1959 Major League Baseball season

The 1959 Major League Baseball season was played from April 9 to October 9, 1959. It saw the Los Angeles Dodgers, free of the strife produced by their move from Brooklyn the previous season, rebound to win the National League pennant after a two-game playoff against the Milwaukee Braves, who themselves had moved from Boston in 1953. The Dodgers won the World Series against a Chicago White Sox team that had not played in the "Fall Classic" since 1919 and was interrupting a Yankees' dynasty that dominated the American League between 1949 and 1964.

The season is notable as the only one between 1950 and 1981 where no pitcher pitched a no-hitter.^[1][a]

Awards and honors

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Zack Wheat
• Most Valuable Player
  • Nellie Fox, Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Early Wynn, Chicago White Sox (AL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • Bob Allison, Washington Senators (AL)
  • Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants (NL)
• Gold Glove Award
  • Bobby Shantz (P) New York Yankees (AL)
  • Sherm Lollar (C) Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Vic Power (1B) Cleveland Indians (AL)
  • Nellie Fox (2B) Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Frank Malzone (3B) Boston Red Sox (AL)
  • Luis Aparicio (SS) Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Minnie Miñoso (OF) Cleveland Indians (AL)
  • Al Kaline (OF) Detroit Tigers (AL)
  • Jackie Jensen (OF) Boston Red Sox (AL)

Statistical leaders

Major league baseball final standings

Managers

Events

• 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)
• 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1959
• 1959 National League tie-breaker series
• 1959 World Series

See also

• 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Notes

^a Other Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909, 1913, 1921, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1936, 1939, 1942–1943, 1949, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 2005.

External links

• 1959 Major League Baseball season schedule

References