Events of Friday, May 1, 1959 (original) (raw)
Events of Friday, May 1, 1959
Events of Friday, May 1, 1959
4-30-1959 5-2-1959 5-1-1958 5-1-1960
LA N 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 11 0 CIN N 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 x - 5 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Pena (1-1) LP: Drysdale (3-2) SV: Jeffcoat (1) HR: Lynch 2 (5)
SF N 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 - 6 6 0 MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 4 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: S. Jones (2-3) LP: Willey (0-1) SV: Miller (1) HR: Davenport (1), Schmidt (2)
CHI N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 PHI N 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Owens (1-1) LP: Hobbie (2-2) HR: Post (4), Jones (4)
STL N 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 - 7 14 3 PIT N 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 - 6 10 3
BOX+PBP WP: Mizell (3-1) LP: Friend (0-4) SV: Brosnan (1) HR: Burgess (2), Stuart (3)
BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 1 5 0
BOX+PBP WP: Wynn (3-1) LP: Brewer (1-2) HR: Wynn (1)
NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 7 0 CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 5 1
BOX+PBP WP: McLish (3-0) LP: Shantz (0-1) HR: Colavito (4), Francona (1)
WAS A 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 0 DET A 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2
BOX+PBP WP: Pascual (1-2) LP: Bunning (0-3) HR: Killebrew 2 (5), Yost (5)
BAL A 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1 KC A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 x - 6 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Meyer (1-0) LP: Johnson (2-1) HR: DeMaestri (2)
Standings At Close of Play of May 1, 1959
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Braves 15 9 5 1 .643 - 82 64 Los Angeles Dodgers 18 11 7 0 .611 - 101 90 San Francisco Giants 17 10 7 0 .588 0.5 73 64 Cincinnati Reds 16 9 7 0 .563 1.0 107 92 Chicago Cubs 17 8 9 0 .471 2.5 77 81 Philadelphia Phillies 15 7 8 0 .467 2.5 68 77 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 6 9 1 .400 3.5 73 86 St. Louis Cardinals 18 5 13 0 .278 6.0 66 93
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 15 11 4 0 .733 - 96 50 Chicago White Sox 17 11 6 0 .647 1.0 90 80 Kansas City Athletics 17 10 7 0 .588 2.0 89 93 Baltimore Orioles 17 9 8 0 .529 3.0 66 83 Washington Senators 18 9 9 0 .500 3.5 81 80 New York Yankees 16 7 9 0 .438 4.5 74 56 Boston Red Sox 14 6 8 0 .429 4.5 66 66 Detroit Tigers 16 2 14 0 .125 9.5 53 107
Deaths on This Date
Fritz Henrich (59) Branch Russell (63)
Transactions
Chicago White Sox traded Don Rudolph and Lou Skizas to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Del Ennis.