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The following are the baseball events of the year 1959 throughout the world.  

This year in baseball

2000s

2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005</br>2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000

1990s

1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995</br>1994 • 1993 • 1992 • 1991 • 1990

1980s

1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985</br>1984 • 1983 • 1982 • 1981 • 1980

1970s

1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975</br>1974 • 1973 • 1972 • 1971 • 1970

1960s

1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965</br>1964 • 1963 • 1962 • 1961 • 1960

1950s

1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955</br>1954 • 1953 • 1952 • 1951 • 1950

1940s

1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945</br>1944 • 1943 • 1942 • 1941 • 1940

1930s

1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935</br>1934 • 1933 • 1932 • 1931 • 1930

1920s

1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925</br>1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 • 1920

1910s

1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915</br>1914 • 1913 • 1912 • 1911 • 1910

1900s

1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 • 1905</br>1904 • 1903 • 1902 • 1901 • 1900

1890s

1899 • 1898 • 1897 • 1896 • 1895</br>1894 • 1893 • 1892 • 1891 • 1890

1880s

1889 • 1888 • 1887 • 1886 • 1885</br>1884 • 1883 • 1882 • 1881 • 1880

1870s

1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875</br>1874 • 1873 • 1872 • 1871 • 1870

Early Years

1869 • 1845-1868

See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1959 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

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Contents 1 Champions 1.1 Major League Baseball 1.2 Other champions 2 Awards and honors 3 MLB Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Events 5.1 January-March 5.2 April-June 5.3 July-September 5.4 October-December 6 Births 6.1 January-June 6.2 July-December 7 Deaths 7.1 January-March 7.2 April-June 7.3 July-September 7.4 October-December

[edit] Champions

[edit] Major League Baseball

• World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago White Sox (4-2); Larry Sherry, MVP
• All-Star Game (#1), July 7 at Forbes Field: National League, 5-4
• All-Star Game (#2), August 3 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: American League, 5-3

[edit] Other champions

• Caribbean World Series: Almendares (Cuba)
• College World Series: Oklahoma State
• Japan Series: Nankai Hawks over Yomiuri Giants (4-0)
• Little League World Series: Hamtramck National, Hamtramck, Michigan

[edit] Awards and honors

• 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)

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Harvey Kuenn .353 Hank Aaron .355 HR Rocky Colavito & Harmon Killebrew 42 Eddie Mathews 46 RBI Jackie Jensen 112 Ernie Banks 143 Wins Early Wynn 22 Lew Burdette, Sam Jones & Warren Spahn 21 ERA Hoyt Wilhelm 2.19 Sam Jones 2.83

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Chicago White Sox	94	60	.610	--
2nd	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	5.0
3rd	New York Yankees	79	75	.513	15.0
4th	Detroit Tigers	76	78	.494	18.0
5th	Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	19.0
6th	Baltimore Orioles	74	80	.481	20.0
7th	Kansas City Athletics	66	88	.429	28.0
8th	Washington Senators	63	91	.409	31.0

[edit] National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	.564	--
2nd	Milwaukee Braves	86	70	.551	2.0
3rd	San Francisco Giants	83	71	.539	4.0
4th	Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	.506	9.0
5th	Cincinnati Reds	74	80	.481	13.0
6th	Chicago Cubs	74	80	.481	13.0
7th	St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	.461	16.0
8th	Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	.416	23.0

[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

• January 30 - The Cincinnati Reds trade catcher Smokey Burgess, pitcher Harvey Haddix, and third baseman Don Hoak to the Pittsburgh Pirates for third baseman Frank Thomas, right-handed pitcher Jim Pendleton, outfielder Johnny Powers, pitcher Whammy Douglas and cash. The deal will turn out to be one of the worst in Reds history.

[edit] April-June

• May -- The New York Yankees land in last place in the American League, and despite battling back, will only finish third as the White Sox win the pennant.

• May 26 - Pirates pitcher Harvey Haddix carries a perfect game into the 13th inning against the Milwaukee Braves, retiring 36 consecutive batters before Felix Mantilla reached on a Don Hoak error. Haddix would lose the game on a Joe Adcock home run later in the inning.

[edit] July-September

[edit] October-December

• October 1 - The Go-Go Chicago White Sox change character at home and hammer the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-0 in the first game of the 1959 World Series, as Ted Kluszewski has 2 home runs and 5 runs batted in. Chicago's Early Wynn and Gerry Staley combine for the shutout. New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel, sitting out only his second World Series since 1949, covers the game as a reporter.

• October 8 - The Los Angeles Dodgers win 9-3 to take the World Series in Chicago's Comiskey Park, 4 games to 2, again behind Larry Sherry in relief of Johnny Podres. The Dodgers have an 8-0 lead after 4 innings and hold on despite Ted Kluszewski's 3-run home run. The round-tripper gives the slugger a new 6-game RBI record of 10. Chicago's Chuck Essegian hits his second pinch HR to establish a new record, later equalled by Bernie Carbo of the Boston Red Sox in 1975. Each Dodger receives a record $11,231 winning share. The White Sox each get a record $7,275 losing share.

[edit] Births

[edit] January-June

January 5 - Milt Thompson January 9 - Otis Nixon January 10 - Richard Dotson January 11 - Lloyd McClendon January 21 - Jose Uribe February 15 - Joe Hesketh February 19 - Keith Atherton February 19 - Tim Burke February 20 - Bill Gullickson

March 11 - Phil Bradley March 13 - Luis Aguayo March 15 - Harold Baines March 16 - Charles Hudson April 2 - Al Nipper April 18 - Jim Eisenreich April 18 - Dennis Rasmussen April 19 - R.J. Reynolds April 22 - Terry Francona

April 25 - Tony Phillips May 12 - Kevin Bass May 16 - Bob Patterson May 16 - Mitch Webster May 28 - Steve Jeltz June 8 - Britt Burns June 11 - Mike Davis June 25 - Alejandro Peña

[edit] July-December

July 21 - Mark Williamson July 29 - Dave LaPoint July 31 - Mike Bielecki August 3 - Jim Gott August 3 - Mike Jeffcoat August 13 - Tom Niedenfuer August 17 - Brad Wellman September 9 - Tom Foley September 16 - Tim Raines September 18 - Ryne Sandberg

September 21 - Danny Cox September 22 - Wally Backman September 25 - Geno Petralli September 26 - Rich Gedman September 28 - Todd Worrell October 6 - Oil Can Boyd October 6 - Greg Walker October 8 - Mike Morgan October 10 - Les Straker October 16 - Brian Harper October 16 - Kevin McReynolds

October 21 - George Bell October 24 - Junior Ortiz October 29 - Jesse Barfield November 5 - Craig McMurtry November 5 - Lloyd Moseby November 6 - Leo Hernández November 23 - Brook Jacoby November 26 - Mike Moore December 6 - Larry Sheets December 17 - Marvell Wynne

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January-March

• January 21 - Hooks Wiltse, 79, pitcher for the New York Giants with two 20-win seasons and a 10-inning no-hitter
• January 22 - Ken Williams, 68, outfielder who in 1922 became the first player to have 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season
• February 7 - Nap Lajoie, 84, Hall of Fame second baseman who batted .338 in his career, winning the 1901 American League Triple Crown with a .426 batting average and becoming the third player to make 3000 hits
• February 12 - Dode Paskert, 77, outfielder and leadoff hitter known for his speed and defense
• March 17 - Howard Ehmke, 64, pitcher with six 15-win seasons whose last major league victory was a record 13-strikeout performance in the 1929 World Series
• March 29 - Johnny Allen, 53, All-Star pitcher named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News in 1937 after a 15-1 season

[edit] April-June

• May 18 - John Hummel, 76, longtime Brooklyn utility player
• May 18 - Gene Packard, 71, pitcher who enjoyed a pair of 20-win seasons in the short-lived Federal League
• May 26 - Ed Walsh, 78, Hall of Fame spitball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox who compiled the lowest career ERA in history (1.82) and won an astonishing 40 games in 1908
• June 28 - Joe Sugden, 88, platooning catcher for five teams, later a Cardinals scout for 31 years

[edit] July-September

• July 21 - Bill Hoffer, 88, pitcher who won 20 games in each of his first three seasons
• July 25 - Buck O'Brien, 77, pitcher who won 20 games for the Boston Red Sox 1912 World Champions
• July 29 - Boileryard Clarke, 90, backup catcher for the 1890s Baltimore Orioles, later a coach at Princeton for 34 years
• August 4 - Chappy Charles, 78, infielder for the Browns and Reds from 1908-1910
• August 4 - Pop Williams, 85, pitcher for 4 NL teams from 1898-1903
• September 20 - Tilly Walker, 72, power-hitting outfielder known for his strong arm

[edit] October-December

• October 29 - Dave Fultz, 84, outfielder who became a lawyer and unionized players in the 1910s, later coaching baseball and football at six universities
• November 20 - Roy Thomas, 85, Phillies outfielder and leadoff hitter who batted .300 five times
• November 28 - Ed McFarland, 85, catcher for five teams, known for his fielding
• November 30 - Jack Scott, 67, pitcher who threw a shutout in the 1922 World Series for the Giants and won 16 games the next year
• December 6 - Wid Conroy, 82, infielder for four teams, including the 1902 NL champion Pirates
• December 10 - Joe Harris, 68, first baseman and outfielder who batted .300 in his first eight seasons
• December 11 - Jim Bottomley, 59, power-hitting first baseman for four Cardinal pennant-winners and career .310 hitter who was named the NL's MVP in 1928 and set a record with 12 RBI in a 1924 game