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Tuesday May 26,1959This date in baseball
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Richard Leggatt celebrated a birthday on this date.

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 1959-05-26

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators I	5	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Hal Brown	Russ Kemmerer	Billy Loes
Cleveland Indians	3	Chicago White Sox	0	Box	Don Ferrarese	Dick Donovan	Jim Perry
Detroit Tigers	9	Kansas City Athletics	5	Box	Paul Foytack	Ned Garver	Tom Morgan
Boston Red Sox	12	New York Yankees	2	Box	Tom Brewer	Bob Turley	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Don Newcombe	Ruben Gomez	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Milwaukee Braves	1	Box	Lew Burdette	Harvey Haddix	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	Gordon Jones	Sandy Koufax	(none)

Standings as of 1959-05-26

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	37	24	13	.649	--	195	130	65	13-5	11-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	117	65	52	.556
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	39	23	16	.590	2.0	188	182	6	15-7	7-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	115	71	44	.617
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	40	23	17	.575	2.5	149	173	-24	10-6	13-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	114	51	63	.447
4	4	10	Washington Senators I	41	19	22	.463	7.0	191	184	7	12-11	7-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	113	44	69	.389
5	5	11	Kansas City Athletics	37	17	20	.459	7.0	182	177	5	7-9	10-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	117	49	68	.419
6	6	13	Detroit Tigers	39	17	22	.436	8.0	185	216	-31	9-12	9-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	115	59	56	.513
7	7	14	Boston Red Sox	37	16	21	.432	8.0	179	189	-10	8-8	8-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	117	59	58	.504
8	8	15	New York Yankees	36	14	22	.389	9.5	145	163	-18	10-11	4-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	118	65	53	.551
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	38	24	14	.632	--	190	151	39	12-8	11-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	118	62	56	.525
2	2	5	San Francisco Giants	40	22	18	.550	3.0	189	152	37	11-7	11-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	114	61	53	.535
3	3	6	Chicago Cubs	41	21	20	.512	4.5	183	183	0	11-10	10-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	113	53	60	.469
4	4	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	43	22	21	.512	4.5	210	220	-10	11-10	11-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	113	66	47	.584
5	5	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	42	21	21	.500	5.0	173	206	-33	9-11	12-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	112	57	55	.509
6	6	9	Cincinnati Reds	40	19	21	.475	6.0	204	211	-7	7-15	12-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	114	55	59	.482
7	7	12	St. Louis Cardinals	40	18	22	.450	7.0	194	182	12	9-11	9-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	114	53	61	.465
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	40	15	25	.375	10.0	175	213	-38	5-15	10-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	114	49	65	.430

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Lenny Green	OF	26.140	Traded by Orioles to Senators for Albie Pearson.
Johnny Kucks	P	25.303	Traded by Yankees with Jerry Lumpe and Tom Sturdivant to Athletics for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry.
Hector Lopez	OF-3B	29.321	Traded by Athletics with Ralph Terry to Yankees for Jerry Lumpe, Tom Sturdivant and Johnny Kucks.
Jerry Lumpe	2B	25.358	Traded by Yankees with Tom Sturdivant and Johnny Kucks to Athletics for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry.
Albie Pearson	OF	24.256	Traded by Senators to Orioles for Lenny Green.
Phil Roof	C	18.082	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Braves.
Tom Sturdivant	P	29.028	Traded by Yankees with Jerry Lumpe and Johnny Kucks to Athletics for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry.
Ralph Terry	P	23.138	Traded by Athletics with Hector Lopez to Yankees for Jerry Lumpe, Tom Sturdivant and Johnny Kucks.