1959 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1959 MLB Season is the 59th Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft Results
Gene Bacque (SP) - Detroit Tigers

Dean Chance (SP) - Los Angeles Angels

Dick Dietz (C) - San Francisco Seals

Al Downing (SP) - New York Yankees

Carmen Fanzone (3B) - Boston Red Sox

Bill Freehan (C) - Detroit Tigers

Adolfo Phillips (CF) - Philadelphia Phillies

Boog Powell (1B) - Baltimore Orioles

Bob Saverine (SS) - Baltimore Orioles

Bob Heffner (RP) - Boston Red Sox

Duke Sims (C) - Cleveland Buckeyes

Wilbur Wood (SP) - Chicago White Sox

Tetsuya Yoneda (RP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Gerry Arrigo (SP) - Cincinnati Reds

Final Standings
AL East: Boston Red Sox (99-57), Detroit Tigers (95-61), New York Yankees (87-69), Buffalo Bisons (84-72), Baltimore Orioles (71-85), Chicago White Sox (61-95)

AL West: Los Angeles Angels (92-64), San Francisco Athletics (87-69), Minnesota Twins (71-85), Seattle Rainiers (68-88), New Orleans Browns (65-91), Dallas Rangers (56-100)

NL East: Pittsburgh Pirates (102-54), Brooklyn Dodgers (94-62), Chicago Cubs (93-63), New York Giants (74-82), Washington Nationals (66-90), Philadelphia Phillies (59-97)

NL West: Atlanta Braves (85-71), Los Angeles Blues (83-73), St. Louis Cardinals (73-83), Cincinnati Reds (70-86), Cleveland Buckeyes (70-86), Milwaukee Brewers (67-89)

ALCS: Boston def. Los Angeles 4-2

NLCS: Pittsburgh def. Atlanta 4-3

World Series: Pittsburgh def. Boston 4-3

League Leaders
Batting Average - Luis Pacheco (New Orleans) .340

Home Runs - Harmon Killebrew (Minnesota) & Eddie Mathews (Chicago Cubs) 45

RBI - Ernie Banks (Los Angeles Blues) 126

Stolen Bases - Maury Wills (Los Angeles Blues) 35

ERA - John Pregenzer (Detroit) 2.18

Wins - Bill Dailey (Cleveland) 23

Strikeouts - Quinton Armstrong (Seattle) 285