Baseball on Monday, August 31, 1959

This research section allows you to see a list of events that occured on a particular date in baseball history. Games, standings and feats are available since 1957 while other data is available since 1903.

THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Washington Senators	3	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Mike Fornieles (4-3)	Chuck Stobbs (1-8)	BOS J Jensen (26), P Runnels (6)	Jackie Jensen (32.5)
San Francisco Giants	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Sandy Koufax (7-3)	Jack Sanford (11-8)	LAN W Moon (11) SFN W McCovey (7)	Duke Snider (61.7)

Standings as of this date

American League
-	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	81	50	.618	--	564	511	39-26	40-26	W5	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	75	55	.577	5.5	620	545	37-24	38-31	L4	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	65	65	.500	15.5	618	608	29-32	37-32	W4	Game Log
New York Yankees	64	67	.489	17.0	584	567	36-38	28-29	L1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	62	66	.484	17.5	469	533	31-35	30-32	L3	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	62	68	.477	18.5	621	597	30-38	32-30	W4	Game Log
Kansas City Athletics	58	70	.453	21.5	570	603	22-33	36-37	L4	Game Log
Washington Senators I	52	78	.400	28.5	520	602	27-42	25-36	L1	Game Log

National League
San Francisco Giants	73	58	.557	8.0	607	524	40-32	33-26	L2	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	72	59	.550	9.0	595	577	35-34	37-25	W2	Game Log
Milwaukee Braves	66	56	.541	10.5	563	494	27-33	38-24	L1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	61	.523	12.5	559	569	26-34	41-27	W5	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	60	64	.484	17.5	543	555	31-34	29-30	W1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	63	68	.481	18.0	669	632	25-37	38-31	W1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	61	72	.459	21.0	559	626	25-41	36-31	L1	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	55	79	.410	27.5	527	645	21-42	33-38	L4	Game Log

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