Author: david bancroft

    GM# 101 AUGUST 5, 1941 AT BOSTON RED SOX TED WILLIAMS HOMERS IN BOTTOM OF 9TH TO WIN IT, 6-4, FOR BOSTON     PHI    4  12  0     BOS    6  11  0 WP-JACK WILSON LP-TOM FERRICK(4-5) HR-TED WILLIAMS, JIM TABOR; BOB JOHNSON(11)    Ted Williams’ walk off clout, gave the Boston Red Sox a 6-4 win over Philadelphia, as the two clubs,…

    GM# 100 AUGUST 4, 1941 AT BOSTON RED SOX ATHLETICS SET SEASON HIGH RUN MARK, IN 16-10 WIN OVER RED SOX     PHI    16  16  3     BOS    10  10  2 WP-LUM HARRIS(3-3) LP-EARL JOHNSON HR-JOSH GIBSON 2(32), BUCK LEONARD(13), WALLY MOSES(1); JIMMIE FOXX, JOE CRONIN    In a slugfest with Boston, the Philadelphia Athletics scored a season-high, 16 runs, in…

    GM#’S 98,99 AUGUST 3, 1941 VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS ATHLETICS SPLIT TWINBILL WITH INDIANS; GIBSON BELTS 30TH HR     CLE    3 8 1     PHI   4  4 0 WP-TOM FERRICK(4-4) LP-CLINT BROWN HR-JOSH GIBSON 2(30)   Slugger, Josh Gibson hit a home run in the first inning and the game winner in the bottom of the ninth, to lead Philadelphia past Cleveland, 4-3,…

    GM# 97 AUGUST 2, 1941 VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS FOSTER LOSES 1-0 PITCHER’S DUEL TO JIM BAGBY IN ELEVEN INNINGS     CLE    1 3 0     PHI    0 6 1    11 INNINGS WP-JIM BAGBY LP-BILL FOSTER(9-4)   Jim Bagby and Bill Foster each toiled the full ten inning, but Bagby came out on top in a 1-0 win. Mack’s sacrifice fly scored Jeff…

    GM# 96 JULY 31, 1941 VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX CHICAGO WINS, 6-2, ENDING ATHLETICS’ SEVEN GAME WIN STREAK     CHI    6 14 0     PHI    2  6 0 WP-JOHNNY RIGNEY LP-JOE ROGAN(10-6)   Chicago’s Johnny Rigney went the distance in a 6-2 White Sox win over the Athletics, ending a seven game Philadelphia win streak. That is one short of the eight…

    GM#95 JULY 30, 1941 VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX SATCHEL PAIGE’S 6TH SHUTOUT GIVES ATHLETICS SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN     CHI    0 5 1     PHI    7 11 1 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(16-2) LP-BUCK ROSS HR-BOB JOHNSON(10)   Ho hum, another pitching gem from Satchel Paige. The lanky boxman hurled his sixth shutout of the season, blanking the Chicago White Sox, 7-0. He also pitched in…

    GM#94  JULY 29, 1941 VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX CALIGIURI GETS WIN; GIBSON GOES DEEP, IN 4-3 ATHLETICS WIN     CHI    3  9 0     PHI    4  4 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(13-2) LP-SMITH HR-JOSH GIBSON(28)   Philadelphia was outhit, nine to four, however, Chicago pitching issued nine walks, three of which led to runs, as the Athletics held off the White Sox, 4-3. Fred Caligiuri…

        JOSH GIBSON’S TRIPLE CROWN CHASE   Philadelphia Athletics catcher, Josh Gibson, is making a bid for baseball’s triple crown. However, he will have to collect some more rbi’s as he is currently ten behind the current leader. BATTING AVERAGE: GIBSON, PHI. .413; WILLIAMS, BOS. .408 HOME RUNS: GIBSON, PHI. 27; KELLER, N.Y. 25 RUNS BATTED IN: KELLER, N.Y. 89; DIMAGGIO, N.Y. 88; GIBSON, PHI. 79

    JULY 28, 1941   The American League was dark today. Here are the current standings:     AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JULY 28, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/93/63/30/0/.667/— NEW YORK/96/63/31/2/.656/.5 CLEVELAND/95/48/47/0/.505/16 BOSTON/94/45/48/1/.479/18 CHICAGO/95/44/51/0/.463/20 DETROIT/97/41/56/0/.423/24 WASHINGTON/92/37/54/1/.402/25 ST. LOUIS/92/37/55/0/.402/25.5

    GM#’S 92, 93 JULY 27, 1941 VS. DETROIT TIGERS ATHLETICS BEAT TIGERS TWICE TO SWEEP SERIES     DET    1 6 0     PHI    5 9 1 WP-BILL FOSTER(9-3) LP-TOMMY BRIDGES   Bill Foster notched his fourth complete game of the season, with a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Foster fanned eight in the outing. Ray Dandridge and Wally Moses each had…