Baseball on Thursday, August 20, 1959

date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1959-08-20	AL -	Chicago White Sox	Franchise	119	71	48	.597	--	508	476	32	L2	35-26	34-24	1	1	1	154	94	60	.610	--	23	12	.657	Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959-08-20	AL -	Cleveland Indians	Franchise	120	69	51	.575	2.5	583	510	73	W2	37-24	32-27	2	2	2	154	89	65	.578	5.0	20	14	.588	dnq
1959-08-20	AL -	Baltimore Orioles	Franchise	119	60	59	.504	11.0	435	493	-58	W2	29-28	30-32	3	3	6	154	74	80	.481	20.0	14	21	.400	dnq
1959-08-20	AL -	New York Yankees	Franchise	121	60	61	.496	12.0	538	523	15	L1	32-32	28-29	4	4	7	154	79	75	.513	15.0	19	14	.576	dnq
1959-08-20	AL -	Detroit Tigers	Franchise	121	59	62	.488	13.0	583	572	11	W1	26-32	34-29	5	5	9	154	76	78	.494	18.0	17	16	.515	dnq
1959-08-20	AL -	Boston Red Sox	Franchise	119	56	63	.471	15.0	583	563	20	W1	28-33	28-30	6	6	12	154	75	79	.487	19.0	19	16	.543	dnq
1959-08-20	AL -	Kansas City Athletics	Franchise	119	55	64	.462	16.0	530	548	-18	L1	22-33	33-31	7	7	13	154	66	88	.429	28.0	11	24	.314	dnq
1959-08-20	AL -	Washington Senators I	Franchise	120	49	71	.408	22.5	491	566	-75	L2	25-37	24-34	8	8	16	154	63	91	.409	31.0	14	20	.412	dnq
date	league	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-c	rf	ra	diff	strk	home	away	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	g	w	l	wpct	gbl-s	ros-w	ros-l	wpct	season end playoffs
1959-08-20	NL -	San Francisco Giants	Franchise	120	68	52	.567	--	551	480	71	W1	35-26	33-26	1	1	3	154	83	71	.539	4.0	15	19	.441	dnq
1959-08-20	NL -	Los Angeles Dodgers	Franchise	122	67	55	.549	2.0	559	540	19	W1	32-31	35-24	2	2	4	156	88	68	.564	--	21	13	.618	Won World Series (White Sox)
1959-08-20	NL -	Milwaukee Braves	Franchise	113	61	52	.540	3.5	522	465	57	L1	24-30	36-23	3	3	5	156	86	70	.551	2.0	25	18	.581	dnq
1959-08-20	NL -	Pittsburgh Pirates	Franchise	117	58	59	.496	8.5	494	534	-40	W5	26-34	32-25	4	4	8	154	78	76	.506	9.0	20	17	.541	dnq
1959-08-20	NL -	Chicago Cubs	Franchise	115	56	59	.487	9.5	508	507	1	W1	28-31	28-28	5	5	10	154	74	80	.481	13.0	18	21	.462	dnq
1959-08-20	NL -	Cincinnati Reds	Franchise	122	58	64	.475	11.0	624	593	31	L1	24-35	34-29	6	6	11	154	74	80	.481	13.0	16	16	.500	dnq
1959-08-20	NL -	St. Louis Cardinals	Franchise	124	57	67	.460	13.0	526	588	-62	L3	25-38	32-29	7	7	14	154	71	83	.461	16.0	14	16	.467	dnq
1959-08-20	NL -	Philadelphia Phillies	Franchise	123	53	70	.431	16.5	499	576	-77	L1	21-38	31-33	8	8	15	154	64	90	.416	23.0	11	20	.355	dnq
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