The Baseball Cube

Thursday, September 3,1959

Thursday, September 3,1959

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 1959-09-03 Boston Red Sox  4 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Hal Brown Frank Baumann Billy Loes 8,754 2:26
1959 reg season 1959-09-03 Washington Senators I  2 New York Yankees  9 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Art Ditmar Russ Kemmerer -- 16,117 2:09
1959 reg season 1959-09-03 St. Louis Cardinals  5 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 box | pbp Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Bob Miller Don Drysdale -- 21,308 2:54
1959 reg season 1959-09-03 Chicago Cubs  5 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Seals Stadium Stu Miller Dave Hillman -- 15,424 2:54
4 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 -- Chicago White Sox franchise | log 134 83 51 .619 0.0 582 521 61 W2 39-26 42-27 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Dodgers)
1959 AL -- Cleveland Indians franchise | log 131 76 55 .580 5.5 626 548 78 W1 37-24 39-31 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- New York Yankees franchise | log 134 67 67 .500 16.0 602 572 30 W3 37-38 30-29 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Detroit Tigers franchise | log 133 66 67 .496 16.5 628 626 2 L2 30-34 37-32 4 4 8 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 131 64 67 .489 17.5 478 542 -64 W2 31-35 32-33 5 5 10 Yes dnq
1959 AL -- Boston Red Sox franchise | log 133 62 71 .466 20.5 629 613 16 L3 30-40 32-31 6 6 12 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Kansas City Athletics franchise | log 129 58 71 .450 22.5 573 609 -36 L5 22-34 36-37 7 7 14 -- dnq
1959 AL -- Washington Senators I franchise | log 133 53 80 .398 29.5 532 619 -87 L2 28-44 25-36 8 8 16 -- dnq
1959 NL -- San Francisco Giants franchise | log 133 75 58 .564 0.0 619 532 87 W2 40-32 35-26 1 1 3 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 134 73 61 .545 2.5 607 591 16 L1 35-34 38-27 2 2 4 Yes Won World Series (White Sox)
1959 NL -- Milwaukee Braves franchise | log 124 66 58 .532 4.5 571 510 61 L3 27-33 38-26 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 130 67 63 .515 6.5 563 577 -14 L2 26-36 41-27 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 133 65 68 .489 10.0 677 636 41 W3 25-37 40-31 5 5 9 Yes dnq
1959 NL -- Chicago Cubs franchise | log 126 60 66 .476 11.5 551 567 -16 L2 31-36 29-30 6 6 11 -- dnq
1959 NL -- St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 136 63 73 .463 13.5 573 638 -65 W1 27-42 36-31 7 7 13 -- dnq
1959 NL -- Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 136 57 79 .419 19.5 543 653 -110 W2 23-42 33-38 8 8 15 -- dnq
16 record(s)