MLB

College Players

By Year By Team

Prospects Stats Report

Random MLB - Active

Affiliate History

Minor League Teams

Independent Leagues

Random Team/Season Random MLB

2018 2017 2016 2015

Spring Training

Australian League Alumni

Japanese League MLB Alum

Draft by Year Bat Pit

Calendars -- 2018 -- 2017 -- 2016

Random Game -- Last 5 Yrs

Players Managers Coaches

by Year 2018 2017 2016 2015

Statistics Bat Pit

Independent Leagues

Arizona Fall League Alumni

College Players

Statistics Bat Pit

College World Series Alum

by Year by Team

General Managers

MLB Managers Minors College HC

Umpires by Year

High Schools

High School Baseball

Places

Ballparks and Stadiums

Other Topics

Awards Voting History

Futures Game HR Derby

Compare Player Stats

Batter/Pitcher Matchups

Intersect Players

Inclusion Rules

Boxscore/Retrosheet

Search Tips FAQ

Wednesday July 8,1959This date in baseball
Follow TBC on Twitter and Facebook

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
Games -- Standings -- Transactions

Select a Date

Month	Day	Year

Games on 1959-07-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	5	New York Yankees	11	Box	Bobby Shantz	Jack Harshman	(none)

Standings as of 1959-07-08

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	76	44	32	.579	--	367	308	59	26-13	18-19	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	78	45	33	.577
2	2	5	Chicago White Sox	78	43	35	.551	2.0	340	347	-7	24-17	18-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	76	51	25	.671
3	3	7	Baltimore Orioles	79	41	38	.519	4.5	299	342	-43	19-15	22-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	75	33	42	.440
4	4	8	New York Yankees	79	41	38	.519	4.5	369	324	45	24-18	17-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	75	38	37	.507
5	5	9	Detroit Tigers	80	40	40	.500	6.0	393	411	-18	20-19	21-20	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	74	36	38	.486
6	6	11	Washington Senators I	78	37	41	.474	8.0	354	354	0	20-19	17-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	76	26	50	.342
7	7	14	Boston Red Sox	77	33	44	.429	11.5	351	369	-18	17-23	16-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	77	42	35	.545
8	8	15	Kansas City Athletics	75	32	43	.427	11.5	339	357	-18	16-21	16-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	79	34	45	.430
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	75	44	31	.587	--	349	300	49	20-18	23-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	81	42	39	.519
2	2	3	San Francisco Giants	81	46	35	.568	1.0	395	325	70	24-17	22-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	73	37	36	.507
3	3	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	84	47	37	.560	1.5	402	372	30	21-19	26-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	72	41	31	.569
4	4	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	44	40	.524	4.5	361	391	-30	20-22	24-18	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	70	34	36	.486
5	5	10	Chicago Cubs	77	37	40	.481	8.0	323	338	-15	20-18	17-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	77	37	40	.481
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	79	37	42	.468	9.0	369	355	14	16-24	21-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	75	34	41	.453
7	7	13	Cincinnati Reds	80	35	45	.438	11.5	395	413	-18	14-27	21-18	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	74	39	35	.527
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	78	29	49	.372	16.5	295	395	-100	10-29	19-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	76	35	41	.461

Transactions