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Events of Saturday, August 8, 1959

8-7-1959 8-9-1959   8-8-1958 8-8-1960 

PIT N    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   4 12  0
CHI N    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  -   3  8  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Gross (1-0)
LP: Donnelly (0-1)

MIL N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  5  0
LA  N    2  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   4 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Drysdale (15-6)
LP: Jay (4-9)
HR: Demeter (18)

CIN N    2  2  2    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   9 12  3
SF  N    2  0  1    0  1  1    1  0  0  -   6 11  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Pena (4-7)
LP: McCormick (10-10)
SV: Brosnan (3)
HR: Thomas (8), Alou (9), McCovey (4), Cepeda (22), Kirkland (18)

PHI N    0  1  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0  (1)
STL N    1  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  9  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Miller (1-0)
LP: Roberts (10-11)
HR: Musial (11)

PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  -   4  6  3  (2)
STL N    0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   5  9  1

BOX+PBP
WP: McDaniel (12-10)
LP: Farrell (1-3)
HR: H. Anderson (12), Porter (1)

DET A    0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0    0  -   3 11  0
BOS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3    1  -   4 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Delock (9-6)
LP: Burnside (0-1)
HR: Geiger (8)

KC  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
NY  A    0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   3  9  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Turley (8-9)
LP: Kucks (6-7)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 8, 1959

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
San Francisco Giants           109   62   47    0  .569     -   502  417
Los Angeles Dodgers            110   62   48    0  .564   0.5   501  469
Milwaukee Braves               107   58   48    1  .547   2.5   482  428
Pittsburgh Pirates             111   53   57    1  .482   9.5   453  509
Chicago Cubs                   108   52   56    0  .481   9.5   450  457
St. Louis Cardinals            111   53   58    0  .477  10.0   482  534
Cincinnati Reds                108   51   57    0  .472  10.5   544  513
Philadelphia Phillies          108   44   64    0  .407  17.5   416  503

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago White Sox              108   64   42    2  .604     -   455  425
Cleveland Indians              109   64   45    0  .587   1.5   529  445
Baltimore Orioles              111   55   55    1  .500  11.0   405  457
New York Yankees               108   53   54    1  .495  11.5   476  448
Kansas City Athletics          108   52   56    0  .481  13.0   480  492
Detroit Tigers                 111   53   58    0  .477  13.5   505  522
Boston Red Sox                 109   50   59    0  .459  15.5   519  503
Washington Senators            110   44   66    0  .400  22.0   449  526

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Dave Meier
Dave Myers

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
PIT N  Hardy Peterson (29)

Deaths on This Date

Phil Lewis (75)

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