Author: david bancroft

JUNE 23, 1941 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JUNE 23, 1941 TEAM/GAMES/WON/LOST/TIED/PCT/GAMES BEHIND PHILADELPHIA/61/44/17/0/.721/— NEW YORK/63/34/27/2/.540/10 CLEVELAND/65/34/31/0/.523/12 BOSTON/60/31/28/1/.517/12 CHICAGO/61/31/30/0/.508/13 DETROIT/64/29/35/0/.453/16.5 WASHINGTON/62/23/38/1/.371/21 ST. LOUIS/58/21/37/0/.362/21.5

GM#’S 60, 61 JUNE 22, 1941 VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX ATHLETICS SWEEP OF INDIANS IN TWINBILL GIVES THEM 7 STRAIGHT WINS CHI 0 3 0 PHI 2 5 1 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(13-1) LP-TED LYONS HR- JOSH GIBSON(20) Satchel Paige tossed a three hit shutout in the opener, his fifth of the year. Josh Gibson stayed red…

GM# 59 JUNE 21, 1941 VS CHICAGO WHITE SOX CALIGIURI IMPROVES TO 10-0, AS ATHLETICS HOLD OFF WHITE SOX, 3-2 CHICAGO 2 5 0 PHILA 3 6 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(10-0) LP-JACK HALLETT HR-JOSH GIBSON(19) Fred Caligiuri went the distance, holding off a pesky Chicago White Sox team, to improve his won-lost record to 10 and…

JUNE 20, 1941 ATHLETICS IDLE TODAY; STILL HOLD SOLID LEAD OVER YANKEES IN STANDINGS Philadelphia and Chicago did not play. New York beat Detroit, 14-4; Boston defeated St. Louis, 4-2 and Washington got by Cleveland, 7 to 6. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JUNE 20, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/58/41/17/0/.707 NEW YORK/61/33/26/2/.541 CHICAGO/58/31/27/0/.534 BOSTON/57/30/26/1/.526 CLEVELAND/63/33/30/0/.524 DETROIT/62/28/34/0/.452 WASHINGTON/60/22/37/1/.367…

GM# 58 JUNE 19, 1941 VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS INDIANS KRAKAUSKAS WALKS IN WINNING RUN IN 4-3 ATHETICS WIN CLEVE 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 PHILA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 WP-TOM FERRICK(2-2) LP-JOE KRAKAUSKAS With the game tied at three, Cleveland…

GM# 57 JUNE 18, 1941 VS CLEVELAND INDIANS MCCOY HITS GAME WINNING, TWO RUN SINGLE, AS ATHETICS WIN, 9-8 CLEVE 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 8 14 0 PHILA 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 17 2 WP-BUMP HADLEY(4-3) LP-HARRY EISENSTAT HR-JOSH GIBSON(17); ROLLIE HEMSLEY Benny McCoy…

GM# 56 JUNE 17, 1941 VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS ATHLETICS WIN SEE SAW SLUGFEST WITH INDIANS, 11-9 CLEV 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 9 18 1 PHILA 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 3 X 11 16 0 WP-LUM HARRIS(2-2) LP-CHUBBY DEAN HR-JOHNSON(4), HEATH, TROSKY Philadelphia won a wild one against…

JUNE 16, 1941 ATHLETICS ARE DARK TODAY; HERE ARE A.L. RESULTS AND STANDINGS New York 5 Cleveland 4 Washington 3 Detroit 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, JUNE 16, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/55/38/17/0/.691 CLEVELAND/59/33/26/0/.559 NEW YORK/57/31/24/2/.544 CHICAGO/55/29/26/0/.527 BOSTON/52/27/24/1/.519 DETROIT/57/26/31/0/.456 WASHINGTON/57/20/36/1/.351 ST. LOUIS/52/18/34/0/.341

GM# 55 JUNE 15, 1941 VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ATHLETICS SNEAK BY BROWNS IN GAME 1, SECOND GAME IS RAINED OUT ST. LOUIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 PHILA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 9 0 WP-TOM FERRICK(1-2) LP-JACK KRAMER HR-JOE GRACE What…

GM# 54 JUNE 14, 1941 VS. ST. LOUIS BROWNS ATHLETICS OPEN HOME STAND WITH 5-2 LOSS TO BROWNS ST. LOUIS 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 15 0 PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0 WP-ELDON AUKER LP-BILL FOSTER(7-2) HR- RAY DANDRIDGE(4) Philadelphia opened their…