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Events of Saturday, May 2, 1959

5-1-1959 5-3-1959   5-2-1958 5-2-1960 

LA  N    0  0  0    3  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
CIN N    0  0  2    7  0  5    0  2  x  -  16 13  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Schmidt (1-0)
LP: Snyder (1-1)
HR: Pinson (3), Robinson (5), Dropo (1)

SF  N    0  0  2    1  2  1    0  0  2  -   8 17  0
MIL N    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  2  -   5  8  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Sanford (4-1)
LP: Jay (1-1)
SV: G. Jones (1)
HR: Kirkland 2 (3), Landrith (1), Mathews (8), Vernon (1), O'Brien (1)

CHI N    4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
PHI N    0  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Schaffernoth (1-0)
LP: Morehead (0-2)
SV: Elston (5)

STL N    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  3
PIT N    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Haddix (2-0)
LP: McDaniel (1-3)

BOS A    1  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   5 14  0
CHI A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  2  -   4  8  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Delock (3-0)
LP: Latman (0-2)
SV: Wall (2)
HR: Runnels (1), Jensen (4), Aparicio (3)

NY  A    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
CLE A    0  0  2    0  0  1    2  0  x  -   5  6  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Score (2-1)
LP: Sturdivant (0-1)
HR: Power (4), Colavito (5), Martin (3)

WAS A    3  1  0    6  2  0    0  3  0  -  15 17  1
DET A    0  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  3

BOX+PBP
WP: Kemmerer (4-1)
LP: Davie (0-1)
HR: Sievers (2), Lemon (6), Killebrew 2 (7), Samford (2)

BAL A    1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  1
KC  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Wilhelm (3-0)
LP: Herbert (1-2)
HR: Triandos (5)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 2, 1959

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
San Francisco Giants            18   11    7    0  .611     -    81   69
Milwaukee Braves                16    9    6    1  .600   0.5    87   72
Cincinnati Reds                 17   10    7    0  .588   0.5   123   96
Los Angeles Dodgers             19   11    8    0  .579   0.5   105  106
Chicago Cubs                    18    9    9    0  .500   2.0    81   84
Philadelphia Phillies           16    7    9    0  .438   3.0    71   81
Pittsburgh Pirates              17    7    9    1  .438   3.0    75   87
St. Louis Cardinals             19    5   14    0  .263   6.5    67   95

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Cleveland Indians               16   12    4    0  .750     -   101   52
Chicago White Sox               18   11    7    0  .611   2.0    94   85
Baltimore Orioles               18   10    8    0  .556   3.0    69   84
Kansas City Athletics           18   10    8    0  .556   3.0    90   96
Washington Senators             19   10    9    0  .526   3.5    96   83
Boston Red Sox                  15    7    8    0  .467   4.5    71   70
New York Yankees                17    7   10    0  .412   5.5    76   61
Detroit Tigers                  17    2   15    0  .118  10.5    56  122

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Brick Smith

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
CHI A  Don Mueller (32)
WAS A  Norm Zauchin (29)

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Transactions

Detroit Tigers traded Billy Hoeft to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Dave Sisler and
Ted Lepcio.

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