1959 World Series
The first West Coast World Series and the Dodgers' first title in Los Angeles.
The 1959 World Series was the first played on the West Coast. The Los Angeles Dodgers, in only their second season in the city, beat the Chicago White Sox in six games for the franchise's second championship and its first in Los Angeles.
Quick Facts
- Country
- World
- Champion
- Los Angeles Dodgers (4)
- Champion manager
- Walter Alston
- Champion games
- 88–68, 88, 68, GA: 2
- Date
- October 1–8
- Venue
- Comiskey Park (Chicago); Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles)
- Television
- NBC
- Announcers
- Jack Brickhouse and Vin Scully
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Background
The Dodgers reached the series by beating the Milwaukee Braves 2-0 in a best-of-three playoff for the pennant. Chicago won Game 1 11-0 at Comiskey Park, but Los Angeles took Game 2 and then two of the three games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where every game drew a record crowd and Game 5's 92,706 remains the World Series record. The Dodgers closed it out 9-3 in Chicago on October 8. Reliever Larry Sherry won two games and saved two others and was voted Most Valuable Player.
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