Baseball on this Date - Friday July 29,1960

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Month	Day	Year

Games on 1960-07-29

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	3	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Jack Harshman	Jack Fisher	Dick Stigman
Detroit Tigers	0	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Bill Monbouquette	Jim Bunning	(none)
Kansas City Athletics	5	New York Yankees	2	Box	Ray Herbert	Eli Grba	(none)
Chicago White Sox	5	Washington Senators I	7	Box	Rudy Hernandez	Gerry Staley	Ray Moore
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Chicago Cubs	0	Box	Vinegar Bend Mizell	Jim Brewer	(none)
Milwaukee Braves	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Stan Williams	Bob Buhl	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	1	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Mike McCormick	Jay Hook	Johnny Antonelli
Philadelphia Phillies	0	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Ernie Broglio	John Buzhardt	(none)

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1960 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Chicago White Sox	94	54	40	.574	--	464	385	79	24-25	30-15	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Hank Greenberg	Comiskey Park	60	33	27	.550
2	2	4	New York Yankees	91	52	39	.571	0.5	479	386	93	23-26	29-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	63	45	18	.714
3	3	6	Baltimore Orioles	97	52	45	.536	3.5	411	419	-8	28-17	24-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Lee MacPhail	Memorial Stadium	57	37	20	.649
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	91	48	43	.527	4.5	415	400	15	23-21	25-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	63	28	35	.444
5	5	10	Washington Senators I	91	46	45	.505	6.5	402	412	-10	26-21	20-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	63	27	36	.429
6	6	11	Detroit Tigers	91	43	48	.473	9.5	365	371	-6	17-28	26-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Rick Ferrell	Briggs Stadium	63	28	35	.444
7	7	13	Boston Red Sox	92	38	54	.413	15.0	395	483	-88	15-31	23-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bucky Harris	Fenway Park	62	27	35	.435
8	8	15	Kansas City Athletics	91	36	55	.396	16.5	367	442	-75	14-30	21-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Parke Carroll	Municipal Stadium	63	22	41	.349
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1960 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	94	57	37	.606	--	467	385	82	31-22	25-16	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	60	38	22	.633
2	2	2	Milwaukee Braves	91	53	38	.582	2.5	422	400	22	23-22	30-16	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP	Chuck Dressen	John McHale	County Stadium	63	35	28	.556
3	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	92	51	41	.554	5.0	431	351	80	22-17	29-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	62	31	31	.500
4	4	7	St. Louis Cardinals	94	50	44	.532	7.0	414	384	30	21-29	29-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	60	36	24	.600
5	5	9	San Francisco Giants	93	48	45	.516	8.5	397	376	21	16-20	32-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Candlestick Park	61	31	30	.508
6	6	12	Cincinnati Reds	94	42	52	.447	15.0	395	439	-44	22-28	20-24	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	60	25	35	.417
7	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	94	38	56	.404	19.0	346	439	-93	19-30	19-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Quinn	Connie Mack Stadium	60	21	39	.350
8	8	16	Chicago Cubs	94	34	60	.362	23.0	400	498	-98	18-33	15-28	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	60	26	34	.433

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bob Grim	P	30.143	Purchased by Cardinals from Reds.
Don Newcombe	P	34.045	Purchased by Indians from Reds.

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