Baseball on this Date - Tuesday April 30,1957

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
Baltimore Orioles	1	Chicago White Sox	6	Box	Billy Pierce	Ray Moore	(none)
Washington Senators I	1	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Bob Lemon	Pedro Ramos	Ray Narleski
New York Yankees	1	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	Duke Maas	Bob Grim	(none)
Boston Red Sox	3	Kansas City Athletics	1	Box	Willard Nixon	Ned Garver	(none)
Chicago Cubs	9	Brooklyn Dodgers	10	Box	Don Bessent	Dave Hillman	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	0	New York Giants	4	Box	Johnny Antonelli	Bob Buhl	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	6	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Brooks Lawrence	Harvey Haddix	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Larry Jackson	Roy Face	(none)

Standings as of 1957-04-30

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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	2	Chicago White Sox	10	8	2	.800	--	47	30	17	3-1	5-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	144	82	62	.569
2	2	4	Boston Red Sox	11	7	4	.636	1.5	52	43	9	5-1	2-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	143	75	68	.524
3	3	6	New York Yankees	11	6	5	.545	2.5	45	38	7	3-3	3-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	143	92	51	.643
5	5	8	Kansas City Athletics	12	6	6	.500	3.0	61	56	5	2-3	4-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	141	53	88	.376
4	4	9	Cleveland Indians	12	6	6	.500	3.0	38	47	-9	3-3	3-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	141	70	71	.496
6	6	10	Baltimore Orioles	14	6	8	.429	4.0	58	63	-5	3-6	3-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	138	70	68	.507
7	7	13	Detroit Tigers	13	5	8	.385	4.5	45	48	-3	2-5	3-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John McHale	Briggs Stadium	141	73	68	.518
8	8	14	Washington Senators I	15	5	10	.333	5.5	63	84	-21	1-5	4-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	139	50	89	.360
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	1	Milwaukee Braves	11	9	2	.818	--	49	32	17	4-1	5-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	143	86	57	.601
2	2	3	Brooklyn Dodgers	11	8	3	.727	1.0	51	42	9	2-2	6-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Ebbets Field	143	76	67	.531
3	3	5	New York Giants	11	6	5	.545	3.0	46	46	0	2-3	4-2	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Polo Grounds	143	63	80	.441
4	4	7	St. Louis Cardinals	10	5	5	.500	3.5	57	53	4	4-1	1-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Sportsman's Park	144	82	62	.569
5	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	12	5	7	.417	4.5	54	60	-6	3-3	2-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	142	75	67	.528
6	6	11	Philadelphia Phillies	12	5	7	.417	4.5	60	61	-1	2-3	3-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	142	72	70	.507
7	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	10	3	7	.300	5.5	33	40	-7	1-5	2-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	144	59	85	.410
8	8	16	Chicago Cubs	11	3	8	.273	6.0	45	61	-16	3-5	0-3	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	143	59	84	.413

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Karl Olson	OF	26.298	Traded by Red Sox to Tigers for Jack Phillips.
Karl Olson	OF	26.298	Purchased by Red Sox from Senators.
Jack Phillips	1B	35.236	Traded by Tigers to Red Sox for Karl Olson.

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