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Friday, April 24,1959

Friday, April 24,1959

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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 1959-04-24 Chicago White Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  6 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Humberto Robinson Gerry Staley -- 28,498 3:12
1959 reg season 1959-04-24 Detroit Tigers  1 Kansas City Athletics  10 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Ralph Terry Billy Hoeft -- 8,727 2:34
1959 reg season 1959-04-24 Boston Red Sox  7 Washington Senators I  2 box | pbp Griffith Stadium Ike Delock Vito Valentinetti -- 7,387 2:49
1959 reg season 1959-04-24 San Francisco Giants  4 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Stu Miller John Buzhardt -- 3,511 3:22
1959 reg season 1959-04-24 Milwaukee Braves  10 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Crosley Field Joey Jay Don Newcombe Don McMahon 14,874 2:45
1959 reg season 1959-04-24 Pittsburgh Pirates  8 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Shibe Park Roy Face Al Schroll -- 15,675 2:53
1959 reg season 1959-04-24 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Johnny Podres Howie Nunn Clem Labine 11,856 2:52
7 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • 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.
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 11 10 1 .909 0.0 79 29 50 W4 5-0 5-1 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 10 6 4 .600 3.5 57 36 21 L1 5-4 1-0 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 11 6 5 .545 4.0 49 59 -10 W1 2-2 4-3 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 11 6 5 .545 4.0 61 55 6 W1 1-1 5-4 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 11 6 5 .545 4.0 62 69 -7 L1 3-3 2-3 5 5 7 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 5.0 57 63 -6 W1 3-3 2-3 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 12 4 8 .333 6.5 44 61 -17 L1 2-5 2-3 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 11 1 10 .091 9.0 42 79 -37 L4 1-4 1-5 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 10 8 2 .800 0.0 52 37 15 W1 4-1 3-2 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 12 8 4 .667 1.0 57 56 1 W1 2-1 6-3 2 2 3 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 13 8 5 .615 1.5 59 50 9 W2 5-2 3-3 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 12 6 6 .500 3.0 57 51 6 L1 3-3 3-3 4 4 9 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 11 5 6 .455 3.5 64 62 2 L1 1-3 4-3 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 9 4 5 .444 3.5 41 47 -6 L1 2-3 2-2 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 10 3 7 .300 5.0 43 54 -11 W1 2-4 1-3 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 13 3 10 .231 6.5 39 55 -16 L2 3-6 0-4 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)