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The 1959 International League season was the 74th in the league's history, and ended with the Havana Sugar Kings winning their first Governors' Cup. The Sugar Kings would go on to win the Junior World Series.
[edit] Final standings
Playoff teams in bold.
[edit] Playoffs
[edit] First Round
| Buffalo vs. Richmond
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 9 | Richmond 8 | Buffalo 4
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| September 10 | Richmond 4 | Buffalo 1
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| September 11 | Buffalo 1 | Richmond 4
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| September 12 | Buffalo 3 | Richmond 2
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| September 13 | Buffalo 4 | Richmond 5
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| Richmond wins series 4-1
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| Columbus vs. Havana
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 9 | Havana 5 | Columbus 2
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| September 10 | Havana 5 | Columbus 1
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| September 11 | Columbus 3 | Havana 10
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| September 12 | Columbus 0 | Havana 6
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| Havana wins series 4-0
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[edit] Governors' Cup Finals
| Havana vs. Richmond
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 15 | Richmond 0 | Havana 1
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| | 11 innings
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| September 17 | Richmond 5 | Havana 3
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| September 18 | Havana 2 | Richmond 1
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| September 19 | Havana 2 | Richmond 1
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| September 20 | Havana 1 | Richmond 5
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| September 22 | Richmond 0 | Havana 1
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| Havana wins series 4-2 and
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| advances to Junior World Series
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[edit] References
Brian Bennett, On A Silver Diamond: The Story Of Rochester Community Baseball from 1956-1996. Triphammer Publishing, 1997.
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.
[edit] External Links
1959 Rochester Red Wings review – On A Silver Diamond
