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Saturday, May 23, 1959
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New York Yankees
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inal
Baltimore Orioles
5
W
Don Larsen (4-0)
L
Milt Pappas (4-2)
S
Duke Maas (2)
Washington Senators
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inal
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(11)
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inal
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6
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inal
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Cal McLish (5-1)
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inal
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Early Wynn (6-3)
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inal
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Stan Williams (1-1)
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2
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inal
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inal
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Bennie Daniels (2-3)
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Orlando Peña (2-2)
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Ron Blackburn (1)
Up To This Date
After This Date
Standings Up to and Including this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CLE
22
12
.647
--
186
122
.684
CHW
23
14
.622
0.5
184
161
.561
BAL
21
16
.568
2.5
141
158
.448
KCA
16
18
.471
6.0
166
158
.523
WSH
18
21
.462
6.5
178
175
.508
BOS
15
20
.429
7.5
164
179
.460
DET
14
21
.400
8.5
154
204
.374
NYY
13
20
.394
8.5
133
149
.448
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
MLN
22
12
.647
--
186
136
.639
SFG
20
17
.541
3.5
177
139
.609
LAD
21
19
.525
4.0
197
208
.475
CHC
20
20
.500
5.0
172
180
.479
PIT
19
19
.500
5.0
166
200
.416
CIN
18
19
.486
5.5
197
203
.486
STL
17
21
.447
7.0
183
170
.534
PHI
13
23
.361
10.0
158
200
.394
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CHW
71
46
.607
--
485
427
.558
CLE
67
53
.558
5.5
559
524
.530
NYY
66
55
.545
7.0
554
498
.549
DET
62
57
.521
10.0
559
528
.526
BOS
60
59
.504
12.0
562
517
.538
BAL
53
64
.453
18.0
410
463
.445
KCA
50
70
.417
22.5
515
602
.429
WSH
45
70
.391
25.0
441
526
.420
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
LAD
67
49
.578
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508
462
.543
SFG
63
54
.538
4.5
528
474
.549
MLN
64
58
.525
6.0
538
487
.545
PIT
59
57
.509
8.0
485
480
.505
CIN
56
61
.479
11.5
567
535
.527
CHC
54
60
.474
12.0
501
508
.494
STL
54
62
.466
13.0
458
555
.413
PHI
51
67
.432
17.0
441
525
.421
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