Author: david bancroft

JUNE 12, 1941 AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING: Gibson, Phila. -.428; Williams, Bost.-.416; Mullen,Det. and Dickey, N.Y.-.363 RUNS: J.DiMaggio, N.Y.-51; Williams, Bost. and D. DiMaggio, Bost.-46. HITS: Cramer, Wash.-76; Travis, Wash.-73 RUNS BATTED IN: Gibson, Phila.-51; York, Det.-48; Keller, N.Y.-46. DOUBLES: Boudreau, Clev.-19; Cronin, Bost.-18 TRIPLES: Keltner, Clev. and Travis, Wash.-8 HOME RUNS: Gibson, Phila.-17; York,…

GM# 53 JUNE 12, 1941 AT DETROIT TIGERS ATHLETICS HOLD OFF TIGERS TO TAKE FINAL GAME OF SERIES, 3-2 PHILA 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 0 DETROIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 0 WP-BULLET JOE ROGAN(5-3) LP-JOHNNY GORSICA HR-BUCK LEONARD(7) SOUP CAMPBELL Joe…

GM# 52 JUNE 11, 1941 AT DETROIT TIGERS PAIGE GETS ATHLETICS BACK ON TRACK WITH 3 HIT SHUTOUT OF TIGERS PHILA 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 10 9 0 DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(12-1) LP-BOBO NEWSOME HR-BIZ MACKEY(3) After two straight…

GM# 51 JUNE 10, 1941 AT DETROIT TIGERS ATHLETICS FALL TO TIGERS, DESPITE TWO GIBSON HOMERS PHILA 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 11 0 DETROIT 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 X 7 13 0 WP-BUD THOMAS LP-PORTER VAUGHAN(0-1) HR-JOSH GIBSON 2(17) Despite a pair of home runs…

GM#’S 49, 50 JUNE 8, 1941 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS FOSTER SUFFERS 1ST LOSS AS ATHLETICS SPLIT TWINBILL WITH INDIANS GAME ONE: PHILA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 1 CLEVE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 WP-BUMP HADLEY(3-3)…

GM# 48 JUNE 7, 1941 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS PAIGE BLANKS INDIANS TO EARN 11TH WIN; 3RD SHUTOUT PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 CLEVE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(11-1) LP-JIM BAGBY Satchel Paige continued his stellar spinning of the…

GM# 47 JUNE 6, 1941 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS ATHLETICS RALLY LATE TO GIVE CALIGIURI YET ANOTHER WIN PHILA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 9 1 CLEVE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(9-0) LP-BOB FELLER SV-TOM FERRICK(3) HR-JOSH GIBSON(15) Philadelphia scored three runs…

GM# 46 JUNE 5, 1941 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX FOSTER STAYS UNBEATEN AS ATHLETICS BEAT WHITE SOX, 4-3 PHILA 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 7 1 CHIC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 2 WP-BILL FOSTER(7-0) LP-EDDIE SMITH SV-LUM HARRIS(2) Big Bill Foster continues to…

GM# 45 JUNE 4, 1941 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX ATHLETICS FINALLY GET TO PLAY; BEAT WHITE SOX, 6-1 PHILA 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 11 2 CHIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 WP-JOE ROGAN(4-3) LP-THORNTON LEE HR-JOSH GIBSON(14) After two straight games were…

JUNE 3, 1941 MA NATURE HAS OTHER PLANS; WHITE SOX-ATHLETICS ARE WASHED OUT Another day, another rainout, as both the Philadelphia at Chicago and Boston at Cleveland games were called off. Detroit beat New York, 4-2 and St. Louis beat Washington in a 14-12, slugfest.