Events of Wednesday, May 18, 1955 (original) (raw)

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Events of Wednesday, May 18, 1955

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Events of Wednesday, May 18, 1955

5-17-1955 5-19-1955 5-18-1954 5-18-1956

PHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 1 (1) CHI N 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x - 3 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Jones (5-3) LP: Simmons (0-1) SV: Jeffcoat (2)

PHI N 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 10 0 (2) CHI N 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 x - 7 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Jeffcoat (4-0) LP: Dickson (2-2) HR: Lopata (4), Morgan (4), Dickson (1), Speake (4), T. Tappe (3), Banks (8)

PIT N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 3 CIN N 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Minarcin (2-0) LP: Littlefield (2-4) HR: Kluszewski (10)

NY N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 4 7 1 MIL N 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2

BOX+PBP WP: Antonelli (4-4) LP: Spahn (3-4) HR: Adcock (4)

BRO N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 2 STL N 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Haddix (2-5) LP: Podres (4-2) SV: Schultz (3)

DET A 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 - 6 11 4 BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Lary (3-4) LP: Moore (1-4)

CLE A 0 1 0 2 11 0 5 0 0 - 19 19 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2

BOX+PBP WP: Score (4-2) LP: Nixon (4-3) HR: Majeski (2), Wertz (2), Kiner (5)

CHI A 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 - 6 10 2 NY A 0 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 x - 11 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Grim (2-2) LP: Trucks (2-4) SV: Morgan (4) HR: Stephens 2 (2), Rivera (2), Courtney (1), Mantle (11), Robinson (1)

KC A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2 WAS A 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 x - 7 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Stone (2-4) LP: Ceccarelli (0-2)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 18, 1955

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 32 25 7 0 .781 - 193 117 Chicago Cubs 33 18 15 0 .545 7.5 154 145 St. Louis Cardinals 28 15 13 0 .536 8.0 135 134 New York Giants 30 16 14 0 .533 8.0 144 139 Milwaukee Braves 32 17 15 0 .531 8.0 152 147 Cincinnati Reds 30 12 18 0 .400 12.0 122 145 Pittsburgh Pirates 31 11 20 0 .355 13.5 98 154 Philadelphia Phillies 30 9 21 0 .300 15.0 131 148

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 31 21 10 0 .677 - 157 121 New York Yankees 30 19 11 0 .633 1.5 176 117 Chicago White Sox 29 18 11 0 .621 2.0 147 98 Detroit Tigers 32 17 15 0 .531 4.5 157 119 Boston Red Sox 34 15 19 0 .441 7.5 132 156 Washington Senators 30 12 18 0 .400 8.5 121 134 Kansas City Athletics 31 12 19 0 .387 9.0 130 217 Baltimore Orioles 31 10 21 0 .323 11.0 114 172

ML League Leaders

Deaths on This Date

Harry Wood (70)

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