1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1959 Los Angeles Dodgers 1959 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890)
Location
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Since 1958) Los Angeles, California (Since 1958)
1959 Information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley
General Manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	KMPC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW Rene Cardenas, Jaime Jarrin, Miguel Alonzo

The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves and then won the pennant as they swept the Braves in a best-of-three playoff series. They went on to defeat the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 World Series.

1 Season standings
2 1959 Roster
3 Starting Pitchers stats
4 Relief Pitchers stats
5 Batting Stats
6 1959 World Series
7 1959 Awards
8 1959 Transactions
9 1959 Minor League Teams
10 External links

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	--	.564
Milwaukee Braves	86	70	2	.551
San Francisco Giants	83	71	4	.539
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	9	.506
Chicago Cubs	74	80	13	.481
Cincinnati Redlegs	74	80	13	.481
St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	16	.461
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	23	.416

[edit] 1959 Roster

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Ron Fairly	Rightfielder
Wally Moon	Leftfielder
Johnny Roseboro	Catcher
Duke Snider	Centerfielder
Charlie Neal	Second Baseman
Gil Hodges	First Baseman
Don Zimmer	Shortstop
Jim Baxes	Third Baseman
Don Drysdale	Starting Pitcher

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers roster

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Roster

Starting Pitchers

Relief Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB

[edit] 1959 World Series

[edit] Game 1

October 1, 1959 at Comiskey Park I in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
Chicago (A)	2	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	x	11	11	0
W: Early Wynn (1-0) L: Roger Craig (0-1) S: Gerry Staley (1)
HR: CWS – Ted Kluszewski (1, 2)

[edit] Game 2

October 2, 1959 at Comiskey Park I in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	9	1
Chicago (A)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	0
W: Johnny Podres (1-0) L: Bob Shaw (0-1) S: Larry Sherry (1)
HR: LAD – Charlie Neal (1, 2), Chuck Essegian (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 4, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	0
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	x	3	5	0
W: Don Drysdale (1-0) L: Dick Donovan (0-1) ) S: Larry Sherry (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 5, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	10	3
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	x	5	9	0
W: Larry Sherry (1-0) L: Gerry Staley (0-1) )
HR: CWS – Sherm Lollar (1) LAD – Gil Hodges (1)

[edit] Game 5

October 6, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
W: Bob Shaw (1-1) L: Sandy Koufax (0-1) ) S: Dick Donovan (1)

[edit] Game 6

October 8, 1959 at Comiskey Park I in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (N)	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	9	13	0
Chicago (A)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
W: Larry Sherry (2-0) L: Early Wynn (1-1)
HR: LAD – Duke Snider (1), Wally Moon (1), Chuck Essegian(2) CWS – Ted Kluszewski (3)

[edit] 1959 Awards

1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game - Game 1
- Don Drysdale starter
- Wally Moon starter
1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game - Game 2
- Don Drysdale starter
- Wally Moon starter
- Jim Gilliam reserve
- Charlie Neal reserve
World Series Most Valuable Player
- Larry Sherry
Gold Glove Award
- Charlie Neal
- Gil Hodges
TSN Manager of the Year
- Walter Alston
TSN Executive of the Year Award
- Buzzie Bavasi
NL Player of the Month
- Don Drysdale (July 1959)

[edit] 1959 Transactions

December 4: Acquired Wally Moon and Phil Paine from the St. Louis Cardinals for Gino Cimoli
December 23: Acquired Rip Repulski, Jim Golden and Gene Snyder from the Philadelphia Phillies for Sparky Anderson
June 15: Acquired Chuck Essegian and Lloyd Merritt from the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Gray

[edit] 1959 Minor League Teams

AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Clay Bryant) - International League
AAA: Spokane Indians (managed by Bobby Bragan) - Pacific Coast League
AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Max Macon) - American Association
AA: Victoria Rosebuds (managed by Pete Reiser) - Texas League
A: Macon Dodgers (managed by Danny Ozark)- South Atlantic League
B: Green Bay Bluejays (managed by Stan Wasiak)- Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
C: Great Falls Electrics (managed by Brandy Davis) - Pioneer League
C: Reno Silver Sox (managed by Ray Perry) - California League
D: Kokomo Dodgers (managed by Edward Serrano) - Midwest League
D: Odessa Dodgers (managed by Roy Hartsfield) - Sophomore League
D: Orlando Dodgers (managed by Martin Devlin) - Florida State League
D: Panama City Fliers (managed by Al Ronning) - Alabama-Florida League

[edit] External links

v • d • e 1959 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • New York • Washington

National League	Chicago • Cincinnati • Los Angeles • Milwaukee • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • San Francisco • St. Louis

1959 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) • 1959 World Series

Preceded by Milwaukee Braves 1958	National League Championship Season 1959	Succeeded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1960
Preceded by New York Yankees 1958	World Series Champions Los Angeles Dodgers 1959	Succeeded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1960

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Contents

[edit] Season standings

[edit] 1959 Roster

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

[edit] Batting Stats

[edit] 1959 World Series

[edit] Game 1

[edit] Game 2

[edit] Game 3

[edit] Game 4

[edit] Game 5

[edit] Game 6

[edit] 1959 Awards

[edit] 1959 Transactions

[edit] 1959 Minor League Teams

[edit] External links

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