Author: david bancroft

JUNE 2, 1941 ATHLETICS -BROWNS GAME IS RAINED OUT No action today, as the Philadelphia-St. Louis game was rained out. Here are the scores of the games which were played and the standings: BOSTON 9 DETROIT 1 CLEVELAND 7 NEW YORK 5 WASHINGTON 8 CHICAGO 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, JUNE 2, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/44/30/14/0/.682 CHICAGO/44/27/17/0/.614 CLEVELAND/49/30/19/0/.612…

GM#’S 43, 44. JUNE 1, 1941 AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS SATCHEL PAIGE REACHES DOUBLE FIGURES IN WINS AS A’S SPLIT TWINBILL PHILA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(10-1) LP-BILL MUNCRIEF SV-TOM FERRICD PHILA…

MAY 31, 1941 The Athletics had a day off today. Two games in the American League, New York at Cleveland and Boston at Detroit, were postponed because of rain. Chicago beat St. Louis, 4-3, in the only game able to be played. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, MAY 31, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/42/29/23/0/.690 CHICAGO/41/26/15/0/.634 CLEVELAND/46/29/17/0/.630 NEW…

GM#’S 41,42. MAY 30, 1941 AT WASHINGTON SENATORS ATHLETICS SETTLE FOR SPLIT WITH NATS, WIN ROUT IN GM 1; LOSE GM 2 GM 1: PHILA 0 1 0 3 1 5 0 1 1 12 18 0 WASH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 12 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(8-0) LP-DUTCH LEONARD The…

GM#40 MAY 29, 1941 AT BOSTON RED SOX ATHLETICS TAKE FINAL GAME OF SERIES WITH SENATORS, 4-1 PHILA 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 10 1 BOSTON 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 WP-BILL FOSTER(6-0) LP-JOE DOBSON HR-JOSH GIBSON(13); TED WILLIAMS Josh Gibson and Ted…

GM#39 MAY 28, 1941 AT BOSTON RED SOX JIMMIE FOXX HOMERS TWICE AS RED SOX BEAT ATHLETICS AGAIN PHILA 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 BOST 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 X 10 14 1 WP-LEFTY GROVE LP-JOE ROGAN(3-3) HR-JOSH GIBSON(12), JAMES BELL(4), BUCK LEONARD(6); JIMMIE…

GM#37, 38. MAY 27, 1941 AT BOSTON RED SOX RED SOX END ATHLETICS 6 GAME WIN STREAK WITH TWINBILL SPLIT GAME ONE: PHILA 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 10 11 2 BOST 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 12 1 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(9-1) LP-CHARLIE WAGNER HR-JOSH GIBSON(10), BUCK…

GM#36 MAY 25, 1971 VS WASHINGTON SENATORS ATHLETICS SHUTOUT SENATORS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT GAME WASH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 PHILA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3 11 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(7-0) LP-DUTCH LEONARD In an amazing display of pitching, the Philadelphia Athletics have shutout…

GM#’S 34,35. MAY 24, 1941 VS WASHINGTON SENATORS ATHLETICS BEAT SENATORS TWICE; BOTH ON SHUTOUTS WASH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 PHILA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 8 1 WP-JOE ROGAN((3-2) LP-STEVE SUNDRA SV-TOM FERRICK WASH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0…

MAY 23, 1941 ATHLETICS-SENATORS GAME IS WASHED OUT TEAMS WILL PLAY A DOUBLE HEADER ON MAY 24TH AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, MAY 23, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/33/23/10/0/.697 CLEVELAND/38/26/12/0/.684 CHICAGO/33/21/12/0/.636 NEW YORK/37/17/20/1/.459 BOSTON/31/13/18/1/.419 DETROIT/35/14/21/0/.400 WASHINGTON/35/14/21/0/.400 ST. LOUIS/32/10/22/0/.313