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Events of Sunday, May 31, 1959

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Events of Sunday, May 31, 1959

5-30-1959 6-1-1959   5-31-1958 5-31-1960 

PIT N    1  0  1    2  0  0    0  1  1  -   6 13  0  (1)
CIN N    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Law (5-2)
LP: Purkey (5-6)
HR: Burgess 2 (5), Hoak 2 (4)

PIT N    0  0  4    2  2  3    3  0  0  -  14 17  1  (2)
CIN N    0  2  2    4  3  0    0  0  0  -  11 15  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Face (7-0)
LP: Mabe (3-2)
HR: Skinner 2 (10), Hoak (5), Burgess (6), Dotterer (1), McMillan (6)

STL N    0  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
LA  N    3  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   5  9  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Koufax (1-1)
LP: G. Blaylock (3-3)
SV: McDevitt (1)
HR: Blasingame (1), Jablonski (2), Neal (6)

PHI N    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  4  0  -   6 13  1  (1)
MIL N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Roberts (3-4)
LP: Burdette (8-3)
HR: Post (8)

PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  0  (2)
MIL N    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  7  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Spahn (7-5)
LP: Semproch (2-3)
HR: Freese (5), Covington (3)

CHI N    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   3  6  0
SF  N    0  4  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   6  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Antonelli (7-2)
LP: Hobbie (5-5)
SV: Miller (2)
HR: T. Taylor (2), Schmidt (4)

BAL A    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2 11  1
BOS A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Brown (3-1)
LP: Delock (5-3)

KC  A    0  5  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   9 12  0
CHI A    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Garver (4-3)
LP: Wynn (7-4)
HR: Ward (1), Torgeson (4)

CLE A    3  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  4  0
DET A    2  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   7  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Davie (2-1)
LP: Garcia (0-4)
HR: Martin (5), Maxwell (9)

NY  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  4  0
WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Turley (4-6)
LP: Pascual (4-5)
HR: Skowron (8)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 31, 1959

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Milwaukee Braves                45   28   16    1  .636     -   214  172
San Francisco Giants            45   26   19    0  .578   2.5   216  169
Pittsburgh Pirates              46   24   21    1  .533   4.5   199  223
Los Angeles Dodgers             48   25   23    0  .521   5.0   235  246
Chicago Cubs                    47   23   24    0  .489   6.5   206  215
Cincinnati Reds                 46   21   25    0  .457   8.0   239  247
St. Louis Cardinals             44   18   26    0  .409  10.0   212  209
Philadelphia Phillies           45   17   28    0  .378  11.5   191  231

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Cleveland Indians               42   25   17    0  .595     -   206  154
Chicago White Sox               44   25   19    0  .568   1.0   203  193
Baltimore Orioles               46   25   21    0  .543   2.0   165  198
Kansas City Athletics           41   20   21    0  .488   4.5   203  184
Detroit Tigers                  43   20   23    0  .465   5.5   193  229
New York Yankees                42   19   23    0  .452   6.0   178  174
Washington Senators             47   21   26    0  .447   6.5   207  218
Boston Red Sox                  43   19   24    0  .442   6.5   204  209
ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
PIT N  Al Jackson (23)
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