Author: david bancroft

MAY 12, 1941 AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING: PLAYER AB RUNS HITS .AVE Travis, Wash. 83 17 35 .422 Gibson, Phila. 69 21 25 .420 Cronin, Bost. 61 16 25 .410 DiMaggio. Bos 82 20 32 .390 Hearn, Clev. 85 12 33 .388 HOMERUN LEADERS Gibson, Phila. 7 York, Det. 6 Gordon, N.Y. 6 PITCHING LEADERS…

GM#23 MAY 12, 1941 AT WASHINGTON SENATORS FOSTER’S SHUTOUT COMPLETES ATHLETICS SWEEP OF SENATORS PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 1 WASH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 WP-BILL FOSTER(3-0) LP-DUTCH LEONARD Bill Foster won a pitcher’s duel with Washington’s Dutch Leonard, tossing…

GM#22 MAY 11, 1941 AT WASHINGTON SENATORS ATHLETICS PUT UP 11 RUNS IN ONE INNING IN 14-1 DRUBBING OF SENATORS PHILA 1 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 0 14 19 1 WASH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 WP-JOE ROGAN(2-2) LP-KEN CHASE HR-BIZ MACKEY 2(2) GS, JOSH…

GM# 21 MAY 10, 1941 AT WASHINGTON SENATORS SATCHEL PAIGE SPINS 2 HIT SHUTOUT AGAINST SENATORS PHILA 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 11 0 WASH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(5-1) LP-WALT MASTERSON Philadelphia ace, Satchel Paige threw another gem, beating the…

MAY 9, 1941 ATHLETICS OFF TODAY; BROWNS BEAT INDIANS, 9-6; TIGERS-WHITE SOX PPD The Philadelphia Athletics have a scheduled day off today. They now head to Washington, for a three game series against the Senators. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, MAY 9, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/20/14/6/0/.700 CHICAGO/19/12/7/0/.632 CLEVELAND/24/14/10/0/.583 NEW YORK/24/12/12/0/.500 DETROIT/21/10/11/0/.476 WASHINGTON/22/9/13/0/.409 BOSTON/18/7/11/0/.389 ST. LOUIS/5/13/0/.278

GM# 20 MAY 8, 1941 AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS CALIGIURI STAYS UNBEATEN AS ATHLETICS STOP BROWNS AGAIN PHILA 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 0 ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 0 WP-CALIGIURI(4-0) LP-AUKER HR-BELL(1) Frank Caligiuri is drawing inspiration from the Negro…

GM# 19 MAY 7, 1941 AT ST. LOUIS BROWNS ATHLETICS GET BACK ON TRACK WITH 5-3 WIN OVER BROWNS PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 5 0 ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 5 1 WP-BILL FOSTER(2-0) LP-JOHNNY ALLEN HR-JOSH GIBSON(6) There wasn’t a…

MAY 6, 1941 TWO GAMES, INCLUDING ATHLETICS-WHITE SOX, ARE RAINED OUT Boston and St. Louis, along with Philadelphia at Chicago, were both cancelled due to rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, MAY 6, 1941 CHICAGO/18/12/6/0/.667 CLEVELAND/21/14/7/0/.667 PHILADELPHIA/18/12/6/0/.667 DETROIT/19/10/9/0/.526 NEW YORK/22/10/12/0/.455 BOSTON/17/6/11/0/.353 WASHINGTON/20/7/13/0/.350 ST. LOUIS/15/4/11/0/.267

GM# 18 MAY 5, 1941 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX WHITE SOX DEFEAT ATHLETICS, 5-3 PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 2 CHIC 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 5 9 0 WP-EDDIE SMITH LP-BULLET JOE ROGAN(1-2) The Athletics lost to the Chicago White Sox again, the…

GM# 17 MAY 4, 1941 AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX JACK HALLETT SHUTS OUT ATHLETICS; PAIGE SUFFERS 1ST LOSS PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 CHIC 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0 WP-JACK HALLETT LP-SATCHEL PAIGE(4-1) Jack Hallett of the Chicago White Sox…