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Friday, August 31,1956

Friday, August 31,1956

Baseball on this Date

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 Baltimore Orioles  13 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Connie Johnson Willard Nixon -- 10,706 3:00
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 Cleveland Indians  3 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Herb Score Billy Pierce Don Mossi 0 2:17
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 Cleveland Indians  0 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dick Donovan Early Wynn -- 31,445 2:36
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 Kansas City Athletics  1 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Paul Foytack Troy Herriage -- 26,312 2:14
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 New York Yankees  6 Washington Senators I  4 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Whitey Ford Camilo Pascual Tom Morgan 15,525 2:45
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 Chicago Cubs  3 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Crosley Field Hal Jeffcoat Jim Davis -- 13,245 2:26
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Milwaukee Braves  6 box | pbp County Stadium Ray Crone Jackie Collum -- 0 3:25
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Milwaukee Braves  5 box | pbp County Stadium Taylor Phillips Tom Poholsky -- 33,070 2:11
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 Brooklyn Dodgers  7 New York Giants  3 box | pbp Polo Grounds V Don Newcombe Steve Ridzik -- 31,453 2:54
1956 reg season 1956-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Forbes Field Ron Kline Granny Hamner Howie Pollet 11,147 2:42
10 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Mike McCormick New York Giants Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (California HS) Bonus baby
1 record(s)