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Saturday May 2,1959This date in baseball
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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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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1959-05-02

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	5	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Ike Delock	Barry Latman	Murray Wall
New York Yankees	2	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Herb Score	Tom Sturdivant	(none)
Washington Senators I	15	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Russ Kemmerer	Jerry Davie	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	3	Kansas City Athletics	1	Box	Hoyt Wilhelm	Ray Herbert	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Cincinnati Reds	16	Box	Willard Schmidt	Gene Snyder	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Milwaukee Braves	5	Box	Jack Sanford	Joey Jay	Gordon Jones
Chicago Cubs	4	Philadelphia Phillies	3	Box	Joe Schaffernoth	Seth Morehead	Don Elston
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Harvey Haddix	Lindy McDaniel	(none)

Standings as of 1959-05-02

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	Cleveland Indians	16	12	4	.750	--	101	52	49	5-0	7-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	138	77	61	.558
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	18	11	7	.611	2.0	92	95	-3	6-3	4-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	136	83	53	.610
3	3	7	Baltimore Orioles	18	10	8	.556	3.0	69	84	-15	6-5	4-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	136	64	72	.471
4	4	8	Kansas City Athletics	18	10	8	.556	3.0	90	96	-6	3-3	7-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	136	56	80	.412
5	5	9	Washington Senators I	19	10	9	.526	3.5	96	83	13	6-6	4-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	135	53	82	.393
6	6	11	Boston Red Sox	15	7	8	.467	4.5	71	70	1	2-4	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	139	68	71	.489
7	7	14	New York Yankees	17	7	10	.412	5.5	76	61	15	6-7	1-3	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	137	72	65	.526
8	8	16	Detroit Tigers	17	2	15	.118	10.5	66	120	-54	1-6	2-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	137	74	63	.540
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	16	10	6	.625	--	87	72	15	4-3	5-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	140	76	64	.543
2	2	4	San Francisco Giants	18	11	7	.611	--	81	69	12	8-4	3-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	136	72	64	.529
3	3	5	Cincinnati Reds	17	10	7	.588	0.5	123	96	27	1-3	9-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	137	64	73	.467
4	4	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	19	11	8	.579	0.5	105	106	-1	5-5	6-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	137	77	60	.562
5	5	10	Chicago Cubs	18	9	9	.500	2.0	81	84	-3	5-5	4-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	136	65	71	.478
6	6	12	Philadelphia Phillies	16	7	9	.438	3.0	71	81	-10	2-3	5-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	138	57	81	.413
7	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	17	7	10	.412	3.5	75	87	-12	4-5	3-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	137	71	66	.518
8	8	15	St. Louis Cardinals	19	5	14	.263	6.5	67	95	-28	4-9	1-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	135	66	69	.489

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Ray Boone	3B-SS	35.280	Traded by White Sox to Athletics for Harry Simpson.
Billy Hoeft	P	26.350	Traded by Tigers to Red Sox for Ted Lepcio and Dave Sisler.
Ted Lepcio	2B-3B	28.278	Traded by Red Sox with Dave Sisler to Tigers for Billy Hoeft.
Harry Simpson	OF-1B	33.150	Traded by Athletics to White Sox for Ray Boone.
Dave Sisler	P	27.199	Traded by Red Sox with Ted Lepcio to Tigers for Billy Hoeft.