| Thursday, December 31st , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Kikugoro Fujiyama to a minor league contract. | Sunday, December 27th , 1959 | Signed free agent LF Masataka Kawai to a minor league contract. | Friday, December 25th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Teizo Hasegawa to a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,800. | Released RP Teizo Hasegawa. | Signed free agent RP Murai Nakata to a minor league contract. | Monday, December 21st , 1959 | Released 2B Katsunan Kon. | Signed free agent SP Yasuo Saito to a minor league contract. | Sunday, December 20th , 1959 | Released RP Yugo Imoto. | Signed free agent 2B Katsunan Kon to a minor league contract. | Saturday, December 19th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Yugo Imoto to a minor league contract. | Saturday, December 12th , 1959 | Signed free agent SP Sessue Yamamoto to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, December 8th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Yugo Imoto to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Nobuhisa Ogata to a minor league contract. | Saturday, December 5th , 1959 | Signed free agent 2B Katsunan Kon to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent LF Masataka Kawai to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Sessue Yamamoto to a minor league contract. | Sunday, November 29th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Masanori Suyama to a minor league contract. | Thursday, November 26th , 1959 | Signed free agent SP Botan Kawamoto to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, November 24th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Koshi Sugimoto to a minor league contract. | Thursday, November 19th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Masanori Suyama to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Fujimaro Taira to a minor league contract. | Sunday, November 15th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Masanori Suyama to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, November 11th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Murai Nakata to a minor league contract. | Friday, November 6th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Kikugoro Fujiyama to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Ushio Noguchi to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, November 4th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Ushio Noguchi to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, November 3rd , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Niou Nagao to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,840. | Released RP Sadatake Suzuki. | Thursday, October 29th , 1959 | Signed free agent SP Kento Okada to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Okitsugu Tamura to a minor league contract. | Monday, October 19th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Yugo Imoto to a minor league contract. | Thursday, October 15th , 1959 | 3B Kuniyasu Ishii retired from professional baseball. | SP Steve Noel retired from professional baseball. | Signed Scouting Director Paul Cloutier to a 2-year contract extension. | Signed General Manager Babe Lewis to a 1-year contract extension. | Signed Bench Coach Matsuta Fujimori to a 2-year contract extension. | Signed 3B Coach Ron Steele to a 1-year contract extension. | Signed 1B Coach James Wright to a 2-year contract extension. | Signed free agent 2B Katsunan Kon to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Yasuo Saito to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Teppei Kaneko to a minor league contract. | Saturday, September 26th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Masanori Suyama to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Okitsugu Tamura to a minor league contract. | Friday, September 18th , 1959 | Signed free agent SP Yasuo Saito to a minor league contract. | Released SP Yasuo Saito. | Saturday, September 12th , 1959 | Signed free agent 3B Toshimichi Yamada to a minor league contract. | Sunday, September 6th , 1959 | Signed free agent SP Shinjiro Kondo to a minor league contract. | Saturday, September 5th , 1959 | Signed free agent CF Yuji Akagi to a minor league contract. | Released CF Yuji Akagi. | Sunday, August 30th , 1959 | Signed free agent 3B Toshimichi Yamada to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Shinjiro Kondo to a minor league contract. | Monday, August 17th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Kozo Miyaji to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Botan Kawamoto to a minor league contract. | Thursday, August 6th , 1959 | Signed free agent CF Yuji Akagi to a minor league contract. | Released CF Yuji Akagi. | Saturday, August 1st , 1959 | Signed free agent CF Yuji Akagi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Shonosuke Yamaguchi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Koshi Sugimoto to a minor league contract. | Thursday, July 30th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Kento Okada to a minor league contract. | Released RP Kento Okada. | Monday, July 27th , 1959 | Placed SP Tomochika Takada on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 07/26/1959. | Monday, July 13th , 1959 | Signed free agent SP Yasuo Saito to a minor league contract. | Released SP Yasuo Saito. | Friday, July 3rd , 1959 | Placed LF Yoshitomo Nakano on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 07/02/1959. | Signed free agent 1B Kirima Shishido to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, June 23rd , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Ushio Noguchi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Kozo Miyaji to a minor league contract. | Friday, June 5th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Teppei Kaneko to a minor league contract. | Released RP Teppei Kaneko. | Drafted CF Tatsuhiko Ueda in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Teruo Kamiya in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 10, 22nd overall pick). | Drafted SS Katsunan Kon in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 10, 34th overall pick). | Drafted SP Shinjiro Kondo in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 10, 46th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Toshimichi Yamada in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 10, 58th overall pick). | Saturday, May 9th , 1959 | Signed free agent CF Komiya Nomura to a minor league contract. | Thursday, May 7th , 1959 | Placed CF Hidetsugu Yoshida on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 05/06/1959. | Thursday, April 30th , 1959 | Signed free agent 1B Naruhiko Smith to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, April 28th , 1959 | Signed free agent 1B Takamitsu Kawamoto to a minor league contract. | Sunday, April 26th , 1959 | Signed free agent 3B Chikato Sato to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, April 22nd , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Michihiko Yamasaki to a minor league contract. | Friday, April 17th , 1959 | Signed free agent 3B Chikato Sato to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, April 14th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Michihiko Yamasaki to a minor league contract. | Friday, April 10th , 1959 | Signed free agent 1B Takamitsu Kawamoto to a minor league contract. | Monday, April 6th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Teppei Kaneko to a minor league contract. | | |