Events of Tuesday, May 17, 1955 (original) (raw)

Events of Tuesday, May 17, 1955

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Events of Tuesday, May 17, 1955

5-16-1955 5-18-1955 5-17-1954 5-17-1956

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 CIN N 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 x - 9 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Nuxhall (4-2) LP: Purkey (2-3) HR: Kluszewski (9)

NY N 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 2 MIL N 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 x - 9 15 3

BOX+PBP WP: Conley (5-1) LP: Corwin (0-1) HR: Mays (8), Thompson (5), Adcock (3)

BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 10 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 x - 3 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Jackson (2-0) LP: Erskine (5-1) HR: Schoendienst (2), Boyer (4)

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 6 2 BAL A 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 3 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Palica (2-3) LP: Garver (3-5) HR: Cox (2)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2 BOS A 0 0 1 0 4 0 5 0 x - 10 9 2

BOX+PBP WP: Henry (1-0) LP: Wynn (3-1) SV: Kinder (5) HR: Jensen (8), Joost (2)

CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 1 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Ford (5-1) LP: Pierce (2-2)

KC A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Kellner (3-1) LP: McDermott (2-4)

Standings At Close of Play of May 17, 1955

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 31 25 6 0 .806 - 191 114 Milwaukee Braves 31 17 14 0 .548 8.0 150 143 St. Louis Cardinals 27 14 13 0 .519 9.0 132 132 New York Giants 29 15 14 0 .517 9.0 140 137 Chicago Cubs 31 16 15 0 .516 9.0 144 138 Cincinnati Reds 29 11 18 0 .379 13.0 117 144 Pittsburgh Pirates 30 11 19 0 .367 13.5 97 149 Philadelphia Phillies 28 9 19 0 .321 14.5 124 138

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 30 20 10 0 .667 - 138 121 Chicago White Sox 28 18 10 0 .643 1.0 141 87 New York Yankees 29 18 11 0 .621 1.5 165 111 Detroit Tigers 31 16 15 0 .516 4.5 151 116 Boston Red Sox 33 15 18 0 .455 6.5 132 137 Kansas City Athletics 30 12 18 0 .400 8.0 128 210 Washington Senators 29 11 18 0 .379 8.5 114 132 Baltimore Orioles 30 10 20 0 .333 10.0 111 166

ML League Leaders

Transactions

Cincinnati Reds sold Bob Hooper to Cleveland Indians.