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Sports season
Yankees – Red Sox game in 1959. The 1959 Major League Baseball season was played from April 9 to October 9, 1959. It saw the Los Angeles Dodgers , free of the strife produced by their move from Brooklyn the previous season, rebound to win the National League pennant after a two-game playoff against the Milwaukee Braves , who themselves had moved from Boston in 1953. The Dodgers won the World Series against a Chicago White Sox team that had not played in the "Fall Classic" since 1919 and was interrupting a Yankees ' dynasty that dominated the American League between 1949 and 1964.
The season is notable as the only one between 1950 and 1981 where no pitcher pitched a no-hitter .[ 1] [a]
The 1959 season saw the following rule change:[ 2]
The minimum outfield dimensions for all new ballparks are to be 325 feet down the left and right field foul lines, and 400 feet in center field.[ 3] Statistical leaders [ edit ] Home field attendance [ edit ] Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game Los Angeles Dodgers [ 4] 88 23.9% 2,071,045 12.2% 26,552 Milwaukee Braves [ 5] 86 -6.5% 1,749,112 -11.3% 22,141 New York Yankees [ 6] 79 -14.1% 1,552,030 8.7% 20,156 Cleveland Indians [ 7] 89 15.6% 1,497,976 125.7% 19,454 Chicago White Sox [ 8] 94 14.6% 1,423,144 78.5% 18,245 San Francisco Giants [ 9] 83 3.8% 1,422,130 11.7% 18,469 Pittsburgh Pirates [ 10] 78 -7.1% 1,359,917 3.7% 17,661 Detroit Tigers [ 11] 76 -1.3% 1,221,221 11.1% 15,860 Boston Red Sox [ 12] 75 -5.1% 984,102 -8.6% 12,781 Kansas City Athletics [ 13] 66 -9.6% 963,683 4.2% 12,515 St. Louis Cardinals [ 14] 71 -1.4% 929,953 -12.6% 12,077 Baltimore Orioles [ 15] 74 0.0% 891,926 7.5% 11,435 Chicago Cubs [ 16] 74 2.8% 858,255 -12.4% 11,146 Philadelphia Phillies [ 17] 64 -7.2% 802,815 -13.8% 10,293 Cincinnati Reds [ 18] 74 -2.6% 801,298 1.6% 10,406 Washington Senators [ 19] 63 3.3% 615,372 29.5% 7,992
Television coverage [ edit ] CBS and NBC aired weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. The All-Star Game and World Series also aired on NBC. The rights to air the 1959 National League tie-breaker series were awarded to ABC .[ 21] [ 22]
a Other Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909 , 1913 , 1921 , 1927 –1928 , 1932 –1933 , 1936 , 1939 , 1942 –1943 , 1949 , 1982 , 1985 , 1989 , 2000 and 2005 .
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