1959 American Association season

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The 1959 American Association season was the 58th in the league's history, and ended with the Minneapolis Millers winning their second straight league championship. The Millers would go on to lose the Junior World Series.

The AA expanded to 10 teams this season, taking on Dallas, Denver and Fort Worth from the Texas League. The Braves took over the Louisville Colonels franchise as well.

However, after the season ended, Omaha folded and Fort Worth merged with Dallas to form the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

East Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Louisville Colonels	97	65	.599	—	Ben Geraghty	Milwaukee Braves
Minneapolis Millers	95	67	.586	2	Gene Mauch	Boston Red Sox
Indianapolis Indians	86	76	.531	11	Walker Cooper	Chicago White Sox
St. Paul Saints	81	81	.500	16	Max Macon	Los Angeles Dodgers
Charleston Senators	77	84	.478	19½	Bill Adair	Detroit Tigers

West Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Omaha Cardinals	83	78	.516	—	Joe Schultz	St. Louis Cardinals
Fort Worth Cats	81	81	.500	1½	Lou Klein	Chicago Cubs
Denver Bears	76	86	.469	7½	Stan Hack	None
Dallas Rangers	75	87	.463	8½	Fred Martin/Jim Fanning	None
Houston Buffs	58	104	.358	25½	Rube Walker/Del Wilber	None

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	E1	Louisville Colonels	0
	W2	Fort Worth Cats	4
						W2	Fort Worth Cats	3
						E2	Minneapolis Millers	4
	W1	Omaha Cardinals	2
	E2	Minneapolis Millers	4

First Round

Louisville vs. Fort Worth Date Away Home September 11 Fort Worth 2 Louisville 0 September 12 Fort Worth 1 Louisville 0 September 13 Fort Worth 3 Louisville 2 15 innings September 14 Louisville 3 Fort Worth 8 Fort Worth wins series 4-0

Omaha vs. Minneapolis Date Away Home September 11 Minneapolis 3 Omaha 1 September 12 Minneapolis 2 Omaha 1 September 13 Minneapolis 2 Omaha 4 September 14 Omaha 7 Minneapolis 0 September 15 Omaha 3 Minneapolis 4 10 innings September 16 Omaha 3 Minneapolis 5 Minneapolis wins series 4-2

Championship Finals

Minneapolis vs. Fort Worth Date Away Home September 17 Fort Worth 6 Minneapolis 8 September 20 Fort Worth 4 Minneapolis 9 September 21 Minneapolis 3 Fort Worth 5 September 22 Minneapolis 0 Fort Worth 6 September 23 Minneapolis 1 Fort Worth 2 September 24 Fort Worth 3 Minneapolis 6 September 25 Fort Worth 2 Minneapolis 4 Minneapolis wins series 4-3 and advances to Junior World Series

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.