Events of Saturday, August 20, 1955 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, August 20, 1955
Events of Saturday, August 20, 1955
8-19-1955 8-21-1955 8-20-1954 8-20-1956
STL N 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 CIN N 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 x - 7 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Nuxhall (14-8) LP: Mackinson (0-1) HR: Bell (23)
CHI N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 MIL N 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 x - 6 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Crone (8-7) LP: Jones (10-17) HR: Crowe (8)
BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 3 9 3
BOX+PBP WP: Miller (6-4) LP: Podres (8-8) SV: Roberts (3) HR: Lopata (14)
NY N 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 - 14 19 1 PIT N 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 - 9 17 1
BOX+PBP WP: Hearn (14-11) LP: Littlefield (4-11)
DET A 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 7 10 0 CHI A 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 x - 8 18 0
BOX+PBP WP: Howell (6-3) LP: Cristante (0-1) SV: Byrd (2) HR: Torgeson (7), Carrasquel (10), Fox (6)
KC A 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 CLE A 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 x - 7 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Houtteman (10-5) LP: Cloyd Boyer (5-5) HR: Lopez (9)
BAL A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 NY A 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 2
BOX+PBP WP: Byrne (12-3) LP: Wight (2-5) SV: R. Coleman (1)
BOS A 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 0 WAS A 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 x - 6 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Ramos (3-4) LP: Nixon (12-7) HR: Williams (22)
Standings At Close of Play of August 20, 1955
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 119 78 41 0 .655 - 671 495 Milwaukee Braves 123 68 55 0 .553 12.0 601 543 New York Giants 121 64 57 0 .529 15.0 545 540 Philadelphia Phillies 123 62 61 0 .504 18.0 533 526 Cincinnati Reds 123 60 63 0 .488 20.0 620 561 Chicago Cubs 126 59 67 0 .468 22.5 518 574 St. Louis Cardinals 119 52 67 0 .437 26.0 528 597 Pittsburgh Pirates 122 45 77 0 .369 34.5 450 630
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 121 74 47 0 .612 - 590 445 Chicago White Sox 118 71 46 1 .607 1.0 547 401 Cleveland Indians 121 73 48 0 .603 1.0 555 470 Boston Red Sox 120 69 51 0 .575 4.5 593 506 Detroit Tigers 120 62 58 0 .517 11.5 619 533 Kansas City Athletics 123 49 73 1 .402 25.5 497 703 Washington Senators 117 42 75 0 .359 30.0 453 596 Baltimore Orioles 118 37 79 2 .319 34.5 385 585
Transactions
Oakland (PCL) sold Al Gettel to St. Louis Cardinals.
Philadelphia Phillies signed Fred Van Dusen as an amateur free agent.