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Wednesday September 9,1959This 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 1959-09-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	3	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Jack Harshman	Milt Pappas	(none)
Cleveland Indians	4	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Jim Perry	Hal Brown	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Jim Bunning	Frank Sullivan	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	0	New York Yankees	4	Box	Art Ditmar	Johnny Kucks	Whitey Ford
Chicago White Sox	5	Washington Senators I	1	Box	Bob Shaw	Tex Clevenger	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	4	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Bob Purkey	Glen Hobbie	Brooks Lawrence
Cincinnati Reds	7	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Joe Nuxhall	Dave Hillman	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Don Drysdale	Taylor Phillips	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Milwaukee Braves	5	Box	Warren Spahn	Ernie Broglio	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Jack Sanford	Harvey Haddix	Stu Miller

Standings as of 1959-09-09

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	141	88	53	.624	--	614	542	72	40-26	46-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	13	6	7	.462
2	2	2	Cleveland Indians	138	82	56	.594	4.5	664	579	85	41-25	41-31	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	16	7	9	.438
3	3	6	Detroit Tigers	139	70	69	.504	17.0	671	660	11	31-36	40-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	15	6	9	.400
4	4	8	New York Yankees	139	69	70	.496	18.0	617	594	23	37-39	32-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	15	10	5	.667
5	5	10	Baltimore Orioles	138	67	71	.486	19.5	499	564	-65	33-36	33-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	16	7	9	.438
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	138	64	74	.464	22.5	649	639	10	31-42	33-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	16	11	5	.688
7	7	14	Kansas City Athletics	136	58	78	.426	27.5	595	652	-57	22-41	36-37	L12	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	18	8	10	.444
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	139	56	83	.403	31.0	560	639	-79	29-45	27-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	15	7	8	.467
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	138	78	60	.565	--	634	541	93	40-32	38-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	16	5	11	.313
2	2	4	Milwaukee Braves	130	71	59	.546	3.0	596	523	73	29-34	41-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John McHale	County Stadium	26	15	11	.577
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	138	75	63	.543	3.0	618	600	18	35-34	40-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	18	13	5	.722
4	4	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	136	68	68	.500	9.0	575	604	-29	27-41	41-27	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	18	10	8	.556
5	5	9	Cincinnati Reds	139	68	71	.489	10.5	700	657	43	27-37	41-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	15	6	9	.400
6	6	11	Chicago Cubs	132	63	69	.477	12.0	566	589	-23	34-37	29-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	22	11	11	.500
7	7	13	St. Louis Cardinals	140	64	76	.457	15.0	581	650	-69	28-45	36-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	14	7	7	.500
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	141	60	81	.426	19.5	560	666	-106	24-43	35-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	13	4	9	.308

Transactions

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Art Shamsky	OF-1B	17.330	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Reds.
Chuck Tanner	OF	30.067	Purchased by Indians from Red Sox.