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Sunday May 24,1959This 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.

1959 Calendar -- Boxscores Main -- Review Data Topics -- Inclusion Rules -- About Boxscore Data
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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1959-05-24

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	9	Baltimore Orioles	0	Box	Whitey Ford	Billy O'Dell	(none)
New York Yankees	1	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Jerry Walker	Art Ditmar	(none)
Washington Senators I	8	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Bill Fischer	Jerry Casale	Chuck Stobbs
Detroit Tigers	2	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Herb Score	Ray Narleski	(none)
Detroit Tigers	6	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Frank Lary	Mike Garcia	Dave Sisler
Chicago White Sox	6	Kansas City Athletics	8	Box	Ray Herbert	Billy Pierce	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	7	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Lindy McDaniel	Moe Drabowsky	(none)
San Francisco Giants	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Jack Sanford	Danny McDevitt	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	0	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Gene Conley	Joey Jay	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	8	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Carl Willey	Taylor Phillips	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Ron Kline	Brooks Lawrence	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Ron Blackburn	Bob Purkey	(none)

Standings as of 1959-05-24

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1959 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Cleveland Indians	36	23	13	.639	--	192	130	62	12-5	11-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	118	66	52	.559
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	38	23	15	.605	1.0	188	179	9	15-7	7-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	116	71	45	.612
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	39	22	17	.564	2.5	143	168	-25	10-6	12-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	115	52	63	.452
4	4	9	Kansas City Athletics	35	17	18	.486	5.5	174	164	10	7-9	10-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	119	49	70	.412
5	5	10	Washington Senators I	40	19	21	.475	6.0	186	178	8	12-10	7-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	114	44	70	.386
6	6	13	Boston Red Sox	36	15	21	.417	8.0	167	187	-20	7-8	8-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	118	60	58	.508
7	7	14	Detroit Tigers	37	15	22	.405	8.5	172	208	-36	7-12	9-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	117	61	56	.521
8	8	15	New York Yankees	35	14	21	.400	8.5	143	151	-8	10-11	4-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	119	65	54	.546
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1959 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Milwaukee Braves	36	23	13	.639	--	186	144	42	12-7	10-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	120	63	57	.525
2	2	5	San Francisco Giants	38	21	17	.553	3.0	183	140	43	11-7	10-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	116	62	54	.534
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	41	21	20	.512	4.5	173	205	-32	9-10	12-10	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	113	57	56	.504
3	3	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	41	21	20	.512	4.5	198	214	-16	10-9	11-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	115	67	48	.583
5	5	8	Chicago Cubs	40	20	20	.500	5.0	174	179	-5	10-10	10-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	114	54	60	.474
7	7	11	St. Louis Cardinals	39	18	21	.462	6.5	190	173	17	9-11	9-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	115	53	62	.461
6	6	12	Cincinnati Reds	39	18	21	.462	6.5	202	210	-8	7-15	11-6	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	115	56	59	.487
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	38	14	24	.368	10.0	167	208	-41	5-14	9-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	116	50	66	.431

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