Games on May 17, 1959

The games of May 17, 1959

Retrosheet's records show 11 games on May 17, 1959. The Kansas City Athletics routed the New York Yankees 10-0, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Senators 10-7. Decided by a single run were the Baltimore Orioles 8-7 over the Cleveland Indians, the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 over the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Cubs 7-6 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the New York Yankees 3-2 over the Kansas City Athletics. Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians topped the Baltimore Orioles 8-3, the Detroit Tigers fell to the Boston Red Sox, 10-1, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Milwaukee Braves, 8-3, the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Redlegs 9-1, and the Chicago White Sox fell to the Washington Senators, 4-2. Doubleheaders on the date: the Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, and the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, May 16, 1959 and the next, May 18, 1959. For the wider picture, see the 1959 season.