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

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 1, 1959 at Comiskey Pk (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 - Jerry Staley

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

  ATTENDANCE: 48,013

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1959 at Comiskey Pk (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

  October 4, 1959 at LA 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

  October 5, 1959 at LA 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 - Jerry Staley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHW - Lollar
              LAD - Hodges

  ATTENDANCE: 92,650

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1959 at LA 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

  October 8, 1959 at Comiskey Pk (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

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Chuck Churn         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   1  0  .167  .500   0
 Roger Craig         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  52   3  0  .058  .133   0
 Don Demeter         6  12  2  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  .250  .308  .250  0 | 371  95 18  .256  .731   5
 Don Drysdale        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  91  15  4  .165  .528   0
 Chuck Essegian      4   3  2  2  0  0  2   2  1  1  .667  .750 2.667  0 |+ 85  21  1  .247  .689   0
*Ron Fairly          6   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 244  58  4  .238  .668   0
 Carl Furillo        4   4  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 |  93  27  0  .290  .666   0
#Jim Gilliam         6  25  2  6  0  0  0   0  2  2  .240  .296  .240  2 | 553 156  3  .282  .732  23
 Gil Hodges          6  23  2  9  0  1  1   2  1  2  .391  .417  .609  0 | 413 114 25  .276  .880   3
 Johnny Klippstein   1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   1  0  .143  .286   0
 Sandy Koufax        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  54   6  0  .111  .310   0
 Clem Labine         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  16   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Norm Larker         6  16  2  3  0  0  0   0  2  3  .188  .278  .188  0 | 311  90  8  .289  .762   0
*Wally Moon          6  23  3  6  0  0  1   2  2  2  .261  .320  .391  1 | 543 164 19  .302  .889  15
 Charlie Neal        6  27  4 10  2  0  2   6  0  1  .370  .370  .667  1 | 616 177 19  .287  .801  17
 Joe Pignatano       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 139  33  1  .237  .648   1
*Johnny Podres       3   4  1  2  1  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .750  0 |  65  16  0  .246  .568   0
 Rip Repulski        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |  94  24  2  .255  .705   0
*Johnny Roseboro     6  21  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  .095  .095  .095  0 | 397  92 10  .232  .700   7
 Larry Sherry        5   4  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  32   7  2  .219  .648   0
*Duke Snider         4  10  1  2  0  0  1   2  2  0  .200  .333  .500  0 | 370 114 23  .308  .935   1
 Stan Williams       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  36   7  0  .194  .450   0
#Maury Wills         6  20  2  5  0  0  0   1  0  3  .250  .250  .250  1 | 242  63  0  .260  .596   7
 Don Zimmer          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 249  41  4  .165  .523   3
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 203 21 53  3  1  7  19 12 27  .261  .302  .389  5 |        148  .257  .728  84

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago White Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Luis Aparicio       6  26  1  8  1  0  0   0  2  3  .308  .357  .346  1 | 612 157  6  .257  .648  56
*Norm Cash           4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 104  25  4  .240  .747   1
*Dick Donovan        3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 |  61   8  1  .131  .443   0
 Sammy Esposito      2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66  11  1  .167  .509   0
*Nellie Fox          6  24  4  9  3  0  0   0  4  1  .375  .464  .500  0 | 624 191  2  .306  .769   5
*Billy Goodman       5  13  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  5  .231  .286  .231  0 | 268  67  1  .250  .625   3
*Ted Kluszewski      6  23  5  9  1  0  3  10  2  0  .391  .440  .826  0 |+223  62  4  .278  .723   0
 Jim Landis          6  24  6  7  0  0  0   1  1  7  .292  .346  .292  1 | 515 140  5  .272  .749  20
 Sherm Lollar        6  22  3  5  0  0  1   5  1  3  .227  .250  .364  0 | 505 134 22  .265  .796   4
 Turk Lown           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   3  0  .250  .558   0
 Jim McAnany         3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .167  .000  0 | 210  58  0  .276  .687   2
 Ray Moore           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  23   2  0  .087  .255   0
 Bubba Phillips      3  10  0  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  .300  .300  .400  0 | 379 100  5  .264  .699   1
*Billy Pierce        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  68  13  0  .191  .532   0
*Jim Rivera          5  11  1  0  0  0  0   0  3  1  .000  .214  .000  0 | 177  39  4  .220  .650   5
 Johnny Romano       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 126  37  5  .294  .875   0
 Bob Shaw            2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .250  .250  .250  0 |  73   9  0  .123  .316   0
 Al Smith            6  20  1  5  3  0  0   1  4  4  .250  .375  .400  0 | 472 112 17  .237  .707   7
 Jerry Staley        4   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .500  .000  0 |  13   2  0  .154  .467   0
*Earl Torgeson       3   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 277  61  9  .220  .716   7
#Early Wynn          3   5  0  1  1  0  0   1  0  2  .200  .200  .400  0 |  90  22  2  .244  .706   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 199 23 52 10  0  4  19 20 33  .261  .333  .372  2 |         97  .250  .688 113

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Larry Sherry        4   0.71 2-0  2  0 12.7  8  1  2  5 |  7-2   94  2.19  1.25  72  3
 Roger Craig         2   8.68 0-1  0  0  9.3 15  9  5  8 | 11-5  153  2.06  1.09  76   
*Johnny Podres       2   4.82 1-0  0  0  9.3  7  5  6  4 | 14-9  195  4.11  1.36 145   
*Sandy Koufax        2   1.00 0-1  0  0  9.0  5  1  1  7 |  8-6  153  4.05  1.49 173  2
 Don Drysdale        1   1.29 1-0  0  0  7.0 11  1  4  5 | 17-13 271  3.46  1.22 242  2
 Johnny Klippstein   1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  0  2 |  4-0   46  5.91  1.77  30  2
 Stan Williams       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  2  1 |  5-5  125  3.97  1.51  89   
 Clem Labine         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  1 |  5-10  85  3.93  1.37  37  9
 Chuck Churn         1  27.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  5  2  0  0 |  3-2   31  4.99  1.24  24  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.23 4-2  2  0 53.0 52 19 20 33 |            3.79 1.370   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago White Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bob Shaw            2   2.57 1-1  0  0 14.0 17  4  2  2 | 18-6  231  2.69  1.17  89  3
 Early Wynn          3   5.54 1-1  0  0 13.0 19  8  4 10 | 22-10 256  3.17  1.26 179   
 Dick Donovan        3   5.40 0-1  1  0  8.3  4  5  3  5 |  9-10 180  3.66  1.27  71   
 Jerry Staley        4   2.16 0-1  1  0  8.3  8  2  0  3 |  8-5  116  2.24  1.17  54 14
*Billy Pierce        3   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  2  0  2  3 | 14-15 224  3.62  1.25 114   
 Turk Lown           3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  0  1  3 |  9-2   93  2.89  1.23  63 15
 Ray Moore           1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  0  1 |  3-6   90  4.12  1.47  49   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.46 2-4  2  0 52.0 53 20 12 27 |            3.29 1.280   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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