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Saturday, May 30,1959

Saturday, May 30,1959

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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 1959-05-30 Baltimore Orioles  4 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Jerry Casale Billy Loes Leo Kiely 0 2:53
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Baltimore Orioles  3 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Ted Wills Jerry Walker -- 19,403 2:27
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Detroit Tigers  4 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Frank Lary Billy Pierce -- 0 2:44
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Detroit Tigers  3 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Turk Lown Tom Morgan -- 23,621 2:55
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Kansas City Athletics  2 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Al Cicotte Johnny Kucks -- 0 2:36
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Kansas City Athletics  3 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Rip Coleman Cal McLish -- 20,338 2:14
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 New York Yankees  11 Washington Senators I  2 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Art Ditmar Hal Griggs -- 0 2:29
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 New York Yankees  11 Washington Senators I  0 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Don Larsen Russ Kemmerer -- 26,046 2:33
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Cincinnati Reds  1 box | pbp Crosley Field Bennie Daniels Jim O'Toole Roy Face 8,613 2:17
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Clem Labine Lindy McDaniel -- 22,692 2:55
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Milwaukee Braves  4 box | pbp County Stadium Bob Buhl Don Cardwell -- 18,945 2:09
1959 reg season 1959-05-30 Chicago Cubs  2 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Seals Stadium Mike McCormick Bob Anderson -- 21,890 2:25
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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.
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 41 25 16 .610 0.0 202 147 55 L1 13-6 12-10 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 43 25 18 .581 1.0 200 194 6 W1 15-7 9-12 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 45 24 21 .533 3.0 163 197 -34 L3 11-9 13-12 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 40 19 21 .475 5.5 194 183 11 W1 9-10 10-11 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 46 21 25 .457 6.5 207 215 -8 L2 13-11 8-14 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 42 19 23 .452 6.5 203 207 -4 W2 9-10 10-13 6 6 13 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 42 19 23 .452 6.5 196 223 -27 L1 11-13 9-9 7 7 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 41 18 23 .439 7.0 175 174 1 W3 12-11 6-12 8 8 14 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 42 27 15 .643 0.0 204 164 40 W2 12-8 14-8 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 44 25 19 .568 3.0 210 166 44 W1 11-7 14-12 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 45 23 22 .511 5.5 202 201 1 L1 13-12 10-10 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 47 24 23 .511 5.5 230 243 -13 W1 11-10 13-13 4 4 7 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 46 23 23 .500 6.0 187 219 -32 W1 11-13 12-10 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 44 21 23 .477 7.0 226 227 -1 L1 7-15 14-8 6 6 9 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 44 19 25 .432 9.0 212 205 7 L1 10-14 9-11 7 7 15 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 44 16 28 .364 12.0 190 236 -46 L2 6-18 10-10 8 8 16 -- dnq
16 record(s)