John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers
Joe L. Brown
Managers
Danny Murtaugh
Television
KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Radio
KDKA Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods
← 1958
Seasons
1960 →
The 1959 Major League Baseball season saw the Pittsburgh Pirates finish in fourth place in the National League at 78–76, nine games behind the NL and World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Pirates set the record for most extra innings victories in a season, winning 19 of their 21 extra inning games.[2][3]
^From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
^"Team Batting Game Finder: In years 1904 to 2019, Only extra-inning games, Team Won, sorted by greatest number of games in a single season matching the selected criteria". Stathead. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^"1959 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule". Baseball Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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