Major League Baseball Season Recap 1959

World Series – Los Angeles Dodgers NL over Chicago White Sox AL 4 games to 2

World Series MVP – Larry Sherry
Babe Ruth Award – Larry Sherry

Awards –
Major League Cy Young Award Early Wynn
MVP Awards –

NL Ernie Banks

AL Nellie Fox

NL Rookie of The Year – Bob Allison

AL Rookie of The Year – Willie McCovey

All-Star Game – July 7th – N.L. 5 over A.L. 4, played at Forbes Field (NL)
AL Starter E. Wynn+ NL Starter D. Drysdale+ MVP

All Star Game 2 August 3rd A.L. 5 over N.L. 3 played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (NL)

“It takes all winter to train them (the insects which caused a 28 minute delay on June 2, 1959) and now, poof, on lousy bomb (fireworks) and they’re all blown-up.” – White Sox owner Bill Veeck

1959 Baseball Season Recap

Luis Aparicio was a key player for the White Sox.
The Bronx Bombers, winners of nine American League flags in ten years, were in last place on May 20. New York’s pitching woes weighed the team down and it was never able to join the race, which the White Sox eventually won by 5 games over the Indians.

Detroit placed fourth despite the efforts of Harvey Kuenn and Al Kaline, the top two batting men with averages of .353 and .327. Boston and Jackie Jensen, the RBI leader at 112, came in fifth. The ERA champ couldn’t do it on his own, as Hoyt Wilhelm (a 2.19 mark) and Baltimore finished sixth. Harmon Killebrew’s league-leading 42 home runs were for naught as Washington finished last.

The National League pennant race was far more dramatic. San Francisco appeared to have the flag locked up with a 2-game lead over the Dodgers and Braves and one week to play. The Dodgers then came into town and swept San Francisco in three games.

The Giants never recovered, dropping four of their last five to the Cubs and Cards. San Fran came in third, despite great years from Willie Mays (.313 average, 34 homers, and 104 RBI) and Orlando Cepeda (.317 average, 27 homers, and 105 RBI) and a solid performance from Sam Jones (who posted the best ERA in the league at 2.82 and tied with Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette for the lead with 21 wins).

The Dodgers and the Braves ended up tied for first place, as both teams won on the last Sunday. In a best-of-three playoff, the Dodgers, swept Eddie Mathews (who led the league with 46 homers), Hank Aaron (who launched 39 and led the circuit with a .355 average), and the rest of the Braves.

Los Angeles boasted a balanced attack which combined experience and youth. Duke Snider and Gil Hodges combined for 48 homers, while ex-Cardinal Wally Moon hit .302. Speedy Maury Wills took over at shortstop, and 23-year-old Don Drysdale won 17 games to anchor the pitching staff.

Ernie Banks won his second-straight MVP with 45 homers (second in the circuit) and 143 RBI (tops in the league) for the fifth-place Cubs. His American League MVP counterpart, Nellie Fox, led the White Sox to a first-place finish with his .306 batting average.

The Go-Go Sox also featured catcher Sherm Lollar (22 homers, 84 RBI) and shortstop Luis Aparicio (the stolen base leader with 56). Cy Young Award-winner Early Wynn, age 39, was 22-10 while Bob Shaw went 18-6 to stabilize the starting pitching. Gerry Staley and Turk Lown were solid out of the pen.

In the first game of the 1959 World Series, Ted Kluszewski belted a pair of two-run homers to lead Chicago to an 11-0 victory over Los Angeles. The Dodgers came back behind Johnny Podres, taking game two 4-3 and sending a tied 1959 World Series to Los Angeles.

Although the Sox stroked 12 hits in game three, they lost to Los Angeles 3-1. The Dodgers then took game four 5-4 on Hodges’s eighth-inning home run.

A record crowd of 92,706 showed up in the Coliseum the next day with hopes of seeing California’s first World Series winner, but Chicago spoiled the party with a 1-0 win. The Dodgers then took game six 9-3 in Chicago for their first of many World Series crowns.

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Notable Events and Chronology 

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January 13, 1959

John Quinn resigns as general manager of the Milwaukee Braves and immediately accepts a similar post with the Phillies.

January 13, 1959

New Jersey Senator Joseph W. Cowgill introduces a bill to build a stadium in Camden to induce the nearby Philadelphia Phillies to move to New Jersey

January 15, 1959

Texas League makes a radical rule change, allowing pitchers to automatically signal an intentional walk

January 19, 1959

1959 – The Players Association orders their International League members not to sign a pact unless it includes their pension plan.

January 30, 1959

Pittsburgh Pirates acquire pitcher Harvey Haddix

January 31, 1959

Joe Cronin succeeds Will Harridge as president of the American League

February 1, 1959

Zack Wheat is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee

February 7, 1959

Chicago White Sox president Mrs. Dorothy Rigney agrees to sell the team to Bill Veeck 

February 7, 1959

Napoleon “Larry” Lajoie dies of pneumonia at the age of 84

February 9, 1959

Frank D. Lawrence files a $250,000 suit against MLB for breach of contract

February 13, 1959

22nd Old Time Baseball Players Assn. banquet at the Elks Club

February 14, 1959

Baltimore Orioles buy Whitey Lockman

February 17, 1959

1959 – The Yankees invite Australian cricket player Norman O’Neill for a tryout at SS. U.S. Davis Cup captain Billy Talbert, while playing tennis in Australia, arranges the deal after hearing of O’Neill’s prowess.

February 20, 1959

1959 – Bill Gullickson is born in Marshall, MN.

February 28, 1959

Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees ends his holdout after one day.

March 3, 1959

The Cleveland Indians send OF Larry Doby to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for OF Tito Francona.

March 11, 1959

1959 – The Players Association drops its threat of a strike against the International League.

March 23, 1959

Giants trade Bill White to make room for Orlando Cepeda and McCovey

March 24, 1959

A photo of Pete Whisenant taken before an exhibition game played against the Dodgers in Havana, Cuba, shows the Reds outfielder toting a machine gun. The weapon shown in the posed picture belongs to a rebel from Fidel Castro’s revolutionary army.

March 24, 1959

1959 – In Havana, Cuba, the Cincinnati Redlegs and Los Angeles Dodgers play an exhibition game. For a pre-game photo, Reds outfielder Pete Whisenant swaps his glove for a Fidel Castro rebel’s machine gun.

March 25, 1959

1959 – The St. Louis Cardinals trade P Sad Sam Jones and minor leaguer Don Choate to the San Francisco Giants for 1B/OF Bill White and 3B Ray Jablonski.

March 31, 1959

1959 – The Milwaukee Braves send pitcher Gene Conley and infielders Joe Koppe and Harry Hanebrink to the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Stan Lopata, shortstop Ted Kazanski and infielder Johnny O’Brien. Conley will go 12-7 before going on the disabled list from August to the close of the season.

April 9, 1959

O’s turn triple play on opening day

April 9, 1959

Dr. Creighton Hale recommends Little League pitching mounds be moved back from home plate by 24 inches. The organization’s vice president believes a ball thrown by a youngster at 70 mph from 46 feet would give the batter about the same the amount of time to swing at a pitch, proportionately, as the major leaguers have.

April 10, 1959

Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox goes 5 for 7 and hits an unlikely 14th-inning two-run home run off Don Mossi to beat the Detroit Tigers

April 11, 1959

Don Drysdale homers in opener – First pitcher two hit more than one homerun on opening day

April 17, 1959

After his 8th-inning, game-tying solo shot off the Braves’ Bob Rush, Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente has compatriot Juan Pizarro right where he wants him – namely, ahead, 0-2, in the top of the 10th and thus poised to once again give up a game-winning home run to his fellow Puerto Rican. The two collaborated on a Clemente game-winner back on May 16, 1957and again last year on August 4th. But before the pair from Puerto Rico can try for a trilogy, the skies absolutely open, bringing this tense confrontation to an abrupt and unsatisfying conclusion, no resolution possible as the game will ultimately have to be replayed in its entirety.

April 19, 1959

Full Radio Broadcast 1959 04 19 New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox

April 21, 1959

Don Demeter of the Dodgers hits three home runs, including the game winner in the 11th inning, in a 9 – 7 victory against the Giants at the Los Angeles Coliseum. One of his homers is an inside-the-park home run, as he drives in six runs.

April 21, 1959

At Wrigley Field, Stan Musial breaks up Glen Hobbie’s no-hitter with a two-out seventh-inning double.

April 22, 1959

Go Go Chicago White Sox score 11 runs with only one hit in the 7th inning of a 20 – 6 rout of the Kansas City Athletics

April 22, 1959

At Griffith Stadium, Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees pitches a 14-inning, 1 – 0 shutout against the Washington Senators, giving up 8 hits while striking out 15. The Yankees win in the first half of the 14th inning on a Moose Skowron solo home run – the longest contest in major league history ending 1 – 0 on a home run.

April 26, 1959

Cincinnati Redlegs pitcher Willard Schmidt becomes the first major leaguer to be hit by a pitch twice in one inning

April 29, 1959

With shades of his 430-foot, May 6, 1955 birthday-crashing clout, Roberto Clemente once again triples over the head of his one-time mentor, Willie Mays, in the midst of a decisive, 7th-inning, three-run rally. Now, as then, Pittsburgh’s outburst fuels a 3 – 2 come-from-behind win over the Giants. Clemente initiates today’s uprising, reports UPI, “with a booming triple to centerfield.” Centerfield, in this case, would be that of Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field, whereas the earlier contest took place in New York’s Polo Grounds. Both arenas, however, feature similarly ample centerfield real estate.

May 1, 1959

At the age of 39, Early Wynn of the Chicago White Sox pitches a one-hit shutout, strikes out 14, and hits a double and home run for a 1 – 0 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey Park.

May 1, 1959

Dick Stuart’s 9th-inning, two-out, two-run bomb makes it close but the last-place Cardinals hold on, ending their three-game skid with a 7 – 6 squeaker over Pittsburgh. Stuart’s near-500-footer, however, provides fodder for rooters and writers alike. Les Biederman reports: “Fans left Forbes Field buzzing about the tape-measure home run Stuart hit over the scoreboard in the 9th. Jim Brosnan had two strikes and no balls on Stuart when he fed him a curve. Stuart flicked his wrists and the ball was still zooming as it rose well over 100 feet above the height of the wall and landed somewhere in the parking lot far into Schenley Park. ‘It was the longest I’ve ever seen hit at Forbes Field,’ coach Howie Pollet of the Cards offered and manager Solly Hemus and coach Harry Walker both agreed.”

May 2, 1959

Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Redlegs hits for the cycle, in a 16 – 4 rout of the Dodgers.

May 3, 1959

Charlie Maxwell of the Detroit Tigers hits four consecutive home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees

May 3, 1959

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Hank Foiles makes a rare unassisted double play in a 2 – 1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 7, 1959

93000 Fans turnout for Roy Campanella Night

May 9, 1959

Mrs. Dorothy Rigney, her husband Johnny Rigney, and Hank Greenberg all resign their posts with the Chicago White Sox.

May 9, 1959

Pittsburgh blows out Philly, 9 – 1, with the aid of Bob Skinner’s two home runs and four RBIs. Roberto Clemente also chips in with two triples, one of them a tape-measure job that touches off the game-breaking rally.

May 10, 1959

In the first game of a doubleheader, Cubs reliever Elmer Singleton defeats reliever Lindy McDaniel of the Cardinals, 10 – 9. In the nightcap, McDaniel is the winner and Singleton the loser, 8 – 7.

May 10, 1959

The Phils’ Jim Hearn comes on in relief to pitch 1 1/3 innings against the Pirates. He allows two earned runs before the game is suspended with the Pirates ahead, 6 – 4. Hearn is released before the game is completed in July and will be charged with the loss two months after his retirement.

May 10, 1959

The Yanks sweep two from the Senators at Yankee Stadium, winning 6 – 3 and 3 – 2 in 10 innings. Mickey Mantle’s homer in the 3rd inning of the opener starts the Yanks scoring as they beat Chuck Stobbs. Mantle singles and scores the winning run in the 10th inning of the nitecap. Yogi Berra has a home run in the nitecap and sets a new major-league record for consecutive errorless games by a catcher with 148.

May 11, 1959

During batting practice, a little boy in the right-field stands was hit in the arm by a line drive. He then hid among the seats to have his little cry. Clemente retrieved the ball and gave it away, his thanks coming in a puddle of tears.”

May 12, 1959

Yogi Berra commits an error as his errorless streak of 148 games for a catcher comes to an end in a New York 7 – 6 loss to Cleveland

May 15, 1959

Massachusetts marks the 100th anniversary of the first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams. Teams reenact the original contest.

May 17, 1959

Roberto Clemente barely misses becoming the only batted ball ever to strike Wrigley Field’s distant right centerfield scoreboard

May 19, 1959

Clemente hurts throwing arm and will miss almost 2 months amid raciest comments

May 19, 1959

Billy O’Dell of the Baltimore Orioles hits a 120-foot home run against the Chicago White Sox

May 20, 1959

The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees, 13 – 6, to put New York in last place for the first time in 19 years.

May 21, 1959

Despite growing pressure to expand, major league owners, at a meeting at John Galbreath’s farm in Ohio, decline the option to add new teams to the existing American and National Leagues. Given there are no plans for expansion, Commissioner Ford Frick will announce at a later date that Major League Baseball will “favorably consider an application for major league status within the present baseball structure by an acceptable group of eight clubs which would qualify under ten specifications.”

May 22, 1959

Baltimore’s Hoyt Wilhelm one-hits the Yankees, 5 – 0, with Jerry Lumpe’s single in the 8th the spoiler. Switch-hitter Mickey Mantle hits righty against Wilhelm and does no better than he has been lefty. On May 28th, Wilhelm will beat the Yankees again, 5 – 0.

May 22, 1959

Hoyt Wilhelm one-hits the Yankees in the Orioles’ 5-0 victory at Memorial Stadium. Jerry Lumpe’s single in the eighth spoils the knuckleballer’s bid for a no-hitter.

May 23, 1959

The Athletics’ Bud Daley beats the White Sox, 16 – 0‚ keeping Chicago a half-game behind Cleveland‚ a loser to Detroit, 6 – 4.

May 26, 1959

Harvey Haddix near perfect game – podcast

May 26, 1959

In another of Bill Veeck’s stunts, 3′ 7″ Eddie Gaedel returns to a major league field along with three other midgets. Arriving by helicopter and dressed as Martians, the quartet drops onto the Comiskey Park infield and shakes hands with second baseman Nellie Fox and shortstop Luis Aparicio, giving them toy ray guns as the public announcer informs the 40,000 plus in attendance that the “extraterrestrials” have arrived to help the somewhat short keystone double play combo in their struggle with giant earthlings.

May 26, 1959

Ed Walsh dies in Pompano Beach, at the age of 78.

May 26, 1959

The Yankees trade Jerry Lumpe, Tom Sturdivant, and right-hander Johnny Kucks, the first player in franchise history to throw a shutout in Game 7 of the Fall Classic, to the A’s in exchange for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry. In three years, Terry will become the only other Bronx Bomber hurler to pitch a shutout in the seventh game of a World Series.

May 27, 1959

National League President Warren Giles rules that the final score of the near perfect game thrown by the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Harvey Haddix should be 1-0

May 29, 1959

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his White House staff attend a game. He gets slugger Harmon Killebrew’s autograph on a home run ball for his grandson David‚ as Washington defeats the Red Sox, 7 – 6. The Killer will bang 15 homers in May.

June 2, 1959

Swarm of gnats delays the game between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park

June 4, 1959

Earl Torgeson hits a 2-out home run in the 17th‚ off Jerry Walker‚ to give the White Sox a 4 – 3 win over Baltimore.

June 5, 1959

Dick Stuart becomes first player to clear Centerfield barrier in Forbes Field 50 years

June 7, 1959

Hoyt Wilhelm pitches 3rd straight shutout

June 10, 1959

Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians homers in four consecutive at-bats against the Baltimore Orioles

June 12, 1959

6/12/1959: Harmon Killebrew hit a homer to left field with two outs in the bottom of the first inning of a game in Washington. It came off Herb Score of the Indians. The game was halted by rain after that hit.

June 12, 1959

Mike McCormick is credited with a 5 inning no-hitter when the game is rained out,

June 21, 1959

At Los Angeles, the Redlegs’ Don Newcombe subdues the Dodgers, 17 – 3. Newk pitches a complete game and collects four hits and four RBIs.

June 21, 1959

Milwaukee’s Hank Aaron hits three two-run home runs at Seals Stadium to power the Braves to a 13 – 3 win over the Giants. It’s the only 3-homer game of Aaron’s career.

June 21, 1959

Stan Musial, in the Cardinals’ 5-1 victory over the Bucs at Busch Stadium, collects a pair of two-baggers, the first which breaks Honus Wagner’s National League record of 651 career doubles. The southpaw-swinging Stan the Man moves to third on the all-time major league list for two-base hits, trailing only American Leaguers Tris Speaker (793) and Ty Cobb (724). Ed. Note: Speaker (one less) and Wagner’s (eight less) totals were historically adjusted since Musial accomplished the feat. -LP

June 22, 1959

Mickey Mantle drives in six runs with a triple and two homers to lead New York to a 13 – 6 win

June 22, 1959

Sandy Koufax fans 16 Philadelphia Phillies as fans urge outfielders to drop balls

June 23, 1959

The perceived excessive payments of $650,000 to $1,000,000 for Candlestick Park become an issue in Mayor George Christopher’s bid for reelection in San Francisco.

June 23, 1959

The Yankees ride two-run homers from Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer and Gil McDougald to a 10 – 2 win over Kansas City.

June 27, 1959

With the players voting, Hank Aaron gets a unanimous vote for the All-Star Game, making him the first player so selected.

June 28, 1959

Full Radio Broadcast New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox Don Larsen vs Dick Donovan

June 28, 1959

Phillies Wally Post becomes the first major leaguer to throw out two runners from the outfield in one inning

June 28, 1959

In a 6-0 loss to the Giants, Wally Post becomes the first major leaguer to throw out two runners from the outfield in one inning. In the bottom of the first, the Phillies’ outfielder nails Orlando Cepeda at second base and then starts a 9-6-3 double play on Daryl Spencer’s fly ball to right field.

June 30, 1959

The Giants’ Sam Jones throws a 2 – 0 one-hitter against the Dodgers, allowing only Jim Gilliam’s controversial single in the 8th, a grounder that SS Andre Rodgers has difficulty picking up. Willie Mays’s 2-run home run against Don Drysdale accounts for all the scoring.

June 30, 1959

At Wrigley Field, a bizarre play occurs in the 4th inning when two balls are put into play. On a 3 – 1 count, Bob Anderson’s pitch to Stan Musial is wild and bounces back to the screen. Catcher Sammy Taylor ignores the ball, assuming it ticked off Musial’s bat, but Cubs 3B Alvin Dark rushes in to retrieve the wild pitch/foul tip. The bat boy tosses the ball to field announcer Pat Piper, and Dark finally retrieves it from him. Meanwhile home plate ump Vic Delmore has handed a second ball to Anderson. Through all this, Musial reaches first with what he thinks is ball four, and then streaks for second base. Simultaneously, Dark and Anderson fire to the bag. Anderson’s throw goes into CF, but Dark’s to Ernie Banks catches the sliding Musial. Stan ignores the tag and rambles to third base as play is stopped. Delmore then rules Musial is out at second, while Al Barlick rules Stan safe at first base. Both managers play the game under protest, but the Cards drop theirs after dropping the Cubs, 4 – 1. The National League will drop Vic Delmore at the end of the season.

July 1, 1959

The Redlegs purchase veteran 3B Willie Jones from the Indians.

July 1, 1959

7/1/1959: Harmon Killebrew was robbed of a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning according to fellow 500-homer slugger Ted Williams. The Killer blasted a Jerry Casale pitch towards left field where Williams was patrolling. According to umpire Bob Stewart, the ball struck the visiting bullpen fence and was not out of the park. The ball rolled almost all the way back to third base. Williams stood watching the ball roll with his hands on his hips. According to Williams the ball struck the screen on the left field pole a couple of feet above the fence. “I saw no point in chasing a home run.” Killebrew ended up with a double on the play.

July 2, 1959

Gene Freese hits his second grand slam of the season, off the Redlegs’ Jim Brosnan, as the Phils win, 7 – 6. Don Newcombe wins the nitecap for the Redlegs, 8 – 4.

July 3, 1959

Boston fires manager Pinky Higgins, replacing him tomorrow with Billy Jurges. Coach Rudy York takes over for today’s game.

July 3, 1959

After giving up a grand slam to the A’s Bob Cerv, Herb Score settles down and strikes out 14 in Cleveland’s 8 – 4 win.

July 4, 1959

Yankee pitcher Bob Turley turns in another one hit masterpiece at Washington. A lazy fly in the 9th by pinch-hitter Julio Becquer drops in front of LF Norm Siebern for the only Senator safety. SS Tony Kubek goes 8 for 10 in the doubleheader, as the Yanks sweep, 10 – 6 and 7 – 0.

July 7, 1959

1959 All Star Game At Forbes Field features Aaron, Mays and Mathews (radio Broadcast)

July 8, 1959

During the All-Star break, the Reds fire manager Mayo Smith (35-45) and replace him with Fred Hutchinson (39-35), the skipper of the Seattle team in the PCL. ‘Hutch,’ who will become a mainstay in the Cincinnati dugout, is the team’s fourth manager in less than a year.

July 9, 1959

Baltimore Orioles recall Brooks Robinson from Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League

July 9, 1959

Starting his first game since injuring his shoulder on May 19th, Roberto Clemente’s 10th-inning leadoff single helps Pirate reliever Elroy Face get his 18th consecutive win after blowing a one-out save in the previous inning. A bunt by Roman Mejias moves Clemente to second and a single up the middle by pinch-hitter Harry Bright brings Cubs a sudden death.

July 9, 1959

Two 20-year-old Baby Birds – Milt Pappas and Jerry Walker – shut out the Senators 8 – 0 and 5 – 0. The Orioles recall young Brooks Robinson from the minors.

July 9, 1959

Roger Craig relieves in the 3rd and pitches 11 scoreless innings, throwing just 88 pitches, to give the Dodgers a 4 – 3 victory over the Braves. The loss drops the Braves from 1st place to 3rd, as Brooklyn takes over 2nd place.

July 9, 1959

The Red Sox club the Yankees, 14 – 6, before 30,253, the largest crowd at Fenway Park so far this year. Frank Sullivan is the winner. Vic Wertz, Ted Williams and Bobby Avilaclub homers. Williams and Avila drive in seven runs.

July 9, 1959

Ray Herbert and Johnny Kucks of Kansas City sweep the Tigers, 5 – 0 and 4 – 0, in a doubleheader.

July 9, 1959

In the first game of a doubleheader, Gene Freese blasts his third grand slam of the year as the Phils top the Cards, 11 – 0, at home.

July 9, 1959

Major League Baseball announces that the 1960 season will open one week later than this year in hopes of getting better weather.

July 11, 1959

New Orleans seeks a franchise in the new proposed Continental League.

July 11, 1959

Boston SS Don Buddin cracks a 10th-inning grand slam, off reliever Bob Turley, to give the Red Sox an 8 – 4 win over New York. Turley replaced Jim Bronstad, who took over when Ryne Duren and Yogi Berra are tossed by ump Bill Summers.

July 12, 1959

Roberto Clemente’s walk-off wall-banger makes it 19 straight for Elroy Face. At Forbes Field, the Pirates reliever blows a four-out save against St. Louis, thanks to Bill White’s RBI single, but gets out of trouble and settles down long enough to reap the benefits of the Bucs’ bats. “The Pirates won their 12th of 13 extra-inning games,” reports the Associated Press, “when Roberto Clemente smashed a hit off the right-field wall with the bases filled in the 10th.” Face’s record goes to 14-0 with the win; his streak will extend to 22 before he takes his first and only loss of the year, en route to an unprecedented 18-1 season.

July 12, 1959

NBC uses outfield television cameras with 80-inch lenses to show the catchers’ signals during a Yankee-Red Sox game. Commissioner Ford Frick requests that they halt its use. It doesn’t help New York, which dropped its last four games to the Red Sox. Boston wins today, 7 – 3.

July 12, 1959

Larry Sherry loses his second start for the Dodgers, as the Redlegs nip him, 4 – 3. Sherry will not lose again, winning his next seven starts.

July 13, 1959

The Red Sox sweep their five-game series with New York with a 13 – 3 rout featuring a big 6th inning. Gene Stephens pinch-runs for Ted Williams and, when the Sox bat around, then hits a grand slam.

July 15, 1959

Gus Bell collects two doubles and three singles in the Cincinnati Redlegs’ 11 – 5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis.

July 16, 1959

After beating the Indians, yesterday, the Yanks sweep a doubleheader today to knock the Tribe out of first place. New York wins the opener when Yogi Berra ties the game in the 9th with a homer, and Mickey Mantle wins it, 7 – 5, in the 10th with a two-run shot off Gary Bell. Bobby Shantz wins the nitecap, 4 – 0. New York is 5 1/2 games out of first.

July 17, 1959

In a dispute with the umpires, Cleveland manager Joe Gordon is ejected. Cleveland OF Minnie Minoso refuses to stand in the batter’s box until the argument is over. Umpire Frank Umont calls him out on strikes. The enraged Minoso charges Umont and gets the thumb also. The Indians win, 8 – 7, to stay on the heels of Chicago.

July 17, 1959

Chicago’s Early Wynn and the Yankees’ Ralph Terry match zeros for eight innings at Yankee Stadium, before Chicago’s Jim McAnany collects the first Sox hit in the 9th. Jim Landis adds a second hit to drive home two runs to give the Sox the 2 – 0 win. Wynn matches Terry by also allowing just two hits.

July 17, 1959

Mel Allen asks his director to replay Jim McAnay’s ninth-inning single, the first hit allowed by Ralph Terry in the team’s eventual 2-0 loss to Cleveland at the Bronx ballpark. The Yankee broadcaster’s request marks the first use of instant replay in a baseball broadcast.

July 18, 1959

1959 – The Tigers drop game one to the Orioles, 5 – 2, their 13th loss in 15 games, then win the nitecap, 2 – 0, despite getting just two hits off Hoyt Wilhelm. Hoyt allows two singles, but his knuckler proves elusive to Joe Ginsberg, who allows four passed balls to tie the American League record held by Gus Triandos and two others. O’s catchers Ginsberg and Triandos will set the modern major-league record for passed balls this season with 49.

July 19, 1959

Before 57,000 at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees sweep a pair from the visiting White Sox, winning the nitecap, 6 – 4, on Mickey Mantle’s homer off Turk Lown. In game 1, Yankee veteran Enos Slaughter belts a pair of homers; at age 43, he is the oldest player this century to accomplish the feat. Carlton Fisk, a few months older, will top Slaughter in 1991.

July 20, 1959

Zach Wheat is inducted into the Hall of Fame

July 21, 1959

Boston Red Sox become the last team to debut a black player when Elijah “Pumpsie” Green appears in a game as a pinch-runner and shortstop

July 22, 1959

1959 – Veteran Bobby Avila, in his first game with Milwaukee, hits a two-run 9th inning home run off the Reds’ Jim O’Toole, to help give the Braves a 5 – 4 win.

July 23, 1959

1959 – With Ty Cobb in the stands, the Tigers make 15 hits to beat the Senators, 11 – 2. Harvey Kuenn, the American League’s leading hitter, is 4 for 4 and scores four runs. Jim Bunning allows four hits to win.

July 24, 1959

Fidel Castro pitched two innings for his pickup team Los Barbudos against a Military Police squad

July 25, 1959

Against Detroit, Yankee first baseman Moose Skowron reaching for a wide throw, collides with Tiger runner Coot Veal. Skowron’s arm is broken in two places and he is out for the rest of the season. Marv Throneberry will fill in at 1B. The Yanks win, 9 – 8, when Yogi Berra hits a home run in the 9th with Mickey Mantle on. Prior to the Yogi home run, Bobby Richardson and Fritz Brickell hit their first major league homers for New York. Berra’s home run erases five Yankee errors, three by 3B Hector Lopez.

July 26, 1959

William Shea announces the formation of the Continental League

July 27, 1959

Gene Woodling drives in five runs, four on a grand slam off Jim Bunning, in the O’s 5 – 2 win.

July 27, 1959

The Dodgers move into first place on Roger Craig’s 2 – 0 win. Joe Pignatano and Don Zimmer hit solo home runs. A year ago on this date the Dodgers were in last place.

July 28, 1959

The White Sox take over first place for good by toppling the Yankees, 4 – 3, behind P Billy Pierce. 

July 28, 1959

Stan Musial at bat at Crosley Field

July 30, 1959

The Pacific Coast League’s Portland Beavers sue Major League Baseball for $1.8 million, citing unfair practices through television that could bring the downfall of the minor leagues. They warn MLB not to start a third league or expand.

July 30, 1959

The Southern Association suspends Chattanooga 1B Jesse Levan for life because of his involvement as a go-between for gamblers seeking to fix games. His teammate Waldo Gonzales receives a one-year suspension.

July 30, 1959

Willie McCovey makes his major league debut for the San Francisco Giants.

July 31, 1959

Pedro Ramos holds Chicago to one hit in seven innings but leaves with a sore elbow, and the Sox score two in the 9th to beat the Senators, 2 – 1. It is Washington’s 14th loss in a row. The Sox lead Cleveland by two games.

July 31, 1959

Earl Wilson, the first black pitcher to play for the Red Sox, hurls 3.2 innings, walking nine, but leaves the game with a 4-0 lead in the team’s eventual 6-5 victory over Detroit at Briggs Stadium. The Louisiana native will post a 56-58 record along with an ERA of 4.10, primarily as a starter, during his seven seasons with Boston.

August 1, 1959

1959 – P Bob Purkey of the Reds hits a grand slam off John Buzhardt of the Cubs and wins, 12 – 3. Purkey allows six hits. Glen Hobbie takes the loss.

August 1, 1959

Dőn Hoak And Daryl Spencer brawlat candlestick

August 2, 1959

Jim Bunning, tossing a frame in relief, strikes out three batters on nine pitches

August 2, 1959

Giants 1B Willie McCovey hits the first of his 521 major league home runs, off Ron Kline, as San Francisco downs the Pirates, 5 – 3. Johnny Antonelli wins his 15th game.

August 2, 1959

Bill Bruton, in both the first and the sixth inning of the nightcap of a twin bill at County Stadium, hits a three-run triple. The Braves center fielder’s pair of three-baggers with the bases loaded contributes to the team’s 11-5 victory over St. Louis.

August 3, 1959

In the second All-Star Game this summer, Nellie Fox delivers the key hit to propel AL to a 5-3 win

August 5, 1959

The Senators lose 7 – 3, their 18th loss in a row, before Tex Clevenger shuts out the Indians in the nitecap, 9 – 0.

August 5, 1959

Mickey Mantle breaks up a scoreless pitching duel between Detroit’s Don Mossi and Bobby Shantz by belting an 8th-inning homer with one on. New York wins at home, 3 – 0.

August 5, 1959

Willie McCovey hits two home runs and Willie Mays another as the Giants whip the Braves’ Bob Buhl, 4 – 1, to move into first place.

August 6, 1959

Hoyt Wilhelm of the Baltimore Orioles makes one of the greatest relief appearances ever

August 9, 1959

1959 – The Pirates, down 3 – 1 to the Cubs in the 9th, tie the game, then win, 5 – 3, in the 10th. Elroy Face wins in relief to go 15-0. The win is the 11th extra-inning victory in a row for the Pirates.

August 10, 1959

Ken Boyer of the Cardinals begins a 29-game hitting streak, the longest since Stan Musial’s 30 games in 1950. The Giants score three in the 9th to win, 3 – 2.

August 11, 1959

Gil Carter, a pitcher for the Carlsbad, New Mexico entry in the Sophomore Baseball League, reportedly hits a ball that travels 730 feet from home plate. The left field blast may be the longest home run ever hit.

August 11, 1959

Joe Nuxhall fans 4 Braves in the 6th inning and Adcock wishes Vada Pinson a happy birthday by nabbing him at first base with a hidden ball trick.

August 12, 1959

1959 – “I wish I’d thrown the ball as hard as he hit it.” Such is Robin Roberts’ melancholy memory of Roberto Clemente’s 7th-inning, two-out, bases-clearing, game-winning triple to left center. Final score: Bucs 6, Phillies 2.

August 13, 1959

1959 – The Giants and Cubs set a record for the longest 9-inning game in history, playing 3 hours and 50 minutes. Chicago wins the marathon at Wrigley Field by a score of 20 – 9, pounding out 19 hits and five home runs. Eddie Fisher takes the loss while Ed Donnelly is the winner.

August 14, 1959

Reds teammates Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson go 5 for 6 in the first game of a doubleheader as Cincinnati outlast the Phils, 15 – 13. The Reds trail, 11 – 3, after three innings, and score five in the 9th to win.

August 14, 1959

Red Sox 1B Vic Wertz hits a pinch-hit grand slam off Ryne Duren of the Yanks to pace the 11 – 6 Boston win. Pete Runnels of the Red Sox walks twice in one inning to tie a major league record.

August 18, 1959

At Milwaukee, the Dodgers stake Don Drysdale to a 5 – 1 lead after five innings, but the Braves chip away and finally tie it with a run in the 9th. The Dodgers make it 6 – 5 in the 11th but Hank Aaron takes Drysdale deep to tie it up. Drysdale is finally relieved and Los Angeles wins it in the 13th, 7 – 6.

August 18, 1959

Branch Rickey is named president of the newly-formed Continental League

August 19, 1959

1959 – Honolulu seeks a franchise in the Continental League.

August 20, 1959

1959 – The A’s Bob Cerv hits three home runs in an 11 – 10 loss to Boston. The Sox outhit the A’s, 16-13. Reliever Earl Wilson drives in three runs and earns his first major league victory.

August 22, 1959

Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds hits three home runs in an 11-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals

August 23, 1959

1959 – The Pirates take a doubleheader form the Dodgers, beating Don Drysdale in both games. As a starter, Drysdale loses the opener, then relieves in game 2. In the 10th inning, with runners on first and third and two out, Drysdale hands out an intentional pass to get to Dick Groat, who singles in the winning run.

August 23, 1959

8/23/1959: In game 2, the Orioles’ Bob Nieman homered to right field off Jim Bunning of Detroit in the top of the first inning. The game was rained out in the bottom of the first.

August 24, 1959

1959 – New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses allocates $150,000 for a preliminary study on building a stadium.

August 25, 1959

The White Sox take out pennant insurance, sending Bob Sagers and Harry Simpson packing to Pittsburgh in exchange for veteran Ted Kluszewski. Klu will hit .297 during the season and a torrid .391 in the World Series.

August 25, 1959

In Cleveland, Rocky Colavito homers twice as the Tribe tops the Yankees, 6 – 3. The Indians have now won seven straight to move two games behind the first-place White Sox.

August 26, 1959

The Indians stretch their winning streak to eight games when Rocky Colavito snaps a 4 – 4 tie with an 8th-inning home run. Jim Perry, in relief of Gary Bell, picks up the win, 5 – 4, over New York.

August 26, 1959

It’s “Al Smith Day” at Comiskey Park, with every fan named Smith, Schmidt, Smythe or Smithe admitted free and given a button stating “I’m a Smith and I’m for Al.” Smith himself doesn’t help, going hitless as the White Soxlose to Boston, 7 – 6. Bill Monbouquette is the winner.

August 28, 1959

Before 70,938 fans in Cleveland, the first-place White Sox top the 2nd-place Indians, 7 – 3, behind the pitching of Bob Shaw. The Tribe now trail by 2 1/2 games.

August 28, 1959

Clemente homerun contained by Forbes Flag Pole

August 29, 1959

Hamtramck, MI, wins the Little League World Series at Williamsport, PA.

August 29, 1959

With rookie Ken McBride out with tonsillitis, the White Sox turn to Dick Donovan, who is coming off the disabled list. Donovan tosses a 5-hit, 2 – 0, win for Chicago.

August 30, 1959

Before 66,586 fans in Cleveland, the White Sox sweep a doubleheader with the Indians to move in front by 6 1/2 games. Former Indian Early Wynn, judged too old at 39, wins the opener, 6 – 3, then the Sox win the nitecap, 9 – 4. Another former Indian, Al Smith, scores from second base on a fly ball. The Sox will beat the Indians 15 out of 22 games this season.

August 30, 1959

In the second of two games, the Pirates, down 5 – 0, tie the Phillies in the 9th inning, then win in the 10th, 7 – 6. The victory goes to Elroy Face, even though he gives up a home run to Ed Bouchee in the top of the 10th. Face is now 17-0 and the Pirates are just four games in back of the leading Giants.

August 31, 1959

Sandy Koufax fans 18 Giants to set a National League mark in a 5 – 2 Dodger win

September 5, 1959

In the third inning of the Senators’ 14-2 rout of Boston, Jim Lemon belts two home runs, respectively off Bill Monbouquette and Earl Wilson. The outfielder’s pair of round-trippers accounts for six of the ten runs scored in the frame.

September 6, 1959

The Dodgers set a record for a Coliseum doubleheader when 39‚432 fans show up for two games with the Cubs

September 7, 1959

Pumpsie Green hits first career homerun in Red Sox win over Yankees Full Radio Broadcast

September 10, 1959

Mickey Mantle goes 5 for 6, including a home run, in a 12 – 1 romp over Kansas City’s Ray Herbert.

September 10, 1959

Brothers Jim and Ed Bailey form the battery for the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the Cubs. Jim is charged with the 6 – 3 loss in his major league debut.

September 10, 1959

Tim McCarver makes his major league debut at the age of 17 when he flies out to right field as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of the Cardinals’ 7-4 loss to Milwaukee at County Stadium. The high school backstop, who was scouted by Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey, turns down football scholarships from Notre Dame and Tennessee to play baseball.

September 11, 1959

Elroy Face 22 game winning streak comes to an end

September 11, 1959

At Memorial Stadium, two twenty year-old Oriole hurlers throw complete-game shutouts in a twin bill sweep against the White Sox. Jack Fischer wins the opener 3-0, and Jerry Walker pitches 16 innings, beating the Pale Hose in the nightcap, 1-0.

September 11, 1959

The Phillies’ Robin Roberts beats the Giants, 1 – 0, on a 3-hitter. Roberts also gains revenge on Willie McCovey by ending McCovey’s consecutive-game hitting streak at 22 games. Phils CF Richie Ashburn holds the rookie record of 23 games.

September 12, 1959

Sam Jones becomes the second black major leaguer to win twenty games

September 13, 1959

Glen Hobbie of the Cubs stops Ken Boyer’s hitting streak at 29 games. He was 41 for 117 for a .350 mark over the course of his streak. Hobbie allows just 4 hits in shutting out the Cards, 8 – 0.

September 13, 1959

The Braves’ Red Schoendienst returns to the line-up for the first time since being diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis last November.

September 15, 1959

Dodger SS Maury Wills goes 5 for 5 in a 10-inning, 8 – 7 win over the Braves.

September 15, 1959

The Giants whip Warren Spahn and the Braves 13 – 6 behind Jack Sanford. Willie Mays has 4 hits and 5 RBI. The Giants are now 2 games in front with 8 to play.

September 15, 1959

Carl Yastrzemski plays for Minneapolis (American Association), but the game is protested by Omaha because Yaz is not eligible to play until OF Lee Howell leaves for military duty on the 18th.

September 17, 1959

Willie Mays watches his 31st homerun

September 18, 1959

After Tiger manager Joe Gordon says he plans to leave the team at the end of the season, he is fired four days later by general manager Frank Lane. After reported negotiations with Leo Durocher to take over the helm do not pan out, the Detroit GM changes his mind and apologizes to his skipper, who decides to continue in his position.

September 19, 1959

Richie Ashburn becomes the all-time franchise leader, collecting his 2,212th hit wearing a Phillies uniform. The historic hit is a ball which caroms off first base for a single in Philadelphia’s 9-3 loss to the Braves at Connie Mack Stadium.

September 20, 1959

The San Francisco Giants, bowing to the Dodgers, 8-2, play their last game at Seals Stadium. The transplanted New York team, who compiled a 163-145 record in their two-year stay in the former PCL park, will move to the newly constructed Candlestick Park next season.

September 20, 1959

Full Radio Broadcast September 20 1959 Boston Red Sox at New york Yankees

September 21, 1959

With an eight-inning 12-hit effort in the Braves’ 8-6 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field, lefty Warren Spahn earns his 20th victory for the fourth consecutive season and for the tenth time in his career. The southpaw will compile 13 seasons with twenty or more wins during his 21-year Hall of Fame tenure in the major leagues.

September 22, 1959

GO GO Chicago White Sox clinch their first American League pennant in 40 years

September 23, 1959

1959 – The Cubs continue to dash the Giants’ pennant hopes as Cal Neeman’s 10th-inning home run gives Chicago a 9 – 8 win. The Cubs won the day before, 5 – 4, on George Altman’s 9th-inning, two-run home run.

September 24, 1959

1959 – The Phillies P Humberto Robinson says that gambler Harold Friedman offered him $1,500 to throw a game with the Redlegs. The pitcher ignores him and hurls a 7 – 2 win. Friedman is held on bail. Commissioner Ford Frick later commends Robinson for promptly reporting to him.

September 25, 1959

Phillies beat burdette and Braves 6-3 dropping them a game back of Dodgers

September 26, 1959

Sam Jones holds the Cardinals hitless for seven innings but loses official no hitter

September 26, 1959

The Cubs put the pennant race in a tie by blasting the Dodgers, 12 – 2, at Wrigley Field. The Cubs tally 18 hits in chasing Johnny Podres.

September 26, 1959

Spahn beats Robin Roberts and the Phillies 3-2 to keep pace with Brooklyn

September 27, 1959

1959 – In one of the National League’s frequent tight races, the Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68), with the Giants a close 3rd (83-71). The Dodgers beat Chicago, 7 – 1, while the Braves beat the Phillies, 5 – 2. The Giants drop 2 to the Cardinals, to finish with 7 losses in their final 8 games.

September 27, 1959

Phillies second baseman Sparky Anderson goes 0-for-3 and is caught stealing in a 5-2 loss to Milwaukee at County Stadium. The season finale marks the end of the 25 year-old infielder’s playing career, but the future Hall of Fame manager’s participation in 152 contests will establish a record for the most games ever played by someone who spent only one year in the major leagues.

September 28, 1959

The Braves lose Game 1 of the three-game series, 3-2, in front of a sparse crowd of 18,297 at County Stadium

September 29, 1959

Los Angeles Dodgers capture the NL Pennant with a dramatic 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Braves

September 29, 1959

Yogi and Dale Berra Spetember 29 1959

October 1, 1959

Harmon Killibrew homeruns

October 1, 1959

White Sox crush Dodgers in Game 1 1959 World Series (Radio Broadcast)

October 4, 1959

Fred Haney, stating he wants to spend more time with his family, resigns as the Braves manager and will be replaced by Chuck Dressen. During his three-and-a-half year tenure in the Milwaukee dugout, the 64 year-old embattled skipper compiled a 341-231 (.596) record, resulting into two second-place finishes, two pennants, and a World Championship.

October 4, 1959

At home, Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox, 3 – 1, behind the pitching of Don Drysdale and Larry Sherry in Game 2 of the World Series. Carl Furillo’s pinch-hit two-run single in the 7th inning is the difference. The attendance of 92,234 sets a new World Series mark.

October 5, 1959

Dodgers take a 3-1 lead in World Series over White Sox – Full Broadcast

October 6, 1959

The largest crowd ever to attend a major league game, 92,706 fans, watches a nail-biter as White Sox hurler Bob Shaw beats Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers, 1-0, in Game 5 of the Fall Classic.

October 8, 1959

In Game 6, the Dodgers defeat the ‘Go-Go Sox,’ 9-3, to win the 1959 World Series.

October 11, 1959

Middleweight champion Carmen Basilio umpires an exhibition game between Mickey Mantle’s AL All-Stars and Willie Mays’ NL All-Star barnstorming squads

October 13, 1959

Enos Slaughter released ending his career

October 20, 1959

Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith says he will not move the franchise to another city.

October 21, 1959

Branch Rickey launches another effort to form a third major league, the Continental League. Rickey says that Buffalo, Montreal, Atlanta and Dallas-Ft. Worth are still in the running for the remaining two franchises.

October 21, 1959

The Players Association approves two All-Star Games in 1960, to be held at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium and New York’s Yankee Stadium. The players would like to have them played within four days of each other.

October 29, 1959

White Sox right-hander Early Wynn, who posted the most victories in either league, wins the Cy Young Award

November 4, 1959

 Ernie Banks wins his second National League MVP Award in a row on the strength of his 45 home runs and 143 RBI for the Chicago Cubs. Eddie Mathews finishes second.

November 12, 1959

Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox wins the 1959 American League MVP Award

November 17, 1959

San Francisco Giants slugger Willie McCovey is selected as the National League Rookie of the Year

November 18, 1959

Harry Craft is replaced by Bob Elliott as the A’s manager.

November 18, 1959

Washington Senators outfielder Bob Allison is voted the American League Rookie of the Year. Allison led all major league rookies with 30 home runs and 85 RBI. Cleveland Indians pitcher Jim Perry, who posted a 12-10 record with a 2.65 ERA, is a distant second.

November 21, 1959

In the first inter-league trade, the Chicago Cubs send 1B Jim Marshall and P Dave Hillman to the Boston Red Sox for 1B Dick Gernert.

November 30, 1959

The Cards send popular SS Don Blasingame to the Giants for infielder Daryl Spencer and Leon Wagner.

November 30, 1959

The Orioles trade P Billy Loes and Billy O’Dell to the Giants for P Gordon Jones, OF Jackie Brandt, and C Roger McCardell. O’Dell will win 56 games for the Giants.

December 1, 1959

Jim Bottomley dies of a heart attack at the age of 59

December 5, 1959

The Phils ship Chico Fernandez and Ray Semproch to Detroit for Ken Walters, Ted Lepcio, and minor leaguer Alex Cosmidis

December 5, 1959

Representing Major League Baseball, the Yankees’ Yogi Berra visits Italy to present baseball equipment and aid in the sport’s development.

December 6, 1959

The Cubs trade OF Lee Walls and Lou Jackson‚ and P Bill Henry to the Reds for slugger Frank Thomas.

December 7, 1959

1959 – American League umpires Bill Summers and Ed Rommel retire.

December 8, 1959

Two days after trading Norm Cash, the White Sox send young OF Johnny Callison to the Phillies for veteran infielder Gene Freese. This ranks as one of the Phils’ better trades.

December 8, 1959

The Continental League awards a franchise to Atlanta.

December 8, 1959

American League President Joe Cronin reports that expansion plans are indefinite. Branch Rickey scores him for his indecisiveness.

December 9, 1959

The White Sox deal right fielder Johnny Callison to the Phillies in exchange for infielder Gene Freese

December 11, 1959

New York Yankees acquire Roger Maris

December 11, 1959

The Orioles elect Lee MacPhail as president of the club.

December 15, 1959

The Reds send 2B Johnny Temple to the Indians for 2B Billy Martin, P Cal McLish, and 1B Gordy Coleman.

December 15, 1959

Frank Lane replaces Hank Greenberg as the Indians’ general manager. ‘Trader Lane,’ who has made 60 separate deals since December 2, 1957, lives up to his well-deserved nickname when, just prior to Opening Day, he sends the Tribe’s very popular Rocky Colavito to Detroit for batting AL champ Harvey Kuenn.

December 17, 1959

1959 – In a child-payment hearing related to his divorce, Ted Williams alleges the Red Sox paid him $60,000, not the reported $100,000. He claims his entire yearly income was $83,000.

December 21, 1959

Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh rejects the A’s offer to deal Roger Maris for shortstop Dick Groat

December 22, 1959

Continental League awards its last franchise to the cities of Dallas-Fort Worth

December 24, 1959

1959 – The Milwaukee Braves sign 20-year old Dominican slugger Rico Carty.

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