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Events of Tuesday, August 16, 1955

8-15-1955 8-17-1955 8-16-1954 8-16-1956

CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 9 3 CIN N 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 11 15 0

BOX+PBP WP: Black (6-2) LP: Davis (6-8) HR: Burgess (17)

BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 NY N 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 x - 5 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Gomez (8-6) LP: Podres (8-7) HR: Campanella (26), Mays (37)

PHI N 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 - 12 15 2 PIT N 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 2

BOX+PBP WP: Wehmeier (9-9) LP: Friend (9-7)

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

BOX+PBP WP: Haddix (11-11) LP: Johnson (4-5) HR: Musial (26)

NY A 1 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 2 - 13 18 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 - 6 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Larsen (5-1) LP: F. Sullivan (14-11) SV: Morgan (10) HR: Bauer (14), Mantle (30), Skowron (10), Larsen (1), Williams (21), Jensen (20), Brodowski (1)

KC A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 11 2 CHI A 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 11 1

BOX+PBP WP: Howell (5-3) LP: Gorman (6-5)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 DET A 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 x - 7 13 0

BOX+PBP WP: Hoeft (12-6) LP: Wynn (14-8) HR: Tuttle (11), House (10)

BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 - 7 16 0 WAS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2

BOX+PBP WP: Palica (4-9) LP: Schmitz (6-7) SV: Zuverink (1) HR: Abrams (6)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 16, 1955

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 115 77 38 0 .670 - 658 479 Milwaukee Braves 119 64 55 0 .538 15.0 572 535 New York Giants 117 62 55 0 .530 16.0 518 514 Philadelphia Phillies 120 60 60 0 .500 19.5 523 516 Cincinnati Reds 119 57 62 0 .479 22.0 602 548 Chicago Cubs 122 58 64 0 .475 22.5 513 557 St. Louis Cardinals 115 52 63 0 .452 25.0 512 567 Pittsburgh Pirates 119 43 76 0 .361 36.0 427 609

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 118 72 46 0 .610 - 578 436 Chicago White Sox 114 68 45 1 .602 1.5 527 387 Cleveland Indians 117 70 47 0 .598 1.5 536 452 Boston Red Sox 117 67 50 0 .573 4.5 576 499 Detroit Tigers 116 61 55 0 .526 10.0 600 512 Kansas City Athletics 119 48 70 1 .407 24.0 484 685 Washington Senators 115 41 74 0 .357 29.5 447 586 Baltimore Orioles 116 37 77 2 .325 33.0 383 574

ML League Leaders

Debuts on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) MIL N Bob Roselli (23)

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) PIT N Paul Martin (23)

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