1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 70th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball, 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.

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

Notable transactions

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

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		118	397	92	.232	10	38
1B		124	413	114	.276	25	80
2B		151	616	177	.287	19	83
SS		97	249	41	.165	4	28
3B		145	553	156	.282	3	34
LF		145	543	164	.302	19	74
CF		139	371	95	.256	18	70
RF		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
	108	311	90	.289	8	49
	118	244	58	.238	4	23
	83	242	63	.260	0	7
	52	139	33	.237	1	11
	53	94	24	.255	2	14
	50	93	27	.290	0	13
	21	52	8	.154	2	4
	30	48	11	.229	0	2
	24	46	14	.304	1	5
	11	33	10	.303	2	5
	9	21	3	.143	1	6
	9	8	2	.250	0	0
	5	5	1	.200	0	1
	2	3	1	.333	0	2
	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
	44	270.2	17	13	3.46	242
	34	195.0	14	9	4.11	145
	35	153.1	8	6	4.05	173
	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
	11	26.1	1	1	5.47	20
	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
	56	5	10	8	3.93	37
	36	3	4	2	5.31	47
	28	4	0	2	5.91	30
Chuck Churn	14	3	2	1	4.99	24
	2	0	0	0	0.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

1959 World Series

Game 1

October 1, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago

Game 2

October 2, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago

Awards and honors

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Green Bay