1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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]

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers
1959 World Series Champions
National League champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKMPC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
René Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo
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Offseason

While training in Vero Beach, the Dodgers played their home spring training games at Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida in 1959.[4]

Regular season

Season 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

Record vs. opponents
1959 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —9–1311–1110–1210–12–112–1012–1010–12
Cincinnati 13–9—13–911–119–139–138–1411–11
Los Angeles 11–119–13—14–1017–511–1114–812–10
Milwaukee 12–1011–1110–14—13–915–7–112–1013–9
Philadelphia 12–10–113–95–179–13—9–139–137–15
Pittsburgh 10–1213–911–117–15–113–9—10–1214–8
San Francisco 10–1214–88–1410–1213–912–10—16–6
St. Louis 12–1011–1110–129–1315–78–146–16—

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Ron FairlyRight fielder
Wally MoonLeft fielder
Johnny RoseboroCatcher
Duke SniderCenter fielder
Charlie NealSecond baseman
Gil HodgesFirst baseman
Don ZimmerShortstop
Jim BaxesThird baseman
Don DrysdaleStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJohn Roseboro11839792.2321038
1BGil Hodges124413114.2762580
2BCharlie Neal151616177.2871983
SSDon Zimmer9724941.165428
3BJim Gilliam145553156.282334
LFWally Moon145543164.3021974
CFDon Demeter13937195.2561870
RFDuke Snider126370114.3082388

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 Larker10831190.289849
Ron Fairly11824458.238423
Maury Wills8324263.26007
Joe Pignatano5213933.237111
Rip Repulski539424.255214
Carl Furillo509327.290013
Dick Gray21528.15424
Bob Lillis304811.22902
Chuck Essegian244614.30415
Jim Baxes113310.30325
Frank Howard9213.14316
Solly Drake982.25000
Sandy Amoros551.20001
Norm Sherry231.33302
Tommy Davis110.00000

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 Drysdale44270.217133.46242
Johnny Podres341951494.11145
Sandy Koufax35153.1864.05173
Roger Craig29152.21152.0676
Danny McDevitt391451083.97106

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 Churn143214.9924
Gene Snyder111105.4720
Carl Erskine100317.7115

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 Labine5651083.9337
Stan Williams355503.9789
Larry Sherry237232.1972
Art Fowler363425.3147
Johnny Klippstein284025.9130
Fred Kipp20000.001
Bill Harris10000.000

1959 World Series
Main article: 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) 000 000 000 083
Chicago (A) 207 200 00x 11110
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) 000 010 300 491
Chicago (A) 200 000 010 380
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) 000 000 010 1120
Los Angeles (N) 000 000 21x 350
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) 000 000 400 4103
Los Angeles (N) 004 000 01x 590
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) 000 100 000 150
Los Angeles (N) 000 000 000 090
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) 002 600 001 9130
Chicago (A) 000 300 000 361
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

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
  1. 1959 National League attendance at Baseball Reference
  2. Gino Cimoli at Baseball-Reference
  3. Sparky Anderson at Baseball-Reference
  4. Windhorn, Stan (March 1, 1959). "Assembly Line Fashion Production". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Sarasota, Florida. p. 15.
  5. Dick Gray at Baseball-Reference

References
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