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Thursday, May 28,1959

Thursday, May 28,1959

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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
1959 reg season 1959-05-28 Kansas City Athletics  7 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Bud Daley Mudcat Grant -- 12,785 2:30
1959 reg season 1959-05-28 Baltimore Orioles  5 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Hoyt Wilhelm Ralph Terry -- 19,196 2:26
1959 reg season 1959-05-28 Boston Red Sox  3 Washington Senators I  1 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Frank Sullivan Pedro Ramos -- 10,381 2:10
1959 reg season 1959-05-28 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Crosley Field Jim Owens Joe Nuxhall Ray Semproch 6,819 2:45
1959 reg season 1959-05-28 Chicago Cubs  7 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Dave Hillman Art Fowler Don Elston 13,079 3:15
1959 reg season 1959-05-28 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Milwaukee Braves  0 box | pbp County Stadium Bob Friend Joey Jay -- 12,635 2:13
1959 reg season 1959-05-28 St. Louis Cardinals  4 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Seals Stadium Stu Miller Lindy McDaniel Mike McCormick 7,814 2:51
7 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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  • 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 -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 39 24 15 .615 0.0 198 142 56 L2 13-6 11-9 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 40 24 16 .600 0.5 193 183 10 W1 15-7 8-10 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 42 24 18 .571 1.5 154 179 -25 W1 11-6 13-12 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 38 18 20 .474 5.5 189 179 10 W1 8-9 10-11 4 4 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 43 20 23 .465 6.0 198 187 11 L1 13-11 7-12 5 5 11 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 7.0 184 193 -9 W1 9-9 8-13 6 6 13 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 39 17 22 .436 7.0 185 216 -31 W3 9-12 9-9 7 7 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 38 15 23 .395 8.5 148 170 -22 L1 10-11 5-12 8 8 15 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 40 25 15 .625 0.0 194 157 37 L1 12-8 12-8 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 42 24 18 .571 2.0 203 160 43 W3 11-7 13-11 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 43 22 21 .512 4.5 191 192 -1 W1 12-11 10-10 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 45 23 22 .511 4.5 219 228 -9 L1 11-10 12-12 4 4 7 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 44 22 22 .500 5.0 179 210 -31 W1 10-12 12-10 5 5 8 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 42 20 22 .476 6.0 217 219 -2 L1 7-15 13-7 6 6 9 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 42 18 24 .429 8.0 202 196 6 L3 9-13 9-11 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 42 16 26 .381 10.0 183 226 -43 W1 6-16 10-10 8 8 16 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • 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
Joe Lonnett Detroit Tigers Hist Traded from Milwaukee Braves with Earl Hersh, Charlie Lau and Alfred Paschal to Detroit Tigers for Charlie Lau, Alfred Paschal and Earl Hersh
Earl Hersh Detroit Tigers Hist Traded from Detroit Tigers with Charlie Lau, Alfred Paschal and Joe Lonnett to Milwaukee Braves for Joe Lonnett, Charlie Lau and Alfred Paschal
Charlie Lau Milwaukee Braves Hist Traded from Milwaukee Braves with Joe Lonnett, Earl Hersh and Alfred Paschal to Detroit Tigers for Alfred Paschal, Joe Lonnett and Earl Hersh
Joe Lonnett Milwaukee Braves Hist Traded from Milwaukee Braves with Earl Hersh, Charlie Lau and Alfred Paschal to Detroit Tigers for Charlie Lau, Alfred Paschal and Earl Hersh
Earl Hersh Milwaukee Braves Hist Traded from Detroit Tigers with Charlie Lau, Alfred Paschal and Joe Lonnett to Milwaukee Braves for Joe Lonnett, Charlie Lau and Alfred Paschal
Charlie Lau Detroit Tigers Hist Traded from Milwaukee Braves with Joe Lonnett, Earl Hersh and Alfred Paschal to Detroit Tigers for Alfred Paschal, Joe Lonnett and Earl Hersh
6 record(s)