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Friday, May 29,1959

Friday, May 29,1959

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1959 reg season 1959-05-29 Detroit Tigers  4 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Don Mossi Bob Shaw -- 4,114 2:08
1959 reg season 1959-05-29 Baltimore Orioles  2 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Whitey Ford Billy O'Dell -- 10,308 2:18
1959 reg season 1959-05-29 Boston Red Sox  6 Washington Senators I  7 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Pedro Ramos Murray Wesley Wall -- 3,030 2:53
1959 reg season 1959-05-29 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Crosley Field Bob Mabe Ron Kline Tom Acker 18,958 2:29
1959 reg season 1959-05-29 Chicago Cubs  9 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Moe Drabowsky Danny McDevitt Bill Henry 18,297 3:03
1959 reg season 1959-05-29 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Milwaukee Braves  6 box | pbp County Stadium Don McMahon Gene Conley -- 20,334 2:32
1959 reg season 1959-05-29 St. Louis Cardinals  4 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp Seals Stadium Vinegar Bend Mizell Jack Sanford Lindy McDaniel 20,199 2:38
7 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 39 24 15 .615 0.0 198 142 56 L2 13-6 11-9 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 41 24 17 .585 1.0 194 187 7 L1 15-7 8-11 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 43 24 19 .558 2.0 156 184 -28 L1 11-7 13-12 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 44 21 23 .477 5.5 205 193 12 W1 13-11 8-12 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 5.5 189 179 10 W1 8-9 10-11 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 40 18 22 .450 6.5 189 217 -28 W4 10-12 9-9 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 40 17 23 .425 7.5 190 200 -10 L1 9-10 8-13 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 39 16 23 .410 8.0 153 172 -19 W1 10-11 6-12 8 8 15 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 41 26 15 .634 0.0 200 162 38 W1 12-8 13-8 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 43 24 19 .558 3.0 205 164 41 L1 11-7 13-12 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 44 23 21 .523 4.5 200 196 4 W2 13-11 10-10 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 46 23 23 .500 5.5 223 237 -14 L2 11-10 12-13 4 4 7 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 45 22 23 .489 6.0 184 218 -34 L1 10-13 12-10 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 43 21 22 .488 6.0 225 224 1 W1 7-15 14-7 6 6 9 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 43 19 24 .442 8.0 206 198 8 W1 10-13 9-11 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 43 16 27 .372 11.0 188 232 -44 L1 6-17 10-10 8 8 16 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Gene Baker -- Hist Released by Pirates
Al Neiger Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed as amateur free agent
2 record(s)