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Thursday May 28,1959This 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.

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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1959-05-28

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Kansas City Athletics	7	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Bud Daley	Mudcat Grant	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	New York Yankees	0	Box	Hoyt Wilhelm	Ralph Terry	(none)
Boston Red Sox	3	Washington Senators I	1	Box	Frank Sullivan	Pedro Ramos	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Jim Owens	Joe Nuxhall	Ray Semproch
Chicago Cubs	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Dave Hillman	Art Fowler	Don Elston
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Milwaukee Braves	0	Box	Bob Friend	Joey Jay	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	4	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Stu Miller	Lindy McDaniel	Mike McCormick

Standings as of 1959-05-28

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	39	24	15	.615	--	198	142	56	13-6	11-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	115	65	50	.565
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	40	24	16	.600	0.5	193	183	10	15-7	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	114	70	44	.614
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	42	24	18	.571	1.5	154	179	-25	11-6	13-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	112	50	62	.446
4	4	10	Kansas City Athletics	38	18	20	.474	5.5	189	179	10	8-9	10-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	116	48	68	.414
5	5	11	Washington Senators I	43	20	23	.465	6.0	198	187	11	13-11	7-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	111	43	68	.387
7	7	12	Detroit Tigers	39	17	22	.436	7.0	185	216	-31	9-12	9-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	115	59	56	.513
6	6	13	Boston Red Sox	39	17	22	.436	7.0	184	193	-9	9-9	8-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	115	58	57	.504
8	8	15	New York Yankees	38	15	23	.395	8.5	148	170	-22	10-11	5-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	116	64	52	.552
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	40	25	15	.625	--	194	157	37	12-8	12-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	116	61	55	.526
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	42	24	18	.571	2.0	203	160	43	11-7	13-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	112	59	53	.527
3	3	6	Chicago Cubs	43	22	21	.512	4.5	191	192	-1	12-11	10-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	111	52	59	.468
4	4	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	45	23	22	.511	4.5	219	228	-9	11-10	12-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	111	65	46	.586
5	5	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	44	22	22	.500	5.0	179	210	-31	10-12	12-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	110	56	54	.509
6	6	9	Cincinnati Reds	42	20	22	.476	6.0	217	219	-2	7-15	13-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	112	54	58	.482
7	7	14	St. Louis Cardinals	42	18	24	.429	8.0	202	196	6	9-13	9-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	112	53	59	.473
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	42	16	26	.381	10.0	183	226	-43	6-16	10-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	112	48	64	.429

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Earl Hersh	OF	27.007	Traded by Braves with Joe Lonnett to Tigers for Al Paschal and Charlie Lau. Earl Hersh returned to Braves.
Earl Hersh	OF	27.007	Refused to report to Tigers.
Charlie Lau	C	26.046	Traded by Tigers with Al Paschal to Braves for Earl Hersh and Joe Lonnett. Charlie Lau returned to Tigers.
Charlie Lau	C	26.046	Refused to report to Tigers.
Joe Lonnett	C	32.110	Refused to report to Tigers.
Joe Lonnett	C	32.110	Traded by Braves with Earl Hersh to Tigers for Al Paschal and Charlie Lau. Joe Lonnett returned to Braves.