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Week 5 Summary (05/13/1957 - 05/19/1957)

Week 5 is in the books and the excitement continues. Several teams have reached the thirty games played mark and all will be there before the end of this upcoming week. The early season roster cutdowns are complete but teams continue to jockey their lineups, looking for a winning combination. Several teams are working around injuries and there are still trade rumors floating through the ether. This has been quite an exciting replay so far and it really does look like the fun is going to continue. 1957 Cleveland Indians The White Sox are playing .800 ball behind the pitching of Billy Pierce (6-0, 2.53), Dick Donovan (5-0, 3.27) and Jim Wilson (4-0, 4.15) plus they are third in the AL in hitting, mix in a couple of clutch hits to ice some of those wins, and they find themselves well on the top of the standings. New York, Boston, and Detroit are all playing well too but keep falling farther and farther behind. All three know that Chicago won’t be playing .800 ball all season so they ...

Week 5 Results (05/13/1957 - 05/19/1957)

Monday, May 13, 1957   Transaction List:   Chicago (NL) infielder Bobby Morgan was purchased from Philadelphia on 05/13/1957.    Chicago (NL) infielder Jack Littrell made his season debut on 05/14/57. Chicago (NL) first baseman Ed Mickelson made his final major league appearance on 05/12/1957. Chicago (NL) infielder Ed Winceniak made his final major league appearance on 05/12/1957.   Cincinnati pitcher Joe Nuxhall returned to the mound on 05/14/1957 following his injury (?) of 04/24/1957.   Kansas City pitcher Arnie Portocarrero was injured (?) on 05/12/1957 and did not return to the mound until 05/30/1957.   Note: There is only one game today as it is another travel day. We just had one this past Thursday when the NL East and AL West teams returned to their respective regions where they then played a weekend series against a regional rival, and now it is time for teams to hit the road again. This time it is the NL West teams he...