The Baseball Cube

Friday, May 1,1959

Friday, May 1,1959

Baseball on this Date

MORE  
Subscribe to TBC PREMIUM ... Surf ad-free, get the daily PLAYER TRACKER (take a tour), access to ... more
than a dozen research applications including Player Comparison tool, analysis features and additional datagrid functionality!
Based on data sourced from Retrosheet.org.

PREMIUM Subscribers can view the rest-of-season records for each team as well as batting/pitching stats on this date.
Games on this date
*Reload page to restore grid
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.
year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 Boston Red Sox  0 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Early Wynn Tom Brewer -- 13,022 2:46
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 New York Yankees  2 Cleveland Indians  4 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Cal McLish Bobby Shantz -- 36,682 2:22
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 Washington Senators I  4 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Camilo Pascual Jim Bunning -- 1,863 3:10
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 Baltimore Orioles  3 Kansas City Athletics  6 box | pbp Municipal Stadium Russ Meyer Ernie Johnson -- 10,343 2:31
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Crosley Field Orlando Pena Don Drysdale Hal Jeffcoat 11,143 2:31
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 San Francisco Giants  6 Milwaukee Braves  4 box | pbp County Stadium Sam Jones Carl Willey Stu Miller 16,900 2:32
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 Chicago Cubs  2 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Shibe Park Jim Owens Glen Hobbie -- 9,054 2:30
1959 reg season 1959-05-01 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Forbes Field Vinegar Bend Mizell Bob Friend Jim Brosnan 18,950 2:41
8 record(s)
Standings on this date
*Reload page to restore grid
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.
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 15 11 4 .733 0.0 96 50 46 W1 5-0 6-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 17 11 6 .647 1.0 88 90 -2 W2 6-3 4-4 2 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 17 10 7 .588 2.0 89 93 -4 W3 3-3 7-4 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 3.0 66 83 -17 L3 5-5 4-3 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 3.5 81 80 1 W2 5-6 4-3 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 16 7 9 .438 4.5 74 56 18 L2 6-6 1-3 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 14 6 8 .429 4.5 66 66 0 L3 1-4 5-4 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 16 2 14 .125 9.5 63 105 -42 L2 1-6 2-7 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 15 10 5 .667 0.0 82 64 18 L1 4-3 5-3 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 18 11 7 .611 0.5 101 90 11 L1 5-4 6-3 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 17 10 7 .588 1.0 73 64 9 W1 7-4 3-3 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 16 9 7 .563 1.5 107 92 15 W1 1-3 8-4 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 17 8 9 .471 3.0 77 81 -4 L1 4-5 4-4 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 15 7 8 .467 3.0 68 77 -9 W1 2-3 5-5 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 16 6 10 .375 4.5 73 86 -13 L1 4-5 2-5 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 18 5 13 .278 6.5 66 93 -27 W1 4-8 1-5 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)
Transactions
*Reload page to restore grid
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
Don Rudolph Cincinnati Reds Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox with Lou Skizas to Cincinnati Reds for Del Ennis
Lou Skizas Cincinnati Reds Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox with Don Rudolph to Cincinnati Reds for Del Ennis
Del Ennis Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox for Don Rudolph and Lou Skizas
3 record(s)