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Sunday August 18,1957This 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 1957-08-18

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	1	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Frank Lary	Billy Pierce	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Dick Donovan	Duke Maas	(none)
Cleveland Indians	9	Kansas City Athletics	2	Box	Cal McLish	Arnie Portocarrero	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	0	New York Yankees	7	Box	Tom Sturdivant	Art Ceccarelli	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Don Larsen	Connie Johnson	Bob Grim
Boston Red Sox	4	Washington Senators I	6	Box	Tex Clevenger	Frank Sullivan	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Brooklyn Dodgers	2	Box	Sal Maglie	Bob Friend	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Brooklyn Dodgers	6	Box	Roy Face	Clem Labine	Bob Purkey
Cincinnati Reds	2	Chicago Cubs	8	Box	Bob Rush	Joe Nuxhall	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	8	Milwaukee Braves	6	Box	Billy Muffett	Juan Pizarro	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	6	Milwaukee Braves	0	Box	Vinegar Bend Mizell	Bob Trowbridge	(none)
New York Giants	5	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Mike McCormick	Warren Hacker	Marv Grissom
New York Giants	1	Philadelphia Phillies	0	Box	Al Worthington	Harvey Haddix	(none)

Standings as of 1957-08-18

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	1	New York Yankees	117	77	40	.658	--	560	409	151	40-18	37-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	37	21	16	.568
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	117	69	48	.590	8.0	531	430	101	33-25	36-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	37	21	16	.568
3	3	8	Boston Red Sox	109	55	54	.505	18.0	517	484	33	23-29	32-25	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	45	27	18	.600
4	4	9	Baltimore Orioles	117	58	59	.496	19.0	452	447	5	26-33	30-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	35	18	17	.514
5	5	10	Detroit Tigers	117	58	59	.496	19.0	448	475	-27	23-36	35-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John McHale	Briggs Stadium	37	20	17	.541
6	6	11	Cleveland Indians	117	56	61	.479	21.0	503	549	-46	27-32	29-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	36	20	16	.556
7	7	14	Kansas City Athletics	111	43	68	.387	31.0	421	505	-84	17-41	26-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	42	16	26	.381
8	8	15	Washington Senators I	117	45	72	.385	32.0	480	613	-133	20-38	25-34	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	37	10	27	.270
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	2	Milwaukee Braves	118	72	46	.610	--	583	473	110	37-21	35-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	36	23	13	.639
2	2	4	St. Louis Cardinals	117	66	51	.564	5.5	549	505	44	34-22	32-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Sportsman's Park	37	21	16	.568
3	3	5	Brooklyn Dodgers	118	65	53	.551	7.0	516	441	75	32-28	33-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Ebbets Field	36	19	17	.528
4	4	6	Cincinnati Reds	116	61	55	.526	10.0	571	574	-3	28-30	33-25	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	38	19	19	.500
5	5	7	Philadelphia Phillies	119	61	58	.513	11.5	479	491	-12	31-29	29-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	35	16	19	.457
6	6	12	New York Giants	106	47	59	.443	19.0	436	485	-49	27-31	20-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Polo Grounds	48	22	26	.458
7	7	13	Chicago Cubs	100	40	60	.400	23.0	389	450	-61	16-32	23-29	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	54	22	32	.407
8	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	104	37	67	.356	28.0	378	482	-104	15-36	22-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	50	25	25	.500

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