Author: david bancroft

GM#122 AUGUST 24, 1941 AT DETROIT TIGERS ATHLETICS EDGE TIGERS, 4-3; ALL SCORING COMES VIA HOME RUNS PHI 4 10 0 DET 3 12 0 WP-BILL FOSTER(14-4) LP-JOHNNY GORSICA HR-JOSH GIBSON(38), BOB JOHNSON(13), ALAN BRANCATO(1); RUDY YORK Philadelphia defeated Detroit, 4-3, with all four runs coming as a result of home runs. Bob Johnson led…

GM#121 AUGUST 23, 1941 AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS SIEBERT’S 1ST HR OF YEAR COUNTS BIG, AS ATHLETICS BEAT BROWNS, 11-5 PHI 11 16 1 ST. L. 5 11 1 WP-JOE ROGAN(12-6) LP-BOB MUNCRIEF HR-DICK SIEBERT(1) GS, JOE ROGAN(1), BUCK LEONARD(16); CHET LAABS Reserve first baseman, Dick Siebert belted his first home run of the year…

GM# 120 AUGUST 22, 1941 AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS PAIGE AND FERRICK HOLD BROWNS TO 4 HITS, IN 9-2 WIN PHI 9 13 0 CHI 2 4 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(19-3) LP-JACK KRAMER Satchel Paige earned win #19 and Tom Ferrick tossed two and two third innings of scoreless ball, as Philadelphia got past St. Louis,…

GM#’S 118, 119 AUGUST 21, 1941 AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS ATHLETICS SPLIT TWINBILL OPENER WITH CARDS; 5-2, 8-11 PHI 5 10 0 ST. L. 2 8 2 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(14-4) LP-BOB HARRIS Philadelphia took game one of their series opening double header against St. Louis, 5-2, thanks to winning pitcher, Fred Caligiuri’s fifth complete game of…

GM# 117 AUGUST 20, 1941 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX ATHLETICS HOLD OFF WHITE SOX, 3-2, BEHIND BILL FOSTER PHI 3 12 0 CHI 2 5 1 WP-BILL FOSTER(13-4) SV-JOE WILLIAMS(4) LP-JACK HALLETT HR-DON KOLLOWAY Bill Foster worked six plus innings, leaving with a 2-1 lead. Philadelphia then tacked on a third run in the top…

GM#’S 115, 116 AUGUST 19, 1941 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX PAIGE SHUTOUT; MOOSE SOLTERS GRAND SLAM, HIGHLIGHTS TWINBILL SPLIT PHI 4 6 0 CHI 0 5 2 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(18-3) LP-THORNTON LEE In the first of two games at Comiskey Park, Philadelphia defeated Chicago, 4-0, behind Satchel Paige’s seventh shutout of the year. Paige scattered five…

AUGUST 18, 1941 BOST./ST.L AND N.Y./DET, RAINED OUT; WASH 4 CLEV 2 IN ONLY ACTION AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 18, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/114/75/39/0/.658 NEW YORK/121/76/43/2/.628 CHICAGO/118/60/57/1/.508 CLEVELAND/115/54/61/0/.470 BOSTON/116/54/61/1.466 DETROIT/116/50/66/0/.431 ST. LOUIS/114/48/65/1/.421 WASHINGTON/114/47/66/1/.412

GM#’S 113, 114 AUGUST 17, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES YANKEES TAKE BOTH GAMES OF DOUBLE HEADER; 4-2, 9-8 PHI 2 10 0 N.Y. 4 7 0 WP-SPUD CHANDLER LP-FRED CALIGIURI(13-4) HR-JOE DIMAGGIO, JOE GORDON; BENNY MCCOY(4) A pair of two run home runs did all the damage, as New York handed Fred Caligiuri his…

GM# 112 AUGUST 16, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES GIBSON HOMERS FOR 5TH TIME IN LAST EIGHT GAMES AS PHILA WINS, 5-1 PHI 5 8 0 N.Y. 1 10 1 WP-BILL FOSTER(12-4) LP-RED RUFFING HR-JOSH GIBSON(37), JAMES BELL(7) Josh Gibson remains red hot, belting his fifth home run over the past eight games, as Philadelphia…

AUGUST 15, 1941 The Athletics and Yankees were washed out today. Here are today’s other results and the current standings. Philadelphia has built up a 2.5 game lead over New York. Washington 6 Boston 3 Chicago 5 Cleveland 2 St. Louis 6 Detroit 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 15, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/111/74/37/0/.667 NEW…