1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Los Angeles Dodgers
season = 1959
misc = 1959 World Series Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
y4 = 1958
city = Los Angeles, California
y5 = 1958
owners = Walter O'Malley
general manager =Buzzie Bavasi
managers = Walter Alston
television = KTTV (11)
radio = KMPC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
Rene Cardenas, Jaime Jarrin, Miguel Alonzo|

The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves and then 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.

eason standings

1959 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Game 2

October 2, 1959 at Comiskey Park I in Chicago, Illinois

Game 5

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

Game 6

October 8, 1959 at Comiskey Park I in Chicago, Illinois

1959 Awards

*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
*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)

1959 Transactions

*December 4: Acquired Wally Moon and Phil Paine from the St. Louis Cardinals for Gino Cimoli
*December 23: Acquired Rip Repulski, Jim Golden and Gene Snyder from the Philadelphia Phillies for Sparky Anderson
*June 15: Acquired Chuck Essegian and Lloyd Merritt from the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Gray

1959 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Clay Bryant) - International League
*AAA: Spokane Indians (managed by Bobby Bragan) - Pacific Coast League
*AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Max Macon) - American Association
*AA: Victoria Rosebuds (managed by Pete Reiser) - Texas League
*A: Macon Dodgers (managed by Danny Ozark)- South Atlantic League
*B: Green Bay Bluejays (managed by Stan Wasiak)- Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*C: Great Falls Electrics (managed by Brandy Davis) - Pioneer League
*C: Reno Silver Sox (managed by Ray Perry) - California League
*D: Kokomo Dodgers (managed by Edward Serrano) - Midwest League
*D: Odessa Dodgers (managed by Roy Hartsfield) - Sophomore League
*D: Orlando Dodgers (managed by Martin Devlin) - Florida State League
*D: Panama City Fliers (managed by Al Ronning) - Alabama-Florida League

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1959_losangeles.gif&Entryid=945 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.Dodgers.com Los Angeles Dodgers official web site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1959.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=LAN Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers history]