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Wednesday, September 9,1959

Wednesday, September 9,1959

Baseball on this Date

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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 1959-09-09 Cleveland Indians  3 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jack Harshman Milt Pappas -- 0 2:15
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Cleveland Indians  4 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Jim Perry Hal Brown -- 12,172 2:16
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Detroit Tigers  3 Boston Red Sox  1 box | pbp Fenway Park Jim Bunning Frank Sullivan -- 13,406 2:55
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Kansas City Athletics  0 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Art Ditmar Johnny Kucks Whitey Ford 11,980 1:36
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Chicago White Sox  5 Washington Senators I  1 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Bob Shaw Tex Clevenger -- 9,616 2:19
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Cincinnati Reds  4 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bob Purkey Glen Hobbie Brooks Lawrence 0 2:53
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Cincinnati Reds  7 Chicago Cubs  2 box | pbp Wrigley Field Joe Nuxhall Dave Hillman -- 5,552 1:38
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Philadelphia Phillies  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Don Drysdale Taylor Phillips -- 13,877 1:59
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Milwaukee Braves  5 box | pbp County Stadium Warren Spahn Ernie Broglio -- 19,888 2:31
1959 reg season 1959-09-09 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 San Francisco Giants  7 box | pbp Seals Stadium Jack Sanford Harvey Haddix Stu Miller 22,768 2:28
10 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 -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 141 88 53 .624 0.0 614 542 72 W4 40-26 46-29 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 138 82 56 .594 4.5 664 579 85 W6 41-25 41-31 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 139 70 69 .504 17.0 671 660 11 W1 31-36 40-32 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 139 69 70 .496 18.0 617 594 23 W1 37-39 32-31 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 138 67 71 .486 19.5 499 564 -65 L3 33-36 33-36 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 138 64 74 .464 22.5 649 639 10 L1 31-42 33-32 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 136 58 78 .426 27.5 595 652 -57 L12 22-41 36-37 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 139 56 83 .403 31.0 560 639 -79 L1 29-45 27-38 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 138 78 60 .565 0.0 634 541 93 W2 40-32 38-28 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 130 71 59 .546 3.0 596 523 73 W4 29-34 41-26 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 138 75 63 .543 3.0 618 600 18 W2 35-34 40-29 3 3 5 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 136 68 68 .500 9.0 575 604 -29 L4 27-41 41-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 139 68 71 .489 10.5 700 657 43 W2 27-37 41-34 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 132 63 69 .477 12.0 566 589 -23 L3 34-37 29-32 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 140 64 76 .457 15.0 581 650 -69 L2 28-45 36-31 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 141 60 81 .426 19.5 560 666 -106 L1 24-43 35-39 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Art Shamsky Cincinnati Reds Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Chuck Tanner Cleveland Indians Hist Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians
2 record(s)