Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 31,1958

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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1958-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	2	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Tom Brewer	Hoyt Wilhelm	(none)
Detroit Tigers	0	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Early Wynn	Jim Bunning	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Kansas City Athletics	2	Box	Morrie Martin	Ralph Terry	(none)
New York Yankees	7	Washington Senators I	6	Box	Bob Turley	Russ Kemmerer	Murry Dickson
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Harvey Haddix	Ray Semproch	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Don Newcombe	Robin Roberts	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Milwaukee Braves	2	Box	Carl Willey	Ron Kline	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Francisco Giants	14	Box	Stu Miller	Sandy Koufax	(none)
Chicago Cubs	8	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Taylor Phillips	Billy Muffett	Bill Henry

Standings as of 1958-08-31

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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	1958 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	131	81	50	.618	--	649	486	163	42-22	38-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	23	11	12	.478
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	130	69	61	.531	11.5	544	522	22	32-38	37-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	24	13	11	.542
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	125	64	61	.512	14.0	575	564	11	19-34	45-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	29	15	14	.517
4	4	7	Baltimore Orioles	128	63	65	.492	16.5	442	467	-25	23-37	39-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	25	11	14	.440
5	5	9	Detroit Tigers	127	61	66	.480	18.0	534	535	-1	28-40	33-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John McHale	Briggs Stadium	27	16	11	.593
6	6	10	Cleveland Indians	130	62	68	.477	18.5	598	559	39	29-40	33-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	23	15	8	.652
7	7	13	Kansas City Athletics	127	59	68	.465	20.0	525	583	-58	25-45	33-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	27	14	13	.519
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	130	55	75	.423	25.5	483	634	-151	22-38	32-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	24	6	18	.250
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1958 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Milwaukee Braves	124	73	51	.589	--	550	450	100	37-27	36-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	30	19	11	.633
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	122	67	55	.549	5.0	557	494	63	32-37	35-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	32	17	15	.531
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	130	68	62	.523	8.0	601	595	6	28-32	40-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	24	12	12	.500
4	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	131	64	67	.489	12.5	588	541	47	30-34	34-33	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	23	12	11	.522
6	6	12	St. Louis Cardinals	129	61	68	.473	14.5	529	584	-55	28-37	33-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	25	11	14	.440
5	5	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	129	61	68	.473	14.5	570	646	-76	26-34	35-34	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	25	10	15	.400
7	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	127	58	69	.457	16.5	554	611	-57	29-41	29-28	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	27	11	16	.407
8	8	15	Chicago Cubs	124	56	68	.452	17.0	579	607	-28	26-30	30-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	30	16	14	.533

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