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Tuesday, May 5,1959

Tuesday, May 5,1959

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 Washington Senators I  8 Chicago White Sox  3 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Chuck Stobbs Billy Pierce Tex Clevenger 2,087 2:31
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 Baltimore Orioles  1 Cleveland Indians  9 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Don Ferrarese Jack Harshman -- 11,182 2:32
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 Boston Red Sox  3 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jim Bunning Jerry Casale -- 21,100 2:49
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 New York Yankees  3 Kansas City Athletics  2 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bob Turley Rip Coleman -- 19,092 2:48
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 San Francisco Giants  2 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Don Newcombe Sam Jones -- 13,822 2:10
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Milwaukee Braves  3 box | pbp County Stadium Bob Rush Clem Labine -- 16,151 4:47
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Shibe Park Turk Farrell Larry Jackson -- 12,023 2:41
1959 reg season 1959-05-05 Chicago Cubs  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Forbes Field Glen Hobbie Bob Friend -- 17,429 2:39
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 19 14 5 .737 0.0 116 56 60 W1 5-0 9-5 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 3.5 74 95 -21 L1 7-6 4-3 2 2 6 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 3.5 97 107 -10 L3 6-3 4-7 3 3 7 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 22 12 10 .545 3.5 107 92 15 W2 8-7 4-3 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 4.0 103 110 -7 L2 3-3 8-7 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 18 8 10 .444 5.5 85 89 -4 L1 3-6 5-4 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 6.5 83 75 8 W1 7-9 1-3 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 20 5 15 .250 9.5 86 127 -41 W3 1-6 5-8 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 19 12 7 .632 0.0 102 83 19 W1 4-3 7-5 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 1.0 140 114 26 W1 1-3 11-6 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 1.0 93 88 5 L1 9-6 3-3 3 3 3 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 23 13 10 .565 1.0 122 119 3 L1 7-7 6-3 4 4 5 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 2.5 96 97 -1 W1 7-7 4-4 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 3.0 87 96 -9 W2 2-3 7-7 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 4.0 85 100 -15 L1 4-5 5-7 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 22 6 16 .273 7.5 80 108 -28 L1 5-11 1-5 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)