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Events of Friday, May 8, 1959
Events of Friday, May 8, 1959
5-7-1959 5-9-1959 5-8-1958 5-8-1960
CIN N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1
MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 11 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Lawrence (3-1)
LP: Burdette (5-1)
HR: Mathews (10), Torre (1)
PHI N 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 - 8 13 1
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Conley (1-0)
LP: Witt (0-4)
SV: Farrell (1)
LA N 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 2
SF N 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 x - 9 12 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Antonelli (4-2)
LP: McDevitt (1-1)
HR: Brandt (4), Mays (3)
CHI N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 12 0
STL N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Henry (3-1)
LP: Brosnan (0-3)
BOS A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 9 0
BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2
BOX+PBP
WP: F. Sullivan (1-1)
LP: O'Dell (1-1)
HR: Runnels (2), Jensen (7)
CLE A 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 3 0
CHI A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2
BOX+PBP
WP: McLish (4-0)
LP: Donovan (1-1)
HR: Colavito (7), Landis (2)
KC A 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 3
DET A 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 - 5 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Narleski (1-4)
LP: Herbert (1-3)
HR: Berberet (2)
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Standings At Close of Play of May 8, 1959
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Milwaukee Braves 21 12 8 1 .600 - 109 90
Cincinnati Reds 22 13 9 0 .591 - 143 116
San Francisco Giants 23 13 10 0 .565 0.5 103 93
Los Angeles Dodgers 26 14 12 0 .538 1.0 131 134
Chicago Cubs 25 13 12 0 .520 1.5 105 103
Philadelphia Phillies 22 10 12 0 .455 3.0 106 110
Pittsburgh Pirates 23 10 12 1 .455 3.0 90 112
St. Louis Cardinals 24 7 17 0 .292 7.0 91 120
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cleveland Indians 21 15 6 0 .714 - 124 63
Baltimore Orioles 23 13 10 0 .565 3.0 90 106
Washington Senators 24 13 11 0 .542 3.5 114 106
Chicago White Sox 22 11 11 0 .500 4.5 104 106
Kansas City Athletics 23 11 12 0 .478 5.0 111 122
Boston Red Sox 21 10 11 0 .476 5.0 108 98
New York Yankees 21 9 12 0 .429 6.0 90 79
Detroit Tigers 23 7 16 0 .304 9.0 90 151
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Ricky Nelson
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
SF N Roger McCardell (26)
Deaths on This Date
Basilio Cueria (60)
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Transactions
Mark Freeman returned to New York Yankees, completing trade in which Kansas City
Athletics traded Jack Urban to New York Yankees in exchange for Mark Freeman (April
8, 1959).
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