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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 first game resulted in a 5–4 victory for the NL. [3] [4] and the AL won the second game 5–3 for a split. [7] [8] The experiment of two All-Star Games continued for four seasons; the tradition of just one annual game resumed in 1963.
August 3 – At the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the American League defeats the National League 5–3 in the second All-Star Game of 1959. The Junior Circuit is powered by home runs from Frank Malzone, Yogi Berra and Rocky Colavito, while Frank Robinson and Jim Gilliam homer for the Nationals. The winning pitcher is 20-year-old Jerry Walker.
Toggle Awards subsection. 3.1 MVP Award (AL) ... Post-Season and All-Star Game MVP Award Winners. World Series MVP. 1966: ... 1959 – Gene Woodling; 1960 ...
He was the first major league Gold Glove Award winner for a second baseman in 1957, and he received two more Gold Glove awards, in 1959 and 1960. Between August 1956 and September 1960, Fox played a major-league record 798 consecutive games at second base.
The 1959 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 59th season in the major leagues, and its 60th season overall. They finished with a record of 94–60, good enough to win the American League (AL) championship, five games ahead of the second place Cleveland Indians .
[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.
1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game may refer to: The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game), a 5–4 victory for the National League over the American League, which was played in Pittsburgh. The 1959 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game), a 5–3 victory for the American League over the National League, which ...