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1959 Major League Baseball season

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The 1959 Major League Baseball season saw the Los Angeles Dodgers, free of the strife produced by their move from Brooklyn the previous season, rebound to win the National League pennant after a two-game playoff against the Milwaukee Braves, who themselves had moved from Boston in 1953. The Dodgers won the World Series against a Chicago White Sox team that had not played in the "Fall Classic" since 1919 and was interrupting a Yankees’ dynasty that dominated the American League between 1949 and 1964.

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The season is notable as the only one between 1950 and 1981 where no pitcher pitched a no-hitter.

Awards and honors

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Nellie Fox, Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs (NL)
  • Cy Young Award
  • Early Wynn, Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Rookie of the Year
  • Bob Allison, Washington Senators (AL)
  • Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants (NL)
  • Gold Glove Award
  • Bobby Shantz (P) New York Yankees (AL)
  • Sherm Lollar (C) Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Vic Power (1B) Cleveland Indians (AL)
  • Nellie Fox (2B) Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Frank Malzone (3B) Boston Red Sox (AL)
  • Luis Aparicio (SS) Chicago White Sox (AL)
  • Minnie Miñoso (OF) Cleveland Indians (AL)
  • Al Kaline (OF) Detroit Tigers (AL)
  • Jackie Jensen (OF) Boston Red Sox (AL)

    • Events

  • 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)
  • 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)
  • Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1959
  • 1959 National League tie-breaker series
  • 1959 World Series

    • References

    1959 Major League Baseball season Wikipedia
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