1959 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1959 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1959

World Series Champions

Los Angeles Dodgers

Runner Up

Chicago White Sox

Most Valuable Players

AL: Nellie Fox NL: Ernie Banks

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Bob Allison NL: Willie McCovey

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

Teams

Players

570

Attendance

19,143,979

Payroll

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1959 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	154	94	60	.610	--	669	588	81	Lost World Series (Dodgers)	1,423,144	5	Charlie Comiskey	Al Lopez	Comiskey Park
2	2	2	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	154	89	65	.578	5.0	745	646	99	dnq	1,497,976	4	Frank Lane	Joe Gordon	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
3	3	6	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	154	79	75	.513	15.0	687	647	40	dnq	1,552,030	3	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Yankee Stadium I
4	4	8	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	154	76	78	.494	18.0	713	732	-19	dnq	1,221,221	8	Rick Ferrell	Jimmy Dykes, Bill Norman	Briggs Stadium
5	5	9	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	154	75	79	.487	19.0	726	696	30	dnq	984,102	9	Bucky Harris	Pinky Higgins, Billy Jurges, Rudy York	Fenway Park
6	6	12	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	154	74	80	.481	20.0	551	621	-70	dnq	891,926	12	Lee MacPhail	Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium
7	7	14	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R - L	154	66	88	.429	28.0	681	760	-79	dnq	963,683	10	Parke Carroll	Harry Craft	Municipal Stadium
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	T - S - R - L	154	63	91	.409	31.0	619	701	-82	dnq	615,372	16	Calvin Griffith	Cookie Lavagetto	Griffith Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	156	88	68	.564	--	705	670	35	Won World Series (White Sox)	2,071,045	1	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
2	2	4	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R - L	156	86	70	.551	2.0	724	623	101	dnq	1,749,112	2	John McHale	Fred Haney	County Stadium
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	154	83	71	.539	4.0	705	613	92	dnq	1,422,130	6	Chub Feeney	Bill Rigney	Seals Stadium
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	154	78	76	.506	9.0	651	680	-29	dnq	1,359,917	7	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Forbes Field
5	5	11	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	154	74	80	.481	13.0	764	738	26	dnq	801,298	15	Gabe Paul	Mayo Smith, Fred Hutchinson	Crosley Field
6	6	10	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	154	74	80	.481	13.0	673	688	-15	dnq	858,255	13	John Holland	Bob Scheffing	Wrigley Field
7	7	13	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	154	71	83	.461	16.0	641	725	-84	dnq	929,953	11	Bing Devine	Solly Hemus	Sportsman's Park
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	154	64	90	.416	23.0	599	725	-126	dnq	802,815	14	John Quinn	Eddie Sawyer	Connie Mack Stadium
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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