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The following are the baseball events of the year 1959 throughout the world.
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[edit] Champions
[edit] Major League Baseball
[edit] Other champions
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders
[edit] Major League Baseball final standings
[edit] American League final standings
[edit] National League final standings
[edit] Events
[edit] January-March
[edit] April-June
- May -- The New York Yankees land in last place in the American League, and despite battling back, will only finish third as the White Sox win the pennant.
[edit] July-September
[edit] October-December
- October 8 - The Los Angeles Dodgers win 9-3 to take the World Series in Chicago's Comiskey Park, 4 games to 2, again behind Larry Sherry in relief of Johnny Podres. The Dodgers have an 8-0 lead after 4 innings and hold on despite Ted Kluszewski's 3-run home run. The round-tripper gives the slugger a new 6-game RBI record of 10. Chicago's Chuck Essegian hits his second pinch HR to establish a new record, later equalled by Bernie Carbo of the Boston Red Sox in 1975. Each Dodger receives a record $11,231 winning share. The White Sox each get a record $7,275 losing share.
[edit] Births
[edit] January-March
[edit] April-June
[edit] July-September
[edit] October-December
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January-March
- January 21 - Hooks Wiltse, 79, pitcher for the New York Giants with two 20-win seasons and a 10-inning no-hitter
- January 22 - Ken Williams, 68, outfielder who in 1922 became the first player to have 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season
- February 7 - Nap Lajoie, 84, Hall of Fame second baseman who batted .338 in his career, winning the 1901 American League Triple Crown with a .426 batting average and becoming the third player to make 3000 hits
- February 12 - Dode Paskert, 77, outfielder and leadoff hitter known for his speed and defense
- March 17 - Howard Ehmke, 64, pitcher with six 15-win seasons whose last major league victory was a record 13-strikeout performance in the 1929 World Series
- March 29 - Johnny Allen, 53, All-Star pitcher named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News in 1937 after a 15-1 season
[edit] April-June
- May 18 - John Hummel, 76, longtime Brooklyn utility player
- May 18 - Gene Packard, 71, pitcher who enjoyed a pair of 20-win seasons in the short-lived Federal League
- May 26 - Ed Walsh, 78, Hall of Fame spitball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox who compiled the lowest career ERA in history (1.82) and won an astonishing 40 games in 1908
- June 9 - Frank Huelsman, 85, regarded as the first player in major league history to play for four different teams in a season (1904), who later gained notoriety as a minor league star, compiling a .342 career average over nearly 20 years, including five batting titles, six RBI titles, and two Triple Crowns
- June 28 - Joe Sugden, 88, platooning catcher for five teams, later a Cardinals scout for 31 years
[edit] July-September
- July 21 - Bill Hoffer, 88, pitcher who won 20 games in each of his first three seasons
- July 25 - Buck O'Brien, 77, pitcher who won 20 games for the Boston Red Sox 1912 World Champions
- July 29 - Boileryard Clarke, 90, backup catcher for the 1890s Baltimore Orioles, later a coach at Princeton for 34 years
- August 4 - Chappy Charles, 78, infielder for the Browns and Reds from 1908-1910
- August 4 - Pop Williams, 85, pitcher for 4 NL teams from 1898-1903
- September 20 - Tilly Walker, 72, power-hitting outfielder known for his strong arm
- September 28 - Red Corriden, 72, longtime MLB coach and manager of the 1950 White Sox
[edit] October-December
- October 16 - Herb Bradley, 56, pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1927 through 1929
- October 29 - Dave Fultz, 84, outfielder who became a lawyer and unionized players in the 1910s, later coaching baseball and football at six universities
- November 20 - Roy Thomas, 85, Phillies outfielder and leadoff hitter who batted .300 five times
- November 28 - Ed McFarland, 85, catcher for five teams, known for his fielding
- November 30 - Jack Scott, 67, pitcher who threw a shutout in the 1922 World Series for the Giants and won 16 games the next year
- December 6 - Wid Conroy, 82, infielder for four teams, including the 1902 NL champion Pirates
- December 10 - Joe Harris, 68, first baseman and outfielder who batted .300 in his first eight seasons
- December 11 - Jim Bottomley, 59, power-hitting first baseman for four Cardinal pennant-winners and career .310 hitter who was named the NL's MVP in 1928 and set a record with 12 RBI in a 1924 game
