Has an AFL game ever ended 59-38?
Yes. AFL has seen a final score of 59-38 2 times. It first happened on May 14, 1960, when St Kilda beat Geelong, and most recently on July 5, 1986, when Hawthorn beat St Kilda.
That makes 59-38 the 2496th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 60-38 has happened never and 59-39 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 26 years, between 1960 and 1986.