1959 World Series Game 5 vs Chicago White Sox
Dodgers win World Series in second season in Los Angeles.
Game 5 of the 1959 World Series was played on October 6, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
- Series Outcome
- Dodgers win 4 games to 2
- Location
- Comiskey Park, Chicago
- Winning Pitcher
- Larry Sherry
- MVP of Series
- Larry Sherry
- Final Score
- 9-3
- Key Moment
- Dodgers rally in the bottom of the 7th inning
Lore & Background
The Dodgers led the series 3-2 entering Game 5. The final score was 9-3. The Dodgers were the home team at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
In Their Own Story
The air in Comiskey Park was thick with the scent of popcorn and cigar smoke as the seventh inning stretched into a nightmare for Chicago. The Dodgers trailed, but the crowd remained silent, sensing a shift in momentum. Then, Wally Moon stepped up, his bat cracking against the night sky to send a moonshot over the left-field fence. The roar that followed was not just from Dodger fans; it was the sound of history being rewritten on foreign soil.
Reader's Guide
The Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox in the World Series in just their second season since leaving Brooklyn.
Did You Know?
- The Dodgers led all 16 Major League Baseball clubs in home attendance in 1959, drawing 2,071,045 fans to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
- The Dodgers finished the regular season in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves, each with an 86–68 record, and won the pennant by sweeping the Braves in a best-of-three tie-breaker series.
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