1959 American League Stats

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1959 American League Standings

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	Chicago White Sox	94-60 (0.610)	-	669	588	86-68 (0.559)	87-67 (0.565)	1,423,144	41.9	15.8	2.7	23.4
2	Cleveland Indians	89-65 (0.578)	5.0	745	646	87-67 (0.565)	83-71 (0.539)	1,497,976	37.5	20.2	3.2	14.2
3	New York Yankees	79-75 (0.513)	15.0	687	647	81-73 (0.527)	84-70 (0.545)	1,552,030	38.9	22.6	2.5	13.8
4	Detroit Tigers	76-78 (0.494)	18.0	713	732	75-79 (0.488)	76-78 (0.494)	1,221,221	30.7	20.7	-0.1	10.1
5	Boston Red Sox	75-79 (0.487)	19.0	726	696	80-74 (0.519)	80-74 (0.519)	984,102	34.4	16.6	5.1	12.7
6	Baltimore Orioles	74-80 (0.481)	20.0	551	621	69-85 (0.446)	74-80 (0.481)	891,926	28.7	8.5	2.6	17.7
7	Kansas City Athletics	66-88 (0.429)	28.0	681	760	69-85 (0.450)	68-86 (0.442)	963,683	23.1	14.8	1.8	6.6
8	Washington Senators	63-91 (0.409)	31.0	619	701	68-86 (0.443)	65-89 (0.422)	615,372	19.5	8.3	0.9	10.3

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	27	7.6	8.1	144	639	154	23	4	31	93	21	3	105.506	0.390	0.514
2	Eddie Yost	DET	3B	32	6.9	6.1	148	675	145	19	0	21	135	9	2	110.717	0.435	0.436
3	Al Kaline	DET	CF	24	6.9	7.5	136	595	167	19	2	27	72	10	4	104.947	0.410	0.530
4	Harvey Kuenn	DET	RF	28	6.3	6.2	139	617	198	42	7	9	48	7	2	101.513	0.402	0.501
5	Tito Francona	CLE	CF	25	6.1	6.3	122	443	145	17	2	20	35	2	0	83.489	0.414	0.566
6	Harmon Killebrew	WS1	3B	23	5.4	5.5	153	647	132	20	2	42	90	3	2	97.872	0.354	0.516
7	Jackie Jensen	BOS	RF	32	5.3	6.0	148	636	148	31	0	28	88	20	5	94.932	0.372	0.492
8	Minnie Miñoso	CLE	LF	35	5.3	5.8	148	650	172	32	0	21	54	8	10	95.359	0.377	0.468
9	Pete Runnels	BOS	2B	31	5.3	6.3	147	661	176	33	6	6	95	6	5	99.715	0.415	0.427
10	Rocky Colavito	CLE	RF	25	5.3	5.8	154	664	151	24	0	42	71	3	3	95.324	0.337	0.512
11	Gene Woodling	BAL	LF	36	5.0	5.2	140	524	132	22	2	14	78	1	1	80.123	0.402	0.455
12	Bob Nieman	BAL	LF	32	4.2	4.5	118	409	105	18	2	21	42	1	2	64.798	0.367	0.528
13	Jim Lemon	WS1	LF	31	4.2	4.5	147	584	148	18	3	33	46	5	2	82.099	0.334	0.510
14	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	31	4.1	4.4	156	716	191	34	6	2	71	5	6	89.225	0.381	0.389
15	Charlie Maxwell	DET	LF	32	4.0	4.6	145	611	130	12	2	31	81	0	2	84.099	0.357	0.461
16	Hector Lopez	2 teams	2B	29	3.9	2.9	147	593	153	26	5	22	36	4	1	75.998	0.331	0.471
17	Bob Allison	WS1	CF	24	3.9	3.4	150	639	149	18	9	30	60	13	8	84.270	0.333	0.482
18	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	34	3.7	5.1	131	521	134	25	1	19	43	1	2	69.491	0.347	0.462
19	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	34	3.6	4.6	140	576	134	22	3	22	55	4	3	74.189	0.345	0.452
20	Jim Landis	CHA	CF	25	3.4	4.7	149	623	140	26	7	5	78	20	9	72.873	0.370	0.379
21	Roger Maris	KC1	RF	24	3.3	3.8	122	498	118	21	7	16	58	2	1	68.765	0.359	0.464
22	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	28	3.1	2.7	74	309	84	13	5	15	20	1	0	47.520	0.348	0.539
23	Woodie Held	CLE	SS	27	2.9	2.6	143	577	132	19	3	29	46	1	2	69.073	0.313	0.465
24	Bob Cerv	KC1	LF	34	2.8	3.1	125	513	132	22	4	20	35	3	2	66.066	0.332	0.479
25	Bill Tuttle	KC1	CF	29	2.8	3.1	126	521	139	19	6	7	48	10	6	66.266	0.369	0.412
26	Gus Triandos	BAL	C	28	2.6	2.8	126	468	85	7	1	25	65	0	0	55.015	0.330	0.430
27	Elston Howard	NYA	1B	30	2.6	2.2	125	474	121	24	6	18	20	0	1	55.943	0.306	0.476
28	Frank Malzone	BOS	3B	29	2.5	4.0	154	660	169	34	2	19	42	6	0	74.837	0.323	0.437
29	Roy Sievers	WS1	1B	32	2.3	3.9	115	444	93	19	0	21	53	1	1	55.724	0.333	0.455
30	Don Buddin	BOS	SS	25	2.3	1.9	151	589	117	24	1	10	92	6	1	67.120	0.366	0.357
31	Vic Power	CLE	1B	31	2.2	5.2	147	645	172	31	6	10	40	9	13	71.799	0.334	0.412
32	Norm Siebern	NYA	LF	25	2.1	2.1	120	431	103	17	0	11	41	3	1	48.562	0.341	0.403
33	Dick Gernert	BOS	1B	30	1.9	2.6	117	352	78	14	1	11	52	1	2	46.885	0.369	0.426
34	Frank Bolling	DET	2B	27	1.9	1.9	127	520	122	18	3	13	45	2	2	58.356	0.339	0.403
35	Dick Williams	KC1	3B	30	1.9	2.3	130	538	130	33	1	16	28	4	1	57.379	0.309	0.436
36	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	40	1.9	1.4	103	331	69	15	0	10	52	0	0	43.584	0.372	0.419
37	Bobby Richardson	NYA	2B	23	1.7	1.8	134	508	141	18	6	2	26	5	5	50.801	0.335	0.377
38	Al Pilarcik	BAL	RF	28	1.6	1.7	130	317	77	12	1	3	30	9	3	33.518	0.355	0.366
39	Tony Kubek	NYA	SS	23	1.6	2.5	132	553	143	25	7	6	24	3	3	52.312	0.313	0.391
40	Russ Snyder	KC1	CF	25	1.6	1.7	73	267	76	13	2	3	19	6	2	34.156	0.367	0.420
41	John Romano	CHA	C	24	1.5	1.6	53	153	37	5	1	5	23	0	1	24.085	0.407	0.468
42	Whitey Herzog	KC1	RF	27	1.5	1.6	38	158	36	7	1	1	34	1	0	24.753	0.446	0.390
43	Luis Aparicio	CHA	SS	25	1.5	2.0	152	686	157	18	5	6	53	56	13	55.493	0.316	0.332
44	Al Smith	CHA	LF	31	1.4	2.3	129	529	112	16	4	17	46	7	5	52.597	0.311	0.396
45	Hal Smith	KC1	3B	28	1.3	1.4	108	332	84	12	0	5	34	0	3	39.340	0.367	0.380
46	Earl Torgeson	CHA	1B	35	1.3	-0.4	127	344	61	5	3	9	62	7	6	38.224	0.359	0.357
47	Jim Baxes	CLE	2B	30	1.2	0.5	77	270	59	11	0	15	21	0	1	30.823	0.298	0.466
48	Ray Boone	2 teams	1B	35	1.2	1.3	70	191	41	6	0	3	34	2	0	24.475	0.393	0.366
49	Brooks Robinson	BAL	3B	22	1.0	2.1	88	333	89	15	2	4	17	2	2	33.534	0.325	0.383
50	Bubba Phillips	CHA	3B	31	1.0	1.9	117	415	100	27	1	5	27	1	1	40.186	0.319	0.380

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	36	7.8	6.3	32	27	226.00	15	11	13	0	64	77	139	74.59	2.19	1.13	5.54
2	Camilo Pascual	WS1	25	7.1	7.3	32	30	238.67	17	10	17	0	80	69	185	71.03	2.64	1.14	6.98
3	Bob Shaw	CHA	26	6.5	5.6	47	26	230.67	18	6	8	3	72	54	89	64.07	2.69	1.17	3.47
4	Bud Daley	KC1	26	5.6	5.6	39	29	216.33	16	13	12	1	90	62	125	46.59	3.16	1.27	5.20
5	Don Mossi	DET	30	5.1	4.5	34	30	228.00	17	9	15	0	92	49	125	47.33	3.36	1.14	4.93
6	Art Ditmar	NYA	30	4.7	4.2	38	25	202.00	13	9	7	1	75	52	96	42.96	2.90	1.03	4.28
7	Early Wynn	CHA	39	4.6	4.9	37	37	255.67	22	10	14	0	106	119	179	45.06	3.17	1.26	6.30
8	Billy O'Dell	BAL	26	4.3	3.3	38	24	199.33	10	12	6	1	74	67	88	40.75	2.93	1.15	3.97
9	Jim Bunning	DET	27	4.2	3.6	40	35	249.67	17	13	14	1	111	75	201	38.28	3.89	1.18	7.25
10	Jerry Walker	BAL	20	4.1	3.5	30	22	182.00	11	10	7	4	68	52	100	39.34	2.92	1.16	4.95
11	Whitey Ford	NYA	30	3.9	4.2	35	29	204.00	16	10	9	1	82	89	114	35.59	3.04	1.39	5.03
12	Milt Pappas	BAL	20	3.8	2.7	33	27	209.33	15	9	15	3	82	75	120	36.66	3.27	1.19	5.16
13	Jim Perry	CLE	23	3.7	3.7	44	13	153.00	12	10	8	4	54	55	79	31.76	2.65	1.16	4.65
14	Ike Delock	BOS	29	3.7	2.9	28	17	134.33	11	6	4	0	53	62	55	30.56	2.95	1.35	3.68
15	Tom Brewer	BOS	27	3.6	2.6	36	32	215.33	10	12	11	2	96	88	121	30.50	3.76	1.43	5.06
16	Frank Lary	DET	29	3.6	2.6	32	32	223.00	17	10	11	0	109	46	137	32.75	3.55	1.22	5.53
17	Billy Pierce	CHA	32	3.1	2.9	34	33	224.00	14	15	12	0	98	62	114	30.95	3.62	1.25	4.58
18	Ned Garver	KC1	33	3.1	3.4	32	30	201.33	10	13	9	1	94	42	61	26.13	3.71	1.27	2.73
19	Cal McLish	CLE	33	3.1	2.7	35	32	235.33	19	8	13	1	110	72	113	26.79	3.63	1.38	4.32
20	Gerry Staley	CHA	38	3.0	3.0	67	0	116.33	8	5	0	14	39	25	54	29.93	2.24	1.17	4.18
21	Ryne Duren	NYA	30	2.9	2.7	41	0	76.67	3	6	0	14	18	43	96	26.52	1.88	1.20	11.27
22	Frank Sullivan	BOS	29	2.4	1.9	30	26	177.67	9	11	5	1	86	67	107	20.47	3.95	1.35	5.42
23	Gary Bell	CLE	22	2.4	2.2	44	28	234.00	16	11	12	5	107	105	136	20.59	4.04	1.34	5.23
24	Bobby Shantz	NYA	33	2.3	2.3	33	4	94.67	7	3	2	3	33	33	66	20.44	2.38	1.02	6.27
25	Mike Fornieles	BOS	27	2.2	1.9	46	0	82.00	5	3	0	11	29	29	54	18.21	3.07	1.29	5.93
26	Turk Lown	CHA	35	2.0	2.0	60	0	93.33	9	2	0	15	32	42	63	20.18	2.89	1.23	6.08
27	Hal Brown	BAL	34	1.9	1.3	31	21	164.00	11	9	2	3	73	32	81	18.29	3.79	1.16	4.45
28	Dick Donovan	CHA	31	1.8	1.3	31	29	179.67	9	10	5	0	84	58	71	17.64	3.66	1.27	3.56
29	Jim Coates	NYA	26	1.7	1.4	37	4	100.33	6	1	2	0	39	36	64	15.66	2.87	1.25	5.74
30	Jerry Casale	BOS	25	1.6	1.4	31	26	179.67	13	8	9	0	89	89	93	13.24	4.31	1.40	4.66
31	Barry Latman	CHA	23	1.6	0.9	37	21	156.00	8	5	5	0	71	72	97	15.39	3.75	1.35	5.60
32	Ralph Terry	2 teams	23	1.5	0.6	33	23	173.67	5	11	7	0	84	49	90	14.22	3.89	1.35	4.66
33	Don Ferrarese	CLE	30	1.5	1.5	15	10	76.00	5	3	4	0	29	51	45	12.94	3.20	1.43	5.33
34	Chuck Stobbs	WS1	29	1.4	1.1	41	7	90.67	1	8	0	7	42	24	50	14.18	2.98	1.17	4.96
35	Pedro Ramos	WS1	24	1.4	0.7	37	35	233.67	13	19	11	0	127	52	95	14.03	4.16	1.22	3.66
36	Bill Monbouquette	BOS	22	1.3	0.3	34	17	151.67	7	7	4	0	86	33	87	10.89	4.15	1.31	5.16
37	Jack Fisher	BAL	20	1.3	1.0	27	7	88.67	1	6	1	2	36	38	52	12.06	3.05	1.29	5.28
38	Nelson Chittum	BOS	26	1.1	1.1	21	0	30.33	3	0	0	0	9	11	12	9.49	1.19	1.32	3.56
39	Bobby Locke	CLE	25	1.1	1.4	24	7	77.67	3	2	0	2	33	41	40	9.58	3.13	1.38	4.64
40	Tex Clevenger	WS1	26	1.0	1.0	50	7	117.33	8	5	2	8	56	51	71	10.44	3.91	1.41	5.45
41	Bill Fischer	WS1	28	1.0	0.3	34	29	187.33	9	11	6	0	98	43	62	10.28	4.28	1.36	2.98
42	Mudcat Grant	CLE	23	1.0	0.7	38	19	165.33	10	7	6	3	80	81	85	8.91	4.14	1.34	4.63
43	Johnny Kucks	2 teams	26	0.9	0.0	42	24	168.00	8	12	6	1	92	51	60	7.04	4.34	1.40	3.21
44	Frank Baumann	BOS	25	0.8	0.6	26	10	95.67	6	4	2	1	47	55	48	6.56	4.05	1.58	4.52
45	Tom Morgan	DET	29	0.8	1.1	46	1	92.67	1	4	0	9	48	18	39	7.20	3.98	1.21	3.79
46	Dick Brodowski	CLE	26	0.7	0.8	18	0	30.00	2	2	0	5	13	21	9	6.21	1.80	1.33	2.70
47	Leo Kiely	BOS	29	0.7	0.4	41	0	55.67	3	3	0	7	26	18	30	5.61	4.20	1.53	4.85
48	Pete Burnside	DET	28	0.6	0.4	30	0	62.00	1	3	0	1	31	25	49	5.74	3.77	1.29	7.11
49	Bob Grim	KC1	29	0.6	0.2	40	9	125.33	6	10	3	4	69	57	65	5.10	4.09	1.44	4.67
50	John Romonosky	WS1	29	0.5	0.5	12	2	38.33	1	0	0	0	15	19	22	5.44	3.29	1.43	5.17

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Yogi Berra	NYA	34	1.5	116.0	1000.7	698.0	61.0	2.0	9.0	14.616
	2	Ed FitzGerald	2 teams	35	1.1	61.0	468.3	260.0	39.0	5.0	5.0	9.961
	3	Sherm Lollar	CHA	34	1.0	122.0	994.0	623.0	51.0	5.0	14.0	8.191
	4	Pete Daley	BOS	29	0.7	58.0	394.7	245.0	28.0	1.0	5.0	7.424
	5	Sammy White	BOS	31	0.6	119.0	940.3	557.0	56.0	6.0	8.0	5.780
	6	Harry Chiti	KC1	26	0.4	47.0	383.3	228.0	25.0	3.0	5.0	4.401
	7	Dick Brown	CLE	24	0.4	48.0	376.7	248.0	21.0	1.0	5.0	4.277
	8	Earl Battey	CHA	24	0.3	20.0	141.7	92.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	2.924
1B	1	Vic Power	CLE	31	3.4	121.0	1063.3	1039.0	110.0	6.0	98.0	34.720
	2	Roy Sievers	WS1	32	1.6	93.0	784.3	846.0	72.0	10.0	72.0	13.334
	3	Julio Becquer	WS1	27	0.6	53.0	382.7	454.0	32.0	5.0	38.0	5.237
	4	Dick Gernert	BOS	30	0.6	75.0	526.0	552.0	49.0	3.0	54.0	6.330
	5	Gail Harris	DET	27	0.6	93.0	752.0	728.0	57.0	6.0	59.0	6.226
	6	Tito Francona	CLE	25	0.5	35.0	293.3	296.0	19.0	1.0	21.0	5.241
	7	Vic Wertz	BOS	34	0.3	64.0	456.7	440.0	38.0	4.0	44.0	3.197
	8	Pete Runnels	BOS	31	0.3	44.0	363.3	387.0	28.0	0.0	48.0	2.772
2B	1	Billy Gardner	BAL	31	2.3	139.0	1114.3	333.0	392.0	18.0	104.0	18.870
	2	Pete Runnels	BOS	31	0.8	101.0	872.3	273.0	272.0	10.0	82.0	8.554
	3	Wayne Terwilliger	KC1	34	0.8	63.0	462.0	144.0	166.0	9.0	42.0	8.201
	4	Jerry Lumpe	2 teams	26	0.6	62.0	474.0	135.0	159.0	4.0	42.0	6.164
	5	Gil McDougald	NYA	31	0.6	53.0	438.3	119.0	146.0	3.0	40.0	5.587
	6	Pumpsie Green	BOS	25	0.5	45.0	389.3	109.0	132.0	7.0	38.0	4.887
	7	Jim Finigan	BAL	30	0.3	6.0	14.0	6.0	11.0	0.0	2.0	2.165
	8	Nellie Fox	CHA	31	0.2	156.0	1405.7	364.0	453.0	10.0	93.0	1.985
3B	1	Frank Malzone	BOS	29	1.5	154.0	1364.0	134.0	357.0	24.0	40.0	15.213
	2	Brooks Robinson	BAL	22	1.1	87.0	723.3	92.0	187.0	13.0	25.0	9.075
	3	Billy Goodman	CHA	33	0.9	74.0	496.0	57.0	135.0	10.0	10.0	7.891
	4	Bubba Phillips	CHA	31	0.9	100.0	791.0	90.0	202.0	15.0	13.0	7.288
	5	Dick Williams	KC1	30	0.6	80.0	651.0	83.0	164.0	11.0	10.0	6.083
	6	Woodie Held	CLE	27	0.6	40.0	329.0	33.0	87.0	2.0	8.0	5.650
	7	Gil McDougald	NYA	31	0.5	25.0	201.7	13.0	59.0	2.0	5.0	4.780
	8	Tony Kubek	NYA	23	0.4	17.0	123.3	20.0	36.0	2.0	5.0	3.739
SS	1	Billy Consolo	2 teams	24	1.1	77.0	579.3	117.0	232.0	19.0	45.0	8.860
	2	Tony Kubek	NYA	23	0.8	67.0	582.3	121.0	217.0	11.0	42.0	7.747
	3	Chico Carrasquel	BAL	33	0.6	89.0	691.3	124.0	237.0	11.0	63.0	4.899
	4	Luis Aparicio	CHA	25	0.6	152.0	1338.7	282.0	460.0	23.0	87.0	4.704
	5	Jerry Lumpe	2 teams	26	0.5	60.0	448.0	89.0	159.0	8.0	41.0	5.389
	6	Willy Miranda	BAL	33	0.4	47.0	269.0	51.0	98.0	4.0	23.0	3.652
	7	Joe DeMaestri	KC1	30	0.3	115.0	905.3	167.0	320.0	22.0	63.0	2.604
	8	Rocky Bridges	DET	31	0.2	110.0	861.7	179.0	293.0	24.0	66.0	2.249
LF	1	Al Smith	CHA	31	0.7	84.0	736.7	189.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	5.560
	2	Minnie Miñoso	CLE	35	0.5	148.0	1322.0	317.0	14.0	5.0	1.0	5.614
	3	Charlie Maxwell	DET	32	0.5	136.0	1193.3	289.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	5.417
	4	Jim Lemon	WS1	31	0.4	117.0	987.7	234.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	3.112
	5	Bob Nieman	BAL	32	0.3	97.0	723.7	171.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	2.201
	6	Bob Cerv	KC1	34	0.2	119.0	1009.7	231.0	8.0	5.0	2.0	2.363
	7	Gary Geiger	BOS	22	0.1	47.0	219.3	51.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.984
	8	Elston Howard	NYA	30	0.1	18.0	133.3	35.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.914
CF	1	Jim Landis	CHA	25	1.3	148.0	1301.7	426.0	9.0	3.0	3.0	10.997
	2	Mickey Mantle	NYA	27	0.5	143.0	1257.7	369.0	7.0	2.0	3.0	4.564
	3	Al Kaline	DET	24	0.4	122.0	1045.0	323.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	4.313
	4	Jim Piersall	CLE	29	0.3	91.0	696.7	219.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	2.906
	5	Bill Tuttle	KC1	29	0.3	121.0	1000.3	295.0	17.0	5.0	3.0	2.849
	6	Carroll Hardy	CLE	26	0.2	14.0	85.7	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.552
	7	Marty Keough	BOS	25	0.2	69.0	491.3	149.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.348
	8	Johnny Groth	DET	32	0.1	18.0	107.3	38.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.968
RF	1	Jackie Jensen	BOS	32	0.7	142.0	1232.3	288.0	12.0	6.0	4.0	7.371
	2	Rocky Colavito	CLE	25	0.6	154.0	1381.7	311.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	5.730
	3	Roger Maris	KC1	24	0.5	114.0	960.7	223.0	6.0	6.0	4.0	4.697
	4	Al Smith	CHA	31	0.2	45.0	391.0	92.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.799
	5	Al Kaline	DET	24	0.2	15.0	129.7	38.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.073
	6	Albie Pearson	2 teams	24	0.2	25.0	194.0	46.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.627
	7	Gene Woodling	BAL	36	0.2	70.0	496.0	105.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.366
	8	Al Pilarcik	BAL	28	0.1	102.0	601.3	124.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.091