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Friday August 14,1959This 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 1959-08-14

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators I	7	Baltimore Orioles	3	Box	Dick Hyde	Billy O'Dell	(none)
Cleveland Indians	1	Detroit Tigers	11	Box	Frank Lary	Cal McLish	(none)
Chicago White Sox	5	Kansas City Athletics	1	Box	Bob Shaw	Johnny Kucks	(none)
Boston Red Sox	11	New York Yankees	6	Box	Frank Baumann	Ryne Duren	Mike Fornieles
San Francisco Giants	5	Chicago Cubs	7	Box	Glen Hobbie	Sam Jones	Bill Henry
Cincinnati Reds	15	Philadelphia Phillies	13	Box	Brooks Lawrence	Turk Farrell	Jim Brosnan
Cincinnati Reds	5	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Willard Schmidt	Jim Owens	Don Newcombe
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Lindy McDaniel	Clem Labine	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Vern Law	Joey Jay	(none)

Standings as of 1959-08-14

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	114	70	44	.614	--	492	453	39	35-24	33-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	40	24	16	.600
2	2	2	Cleveland Indians	115	67	48	.583	3.5	558	480	78	37-22	30-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	39	22	17	.564
3	3	6	Baltimore Orioles	114	57	57	.500	13.0	416	472	-56	27-27	29-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	40	17	23	.425
4	4	8	New York Yankees	115	57	58	.496	13.5	508	481	27	30-31	27-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	39	22	17	.564
5	5	9	Detroit Tigers	116	56	60	.483	15.0	547	545	2	26-32	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	38	20	18	.526
6	6	13	Boston Red Sox	113	52	61	.460	17.5	544	530	14	24-31	28-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	41	23	18	.561
7	7	14	Kansas City Athletics	114	52	62	.456	18.0	501	526	-25	22-33	30-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	40	14	26	.350
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	115	47	68	.409	23.5	467	546	-79	23-34	24-34	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	39	16	23	.410
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	114	65	49	.570	--	528	453	75	32-23	33-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	40	18	22	.450
2	2	4	Milwaukee Braves	107	59	48	.551	2.5	489	436	53	24-29	34-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	49	27	22	.551
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	115	63	52	.548	2.5	528	501	27	28-28	35-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	41	25	16	.610
4	4	7	Chicago Cubs	108	54	54	.500	8.0	474	467	7	27-27	27-27	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	46	20	26	.435
5	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	115	55	60	.478	10.5	587	558	29	23-33	32-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	39	19	20	.487
6	6	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	113	54	59	.478	10.5	470	517	-47	26-34	28-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	41	24	17	.585
7	7	12	St. Louis Cardinals	118	55	63	.466	12.0	509	568	-59	24-35	31-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	36	16	20	.444
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	114	47	67	.412	18.0	453	538	-85	21-38	26-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	40	17	23	.425

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