1959 Chicago Cubs Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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1959 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958/1960)
74-80, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 673 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-79
Managed by Bob Scheffing

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 858,255 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   74-80 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   12.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           3 (last on June 9)
Most Games under .500:           8 (last on September 20)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       12.5 (last on September 20)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (June 4 to June 7)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (July 29 to August 5)

Most Runs Allowed:              18 (April 29)
Most Runs Scored:               20 (August 13)

Longest Game:                   14 innings (May 22 and August 8)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      10
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        74  80     673     688    .481

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           38  39     336     329    .494
Road           36  41     337     359    .468

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           8   8      75      77    .500
May            15  16     131     138    .484
June           13  13     105     104    .500
July           14  14     120     110    .500
August         12  16     134     149    .429
September      12  13     108     110    .480

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     39  41     337     347    .488
Second Half    35  39     336     341    .473

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     8  10      80      84    .444
Full Games     66  68     587     591    .493
Shortened       0   2       6      13    .000

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        23  24     186     187    .489

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19  19     217     222    .500

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
CIN             9  13      82     112    .409
LAD            11  11     107      97    .500
MLN            10  12      88     106    .455
PHI            10  12      92     102    .455
PIT            12  10      92      71    .545
SFG            12  10     119     102    .545
STL            10  12      93      98    .455

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Sat, Apr 11 box CHC  LAD  W   6-1        1-0     3     0.5       B Anderson   D Drysdale    12,288 +
  2 Sun, Apr 12 box CHC  LAD  L   3-5        1-1     4     1.5  2:48 J Klippstein T Phillips    10,824 -
  3 Tue, Apr 14 box CHC @SFG  W   5-2        2-1     3     1.0  2:37 D Hillman    J Sanford     22,522 +
  4 Wed, Apr 15 box CHC @SFG  L   1-7        2-2     4     1.5  2:44 J Antonelli  M Drabowsky   15,479 -
  5 Thu, Apr 16 box CHC @SFG  W  11-3        3-2     4     1.5  2:56 G Hobbie     S Jones       11,056 +
  6 Fri, Apr 17 box CHC @LAD  W   9-4        4-2     2     1.0  3:14 B Henry      C Labine      19,894 ++
  7 Sat, Apr 18 box CHC @LAD  L   7-8        4-3     3     1.0  3:00 A Fowler     J Buzhardt    22,091 -
  8 Sun, Apr 19 box CHC @LAD  L   3-8        4-4     5     1.5  2:25 J Podres     D Hillman     29,663 --
  9 Tue, Apr 21 box CHC  STL  W   1-0        5-4     3     1.5  1:45 G Hobbie     G Blaylock     2,501 +
 10 Wed, Apr 22 box CHC  STL  L   2-8        5-5     4     2.5  2:23 V Mizell     T Phillips     4,917 -
 11 Thu, Apr 23 box CHC  STL  W   6-1        6-5     4     1.5  2:20 M Drabowsky  L McDaniel     5,788 +
 12 Fri, Apr 24 box CHC  SFG  L   3-4 (11)   6-6     4     2.5  3:22 S Miller     J Buzhardt     3,511 -
 13 Sat, Apr 25 box CHC  SFG  W   5-3        7-6     4     1.5  2:10 B Anderson   S Jones       13,873 +
 14 Sun, Apr 26 box CHC  SFG  L   2-3        7-7     5     2.0  2:12 J Sanford    G Hobbie       8,427 -
 15 Wed, Apr 29 box CHC @CIN  L   8-18       7-8     5     2.5  2:59 B Lawrence   M Drabowsky    6,910 --
 16 Thu, Apr 30 box CHC @CIN  W   3-2 (10)   8-8     5     2.5  2:45 B Henry      B Mabe         3,377 +
 17 Fri, May  1 box CHC @PHI  L   2-4        8-9     5     2.5  2:30 J Owens      G Hobbie       9,054 -
 18 Sat, May  2 box CHC @PHI  W   4-3        9-9     5     2.0  2:55 J Schafferno S Morehead     4,171 +
 19 Sun, May  3 box CHC @PHI  W   4-3       10-9     5     2.0  2:47 J Buzhardt   T Farrell          0 ++
 20             box CHC @PHI  L   4-5       10-10    5     2.0  2:25 J Meyer      B Henry       13,660 -
 21 Mon, May  4 box CHC @PIT  L   1-2       10-11    5     2.5       R Kline      B Anderson    14,421 --
 22 Tue, May  5 box CHC @PIT  W   6-3       11-11    5     2.0  2:39 G Hobbie     B Friend      17,429 +
 23 Wed, May  6 box CHC @PIT  W   3-0       12-11    5     2.0       D Hillman    H Haddix             ++
 24 Thu, May  7 box CHC @STL  L   3-4       12-12    5     2.5  2:32 H Nunn       D Elston       7,291 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May  8 box CHC @STL  W   3-2 (10)  13-12    5     1.5  2:51 B Henry      J Brosnan      9,245 +
 26 Sat, May  9 box CHC @STL  L   1-11      13-13    5     2.5  2:22 L Jackson    G Hobbie       6,964 -
 27 Sun, May 10 box CHC @STL  W  10-9 (11)  14-13    5     2.5  3:38 E Singleton  L McDaniel         0 +
 28             box CHC @STL  L   7-8       14-14    5     2.5  2:43 L McDaniel   E Singleton   19,438 -
 29 Mon, May 11 box CHC  MLN  L   1-8       14-15    5     3.5  2:47 B Buhl       M Drabowsky    7,995 --
 30 Tue, May 12 box CHC  MLN  W   7-3       15-15    5     3.0       D Elston     L Burdette           +
 31 Wed, May 13 box CHC  CIN  W  10-0       16-15    4     2.5  2:26 G Hobbie     B Purkey       3,705 ++
 32 Thu, May 14 box CHC  CIN  L   0-2       16-16    5     3.5  1:46 J Nuxhall    D Hillman      2,163 -
 33 Sat, May 16 box CHC  PIT  W   3-2       17-16    5     3.5  2:25 D Elston     H Haddix      10,496 +
 34 Sun, May 17 box CHC  PIT  L   4-5       17-17    4     4.0       V Law        B Anderson         0 -
 35             box CHC  PIT  W   7-6       18-17    4     4.0  2:19 G Hobbie     B Daniels     32,017 +
 36 Tue, May 19 box CHC  PHI  W   8-7       19-17    2     4.5  3:06 D Elston     T Phillips     2,436 ++
 37 Wed, May 20 box CHC  PHI  W   7-5       20-17    2     3.5  3:09 M Drabowsky  D Cardwell     4,825 +++
 38 Thu, May 21 box CHC  PHI  L   0-3       20-18    3     4.0  1:51 R Gomez      B Anderson     3,725 -
 39 Fri, May 22 box CHC  STL  L   1-3 (14)  20-19    4     5.0  3:21 J Brosnan    B Henry        3,192 --
 40 Sat, May 23 box CHC  STL  L   1-5       20-20    4     5.0  2:24 L Jackson    D Hillman      7,763 ---
 41 Sun, May 24 box CHC  STL  L   3-7       20-21    5     5.5  2:57 L McDaniel   M Drabowsky   19,921 ----
 42 Mon, May 25 box CHC @STL  W   9-4       21-21    5     4.5  2:53 B Anderson   E Broglio     10,111 +
 43 Wed, May 27 box CHC @LAD  L   1-4       21-22    5     6.0  2:36 D Drysdale   G Hobbie      12,701 -
 44 Thu, May 28 box CHC @LAD  W   7-5       22-22    5     5.0  3:15 D Hillman    A Fowler      13,079 +
 45 Fri, May 29 box CHC @LAD  W   9-4       23-22    3     5.0  3:03 M Drabowsky  D McDevitt    18,297 ++
 46 Sat, May 30 box CHC @SFG  L   2-5       23-23    5     6.0  2:25 M McCormick  B Anderson    21,890 -
 47 Sun, May 31 box CHC @SFG  L   3-6       23-24    5     6.5  2:25 J Antonelli  G Hobbie      21,828 --
 48 Wed, Jun  3 box CHC @PHI  L   3-4       23-25    5     7.5  2:31 J Owens      D Hillman      7,883 ---
 49 Thu, Jun  4 box CHC @PHI  W   3-2 (10)  24-25    5     6.5  2:37 D Elston     G Conley       7,445 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun  5 box CHC @PIT  W  10-5       25-25    5     5.5  2:58 G Hobbie     V Law         27,335 ++
 51 Sat, Jun  6 box CHC @PIT  W   8-2       26-25    5     4.5  2:10 M Drabowsky  B Daniels     12,953 +++
 52 Sun, Jun  7 box CHC @PIT  W   4-2       27-25    3     4.0  2:23 J Buzhardt   H Haddix           0 ++++
 53             box CHC @PIT  W   1-0       28-25    3     4.0       E Singleton  B Friend      32,078 +++++
 54 Mon, Jun  8 box CHC @MLN  L   5-9       28-26    4     5.0  2:47 L Burdette   S Morehead    12,288 -
 55 Tue, Jun  9 box CHC  CIN  W   8-4       29-26    3     4.0  2:32 B Henry      J Nuxhall      9,141 +
 56 Wed, Jun 10 box CHC  CIN  L   4-6       29-27    3     4.0  2:32 B Purkey     G Hobbie       7,657 -
 57 Thu, Jun 11 box CHC  CIN  L   0-8       29-28    5     5.0       D Newcombe   M Drabowsky          --
 58 Fri, Jun 12 box CHC  MLN  W   9-7       30-28    4     4.0  2:38 J Buzhardt   L Burdette    11,873 +
 59 Sat, Jun 13 box CHC  MLN  L   2-4       30-29    5     5.0  2:42 W Spahn      B Anderson    23,583 -
 60 Sun, Jun 14 box CHC  MLN  W   6-0       31-29    4     4.0  2:25 D Drott      B Rush        36,895 +
 61 Tue, Jun 16 box CHC  PIT  L   2-5       31-30    4     4.5  2:12 B Friend     D Hillman     10,391 -
 62 Wed, Jun 17 box CHC  PIT  W   5-2       32-30    5     3.0  2:25 B Henry      H Haddix      10,230 +
 63 Thu, Jun 18 box CHC  PIT  L   2-4 (13)  32-31    5     4.0  3:04 R Face       B Henry        7,562 -
 64 Fri, Jun 19 box CHC  PHI  L   7-8       32-32    5     4.5  2:38 G Conley     B Anderson     8,516 --
 65 Sat, Jun 20 box CHC  PHI  L   3-6       32-33    5     5.0  2:37 R Roberts    D Drott       13,557 ---
 66 Sun, Jun 21 box CHC  PHI  W   4-0       33-33    5     5.0  1:48 J Buzhardt   R Gomez       17,995 +
 67 Tue, Jun 23 box CHC @CIN  W   3-1       34-33    5     5.0  2:30 G Hobbie     J Nuxhall      8,553 ++
 68 Wed, Jun 24 box CHC @CIN  L   0-5       34-34    5     6.0  2:14 J Brosnan    D Drott        6,510 -
 69 Thu, Jun 25 box CHC @CIN  W   6-2       35-34    5     5.0  2:47 B Anderson   B Purkey       4,884 +
 70 Fri, Jun 26 box CHC @MLN  L   1-11      35-35    5     6.0  2:36 W Spahn      J Buzhardt    35,262 -
 71 Sat, Jun 27 box CHC @MLN  W   7-1       36-35    5     5.0  2:12 G Hobbie     C Willey      26,881 +
 72 Sun, Jun 28 box CHC @MLN  L   1-2       36-36    5     6.0  2:34 J Pizarro    D Hillman     32,884 -
 73 Tue, Jun 30 box CHC  STL  L   1-4       36-37    5     6.0  2:35 L Jackson    B Anderson     9,885 --
 74 Wed, Jul  1 box CHC  STL  W   6-5       37-37    5     5.5  2:50 D Elston     L McDaniel     5,562 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul  2 box CHC  SFG  W  10-4       38-37    5     4.5  2:15 G Hobbie     E Fisher      12,320 ++
 76 Fri, Jul  3 box CHC  SFG  L   0-4       38-38    5     5.5  2:35 J Antonelli  D Hillman     19,386 -
 77 Sat, Jul  4 box CHC  LAD  W   2-1       39-38    5     5.5  1:56 B Anderson   L Sherry           0 +
 78             box CHC  LAD  L   2-5       39-39    5     5.5  2:23 D Drysdale   M Drabowsky   29,440 -
 79 Sun, Jul  5 box CHC  LAD  L   3-4       39-40    5     6.5       R Craig      J Buzhardt         0 --
 80             box CHC  LAD  L   3-5       39-41    5     6.5  2:55 C Labine     G Hobbie      32,728 ---
 81 Thu, Jul  9 box CHC @PIT  L   3-4 (10)  39-42    5     7.5  2:41 R Face       B Henry       22,080 ----
 82 Fri, Jul 10 box CHC @PIT  L   6-7 (11)  39-43    5     8.5  3:15 B Daniels    D Elston      25,360 -----
 83 Sat, Jul 11 box CHC @PIT  W   5-1       40-43    5     8.5  2:29 D Hillman    R Kline       15,110 +
 84 Sun, Jul 12 box CHC @PHI  W   7-6       41-43    5     8.0  2:21 A Ceccarelli R Gomez            0 ++
 85             box CHC @PHI  L   1-4       41-44    5     8.0  1:50 R Semproch   M Drabowsky    6,519 -
 86 Tue, Jul 14 box CHC  MLN  W  10-5       42-44    5     7.0  3:09 B Henry      J Jay         21,157 +
 87 Wed, Jul 15 box CHC  MLN  W   5-2       43-44    5     6.5  2:45 G Hobbie     C Willey      22,206 ++
 88 Thu, Jul 16 box CHC  MLN  W   4-2       44-44    5     6.0  2:29 D Hillman    L Burdette    23,678 +++
 89 Fri, Jul 17 box CHC  CIN  W   1-0       45-44    5     6.0  2:07 A Ceccarelli B Purkey       7,748 ++++
 90 Sat, Jul 18 box CHC  CIN  L   1-5       45-45    5     7.0  2:15 J Hook       J Buzhardt    10,417 -
 91 Mon, Jul 20 box CHC @STL  L   0-2       45-46    6     6.5  2:24 E Broglio    G Hobbie      15,008 --
 92 Tue, Jul 21 box CHC @STL  W   8-2       46-46    5     5.5  2:40 A Ceccarelli L Jackson     25,585 +
 93 Wed, Jul 22 box CHC @LAD  W   7-2       47-46    5     5.5  2:36 B Anderson   D McDevitt    29,790 ++
 94 Thu, Jul 23 box CHC @LAD  L   3-5       47-47    5     6.5  2:47 L Sherry     M Drabowsky   21,418 -
 95 Fri, Jul 24 box CHC @SFG  L   5-6 (10)  47-48    5     7.5  3:46 S Jones      D Elston      22,865 --
 96 Sat, Jul 25 box CHC @SFG  W   5-3       48-48    5     6.5  2:19 A Ceccarelli S Miller      20,261 +
 97 Sun, Jul 26 box CHC @SFG  W   7-3       49-48    4     5.5  2:49 B Anderson   M McCormick   22,715 ++
 98 Tue, Jul 28 box CHC @MLN  W   5-4       50-48    4     4.5  2:45 G Hobbie     C Willey      28,940 +++
 99 Wed, Jul 29 box CHC @MLN  L   5-8       50-49    4     5.0  2:37 L Burdette   D Hillman     21,236 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Jul 30 box CHC @MLN  L   2-6       50-50    4     5.5  2:12 W Spahn      A Ceccarelli  29,170 --
101 Fri, Jul 31 box CHC @CIN  L   4-5       50-51    4     6.5  2:42 J Brosnan    D Elston      13,846 ---
102 Sat, Aug  1 box CHC @CIN  L   3-12      50-52    4     7.5  2:24 B Purkey     G Hobbie       6,622 ----
103 Sun, Aug  2 box CHC @CIN  L   0-2       50-53    4     8.5  2:12 J Hook       D Hillman     15,750 -----
104 Tue, Aug  4 box CHC  PHI  L   1-2       50-54    4     8.5  2:09 R Roberts    B Anderson     8,348 ------
105 Wed, Aug  5 box CHC  PHI  L   4-6       50-55    4     9.5  2:57 G Conley     B Henry        9,128 -------
106 Thu, Aug  6 box CHC  PHI  W   4-2       51-55    4     9.5  2:17 D Elston     H Robinson     6,477 +
107 Fri, Aug  7 box CHC  PIT  W   4-0       52-55    4     9.5  2:01 M Drabowsky  R Kline        7,434 ++
108 Sat, Aug  8 box CHC  PIT  L   3-4 (14)  52-56    4     9.5  4:19 D Gross      E Donnelly     5,693 -
109 Sun, Aug  9 box CHC  PIT  L   3-5 (10)  52-57    5    10.5  2:38 R Face       D Elston      19,138 --
110 Tue, Aug 11 box CHC  LAD  W   5-4 (10)  53-57    4    11.0       B Henry      C Labine      15,793 +
111 Wed, Aug 12 box CHC  LAD  W  11-8       54-57    4    10.5  2:35 B Anderson   D Drysdale           ++
112 Thu, Aug 13 box CHC  SFG  W  20-9       55-57    4     9.5  3:50 E Donnelly   E Fisher      17,963 +++
113 Fri, Aug 14 box CHC  SFG  W   7-5       56-57    4     8.5  2:38 G Hobbie     S Jones       14,176 ++++
114 Sat, Aug 15 box CHC  SFG  L   4-6  (8)  56-58    4     9.5  2:30 J Sanford    M Drabowsky   24,070 -
115 Sun, Aug 16 box CHC  SFG  W   5-4       57-58    4     8.5  2:45 B Anderson   J Antonelli   19,992 +
116 Mon, Aug 17 box CHC @PIT  L   6-7       57-59    5     9.5  2:31 F Green      B Henry       12,815 -
117 Wed, Aug 19 box CHC @PHI  L   1-4       57-60    5     9.0  2:36 G Conley     G Hobbie           0 --
118             box CHC @PHI  -   7-7 (12)  57-60    5     9.0  4:06                            13,611 --
119 Thu, Aug 20 box CHC @PHI  L   5-8       57-61    5     9.5  2:30 R Gomez      M Drabowsky        0 ---
120             box CHC @PHI  W   6-4       58-61    5     9.5  2:55 B Anderson   T Phillips     7,929 +
121 Sat, Aug 22 box CHC @MLN  L   0-7       58-62    6    12.0  2:40 C Willey     G Hobbie           0 -
122             box CHC @MLN  L   2-3       58-63    6    12.0  2:40 D McMahon    D Elston      36,211 --
123 Sun, Aug 23 box CHC @MLN  L   0-2       58-64    6    12.5  2:04 B Buhl       A Ceccarelli  33,464 ---
124 Mon, Aug 24 box CHC @MLN  W   3-0       59-64    6    11.5  2:34 B Anderson   L Burdette    27,381 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 25 box CHC @CIN  W   8-6       60-64    5    11.5  3:08 B Henry      B Purkey       9,418 ++
126 Wed, Aug 26 box CHC @CIN  W   9-5       61-64    5    10.5  2:31 D Hillman    B Lawrence     7,621 +++
127 Thu, Aug 27 box CHC @CIN  L   0-5       61-65    5    10.0  2:25 J O'Toole    A Ceccarelli   6,592 -
128 Fri, Aug 28 box CHC  MLN  L   3-9       61-66    5    11.0  2:53 L Burdette   B Anderson    15,929 --
129 Sat, Aug 29 box CHC  MLN  L   4-11      61-67    5    11.5       W Spahn      B Henry              ---
130 Sun, Aug 30 box CHC  MLN  W   6-2       62-67    5    10.5  2:35 G Hobbie     C Willey      28,158 +
131 Wed, Sep  2 box CHC @SFG  L   3-4       62-68    6    11.0  2:13 S Jones      D Elston      16,422 -
132 Thu, Sep  3 box CHC @SFG  L   5-8       62-69    6    12.0  2:54 S Miller     D Hillman     15,424 --
133 Fri, Sep  4 box CHC @SFG  W   2-1       63-69    6    11.0  2:45 G Hobbie     J Sanford     22,850 +
134 Sun, Sep  6 box CHC @LAD  W   3-0 (10)  64-69    5    10.0  2:58 A Ceccarelli S Koufax           0 ++
135             box CHC @LAD  W   5-3       65-69    5    10.0  2:45 D Elston     D Drysdale    39,432 +++
136 Mon, Sep  7 box CHC @LAD  L   1-7       65-70    5    11.0  2:13 J Podres     B Anderson    18,439 -
137 Wed, Sep  9 box CHC  CIN  L   2-4 (10)  65-71    6    12.5       B Purkey     G Hobbie           0 --
138             box CHC  CIN  L   2-7  (5)  65-72    6    12.5  1:38 J Nuxhall    D Hillman      5,552 ---
139 Thu, Sep 10 box CHC  CIN  L   4-10      65-73    6    12.0  2:35 J Brosnan    A Ceccarelli       0 ----
140             box CHC  CIN  W   6-3       66-73    6    12.0  2:25 B Henry      J Bailey       3,453 +
141 Fri, Sep 11 box CHC  STL  W   2-1       67-73    6    11.0  2:25 B Anderson   B Blaylock     1,662 ++
142 Sat, Sep 12 box CHC  STL  L   4-6       67-74    6    12.0  2:35 B Gibson     A Ceccarelli   8,471 -
143 Sun, Sep 13 box CHC  STL  W   8-0       68-74    6    12.0  2:28 G Hobbie     T Hughes      13,490 +
144 Wed, Sep 16 box CHC  PIT  L   2-3       68-75    6    11.5  2:01 V Law        B Anderson         0 -
145             box CHC  PIT  W   4-2       69-75    6    11.5  2:08 D Elston     B Friend       1,366 +
146 Thu, Sep 17 box CHC  PHI  L   2-5       69-76    6    12.5  2:10 R Roberts    G Hobbie         598 -
147 Fri, Sep 18 box CHC  PHI  W   5-4 (13)  70-76    6    12.0       D Hillman    B Bowman         971 +
148 Sat, Sep 19 box CHC @STL  L   1-2       70-77    6    11.5  2:59 B Miller     B Anderson     8,180 -
149 Sun, Sep 20 box CHC @STL  L   4-11      70-78    6    12.5  2:37 V Mizell     D Elston       9,922 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 21 box CHC @STL  W  12-3       71-78    6    12.0  2:59 G Hobbie     T Hughes       4,083 +
151 Tue, Sep 22 box CHC  SFG  W   5-4       72-78    5    12.0  3:06 D Elston     S Jones        5,442 ++
152 Wed, Sep 23 box CHC  SFG  W   9-8 (10)  73-78    5    11.0  3:44 D Elston     E Fisher       4,940 +++
153 Fri, Sep 25 box CHC  LAD  L   4-5 (11)  73-79    5    12.0  3:12 L Sherry     B Henry        7,195 -
154 Sat, Sep 26 box CHC  LAD  W  12-2       74-79    5    11.0  2:46 D Hillman    J Podres       9,348 +
155 Sun, Sep 27 box CHC  LAD  L   1-7       74-80    5    12.0  2:27 R Craig      B Anderson    28,346 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

The game result information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

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