1959_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1959 Pittsburgh Pirates
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV; Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods

1959 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1959 Major League Baseball season saw the Pittsburgh Pirates finish in fourth place in the National League at 78–76, nine games behind the NL and World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Pirates set the record for most extra innings victories in a season, winning 19 of their 21 extra inning games.^[2]^[3]

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Regular season

May 26, 1959: Harvey Haddix took a perfect game into the 13th inning of a game against the Milwaukee Braves. Haddix retired 36 consecutive batters in 12 innings, but lost the game 1–0.^[6] Braves pitcher Lew Burdette also pitched a shutout for 13 full innings, giving up 12 hits. NOTE: On September 4, 1991, MLB redefined no-hitters to no longer include games in which the first hit was surrendered in extra innings. Until then, Haddix had been credited with a perfect game.

Game log

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1959 Game Log: 78–76 (Home: 47–30; Away: 31–46)

April: 6–8 (Home: 2–4; Away: 4–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 9	@ Reds	1–4	Purkey	Kline (0–1)	—	32,190	0–1
2	April 10	Braves	0–8	Spahn	Friend (0–1)	—	33,317	0–2
3	April 11	Braves	3–4	Burdette	Law (0–1)	—	11,800	0–3
4	April 14	@ Reds	2–3	Purkey	Witt (0–1)	—	7,631	0–4
5	April 15	@ Reds	5–10	Nuxhall	Friend (0–2)	Mabe	3,228	0–5
6	April 17	@ Braves	2–2			—	8,562	0–5
7	April 18	@ Braves	11–5	Law (1–1)	Buhl	—	15,703	1–5
8	April 22	Reds	9–8	Face (1–0)	Pena	—	16,038	2–5
9	April 23	Reds	2–5	Lawrence	Witt (0–2)	—	18,819	2–6
10	April 24	@ Phillies	8–5	Face (2–0)	Schroll	—	15,675	3–6
11	April 25	@ Phillies	4–2	Haddix (1–0)	Morehead	—	6,678	4–6
12	April 26	@ Phillies	9–2	Law (2–1)	Cardwell	—		5–6
13	April 26	@ Phillies	5–10	Meyer	Friend (0–3)	—	19,266	5–7
14	April 27	Dodgers	3–9	Drysdale	Witt (0–3)	—	10,689	5–8
15	April 29	Giants	3–2	Kline (1–1)	Antonelli	—	19,799	6–8

May: 19–14 (Home: 10–6; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 1	Cardinals	6–7	Mizell	Friend (0–4)	Brosnan	18,950	6–9
17	May 2	Cardinals	2–1	Haddix (2–0)	McDaniel	—	10,758	7–9
18	May 3	Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Face (3–0)	Brosnan	—		8–9
19	May 3	Cardinals	1–3	Blaylock	Daniels (0–1)	McDaniel	26,080	8–10
20	May 4	Cubs	2–1	Kline (2–1)	Anderson	Face (1)	14,421	9–10
21	May 5	Cubs	3–6	Hobbie	Friend (0–5)	—	17,429	9–11
22	May 6	Cubs	0–3	Hillman	Haddix (2–1)	—	5,860	9–12
23	May 7	Phillies	5–4 (10)	Face (4–0)	Owens	—	10,358	10–12
24	May 8	Phillies	1–8	Conley	Witt (0–4)	Farrell	17,691	10–13
25	May 9	Phillies	9–1	Kline (3–1)	Gomez	—	9,633	11–13
26	May 10	Phillies	3–6	Roberts	Friend (0–6)	Farrell		11–14
27	May 10	Phillies	7–6	Haddix (3–1)	Hearn	Face (2)	23,549	12–14
28	May 11	@ Giants	4–14	Sanford	Daniels (0–2)	—	13,789	12–15
29	May 12	@ Giants	6–5 (12)	Daniels (1–2)	Jones	—	8,084	13–15
30	May 13	@ Dodgers	6–4	Face (5–0)	Drysdale	—	16,718	14–15
31	May 14	@ Dodgers	7–6	Face (6–0)	Labine	—	15,416	15–15
32	May 16	@ Cubs	2–3	Elston	Haddix (3–2)	—	10,496	15–16
33	May 17	@ Cubs	5–4	Law (3–1)	Anderson	Face (3)		16–16
34	May 17	@ Cubs	6–7	Hobbie	Daniels (1–3)	Henry	32,017	16–17
35	May 19	@ Cardinals	2–8	Jackson	Kline (3–2)	—	8,470	16–18
36	May 20	@ Cardinals	1–11	Mizell	Friend (0–7)	—	8,555	16–19
37	May 21	@ Cardinals	7–2	Haddix (4–2)	McDaniel	—	8,141	17–19
38	May 22	Reds	4–3	Law (4–1)	Jeffcoat	—	27,675	18–19
39	May 23	Reds	6–5	Daniels (2–3)	Pena	Blackburn (1)	13,119	19–19
40	May 24	Reds	2–1	Kline (4–2)	Lawrence	—		20–19
41	May 24	Reds	5–4 (10)	Blackburn (1–0)	Purkey	—	32,273	21–19
42	May 26	@ Braves	0–1 (13)	Burdette	Haddix (4–3)	—	19,194	21–20
43	May 27	@ Braves	3–4	Spahn	Law (4–2)	McMahon	17,721	21–21
44	May 28	@ Braves	3–0	Friend (1–7)	Jay	—	12,635	22–21
45	May 29	@ Reds	5–8	Mabe	Kline (4–3)	Acker	18,958	22–22
46	May 30	@ Reds	3–1	Daniels (3–3)	O'Toole	Face (4)	8,613	23–22
47	May 31	@ Reds	6–2	Law (5–2)	Purkey	—		24–22
48	May 31	@ Reds	14–11	Face (7–0)	Mabe	—	17,847	25–22

June: 15–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
49	June 2	Cardinals	3–0	Haddix (5–3)	Jackson	—	28,644	26–22
50	June 3	Cardinals	5–3	Friend (2–7)	Mizell	Face (5)	16,857	27–22
51	June 4	Cardinals	9–3	Kline (5–3)	Broglio	—	7,555	28–22
52	June 5	Cubs	5–10	Hobbie	Law (5–3)	Elston	27,335	28–23
53	June 6	Cubs	2–8	Drabowsky	Daniels (3–4)	—	12,953	28–24
54	June 7	Cubs	2–4	Buzhardt	Haddix (5–4)	Henry		28–25
55	June 7	Cubs	0–1	Singleton	Friend (2–8)	Elston	32,078	28–26
56	June 8	Giants	12–9 (11)	Face (8–0)	McCormick	—	19,080	29–26
57	June 9	Giants	2–6	Antonelli	Law (5–4)	—	24,272	29–27
58	June 10	Giants	7–11	Jones	Witt (0–5)	Miller	24,317	29–28
59	June 11	Giants	12–9	Face (9–0)	Miller	Law (1)	9,444	30–28
60	June 12	Dodgers	6–9	McDevitt	Daniels (3–5)	Erskine	27,970	30–29
61	June 13	Dodgers	5–3	Kline (6–3)	Fowler	—	11,944	31–29
62	June 14	Dodgers	6–3	Face (10–0)	Labine	—		32–29
63	June 14	Dodgers	5–2	Law (6–4)	Erskine	—	30,082	33–29
64	June 16	@ Cubs	5–2	Friend (3–8)	Hillman	Face (6)	10,391	34–29
65	June 17	@ Cubs	2–5	Henry	Haddix (5–5)	—	10,230	34–30
66	June 18	@ Cubs	4–2 (13)	Face (11–0)	Henry	—	7,562	35–30
67	June 19	@ Cardinals	6–0	Law (7–4)	Ricketts	—	17,461	36–30
68	June 20	@ Cardinals	2–5	Mizell	Friend (3–9)	McDaniel	10,698	36–31
69	June 21	@ Cardinals	1–5	Jackson	Haddix (5–6)	McDaniel		36–32
70	June 21	@ Cardinals	10–8	Daniels (4–5)	Blaylock	Face (7)	23,731	37–32
71	June 22	@ Giants	1–4	Fisher	Kline (6–4)	Worthington	11,002	37–33
72	June 23	@ Giants	5–1	Law (8–4)	Jones	—	22,706	38–33
73	June 24	@ Giants	3–4	McCormick	Daniels (4–6)	—	12,643	38–34
74	June 25	@ Giants	3–1 (12)	Face (12–0)	Fisher	—	11,487	39–34
75	June 26	@ Dodgers	5–6	Podres	Kline (6–5)	McDevitt	22,719	39–35
76	June 27	@ Dodgers	0–3	Koufax	Law (8–5)	—	31,649	39–36
77	June 28	@ Dodgers	4–9	McDevitt	Friend (3–10)	Drysdale	27,785	39–37
78	June 30	@ Phillies	4–3	Haddix (6–6)	Roberts	Face (8)	11,149	40–37

July: 10–17 (Home: 9–8; Away: 1–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
79	July 1	@ Phillies	0–1	Conley	Kline (6–6)	—	7,897	40–38
80	July 2	Braves	4–3 (10)	Law (9–5)	McMahon	—	28,282	41–38
81	July 3	Braves	0–6	Pizarro	Witt (0–6)	—	34,093	41–39
82	July 4	Reds	4–3	Friend (4–10)	Nuxhall	—	16,548	42–39
83	July 5	Reds	7–5	Haddix (7–6)	Lawrence	Face (9)		43–39
84	July 5	Reds	3–2 (11)	Kline (7–6)	Pena	—	22,622	44–39
85	July 9	Cubs	4–3 (10)	Face (13–0)	Henry	—	22,080	45–39
86	July 10	Cubs	7–6 (11)	Daniels (5–6)	Elston	—	25,360	46–39
87	July 11	Cubs	1–5	Hillman	Kline (7–7)	—	15,110	46–40
88	July 12	Cardinals	6–5 (10)	Face (14–0)	McDaniel	—		47–40
89	July 12	Cardinals	6–8 (10)	McDaniel	Porterfield (0–1)	—	25,530	47–41
90	July 14	Dodgers	9–1	Law (10–5)	Podres	—	30,199	48–41
91	July 15	Dodgers	0–3	Drysdale	Friend (4–11)	—	28,268	48–42
92	July 17	Giants	1–4	Jones	Kline (7–8)	—	33,220	48–43
93	July 18	Giants	3–4	Fisher	Haddix (7–7)	McCormick	20,577	48–44
94	July 19	Giants	3–2	Law (11–5)	Miller	—	27,992	49–44
95	July 21	Phillies	2–4	Roberts	Friend (4–12)	—	25,960	49–45
96	July 22	Phillies	4–11	Conley	Kline (7–9)	—	17,024	49–46
97	July 24	@ Braves	0–8	Pizarro	Haddix (7–8)	—	27,708	49–47
98	July 25	@ Braves	0–3	Burdette	Law (11–6)	—	25,295	49–48
99	July 26	@ Braves	0–4	Spahn	Friend (4–13)	—		49–49
100	July 26	@ Braves	1–2	Buhl	Witt (0–7)	McMahon	39,420	49–50
101	July 27	@ Braves	2–5	Jay	Kline (7–10)	—	15,817	49–51
102	July 28	@ Dodgers	4–9	Williams	Blackburn (1–1)	—	23,493	49–52
103	July 29	@ Dodgers	0–2	Craig	Law (11–7)	—	24,324	49–53
104	July 30	@ Dodgers	5–4 (12)	Daniels (6–6)	Williams	Gross (1)	24,221	50–53
105	July 31	@ Giants	3–4	Sanford	Haddix (7–9)	—	22,371	50–54

August: 20–8 (Home: 15–3; Away: 5–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	@ Giants	5–9	Byerly	Daniels (6–7)	Miller	21,567	50–55
107	August 2	@ Giants	3–5	Antonelli	Porterfield (0–2)	—	22,653	50–56
108	August 4	@ Cardinals	7–3	Law (12–7)	Gibson	—	10,971	51–56
109	August 5	@ Cardinals	0–3	Broglio	Friend (4–14)	—	8,079	51–57
110	August 6	@ Cardinals	18–2	Haddix (8–9)	Jackson	—	8,503	52–57
111	August 7	@ Cubs	0–4	Drabowsky	Kline (7–11)	—	7,434	52–58
112	August 8	@ Cubs	4–3 (14)	Gross (1–0)	Donnelly	—	5,693	53–58
113	August 9	@ Cubs	5–3 (10)	Face (15–0)	Elston	—	19,138	54–58
114	August 11	@ Phillies	4–6	Cardwell	Friend (4–15)	Farrell	12,127	54–59
115	August 12	@ Phillies	6–2	Haddix (9–9)	Roberts	—	11,163	55–59
116	August 14	Braves	2–1	Law (13–7)	Jay	—	26,873	56–59
117	August 15	Braves	10–8	Kline (8–11)	Burdette	Green (1)	34,478	57–59
118	August 16	Braves	2–1	Friend (5–15)	Pizarro	Porterfield (1)		58–59
119	August 16	Braves	2–5	Spahn	Daniels (6–8)	—	24,518	58–60
120	August 17	Cubs	7–6	Green (1–0)	Henry	—	12,815	59–60
121	August 19	Cardinals	4–2	Law (14–7)	Gibson	—	19,075	60–60
122	August 20	Cardinals	3–1	Friend (6–15)	Broglio	—	8,059	61–60
123	August 21	Dodgers	5–6	Podres	Kline (8–12)	Koufax	24,678	61–61
124	August 22	Dodgers	2–0	Daniels (7–8)	Craig	Gross (2)	10,260	62–61
125	August 23	Dodgers	9–2	Haddix (10–9)	Drysdale	—		63–61
126	August 23	Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Face (16–0)	Drysdale	—	25,173	64–61
127	August 24	Giants	6–0	Friend (7–15)	Jones	—	23,617	65–61
128	August 25	Giants	5–12	Antonelli	Kline (8–13)	—	29,927	65–62
129	August 26	Giants	5–4 (10)	Kline (9–13)	Miller	—	20,244	66–62
130	August 28	Phillies	9–0	Law (15–7)	Keegan	—	20,926	67–62
131	August 29	Phillies	11–1	Friend (8–15)	Roberts	—	9,714	68–62
132	August 30	Phillies	2–1	Haddix (11–9)	Robinson	—		69–62
133	August 30	Phillies	7–6 (10)	Face (17–0)	Farrell	—	20,015	70–62

September: 8–14 (Home: 3–2; Away: 5–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 2	@ Reds	3–6	O'Toole	Law (15–8)	—		70–63
135	September 2	@ Reds	1–2	Newcombe	Friend (8–16)	—	13,014	70–64
136	September 4	@ Phillies	0–3	Owens	Haddix (11–10)	—	13,136	70–65
137	September 5	@ Phillies	7–6	Porterfield (1–2)	Farrell	Daniels (1)	5,993	71–65
138	September 6	@ Phillies	1–2	Roberts	Law (15–9)	—	9,684	71–66
139	September 7	@ Braves	1–5	Burdette	Friend (8–17)	—		71–67
140	September 7	@ Braves	1–4	Buhl	Daniels (7–9)	—	26,910	71–68
141	September 9	@ Giants	2–7	Sanford	Haddix (11–11)	Miller	22,768	71–69
142	September 10	@ Giants	5–3	Law (16–9)	Antonelli	—	14,130	72–69
143	September 11	@ Dodgers	4–5	Churn	Face (17–1)	—		72–70
144	September 11	@ Dodgers	0–4	Sherry	Green (1–1)	—	48,526	72–71
145	September 13	@ Dodgers	4–3	Kline (10–13)	Churn	—	20,176	73–71
146	September 16	@ Cubs	3–2	Law (17–9)	Anderson	—		74–71
147	September 16	@ Cubs	2–4	Elston	Friend (8–18)	—	1,366	74–72
148	September 17	@ Cardinals	7–0	Haddix (12–11)	Jackson	—	4,970	75–72
149	September 19	Reds	4–3 (12)	Face (18–1)	Lawrence	—	8,406	76–72
150	September 20	Reds	10–1	Law (18–9)	Brosnan	—	21,068	77–72
151	September 21	Braves	6–8	Spahn	Friend (8–19)	McMahon	17,205	77–73
152	September 22	Braves	3–5	Pizarro	Haddix (12–12)	McMahon	17,658	77–74
153	September 23	Braves	5–4	Kline (11–13)	Jay	Face (10)	20,502	78–74
154	September 26	@ Reds	6–7	Purkey	Gross (1–1)	—	4,703	78–75
155	September 27	@ Reds	7–9	Nuxhall	Green (1–2)	Purkey	15,522	78–76

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	0.564	—	46–32	42–36
Milwaukee Braves	86	70	0.551	2	49–29	37–41
San Francisco Giants	83	71	0.539	4	42–35	41–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	0.506	9	47–30	31–46
Chicago Cubs	74	80	0.481	13	38–39	36–41
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	0.481	13	43–34	31–46
St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	0.461	16	42–35	29–48
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	23	37–40	27–50

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Smoky Burgess	114	377	112	.297	11	59
1B	Dick Stuart	118	397	118	.297	27	78
2B	Bill Mazeroski	135	493	119	.241	7	59
SS	Dick Groat	147	593	163	.275	5	51
3B	Don Hoak	155	564	166	.294	8	65
LF	Bob Skinner	143	547	153	.280	13	61
CF	Bill Virdon	144	519	132	.254	8	41
RF	Roberto Clemente	105	432	128	.296	4	50

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Román Mejías	96	276	65	.236	7	28
Rocky Nelson	98	175	51	.291	6	32
Danny Kravitz	52	162	41	.253	3	21
Dick Schofield	81	145	31	.234	1	9
Ted Kluszewski	60	122	32	.262	2	17
Hank Foiles	53	80	18	.225	3	4
Harry Bright	40	48	12	.250	3	8
Harry Simpson	9	15	4	.267	0	2
Joe Christopher	15	12	0	.000	0	0
Ken Hamlin	3	8	1	.125	0	2
R.C. Stevens	3	7	2	.286	1	1
Hardy Peterson	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vern Law	34	266.0	18	9	2.98	110
Bob Friend	35	234.2	8	19	4.03	104
Harvey Haddix	31	224.1	12	12	3.13	149
Ron Kline	33	186.0	11	13	4.26	91
George Witt	15	50.2	0	7	6.93	30
Jim Umbricht	1	7.0	0	0	6.43	3

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bennie Daniels	34	100.2	7	9	5.45	67
Al Jackson	8	18.0	0	0	6.50	13
Dick Hall	2	8.2	0	0	3.12	3

1959_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1959 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

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1959 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LA	MIL	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	9–13	11–11	10–12	10–12–1	12–10	12–10	10–12
Cincinnati	13–9	—	13–9	11–11	9–13	9–13	8–14	11–11
Los Angeles	11–11	9–13	—	14–10	17–5	11–11	14–8	12–10
Milwaukee	12–10	11–11	10–14	—	13–9	15–7–1	12–10	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10–1	13–9	5–17	9–13	—	9–13	9–13	7–15
Pittsburgh	10–12	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	13–9	—	10–12	14–8
San Francisco	10–12	14–8	8–14	10–12	13–9	12–10	—	16–6
St. Louis	12–10	11–11	10–12	9–13	15–7	8–14	6–16	—

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Roy Face	57	18	1	10	2.70	69
Bob Porterfield	36	1	2	1	4.35	19
Ron Blackburn	26	1	1	1	3.65	19
Don Gross	21	1	1	2	3.55	15
Bob Smith	20	0	0	0	3.49	12
Fred Green	17	1	2	1	3.13	20
Don Williams	6	0	0	0	6.75	3
Paul Giel	4	0	0	0	14.09	3

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Cal Ermer
AAA	Salt Lake City Bees	Pacific Coast League	Larry Shepard
A	Columbus/Gastonia Pirates	Sally League	Ray Hathaway
B	Wilson Tobs	Carolina League	Harding "Pete" Peterson and Don Osborn
C	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	James Adlam
C	Idaho Falls Russets	Pioneer League	Bob Clear
D	Salem Rebels	Appalachian League	Lamar Dorton
D	Dubuque Packers	Midwest League	Wally Millies, John Armstrong, Syd Thrift and Al Kubski
D	San Angelo/Roswell Pirates	Sophomore League	Al Kubski, Joe Bauman and Wally Millies