- 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 theBoston 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]
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