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Sunday, August 17,1958

Sunday, August 17,1958

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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 1958-08-17 Washington Senators I  1 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Connie Johnson Russ Kemmerer -- 6,588 1:45
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 New York Yankees  5 Boston Red Sox  6 box | pbp Fenway Park Ike Delock Art Ditmar Leo Kiely 30,501 2:28
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 Cleveland Indians  2 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Billy Pierce Mudcat Grant -- 12,632 2:20
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 Detroit Tigers  1 Kansas City Athletics  4 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bob Grim Paul Foytack -- 14,766 2:03
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Crosley Field Tom Acker Bob Porterfield -- 0 2:39
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Crosley Field Joe Nuxhall Don Gross Don Newcombe 17,416 2:28
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 St. Louis Cardinals  12 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Jim Brosnan Sandy Koufax -- 0 2:58
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  9 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Danny McDevitt Sam Jones -- 27,173 2:30
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Milwaukee Braves  5 box | pbp County Stadium Juan Pizarro Don Cardwell -- 0 2:14
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Milwaukee Braves  4 box | pbp County Stadium Lew Burdette Ray Semproch -- 39,807 2:05
1958 reg season 1958-08-17 Chicago Cubs  6 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Seals Stadium Al Worthington Moe Drabowsky -- 20,892 2:22
11 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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 119 75 44 .630 0.0 594 427 167 L3 41-20 33-25 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1958 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 118 62 56 .525 12.5 489 478 11 W5 27-34 35-22 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 113 57 56 .504 15.0 521 505 16 W3 19-34 38-22 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 115 56 59 .487 17.0 489 501 -12 L4 23-33 33-26 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 114 55 59 .482 17.5 387 415 -28 W2 22-35 32-25 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 118 56 62 .475 18.5 533 505 28 L3 23-34 33-28 6 6 9 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 113 52 61 .460 20.0 465 513 -48 W3 19-40 32-22 7 7 15 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 118 51 67 .432 23.5 453 587 -134 L2 22-38 28-30 8 8 16 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 113 67 46 .593 0.0 506 414 92 W7 32-22 35-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1958 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 111 60 51 .541 6.0 495 445 50 L2 25-33 35-18 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 116 61 55 .526 7.5 551 537 14 W2 28-32 33-23 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 116 55 61 .474 13.5 518 594 -76 W1 25-31 30-30 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 116 55 61 .474 13.5 469 510 -41 L1 28-37 27-24 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 55 63 .466 14.5 513 493 20 W2 25-30 30-33 6 6 12 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 114 53 61 .465 14.5 491 542 -51 L6 24-33 29-28 7 7 13 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 112 52 60 .464 14.5 531 539 -8 L2 24-29 28-31 8 8 14 -- dnq
16 record(s)