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Tuesday May 12,1959This 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 1959-05-12

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	4	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Rudy Arias	Murray Wall	(none)
Cleveland Indians	7	New York Yankees	6	Box	Cal McLish	Art Ditmar	Jim Perry
Detroit Tigers	4	Washington Senators I	7	Box	Bill Fischer	Dave Sisler	Tex Clevenger
Milwaukee Braves	3	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Don Elston	Lew Burdette	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Danny McDevitt	Gene Conley	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	6	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Bennie Daniels	Gordon Jones	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Gary Blaylock	Brooks Lawrence	Bill Smith

Standings as of 1959-05-12

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	25	16	9	.640	--	140	88	52	7-3	9-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	129	73	56	.566
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	26	15	11	.577	1.5	125	128	-3	7-3	7-9	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	128	79	49	.617
3	3	5	Baltimore Orioles	27	15	12	.556	2.0	104	120	-16	10-6	5-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	127	59	68	.465
4	4	8	Washington Senators I	29	15	14	.517	3.0	136	126	10	10-9	5-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	125	48	77	.384
5	5	10	Boston Red Sox	25	12	13	.480	4.0	122	109	13	7-8	5-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	129	63	66	.488
6	6	13	New York Yankees	25	11	14	.440	5.0	105	98	7	8-9	3-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	129	68	61	.527
7	7	12	Kansas City Athletics	25	11	14	.440	5.0	121	136	-15	3-6	8-8	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	129	55	74	.426
8	8	16	Detroit Tigers	26	9	17	.346	7.5	118	166	-48	1-7	9-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	128	67	61	.523
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
2	2	2	Milwaukee Braves	25	15	10	.600	0.5	126	105	21	4-4	10-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	131	71	60	.542
1	1	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	30	18	12	.600	--	154	152	2	10-9	8-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	126	70	56	.556
3	3	6	Cincinnati Reds	26	14	12	.538	2.0	155	137	18	3-6	11-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	128	60	68	.469
4	4	7	San Francisco Giants	27	14	13	.519	2.5	129	112	17	9-6	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	127	69	58	.543
5	5	9	Chicago Cubs	29	15	14	.517	2.5	130	134	-4	10-10	5-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	125	59	66	.472
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	29	13	16	.448	4.5	120	147	-27	5-6	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	125	65	60	.520
7	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	27	11	16	.407	5.5	130	143	-13	4-8	7-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	127	53	74	.417
8	8	15	St. Louis Cardinals	29	11	18	.379	6.5	129	143	-14	6-11	5-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	125	60	65	.480

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bobby Adams	3B-2B	37.149	Released by Cubs.
Seth Morehead	P	24.270	Traded by Phillies to Cubs for Taylor Phillips.
Taylor Phillips	P	25.328	Traded by Cubs to Phillies for Seth Morehead.
Bob Porterfield	P	35.276	Released by Pirates.
Jack Urban	P	30.158	Purchased by Cardinals from Yankees.
Herm Wehmeier	P	32.083	Released by Tigers.