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Wednesday May 8,1957This date in baseball
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Events that happened in baseball on this date. The page was designed to be like a newspaper sports page with baseball-only. All of the basbeall events for this date have been consolidated into this page. Though historically relevant, it is also a great place to review the prior day's events.

1957 Calendar -- Boxscores Main -- Review Data Topics -- Inclusion Rules -- About Boxscore Data
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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1957-05-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	4	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Frank Sullivan	Bob Keegan	(none)
New York Yankees	4	Cleveland Indians	10	Box	Early Wynn	Tommy Byrne	Ray Narleski
Washington Senators I	3	Detroit Tigers	11	Box	Duke Maas	Russ Kemmerer	Jim Bunning
Baltimore Orioles	11	Kansas City Athletics	2	Box	Billy Loes	Alex Kellner	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	7	Brooklyn Dodgers	6	Box	Warren Hacker	Don Newcombe	Hersh Freeman
St. Louis Cardinals	13	New York Giants	4	Box	Willard Schmidt	Johnny Antonelli	Larry Jackson
Milwaukee Braves	1	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Don Cardwell	Gene Conley	(none)
Chicago Cubs	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Dick Drott	Vern Law	(none)

Standings as of 1957-05-08

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1957 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	New York Yankees	19	12	7	.632	--	78	64	14	9-5	3-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	135	86	49	.637
2	2	5	Chicago White Sox	18	11	7	.611	0.5	81	58	23	3-1	8-6	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	136	79	57	.581
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	19	11	8	.579	1.0	81	76	5	9-5	2-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	135	71	64	.526
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	18	10	8	.556	1.5	66	69	-3	3-3	7-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	135	66	69	.489
5	5	9	Kansas City Athletics	20	11	9	.550	1.5	102	91	11	2-3	9-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	133	48	85	.361
6	6	10	Detroit Tigers	21	11	10	.524	2.0	90	75	15	2-5	9-5	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John McHale	Briggs Stadium	133	67	66	.504
7	7	12	Baltimore Orioles	20	8	12	.400	4.5	83	89	-6	5-10	3-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	132	68	64	.515
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	23	5	18	.217	9.0	88	147	-59	1-13	4-5	L10	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	131	50	81	.382
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1957 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Milwaukee Braves	19	13	6	.684	--	89	68	21	8-5	5-1	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	135	82	53	.607
2	2	2	Cincinnati Reds	20	13	7	.650	0.5	116	98	18	11-3	2-4	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	134	67	67	.500
3	3	3	Brooklyn Dodgers	19	12	7	.632	1.0	90	79	11	2-2	10-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Ebbets Field	135	72	63	.533
4	4	7	St. Louis Cardinals	18	10	8	.556	2.5	99	83	16	9-4	1-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Sportsman's Park	136	77	59	.566
5	5	11	Philadelphia Phillies	20	10	10	.500	3.5	98	94	4	2-3	8-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	134	67	67	.500
6	6	13	New York Giants	18	7	11	.389	5.5	80	100	-20	2-3	5-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Polo Grounds	136	62	74	.456
8	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	16	4	12	.250	7.5	53	78	-25	1-5	3-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	138	58	80	.420
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	16	4	12	.250	7.5	63	88	-25	4-9	0-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	138	58	80	.420

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Don Minnick	P	26.024	Signed as Free Agent by Senators.