1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers | |
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1959 World Series Champions National League champions | |
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Owner(s) | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey |
General manager(s) | Buzzie Bavasi |
Manager(s) | Walter Alston |
Local television | KTTV (11) |
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KMPC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW René Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, 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 | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 88 | 68 | 0.564 | — | 46–32 | 42–36 |
Milwaukee Braves | 86 | 70 | 0.551 | 2 | 49–29 | 37–41 |
San Francisco Giants | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 4 | 42–35 | 41–36 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 9 | 47–30 | 31–46 |
Chicago Cubs | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 13 | 38–39 | 36–41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 13 | 43–34 | 31–46 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 16 | 42–35 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 23 | 37–40 | 27–50 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–11 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 14–10 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 11–11 | 10–14 | — | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–12 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 8–14 | 6–16 | — |
Opening Day lineup
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
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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 |
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C | John Roseboro | 118 | 397 | 92 | .232 | 10 | 38 |
1B | Gil Hodges | 124 | 413 | 114 | .276 | 25 | 80 |
2B | Charlie Neal | 151 | 616 | 177 | .287 | 19 | 83 |
SS | Don Zimmer | 97 | 249 | 41 | .165 | 4 | 28 |
3B | Jim Gilliam | 145 | 553 | 156 | .282 | 3 | 34 |
LF | Wally Moon | 145 | 543 | 164 | .302 | 19 | 74 |
CF | Don Demeter | 139 | 371 | 95 | .256 | 18 | 70 |
RF | Duke Snider | 126 | 370 | 114 | .308 | 23 | 88 |
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 |
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Norm Larker | 108 | 311 | 90 | .289 | 8 | 49 |
Ron Fairly | 118 | 244 | 58 | .238 | 4 | 23 |
Maury Wills | 83 | 242 | 63 | .260 | 0 | 7 |
Joe Pignatano | 52 | 139 | 33 | .237 | 1 | 11 |
Rip Repulski | 53 | 94 | 24 | .255 | 2 | 14 |
Carl Furillo | 50 | 93 | 27 | .290 | 0 | 13 |
Dick Gray | 21 | 52 | 8 | .154 | 2 | 4 |
Bob Lillis | 30 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 2 |
Chuck Essegian | 24 | 46 | 14 | .304 | 1 | 5 |
Jim Baxes | 11 | 33 | 10 | .303 | 2 | 5 |
Frank Howard | 9 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 1 | 6 |
Solly Drake | 9 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Sandy Amoros | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Norm Sherry | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Tommy Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Don Drysdale | 44 | 270.2 | 17 | 13 | 3.46 | 242 |
Johnny Podres | 34 | 195 | 14 | 9 | 4.11 | 145 |
Sandy Koufax | 35 | 153.1 | 8 | 6 | 4.05 | 173 |
Roger Craig | 29 | 152.2 | 11 | 5 | 2.06 | 76 |
Danny McDevitt | 39 | 145 | 10 | 8 | 3.97 | 106 |
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 |
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Chuck Churn | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.99 | 24 |
Gene Snyder | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.47 | 20 |
Carl Erskine | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7.71 | 15 |
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 |
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Clem Labine | 56 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3.93 | 37 |
Stan Williams | 35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3.97 | 89 |
Larry Sherry | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2.19 | 72 |
Art Fowler | 36 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5.31 | 47 |
Johnny Klippstein | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5.91 | 30 |
Fred Kipp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Bill Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1959 World Series
Game 1
October 1, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
- World Series Most Valuable Player
- Gold Glove Award
- TSN Manager of the Year
- TSN Executive of the Year Award
- NL Player of the Month
- Don Drysdale (July 1959)
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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Green Bay
Notes
- ↑ Gino Cimoli at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Sparky Anderson at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Dick Gray at Baseball-Reference