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Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1955

8-30-1955 9-1-1955 8-31-1954 8-31-1956

MIL N 0 2 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 - 13 16 0 BRO N 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 - 8 13 1

BOX+PBP WP: Burdette (11-7) LP: Erskine (10-7) HR: Mathews (35), Crowe 2 (11), Rice (3), Amoros (9)

CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 NY N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 5 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Gomez (9-7) LP: Fowler (9-9) HR: Harris (11)

CHI N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 2 PHI N 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 x - 13 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Dickson (11-8) LP: Davis (6-10) HR: Lopata (18), Greengrass (9)

STL N 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 1 PIT N 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 2

BOX+PBP WP: Donoso (3-6) LP: Schmidt (4-4)

BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 8 0 CHI A 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Keegan (1-4) LP: Brewer (9-10) HR: Zauchin (25), Rivera 2 (9)

BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 0 CLE A 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Score (14-10) LP: Wight (3-6)

WAS A 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 2 DET A 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 x - 7 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Lary (13-12) LP: Schmitz (6-8) SV: Bunning (1) HR: Torgeson (9)

NY A 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 - 11 17 0 KC A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 6 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: Byrne (13-4) LP: Portocarrero (5-7) SV: Larsen (2) HR: McDougald (11), Mantle (35), Noren (7), Power (18)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 31, 1955

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 130 84 46 0 .646 - 741 552 Milwaukee Braves 132 73 59 0 .553 12.0 649 578 Philadelphia Phillies 134 70 64 0 .522 16.0 603 569 New York Giants 131 68 63 0 .519 16.5 579 574 Cincinnati Reds 136 65 71 0 .478 22.0 665 623 Chicago Cubs 136 64 72 0 .471 23.0 553 622 St. Louis Cardinals 131 55 76 0 .420 29.5 559 657 Pittsburgh Pirates 132 52 80 0 .394 33.0 478 652

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Chicago White Sox 131 79 51 1 .608 - 608 450 Cleveland Indians 131 79 52 0 .603 0.5 601 521 New York Yankees 131 79 52 0 .603 0.5 636 483 Boston Red Sox 130 74 56 0 .569 5.0 641 543 Detroit Tigers 132 67 65 0 .508 13.0 662 577 Kansas City Athletics 131 54 76 1 .415 25.0 534 747 Washington Senators 127 46 81 0 .362 31.5 499 638 Baltimore Orioles 129 41 86 2 .323 36.5 420 642

ML League Leaders

Debuts on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) KC A Jerry Schypinski (23)

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Transactions

New York Giants released Davey Williams.

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