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Events of Saturday, August 1, 1959

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Events of Saturday, August 1, 1959

7-31-1959 8-2-1959   8-1-1958 8-1-1960 

CHI N    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  2
CIN N    2  0  7    1  0  2    0  0  x  -  12 17  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Purkey (10-10)
LP: Hobbie (11-9)
HR: Pinson (14), Lynch (13), Purkey (1)

PHI N    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  3  2
LA  N    0  0  0    3  0  0    2  0  x  -   5 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Labine (5-8)
LP: Owens (7-9)
HR: Koppe (2), Post (12)

STL N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
MIL N    1  0  0    1  0  1    5  0  x  -   8  9  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Pizarro (4-1)
LP: Broglio (5-7)
HR: Mathews (30), Aaron (29)

PIT N    0  0  0    1  0  2    2  0  0  -   5  5  0
SF  N    1  1  2    0  0  0    5  0  x  -   9 14  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Byerly (1-0)
LP: Daniels (6-7)
SV: Miller (6)
HR: Kravitz (2)

WAS A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  3
CHI A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  3  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Staley (3-3)
LP: Hyde (1-2)

BAL A    0  1  3    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
CLE A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  9  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Brown (8-6)
LP: Locke (2-2)
SV: Walker (3)
HR: Triandos (23)

BOS A    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
DET A    0  0  0    5  0  1    0  0  x  -   6  8  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Mossi (10-4)
LP: Casale (7-7)
HR: Chrisley (5)

NY  A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1
KC  A    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Kucks (6-6)
LP: Ditmar (7-7)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 1, 1959

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
San Francisco Giants           103   58   45    0  .563     -   476  395
Milwaukee Braves               101   56   44    1  .560   0.5   458  403
Los Angeles Dodgers            106   59   47    0  .557   0.5   486  457
Chicago Cubs                   102   50   52    0  .490   7.5   434  441
Pittsburgh Pirates             105   50   54    1  .481   8.5   421  489
Cincinnati Reds                103   48   55    0  .466  10.0   524  497
St. Louis Cardinals            103   48   55    0  .466  10.0   453  487
Philadelphia Phillies          101   42   59    0  .416  15.0   395  478

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago White Sox              101   60   40    1  .600     -   433  408
Cleveland Indians              102   59   43    0  .578   2.0   491  416
Kansas City Athletics          101   51   50    0  .505   9.5   457  448
Baltimore Orioles              104   52   52    0  .500  10.0   381  433
Detroit Tigers                 105   51   54    0  .486  11.5   487  503
New York Yankees               102   49   52    1  .485  11.5   457  435
Boston Red Sox                 102   44   58    0  .431  17.0   475  475
Washington Senators            103   43   60    0  .417  18.5   427  490
ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
CHI N  Ed Donnelly (26)
WAS A  Zoilo Versalles (19)

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
CHI N  Elmer Singleton (41)
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Transactions


Boston Red Sox sold Ken McBride to Chicago White Sox.
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