1959 Season Leaders
Top performers from the 1959 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.
Batting Leaders
Minimum 200 at-bats required
Complete Statistics
| Player | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tito Francona | CLE | 122 | 399 | 68 | 145 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 79 | 2 | 35 | 42 | 0.363 | 0.414 | 0.566 |
| Hank Aaron | ATL | 154 | 629 | 116 | 223 | 46 | 7 | 39 | 123 | 8 | 51 | 54 | 0.355 | 0.401 | 0.636 |
| Harvey Kuenn | DET | 139 | 561 | 99 | 198 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 7 | 48 | 37 | 0.353 | 0.402 | 0.501 |
| Joe Cunningham | STL | 144 | 458 | 65 | 158 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 2 | 88 | 47 | 0.345 | 0.453 | 0.478 |
| Al Kaline | DET | 136 | 511 | 86 | 167 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 94 | 10 | 72 | 42 | 0.327 | 0.410 | 0.530 |
| Orlando Cepeda | SFG | 151 | 605 | 92 | 192 | 35 | 4 | 27 | 105 | 23 | 33 | 100 | 0.317 | 0.355 | 0.522 |
| Vada Pinson | CIN | 154 | 648 | 131 | 205 | 47 | 9 | 20 | 84 | 21 | 55 | 98 | 0.316 | 0.371 | 0.509 |
| Pete Runnels | BOS | 147 | 560 | 95 | 176 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 95 | 48 | 0.314 | 0.415 | 0.427 |
| Willie Mays | SFG | 151 | 575 | 125 | 180 | 43 | 5 | 34 | 104 | 27 | 65 | 58 | 0.313 | 0.381 | 0.583 |
| Russ Snyder | KC1 | 73 | 243 | 41 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 0.313 | 0.367 | 0.420 |
| Frank Robinson | CIN | 146 | 540 | 106 | 168 | 31 | 4 | 36 | 125 | 18 | 69 | 93 | 0.311 | 0.391 | 0.583 |
| Johnny Temple | CIN | 149 | 598 | 102 | 186 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 14 | 72 | 40 | 0.311 | 0.380 | 0.430 |
| Ken Boyer | STL | 149 | 563 | 86 | 174 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 94 | 12 | 67 | 77 | 0.309 | 0.384 | 0.508 |
| Duke Snider | LAD | 126 | 370 | 59 | 114 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 88 | 1 | 58 | 71 | 0.308 | 0.400 | 0.535 |
| Eddie Mathews | ATL | 148 | 594 | 118 | 182 | 16 | 8 | 46 | 114 | 2 | 80 | 71 | 0.306 | 0.390 | 0.593 |
| Nellie Fox | CHW | 156 | 624 | 84 | 191 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 71 | 13 | 0.306 | 0.380 | 0.389 |
| Ernie Banks | CHC | 155 | 589 | 97 | 179 | 25 | 6 | 45 | 143 | 2 | 64 | 72 | 0.304 | 0.374 | 0.596 |
| Wally Moon | LAD | 145 | 543 | 93 | 164 | 26 | 11 | 19 | 74 | 15 | 81 | 64 | 0.302 | 0.394 | 0.495 |
| Minnie Minoso | CLE | 148 | 570 | 92 | 172 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 92 | 8 | 54 | 46 | 0.302 | 0.377 | 0.468 |
| Bill White | STL | 138 | 517 | 77 | 156 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 15 | 34 | 61 | 0.302 | 0.344 | 0.470 |
| Bobby Richardson | NYY | 134 | 469 | 53 | 141 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 0.301 | 0.335 | 0.377 |
| Bill Tuttle | KC1 | 126 | 463 | 74 | 139 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 0.300 | 0.369 | 0.413 |
| Gene Woodling | BAL | 140 | 440 | 63 | 132 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 77 | 1 | 78 | 35 | 0.300 | 0.402 | 0.455 |
| Bill Skowron | NYY | 74 | 282 | 39 | 84 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 59 | 1 | 20 | 47 | 0.298 | 0.349 | 0.539 |
| Dick Stuart | PIT | 118 | 397 | 64 | 118 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 78 | 1 | 42 | 86 | 0.297 | 0.362 | 0.549 |
| Smoky Burgess | PIT | 114 | 377 | 41 | 112 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 0.297 | 0.349 | 0.485 |
| Roberto Clemente | PIT | 105 | 432 | 60 | 128 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 15 | 51 | 0.296 | 0.322 | 0.396 |
| Don Hoak | PIT | 155 | 564 | 60 | 166 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 65 | 9 | 71 | 75 | 0.294 | 0.374 | 0.399 |
| Gus Bell | CIN | 148 | 580 | 59 | 170 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 115 | 2 | 29 | 44 | 0.293 | 0.325 | 0.445 |
| Joe Adcock | ATL | 115 | 404 | 53 | 118 | 19 | 2 | 25 | 76 | 0 | 32 | 77 | 0.292 | 0.339 | 0.535 |
| Bob Nieman | BAL | 118 | 360 | 49 | 105 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 60 | 1 | 42 | 55 | 0.292 | 0.367 | 0.528 |
| Johnny Logan | ATL | 138 | 470 | 59 | 137 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 57 | 45 | 0.291 | 0.369 | 0.411 |
| Dave Philley | PHI | 99 | 254 | 32 | 74 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 0.291 | 0.339 | 0.461 |
| Don Blasingame | STL | 150 | 615 | 90 | 178 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 67 | 42 | 0.289 | 0.361 | 0.359 |
| Norm Larker | LAD | 108 | 311 | 37 | 90 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 0.289 | 0.344 | 0.418 |
| Vic Power | CLE | 147 | 595 | 102 | 172 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 9 | 40 | 22 | 0.289 | 0.334 | 0.412 |
| Bill Bruton | ATL | 133 | 478 | 72 | 138 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 13 | 35 | 54 | 0.289 | 0.338 | 0.397 |
| Hal Smith | KC1 | 108 | 292 | 36 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 34 | 39 | 0.288 | 0.367 | 0.380 |
| Charlie Neal | LAD | 151 | 616 | 103 | 177 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 83 | 17 | 43 | 86 | 0.287 | 0.337 | 0.464 |
| Bob Cerv | KC1 | 125 | 463 | 61 | 132 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 87 | 3 | 35 | 87 | 0.285 | 0.332 | 0.479 |
| Mickey Mantle | NYY | 144 | 541 | 104 | 154 | 23 | 4 | 31 | 75 | 21 | 93 | 126 | 0.285 | 0.390 | 0.514 |
| Ed Bouchee | PHI | 136 | 499 | 75 | 142 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 74 | 0 | 70 | 74 | 0.285 | 0.375 | 0.449 |
| Brooks Robinson | BAL | 88 | 313 | 29 | 89 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 0.284 | 0.325 | 0.383 |
| Yogi Berra | NYY | 131 | 472 | 64 | 134 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 69 | 1 | 43 | 38 | 0.284 | 0.347 | 0.462 |
| Sammy White | BOS | 119 | 377 | 34 | 107 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 0.284 | 0.324 | 0.347 |
| Hector Lopez | NYY | 112 | 406 | 60 | 115 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 69 | 3 | 28 | 54 | 0.283 | 0.336 | 0.451 |
| Eddie Kasko | CIN | 118 | 329 | 39 | 93 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 38 | 0.283 | 0.309 | 0.350 |
| Jim Gilliam | LAD | 145 | 553 | 91 | 156 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 96 | 25 | 0.282 | 0.387 | 0.345 |
| Al Pilarcik | BAL | 130 | 273 | 37 | 77 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 30 | 25 | 0.282 | 0.355 | 0.366 |
| Tony Taylor | CHC | 150 | 624 | 96 | 175 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 23 | 45 | 86 | 0.280 | 0.331 | 0.393 |
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Pitching Leaders
Minimum 50 innings pitched required
Complete Statistics
| Player | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryne Duren | NYY | 3 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 76.6 | 49 | 16 | 43 | 96 | 1.88 | 1.20 |
| Roger Craig | LAD | 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 | LAD | 7 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 94.3 | 75 | 23 | 43 | 72 | 2.19 | 1.25 |
| Gerry Staley | CHW | 8 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 116.3 | 111 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 2.24 | 1.17 |
| Bobby Shantz | NYY | 7 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 94.6 | 64 | 25 | 33 | 66 | 2.38 | 1.02 |
| Bob Rush | ATL | 5 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 101.3 | 102 | 27 | 23 | 64 | 2.40 | 1.23 |
| Don McMahon | ATL | 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 | WSN | 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 | CHC | 9 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 134.3 | 111 | 40 | 26 | 115 | 2.68 | 1.02 |
| Bob Shaw | CHW | 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 | SFG | 21 | 15 | 50 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 270.6 | 232 | 85 | 109 | 209 | 2.83 | 1.26 |
| Stu Miller | SFG | 8 | 7 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 167.6 | 164 | 53 | 57 | 95 | 2.84 | 1.32 |
| Bob Buhl | ATL | 15 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 198.0 | 181 | 63 | 74 | 105 | 2.86 | 1.29 |
| Jim Coates | NYY | 6 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 89 | 32 | 36 | 64 | 2.87 | 1.25 |
| Turk Lown | CHW | 9 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 93.3 | 73 | 30 | 42 | 63 | 2.89 | 1.23 |
| Art Ditmar | NYY | 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 | ATL | 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 | WSN | 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 | NYY | 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 | SFG | 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 | SFG | 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 | CHW | 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 | STL | 14 | 13 | 40 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 256.0 | 271 | 94 | 64 | 145 | 3.30 | 1.31 |
| Bob Miller | STL | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70.6 | 66 | 26 | 21 | 43 | 3.31 | 1.23 |
| Don Elston | CHC | 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 | STL | 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 | NYY | 3 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 127.3 | 130 | 48 | 30 | 55 | 3.39 | 1.26 |
| Don Drysdale | LAD | 17 | 13 | 44 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 270.6 | 237 | 104 | 93 | 242 | 3.46 | 1.22 |
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