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Thursday, August 8,1957

Thursday, August 8,1957

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 Boston Red Sox  1 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Billy O'Dell Mike Fornieles Ken Lehman 9,851 2:20
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 Kansas City Athletics  4 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Gerry Staley Rip Coleman -- 6,006 2:35
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 Cleveland Indians  3 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ray Narleski Duke Maas -- 9,460 2:47
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 Washington Senators I  6 New York Yankees  1 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Russ Kemmerer Art Ditmar -- 9,108 2:37
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 New York Giants  12 Brooklyn Dodgers  3 box | pbp Ebbets Field Ruben Gomez Sal Maglie -- 18,753 2:20
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 Cincinnati Reds  3 Milwaukee Braves  5 box | pbp County Stadium Lew Burdette Raul Sanchez Don McMahon 35,478 2:35
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Forbes Field Curt Simmons Vern Law Bob Miller 5,238 2:16
1957 reg season 1957-08-08 Chicago Cubs  4 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Moe Drabowsky Vinegar Bend Mizell Dave Hillman 11,069 2:53
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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
1957 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 107 70 37 .654 0.0 512 381 131 L2 36-16 34-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Braves)
1957 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 106 64 42 .604 5.5 469 376 93 W2 30-21 34-21 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 99 51 48 .515 15.0 484 427 57 L1 23-26 28-22 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 108 54 54 .500 16.5 426 407 19 W1 23-30 29-26 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 107 53 54 .495 17.0 459 492 -33 W1 25-31 28-23 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 105 51 54 .486 18.0 393 420 -27 L1 19-32 32-22 6 6 11 -- dnq
1957 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 108 41 67 .380 29.5 431 582 -151 W2 19-35 22-32 7 7 13 -- dnq
1957 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 100 36 64 .360 30.5 371 460 -89 L2 13-41 23-23 8 8 15 -- dnq
1957 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 108 65 43 .602 0.0 510 438 72 W4 31-21 34-22 1 1 3 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1957 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 107 63 44 .589 1.5 518 452 66 L3 31-18 32-26 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- Brooklyn Dodgers franchise | log 107 60 47 .561 4.5 476 393 83 L3 29-24 31-23 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 107 58 49 .542 6.5 532 510 22 L3 28-27 30-22 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 110 59 51 .536 7.0 464 455 9 W1 30-27 28-25 5 5 7 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- New York Giants franchise | log 96 40 56 .417 19.0 397 460 -63 W3 24-30 16-26 6 6 12 -- dnq
1957 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 91 34 57 .374 22.5 345 415 -70 W6 16-29 17-29 7 7 14 -- dnq
1957 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 94 31 63 .330 27.0 333 452 -119 L1 11-34 20-29 8 8 16 -- dnq
16 record(s)