.257	.316	.332	648
18	Charlie Maxwell	OF	Retired	Detroit	145	518	81	130	12	2	31	95	0	2	81	91	6	4	2	9	.251	.357	.461	818
19	Gene Woodling	OF	Deceased	Baltimore	140	440	63	132	22	2	14	77	1	1	78	35	0	1	5	5	.300	.402	.455	857
20	Sherm Lollar	C	Deceased	Chi White Sox	140	505	63	134	22	3	22	84	4	3	55	49	9	2	5	27	.265	.345	.451	796
21	Don Buddin	SS	Deceased	Boston	151	485	75	117	24	1	10	53	6	1	92	99	5	5	2	7	.241	.366	.357	723
22	Bob Cerv	OF	Retired	KC Athletics	125	463	61	132	22	4	20	87	3	2	35	87	3	1	11	13	.285	.332	.479	811
23	Roger Maris	OF	Deceased	KC Athletics	122	433	69	118	21	7	16	72	2	1	58	53	3	0	4	4	.273	.359	.464	823
24	Bobby Richardson	2B	Retired	NY Yankees	134	469	53	141	18	6	2	33	5	5	26	20	0	10	3	3	.301	.335	.377	712
25	Woodie Held	SS-OF	Deceased	Cleveland	143	525	82	132	19	3	29	71	1	2	46	118	2	2	2	12	.251	.313	.465	778
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Bill Tuttle	OF	Deceased	KC Athletics	126	463	74	139	19	6	7	43	10	6	48	38	4	4	2	12	.300	.369	.413	782
27	Dick Williams	OF-3B	Deceased	KC Athletics	130	488	72	130	33	1	16	75	4	1	28	60	5	11	6	13	.266	.309	.436	745
28	Tony Kubek	SS	Retired	NY Yankees	132	512	67	143	25	7	6	51	3	3	24	46	2	13	2	11	.279	.313	.391	704
29	Yogi Berra	C	Retired	NY Yankees	131	472	64	134	25	1	19	69	1	2	43	38	4	0	2	6	.284	.347	.462	809
30	Frank Bolling	2B	Retired	Detroit	127	459	56	122	18	3	13	55	2	2	45	37	7	7	2	6	.266	.339	.403	742
31	Gus Triandos	C	Deceased	Baltimore	126	393	43	85	7	1	25	73	0	0	65	56	3	4	3	12	.216	.330	.430	760
32	Willie Tasby	OF	Retired	Baltimore	142	505	69	126	16	5	13	48	3	5	34	80	6	5	2	8	.250	.303	.378	681
33	Bubba Phillips	3B-OF	Deceased	Chi White Sox	117	379	43	100	27	1	5	40	1	1	27	28	4	4	1	8	.264	.319	.380	699
34	Al Pilarcik	OF	Deceased	Baltimore	130	273	37	77	12	1	3	16	9	3	30	25	1	13	0	7	.282	.355	.366	721
35	Jerry Lumpe	2B	Retired	NY Yankees	18	45	2	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	7	0	2	0	2	.222	.314	.222	536
		2B	Retired	KC Athletics	108	403	47	98	11	5	3	28	2	1	41	32	0	7	0	10	.243	.313	.318	631
36	Tito Francona	OF-1B	Retired	Cleveland	122	399	68	145	17	2	20	79	2	0	35	42	3	1	5	11	.363	.414	.566	980
37	Roy Sievers	1B-OF	Retired	Washington	115	385	55	93	19	0	21	49	1	1	53	62	2	0	4	10	.242	.333	.455	788
38	Joe DeMaestri	SS	Retired	KC Athletics	118	352	31	86	16	5	6	34	1	0	28	65	4	0	3	12	.244	.305	.369	674
39	George Strickland	SS-2B	Deceased	Cleveland	132	441	55	105	15	2	3	48	1	1	51	64	0	3	6	7	.238	.313	.302	615
40	Billy Gardner	2B	Retired	Baltimore	140	401	34	87	13	2	6	27	2	1	38	61	1	8	3	12	.217	.284	.304	588
41	Gil McDougald	2B-3B	Retired	NY Yankees	127	434	44	109	16	8	4	34	0	3	35	40	3	5	4	11	.251	.309	.353	662
42	Al Smith	OF-3B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	129	472	65	112	16	4	17	55	7	5	46	74	5	5	1	10	.237	.311	.396	707
43	Elston Howard	C-OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	125	443	59	121	24	6	18	73	0	1	20	57	3	4	4	12	.273	.306	.476	782
44	Bob Boyd	1B	Deceased	Baltimore	128	415	42	110	20	2	3	41	3	1	29	14	1	12	4	12	.265	.312	.345	657
45	Lou Berberet	C	Deceased	Detroit	100	338	38	73	8	2	13	44	0	0	35	59	0	0	7	9	.216	.284	.367	651
46	Bob Shaw	P	Deceased	Chi White Sox	47	73	7	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	19	0	10	0	2	.123	.179	.137	316
47	Ted Williams	OF	Deceased	Boston	103	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	0	0	52	27	2	0	5	7	.254	.372	.419	791
48	Earl Torgeson	1B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	127	277	40	61	5	3	9	45	7	6	62	55	0	1	4	7	.220	.359	.357	716
49	Cal McLish	P	Deceased	Cleveland	35	74	8	14	2	1	0	8	1	0	4	25	0	9	0	1	.189	.231	.243	474
50	Gail Harris	1B	Deceased	Detroit	114	349	39	77	4	3	9	39	0	1	29	49	6	1	2	7	.221	.290	.327	617
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Frank House	C	Deceased	KC Athletics	98	347	32	82	14	3	1	30	0	3	20	23	2	2	0	10	.236	.282	.303	585
52	Sammy White	C	Deceased	Boston	119	377	34	107	13	4	1	42	4	2	23	39	1	1	3	14	.284	.324	.347	671
53	Norm Siebern	1B-OF	Retired	NY Yankees	120	380	52	103	17	0	11	53	3	1	41	71	2	3	5	3	.271	.341	.403	744
54	Gary Geiger	OF	Deceased	Boston	120	335	45	82	10	4	11	48	9	3	21	55	0	3	1	5	.245	.289	.397	686
55	Hal Brown	P	Retired	Baltimore	31	42	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	13	0	9	0	1	.048	.130	.095	225
56	Lenny Green	OF	Retired	Washington	88	190	29	46	6	1	2	15	9	5	20	15	0	5	0	1	.242	.314	.316	630
		OF	Retired	Baltimore	27	24	3	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	.292	.346	.417	763
57	Julio Becquer	1B	Retired	Washington	108	220	20	59	12	5	1	26	3	2	8	17	1	0	1	9	.268	.296	.382	678
58	Kent Hadley	1B	Deceased	KC Athletics	113	288	40	73	11	1	10	39	1	2	24	74	1	2	3	6	.253	.310	.403	713
59	Frank Lary	P	Retired	Detroit	32	80	7	10	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	26	0	8	0	1	.125	.167	.200	367
60	Russ Nixon	C	Retired	Cleveland	82	258	23	62	10	3	1	29	0	0	15	28	0	2	5	9	.240	.277	.314	591
61	Norm Cash	1B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	58	104	16	25	0	1	4	16	1	1	18	9	5	1	2	0	.240	.372	.375	747
62	Marty Keough	OF-1B	Retired	Boston	96	251	40	61	13	5	7	27	3	1	26	40	3	4	1	3	.243	.320	.418	738
63	Bob Nieman	OF	Deceased	Baltimore	118	360	49	105	18	2	21	60	1	2	42	55	2	3	2	12	.292	.367	.528	895
64	Jim Piersall	OF	Retired	Cleveland	100	317	42	78	13	2	4	30	6	3	25	31	2	8	2	2	.246	.303	.338	641
65	Chico Carrasquel	SS	Deceased	Baltimore	114	346	28	77	13	0	4	28	2	3	34	41	1	8	2	10	.223	.292	.295	587
66	Bill Skowron	1B	Deceased	NY Yankees	74	282	39	84	13	5	15	59	1	0	20	47	3	2	2	10	.298	.349	.539	888
67	Jim Bunning	P	Retired	Detroit	40	89	7	17	0	1	1	7	0	0	5	25	0	8	0	5	.191	.234	.247	481
68	Gary Bell	P	Retired	Cleveland	44	75	8	18	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	19	0	8	0	0	.240	.269	.267	536
69	Brooks Robinson	3B	Retired	Baltimore	88	313	29	89	15	2	4	24	2	2	17	37	2	1	0	5	.284	.325	.383	708
70	Frank Sullivan	P	Retired	Boston	30	60	2	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	15	0	7	1	1	.200	.210	.217	427
71	Russ Snyder	OF	Retired	KC Athletics	73	243	41	76	13	2	3	21	6	2	19	29	2	3	0	4	.313	.367	.420	787

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