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Thursday, August 7,1958

Thursday, August 7,1958

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1958 reg season 1958-08-07 Washington Senators I  4 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Frank Sullivan Hal Griggs -- 5,850 2:12
1958 reg season 1958-08-07 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Sandy Koufax Marcelino Solis Johnny Klippstein 9,913 2:25
1958 reg season 1958-08-07 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Cincinnati Reds  2 box | pbp Crosley Field Don Cardwell Bob Purkey -- 7,341 2:22
1958 reg season 1958-08-07 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 Milwaukee Braves  3 box | pbp County Stadium Warren Spahn Bob Friend -- 24,525 1:45
1958 reg season 1958-08-07 San Francisco Giants  1 St. Louis Cardinals  12 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Sam Jones Mike McCormick -- 21,952 2:31
5 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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.
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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
1958 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 107 71 36 .664 0.0 541 360 181 W3 40-17 30-20 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1958 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 103 52 51 .505 17.0 473 460 13 W5 17-30 35-21 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 106 53 53 .500 17.5 437 441 -4 W4 23-32 30-21 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 106 52 54 .491 18.5 480 455 25 W1 23-31 29-23 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 103 50 53 .485 19.0 433 436 -3 L1 21-29 29-24 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 103 48 55 .466 21.0 337 382 -45 L10 18-32 29-24 6 6 13 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 101 47 54 .465 21.0 413 452 -39 L3 17-33 29-22 7 7 14 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 109 46 63 .422 26.0 418 546 -128 L3 20-36 25-28 8 8 16 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 100 58 42 .580 0.0 442 369 73 W3 27-18 31-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1958 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 100 52 48 .520 6.0 434 404 30 L3 23-30 29-18 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 107 55 52 .514 6.5 496 495 1 L3 26-31 29-21 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 105 51 54 .486 9.5 465 433 32 L2 24-25 27-29 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 103 50 53 .485 9.5 448 472 -24 W2 24-29 26-24 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 102 49 53 .480 10.0 485 488 -3 L2 22-25 27-28 6 6 11 -- dnq
1958 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 105 50 55 .476 10.5 417 451 -34 W4 23-31 27-24 7 7 12 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 106 49 57 .462 12.0 460 535 -75 W2 25-31 24-26 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Willie Stargell Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Oklahoma HS)
1 record(s)