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1959 MLB Opening Day Lineups
Current Organizational Roster
World Series Champions
Los Angeles Dodgers
AL MVP
Nellie Fox
NL MVP
Ernie Banks
AL Rookie of the Year
Bob Allison
NL Rookie of the Year
Willie McCovey
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Attendance
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1959 MLB Opening Day Lineups
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Opening day starting lineups for all MLB teams for the
1959
season.
Lineups
BAL
1.
Willie Tasby
(cf)
2.
Bob Boyd
(1b)
3.
Bobby Avila
(rf)
4.
Gene Woodling
(lf)
5.
Gus Triandos
(c)
6.
Brooks Robinson
(3b)
7.
Billy Gardner
(2b)
8.
Ron Hansen
(ss)
9.
Jack Harshman
(p)
P.
Jack Harshman
(p)
BOS
1.
Don Buddin
(ss)
2.
Pete Runnels
(2b)
3.
Gene Stephens
(cf)
4.
Vic Wertz
(1b)
5.
Jackie Jensen
(rf)
6.
Frank Malzone
(3b)
7.
Gary Geiger
(lf)
8.
Sammy White
(c)
9.
Tom Brewer
(p)
P.
Tom Brewer
(p)
CHA
1.
Luis Aparicio
(ss)
2.
Nellie Fox
(2b)
3.
Jim Landis
(cf)
4.
Sherm Lollar
(c)
5.
Norm Cash
(1b)
6.
Al Smith
(rf)
7.
Johnny Callison
(lf)
8.
Bubba Phillips
(3b)
9.
Billy Pierce
(p)
P.
Billy Pierce
(p)
CHN
1.
Tony Taylor
(2b)
2.
George Altman
(cf)
3.
Ernie Banks
(ss)
4.
Walt Moryn
(lf)
5.
Earl Averill
(3b)
6.
Dale Long
(1b)
7.
Bobby Thomson
(rf)
8.
Sammy Taylor
(c)
9.
Bob Anderson
(p)
P.
Bob Anderson
(p)
CIN
1.
Johnny Temple
(2b)
2.
Vada Pinson
(cf)
3.
Gus Bell
(rf)
4.
Frank Robinson
(1b)
5.
Frank Thomas
(3b)
6.
Jerry Lynch
(lf)
7.
Ed Bailey
(c)
8.
Roy McMillan
(ss)
9.
Bob Purkey
(p)
P.
Bob Purkey
(p)
CLE
1.
Jim Piersall
(cf)
2.
Billy Martin
(2b)
3.
Minnie Minoso
(lf)
4.
Rocky Colavito
(rf)
5.
Russ Nixon
(c)
6.
Vic Power
(1b)
7.
Woodie Held
(3b)
8.
George Strickland
(ss)
9.
Gary Bell
(p)
P.
Gary Bell
(p)
DET
1.
Eddie Yost
(3b)
2.
Harvey Kuenn
(cf)
3.
Al Kaline
(rf)
4.
Gail Harris
(1b)
5.
Frank Bolling
(2b)
6.
Larry Doby
(lf)
7.
Rocky Bridges
(ss)
8.
Red Wilson
(c)
9.
Jim Bunning
(p)
P.
Jim Bunning
(p)
KC1
1.
Bill Tuttle
(cf)
2.
Roger Maris
(rf)
3.
Hector Lopez
(2b)
4.
Bob Cerv
(lf)
5.
Hal Smith
(3b)
6.
Kent Hadley
(1b)
7.
Frank House
(c)
8.
Joe DeMaestri
(ss)
9.
Bob Grim
(p)
P.
Bob Grim
(p)
LAN
1.
Ron Fairly
(rf)
2.
Wally Moon
(lf)
3.
Johnny Roseboro
(c)
4.
Duke Snider
(cf)
5.
Charlie Neal
(2b)
6.
Gil Hodges
(1b)
7.
Don Zimmer
(ss)
8.
Jim Baxes
(3b)
9.
Don Drysdale
(p)
P.
Don Drysdale
(p)
MLN
1.
Bill Bruton
(cf)
2.
Eddie Mathews
(3b)
3.
Hank Aaron
(rf)
4.
Wes Covington
(lf)
5.
Frank Torre
(1b)
6.
Del Crandall
(c)
7.
Johnny Logan
(ss)
8.
Felix Mantilla
(2b)
9.
Warren Spahn
(p)
P.
Warren Spahn
(p)
NYA
1.
Hank Bauer
(rf)
2.
Norm Siebern
(lf)
3.
Mickey Mantle
(cf)
4.
Yogi Berra
(c)
5.
Gil McDougald
(2b)
6.
Marv Throneberry
(1b)
7.
Andy Carey
(3b)
8.
Bobby Richardson
(ss)
9.
Bob Turley
(p)
P.
Bob Turley
(p)
PHI
1.
Sparky Anderson
(2b)
2.
Richie Ashburn
(cf)
3.
Ed Bouchee
(1b)
4.
Harry Anderson
(lf)
5.
Bob Bowman
(rf)
6.
Willie Jones
(3b)
7.
Chico Fernandez
(ss)
8.
Jim Hegan
(c)
9.
Robin Roberts
(p)
P.
Robin Roberts
(p)
PIT
1.
Bill Virdon
(cf)
2.
Roberto Clemente
(rf)
3.
Bob Skinner
(lf)
4.
Dick Stuart
(1b)
5.
Don Hoak
(3b)
6.
Bill Mazeroski
(2b)
7.
Dick Groat
(ss)
8.
Hank Foiles
(c)
9.
Ron Kline
(p)
P.
Ron Kline
(p)
SFN
1.
Jim Davenport
(3b)
2.
Jackie Brandt
(lf)
3.
Willie Mays
(cf)
4.
Orlando Cepeda
(1b)
5.
Willie Kirkland
(rf)
6.
Daryl Spencer
(2b)
7.
Andre Rodgers
(ss)
8.
Bob Schmidt
(c)
9.
Johnny Antonelli
(p)
P.
Johnny Antonelli
(p)
SLN
1.
Don Blasingame
(2b)
2.
Gino Cimoli
(cf)
3.
Bill White
(1b)
4.
Ken Boyer
(3b)
5.
Stan Musial
(lf)
6.
Joe Cunningham
(rf)
7.
Hal Smith
(c)
8.
Alex Grammas
(ss)
9.
Larry Jackson
(p)
P.
Larry Jackson
(p)
WS1
1.
Reno Bertoia
(2b)
2.
Albie Pearson
(cf)
3.
Roy Sievers
(lf)
4.
Bob Allison
(rf)
5.
Ed Fitz Gerald
(c)
6.
Norm Zauchin
(1b)
7.
Harmon Killebrew
(3b)
8.
Ron Samford
(ss)
9.
Pedro Ramos
(p)
P.
Pedro Ramos
(p)