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Friday, August 8,1958

Friday, August 8,1958

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
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 Kansas City Athletics  4 Cleveland Indians  10 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Don Ferrarese Ned Garver -- 9,193 2:30
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 Chicago White Sox  2 Detroit Tigers  6 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Lary Early Wynn -- 25,480 2:43
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 Boston Red Sox  0 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Whitey Ford Ike Delock -- 43,606 2:08
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 Baltimore Orioles  2 Washington Senators I  4 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Russ Kemmerer Hal Brown Dick Hyde 5,375 2:11
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Vinegar Bend Mizell Dick Drott -- 17,310 2:44
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 San Francisco Giants  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Don Drysdale Ruben Gomez Johnny Klippstein 45,098 2:36
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 Milwaukee Braves  6 Philadelphia Phillies  7 box | pbp Shibe Park Turk Farrell Don McMahon -- 25,842 3:07
1958 reg season 1958-08-08 Cincinnati Reds  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Forbes Field Red Witt Joe Nuxhall -- 26,040 2:32
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1958 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 108 72 36 .667 0.0 543 360 183 W4 40-17 31-20 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1958 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 104 52 52 .500 18.0 473 462 11 L1 17-31 35-21 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 107 53 54 .495 18.5 439 447 -8 L1 23-33 30-21 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 107 53 54 .495 18.5 490 459 31 W2 23-31 30-23 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 104 51 53 .490 19.0 439 438 1 W1 21-29 30-24 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 104 48 56 .462 22.0 339 386 -47 L11 18-33 29-24 6 6 14 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 102 47 55 .461 22.0 417 462 -45 L4 17-34 29-22 7 7 15 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 110 47 63 .427 26.0 422 548 -126 W1 20-36 26-28 8 8 16 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 101 58 43 .574 0.0 448 376 72 L1 27-19 31-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1958 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 101 53 48 .525 5.0 435 404 31 W1 23-30 30-18 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 108 55 53 .509 6.5 499 501 -2 L4 26-32 29-21 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 104 51 53 .490 8.5 455 478 -23 W3 24-29 27-24 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 106 51 55 .481 9.5 465 434 31 L3 24-26 27-29 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 106 51 55 .481 9.5 423 454 -31 W5 24-31 27-24 6 6 11 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 103 49 54 .476 10.0 488 494 -6 L3 22-25 27-29 7 7 12 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 107 50 57 .467 11.0 466 538 -72 W3 25-31 25-26 8 8 13 -- dnq
16 record(s)