$Unique_ID{BAS00129} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series 1959} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago White Sox} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series 1959 Frederick Ivor-Campbell Los Angeles Dodgers (NL), 4; Chicago White Sox (AL), 2 GAME 1 AT CHI OCT 1 ---------------------------------------- LA 000 000 000 0 8 3 CHI 207 200 00X 11 11 0 Pitchers: CRAIG, Churn (3), Labine (4), Koufax (5), Klippstein (7) vs WYNN, Staley (8) Home Runs: Kluszewski-CHI (2) Attendance: 48,013 GAME 2 AT CHI OCT 2 ---------------------------------------- LA 000 010 300 4 9 1 CHI 200 000 010 3 8 0 Pitchers: PODRES, Sherry (7) vs SHAW, Lown (7) Home Runs: Neal-LA (2), Essegian-LA Attendance: 47,368 GAME 3 AT LA OCT 4 ---------------------------------------- CHI 000 000 010 1 12 0 LA 000 000 21X 3 5 0 Pitchers: DONOVAN, Staley (7) vs DRYSDALE, Sherry (8) Attendance: 92,394 GAME 4 AT LA OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- CHI 000 000 400 4 10 3 LA 004 000 01X 5 9 0 Pitchers: Wynn, Lown (3), Pierce (4), STALEY (7) vs Craig, SHERRY (8) Home Runs: Lollar-CHI, Hodges-LA Attendance: 92,650 GAME 5 AT LA OCT 6 ---------------------------------------- CHI 000 100 000 1 5 0 LA 000 000 000 0 9 0 Pitchers: SHAW, Pierce (7), Donovan (8) VS KOUFAX, Williams (8) Attendance: 92,706 GAME 6 AT CHI OCT 8 ---------------------------------------- LA 002 600 001 9 13 0 CHI 000 300 000 3 6 1 Pitchers: Podres, SHERRY (4) vs WYNN, Donovan (4), Staley (5), Pierce (8), Moore (9) Home Runs: Snider-LA, Moon-LA, Kluszewski-CHI, Essegian-LA Attendance: 47,653 It took a nosedive from first to third by San Francisco and a Dodger playoff victory over Milwaukee (who had finished the season tied with the Dodgers), to bring Los Angeles the city's first major league pennant. But once they had made it to the Series, the Dodgers dispatched the White Sox in six games. The opener, though, belonged to Chicago. In their first World Series in forty years, the White Sox overwhelmed Los Angeles with 11 runs in the first four innings as pitchers Early Wynn and Gerry Staley combined to blank the Dodgers. Chicago's big gun was veteran slugger Ted Kluszewski (acquired from Pittsburgh in late August), whose single and two homers drove in five runs. Chicago scored twice in the first inning the next day, but Dodger starter Johnny Podres settled down to blank the Sox over the next five innings as home runs by Charlie Neal in the fifth and pinch hitter Chuck Essegian and Neal (again) in the seventh put the Dodgers ahead by two. Rookie reliever Larry Sherry gave up a third Chicago run in the eighth on Al Smith's double, but a second runner was nailed at the plate, and Sherry set down the side in the ninth to save Podres' win. When the Series moved to Los Angeles' cavernous Coliseum for the West Coast's first World Series games ever, fans turned out in record numbers, setting a new Series mark in each of the next three games. Dodger starter Don Drysdale yielded 11 hits and four walks in Game Three, but the only run scored against him came on a double-play after Larry Sherry had relieved him with two men on in the eighth. As Los Angeles had already scored twice, and added a third run in their half of the eighth, Drysdale emerged with the win and Sherry with his second save. In Game Four, the Sox's Sherm Lollar's three-run homer had tied the score by the time Sherry relieved Dodger starter Roger Craig in the eighth, so Gil Hodges' solo homer in the last of the eighth gave Sherry the win this time--and Los Angeles a 3-1 Series advantage. Chicago's Bob Shaw dueled Dodger Sandy Koufax through seven innings of Game Five before 92,706 spectators (still a Series high). The Sox scored only once off Koufax, but one run was enough for their second win as a pair of Sox relievers continued Shaw's shutout through the final two innings. Back in Chicago for Game Six, the Dodgers unloaded on Early Wynn and Dick Donovan for eight runs in the third and fourth innings. Ted Kluszewski's three-run homer in the last of the fourth led to Larry Sherry's fourth relief appearance--and his second Series win, as he held the Sox scoreless the rest of the game to bring the world championship to the West Coast for the first time. LA (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chuck Churn, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Craig, p .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Don Demeter, of .250 6 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Don Drysdale, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Chuck Essegian, ph .667 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 Ron Fairly, of-4 .000 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carl Furillo, of-1 .250 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Jim Gilliam, 3b .240 6 25 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 Gil Hodges, 1b .391 6 23 2 9 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 Johnny Klippstein, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandy Koufax, p .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Clem Labine, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norm Larker, of .188 6 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Wally Moon, of .261 6 23 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 Charlie Neal, 2b .370 6 27 4 10 2 0 2 6 0 1 1 Joe Pignatano, c .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Podres, p-2 .500 3 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Rip Repulski, of .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Johnny Roseboro, c .095 6 21 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Larry Sherry, p-4 .500 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Duke Snider, of-3 .200 4 10 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 Stan Williams, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maury Wills, ss .250 6 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 Don Zimmer, ss .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .261 203 21 53 3 1 7 19 12 27 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chuck Churn 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 2 0 0 Roger Craig 0 1 8.68 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 15 9 5 8 Don Drysdale 1 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 11 1 4 5 Johnny Klippstein 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 Sandy Koufax 0 1 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 7 Clem Labine 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 Johnny Podres 1 0 4.82 2 2 0 0 0 9.1 7 5 6 4 Larry Sherry 2 0 0.71 4 0 0 2 0 12.2 8 1 2 5 Stan Williams 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 2 1 TOTAL 4 2 3.23 15 6 0 2 0 53.0 52 19 20 33 CHI (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Luis Aparicio, ss .308 6 26 1 8 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 Norm Cash, ph .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Dick Donovan, p .333 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sammy Esposito, 3b .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Nellie Fox, 2b .375 6 24 4 9 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 Billy Goodman, 3b .231 5 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 Ted Kluszewski, 1b .391 6 23 5 9 1 0 3 10 2 0 0 Jim Landis, of .292 6 24 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 Sherm Lollar, c .227 6 22 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 Turk Lown, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Mc Anany, of .000 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ray Moore, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bubba Phillips, 3b-3,of-1 .300 3 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Pierce, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Rivera, of .000 5 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Johnny Romano, ph .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Shaw, p .250 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Al Smith, of .250 6 20 1 5 3 0 0 1 4 4 0 Gerry Staley, p .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Earl Torgeson, 1b-1 .000 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Early Wynn, p .200 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 TOTAL .261 199 23 52 10 0 4 19 20 33 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dick Donovan 0 1 5.40 3 1 0 1 0 8.1 4 5 3 5 Turk Lown 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 1 3 Ray Moore 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 Billy Pierce 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 2 3 Bob Shaw 1 1 2.57 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 17 4 2 2 Gerry Staley 0 1 2.16 4 0 0 1 0 8.1 8 2 0 3 Early Wynn 1 1 5.54 3 3 0 0 0 13.0 19 8 4 10 TOTAL 2 4 3.46 19 6 0 2 0 52.0 53 20 12 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------