• Source: 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 tie-breaker series. They went on to defeat the Chicago White Sox in the 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.


      Offseason


      December 4, 1958: Gino Cimoli was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Moon and Phil Paine.
      December 23, 1958: Sparky Anderson was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rip Repulski, Jim Golden and Gene Snyder.
      While training in Vero Beach, the Dodgers played their home spring training games at Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida in 1959.


      Regular season




      = Season standings

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      = Record vs. opponents

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      = Opening Day lineup

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      = Notable transactions

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      June 15, 1959: Dick Gray was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Essegian and Lloyd Merritt.


      = Roster

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      Player stats




      = Batting

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      Starters by position


      Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


      Other batters


      Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


      = Pitching

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      Starting pitchers


      Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


      Other pitchers


      Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


      Relief pitchers


      Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


      1959 World Series




      = Game 1

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      October 1, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago


      = Game 2

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      October 2, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago


      = Game 3

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      October 4, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles


      = Game 4

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      October 5, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles


      = Game 5

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      October 6, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles


      = Game 6

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      October 8, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago


      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

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      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



      LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Green Bay


      Notes




      References


      Baseball-Reference season page
      Baseball Almanac season page


      External links


      1959 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
      Los Angeles Dodgers official web site

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