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Friday, August 14,1959

Friday, August 14,1959

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Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

PREMIUM Subscribers can view the rest-of-season records for each team as well as batting/pitching stats on this date.
Games on this date
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  • 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 gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Washington Senators I  7 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Dick Hyde Billy O'Dell -- 6,346 2:35
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Cleveland Indians  1 Detroit Tigers  11 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Lary Cal McLish -- 28,198 2:24
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Chicago White Sox  5 Kansas City Athletics  1 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Bob Shaw Johnny Kucks -- 11,477 2:02
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Boston Red Sox  11 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Frank Baumann Ryne Duren Mike Fornieles 38,624 3:03
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 San Francisco Giants  5 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Glen Hobbie Sam Jones Bill Henry 14,176 2:38
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Cincinnati Reds  15 Philadelphia Phillies  13 box | pbp Shibe Park Brooks Lawrence Turk Farrell Jim Brosnan 0 3:45
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Cincinnati Reds  5 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Shibe Park Willard Schmidt Jim Owens Don Newcombe 16,922 2:33
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Lindy McDaniel Clem Labine -- 16,025 3:08
1959 reg season 1959-08-14 Milwaukee Braves  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Forbes Field Vern Law Joey Jay -- 26,873 1:55
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • 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 -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 114 70 44 .614 0.0 492 453 39 W3 35-24 33-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 115 67 48 .583 3.5 558 480 78 L1 37-22 30-26 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 114 57 57 .500 13.0 416 472 -56 L2 27-27 29-31 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 115 57 58 .496 13.5 508 481 27 L3 30-31 27-27 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 116 56 60 .483 15.0 547 545 2 W1 26-32 31-27 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 113 52 61 .460 17.5 544 530 14 W2 24-31 28-30 6 6 13 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 114 52 62 .456 18.0 501 526 -25 L3 22-33 30-29 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 115 47 68 .409 23.5 467 546 -79 W3 23-34 24-34 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 114 65 49 .570 0.0 528 453 75 L2 32-23 33-26 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 107 59 48 .551 2.5 489 436 53 L1 24-29 34-20 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 115 63 52 .548 2.5 528 501 27 L1 28-28 35-24 3 3 5 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 108 54 54 .500 8.0 474 467 7 W4 27-27 27-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 115 55 60 .478 10.5 587 558 29 W3 23-33 32-27 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 113 54 59 .478 10.5 470 517 -47 W1 26-34 28-25 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 118 55 63 .466 12.0 509 568 -59 W1 24-35 31-28 7 7 12 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 114 47 67 .412 18.0 453 538 -85 L3 21-38 26-29 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)