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Friday, May 11,1956

Friday, May 11,1956

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1956 reg season 1956-05-11 Kansas City Athletics  1 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Mike Garcia Lou Kretlow -- 8,622 1:44
1956 reg season 1956-05-11 Chicago White Sox  9 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dixie Howell Frank Lary -- 25,627 2:58
1956 reg season 1956-05-11 Baltimore Orioles  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Whitey Ford Erv Palica -- 13,991 2:23
1956 reg season 1956-05-11 Boston Red Sox  3 Washington Senators I  4 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Bob Chakales Ike Delock -- 8,701 2:28
1956 reg season 1956-05-11 New York Giants  4 Brooklyn Dodgers  8 box | pbp Ebbets Field Roger Craig Ruben Gomez -- 24,431 2:29
1956 reg season 1956-05-11 Milwaukee Braves  9 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Crosley Field Ernie Johnson Art Fowler Dave Jolly 21,234 3:12
1956 reg season 1956-05-11 Philadelphia Phillies  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Forbes Field Luis Arroyo Jack Meyer -- 17,605 2:45
7 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • 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.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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
Jim Dyck Cincinnati Reds Hist Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Cincinnati Reds
Grady Hatton St. Louis Cardinals Hist Sold by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Cardinals
Walt Masterson Detroit Tigers Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1956-1956 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Murry Dickson St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Herm Wehmeier to St. Louis Cardinals for Harvey Haddix, Ben Flowers and Stu Miller
Herm Wehmeier St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Murry Dickson to St. Louis Cardinals for Harvey Haddix, Ben Flowers and Stu Miller
Harvey Haddix Philadelphia Phillies Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Ben Flowers and Stu Miller to Philadelphia Phillies for Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier
Ben Flowers Philadelphia Phillies Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Harvey Haddix and Stu Miller to Philadelphia Phillies for Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier
Stu Miller Philadelphia Phillies Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Harvey Haddix and Ben Flowers to Philadelphia Phillies for Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier
8 record(s)