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Sunday, May 08, 1955
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New York Yankees
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inal
Boston Red Sox
0
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Bob Grim (1-2)
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Willard Nixon (4-2)
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Jim Konstanty (1)
Detroit Tigers
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inal
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5
(11)
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Mike Fornieles (3-1)
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George Zuverink (0-1)
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0
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inal
Chicago White Sox
1
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Dick Donovan (3-1)
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Frank Lary (2-3)
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5
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inal
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Steve Ridzik (0-2)
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John Andre (1)
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inal
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Harry Perkowski (0-3)
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inal
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Art Ditmar (0-1)
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inal
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Art Ceccarelli (0-1)
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inal
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Ruben Gomez (1-3)
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Roy Face (1)
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inal
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Vern Law (0-1)
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Jim Hughes (4)
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inal
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Harvey Haddix (1-4)
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inal
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Chuck Stobbs (0-3)
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Ray Moore (2)
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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
17
7
.708
--
116
95
.590
CHW
14
8
.636
2.0
120
74
.708
NYY
14
8
.636
2.0
132
82
.705
DET
14
10
.583
3.0
117
81
.662
KCA
9
13
.409
7.0
105
169
.295
WSH
9
14
.391
7.5
100
112
.448
BOS
9
16
.360
8.5
84
103
.408
BAL
7
17
.292
10.0
91
149
.289
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
21
2
.913
--
149
83
.745
MLN
12
11
.522
9.0
111
102
.539
NYG
11
11
.500
9.5
107
101
.526
CHC
12
13
.480
10.0
113
116
.488
PIT
10
14
.417
11.5
82
108
.377
STL
8
12
.400
11.5
98
119
.412
CIN
9
14
.391
12.0
87
104
.419
PHI
9
15
.375
12.5
101
115
.441
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
82
50
.621
--
630
487
.616
CLE
76
54
.585
5.0
582
506
.564
CHW
77
55
.583
5.0
605
483
.602
BOS
75
54
.581
5.5
671
549
.591
DET
65
65
.500
16.0
658
577
.560
KCA
54
78
.409
28.0
533
742
.353
BAL
50
80
.385
31.0
449
605
.367
WSH
44
87
.336
37.5
498
677
.363
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
77
53
.592
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708
567
.600
MLN
73
58
.557
4.5
632
566
.550
NYG
69
63
.523
9.0
595
572
.518
PHI
68
62
.523
9.0
574
551
.519
CIN
66
65
.504
11.5
674
580
.568
CHC
60
68
.469
16.0
513
597
.431
STL
60
74
.448
19.0
556
638
.437
PIT
50
80
.385
27.0
478
659
.357
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