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Week 14 Summary (07/15/1957 - 07/21/1957)

Week 14 is in the books and it was another exciting week of 1957 baseball. Both pennant races are interesting and with ten weeks to go anything can happen. Most teams have passed the 90-games-played mark, several more will be there in the next day or two, and even the Cubs will get there by the end of the week. 1957 Chicago Cubs The race in the NL has certainly tightened up as Milwaukee has been on a roll and the Miracle Pirates continue to hang in there all while the Cardinals have recently stumbled, leaving St. Louis and the Braves tied (the Cardinals leading only by percentage points) and Pittsburgh one-half game behind them both. Pittsburgh actually only had 62 wins in 1957 and they are currently sitting at 53 wins and they show no signs of slowing down. Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati are still fighting for fourth place but all three are having problems getting back to .500 and then staying there once they get there.   The White Sox became the first team to reach th...

Week 14 Results (07/15/1957 - 07/21/1957)

  Monday, July 15, 1957   Transaction List:   New York (AL) infielder Andy Carey was injured (?) on 07/14/1957 and did not return to play until 08/04/1957   Detroit third baseman (and Quincy, IL native) Jim Finigan made a PH appearance on 07/14/1957 and was injured (?) again until 07/28/1957. Detroit pitcher Don Lee made his final season appearance on 07/14/1957   Boston pitcher Dean Stone was injured (?) on 07/14/1957 and did not return to the mound until 08/03/1957   Pittsburgh pitcher Joe Trimble made his final major league appearance on 07/14/1957. Pittsburgh catcher Hardy Peterson made his season debut on 07/16/1957   Philadelphia pitcher Jack Meyer was recalled before 07/16/1957   Washington 3 Kansas City (H) 2   The Senators thumped the A's in both games yesterday but had to win a close one today to end the series. Washington scored twice in the top of the eighth to get the win for Russ Kemmerer (3...