Category: Great Teams of the Past

The 1954 New York Giants began their series with the 1953 New York Yankees by coming back from a 5-0 deficit to win 6-5. Coupled with a loss by the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, that elevated the Giants into a first-place tie with the Yankees and Pirates with 8-5 records. The 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers’ Billy Loes…

The top four teams in the league didn’t change from the end of week 2 to the end of week 3, but there’s a new order. The 1953 New York Yankees and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates both won three of four games and are now tied for first. The 1959 Chicago White Sox entered week…

The 1953 New York Yankees and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates both won their games to win their series and end the third week of play tied for first place at 8-4. Both teams had strong pitching performances, as the Yankees’ Johnny Sain tossed a shutout and the Pirates’ Vern Law didn’t give up a hit…

There were more runs than usual on this gameday, with the winning teams posting nine, eight, eight and seven runs. Each of the four victors scored, or matched, their season high for runs scored. We’re back to a three-way tie for first place, as the 1959 Chicago White Sox beat the 1953 New York Yankees,…

Before gameday #10, four teams were tied atop the standings. After gameday #10, the 1953 New York Yankees stand alone in first place. The Yankees beat the 1959 Chicago White Sox for the second straight game. The 1954 New York Giants and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates both lost, evening up their series and dropping them…

The 1953 New York Yankees’ Whitey Ford and the 1954 New York Giants’ Johnny Antonelli both threw shutouts, and the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates also won, creating an interesting logjam in the standings after nine games. Those three teams, along with the 1959 Chicago White Sox, are all tied for first place with 6-3 records. Not…

The 1959 Chicago White Sox have gone 3-1 in each of the first two weeks of the season, and that has given them a one-game lead in the standings at the one-quarter mark of the season. Despite having scored the second-fewest runs in the league, they’ve had by far the best pitching. And though it…

The 1959 Chicago White Sox posted an impressive comeback win over the 1954 Cleveland Indians to wrap up the second week of play, giving the Sox the series win and sole possession of first place. The 1954 New York Giants couldn’t finish off a sweep against the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates and fell to second place.…

The 1954 Cleveland Indians finally won a game, earning their first victory of the season in their seventh contest. It came against the first-place 1959 Chicago White Sox, which knocked the Sox into a tie with the 1953 New York Yankees and the 1954 New York Giants at 5-2. The Giants beat the 1960 Pittsburgh…