1959 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series

The 1959 World Series was Major League Baseball’s championship series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox, in which the Dodgers won their first title after moving from Brooklyn.

Aliases (2)

1959 World Series games ×1
World Series 1959 games ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series →
ALTeamNickname	White Sox →
AmericanLeagueChampion	Chicago White Sox →
bestOf	7 games →
champion	Los Angeles Dodgers →
cityOfALTeam	Chicago →
cityOfNLTeam	Los Angeles →
DodgersManager	Walter Alston →
DodgersPreviousCity	Brooklyn NERFINISHED →
DodgersRelocationYear	1958 →
endDate	1959-10-08 →
finalSeriesResult	Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Chicago White Sox 4–2 →
followedBy	1960 World Series →
game1Location	Comiskey Park →
game2Location	Comiskey Park →
game3Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum →
game4Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum →
game5AttendanceRecord	one of the largest crowds in World Series history at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum →
game5Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum →
game6Location	Comiskey Park →
league	Major League Baseball →
mostValuablePlayer	Larry Sherry →
MVPPosition	relief pitcher →
MVPTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
NationalLeagueChampion	Los Angeles Dodgers →
NLTeamNickname	Dodgers →
notablePlayer	Don Drysdale → Duke Snider → Luis Aparicio → Maury Wills → Nellie Fox → Sandy Koufax → Ted Kluszewski →
numberOfGames	6 →
precededBy	1958 World Series →
radioNetworkUS	NBC Radio →
runnerUp	Chicago White Sox →
seasonOf	1959 Major League Baseball season →
significance	first World Series title for the Dodgers after moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles →
sport	baseball →
startDate	1959-10-01 →
televisionNetworkUS	NBC →
umpireCrewChief	Tom Gorman →
WhiteSoxManager	Al Lopez NERFINISHED →
WhiteSoxPennantDroughtEnded	1959 →
WhiteSoxPreviousPennant	1919 American League pennant →
year	1959 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Comiskey Park → Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ("World Series 1959 games") →	hostedEvent
Old Comiskey Park ("1959 World Series games") →	notableEventHosted
Sandy Koufax →	playedInWorldSeries