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Events of Friday, August 5, 1955

8-4-1955 8-6-1955 8-5-1954 8-5-1956

BRO N 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 - 8 16 2 CHI N 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 x - 10 13 2

BOX+PBP WP: Jeffcoat (8-5) LP: Craig (3-2) HR: Reese (8), Snider 2 (38), Hodges (21), Fondy (13), Banks (37), Miksis (7)

NY N 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 - 12 17 1 CIN N 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 - 9 14 2

BOX+PBP WP: Hearn (12-10) LP: Black (5-2) SV: Antonelli (1) HR: Katt (4), Post (27), Thurman (7), Smith (3)

PIT N 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 8 14 0 MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 5 10 5

BOX+PBP WP: Hall (3-1) LP: Spahn (9-12) SV: Donoso (1) HR: Pafko (4)

PHI N 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 - 7 11 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 - 4 8 2

BOX+PBP WP: Miller (5-2) LP: Jackson (5-9) SV: Meyer (10) HR: Morgan (9), Ennis (23)

CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 3 BAL A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Wilson (8-12) LP: Byrd (6-5)

KC A 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Raschi (4-3) LP: F. Sullivan (14-9) SV: Gorman (14) HR: Zernial 2 (23)

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0 NY A 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Larsen (3-1) LP: Bunning (1-3) HR: Berra (19)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 5 9 2 WAS A 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 7 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Stone (6-11) LP: Maglie (0-1) SV: Stobbs (3)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 5, 1955

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 108 74 34 0 .685 - 637 456 Milwaukee Braves 107 58 49 0 .542 15.5 530 491 New York Giants 109 58 51 0 .532 16.5 485 474 Philadelphia Phillies 113 55 58 0 .487 21.5 479 493 Chicago Cubs 112 54 58 0 .482 22.0 479 512 Cincinnati Reds 108 50 58 0 .463 24.0 527 500 St. Louis Cardinals 104 46 58 0 .442 26.0 462 514 Pittsburgh Pirates 111 41 70 0 .369 34.5 410 569

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Chicago White Sox 105 63 42 0 .600 - 482 352 Cleveland Indians 107 64 43 0 .598 - 484 407 New York Yankees 107 64 43 0 .598 - 502 390 Boston Red Sox 107 62 45 0 .579 2.0 512 430 Detroit Tigers 106 57 49 0 .538 6.5 559 474 Kansas City Athletics 109 45 63 1 .417 19.5 439 606 Washington Senators 106 37 69 0 .349 26.5 395 539 Baltimore Orioles 107 34 72 1 .321 29.5 344 519

ML League Leaders

Debuts on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) NY A Bobby Richardson (19)

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CIN N Joe Brovia (33)

Deaths on This Date

Norm Glockson (61) Wilbert Pritchett (58)

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