Events of Wednesday, May 8, 1963 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, May 8, 1963
Events of Wednesday, May 8, 1963
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PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 5 10 2 CHI N 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 x - 9 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Elston (1-0) LP: Face (2-2) HR: Stargell (1), Santo (5), Mathews (2)
HOU N 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 CIN N 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 3 7 2
BOX+PBP WP: Nuxhall (2-1) LP: Bruce (1-3)
SF N 1 0 0 7 0 1 3 0 0 - 12 11 0 MIL N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 13 3
BOX+PBP WP: Fisher (3-2) LP: Hendley (3-2) SV: Bolin (2) HR: McCovey (5), Bolling (2)
PHI N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 NY N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Hook (1-4) LP: Baldschun (2-1) HR: Covington (6), Harkness (2)
LA N 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 - 11 13 1 STL N 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 10 1
BOX+PBP WP: Perranoski (5-1) LP: Shantz (1-2) SV: Scott (1) HR: Gilliam (1), W. Davis 2 (3), Musial (2), Boyer (4)
BOS A 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 12 1 BAL A 1 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 x - 10 17 0
BOX+PBP WP: Barber (6-2) LP: Conley (1-1) HR: Gentile (5)
NY A 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 6 12 1 DET A 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 7 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Fox (1-0) LP: Bouton (2-1) HR: Tresh 2 (7), Berra (1), Boyer (4), Wood 2 (4), Kaline (5), Phillips (1)
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 - 8 7 1 KC A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 7 2
BOX+PBP WP: Fisher (2-4) LP: Rakow (3-2) SV: Brosnan (2) HR: Siebern (3)
MIN A 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 LA A 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Nelson (2-0) LP: Kaat (1-4) SV: Fowler (3) HR: Allison (6), Hunt (3)
CLE A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 4 1 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 6 8 2
BOX+PBP WP: Rudolph (3-2) LP: Nischwitz (0-2) HR: Lock (2)
Standings At Close of Play of May 8, 1963
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Francisco Giants 28 18 10 0 .643 - 135 91 Pittsburgh Pirates 24 14 10 0 .583 2.0 96 86 Chicago Cubs 26 15 11 0 .577 2.0 95 74 St. Louis Cardinals 28 16 12 0 .571 2.0 137 119 Los Angeles Dodgers 28 14 14 0 .500 4.0 113 108 Milwaukee Braves 28 13 15 0 .464 5.0 123 112 Cincinnati Reds 24 11 13 0 .458 5.0 82 92 Philadelphia Phillies 25 11 14 0 .440 5.5 94 111 New York Mets 26 11 15 0 .423 6.0 85 109 Houston Colt .45s 27 9 18 0 .333 8.5 79 137
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Chicago White Sox 24 14 10 0 .583 - 115 85 Boston Red Sox 21 12 9 0 .571 0.5 87 83 Kansas City Athletics 27 15 12 0 .556 0.5 120 116 New York Yankees 22 12 10 0 .545 1.0 101 82 Baltimore Orioles 26 14 12 0 .538 1.0 98 107 Los Angeles Angels 29 15 14 0 .517 1.5 105 109 Cleveland Indians 20 10 10 0 .500 2.0 70 85 Detroit Tigers 26 11 15 0 .423 4.0 107 120 Washington Senators 27 11 16 0 .407 4.5 124 130 Minnesota Twins 26 10 16 0 .385 5.0 98 108
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) LA N Dick Scott (30)
Deaths on This Date
Ben Glaspy (67)
Transactions
Baltimore Orioles sold Hobie Landrith to Washington Senators.
Cleveland Indians returned Bob Lipski to Philadelphia Phillies.
Washington Senators sold Bob Schmidt to New York Yankees.
Milwaukee Braves traded Lou Johnson and cash to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Chico Fernandez.
New York Mets traded Larry Foss and $20000 to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Chico Fernandez.