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
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The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves, with each club going 86-68. The Dodgers 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 in just their second season since leaving Brooklyn.

Offseason

December 4, 1958: Gino Cimoli was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Moon and Phil Paine.^[1]
December 23, 1958: Sparky Anderson was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rip Repulski, Jim Golden and Gene Snyder.^[2]

Regular season

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 Reds	74	80	13	.481
St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	16	.461
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	23	.416

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
Name	Position
Ron Fairly	Right fielder
Wally Moon	Left fielder
Johnny Roseboro	Catcher
Duke Snider	Center fielder
Charlie Neal	Second baseman
Gil Hodges	First baseman
Don Zimmer	Shortstop
Jim Baxes	Third baseman
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

June 15, 1959: Dick Gray was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Essegian and Lloyd Merritt.^[3]

Roster

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
LF	Moon, WallyWally Moon	145	543	164	.302	19	74

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Repulski, RipRip Repulski	53	94	24	.255	2	14

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Churn, ChuckChuck Churn	14	3	2	1	4.99	24

1959 World Series

Main article: 1959 World Series

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

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

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Green Bay

Notes

References

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 • St. Louis • San Francisco

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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v d e Los Angeles Dodgers 1959 World Series Champions

2 Don Demeter 4 Duke Snider 5 Norm Larker 6 Carl Furillo 8 Ron Fairly 9 Wally Moon 14 Gil Hodges 16 Danny McDevitt 19 Jim Gilliam 20 Rip Repulski 22 Johnny Podres 23 Don Zimmer 29 Chuck Essegian 30 Maury Wills 32 Sandy Koufax 35 Johnny Klippstein 38 Roger Craig 40 Stan Williams 41 Clem Labine 43 Charlie Neal 44 Johnny Roseboro 45 Chuck Churn 51 Larry Sherry (World Series MVP) 53 Don Drysdale 58 Joe Pignatano Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 1 Pee Wee Reese 7 Chuck Dressen 31 Greg Mulleavy 33 Joe Becker

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