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Friday, May 22,1959

Friday, May 22,1959

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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
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 New York Yankees  0 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Hoyt Wilhelm Bob Turley -- 30,084 2:15
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 Washington Senators I  3 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Ike Delock Camilo Pascual -- 15,109 2:29
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 Detroit Tigers  0 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Gary Bell Paul Foytack -- 24,317 1:52
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 Chicago White Sox  2 Kansas City Athletics  1 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bob Shaw Bob Grim Turk Lown 13,527 2:12
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jim Brosnan Bill Henry -- 3,192 3:21
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 San Francisco Giants  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Don Drysdale Al Worthington -- 31,014 3:34
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 Milwaukee Braves  10 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Shibe Park Lew Burdette Robin Roberts -- 24,043 2:43
1959 reg season 1959-05-22 Cincinnati Reds  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Forbes Field Vern Law Hal Jeffcoat -- 27,675 2:15
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 33 22 11 .667 0.0 182 116 66 W3 12-5 10-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 36 23 13 .639 0.5 182 155 27 W2 15-5 7-9 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 36 21 15 .583 2.5 136 145 -9 W1 10-6 11-9 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 33 15 18 .455 7.0 150 158 -8 L2 7-9 8-9 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 38 17 21 .447 7.5 168 171 -3 L5 10-10 7-11 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 34 15 19 .441 7.5 160 169 -9 W2 7-8 8-11 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 9.5 158 198 -40 L1 5-11 9-9 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 32 12 20 .375 9.5 120 144 -24 L4 8-10 4-10 8 8 15 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 33 22 11 .667 0.0 176 131 45 W1 11-5 10-7 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 39 21 18 .538 4.0 195 204 -9 W1 10-9 11-9 2 2 5 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 36 19 17 .528 4.5 173 137 36 L1 9-7 10-10 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 38 20 18 .526 4.5 170 167 3 L2 10-10 10-8 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 36 18 18 .500 5.5 192 197 -5 L1 7-12 11-6 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 6.5 160 195 -35 W2 9-10 9-10 6 6 9 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 37 16 21 .432 8.0 178 169 9 W1 7-11 9-10 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 35 12 23 .343 11.0 154 198 -44 L1 5-14 7-9 8 8 16 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jim Hearn -- Hist Released by Phillies
Fred Hatfield Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Los Angeles Dodgers for Jim Baxes
Jim Baxes Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers to Cleveland Indians for Fred Hatfield
3 record(s)