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Sunday August 9,1959This date in baseball
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Jim Adduci 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 1959-08-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	3	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Milt Pappas	Jim Perry	(none)
Detroit Tigers	7	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Don Mossi	Tom Brewer	Paul Foytack
Kansas City Athletics	3	New York Yankees	4	Box	Ryne Duren	Bob Grim	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	Bobby Shantz	Murry Dickson	(none)
Chicago White Sox	4	Washington Senators I	3	Box	Gerry Staley	Dick Hyde	(none)
Chicago White Sox	9	Washington Senators I	0	Box	Early Wynn	Tex Clevenger	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Roy Face	Don Elston	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Bob Buhl	Roger Craig	Don McMahon
Cincinnati Reds	3	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Jack Sanford	Don Newcombe	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	8	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Gene Conley	Ernie Broglio	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Jim Owens	Marshall Bridges	Turk Farrell

Standings as of 1959-08-09

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	Chicago White Sox	110	67	43	.609	--	466	438	28	32-23	33-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	44	27	17	.614
2	2	2	Cleveland Indians	110	64	46	.582	3.0	532	449	83	34-20	30-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	44	25	19	.568
3	3	6	Baltimore Orioles	112	57	55	.509	11.0	409	460	-51	27-27	29-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	42	17	25	.405
4	4	7	New York Yankees	110	55	55	.500	12.0	483	453	30	28-31	27-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	44	24	20	.545
5	5	8	Detroit Tigers	112	54	58	.482	14.0	522	523	-1	26-32	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	42	22	20	.524
6	6	13	Kansas City Athletics	109	51	58	.468	15.5	480	496	-16	22-33	29-25	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	45	15	30	.333
7	7	14	Boston Red Sox	109	50	59	.459	16.5	519	505	14	22-31	28-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	45	25	20	.556
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	112	44	68	.393	24.0	452	539	-87	20-34	24-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	42	19	23	.452
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	3	San Francisco Giants	110	63	47	.573	--	506	420	86	30-21	33-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	44	20	24	.455
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	111	62	49	.559	1.5	508	477	31	27-25	35-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	45	26	19	.578
3	3	5	Milwaukee Braves	103	57	46	.553	2.5	465	416	49	22-27	34-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	53	29	24	.547
4	4	9	Chicago Cubs	104	50	54	.481	10.0	431	441	-10	27-27	23-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	50	24	26	.480
5	5	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	111	53	58	.477	10.5	460	509	-49	25-33	28-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	43	25	18	.581
6	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	114	54	60	.474	11.0	495	552	-57	24-35	30-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	40	17	23	.425
7	7	12	Cincinnati Reds	109	51	58	.468	11.5	547	517	30	21-33	30-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	45	23	22	.511
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	110	46	64	.418	17.0	428	508	-80	21-38	25-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	44	18	26	.409

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