Author: david bancroft

The entire American League was dark today. Here is the current American League Standings: AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/131/87/44/0/.664 NEW YORK/136/85/49/2/.625 CHICAGO/135/66/68/1/.489 BOSTON/134/63/70/1/.470 DETROIT/133/60/73/0/.451 CLEVELAND/131/59/72/0/.450 ST. LOUIS/134/58/74/2/.433 WASHINGTON/130/54/74/2/.415

GM#’S 130, 131 SEPTEMBER 1, 1941 VS NEW YORK YANKEES ATHLETICS SPLIT TWINBILL WITH TWO THRILLING GAMES, 4-5 AND 4-3 N. Y. 5 10 1 PHI. 4 3 0 WP-SPUD CHANDLER LP-PORTER VAUGHAN(2-6) HR-TOM HEINRICH; BENNY MCCOY(5) Philadelphia trailed, 5-1, but in the bottom of the ninth, Yankee pitching loaded the bases on walks, then…

GM#’S 128,129 AUGUST 31, 1941 AT BOSTON RED SOX RED SOX SPLIT TWIBILL, 5-6 AND 9-2; TO TAKE SERIES FROM ATHLETICS PHI 6 15 3 BOS 5 7 2 WP-JOE WILLIAMS(6-6) SV-TOM FERRICK(10) LP-MIKE RYBA HR-BUCK LEONARD(18) Game one was a sloppy effort defensively, with both teams combining for five errors. Two players had four…

AUGUST 30, 1941 JOSH GIBSON TRAILS IN TWO OF THREE TRIPLE CROWN CATEGORIES Philadelphia’s Josh Gibson is having a tremendous year, however, the coveted Triple Crown, awarded to a player who leads the league in Batting Average, Home Runs and Runs Batted in, all at the same time; is a longshot at this point. The…

GM#127 AUGUST 30, 1941 AT BOSTON RED SOX RED SOX EDGE ATHLETICS, 4-3, ENDING SEVEN GAME WIN STREAK PHI 3 12 2 BOS 4 7 1 WP-CHARLIE WAGNER SV-NELSON POTTER LP-BILL FOSTER(14-5) HR-JOSH GIBSON(40) The Boston Red Sox staved off a late rally, edging the Philadelphia Athletics, 4-3, to end a seven game winning streak…

AUGUST 29, 1941 BROWNS DEFEAT WHITE SOX, 5-2, IN TODAY’S ONLY ACTION AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 29, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/126/85/41/0/.675 NEW YORK/132/82/45/2/.621 CHICAGO/130/64/65/1/.492 CLEVELAND/126/58/68/0/.480 BOSTON/129/59/69/1/.457 DETROIT/128/56/72/0/.438 ST. LOUIS/129/55/72/2/.426 WASHINGTON/126/53/71/2/.421

GM#126 AUGUST 28, 1941 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS CLEVELAND PITCHERS ISSUE 11 WALKS IN 8-1 LOSS TO PHILADELPHIA PHI 8 11 0 CLE 1 7 1 WP-BULLET JOE ROGAN(13-6) LP-AL MILNAR The Athletics took advantage of eleven walks, by four different Indians pitchers, as the rolled to an easy, 8-1 win. That is the seventh straight…

GM#125 AUGUST 27, 1941 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS JOSH GIBSON HOMER HELPS SATCHEL PAIGE REACH 20 WIN PLATEAU PHI 3 8 0 CLE 2 4 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(20-3) SV-TOM FERRICK(9) HR-JOSH GIBSON(39), BUCK LEONARD(17) Satchel Paige left after pitching seven full innings, with the score knotted at 7 all. Josh Gibson belted his 39th circuit clout,…

GM#’S 123, 124 AUGUST 26, 1941 AT DETROIT TIGERS ATHLETICS TAKE BOTH GAMES OF TWIN BILL WITH TIGERS; 8-1, 8-7 11 INN PHI 8 13 0 DET 1 5 2 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(15-4) LP-BOBO NEWSOME Fred Caligiuri’s seventh complete game win of the year was the story in game one. Frem limited Detroit to just five…

AUGUST 25, 1941 The Athletics and Tigers game was washed out today. In other action, the St. Louis Browns won the first game of a double header against the Washington Senators, 6-3. The second game ended in a 3-3 tie, called because of darkness. Boston defeated Cleveland, 1-0 and Chicago downed New York, 9-1. Today’s…