1959 Season Leaders

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

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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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