Author: david bancroft

July 21. Rainout RED SOX-WHITE SOX GAME IS RAINED OUT Other American League scores: New York 5 Cleveland 3; Detroit 6 Washington 3; St. Louis 15, 2 Philadelphia 2, 3 Standing of the Clubs Boston/86/58/28/.674– New York/86/52/34/.605/6 Detroit/90/48/42/.533/12 Cleveland/85/45/40/.529/12.5 Philadelphia/89/47/42/.528/12.5 Washington/82/34/48/.415/22 Chicago/88/36/52/.409/23 St. Louis/86/27/59/.314/31

July 20. Gm# 86 Comiskey Park Boston 4 Chicago 0 DOBSON TOSSES GEM TO EVEN SERIES WITH CHISOX Joe Dobson(5-3) pitched, by far, his best game of the year, beating the Chicago White Sox, 4-0, on a three hit shutout. Joe only stuck out one batter, but he only walked one too, and was in…

July 19. Gm# 85 Comiskey Park Chicago 3 Boston 2 WILD PITCHES COST MCDERMOTT IN 3-2 LOSS TO WHITE SOX Boston’s Mickey McDermott(9-6) threw wild pitches in both the second and fourth innings and it cost him the game. In the bottom of the second, Dave Philley doubled, then moved to third on the first…

PITCHING STATS THROUGH JULY 18 Dobson: 4-3; 3.18 ERA; 76.5 IP; 1 CG; 1 SHO; 33 K; 35 W Hughson: 3-2; 4.59 ERA; 45.1 IP; 20 K; 21 W Johnson: 2-3; 7.59 ERA: 34.4 IP; 15K; 21W Kinder: 4-4; 4.09 ERA; 105.6 IP; 3 CG; 65 K; 37 W Kramer: 3-2; 6.77 ERA; 37.3 IP;…

BATTING STATS THROUGH JULY 18 DiMaggio: .326; 112 hits; 70 runs; 38 rbi; 17 doubles; 1 triple; 6 home runs Doerr: .297; 102 hits; 61 runs; 55 rbi; 18 doubles; 2 triples; 17 home runs Goodman: .297; 82 hits; 34 runs; 25 rbi; 15 doubles; 5 triples; 2 home runs Pesky: .330; 92 hits; 56…

July 18. Gm# 84 Municipal Stadium Boston 4 Cleveland 3 STRINGER, O’BRIEN HIT 9TH INNING DOUBLES TO RALLY SOX PAST INDIANS With the game tied at one each, Lou Stringer pinch hit for Frank Quinn(9-4) in the ninth inning, with two on and two out and laced a double, scoring Al Zarilla and sending Birdie…

July 17. Gm#’s 82, 83 Municipal Stadium Boston 2,3 Cleveland 4, 1 TRIBE HANDS PARNELL 2SD LOSS; STOBBS EARNS C.G. WIN IN TWINBILL SPLIT The Red Sox ended up splitting a doubleheader with Cleveland, while the Yankees also won one and lost one against Chicago, thereby remaining 5.5 games back of Boston. The Indians scored…

July 16. Gm# 81 Briggs Stadium Detroit 6 Boston 3 TIGERS BEAT RED SOX, 6-3 IN FINAL GAME, TO TAKE SERIES, 2 GAMES TO 1 Boston got a home run from Bobby Doerr(16) for the second straight day, but could never really get going, as Pat Dobson(4-3) and the rest of the Sox lost, 6-3…

July 15. Gm# 80 Briggs Stadium Detroit 10 Boston 2 VIC WERTZ TIES STRATBALL RECORD WITH 3 HR’S IN TIGERS, 10-2 ROUT Detroit’s Vic Wertz joined Hank Sauer and Sid Gordon as the only players in Stratball with three home runs in one game. Wertz hit one off Mickey McDermott(9-5) in the third inning, then…

July 14. Gm# 79 Briggs Stadium Boston 7 Detroit 2 RED SOX BEGIN SECOND HALF WITH SOLID 7-2 WIN OVER DETROIT Ted Williams(24) and Vern Stephens(20) hit back to back home runs off Art Houtteman in the first inning, then Boston shelled Tigers reliever, Fred Hutchinson, for four more runs in the third, as Boston…