- Source: 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.
The season is notable as the only one between 1950 and 1981 where no pitcher pitched a no-hitter.[a]
Rule change
The 1959 season saw the following rule change:
The minimum outfield dimensions for all new ballparks are to be 325 feet down the left and right field foul lines, and 400 feet in center field.
Awards and honors
Baseball Hall of Fame
Zack Wheat
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)
Gold Glove Award
Bobby Shantz (P) New York Yankees (AL)
Sherm Lollar (C) Chicago White Sox (AL)
Vic Power (1B) Cleveland Indians (AL)
Nellie Fox (2B) Chicago White Sox (AL)
Frank Malzone (3B) Boston Red Sox (AL)
Luis Aparicio (SS) Chicago White Sox (AL)
Minnie Miñoso (OF) Cleveland Indians (AL)
Al Kaline (OF) Detroit Tigers (AL)
Jackie Jensen (OF) Boston Red Sox (AL)
Statistical leaders
Standings
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves in best-of-three playoff series to earn the National League pennant.
Postseason
= Bracket
=Managers
= American League
== National League
=Home field attendance
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.
Events
1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)
1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1959
1959 National League tie-breaker series
1959 World Series
Television coverage
CBS and NBC aired weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. The All-Star Game and World Series also aired on NBC. The rights to air the 1959 National League tie-breaker series were awarded to ABC.
See also
1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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
External links
1959 Major League Baseball season schedule
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