The Baseball Cube

Saturday, May 9,1959

Saturday, May 9,1959

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
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Boston Red Sox  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Hoyt Wilhelm Billy Hoeft Billy Loes 8,039 2:11
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Cleveland Indians  5 Chicago White Sox  9 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Ray Moore Herb Score -- 6,325 3:02
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Kansas City Athletics  4 Detroit Tigers  7 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jim Bunning Bob Grim -- 6,691 2:30
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Washington Senators I  7 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Hal Griggs Bob Turley -- 21,519 2:32
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Cincinnati Reds  3 Milwaukee Braves  0 box | pbp County Stadium Bob Purkey Warren Spahn -- 15,745 2:18
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Philadelphia Phillies  1 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 box | pbp Forbes Field Ron Kline Ruben Gomez -- 9,633 2:10
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Seals Stadium Clem Labine Gordon Jones -- 22,679 3:01
1959 reg season 1959-05-09 Chicago Cubs  1 St. Louis Cardinals  11 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Larry Jackson Glen Hobbie -- 6,964 2:22
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
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 22 15 7 .682 0.0 129 72 57 L1 6-1 9-6 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 24 14 10 .583 2.0 94 109 -15 W1 9-6 5-4 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 25 14 11 .560 2.5 121 106 15 W1 10-7 4-4 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 3.5 111 121 -10 W1 6-3 5-9 4 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 24 11 13 .458 5.0 115 129 -14 L5 3-5 8-8 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 5.0 111 102 9 L1 5-8 5-4 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 6.0 90 86 4 L1 8-9 1-4 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 24 8 16 .333 8.0 107 153 -46 W3 1-6 8-9 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 0.0 146 116 30 W3 3-3 11-6 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 0.5 109 93 16 L2 4-3 8-7 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 1.0 137 139 -2 W1 9-9 6-3 3 3 6 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 24 13 11 .542 1.5 108 99 9 L1 9-6 4-5 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 2.5 106 114 -8 L1 9-9 4-4 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 25 11 14 .440 4.0 100 116 -16 W1 4-5 7-9 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 4.0 107 119 -12 L1 3-5 7-8 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 6.5 105 122 -17 W1 6-11 3-6 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
Murry Dickson Kansas City Athletics Hist Sold by New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
Bobby Malkmus -- Hist Sold by Washington Senators I to Denver (American Association)
2 record(s)