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Saturday, August 24,1957

Saturday, August 24,1957

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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 1957-08-24 Boston Red Sox  1 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dick Donovan Ike Delock -- 17,506 2:42
1957 reg season 1957-08-24 New York Yankees  10 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Tom Sturdivant Don Mossi Art Ditmar 14,506 3:03
1957 reg season 1957-08-24 Washington Senators I  6 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Tex Clevenger Jim Bunning -- 3,072 2:11
1957 reg season 1957-08-24 Baltimore Orioles  4 Kansas City Athletics  2 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Ken Lehman Ned Garver Hal Brown 7,561 2:20
1957 reg season 1957-08-24 Milwaukee Braves  13 Brooklyn Dodgers  7 box | pbp Ebbets Field Lew Burdette Johnny Podres -- 22,671 3:04
1957 reg season 1957-08-24 Chicago Cubs  4 New York Giants  2 box | pbp Polo Grounds V Dave Hillman Johnny Antonelli -- 4,389 2:10
1957 reg season 1957-08-24 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Shibe Park Herm Wehmeier Curt Simmons -- 11,049 2:22
1957 reg season 1957-08-24 Cincinnati Reds  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Forbes Field Ron Kline Brooks Lawrence -- 7,037 2:02
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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 122 79 43 .648 0.0 588 429 159 W1 42-21 37-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Braves)
1957 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 122 73 49 .598 6.0 564 443 121 W4 33-25 40-24 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 122 61 61 .500 18.0 468 462 6 W2 29-35 30-28 3 3 8 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 114 57 57 .500 18.0 537 504 33 L2 25-32 32-25 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 122 61 61 .500 18.0 476 495 -19 L1 23-36 38-25 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1957 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 123 58 65 .472 21.5 521 582 -61 L1 27-33 31-32 6 6 11 -- dnq
1957 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 117 46 71 .393 30.5 436 525 -89 L3 17-41 29-30 7 7 14 -- dnq
1957 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 122 47 75 .385 32.0 501 651 -150 W1 22-41 25-34 8 8 15 -- dnq
1957 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 122 75 47 .615 0.0 607 485 122 W1 40-22 35-25 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Yankees)
1957 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 123 70 53 .569 5.5 575 533 42 W1 38-24 32-29 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- Brooklyn Dodgers franchise | log 124 69 55 .556 7.0 552 472 80 L1 32-28 37-27 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 122 62 60 .508 13.0 591 611 -20 L1 29-35 33-25 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 124 63 61 .508 13.0 493 510 -17 L1 31-29 31-33 5 5 7 Yes dnq
1957 NL -- New York Giants franchise | log 111 49 62 .441 20.5 462 504 -42 L1 27-31 22-31 6 6 12 -- dnq
1957 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 104 42 62 .404 24.0 401 462 -61 W1 18-34 23-29 7 7 13 -- dnq
1957 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 108 39 69 .361 29.0 391 495 -104 W1 15-36 24-33 8 8 16 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Vito Valentinetti Cleveland Indians Hist Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cleveland Indians
1 record(s)