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Events of Wednesday, September 9, 1959

9-8-1959 9-10-1959   9-9-1958 9-9-1960 

CIN N    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   4  8  0  (1)
CHI N    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   2  9  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Purkey (11-16)
LP: Hobbie (14-12)
SV: Lawrence (8)
HR: S. Taylor (10)

CIN N    1  2  0    0  4  -   7  7  0  (2)
CHI N    0  2  0    0  0  -   2  5  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Nuxhall (8-9)
LP: Hillman (6-11)
HR: Pinson (18), Robinson (35), E. Bailey (11), Moryn (12)

PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
LA  N    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   1  6  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Drysdale (16-12)
LP: Phillips (1-6)

STL N    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3 10  0
MIL N    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   5  6  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Spahn (19-13)
LP: Broglio (6-12)
HR: Adcock (23), Avila (3)

PIT N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  1
SF  N    1  0  1    0  3  0    2  0  x  -   7  7  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Sanford (13-12)
LP: Haddix (11-11)
SV: Miller (8)
HR: Mays (27)

CLE A    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  1  -   3  8  2  (1)
BAL A    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  5  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Harshman (6-9)
LP: Pappas (14-8)
HR: Nieman (19)

CLE A    0  0  1    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   4  9  1  (2)
BAL A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Perry (11-7)
LP: Brown (9-8)

DET A    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  0
BOS A    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Bunning (16-11)
LP: F. Sullivan (8-10)
HR: Kaline (24), Keough (7)

KC  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
NY  A    0  2  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  8  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Ditmar (12-8)
LP: Kucks (7-10)
SV: Ford (2)

CHI A    1  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   5  6  0
WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  3

BOX+PBP
WP: Shaw (15-6)
LP: Clevenger (7-4)

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Standings At Close of Play of September 9, 1959

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
San Francisco Giants           138   78   60    0  .565     -   634  541
Milwaukee Braves               139   75   63    1  .543   3.0   630  548
Los Angeles Dodgers            138   75   63    0  .543   3.0   618  600
Pittsburgh Pirates             141   71   69    1  .507   8.0   585  622
Cincinnati Reds                139   68   71    0  .489  10.5   700  657
Chicago Cubs                   138   65   72    1  .474  12.5   588  612
St. Louis Cardinals            140   64   76    0  .457  15.0   581  650
Philadelphia Phillies          141   59   81    1  .421  20.0   560  666

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago White Sox              141   87   52    2  .626     -   616  532
Cleveland Indians              138   82   56    0  .594   4.5   664  579
Detroit Tigers                 139   70   69    0  .504  17.0   661  662
New York Yankees               139   69   69    1  .500  17.5   617  594
Baltimore Orioles              138   66   71    1  .482  20.0   499  564
Boston Red Sox                 139   64   75    0  .460  23.0   652  644
Kansas City Athletics          137   59   78    0  .431  27.0   600  655
Washington Senators            139   56   83    0  .403  31.0   560  639

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Tom Foley

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
CIN N  Cliff Cook (23)
WAS A  Dan Dobbek (24)
CIN N  Buddy Gilbert (24)

Deaths on This Date

Terry Lyons (50)

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Transactions

Cincinnati Reds signed Art Shamsky as an amateur free agent.

Boston Red Sox sold Chuck Tanner to Cleveland Indians.

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