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Saturday, August 8,1959

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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 1959-08-08 Detroit Tigers  3 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Ike Delock Pete Burnside -- 13,930 3:12
1959 reg season 1959-08-08 Kansas City Athletics  0 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Bob Turley Johnny Kucks -- 53,998 2:17
1959 reg season 1959-08-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Don Gross Ed Donnelly -- 5,693 4:19
1959 reg season 1959-08-08 Milwaukee Braves  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Don Drysdale Joey Jay -- 67,312 2:22
1959 reg season 1959-08-08 Cincinnati Reds  9 San Francisco Giants  6 box | pbp Seals Stadium Orlando Pena Mike McCormick Jim Brosnan 21,576 3:06
1959 reg season 1959-08-08 Philadelphia Phillies  3 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Bob Miller Robin Roberts -- 0 2:31
1959 reg season 1959-08-08 Philadelphia Phillies  4 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Sportsman's Park III Lindy McDaniel Turk Farrell -- 11,296 2:31
7 record(s)
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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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  • 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 -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 108 65 43 .602 0.0 453 435 18 W1 30-23 33-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 109 64 45 .587 1.5 529 445 84 W2 34-19 30-26 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 111 56 55 .505 10.5 405 457 -52 L2 27-27 28-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 108 53 55 .491 12.0 476 448 28 W2 28-31 25-24 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 111 53 58 .477 13.5 515 520 -5 L2 25-32 29-25 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 107 51 56 .477 13.5 475 489 -14 L4 22-31 29-25 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 108 50 58 .463 15.0 516 498 18 W4 22-31 28-27 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 110 44 66 .400 22.0 449 526 -77 L2 20-34 24-32 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 109 62 47 .569 0.0 502 417 85 L1 30-21 32-26 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 110 62 48 .564 0.5 501 469 32 W2 27-25 35-23 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 102 56 46 .549 2.5 457 409 48 L3 21-27 34-20 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 103 50 53 .485 9.0 428 436 -8 L1 27-27 23-26 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 112 54 58 .482 9.5 490 540 -50 W3 24-35 30-23 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 110 52 58 .473 10.5 455 506 -51 W1 24-33 28-25 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 108 51 57 .472 10.5 544 513 31 W1 21-32 30-25 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 108 44 64 .407 17.5 416 503 -87 L4 19-38 25-26 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)
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