1959

1959 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1959.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Nankai Hawks (PL) over the Yomiuri Giants (CL), 4 - 0 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Nankai Hawks (Details)
• Claxton Shield: South Australia

Europe

• Baseball-Bundesliga: 1. Mannheimer Baseball Club Knights
• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: EHS Haarlem
• Serie A1: Coca Cola Roma

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) over the Chicago White Sox (AL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: Chicago White Sox (Details)
    • National League: Los Angeles Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Havana Sugar Kings (IL) over the Minneapolis Millers (AA), 4 - 3 (Details)
  • Alabama-Florida League: Selma Cloverleafs
  • American Association: Minneapolis Millers (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Morristown Cubs
  • California League: Modesto Reds
  • Carolina League: Wilson Tobs
  • Eastern League: Springfield Giants
  • Florida State League: St. Petersburg Saints
  • International League: Havana Sugar Kings (Details)
  • Midwest League: Waterloo Hawks
  • Nebraska State League: McCook Braves
  • New York-Penn League: Wellsville Braves
  • Northern League: Winnipeg Goldeyes
  • Northwest League: Yakima Bears
  • Pacific Coast League: Salt Lake City Bees (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
  • Sophomore League: Alpine Cowboys
  • South Atlantic League: Gastonia Pirates
  • Southern Association: Mobile Bears
  • Texas League: Austin Senators
  • Three-I League: Green Bay Bluejays

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Petroleros de Poza Rica

• Negro Leagues
  • East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 8 - 7 at Comiskey Park (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Caracas, Venezuela; Almendares (Cuba) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Almendares
  • Panamanian League: Cocle
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce
• Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Industriales de Valencia
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Leones del Escogido in the league's finals, 5 - 4
• Winter League of Sonora: Ostioneros de Guaymas

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): Oklahoma State University defeated the University of Arizona in the best-of-three finals, 5 - 3 (Details)
• NAIA College World Series: Southern University and A&M College over the Municipal University of Omaha, 10 - 2 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Paris Junior College
• Community College League of California: Stockton City College over San Diego City College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Houston FedMart (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Waseda University defeated the Kansei Gakuin University in the final, 4 - 3 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi) defeat Gifu Shogyo High School (Gifu), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Saijo High School (Ehime) defeat Utsunomiya Kogyo High School (Tochigi), 8 - 2 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: National (Hamtramck, MI) defeat West Auburn (Auburn, CA), 12 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Asian Championship in Tokyo, Japan (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• Central American Games in Caracas, Venezuela (Details)
  • Puerto Rico (Gold); Venezuela (Silver); Panama (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in Chicago, United States (Details)
  • Venezuela (Gold); Puerto Rico (Silver); United States (Bronze)

Births

Further information: Births in 1959

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1959

Further Reading

• Jim Brosnan: The Long Season, Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, IL, 2002. ISBN 978-1566634182 (originally published in 1960).