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Events of Thursday, May 28, 1959
Events of Thursday, May 28, 1959
5-27-1959 5-29-1959 5-28-1958 5-28-1960
PHI N 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 10 0
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 3 13 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Owens (3-3)
LP: Nuxhall (2-3)
SV: Semproch (2)
HR: Robinson (12), Bell (7)
CHI N 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 - 7 10 0
LA N 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Hillman (3-3)
LP: Fowler (3-3)
SV: Elston (8)
HR: Banks (12), Hodges (6)
PIT N 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 2
MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Friend (1-7)
LP: Jay (2-3)
STL N 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1
SF N 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 x - 5 11 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Miller (3-0)
LP: McDaniel (3-6)
SV: McCormick (1)
KC A 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 7 14 1
CLE A 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Daley (3-3)
LP: Grant (3-1)
HR: Tuttle (3), Colavito (13)
BAL A 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 5 6 1
NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Wilhelm (7-0)
LP: Terry (2-5)
HR: Woodling (3)
BOS A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 3 4 2
WAS A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 2
BOX+PBP
WP: F. Sullivan (2-3)
LP: Ramos (4-5)
HR: Wertz (3)
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Standings At Close of Play of May 28, 1959
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Milwaukee Braves 41 25 15 1 .625 - 202 158
San Francisco Giants 42 24 18 0 .571 2.0 203 160
Pittsburgh Pirates 42 21 20 1 .512 4.5 171 201
Los Angeles Dodgers 45 23 22 0 .511 4.5 219 228
Chicago Cubs 44 22 22 0 .500 5.0 192 200
Cincinnati Reds 42 20 22 0 .476 6.0 217 219
St. Louis Cardinals 41 17 24 0 .415 8.5 199 195
Philadelphia Phillies 41 16 25 0 .390 9.5 177 219
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cleveland Indians 39 24 15 0 .615 - 198 142
Chicago White Sox 40 24 16 0 .600 0.5 195 173
Baltimore Orioles 42 24 18 0 .571 1.5 154 179
Kansas City Athletics 38 18 20 0 .474 5.5 189 179
Washington Senators 43 20 23 0 .465 6.0 198 187
Boston Red Sox 39 17 22 0 .436 7.0 184 193
Detroit Tigers 39 17 22 0 .436 7.0 175 218
New York Yankees 38 15 23 0 .395 8.5 148 170
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Steve Jeltz
Deaths on This Date
Ed Kippert (80)
Ken Penner (63)
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Transactions
Milwaukee Braves traded Joe Lonnett and Earl Hersh to Detroit Tigers in exchange for
Charlie Lau and Alfred Paschal; Joe Lonnett refused to report to Detroit Tigers;
Earl Hersh returned to Milwaukee Braves and Charlie Lau returned to Detroit Tigers
and Alfred Paschal returned to Detroit Tigers (May 28, 1959).
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