The 1959 Major League Baseball season saw the

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

finish in fourth place in the

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s ...

at 78–76, nine games behind the NL and World Series Champion

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

. The Pirates set the record for most

extra innings Extra innings is the extension of a baseball or softball game in order to break a tie. Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine regulation innings (in softball and high school baseball games there are typically seven innings; in Little Lea ...

victories in a season, winning 19 of their 21 extra inning games.

Offseason

* January 30, 1959:

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Jim Pendleton James Edward Pendleton (January 7, 1924 — March 20, 1996) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1953 and 1962. He played for the Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds ...

, Frank Thomas, and John Powers were traded by the Pirates to the

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for

Smoky Burgess Forrest Harrill "Smoky" Burgess (February 6, 1927 – September 15, 1991) was an American professional baseball catcher, pinch hitter, coach, and scout, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . A nine-time All-Star, Burgess became kno ...

Harvey Haddix Harvey Haddix, Jr. (September 18, 1925 – January 8, 1994) was an American professional baseball left-handed pitcher and pitching coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952–1956), Philadelphia Phillies ...

and

Don Hoak Donald Albert Hoak (February 5, 1928 – October 9, 1969), nicknamed "Tiger", was an American professional baseball third baseman and coach. He played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (–) for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, ...

. * Prior to 1959 season:

Dick Rand Richard Hilton Rand (March 7, 1931 – January 22, 1996) was an American professional baseball catcher who appeared in 72 games in Major League Baseball during all or part of three seasons (, and ) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pi ...

was traded by the Pirates to the

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for Tom Burgess.

Regular season

* May 26, 1959:

took a

perfect game Perfect game may refer to: Sports * Perfect game (baseball), a complete-game win by a pitcher allowing no baserunners * Perfect game (bowling), a 300 game, 12 consecutive strikes in the same game * Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, New York ...

into the 13th inning of a game against the

Milwaukee Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The Braves were founded in Bost ...

. Haddix retired 36 consecutive batters in 12 innings, but lost the game 1–0. Braves pitcher

Lew Burdette Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr. (November 22, 1926 – February 6, 2007) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Boston / Milwaukee Braves. The team's top right-hander during its years in Milw ...

also pitched a

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for 13 full innings, giving up 12 hits. NOTE: On September 4, 1991,

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redefined

no-hitters In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher wh ...

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

, - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 1 , , April 9 , , @

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Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...

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Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

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Giants A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore. Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to: Mythology and religion *Giants (Greek mythology) *Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'gi ...

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Cardinals Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

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, , 5–3 , , Friend (2–7) , , Mizell , , Face (5) , , 16,857 , , 27–22 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 51 , , June 4 , ,

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, , 12–9 (11) , , Face (8–0) , , McCormick , , — , , 19,080 , , 29–26 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 57 , , June 9 , ,

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, , 12–9 , , Face (9–0) , , Miller , , Law (1) , , 9,444 , , 30–28 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 60 , , June 12 , ,

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, , 6–3 , , Face (10–0) , , Labine , , — , , , , 32–29 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 63 , , June 14 , ,

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, , 6–2 , , Haddix (9–9) , , Roberts , , — , , 11,163 , , 55–59 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 116 , , August 14 , ,

, , 2–1 , , Law (13–7) , , Jay , , — , , 26,873 , , 56–59 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 117 , , August 15 , ,

, , 10–8 , , Kline (8–11) , , Burdette , , Green (1) , , 34,478 , , 57–59 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 118 , , August 16 , ,

, , 2–1 , , Friend (5–15) , , Pizarro , , Porterfield (1) , , , , 58–59 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 119 , , August 16 , ,

, , 2–5 , , Spahn , , Daniels (6–8) , , — , , 24,518 , , 58–60 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 120 , , August 17 , , Cubs , , 7–6 , , Green (1–0) , , Henry , , — , , 12,815 , , 59–60 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 121 , , August 19 , ,

, , 4–2 , , Law (14–7) , , Gibson , , — , , 19,075 , , 60–60 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 122 , , August 20 , ,

, , 3–1 , , Friend (6–15) , , Broglio , , — , , 8,059 , , 61–60 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 123 , , August 21 , ,

, , 5–6 , , Podres , , Kline (8–12) , , Koufax , , 24,678 , , 61–61 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 124 , , August 22 , ,

, , 2–0 , , Daniels (7–8) , , Craig , , Gross (2) , , 10,260 , , 62–61 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 125 , , August 23 , ,

, , 9–2 , , Haddix (10–9) , , Drysdale , , — , , , , 63–61 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 126 , , August 23 , ,

, , 4–3 (10) , , Face (16–0) , , Drysdale , , — , , 25,173 , , 64–61 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 127 , , August 24 , ,

, , 6–0 , , Friend (7–15) , , Jones , , — , , 23,617 , , 65–61 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 128 , , August 25 , ,

, , 5–12 , , Antonelli , , Kline (8–13) , , — , , 29,927 , , 65–62 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 129 , , August 26 , ,

, , 5–4 (10) , , Kline (9–13) , , Miller , , — , , 20,244 , , 66–62 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 130 , , August 28 , ,

, , 9–0 , , Law (15–7) , , Keegan , , — , , 20,926 , , 67–62 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 131 , , August 29 , ,

, , 11–1 , , Friend (8–15) , , Roberts , , — , , 9,714 , , 68–62 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 132 , , August 30 , ,

, , 2–1 , , Haddix (11–9) , , Robinson , , — , , , , 69–62 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 133 , , August 30 , ,

, , 7–6 (10) , , Face (17–0) , , Farrell , , — , , 20,015 , , 70–62 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 134 , , September 2 , , @

, , 3–6 , , O'Toole , , Law (15–8) , , — , , , , 70–63 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 135 , , September 2 , , @

, , 1–2 , , Newcombe , , Friend (8–16) , , — , , 13,014 , , 70–64 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 136 , , September 4 , , @

, , 0–3 , , Owens , , Haddix (11–10) , , — , , 13,136 , , 70–65 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 137 , , September 5 , , @

, , 7–6 , , Porterfield (1–2) , , Farrell , , Daniels (1) , , 5,993 , , 71–65 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 138 , , September 6 , , @

, , 1–2 , , Roberts , , Law (15–9) , , — , , 9,684 , , 71–66 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 139 , , September 7 , , @

, , 1–5 , , Burdette , , Friend (8–17) , , — , , , , 71–67 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 140 , , September 7 , , @

, , 1–4 , , Buhl , , Daniels (7–9) , , — , , 26,910 , , 71–68 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 141 , , September 9 , , @

, , 2–7 , , Sanford , , Haddix (11–11) , , Miller , , 22,768 , , 71–69 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 142 , , September 10 , , @

, , 5–3 , , Law (16–9) , , Antonelli , , — , , 14,130 , , 72–69 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 143 , , September 11 , , @

, , 4–5 , , Churn , , Face (17–1) , , — , , , , 72–70 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 144 , , September 11 , , @

, , 0–4 , , Sherry , , Green (1–1) , , — , , 48,526 , , 72–71 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 145 , , September 13 , , @

, , 4–3 , , Kline (10–13) , , Churn , , — , , 20,176 , , 73–71 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 146 , , September 16 , , @ Cubs , , 3–2 , , Law (17–9) , , Anderson , , — , , , , 74–71 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 147 , , September 16 , , @ Cubs , , 2–4 , , Elston , , Friend (8–18) , , — , , 1,366 , , 74–72 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 148 , , September 17 , , @

, , 7–0 , , Haddix (12–11) , , Jackson , , — , , 4,970 , , 75–72 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 149 , , September 19 , ,

, , 4–3 (12) , , Face (18–1) , , Lawrence , , — , , 8,406 , , 76–72 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 150 , , September 20 , ,

, , 10–1 , , Law (18–9) , , Brosnan , , — , , 21,068 , , 77–72 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 151 , , September 21 , ,

, , 6–8 , , Spahn , , Friend (8–19) , , McMahon , , 17,205 , , 77–73 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 152 , , September 22 , ,

, , 3–5 , , Pizarro , , Haddix (12–12) , , McMahon , , 17,658 , , 77–74 , - bgcolor="ccffcc" , 153 , , September 23 , ,

, , 5–4 , , Kline (11–13) , , Jay , , Face (10) , , 20,502 , , 78–74 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 154 , , September 26 , , @

, , 6–7 , , Purkey , , Gross (1–1) , , — , , 4,703 , , 78–75 , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 155 , , September 27 , , @

, , 7–9 , , Nuxhall , , Green (1–2) , , Purkey , , 15,522 , , 78–76 , - , - , ''Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member''

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

* May 29, 1959:

Gene Baker Eugene Walter Baker (June 15, 1925 – December 1, 1999) was an American Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates during eight seasons between 1953 and 1961, and was selected for the National League t ...

was released by the Pirates. * June 13, 1959: Bob Smith was selected off waivers from the Pirates by the

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Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and honors

Records

Roy Face Elroy Leon Face (born February 20, 1928), nicknamed The Bullpen Baron, is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. During a 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A pioneer of ...

, major league record, most wins in one season by a relief pitcher (18) *

, major league record, Most consecutive batters retired in one game (36) ''Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records'', p. 29, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,

Farm system

References

External links

1959 Pittsburgh Pirates
at ''Baseball Reference''
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates
at ''Baseball Almanac'' * {{Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates seasons Pittsburgh Pirates season Pittsburg Pir