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The 1959 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1959 season. The 56th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League (AL) champion Chicago White Sox .
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Yankees – Red Sox game in 1959. The 1959 Major League Baseball season was played from April 9 to October 9, 1959. It 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 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves, with each club 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.
College World Series: Oklahoma State; Japan Series: Nankai Hawks over Yomiuri Giants (4–0) Little League World Series: Hamtramck National, Hamtramck, Michigan; Pan American Games: Venezuela over Puerto Rico; Winter Leagues. 1959 Caribbean Series: Alacranes de Almendares; Cuban League: Alacranes de Almendares; Dominican Republic League: Tigres ...
A year earlier in 1958, their first in Los Angeles, the Dodgers posted a 71–83 (.461) win–loss record for seventh place in the eight-team NL, and never held a lead. [6] [7] By contrast, the Braves repeated as NL champions that year with a 92–62 (.597) record and returned to the World Series, where the New York Yankees turned the tables and defeated them in seven games. [8]
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The Series MVP is Larry Sherry, Los Angeles; The Havana Sugar Kings defeat the Richmond Virginians to win the International League Governors' Cup. The Minneapolis Millers win the American Association championship. Havana wins 4 games to 3 over Minneapolis to win the Junior World Series. The Salt Lake City Bees win the Pacific Coast League pennant.