1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers
	1959 World Series Champions; National League champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1890);
Location
	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (since 1958); Los Angeles (since 1958);
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV (11)
Local radio	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. The Dodgers led all 16 Major League Baseball clubs in home attendance, drawing 2,071,045 fans to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1]

Offseason

December 4, 1958: Gino Cimoli was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Moon and Phil Paine.[2]
December 23, 1958: Sparky Anderson was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rip Repulski, Jim Golden and Gene Snyder.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1959 National League Records Sources:
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


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.[4]

Roster

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

45 Chuck Churn

38 Roger Craig

53 Don Drysdale

17 Carl Erskine

45 Art Fowler

21 Bill Harris

26 Fred Kipp

35 Johnny Klippstein

32 Sandy Koufax

41 Clem Labine

16 Danny McDevitt

22 Johnny Podres

51 Larry Sherry

37 Gene Snyder

40 Stan Williams

Catchers

58 Joe Pignatano

44 Johnny Roseboro

34 Norm Sherry

Infielders

29 Jim Baxes

19 Jim Gilliam

11 Dick Gray

14 Gil Hodges

5 Norm Larker

30 Bob Lillis

43 Charlie Neal

30 Maury Wills

23 Don Zimmer

Outfielders

18 Sandy Amorós

12 Tommy Davis

2 Don Demeter

18 Solly Drake

29 Chuck Essegian

8 Ron Fairly

6 Carl Furillo

25 Frank Howard

9 Wally Moon

20 Rip Repulski

4 Duke Snider

Manager

24 Walter Alston

Coaches

33 Joe Becker

7 Charlie Dressen

31 Greg Mulleavy

1 Pee Wee Reese

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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)

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

1959 National League attendance at Baseball Reference
Gino Cimoli at Baseball-Reference
Sparky Anderson at Baseball-Reference
Dick Gray at Baseball-Reference

References

External links

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[1] 1959 National League attendance at Baseball Reference

[2] Gino Cimoli at Baseball-Reference

[3] Sparky Anderson at Baseball-Reference

[4] Dick Gray at Baseball-Reference

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 National League tie-breaker series 1959 World Series

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
Regular season