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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
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.
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 ...
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.
[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.
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!
On July 9, 1959, with the Reds 10 games under .500 at the All-Star break, Hutchinson was called to Cincinnati to take over the club, replacing Mayo Smith. [25] Under Hutchinson, Cincinnati went 39–35 and improved two notches in the standings, but the following season saw the Reds struggle again to a 67–87 record and sixth-place finish.