1959 World Series
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The 1959 World Series featured the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had won their first pennant since moving from Brooklyn in 1958 by defeating the Milwaukee Braves 2 games to 0 in a best-of-three-games pennant playoff, and the Chicago White Sox, who had earned their first pennant in the 40 years since the Black Sox scandal of the 1919 World Series. The Dodgers won the Series in six games for their second championship in five years - the first in Los Angeles.
Records: Los Angeles Dodgers (W: 88, L: 68, Pct: .564, GA: - †) - Chicago White Sox (W: 94, L: 60, Pct: .610, GA: 5)
† Won a best-of-three game playoff over the Milwaukee Braves, September 28th (3-2) and September 29th (6-5)
Managers: Al Lopez (Chicago), Walt Alston (Los Angeles)
Umpires: Bill Summers (AL), Frank Dascoli (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL), Frank Secory (NL), Johnny Rice (AL: outfield only), Hal Dixon (NL: outfield only)
Series MVP: Larry Sherry (Los Angeles)
Television: NBC (Jack Brickhouse and Vin Scully announcing)
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[edit] Summary
NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL Chicago White Sox (2)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dodgers – 0, White Sox – 11 | October 1 | Comiskey Park | 48,013 |
| 2 | Dodgers – 4, White Sox – 3 | October 2 | Comiskey Park | 47,368 |
| 3 | White Sox – 1, Dodgers – 3 | October 4 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 92,394 |
| 4 | White Sox – 4, Dodgers – 5 | October 5 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 92,650 |
| 5 | White Sox – 1, Dodgers – 0 | October 6 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 92,706 |
| 6 | Dodgers – 9, White Sox – 3 | October 8 | Comiskey Park | 47,653 |
[edit] Matchups
[edit] Game 1
October 1: Comiskey Park I, Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Chicago (A) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| W: Early Wynn (1-0) L: Roger Craig (0-1) S: Gerry Staley (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: CWS – Ted Kluszewski (1, 2) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2
October 2: Comiskey Park I, Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Chicago (A) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| W: Johnny Podres (1-0) L: Bob Shaw (0-1) S: Larry Sherry (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: LAD – Charlie Neal (1, 2), Chuck Essegian (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3
October 4: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | x | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| W: Don Drysdale (1-0) L: Dick Donovan (0-1) ) S: Larry Sherry (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4
October 5: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Larry Sherry (1-0) L: Gerry Staley (0-1) ) | ||||||||||||
| HR: CWS – Sherm Lollar (1) LAD – Gil Hodges (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 5
October 6: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Bob Shaw (1-1) L: Sandy Koufax (0-1) ) S: Dick Donovan (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 6
October 8: Comiskey Park I, Chicago, Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles (N) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| W: Larry Sherry (2-0) L: Early Wynn (1-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: LAD – Duke Snider (1), Wally Moon (1), Chuck Essegian(2) CWS – Ted Kluszewski (3) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Composite Box
1959 World Series (4-2): Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) over Chicago White Sox (A.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 4 | |
| Chicago White Sox | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 52 | 4 | |
| Total Attendance: 420,784 Average Attendance: 70,131 | |||||||||||||
| Winning Player’s Share: – $11,231 Losing Player’s Share – $7,275 | |||||||||||||
[edit] Trivia
- This World Series was the first since 1948 that no Series games were played in New York City.
- This was the first-ever World Series in which not even one pitcher got a complete game.
- Game 3, Game 4 and Game 5 were: The first three (3) ever played on the West Coast, the first ever played in Memorial Coliseum, the first games in World Series history to exceed 90,000 in attendance each game, and when it was all over — the first World Championship for a West Coast team.
- Larry Sherry of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the fifth pitcher in World Series history to win the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Sherry, who had been born with club feet, finished all four games the Dodgers won.
- Johnny Podres (Brooklyn 1955)
- Don Larsen (New York (A.L.) 1956)
- Lew Burdette (Milwaukee 1957)
- Bob Turley (New York (A.L.) 1958)
- After this Series, the Chicago White Sox didn't play in another until finally winning it all in 2005.
- Ted Kluszewski played for the losing "Pale Hose", but still managed to drive in a World Series record ten runs and became the first player to have double-digit RBI totals for any length Series.
- The Dodgers became only the second team to win a World Series after relocating (the 1957 Milwaukee Braves being the first).
- In Game 5, the L.A. Coliseum drew 92,206 fans, a major league record.
- After the Dodgers lost the first game in Comiskey Park, one fan was heard to yell at them, "You ain't playin' the Braves now, ya bums!" Of course the White Sox found out they weren't playing the Washington Senators, either. (Source: Paul Zimmerman, The Los Angeles Dodgers, 1960.)
[edit] Reference(s)
Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 275-280)
[edit] External Links
- 1959 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- 1959 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
- 1959 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
- 1959 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org
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