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The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 26th edition of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues composing Major League Baseball.
The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game), a 5–3 victory for the American League over the National League, which was played in Los Angeles. List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names
[3] [4] This was the second of two All-Star Games played in 1959, the first was on Tuesday, July 7, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also an NL city. [5] [6] The first Midsummer Classic held on the West Coast, [2] it was also the first of only two All-Star Games not played in July; the other was in 1981 following a lengthy players' strike.
For the first time in professional baseball history, there were two separate All-Star Games played. The first, the 26th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was played on July 7, hosted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the National League winning, 5–1.
The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the 1981 American League Division Series. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant. [103] b The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the ...
New Providence becomes the first horse ever to win all three races. France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Saint Crespin; Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Fidalgo; English Triple Crown races: 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Taboun; The Derby – Parthia [3] St. Leger Stakes – Cantelo; United States Triple Crown races: Kentucky Derby ...
Here are all the album of the year Grammy Award winners since 1959: " The Music from Peter Gunn " – Henry Mancini ( 1st Grammy Awards in 1959) " Come Dance with Me!
A year earlier in 1958, their first in Los Angeles, the Dodgers posted a 71–83 (.461) win–loss record for seventh place in the eight-team NL, and never held a lead. [6] [7] By contrast, the Braves repeated as NL champions that year with a 92–62 (.597) record and returned to the World Series, where the New York Yankees turned the tables and defeated them in seven games. [8]