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.

This article is about the 1959 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1959 in baseball.
1959 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 9 – October 9, 1959
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Nellie Fox (CHW)
NL: Ernie Banks (CHC)
Postseason
AL championsChicago White Sox
  AL runners-upCleveland Indians
NL championsLos Angeles Dodgers
  NL runners-upMilwaukee Braves
World Series
ChampionsLos Angeles Dodgers
  Runners-upChicago White Sox
Finals MVPLarry Sherry (LA)

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

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGHarvey Kuenn DET.353Hank Aaron MIL.355
HRRocky Colavito CLE
Harmon Killebrew WSH		42Eddie Mathews MIL46
RBIJackie Jensen BOS112Ernie Banks CHC143
WinsEarly Wynn CHW22Lew Burdette MIL
Sam Jones SF
Warren Spahn MIL		21
ERAHoyt Wilhelm BAL2.19Sam Jones SF2.83
SOJim Bunning DET201Don Drysdale LA242
SVTurk Lown CHW15Lindy McDaniel STL
Don McMahon MIL		15
SBLuis Aparicio CHW56Willie Mays SF27

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 9460 0.610 — 47–30 47–30
Cleveland Indians 8965 0.578 5 43–34 46–31
New York Yankees 7975 0.513 15 40–37 39–38
Detroit Tigers 7678 0.494 18 41–36 35–42
Boston Red Sox 7579 0.487 19 43–34 32–45
Baltimore Orioles 7480 0.481 20 38–39 36–41
Kansas City Athletics 6688 0.429 28 37–40 29–48
Washington Senators 6391 0.409 31 34–43 29–48

National League final standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 8868 0.564 — 46–32 42–36
Milwaukee Braves 8670 0.551 2 49–29 37–41
San Francisco Giants 8371 0.539 4 42–35 41–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 7876 0.506 9 47–30 31–46
Chicago Cubs 7480 0.481 13 38–39 36–41
Cincinnati Reds 7480 0.481 13 43–34 31–46
St. Louis Cardinals 7183 0.461 16 42–35 29–48
Philadelphia Phillies 6490 0.416 23 37–40 27–50

Managers

American League
Team Manager Comments
Baltimore Orioles Paul Richards
Boston Red Sox Pinky Higgins, Rudy York and Billy Jurges
Chicago White Sox Al Lopez
Cleveland Indians Joe Gordon
Detroit Tigers Bill Norman and Jimmy Dykes
Kansas City Athletics Harry Craft
New York Yankees Casey Stengel
Washington Senators Cookie Lavagetto

National League
Team Manager Comments
Chicago Cubs Bob Scheffing
Cincinnati Reds Mayo Smith and Fred Hutchinson
Los Angeles Dodgers Walter Alston
Milwaukee Braves Fred Haney
Philadelphia Phillies Eddie Sawyer
Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Murtaugh
St. Louis Cardinals Solly Hemus
San Francisco Giants Bill Rigney

Highlights
  • April 22 - In the course of a 20-6 victory over the Kansas City Athletics, the Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs in the seventh inning on ten walks, a hit batter, three errors and just one hit.[2]

Events

See also

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.

References
  1. No-Hitters in chronological Order by Retro Sheet
  2. Wancho, Joseph (2014). Pitching to the Pennant: The 1954 Cleveland Indians. United States: University of Nebraska Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0803245877.
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