Baseball on this Date - Sunday March 15,1959

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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Standings at end of 1958 season.

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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	1959 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	155	93	62	.600	--	759	577	182	48-29	44-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	-1	-1	0
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	155	82	73	.529	11.0	634	615	19	35-43	47-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	-1	0	-1
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	152	77	75	.507	14.5	675	677	-2	28-47	49-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	2	2	0	1.000
4	4	7	Cleveland Indians	151	76	75	.503	15.0	683	623	60	34-41	42-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	2	1	1	.500
5	5	8	Detroit Tigers	154	77	77	.500	15.5	659	606	53	34-43	43-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	0	0	0
6	6	10	Baltimore Orioles	154	75	79	.487	17.5	521	575	-54	28-48	46-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	-1	-1	0
7	7	11	Kansas City Athletics	151	72	79	.477	19.0	616	680	-64	30-48	41-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	3	1	2	.333
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	156	62	94	.397	31.5	553	747	-194	28-50	33-45	L13	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	-2	-1	-1
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1959 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Milwaukee Braves	146	87	59	.596	--	653	524	129	42-31	45-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	8	5	3	.625
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	142	79	63	.556	6.0	629	565	64	34-40	45-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	12	5	7	.417
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	153	80	73	.523	10.5	725	695	30	36-41	44-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	1	0	1	.000
4	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	154	76	78	.494	15.0	695	621	74	36-41	40-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	0	0	0
5	5	12	St. Louis Cardinals	154	72	82	.468	19.0	619	704	-85	33-44	39-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	0	0	0
6	6	13	Chicago Cubs	145	67	78	.462	19.5	676	697	-21	33-36	34-42	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	9	5	4	.556
7	7	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	154	71	83	.461	20.0	668	761	-93	32-45	39-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	0	0	0
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	154	69	85	.448	22.0	664	762	-98	34-43	35-42	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	0	0	0

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Nelson Chittum	P	25.355	Traded by Cardinals to Red Sox for Dean Stone.
Dean Stone	P	28.195	Traded by Red Sox to Cardinals for Nelson Chittum.

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