1959 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago White Sox (4-2)

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1959 World Series (4-2): Los Angeles Dodgers (88-68) over Chicago White Sox (94-60)

1958 WS / 1960 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 1, 1959 at Comiskey Park I (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  8  3
    Chicago White Sox            2  0  7    2  0  0    0  0  x    11 11  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Craig, Churn (3), Labine (4), Koufax (5), Klippstein (7)
              CHW - Wynn, Staley (8)

               WP - Early Wynn
	       LP - Roger Craig
             SAVE - Gerry Staley

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              CHW - Kluszewski (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 48,013

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 2, 1959 at Comiskey Park I (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0     4  9  1
    Chicago White Sox            2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Podres, Sherry (7)
              CHW - Shaw, Lown (7)

               WP - Johnny Podres
	       LP - Bob Shaw
             SAVE - Larry Sherry

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Essegian, Neal (2)
              CHW - none

  ATTENDANCE: 47,368

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 4, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1 12  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  x     3  5  0

    PITCHERS: CHW - Donovan, Staley (7)
              LAD - Drysdale, Sherry (8)

               WP - Don Drysdale
	       LP - Dick Donovan
             SAVE - Larry Sherry

   HOME RUNS: CHW - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 92,394

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 5, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0     4 10  3
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  4    0  0  0    0  1  x     5  9  0

    PITCHERS: CHW - Wynn, Lown (3), Pierce (4), Staley (7)
              LAD - Craig, Sherry (8)

               WP - Larry Sherry
	       LP - Gerry Staley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHW - Lollar
              LAD - Hodges

  ATTENDANCE: 92,650

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 6, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  9  0

    PITCHERS: CHW - Shaw, Pierce (8), Donovan (8)
              LAD - Koufax, Williams (8)

               WP - Bob Shaw
	       LP - Sandy Koufax
             SAVE - Dick Donovan

   HOME RUNS: CHW - none
              LAD - none

  ATTENDANCE: 92,706

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 8, 1959 at Comiskey Park I (Chicago White Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  2    6  0  0    0  0  1     9 13  0
    Chicago White Sox            0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Podres, Sherry (4)
              CHW - Wynn, Donovan (4), Lown (4), Staley (5), Pierce (8), Moore (9)

               WP - Larry Sherry
	       LP - Early Wynn
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Essegian, Moon, Snider
              CHW - Kluszewski

  ATTENDANCE: 47,653

Series MVP - Larry Sherry

Series Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Chuck Churn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	14	6	1	1	0	0	0	.167	.500
Roger Craig	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	29	52	1	3	0	3	0	.058	.133
Don Demeter	6	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	0	1	139	371	55	95	18	70	5	.256	.731
Don Drysdale	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	46	91	9	15	4	12	0	.165	.528
Chuck Essegian	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	.667	.750	2.667	3.417	0	0	*41	85	8	21	1	10	0	.247	.689
Ron Fairly	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	118	244	27	58	4	23	0	.238	.668
Carl Furillo	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	50	93	8	27	0	13	0	.290	.667
Jim Gilliam	6	25	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	.240	.296	.240	.536	2	0	145	553	91	156	3	34	23	.282	.732
Gil Hodges	6	23	2	9	0	1	1	2	1	2	.391	.417	.609	1.025	0	0	124	413	57	114	25	80	3	.276	.880
Johnny Klippstein	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.286
Sandy Koufax	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	54	3	6	0	0	0	.111	.310
Clem Labine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	56	16	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Norm Larker	6	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.188	.278	.188	.465	0	0	108	311	37	90	8	49	0	.289	.762
Wally Moon	6	23	3	6	0	0	1	2	2	2	.261	.320	.391	.711	1	0	145	543	93	164	19	74	15	.302	.890
Charlie Neal	6	27	4	10	2	0	2	6	0	1	.370	.370	.667	1.037	1	0	151	616	103	177	19	83	17	.287	.802
Joe Pignatano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	52	139	17	33	1	11	1	.237	.648
Johnny Podres	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	0	0	34	65	4	16	0	4	0	.246	.567
Rip Repulski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	53	94	11	24	2	14	0	.255	.704
John Roseboro	6	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.095	.095	.095	.190	0	0	118	397	39	92	10	38	7	.232	.700
Larry Sherry	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	23	32	3	7	2	5	0	.219	.649
Duke Snider	4	10	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	.200	.333	.500	.833	0	0	126	370	59	114	23	88	1	.308	.935
Stan Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	36	3	7	0	3	0	.194	.451
Maury Wills	6	20	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	83	242	27	63	0	7	7	.260	.596
Don Zimmer	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	97	249	21	41	4	28	3	.165	.523
Totals	86	203	21	53	3	1	7	19	12	27	.261	.302	.389	.691	5	1	156	5282	705	1360	148		84	.257	.730

Chicago White Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Luis Aparicio	6	26	1	8	1	0	0	0	2	3	.308	.357	.346	.703	1	1	152	612	98	157	6	51	56	.257	.647
Norm Cash	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	58	104	16	25	4	16	1	.240	.747
Dick Donovan	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	31	61	4	8	1	5	0	.131	.443
Sammy Esposito	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	69	66	12	11	1	5	0	.167	.509
Nellie Fox	6	24	4	9	3	0	0	0	4	1	.375	.464	.500	.964	0	1	156	624	84	191	2	70	5	.306	.770
Billy Goodman	5	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	.231	.286	.231	.516	0	0	104	268	21	67	1	28	3	.250	.625
Ted Kluszewski	6	23	5	9	1	0	3	10	2	0	.391	.440	.826	1.266	0	0	*91	223	22	62	4	27	0	.278	.723
Jim Landis	6	24	6	7	0	0	0	1	1	7	.292	.346	.292	.638	1	0	149	515	78	140	5	60	20	.272	.749
Sherm Lollar	6	22	3	5	0	0	1	5	1	3	.227	.250	.364	.614	0	0	140	505	63	134	22	84	4	.265	.796
Turk Lown	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	60	12	1	3	0	0	0	.250	.558
Jim McAnany	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	67	210	22	58	0	27	2	.276	.687
Ray Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	23	0	2	0	0	0	.087	.255
Bubba Phillips	3	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	0	0	117	379	43	100	5	40	1	.264	.699
Billy Pierce	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	68	3	13	0	7	0	.191	.531
Jim Rivera	5	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.214	.000	.214	0	1	80	177	18	39	4	19	5	.220	.650
John Romano	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	53	126	20	37	5	25	0	.294	.875
Bob Shaw	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	47	73	7	9	0	2	0	.123	.316
Al Smith	6	20	1	5	3	0	0	1	4	4	.250	.375	.400	.775	0	0	129	472	65	112	17	55	7	.237	.707
Gerry Staley	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	67	13	2	2	0	0	0	.154	.466
Earl Torgeson	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	127	277	40	61	9	45	7	.220	.716
Early Wynn	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	0	0	37	90	11	22	2	8	0	.244	.706
Totals	81	199	23	52	10	0	4	19	20	33	.261	.333	.372	.705	2	3	156	5297	669	1325	97		113	.250	.691

Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Chuck Churn	1	0	27.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	2	0	0	7.500	14	0	4.99	3	2	1	30.2	28	10	24	1.239
Roger Craig	2	2	8.68	0	1	0	0	9.1	15	9	5	8	2.143	29	17	2.06	11	5	0	152.2	122	45	76	1.094
Don Drysdale	1	1	1.29	1	0	0	0	7.0	11	1	4	5	2.143	44	36	3.46	17	13	2	270.2	237	93	242	1.219
Johnny Klippstein	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	0.500	28	0	5.91	4	0	2	45.2	48	33	30	1.774
Sandy Koufax	2	1	1.00	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0.667	35	23	4.05	8	6	2	153.1	136	92	173	1.487
Clem Labine	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.000	56	0	3.93	5	10	9	84.2	91	25	37	1.370
Johnny Podres	2	2	4.82	1	0	0	0	9.1	7	5	6	4	1.393	34	29	4.11	14	9	0	195.0	192	74	145	1.364
Larry Sherry	4	0	0.71	2	0	2	0	12.2	8	1	2	5	0.789	23	9	2.19	7	2	3	94.1	75	43	72	1.251
Stan Williams	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	2	1	1.000	35	15	3.97	5	5	0	124.2	102	86	89	1.508
Totals	15	6	3.23	4	2	2	0	53.0	52	19	20	33	1.358	156	156	3.793	88	68		1411.2	1317	614	1077	1.368

Chicago White Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Dick Donovan	3	1	5.40	0	1	1	0	8.1	4	5	3	5	0.840	31	29	3.66	9	10	0	179.2	171	58	71	1.275
Turk Lown	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	1	3	0.900	60	0	2.89	9	2	15	93.1	73	42	63	1.232
Ray Moore	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	1.000	29	8	4.12	3	6	0	89.2	86	46	49	1.472
Billy Pierce	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	2	3	1.000	34	33	3.62	14	15	0	224.0	217	62	114	1.246
Bob Shaw	2	2	2.57	1	1	0	0	14.0	17	4	2	2	1.357	47	26	2.69	18	6	3	230.2	217	54	89	1.175
Gerry Staley	4	0	2.16	0	1	1	0	8.1	8	2	0	3	0.960	67	0	2.24	8	5	14	116.1	111	25	54	1.169
Early Wynn	3	3	5.54	1	1	0	0	13.0	19	8	4	10	1.769	37	37	3.17	22	10	0	255.2	202	119	179	1.256
Totals	19	6	3.46	2	4	2	0	52.0	53	20	12	27	1.250	156	156	3.290	94	60		1425.1	1297	525	761	1.278

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