A.L.

Chicago
94-60
5
1,423,144

1959 Champions

Team
W-L Record
Games Ahead
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N.L.

Los Angeles
88-68
2
2,071,045

HARMON KILLEBREW
Big-time AL Slugger

* Bonus Baby languishes on Senator bench
  for 2 years before getting to play in minors
* Breaks into starting lineup 1959: 42 homers! 
* Dominates AL power hitters in 60s
* Wins 6 Home Run Titles in 11 years
* 1969: 49 HRs, 140 RBI's, 145 walks, MVP 
* Hits 40 homers 8 times
* Breaks the 100-RBI barrier 9 times
* Never hits .300, lifetime average is .256
* Retires in 1975 with 573 career home runs

Disgruntled rich people want new league & new
team in NYC, get Branch Rickey to lead them
Pumpsie Green enters game as pinch runner for
Boston Red Sox, twelve-plus years after Jackie
After losing playoffs in '46 & '51, Dodgers top
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