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Wednesday, May 11,1955

Wednesday, May 11,1955

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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
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 Kansas City Athletics  2 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Bobby Shantz Lou Kretlow -- 3,965 2:25
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 Chicago White Sox  3 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Frank Sullivan Virgil Trucks Ellis Kinder 3,354 2:18
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 Cleveland Indians  4 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Early Wynn Bob Turley -- 16,012 2:35
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 Detroit Tigers  7 Washington Senators I  0 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Ned Garver Dean Stone -- 1,271 2:15
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 Brooklyn Dodgers  8 Chicago Cubs  10 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jim Davis Russ Meyer -- 10,637 2:35
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 New York Giants  6 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Hearn Joe Nuxhall -- 10,637 2:02
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Milwaukee Braves  8 box | pbp County Stadium Chet Nichols Ron Kline -- 12,444 2:17
1955 reg season 1955-05-11 Philadelphia Phillies  5 St. Louis Cardinals  6 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Herb Moford Ron Mrozinski Barney Schultz 4,726 2:48
8 record(s)
Transactions
*Reload page to restore grid
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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Hal Brown -- Hist Sold by Boston Red Sox to Oakland (PCL)
Mickey Grasso -- Hist Released by Giants
Ray Herbert Kansas City Athletics Hist Sold by Detroit Tigers to Kansas City Athletics
Hal Newhouser -- Hist Released by Indians
Art Schallock Baltimore Orioles Hist Claimed on waivers from Yankees by Orioles
Harry Simpson Kansas City Athletics Hist Sold by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics
Joe Trimble Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Returned to Pittsburgh Pirates
Johnny Sain Kansas City Athletics Hist Traded from New York Yankees with Enos Slaughter to Kansas City Athletics for Sonny Dixon
Enos Slaughter Kansas City Athletics Hist Traded from New York Yankees with Johnny Sain to Kansas City Athletics for Sonny Dixon
Sonny Dixon New York Yankees Hist Traded from Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees for Johnny Sain and Enos Slaughter
10 record(s)