Milt Pappas tossed a complete game as he led Baltimore to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Braves in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Pappas limted the Braves to five hits as he fanned five. Walt Dropo led the Orioles offense with a two-run single in the […]
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A 17-hit attack propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 10-4 victory over Cincinnati in the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Jim McAnany and Nellie Fox led the White Sox with four hits each, while Larry Doby finished with three hits. After the Reds went on top 2-0 […]
Cleveland’s Jim Perry posted a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Perry allowed just four hits and one walk as he fanned seven in the shutout. After surrendering back-to-back singles to Curt Flood and Stan Musial with one out in […]
A pair of homers and a four-hit performance by Chicago’s Glen Hobbie gave the Cubs a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Hobbie gave up two singles to Bobby Richardson. The other two hits were a double to Elston Howard […]
One inning set the tone for Boston as the Red Sox pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-3 in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Gary Geiger blasted a three-run triple in the second frame and later scored on an error to give the Red Sox a 4-0 advantage. Don […]
Voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame has always been fascinating. Between the writers and other committees there is always controversy. Perhaps one of the most unusual stories belongs to Red Ruffing, who was inducted in 1967 after the third and final run-off election in the history of the shrine. According to the rules […]
Don Demeter made the fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers with one swing. Demeter’s walk-off homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth gave the Dodgers a 4-3 win over the Washington Senators in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The contest began as if the […]
Milwaukee blasted three home runs as the Braves defeated the Kansas City A’s 4-1 in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Bobby Avila smashed two-run homer in the third off A’s starter Bud Daley to put the Braves in front. In the fourth, Eddie Mathews blasted a solo […]
Gene Woodling‘s ninth-inning single proved to be the difference as the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 to advance to the second round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. With the score tied in the top of the ninth, Al Pilarcik singled off Giants starter Sam Jones. Walt Dropo […]
Cincinnati starting pitcher Don Newcombe needed a little help as the Reds were able to hang on for a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the first round of the Strat-O-Matic 1959 Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Newcombe left the mound with two outs in the ninth after Gail Harris drove in a […]