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Sunday, August 16,1959

Sunday, August 16,1959

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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 1959-08-16 Washington Senators I  6 Baltimore Orioles  1 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Pedro Ramos Jerry Walker Dick Hyde 6,429 2:28
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Chicago White Sox  2 Kansas City Athletics  7 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Ned Garver Dick Donovan -- 13,373 2:44
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Boston Red Sox  6 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ike Delock Duke Maas Leo Kiely 0 2:45
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Boston Red Sox  2 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ralph Terry Bill Monbouquette Bob Turley 46,717 2:29
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 San Francisco Giants  4 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Bob Anderson Johnny Antonelli Don Elston 19,992 2:45
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Cincinnati Reds  5 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Shibe Park Robin Roberts Bob Purkey -- 0 2:29
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Cincinnati Reds  0 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Shibe Park Don Cardwell Jay Hook -- 10,921 2:30
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Milwaukee Braves  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Forbes Field Bob Friend Juan Pizarro Erwin Cooledge Porterfiel 0 2:11
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Milwaukee Braves  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Forbes Field Warren Spahn Bennie Daniels -- 24,518 2:43
1959 reg season 1959-08-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Larry Jackson Roger Craig -- 17,944 2:46
10 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
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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 -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 116 70 46 .603 0.0 495 462 33 L2 35-26 33-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 116 67 49 .578 3.0 564 489 75 L2 37-23 30-26 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 116 58 58 .500 12.0 421 480 -59 L1 27-27 30-32 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 118 58 60 .492 13.0 521 501 20 W1 30-31 28-29 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 117 57 60 .487 13.5 556 551 5 W2 26-32 32-27 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 116 54 62 .466 16.0 564 543 21 L1 26-32 28-30 6 6 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 116 54 62 .466 16.0 510 529 -19 W2 22-33 32-29 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 117 48 69 .410 22.5 475 551 -76 W1 24-35 24-34 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 0.0 538 462 76 L1 33-24 33-26 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 117 64 53 .547 2.5 535 509 26 L1 29-29 35-24 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 108 59 49 .546 3.0 497 446 51 L2 24-30 34-20 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 110 55 55 .500 8.0 483 477 6 W1 27-27 28-28 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 114 55 59 .482 10.0 480 525 -45 W2 26-34 29-25 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 56 62 .475 11.0 600 575 25 L2 24-35 32-27 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 120 56 64 .467 12.0 517 575 -58 W1 24-35 32-29 7 7 12 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 49 68 .419 17.5 470 551 -81 W2 21-38 28-30 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)