Baseball on this Date - Saturday April 20,1957

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.

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Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Yankees	10	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Bobby Shantz	Ike Delock	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	7	Chicago White Sox	11	Box	Dixie Howell	Tom Gorman	(none)
Cleveland Indians	0	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Frank Lary	Early Wynn	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	4	Washington Senators I	6	Box	Camilo Pascual	Connie Johnson	Dick Hyde
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Brooklyn Dodgers	2	Box	Johnny Podres	Bob Friend	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	Milwaukee Braves	5	Box	Ray Crone	Brooks Lawrence	Red Murff
Philadelphia Phillies	6	New York Giants	5	Box	Harvey Haddix	Al Worthington	Bob Miller

Standings as of 1957-04-20

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1957 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Chicago White Sox	3	3	0	1.000	--	20	11	9	1-0	2-0	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	151	87	64	.576
2	2	4	New York Yankees	3	3	0	1.000	--	15	10	5	2-0	1-0	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	151	95	56	.629
4	4	5	Washington Senators I	4	2	2	.500	1.5	19	17	2	0-1	2-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	150	53	97	.353
3	3	8	Kansas City Athletics	4	2	2	.500	1.5	16	22	-6	0-2	2-0	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	149	57	92	.383
5	5	12	Boston Red Sox	3	1	2	.333	2.0	13	15	-2	1-0	0-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	151	81	70	.536
6	6	11	Cleveland Indians	3	1	2	.333	2.0	10	13	-3	1-1	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	150	75	75	.500
7	7	14	Baltimore Orioles	4	1	3	.250	2.5	17	22	-5	1-2	0-1	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	148	75	73	.507
8	8	13	Detroit Tigers	4	1	3	.250	2.5	15	15	0	0-2	1-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Walter Briggs	Briggs Stadium	150	77	73	.513
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1957 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Brooklyn Dodgers	3	3	0	1.000	--	15	7	8	1-0	2-0	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Ebbets Field	151	81	70	.536
2	2	2	Milwaukee Braves	3	3	0	1.000	--	10	5	5	1-0	2-0	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	151	92	59	.609
4	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	2	1	1	.500	1.5	15	14	1	1-0	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Sportsman's Park	152	86	66	.566
3	3	7	Chicago Cubs	2	1	1	.500	1.5	11	6	5	1-0	0-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	152	61	91	.401
5	5	6	New York Giants	2	1	1	.500	1.5	11	8	3	0-0	1-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Polo Grounds	152	68	84	.447
6	6	10	Philadelphia Phillies	3	1	2	.333	2.0	14	18	-4	1-1	0-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	151	76	75	.503
7	7	16	Cincinnati Reds	3	0	3	.000	3.0	8	19	-11	0-2	0-1	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	151	80	71	.530
8	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0	2	.000	2.5	1	8	-7	0-2	0-0	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	152	62	90	.408

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bobby Del Greco	OF	24.013	Traded by Cardinals with Ed Mayer to Cubs for Jim King.
Jim King	OF	24.236	Traded by Cubs to Cardinals for Ed Mayer and Bobby Del Greco.
Ed Mayer	P	25.142	Traded by Cardinals with Bobby Del Greco to Cubs for Jim King.
Lou Sleater	P	30.224	Signed as Free Agent by Tigers.

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