| Monday, December 14th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS John Wilkinson to a minor league contract. | Saturday, December 12th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Dick McNeil to a minor league contract. | Thursday, December 10th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Chick Sprouse to a minor league contract. | 3B George McKee was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | Tuesday, December 1st , 1959 | Signed free agent SS John T. Cox to a minor league contract. | Monday, November 30th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Phil Burns to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, November 25th , 1959 | Signed free agent 3B Johnny Dunn to a minor league contract. | Friday, November 6th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Dennis Tracy to a minor league contract. | Saturday, October 24th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Bugs Horner to a minor league contract. | Friday, October 23rd , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Billy Sharon to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Manager Walt Zecher signed as 1B Coach in Chicago. | Signed 1B Coach Walt Zecher to a 2-year, $3,500 per year contract. | Sunday, October 4th , 1959 | Released SP Eddie Gray. | Tuesday, September 29th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Amos Minor to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Purchased the contract of C Eddie Howard from Triple A Milwaukee. | Thursday, September 3rd , 1959 | Placed CF Fred Anderson on the Century League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 09/02/1959. | Friday, August 21st , 1959 | Released 1B Walt Kelly. | Saturday, July 25th , 1959 | Signed free agent RF Pat Williams to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SS John T. Cox to a minor league contract. | Released SP Dick Lamb. | Monday, July 20th , 1959 | Signed free agent RF Vince Wilson to a minor league contract. | Friday, June 19th , 1959 | Drafted SP Red Richards in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Marv Sandau in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 10, 26th overall pick). | Drafted RF John Gates in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 10, 42nd overall pick). | Drafted SP John Roberts in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 10, 58th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Paddy Baril in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 10, 74th overall pick). | Drafted SP Otis Mill in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 10, 90th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Bill Reinhard in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 10, 106th overall pick). | Drafted SP Sam Davis in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 10, 122nd overall pick). | Drafted 3B Art Foltz in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 10, 138th overall pick). | Drafted SP Bob Hoskins in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 10, 154th overall pick). | Drafted SP Hugh Wendleton in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 10, 170th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Earle Barrows in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 10, 186th overall pick). | Drafted SP John Allen in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 10, 202nd overall pick). | Drafted LF Cliff Coleman in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 10, 218th overall pick). | Drafted SP Ed Tinker in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 10, 234th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Al Young in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 10, 250th overall pick). | Drafted CF Joe Gallerani in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 10, 266th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Fred Gentry in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 10, 282nd overall pick). | Drafted 1B Bill Baldwin in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 10, 298th overall pick). | Drafted LF Don Coyle in the 1959 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 10, 314th overall pick). | Assigned RF Joel Moore to Class A Rockford. | Demoted 3B Bill Welch from Class A Rockford to Class B San Jose. | Demoted CF Bob Starr from Class B San Jose to Class C La Crosse. | Released 1B Bill Baldwin. | Released LF Don Coyle. | Released 3B Al Young. | Released SS Tom Glenn. | Released CF Curt Stallings. | Released LF Tim Martin. | Released SS Elmer DeCoux. | Released SS Jumbo Lee. | Released SS Tom Perry. | Thursday, April 30th , 1959 | Placed SP Dick Lamb on the Heartland League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 04/29/1959. | Assigned RP Frank Brown to Class A Rockford. | Tuesday, April 28th , 1959 | Signed free agent RP Frank Brown to a minor league contract. | Monday, April 13th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Dick McNeil to a minor league contract. | Friday, April 10th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Chick Sprouse to a minor league contract. | Friday, March 27th , 1959 | Signed free agent SS Bennie Place to a minor league contract. | | |