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Events of Thursday, August 6, 1959

8-5-1959 8-7-1959 8-6-1958 8-6-1960

PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 8 2 CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x - 4 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Elston (6-4) LP: Robinson (1-2)

MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 1 SF N 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 x - 7 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: S. Jones (15-10) LP: Burdette (15-11) HR: Mays (18), Bressoud (6)

PIT N 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 - 18 23 1 STL N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Haddix (8-9) LP: Jackson (9-10) HR: Burgess (7), Virdon (5)

CHI A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 12 1

BOX+PBP

KC A 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 5 1 BOS A 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x - 4 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Casale (8-7) LP: Herbert (10-8) SV: Kiely (4) HR: Tuttle (6), Dick Williams (11)

DET A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 - 4 10 0 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1

BOX+PBP WP: Foytack (10-10) LP: Ditmar (7-8) HR: Yost (14), Wilson (3)

CLE A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 11 0 WAS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Bell (12-9) LP: Kemmerer (5-12) HR: Colavito (32)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 6, 1959

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA San Francisco Giants 107 61 46 0 .570 - 493 406 Los Angeles Dodgers 109 61 48 0 .560 1.0 497 467 Milwaukee Braves 106 58 47 1 .552 2.0 480 424 Pittsburgh Pirates 109 52 56 1 .481 9.5 449 502 Chicago Cubs 106 51 55 0 .481 9.5 443 453 Cincinnati Reds 106 50 56 0 .472 10.5 533 504 St. Louis Cardinals 108 50 58 0 .463 11.5 470 526 Philadelphia Phillies 105 44 61 0 .419 16.0 408 491

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Chicago White Sox 107 63 42 2 .600 - 451 424 Cleveland Indians 108 63 45 0 .583 1.5 521 440 Baltimore Orioles 110 55 54 1 .505 10.0 400 449 Kansas City Athletics 106 52 54 0 .491 11.5 480 486 Detroit Tigers 109 53 56 0 .486 12.0 499 514 New York Yankees 106 51 54 1 .486 12.0 470 448 Boston Red Sox 107 48 59 0 .449 16.0 511 497 Washington Senators 109 44 65 0 .404 21.0 448 522

ML League Leaders

Debuts on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CHI N Billy Williams (21)

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) STL N Hal Jeffcoat (34) STL N Jack Urban (30)

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