1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 1959 World Series championsNational League champions National League Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles 86–68 (86 68) 1st Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey Walter O'Malley Buzzie Bavasi Walter Alston KTTV (11) KMPCVin Scully, Jerry DoggettKWKWRené Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 70th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 2nd season in Los Angeles, California, and their 2nd season playing their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves, with each team 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.1959 National League attendance at Baseball Reference Offseason December 4, 1958: Gino Cimoli was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Moon and Phil Paine.Gino Cimoli at Baseball-Reference December 23, 1958: Sparky Anderson was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Rip Repulski, Jim Golden and Gene Snyder.Sparky Anderson at Baseball-Reference While training in Vero Beach, the Dodgers played their home spring training games at Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida in 1959.Windhorn Stan March 1, 1959 Assembly Line Fashion Production Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sarasota, Florida 15 Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents LAD Opening Day lineup +Opening Day startersName Position Ron Fairly Right fielderWally Moon Left fielderJohn RoseboroCatcherDuke Snider Center fielderCharlie Neal Second basemanGil Hodges First basemanDon Zimmer ShortstopJim Baxes Third basemanDon Drysdale Starting pitcher Notable transactions June 15, 1959: Dick Gray was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Essegian and Lloyd Merritt.Dick Gray at Baseball-Reference Roster 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 45 Chuck Churn 38 Roger Craig 53 Don Drysdale 17 Carl Erskine 45 Art Fowler 21 Bill Harris 26 Fred Kipp 35 Johnny Klippstein 32 Sandy Koufax 41 Clem Labine 16 Danny McDevitt 22 Johnny Podres 51 Larry Sherry 37 Gene Snyder 40 Stan Williams Catchers 58 Joe Pignatano 44 John Roseboro 34 Norm Sherry Infielders 29 Jim Baxes 19 Jim Gilliam 11 Dick Gray 14 Gil Hodges  5 Norm Larker 30 Bob Lillis 43 Charlie Neal 30 Maury Wills 23 Don Zimmer Outfielders 18 Sandy Amorós 12 Tommy Davis  2 Don Demeter 18 Solly Drake 29 Chuck Essegian  8 Ron Fairly  6 Carl Furillo 25 Frank Howard  9 Wally Moon 20 Rip Repulski  4 Duke Snider Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 33 Joe Becker  7 Charlie Dressen 31 Greg Mulleavy  1 Pee Wee Reese Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C John Roseboro 118 397 92 .232 10 38 1B Gil Hodges 124 413 114 .276 25 80 2B Charlie Neal 151 616 177 .287 19 83 SS Don Zimmer 97 249 41 .165 4 28 3B Jim Gilliam 145 553 156 .282 3 34 LF Wally Moon 145 543 164 .302 19 74 CF Don Demeter 139 371 95 .256 18 70 RF Duke Snider 126 370 114 .308 23 88 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Norm Larker 108 311 90 .289 8 49 Ron Fairly 118 244 58 .238 4 23 Maury Wills 83 242 63 .260 0 7 Joe Pignatano 52 139 33 .237 1 11 Rip Repulski 53 94 24 .255 2 14 Carl Furillo 50 93 27 .290 0 13 Dick Gray 21 52 8 .154 2 4 Bob Lillis 30 48 11 .229 0 2 Chuck Essegian 24 46 14 .304 1 5 Jim Baxes 11 33 10 .303 2 5 Frank Howard Frank Howard (baseball) 9 21 3 .143 1 6 Solly Drake 9 8 2 .250 0 0 Sandy Amoros 5 5 1 .200 0 1 Norm Sherry 2 3 1 .333 0 2 Tommy Davis Tommy Davis (outfielder) 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Don Drysdale 44 270.2 17 13 3.46 242 Johnny Podres 34 195.0 14 9 4.11 145 Sandy Koufax 35 153.1 8 6 4.05 173 Roger Craig Roger Craig (baseball) 29 152.2 11 5 2.06 76 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Danny McDevitt 39 145.0 10 8 3.97 106 Stan Williams 35 124.2 5 5 3.97 89 Larry Sherry 23 94.1 7 2 2.19 72 Gene Snyder Gene Snyder (baseball) 11 26.1 1 1 5.47 20 Carl Erskine 10 23.1 0 3 7.71 15 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Clem Labine 56 5 10 8 3.93 37 Art Fowler 36 3 4 2 5.31 47 Johnny Klippstein 28 4 0 2 5.91 30 Chuck Churn 14 3 2 1 4.99 24 Fred Kipp 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Bill Harris Bill Harris (1950s pitcher) 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1959 World Series 1959 World Series Game 1 October 1, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago Team123456789RHELos Angeles (N)000000000083Chicago (A)20720000x11110W: Early Wynn (1–0)   L: Roger Craig (0–1)   S: Gerry Staley (1)HR: CWS – Ted Kluszewski (1, 2) Game 2 October 2, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago Team123456789RHELos Angeles (N)000010300491Chicago (A)200000010380W: Johnny Podres (1–0)   L: Bob Shaw (0–1)   S: Larry Sherry (1)HR: LAD – Charlie Neal (1, 2), Chuck Essegian (1) Game 3 October 4, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles Team123456789RHEChicago (A)0000000101120Los Angeles (N)00000021x350W: Don Drysdale (1–0)  L: Dick Donovan (0–1)   S: Larry Sherry (1) Game 4 October 5, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles Team123456789RHEChicago (A)0000004004103Los Angeles (N)00400001x590W: Larry Sherry (1–0)  L: Gerry Staley (0–1)HR: CWS – Sherm Lollar (1)    LAD – Gil Hodges (1) Game 5 October 6, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles Team123456789RHEChicago (A)000100000150Los Angeles (N)000000000090W: Bob Shaw (1–1)  L: Sandy Koufax (0–1)   S: Dick Donovan (1) Game 6 October 8, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago Team123456789RHELos Angeles (N)0026000019130Chicago (A)000300000361W: Larry Sherry (2–0)   L: Early Wynn (1–1)HR: LAD – Duke Snider (1), Wally Moon (1), Chuck Essegian (2) CWS – Ted Kluszewski (3) Awards and honors World Series Most Valuable Player Larry SherryMLB Postseason MVP Award Winners https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/postmvp.shtml 2025-03-21 Baseball-Reference.com en 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 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 AAA Montreal Royals International League Clay Bryant AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Bobby Bragan AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Max Macon AA Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Pete Reiser A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Danny Ozark B Green Bay Bluejays Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Stan Wasiak C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Brandy Davis C Reno Silver Sox California League Ray Perry D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Edward Serrano D Odessa Dodgers Sophomore League Roy Hartsfield D Orlando Dodgers Florida State League Martin Devlin D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League Al Ronning LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Green Bay Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers season Category:National League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Category:Events at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum