The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the

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, 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

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in the

1959 World Series The 1959 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers beating the American League champion Chicago White Sox, 4–2. Each of the three games played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum drew record crowds, Game 5's atte ...

in just their second season since leaving

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. The Dodgers led all 16 Major League Baseball clubs in home attendance, drawing 2,071,045 fans to

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Offseason

* December 4, 1958: Gino Cimoli was traded by the Dodgers to the

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for Wally Moon and Phil Paine. * December 23, 1958:

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was traded by the Dodgers to the

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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

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

* June 15, 1959:

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was traded by the Dodgers to the

for Chuck Essegian and Lloyd Merritt.Dick Gray
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Roster

Player stats

Batting

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

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

October 1, 1959, at

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Game 2

October 2, 1959, at

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Game 3

October 4, 1959, at

in Los Angeles

Game 4

October 5, 1959, at

in Los Angeles

Game 5

October 6, 1959, at

in Los Angeles

Game 6

October 8, 1959, at

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Awards and honors

* World Series Most Valuable Player ** Larry Sherry *

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** Charlie Neal ** Gil Hodges * TSN Manager of the Year ** Walter Alston * TSN Executive of the Year Award **

Buzzie Bavasi Emil Joseph "Buzzie" Bavasi (; December 12, 1914 – May 1, 2008) was an American executive in Major League Baseball who played a major role in the operation of three franchises from the late 1940s through the mid-1980s. He was best known as the ...

* NL Player of the Month **

Don Drysdale Donald Scott Drysdale (July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. A right-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire career in Major League Baseball, D ...

(July 1959)

All-Stars

* 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 1 **

starter ** Wally Moon starter * 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 2 **

starter ** Wally Moon starter **

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reserve ** Charlie Neal reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Green Bay

Notes

References

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page

External links

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers uniformLos Angeles Dodgers official web site
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