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Events of Sunday, August 2, 1959

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Events of Sunday, August 2, 1959

8-1-1959 8-3-1959   8-2-1958 8-2-1960 

CHI N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
CIN N    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  8  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Hook (2-1)
LP: Hillman (5-9)
SV: Lawrence (4)

PHI N    1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  4  0
LA  N    0  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  x  -   4  8  3
BOX+PBP
WP: L. Sherry (2-2)
LP: Cardwell (5-7)
HR: Neal (14), Snider (14)

STL N    1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   4 11  0  (1)
MIL N    1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   3  5  4
BOX+PBP
WP: Jackson (9-9)
LP: Jay (4-8)
SV: McDaniel (12)
HR: Adcock (13)

STL N    0  0  0    2  1  0    0  2  0  -   5  9  1  (2)
MIL N    4  0  0    0  3  4    0  0  x  -  11 12  3
BOX+PBP
WP: Burdette (15-10)
LP: Mizell (11-7)
HR: Boyer (19), Crowe (5), Mantilla (3)

PIT N    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
SF  N    0  0  0    2  0  1    1  1  x  -   5 11  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Antonelli (15-6)
LP: Porterfield (0-2)
HR: McCovey (1)

WAS A    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1  (1)
CHI A    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  5  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Lown (8-2)
LP: Kemmerer (5-11)
HR: Throneberry (9)

WAS A    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  6  2  (2)
CHI A    0  0  3    0  3  3    0  0  x  -   9 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Shaw (10-3)
LP: Kaat (0-1)
SV: Staley (9)
HR: Lemon (24)

BAL A    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  2  0    1  -   5 15  0  (1)
CLE A    0  0  0    2  1  0    0  1  0    0  -   4 10  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Wilhelm (11-7)
LP: Cicotte (2-1)
SV: O'Dell (1)
HR: Colavito (31), Held (20)

BAL A    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  1  -   3 12  2  (2)
CLE A    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  3  -   6 11  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bell (11-9)
LP: O'Dell (6-9)
HR: Francona (11)

BOS A    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  3  0  -   5  7  1
DET A    0  1  2    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  4  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Delock (7-6)
LP: Foytack (9-10)
HR: Jensen (23), Malzone (15), Maxwell (23)

NY  A    2  1  0    0  0  3    0  1  0  -   7 11  1
KC  A    0  0  2    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   5 13  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Maas (10-5)
LP: Grim (6-7)
SV: Shantz (2)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 2, 1959

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
San Francisco Giants           104   59   45    0  .567     -   481  398
Los Angeles Dodgers            107   60   47    0  .561   0.5   490  460
Milwaukee Braves               103   57   45    1  .559   1.0   472  412
Chicago Cubs                   103   50   53    0  .485   8.5   434  443
Pittsburgh Pirates             106   50   55    1  .476   9.5   424  494
Cincinnati Reds                104   49   55    0  .471  10.0   526  497
St. Louis Cardinals            105   49   56    0  .467  10.5   462  501
Philadelphia Phillies          102   42   60    0  .412  16.0   398  482

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago White Sox              103   62   40    1  .608     -   445  413
Cleveland Indians              104   60   44    0  .577   3.0   501  424
Baltimore Orioles              106   53   53    0  .500  11.0   389  443
Kansas City Athletics          102   51   51    0  .500  11.0   462  455
New York Yankees               103   50   52    1  .490  12.0   464  440
Detroit Tigers                 106   51   55    0  .481  13.0   491  508
Boston Red Sox                 103   45   58    0  .437  17.5   480  479
Washington Senators            105   43   62    0  .410  20.5   432  502
ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
WAS A  Jim Kaat (20)
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