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05/19/1958 1958 EXPANSION LEAGUE HOME BNN Index | ML | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY

BREAKING NEWS Weekly Team Power Rankings Monday, May 19th, 1958 Here are the current team power rankings: Teams (Total Points, Tendency): 1) Chicago Cubs (154.4, +) 2) Chicago White Sox (123.6, -) 3) Baltimore Orioles (123.6, ++) 4) Boston Red Sox (122.7, o) 5) Philadelphia Phillies (118.7, ++) 6) Pittsburgh Pirates (116.8, --) 7) Milwaukee Braves (113.8, -) 8) New York Yankees (110.8, -) 9) Washington Senators (103.9, +) 10) Detroit Tigers (96.0, ++) 11) San Francisco Giants (91.0, ++) 12) Cleveland Indians (87.0, --) 13) Indiananapolis Archers (74.2, -) 14) Los Angeles Dodgers (72.2, +) 15) Cincinnati Redlegs (67.2, --) 16) St. Louis Cardinals (66.2, -) 17) Kansas City Athletics (50.4, ++) 18) Reno Gamblers (42.5, +) 19) California City Rattlers (41.5, -) 20) Memphis Mudcats (21.6, -) BNN Stats: Active Career Batting Leaders Monday, May 19th, 1958 So, who is the active leader in the 1958 Expansion League in career caught stealing? Earl Torgeson, CHN, 261 Bobby Adams, SLN, 215 Elmer Valo, ML1, 178 Richie Ashburn, ML1, 167 Minnie Minoso, BAL, 158 NL's Best Player, Mays of San Francisco Monday, May 19th, 1958 At the age of 27, Willie Mays might have some potential he hasn't realized yet -- if his success at the plate last week is any indication. The San Francisco center fielder put up some exceptional numbers the past seven days with a .452 batting average. For his efforts Mays collected the NL Player of the Week Award. He racked up 14 hits in 31 at-bats, 2 home runs and 7 RBIs last week in 6 games. So far this year Mays is batting .320 with 4 home runs, 19 RBIs and 18 runs scored. LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Elston Howard - WS1 .427 2 Jim Brideweser NYA .366 3 Red Wilson CHN .360 4 Whitey Lockman NYA .356 5 Roger Maris DET .350 LEAGUE LEADERS HR Hank Aaron - CHN 10 2 Harry Anderson CHN 8 2 Harmon Killebrew ML1 8 4 Walt Dropo CAL 7 4 2 more tied with 7 LEAGUE LEADERS RBI 2 tied with 23 1 Orlando Cepeda IND 23 1 Bob Speake CHA 23 3 Hank Aaron CHN 22 3 Joe Adcock IND 22 LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 6 1 Joe P Coleman NYA 6 1 Bob Friend BOS 6 3 Bob Grim PHI 5 3 4 more tied with 5 LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Ray Crone - PIT 0.32 2 Jackie Collum CAL 1.42 3 Milt Pappas CHN 1.59 4 Billy O'Dell CHA 1.89 5 Ron Kline ML1 1.90 LEAGUE LEADERS K Herb Score - NYA 58 2 Karl Spooner KC1 46 3 Red Witt ML1 42 4 Bob Friend BOS 41 4 2 more tied with 41 NEWS Howard Honored by AL Wilson on Fire, 5-5 Against Memphis Pappas Puts Spell on Memphis Barney Shackles Chicago Kline Spins Shutout Against Philadelphia LINKS News Batting Report Major Transactions Pitching Report All Transactions Fielding Report Injuries 'Under The Knife' Draft Log Schedule Grid Free Agents Rookie Draft Pool B. Upcoming Free Agents Rookie Draft Pool P. Available Coaches Team Power Rankings Team vs Team Top Prospects Top Performances Top Players Trading Block Pos. Strength/Teams Pos. Strength/Pos. Financial Report Preseason Predictions AL STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Baltimore Orioles 18 8 .692 - Boston Red Sox 17 9 .654 1.0 New York Yankees 15 11 .577 3.0 Washington Senators 14 12 .538 4.0 Cleveland Indians 13 13 .500 5.0 West W L PCT GB Chicago White Sox 18 8 .692 - Detroit Tigers 13 13 .500 5.0 Kansas City Athletics 8 18 .308 10.0 Reno Gamblers 7 19 .269 11.0 California City Rattlers 7 19 .269 11.0 NL STANDINGS East W L PCT GB Chicago Cubs 21 5 .808 - Philadelphia Phillies 17 9 .654 4.0 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 10 .615 5.0 Indiananapolis Archers 11 15 .423 10.0 Cincinnati Redlegs 11 15 .423 10.0 West W L PCT GB Milwaukee Braves 16 10 .615 - San Francisco Giants 13 13 .500 3.0 St. Louis Cardinals 10 16 .385 6.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 10 16 .385 6.0 Memphis Mudcats 5 21 .192 11.0

YESTERDAY'S GAMES - AL Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Kansas City Detroit 1-5 1:05 pm EST B.Turley (3-2, 2.53 ERA) A.Kellner (2-4, 4.01 ERA) Boston California City 4-7 3:05 pm EST D.Koecher (1-4, 5.88 ERA) V.Mizell (3-3, 3.30 ERA) Chicago Washington 0-4 7:05 pm EST R.Barney (4-3, 3.35 ERA) G.Bearden (3-3, 2.13 ERA) Cleveland Reno 3-1 7:05 pm EST C.Labine (1-1, 5.14 ERA) V.Lombardi (1-5, 3.68 ERA) Baltimore New York 0-1 7:05 pm EST J.Coleman (6-0, 2.54 ERA) B.Purkey (4-3, 2.75 ERA) YESTERDAY'S GAMES - NL Away Team Home Team Result Time Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher St. Louis Philadelphia 4-5 7:05 pm EST B.Grim (5-1, 3.41 ERA) R.Roberts (1-5, 3.90 ERA) San Francisco Los Angeles 6-7 3:05 pm EST F.Smith (2-1, 1.98 ERA) H.Aguirre (1-1, 1.90 ERA) Indiananapolis Cincinnati 9-7 7:05 pm EST I.Delock (1-1, 6.40 ERA) L.Merritt (2-1, 3.57 ERA) Chicago Memphis 10-0 3:05 pm EST M.Pappas (5-0, 1.59 ERA) E.Wynn (0-5, 7.62 ERA) Milwaukee Pittsburgh 2-6 7:05 pm EST B.Kuzava (5-2, 2.75 ERA) R.Witt (3-2, 2.78 ERA)

TODAY'S GAMES - AL Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team Kansas City (8-18, Road: 2-7) Detroit (13-13, Home: 7-5) 7:05 pm EST RHP V.Trucks (0-4, 3.75 ERA) RHP J.Hetki (1-0, 3.94 ERA) Boston (17-9, Road: 9-6) California City (7-19, Home: 6-9) 7:05 pm EST RHP D.Cardwell (1-2, 5.27 ERA) RHP B.McCahan (0-5, 5.85 ERA) Chicago (18-8, Road: 9-3) Washington (14-12, Home: 11-2) 7:05 pm EST LHP C.Simmons (4-1, 3.00 ERA) RHP R.Semproch (4-2, 2.47 ERA) Cleveland (13-13, Road: 7-8) Reno (7-19, Home: 4-8) 7:05 pm EST RHP G.Jones (3-1, 3.89 ERA) RHP V.McDaniel (1-1, 3.71 ERA) Baltimore (18-8, Road: 9-4) New York (15-11, Home: 8-4) 7:05 pm EST RHP K.Johnson (4-1, 2.09 ERA) RHP D.Kaiser (3-0, 2.37 ERA) TODAY'S GAMES - NL Away Team Home Team Time Starting Pitcher Away Team Starting Pitcher Home Team St. Louis (10-16, Road: 2-7) Philadelphia (17-9, Home: 7-6) 7:05 pm EST LHP J.Podres (3-3, 4.44 ERA) RHP B.Grim (5-1, 3.41 ERA) San Francisco (13-13, Road: 7-8) Los Angeles (10-16, Home: 6-7) 7:05 pm EST RHP D.Sisler (2-3, 3.72 ERA) RHP T.Abernathy (2-2, 4.38 ERA) Indiananapolis (11-15, Road: 4-7) Cincinnati (11-15, Home: 6-6) 7:05 pm EST RHP M.Grant (4-1, 4.31 ERA) RHP M.Garcia (2-2, 3.54 ERA) Chicago (21-5, Road: 11-4) Memphis (5-21, Home: 3-9) 7:05 pm EST RHP S.Jones (2-0, 3.50 ERA) LHP R.McKee (0-4, 7.76 ERA) Milwaukee (16-10, Road: 8-5) Pittsburgh (16-10, Home: 8-5) 7:05 pm EST RHP B.Rush (5-1, 3.04 ERA) LHP B.Shantz (3-2, 2.68 ERA)