1959 Pacific Coast League

1959 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 614 games, 8 teams, approx. 153 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1958 / 1960
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1958 / 1960

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1958 / 1960

League Standings

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Salt Lake City Bees	PIT	85	69	.552	--
Vancouver Mounties	BAL	82	69	.543	1.5
San Diego Padres	CLE	78	75	.510	6.5
Sacramento Solons	ATL	78	76	.506	7
Spokane Indians	LAD	77	77	.500	8
Portland Beavers	OAK	75	77	.493	9
Seattle Rainiers	CIN	74	80	.481	11
Phoenix Giants	SFG	64	90	.416	21

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
Phoenix Giants	SFG	27.6	5.08	154	5921	5306	782	1421	274	47	196	729	19	30	498	848	.268	.335	.448	.783	2377	127	49	40	28
Salt Lake City Bees	PIT	27.3	4.77	154	5804	5123	734	1332	236	58	94	653	78	35	514	713	.260	.330	.384	.713	1966	119	39	84	44
Spokane Indians	LAD	26.8	4.52	154	5723	5077	696	1377	226	52	125	614	66	35	470	725	.271	.335	.410	.745	2082	130	35	97	44
Vancouver Mounties	BAL	26.8	4.23	151	5646	5003	638	1263	209	62	114	587	67	33	504	842	.252	.323	.387	.710	1938	99	28	84	27
Sacramento Solons	MLN	28.6	3.95	154	5710	5061	608	1255	227	37	98	574	19	30	484	699	.248	.315	.366	.680	1850	126	30	91	44
Portland Beavers	KCA	28.8	3.82	152	5602	4981	581	1264	185	43	101	535	73	45	493	634	.254	.322	.369	.691	1838	111	19	80	29
San Diego Padres	CLE	28.9	3.76	154	5660	5114	579	1272	225	44	86	532	60	38	388	803	.249	.305	.360	.665	1843	103	40	78	40
Seattle Rainiers	CIN	30.3	3.47	155	5725	5105	538	1247	178	28	83	491	49	30	468	703	.244	.310	.339	.649	1730	124	33	88	31
League Totals		28.2	4.20	1228	45791	40770	5156	10431	1760	371	897	4715	431	276	3819	5967	.256	.322	.383	.705	15624	939	273	642	287

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	G	GS	R
Seattle Rainiers	CIN	26.6	3.71	74	80	.481	155	155	575
Vancouver Mounties	BAL	29.3	3.77	82	69	.543	151	151	570
San Diego Padres	CLE	28.3	3.92	78	75	.510	154	154	604
Sacramento Solons	MLN	27.1	4.02	78	76	.506	154	154	619
Salt Lake City Bees	PIT	26.2	4.06	85	69	.552	154	154	626
Portland Beavers	KCA	27.8	4.10	75	77	.493	152	152	623
Spokane Indians	LAD	28.5	4.44	77	77	.500	154	154	684
Phoenix Giants	SFG	25.1	5.55	64	90	.416	154	154	855
League Totals		27.3	4.20	613	613	.500	1228	1228	5156

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Vancouver Mounties	BAL	151	3986	1595	127	149	.978	15	Charlie Metro
San Diego Padres	CLE	154	4063	1535	138	153	.976	3	George Metkovich
Salt Lake City Bees	PIT	154	4047	1774	155	151	.974	18	Larry Shepard
Sacramento Solons	MLN	154	4056	1769	162	173	.973	19	Bob Elliott
Seattle Rainiers	CIN	155	4092	1709	171	125	.971	12	Alan Strange
Portland Beavers	KCA	152	3960	1617	172	128	.970	21	Tommy Heath
Spokane Indians	LAD	154	3976	1719	179	146	.970	15	Bobby Bragan
Phoenix Giants	SFG	154	4042	1845	199	156	.967	33	John Davis
League Totals		1228	32222	13563	1303	1181	.972	136

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