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Week 19 Summary (08/19/1957 - 08/25/1957)

Stan Musial Week 19 is in the books and while Chicago and Milwaukee seemed to be secure in their position at the top of their respective leagues, both teams know hat with ~30 games remaining that anything can still happen. All teams have reached and passed the 120-game mark and by the end of Week 20 all of the teams will be hovering right around the 130 games played mark. In 1954 the Yankees won 103 games and finished second to Cleveland who won 111. The Yankees are currently on target to win 101 games and the White Sox are on target to win 107. Therefore. the Yankees have been down this road before and don’t want to do that again, but even with their current seven game winning streak if that team in front refuses to slow down they may not have much choice. At the other end of the AL standings Washington has managed to climb out of the cellar and pass Kansas City into seventh place. Nellie Fox In the NL, Milwaukee has the same 4.0 game lead over second-place St. Louis that they h...

Week 19 Results (08/19/1957 - 08/25/1957)

  Monday, August 19, 1957 Transaction List:   Detroit pitcher Al Aber (team finale 08/18/1957) was placed on waivers   Bob Buhl Milwaukee pitcher Bob Buhl was injured (?) on 08/18/1957 and did not return to the mound until 09/08/1957 Kansas City pitcher Rip Coleman made his final season appearance on 08/18/1957   Cincinnati outfielder Jerry Lynch was injured (?) on 08/18/1957 and did not return to play until 09/02/1957   Note: Only one game today as it is a travel day for most teams. The AL east teams are moving westward while the NL West teams are moving eastward. It is that time in the schedule when it is time to start wrapping up series, either home or away. I suppose you could call it "Doubleheader Tuesday" as there are four doubleheaders on tomorrow's agenda, again, getting those games in as teams begin to start wrapping up their season.   Cleveland 5 Kansas City (H) 1   A two-run single by Joe Altobelli in a thr...