1959 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1959 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1959 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Eddie Mathews led with 46 home runs, Ernie Banks led with 143 RBI, and Hank Aaron led with 223 hits. Batting leaders require at least 200 at bats and pitching leaders at least 50 innings pitched, which is why a part-season line does not appear here.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

1959 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1959 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Tito Francona CLE 122 399 68 145 17 2 20 79 2 35 42 0.363 0.414 0.566 0.980
Hank Aaron ML1 154 629 116 223 46 7 39 123 8 51 54 0.355 0.401 0.636 1.037
Harvey Kuenn DET 139 561 99 198 42 7 9 71 7 48 37 0.353 0.402 0.501 0.903
Joe Cunningham SLN 144 458 65 158 28 6 7 60 2 88 47 0.345 0.453 0.478 0.931
Al Kaline DET 136 511 86 167 19 2 27 94 10 72 42 0.327 0.410 0.530 0.940
Orlando Cepeda SFN 151 605 92 192 35 4 27 105 23 33 100 0.317 0.355 0.522 0.878
Vada Pinson CIN 154 648 131 205 47 9 20 84 21 55 98 0.316 0.371 0.509 0.880
Pete Runnels BOS 147 560 95 176 33 6 6 57 6 95 48 0.314 0.415 0.427 0.841
Willie Mays SFN 151 575 125 180 43 5 34 104 27 65 58 0.313 0.381 0.583 0.964
Russ Snyder KC1 73 243 41 76 13 2 3 21 6 19 29 0.313 0.367 0.420 0.787
Frank Robinson CIN 146 540 106 168 31 4 36 125 18 69 93 0.311 0.391 0.583 0.975
Johnny Temple CIN 149 598 102 186 35 6 8 67 14 72 40 0.311 0.380 0.430 0.809
Ken Boyer SLN 149 563 86 174 18 5 28 94 12 67 77 0.309 0.384 0.508 0.892
Duke Snider LAN 126 370 59 114 11 2 23 88 1 58 71 0.308 0.400 0.535 0.935
Eddie Mathews ML1 148 594 118 182 16 8 46 114 2 80 71 0.306 0.390 0.593 0.983
Nellie Fox CHA 156 624 84 191 34 6 2 70 5 71 13 0.306 0.380 0.389 0.770
Ernie Banks CHN 155 589 97 179 25 6 45 143 2 64 72 0.304 0.374 0.596 0.970
Wally Moon LAN 145 543 93 164 26 11 19 74 15 81 64 0.302 0.394 0.495 0.890
Minnie Miñoso CLE 148 570 92 172 32 0 21 92 8 54 46 0.302 0.377 0.468 0.846
Bill White SLN 138 517 77 156 33 9 12 72 15 34 61 0.302 0.344 0.470 0.814
Bobby Richardson NYA 134 469 53 141 18 6 2 33 5 26 20 0.301 0.335 0.377 0.713
Bill Tuttle KC1 126 463 74 139 19 6 7 43 10 48 38 0.300 0.369 0.413 0.782
Gene Woodling BAL 140 440 63 132 22 2 14 77 1 78 35 0.300 0.402 0.455 0.856
Bill Skowron NYA 74 282 39 84 13 5 15 59 1 20 47 0.298 0.349 0.539 0.888
Dick Stuart PIT 118 397 64 118 15 2 27 78 1 42 86 0.297 0.362 0.549 0.911
Smoky Burgess PIT 114 377 41 112 28 5 11 59 0 31 16 0.297 0.349 0.485 0.834
Roberto Clemente PIT 105 432 60 128 17 7 4 50 2 15 51 0.296 0.322 0.396 0.718
Don Hoak PIT 155 564 60 166 29 3 8 65 9 71 75 0.294 0.374 0.399 0.773
Gus Bell CIN 148 580 59 170 27 2 19 115 2 29 44 0.293 0.325 0.445 0.770
Joe Adcock ML1 115 404 53 118 19 2 25 76 0 32 77 0.292 0.339 0.535 0.874
Bob Nieman BAL 118 360 49 105 18 2 21 60 1 42 55 0.292 0.367 0.528 0.895
Johnny Logan ML1 138 470 59 137 17 0 13 50 1 57 45 0.291 0.369 0.411 0.780
Dave Philley PHI 99 254 32 74 18 2 7 37 0 18 27 0.291 0.339 0.461 0.800
Don Blasingame SLN 150 615 90 178 26 7 1 24 15 67 42 0.289 0.361 0.359 0.720
Norm Larker LAN 108 311 37 90 14 1 8 49 0 26 25 0.289 0.344 0.418 0.762
Vic Power CLE 147 595 102 172 31 6 10 60 9 40 22 0.289 0.334 0.412 0.746
Bill Bruton ML1 133 478 72 138 22 6 6 41 13 35 54 0.289 0.338 0.397 0.735
Hal Smith KC1 108 292 36 84 12 0 5 31 0 34 39 0.288 0.367 0.380 0.747
Charlie Neal LAN 151 616 103 177 30 11 19 83 17 43 86 0.287 0.337 0.464 0.802
Bob Cerv KC1 125 463 61 132 22 4 20 87 3 35 87 0.285 0.332 0.479 0.812
Mickey Mantle NYA 144 541 104 154 23 4 31 75 21 93 126 0.285 0.390 0.514 0.904
Ed Bouchee PHI 136 499 75 142 29 4 15 74 0 70 74 0.285 0.375 0.449 0.824
Brooks Robinson BAL 88 313 29 89 15 2 4 24 2 17 37 0.284 0.325 0.383 0.709
Yogi Berra NYA 131 472 64 134 25 1 19 69 1 43 38 0.284 0.347 0.462 0.809
Sammy White BOS 119 377 34 107 13 4 1 42 4 23 39 0.284 0.324 0.347 0.672
Hector Lopez NYA 112 406 60 115 16 2 16 69 3 28 54 0.283 0.336 0.451 0.786
Eddie Kasko CIN 118 329 39 93 14 1 2 31 2 14 38 0.283 0.309 0.350 0.659
Jim Gilliam LAN 145 553 91 156 18 4 3 34 23 96 25 0.282 0.387 0.345 0.732
Al Pilarcik BAL 130 273 37 77 12 1 3 16 9 30 25 0.282 0.355 0.366 0.722
Tony Taylor CHN 150 624 96 175 30 8 8 38 23 45 86 0.280 0.331 0.393 0.724
Frank Malzone BOS 154 604 90 169 34 2 19 92 6 42 58 0.280 0.323 0.437 0.760
Bob Skinner PIT 143 547 78 153 18 4 13 61 10 67 65 0.280 0.357 0.399 0.756
Gino Cimoli SLN 143 519 61 145 40 7 8 72 7 37 83 0.279 0.327 0.430 0.757
Tony Kubek NYA 132 512 67 143 25 7 6 51 3 24 46 0.279 0.313 0.391 0.704
Ted Lepcio DET 76 215 25 60 8 0 7 24 2 17 49 0.279 0.332 0.414 0.746
Wes Covington ML1 103 373 38 104 17 3 7 45 0 26 41 0.279 0.329 0.397 0.726
Jim Lemon WS1 147 531 73 148 18 3 33 100 5 46 99 0.279 0.334 0.510 0.844
Eddie Yost DET 148 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 9 135 77 0.278 0.435 0.436 0.871
Gene Stephens BOS 92 270 34 75 13 1 3 39 5 29 33 0.278 0.353 0.367 0.720
Jackie Jensen BOS 148 535 101 148 31 0 28 112 20 88 67 0.277 0.372 0.492 0.863
Jim McAnany CHA 67 210 22 58 9 3 0 27 2 19 26 0.276 0.339 0.348 0.687
Gil Hodges LAN 124 413 57 114 19 2 25 80 3 58 92 0.276 0.367 0.513 0.880
Felipe Alou SFN 95 247 38 68 13 2 10 33 5 17 38 0.275 0.318 0.466 0.784
Vic Wertz BOS 94 247 38 68 13 0 7 49 0 22 32 0.275 0.337 0.413 0.750
Dick Groat PIT 147 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 0 32 35 0.275 0.312 0.361 0.673
Elston Howard NYA 125 443 59 121 24 6 18 73 0 20 57 0.273 0.306 0.476 0.783
Roger Maris KC1 122 433 69 118 21 7 16 72 2 58 53 0.273 0.359 0.464 0.824
Willie Kirkland SFN 126 463 64 126 22 3 22 68 5 42 84 0.272 0.335 0.475 0.810
Jim Landis CHA 149 515 78 140 26 7 5 60 20 78 68 0.272 0.370 0.379 0.749
Norm Siebern NYA 120 380 52 103 17 0 11 53 3 41 71 0.271 0.341 0.403 0.744
Jackie Brandt SFN 137 429 63 116 16 5 12 57 11 35 69 0.270 0.324 0.415 0.739
Hal Smith SLN 142 452 35 122 15 3 13 50 2 15 28 0.270 0.295 0.403 0.698
Jerry Lynch CIN 117 379 49 102 16 3 17 58 2 29 50 0.269 0.320 0.462 0.782
Sammy Taylor CHN 110 353 41 95 13 2 13 43 1 35 47 0.269 0.336 0.428 0.764
Alex Grammas SLN 131 368 43 99 14 2 3 30 3 38 26 0.269 0.337 0.342 0.679
Julio Becquer WS1 108 220 20 59 12 5 1 26 3 8 17 0.268 0.296 0.382 0.677
Rocky Bridges DET 116 381 38 102 16 3 3 35 1 30 35 0.268 0.320 0.349 0.670
Gene Freese PHI 132 400 60 107 14 5 23 70 8 43 61 0.268 0.343 0.500 0.843
Dick Williams KC1 130 488 72 130 33 1 16 75 4 28 60 0.266 0.309 0.436 0.746
Richie Ashburn PHI 153 564 86 150 16 2 1 20 9 79 42 0.266 0.360 0.307 0.667
Frank Bolling DET 127 459 56 122 18 3 13 55 2 45 37 0.266 0.339 0.403 0.742
Sherm Lollar CHA 140 505 63 134 22 3 22 84 4 55 49 0.265 0.345 0.451 0.796
Bob Boyd BAL 128 415 42 110 20 2 3 41 3 29 14 0.265 0.312 0.345 0.656
Daryl Spencer SFN 152 555 59 147 20 1 12 62 5 58 67 0.265 0.332 0.369 0.701
Roy McMillan CIN 79 246 38 65 14 2 9 24 0 27 27 0.264 0.345 0.447 0.792
Al Dark CHN 136 477 60 126 22 9 6 45 1 55 50 0.264 0.342 0.386 0.728
Ed Bailey CIN 121 379 43 100 13 0 12 40 2 62 53 0.264 0.370 0.393 0.763
Bubba Phillips CHA 117 379 43 100 27 1 5 40 1 27 28 0.264 0.319 0.380 0.699
Red Wilson DET 67 228 28 60 17 2 4 35 2 10 23 0.263 0.295 0.408 0.703
Dick Gernert BOS 117 298 41 78 14 1 11 42 1 52 49 0.262 0.369 0.426 0.795
Bob Allison WS1 150 570 83 149 18 9 30 85 13 60 92 0.261 0.333 0.482 0.815
Joe Koppe PHI 126 422 68 110 18 7 7 28 7 41 80 0.261 0.327 0.386 0.713
Billy Martin CLE 73 242 37 63 7 0 9 24 0 8 18 0.260 0.290 0.401 0.691
Maury Wills LAN 83 242 27 63 5 2 0 7 7 13 27 0.260 0.298 0.298 0.596
Bobby Thomson CHN 122 374 55 97 15 2 11 52 1 35 50 0.259 0.322 0.398 0.721
Jim Davenport SFN 123 469 65 121 16 3 6 38 0 28 65 0.258 0.301 0.343 0.645
Lee Walls CHN 120 354 43 91 18 3 8 33 0 42 73 0.257 0.342 0.393 0.734
Rocky Colavito CLE 154 588 90 151 24 0 42 111 3 71 86 0.257 0.337 0.512 0.849
Del Crandall ML1 150 518 65 133 19 2 21 72 5 46 48 0.257 0.318 0.423 0.741
Luis Aparicio CHA 152 612 98 157 18 5 6 51 56 53 40 0.257 0.316 0.332 0.647
Don Demeter LAN 139 371 55 95 11 1 18 70 5 16 87 0.256 0.294 0.437 0.731
Stan Musial SLN 115 341 37 87 13 2 14 44 0 60 25 0.255 0.364 0.428 0.792
Curt Flood SLN 121 208 24 53 7 3 7 26 2 16 35 0.255 0.305 0.418 0.724
Bill Virdon PIT 144 519 67 132 24 2 8 41 7 55 65 0.254 0.327 0.355 0.682
Wally Post PHI 132 468 62 119 17 6 22 94 0 36 101 0.254 0.310 0.457 0.767
Ted Williams BOS 103 272 32 69 15 0 10 43 0 52 27 0.254 0.372 0.419 0.791
Kent Hadley KC1 113 288 40 73 11 1 10 39 1 24 74 0.253 0.310 0.403 0.713
Jim Marshall CHN 108 294 39 74 10 1 11 40 0 33 39 0.252 0.324 0.405 0.729
Woodie Held CLE 143 525 82 132 19 3 29 71 1 46 118 0.251 0.313 0.465 0.778
Gil McDougald NYA 127 434 44 109 16 8 4 34 0 35 40 0.251 0.309 0.353 0.661
Charlie Maxwell DET 145 518 81 130 12 2 31 95 0 81 91 0.251 0.357 0.461 0.819
Hobie Landrith SFN 109 283 30 71 14 0 3 29 0 43 23 0.251 0.345 0.332 0.678
Eddie Bressoud SFN 104 315 36 79 17 2 9 26 0 28 55 0.251 0.311 0.403 0.714
Faye Throneberry WS1 117 327 36 82 11 2 10 42 6 33 61 0.251 0.322 0.388 0.710
Billy Goodman CHA 104 268 21 67 14 1 1 28 3 19 20 0.250 0.304 0.321 0.625
Andre Rodgers SFN 71 228 32 57 12 1 6 24 2 32 50 0.250 0.342 0.390 0.733
Willie Tasby BAL 142 505 69 126 16 5 13 48 3 34 80 0.250 0.303 0.378 0.682
Billy Klaus BAL 104 321 33 80 11 0 3 25 2 51 38 0.249 0.350 0.312 0.662
Willie Jones CIN 72 233 33 58 12 1 7 31 0 28 26 0.249 0.330 0.399 0.729
Jim Piersall CLE 100 317 42 78 13 2 4 30 6 25 31 0.246 0.303 0.338 0.641
George Altman CHN 135 420 54 103 14 4 12 47 1 34 80 0.245 0.312 0.383 0.695
Gary Geiger BOS 120 335 45 82 10 4 11 48 9 21 55 0.245 0.289 0.397 0.686
Ken Aspromonte WS1 70 225 31 55 12 0 2 14 2 26 39 0.244 0.321 0.324 0.646
Joe DeMaestri KC1 118 352 31 86 16 5 6 34 1 28 65 0.244 0.305 0.369 0.674
Jerry Lumpe KC1 108 403 47 98 11 5 3 28 2 41 32 0.243 0.313 0.318 0.631
Marty Keough BOS 96 251 40 61 13 5 7 27 3 26 40 0.243 0.320 0.418 0.739
Harmon Killebrew WS1 153 546 98 132 20 2 42 105 3 90 116 0.242 0.354 0.516 0.870
Roy Sievers WS1 115 385 55 93 19 0 21 49 1 53 62 0.242 0.333 0.455 0.788
Bill Mazeroski PIT 135 493 50 119 15 6 7 59 1 29 54 0.241 0.283 0.339 0.621
Don Buddin BOS 151 485 75 117 24 1 10 53 6 92 99 0.241 0.366 0.357 0.723
Russ Nixon CLE 82 258 23 62 10 3 1 29 0 15 28 0.240 0.277 0.314 0.591
Harry Anderson PHI 142 508 50 122 28 6 14 63 1 43 95 0.240 0.304 0.402 0.706
Jim Baxes CLE 77 247 35 59 11 0 15 34 0 21 47 0.239 0.299 0.466 0.764
George Strickland CLE 132 441 55 105 15 2 3 48 1 51 64 0.238 0.313 0.302 0.615
Ron Fairly LAN 118 244 27 58 12 1 4 23 0 31 29 0.238 0.324 0.344 0.668
Hank Bauer NYA 114 341 44 81 20 0 9 39 4 33 54 0.238 0.307 0.375 0.682
Al Smith CHA 129 472 65 112 16 4 17 55 7 46 74 0.237 0.311 0.396 0.707
Reno Bertoia WS1 90 308 33 73 10 0 8 29 2 29 48 0.237 0.302 0.347 0.649
Dale Long CHN 110 296 34 70 10 3 14 37 0 31 53 0.236 0.306 0.432 0.738
Frank House KC1 98 347 32 82 14 3 1 30 0 20 23 0.236 0.282 0.303 0.584
Roman Mejias PIT 96 276 28 65 6 1 7 28 1 21 48 0.236 0.298 0.341 0.639
Walt Moryn CHN 117 381 41 89 14 1 14 48 0 44 66 0.234 0.316 0.386 0.702
John Roseboro LAN 118 397 39 92 14 7 10 38 7 52 69 0.232 0.322 0.378 0.700
Frank Torre ML1 115 263 23 60 15 1 1 33 0 35 12 0.228 0.321 0.304 0.625
Frank Thomas CIN 108 374 41 84 18 2 12 47 0 27 56 0.225 0.278 0.380 0.658
Ron Samford WS1 91 237 23 53 13 0 5 22 1 11 29 0.224 0.262 0.342 0.604
Chico Carrasquel BAL 114 346 28 77 13 0 4 28 2 34 41 0.223 0.292 0.295 0.587
Gail Harris DET 114 349 39 77 4 3 9 39 0 29 49 0.221 0.290 0.327 0.617
Earl Torgeson CHA 127 277 40 61 5 3 9 45 7 62 55 0.220 0.359 0.357 0.716
Sparky Anderson PHI 152 477 42 104 9 3 0 34 6 42 53 0.218 0.282 0.249 0.531
Billy Gardner BAL 140 401 34 87 13 2 6 27 2 38 61 0.217 0.284 0.304 0.589
Gus Triandos BAL 126 393 43 85 7 1 25 73 0 65 56 0.216 0.330 0.430 0.760
Lou Berberet DET 100 338 38 73 8 2 13 44 0 35 59 0.216 0.284 0.367 0.651
Felix Mantilla ML1 103 251 26 54 5 0 3 19 6 16 31 0.215 0.266 0.271 0.537
Billy Consolo WS1 79 202 25 43 5 3 0 10 1 36 54 0.213 0.332 0.267 0.599
Bobo Osborne DET 86 209 27 40 7 1 3 21 1 16 41 0.191 0.254 0.278 0.532
Don Zimmer LAN 97 249 21 41 7 1 4 28 3 37 56 0.165 0.274 0.249 0.523
Showing 1-50 of 157 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

1959 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Ryne Duren NYA 3 6 41 0 0 0 14 76.6 49 16 43 96 1.88 1.20
Roger Craig LAN 11 5 29 17 7 4 0 152.6 122 35 45 76 2.06 1.09
Hoyt Wilhelm BAL 15 11 32 27 13 3 0 226.0 178 55 77 139 2.19 1.13
Larry Sherry LAN 7 2 23 9 1 1 3 94.3 75 23 43 72 2.19 1.25
Gerry Staley CHA 8 5 67 0 0 0 14 116.3 111 29 25 54 2.24 1.17
Bobby Shantz NYA 7 3 33 4 2 2 3 94.6 64 25 33 66 2.38 1.02
Bob Rush ML1 5 6 31 9 1 1 0 101.3 102 27 23 64 2.40 1.23
Don McMahon ML1 5 3 60 0 0 0 15 80.6 81 23 37 55 2.57 1.46
Jack Harshman CLE 5 1 13 6 5 1 1 66.0 46 19 13 35 2.59 0.89
Camilo Pascual WS1 17 10 32 30 17 6 0 238.6 202 70 69 185 2.64 1.14
Jim Perry CLE 12 10 44 13 8 2 4 153.0 122 45 55 79 2.65 1.16
Bill Henry CHN 9 8 65 0 0 0 12 134.3 111 40 26 115 2.68 1.02
Bob Shaw CHA 18 6 47 26 8 3 3 230.6 217 69 54 89 2.69 1.17
Roy Face PIT 18 1 57 0 0 0 10 93.3 91 28 25 69 2.70 1.24
Sam Jones SFN 21 15 50 35 16 4 4 270.6 232 85 109 209 2.83 1.26
Stu Miller SFN 8 7 59 9 2 0 8 167.6 164 53 57 95 2.84 1.32
Bob Buhl ML1 15 9 31 25 12 4 0 198.0 181 63 74 105 2.86 1.29
Jim Coates NYA 6 1 37 4 2 0 0 100.3 89 32 36 64 2.87 1.25
Turk Lown CHA 9 2 60 0 0 0 15 93.3 73 30 42 63 2.89 1.23
Art Ditmar NYA 13 9 38 25 7 1 1 202.0 156 65 52 96 2.90 1.03
Jerry Walker BAL 11 10 30 22 7 2 4 182.0 160 59 52 100 2.92 1.16
Billy O'Dell BAL 10 12 38 24 6 2 1 199.3 163 65 67 88 2.93 1.15
Ike Delock BOS 11 6 28 17 4 0 0 134.3 120 44 62 55 2.95 1.35
Warren Spahn ML1 21 15 40 36 21 4 0 292.0 282 96 70 143 2.96 1.21
Vern Law PIT 18 9 34 33 20 2 1 266.0 245 88 53 110 2.98 1.12
Chuck Stobbs WS1 1 8 41 7 0 0 7 90.6 82 30 24 50 2.98 1.17
Gene Conley PHI 12 7 25 22 12 3 1 180.0 159 60 42 102 3.00 1.12
Whitey Ford NYA 16 10 35 29 9 2 1 204.0 194 69 89 114 3.04 1.39
Jack Fisher BAL 1 6 27 7 1 1 2 88.6 76 30 38 52 3.05 1.29
Mike Fornieles BOS 5 3 46 0 0 0 11 82.0 77 28 29 54 3.07 1.29
Johnny Antonelli SFN 19 10 40 38 17 4 1 282.0 247 97 76 165 3.10 1.15
Bobby Locke CLE 3 2 24 7 0 0 2 77.6 66 27 41 40 3.13 1.38
Harvey Haddix PIT 12 12 31 29 14 2 0 224.3 189 78 49 149 3.13 1.06
Jack Sanford SFN 15 12 36 31 10 0 1 222.3 198 78 70 132 3.16 1.21
Bud Daley KC1 16 13 39 29 12 2 1 216.3 212 76 62 125 3.16 1.27
Don Newcombe CIN 13 8 30 29 17 2 1 222.0 216 78 27 100 3.16 1.09
Early Wynn CHA 22 10 37 37 14 5 0 255.6 202 90 119 179 3.17 1.26
Don Ferrarese CLE 5 3 15 10 4 0 0 76.0 58 27 51 45 3.20 1.43
Jim Owens PHI 12 12 31 30 11 1 1 221.3 203 79 73 135 3.21 1.25
Milt Pappas BAL 15 9 33 27 15 4 3 209.3 175 76 75 120 3.27 1.19
Larry Jackson SLN 14 13 40 37 12 3 0 256.0 271 94 64 145 3.30 1.31
Bob Miller SLN 4 3 11 10 3 0 0 70.6 66 26 21 43 3.31 1.23
Don Elston CHN 10 8 65 0 0 0 13 97.6 77 36 46 82 3.32 1.26
Humberto Robinson PHI 2 4 31 4 1 0 1 73.0 70 27 24 32 3.33 1.29
Bob Gibson SLN 3 5 13 9 2 1 0 75.6 77 28 39 48 3.33 1.53
Jim Brosnan CIN 8 3 26 9 1 1 2 83.3 79 31 26 56 3.35 1.26
Don Mossi DET 17 9 34 30 15 3 0 228.0 210 85 49 125 3.36 1.14
Jack Meyer PHI 5 3 47 1 1 0 1 93.6 76 35 53 71 3.36 1.38
Ralph Terry NYA 3 7 24 16 5 1 0 127.3 130 48 30 55 3.39 1.26
Don Drysdale LAN 17 13 44 36 15 4 2 270.6 237 104 93 242 3.46 1.22
Dave Hillman CHN 8 11 39 24 4 1 0 191.0 178 75 43 88 3.53 1.16
Frank Lary DET 17 10 32 32 11 3 0 223.0 225 88 46 137 3.55 1.22
Billy Pierce CHA 14 15 34 33 12 2 0 224.0 217 90 62 114 3.62 1.25
Cal McLish CLE 19 8 35 32 13 0 1 235.3 253 95 72 113 3.63 1.38
Dick Donovan CHA 9 10 31 29 5 1 0 179.6 171 73 58 71 3.66 1.27
Al Worthington SFN 2 3 42 3 0 0 2 73.3 68 30 37 45 3.68 1.43
Hal Woodeshick WS1 2 4 31 3 0 0 0 61.0 58 25 36 30 3.69 1.54
Glen Hobbie CHN 16 13 46 33 10 3 0 234.0 204 96 106 138 3.69 1.32
Ned Garver KC1 10 13 32 30 9 2 1 201.3 214 83 42 61 3.71 1.27
Barry Latman CHA 8 5 37 21 5 2 0 156.0 138 65 72 97 3.75 1.35
Tom Brewer BOS 10 12 36 32 11 3 2 215.3 219 90 88 121 3.76 1.43
Juan Pizarro ML1 6 2 29 14 6 2 0 133.6 117 56 70 126 3.77 1.40
Pete Burnside DET 1 3 30 0 0 0 1 62.0 55 26 25 49 3.77 1.29
Hal Brown BAL 11 9 31 21 2 0 3 164.0 158 69 32 81 3.79 1.16
Lindy McDaniel SLN 14 12 62 7 1 0 15 132.0 144 56 41 86 3.82 1.40
Johnny Kucks KC1 8 11 33 23 6 1 1 151.3 163 65 42 51 3.87 1.35
Jim Bunning DET 17 13 40 35 14 1 1 249.6 220 108 75 201 3.89 1.18
Tex Clevenger WS1 8 5 50 7 2 2 8 117.3 114 51 51 71 3.91 1.41
Clem Labine LAN 5 10 56 0 0 0 9 84.6 91 37 25 37 3.93 1.37
Willard Schmidt CIN 3 2 36 4 0 0 0 70.6 80 31 30 40 3.95 1.56
Frank Sullivan BOS 9 11 30 26 5 2 1 177.6 172 78 67 107 3.95 1.35
Stan Williams LAN 5 5 35 15 2 0 0 124.6 102 55 86 89 3.97 1.51
Danny McDevitt LAN 10 8 39 22 6 2 4 145.0 149 64 51 106 3.97 1.38
Tom Morgan DET 1 4 46 1 0 0 9 92.6 94 41 18 39 3.98 1.21
Mike McCormick SFN 12 16 47 31 7 3 4 225.6 213 100 86 151 3.99 1.32
Mike Garcia CLE 3 6 29 8 1 0 1 72.0 72 32 31 49 4.00 1.43
Dave Sisler DET 1 3 32 0 0 0 7 51.6 46 23 36 29 4.01 1.59
Bob Friend PIT 8 19 35 35 7 2 0 234.6 267 105 52 104 4.03 1.36
Gary Bell CLE 16 11 44 28 12 1 5 234.0 208 105 105 136 4.04 1.34
Frank Baumann BOS 6 4 26 10 2 0 1 95.6 96 43 55 48 4.05 1.58
Sandy Koufax LAN 8 6 35 23 6 1 2 153.3 136 69 92 173 4.05 1.49
Billy Loes BAL 4 7 37 0 0 0 14 64.3 58 29 25 34 4.06 1.29
Don Cardwell PHI 9 10 25 22 5 1 0 153.0 135 69 65 106 4.06 1.31
Lew Burdette ML1 21 15 41 39 20 4 1 289.6 312 131 38 105 4.07 1.21
Joey Jay ML1 6 11 34 19 4 1 0 136.3 130 62 64 88 4.09 1.42
Bob Grim KC1 6 10 40 9 3 1 4 125.3 124 57 57 65 4.09 1.44
Johnny Podres LAN 14 9 34 29 6 2 0 195.0 192 89 74 145 4.11 1.36
Ernie Johnson BAL 4 1 31 1 0 0 1 50.3 57 23 19 29 4.11 1.51
Ray Moore CHA 3 6 29 8 0 0 0 89.6 86 41 46 49 4.12 1.47
Tom Acker CIN 1 2 37 0 0 0 2 63.3 57 29 37 45 4.12 1.48
Moe Drabowsky CHN 5 10 31 23 3 1 0 141.6 138 65 75 70 4.13 1.50
Bob Anderson CHN 12 13 37 36 7 1 0 235.3 245 108 77 113 4.13 1.37
Mudcat Grant CLE 10 7 38 19 6 1 3 165.3 140 76 81 85 4.14 1.34
Bill Monbouquette BOS 7 7 34 17 4 0 0 151.6 165 70 33 87 4.15 1.31
Carl Willey ML1 5 9 26 15 5 2 0 117.0 126 54 31 51 4.15 1.34
Pedro Ramos WS1 13 19 37 35 11 0 0 233.6 233 108 52 95 4.16 1.22
Vinegar Bend Mizell SLN 13 10 31 30 8 1 0 201.3 196 94 89 108 4.20 1.42
Leo Kiely BOS 3 3 41 0 0 0 7 55.6 67 26 18 30 4.20 1.53
Joe Nuxhall CIN 9 9 28 21 6 1 1 131.6 155 62 35 75 4.24 1.44
Bob Purkey CIN 13 18 38 33 9 1 1 218.0 241 103 43 78 4.25 1.30
Ron Kline PIT 11 13 33 29 7 0 0 186.0 186 88 70 91 4.26 1.38
Marshall Bridges SLN 6 3 27 4 1 0 1 76.0 67 36 37 76 4.26 1.37
Robin Roberts PHI 15 17 35 35 19 2 0 257.3 267 122 35 137 4.27 1.17
Bill Fischer WS1 9 11 34 29 6 1 0 187.3 211 89 43 62 4.28 1.36
Jerry Casale BOS 13 8 31 26 9 3 0 179.6 162 86 89 93 4.31 1.40
Bob Turley NYA 8 11 33 22 7 3 0 154.3 141 74 83 111 4.32 1.45
Don Larsen NYA 6 7 25 18 3 1 3 124.6 122 60 76 69 4.33 1.59
Duke Maas NYA 14 8 38 21 3 1 4 138.0 149 68 53 67 4.43 1.46
Russ Kemmerer WS1 8 17 37 28 8 0 0 206.0 221 103 71 89 4.50 1.42
Rip Coleman KC1 2 10 29 11 2 0 2 81.0 85 41 34 54 4.56 1.47
Paul Foytack DET 14 14 39 37 11 2 1 240.3 239 124 64 110 4.64 1.26
Tom Sturdivant KC1 2 6 36 3 0 0 5 71.6 70 37 34 57 4.65 1.45
Herb Score CLE 9 11 30 25 9 1 0 160.6 123 84 115 147 4.71 1.48
Ernie Broglio SLN 7 12 35 25 6 3 0 181.3 174 95 89 133 4.72 1.45
Turk Farrell PHI 1 6 38 0 0 0 6 57.0 61 30 25 31 4.74 1.51
Art Ceccarelli CHN 5 5 18 15 4 2 0 102.0 95 54 37 56 4.76 1.29
Orlando Peña CIN 5 9 46 8 1 0 5 136.0 150 72 39 76 4.76 1.39
Brooks Lawrence CIN 7 12 43 14 3 0 10 128.3 144 68 45 64 4.77 1.47
Ray Herbert KC1 11 11 37 26 10 2 1 183.6 196 99 62 99 4.85 1.40
Murry Dickson KC1 2 1 38 0 0 0 0 71.0 85 39 27 36 4.94 1.58
John Tsitouris KC1 4 3 24 10 0 0 0 83.3 90 46 35 50 4.97 1.50
Dick Hyde WS1 2 5 37 0 0 0 4 54.3 56 30 27 29 4.97 1.53
John Buzhardt CHN 4 5 31 10 1 1 0 101.3 107 56 29 33 4.97 1.34
Taylor Phillips PHI 1 4 32 3 1 0 1 63.0 72 35 31 35 5.00 1.63
Jay Hook CIN 5 5 17 15 4 0 0 79.0 79 45 39 37 5.13 1.49
Gary Blaylock SLN 4 5 26 12 3 0 0 100.0 117 57 43 61 5.13 1.60
Jim O'Toole CIN 5 8 28 19 3 1 0 129.3 144 74 73 68 5.15 1.68
Hal Griggs WS1 2 8 37 10 2 1 2 97.6 103 57 52 43 5.25 1.59
Ted Wills BOS 2 6 9 8 2 0 0 56.3 68 33 24 24 5.27 1.63
Art Fowler LAN 3 4 36 0 0 0 2 61.0 70 36 23 47 5.31 1.52
Ray Semproch PHI 3 10 30 18 2 0 3 111.6 119 67 59 54 5.40 1.59
Bennie Daniels PIT 7 9 34 12 0 0 1 100.6 115 61 39 67 5.45 1.53
Ray Narleski DET 4 12 42 10 1 0 5 104.3 105 67 59 71 5.78 1.57
Dick Ricketts SLN 1 6 12 9 0 0 0 55.6 68 36 30 25 5.82 1.76
Ruben Gomez PHI 3 8 20 12 2 1 1 72.3 90 49 24 37 6.10 1.58
Eli Grba NYA 2 5 19 6 0 0 0 50.3 52 36 39 23 6.44 1.81
Arnie Portocarrero BAL 2 7 27 14 1 0 0 90.0 107 68 32 23 6.80 1.54
Red Witt PIT 0 7 15 11 0 0 0 50.6 58 39 32 30 6.93 1.78
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1959 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1959?
Eddie Mathews led with 46 home runs in 1959.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1959?
Ernie Banks led with 143 RBI in 1959.
Who led MLB in hits in 1959?
Hank Aaron led with 223 hits in 1959.
Who led MLB in wins in 1959?
Early Wynn led with 22 wins in 1959.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1959?
Don Drysdale led with 242 strikeouts in 1959.
Who had the lowest ERA in 1959?
Ryne Duren at 1.88, among pitchers with at least 50 innings.