The Baseball Cube

Wednesday, May 21,1958

Wednesday, May 21,1958

Baseball on this Date

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 New York Yankees  5 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Whitey Ford Billy Pierce -- 9,002 2:09
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 Boston Red Sox  2 Cleveland Indians  3 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Dick Tomanek Murray Wall -- 2,554 3:00
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 Baltimore Orioles  8 Detroit Tigers  1 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Ken Lehman Frank Lary George Zuverink 3,387 2:39
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 Washington Senators I  6 Kansas City Athletics  1 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Russ Kemmerer Ralph Terry -- 5,561 2:02
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 San Francisco Giants  5 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Crosley Field Marv Grissom Hal Jeffcoat -- 8,669 2:34
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 Milwaukee Braves  1 box | pbp County Stadium Don Drysdale Bob Rush Clem Labine 18,842 2:07
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Philadelphia Phillies  1 box | pbp Shibe Park Robin Roberts Sam Jones -- 16,621 2:04
1958 reg season 1958-05-21 Chicago Cubs  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Forbes Field Taylor Phillips Bob Porterfield -- 5,393 2:31
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
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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
1958 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 26 21 5 .808 0.0 114 59 55 W8 9-3 12-2 1 1 1 Yes Won World Series (Braves)
1958 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 7.5 90 92 -2 W2 4-9 10-4 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 8.0 126 124 2 L1 4-9 10-5 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 33 16 17 .485 8.5 139 153 -14 W1 8-11 8-6 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 31 15 16 .484 8.5 115 138 -23 W1 4-7 10-10 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1958 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 9.0 143 140 3 L1 4-10 11-7 6 6 10 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 32 13 19 .406 11.0 139 141 -2 L7 6-13 7-6 7 7 13 -- dnq
1958 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 29 11 18 .379 11.5 104 123 -19 L4 6-12 5-6 8 8 16 -- dnq
1958 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 34 23 11 .676 0.0 205 142 63 W5 10-3 13-8 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 3.0 130 101 29 L2 11-7 6-4 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1958 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 32 18 14 .563 4.0 153 144 9 L1 10-10 8-4 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 32 15 17 .469 7.0 122 141 -19 W1 7-11 8-6 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 35 16 19 .457 7.5 161 159 2 W1 6-8 10-11 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1958 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 31 14 17 .452 7.5 132 151 -19 L1 6-9 8-8 6 6 12 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 28 11 17 .393 9.0 119 126 -7 L3 7-9 4-8 7 7 14 -- dnq
1958 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 34 13 21 .382 10.0 153 211 -58 W3 5-8 8-13 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
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  • 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.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Roy Smalley St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1958-1958 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Bill Wight St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1958-1958 ($0m) [Free Agent]
2 record(s)