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GM# 9 APRIL 23, 1941 VS WASHINGTON SENATORS ATHLETICS AGAIN SCORE DOUBLE FIGURES IN RUNS; BEAT SENATORS, 12-4 WASH. 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 11 0 PHILA. 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 12 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(3-0) LP-KEN CHASE HR-JOSH GIBSON(4), BOB JOHNSON(3) For the second…

GM# 8 APRIL 22, 1941 VS NEW YORK YANKEES ATHLETICS SWEEP YANKS WITH 14-8 ROUT N.Y. 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 8 16 0 PHILA. 0 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 X 14 16 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(2-0) LP-CHARLEY STANCEU HR-BILL DICKEY; BOB JOHNSON(2) GS The Philadelphia Athletics rattled off…

GM# 7 APRIL 21, 1941 VS NEW YORK YANKEES BILL FOSTER BLANKS YANKEES, 5-0, WITH FOUR HIT SHUTOUT N.Y. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 PHILA. 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 5 9 1 WP-BILL FOSTER(1-0) LP-ATLEY DONALD HR-BUCK LEONARD(1) Big Bill Foster won his…

GM# 6 APRIL 20, 1941 VS NEW YORK YANKEES ATHLETICS SCORE TWICE IN 7TH, TO BEAT YANKS, 5-4, IN COMEBACK WIN N.Y. 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 PHI. 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5 13 1 WP-LUM HARRIS(1-0) LP-RED RUFFING SV-SMOKEY JOE WILLIAMS(1) The…

GM# 5 APRIL 19, 1941 VS BOSTON RED SOX SATCHEL PAIGE NOTCHES COMPLETE GAME IN 5-1 ATHLETICS WIN BOSTON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 PHILA 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 X 5 9 1 WP-PAIGE(2-0) LP-HUGHSON HR-JOE CRONIN Satchel Paige earned his second victory of…

CALIGUIRI TOSSES COMPLETE GAME WIN FOR ATHLETICS BOSTON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 PHILA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 WP-FRED CALIGUIRI(1-0) LP-LEFTY GROVE Philadelphia veteran, Fred Caliguiri pitched a 2-1, complete game win, also scoring a run in the victory. The…

YANKS BEAT A’S, 9-8, IN 13 INNINGS GM# 3 APRIL 17, 1941 VS NEW YORK YANKEES PHILA 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 1 N.Y. 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 16 1 WP-TINY BONHAM LP-TOM FERRICK(0-1) HR-CHARLIE…

GM# 2 APRIL 16, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES PHILA 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 11 1 N. Y. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 WP-BULLET JOE ROGAN(1-0) LP-TINY BONHAM HR-JOSH GIBSON(1), SAM CHAPMAN(1), BOB JOHNSON The Athletics beat the Yankees for the second…

GM# 1 APRIL 15, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES PHILADELPHIA 6 NEW YORK 2 The Athletics won their season opener, 6-2. Josh Gibson went five for five, with a double and Satchel Paige(1-0) beat Red Ruffing, after going seven strong innings.

1941 Philadelphia Athletics Remix It’s 1941. Tired of last place finishes and longing for the championship teams of ten years ago, Philadelphia Athletics owner and manager, Connie Mack, has shocked the baseball world. Mack has pushed the envelope and signed 9 Negro League stars to big league contracts. He has inked pitchers: Satchel Paige, Bill…