1959 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Chicago Cubs
season = 1959
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = Wrigley Field
y4 = 1916
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1871
owners =Philip K. Wrigley
general manager = John Holland
managers = Bob Scheffing
television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
radio = WGN
(Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)|

Ernie Banks became the first shortstop in the history of the National League to win the MVP award in back to back seasons. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

Offseason

*March 9, 1959: Chuck Tanner was traded by the Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Smith. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01 Chuck Tanner Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Awards and records

* Ernie Banks, National League MVP

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Fort Worth Cats (American Association; Lou Klein, manager)
* Class AA: San Antonio Missions (Texas League; Grady Hatton, manager)
* Class A: Lancaster Red Roses (Eastern League; Nick Cullop, manager)
* Class B: Burlington Bees (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Ray Mueller, manager)
* Class D: Morristown Cubs (Appalachian League; Red Hayworth, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Paris Lakers (Midwest League; Verlon Walker, manager)
* Class D: Carlsbad Potashes (Sophomore League; Walt Dixon, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1959.shtml 1959 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]