Events of Friday, August 19, 1955 (original) (raw)

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Events of Friday, August 19, 1955

8-18-1955 8-20-1955 8-19-1954 8-19-1956

STL N 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 8 3 CIN N 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 7 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Klippstein (5-7) LP: Poholsky (7-7) HR: Post (30), Bell (22)

CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 3 MIL N 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 x - 7 9 3

BOX+PBP WP: Burdette (9-6) LP: Hacker (10-12) HR: Aaron (25), Crandall (21)

BRO N 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Roberts (20-9) LP: Newcombe (18-4) HR: Campanella (27)

NY N 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 PIT N 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 x - 8 11 2

BOX+PBP WP: Law (8-8) LP: Antonelli (10-15) HR: Mays (38), Antonelli (2), Clemente (5)

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 CHI A 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 x - 3 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Pierce (10-8) LP: Gromek (11-8) HR: Dropo (16)

KC A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 12 0 CLE A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 12 2

BOX+PBP WP: Narleski (8-0) LP: Gorman (6-6)

BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 NY A 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 x - 8 13 0

BOX+PBP WP: Ford (14-6) LP: Wilson (8-15) HR: McDougald (9), Mantle (31)

BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 - 8 13 2 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: F. Sullivan (15-11) LP: Porterfield (9-15) HR: White (8)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 19, 1955

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 118 78 40 0 .661 - 669 492 Milwaukee Braves 122 67 55 0 .549 13.0 595 542 New York Giants 120 63 57 0 .525 16.0 531 531 Philadelphia Phillies 122 61 61 0 .500 19.0 530 524 Cincinnati Reds 122 59 63 0 .484 21.0 613 557 Chicago Cubs 125 59 66 0 .472 22.5 517 568 St. Louis Cardinals 118 52 66 0 .441 26.0 524 590 Pittsburgh Pirates 121 45 76 0 .372 34.5 441 616

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 120 73 47 0 .608 - 587 443 Chicago White Sox 117 70 46 1 .603 1.0 539 394 Cleveland Indians 120 72 48 0 .600 1.0 548 465 Boston Red Sox 119 69 50 0 .580 3.5 591 500 Detroit Tigers 119 62 57 0 .521 10.5 612 525 Kansas City Athletics 122 49 72 1 .405 24.5 492 696 Washington Senators 116 41 75 0 .353 30.0 447 594 Baltimore Orioles 117 37 78 2 .322 33.5 383 582

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Terry Harper Silvio Martinez

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) STL N Harry Walker (36)

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Transactions

Chicago Cubs signed George Altman as an amateur free agent.

Chicago Cubs signed J.C. Hartman as an amateur free agent.

St. Louis Cardinals signed Lindy McDaniel as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

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