Games on August 16, 1959

The games of August 16, 1959

Retrosheet's records show 10 games on August 16, 1959. The widest margin belonged to the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-0 winners over the Cincinnati Redlegs. Runs came easiest when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Redlegs 8-5. One-run games: the Chicago Cubs 5-4 over the San Francisco Giants, the Boston Red Sox 6-5 over the New York Yankees, and the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 over the Milwaukee Braves. In the other games, the Washington Senators beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-1, the Kansas City Athletics topped the Chicago White Sox 7-2, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Milwaukee Braves, 5-2, and the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, the Cincinnati Redlegs and the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Milwaukee Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 15, 1959 and the next, Aug 17, 1959. For the wider picture, see the 1959 season.