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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…

GM#16 MAY 3, 1941 AT DETROIT TIGERS FRED CALIGIURI GOES DISTANCE IN 5-1 WIN OVER DETROIT PHILA 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 9 2 DETROIT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(3-0) LP-HAL NEWHOUSER HR-BRUCE CAMPBELL Philadelphia’s Fred Caligiuri earned his second complete…

GM# 15 MAY 2, 1941 AT DETROIT TIGERS TIGERS PUT UP RECORD 18 RUNS, 24 HITS AGAIINST ATHLETICS PHILA 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 6 13 2 DETROIT 1 4 0 3 2 0 3 5 X 18 24 2 WP-SCHOOLBOY ROWE LP-TOM FERRICK(0-2) HR-MCCOSKEY, CAMPBELL, HIGGINS; LEONARD 2(3) The Detroit…

GM# 14 MAY 1, 1941 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS ATHLETICS RALLY LATE TO BEAT CLEVELAND, 7-1 AND WIN SERIES PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 8 0 CLEVE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 WP-BUMP HADLEY(2-0) LP-CLINT BROWN HR-RAY DANDRIDGE(3) The Indians took a 1-0…

GM# 13 APRIL 30, 1941 AT CLEVELAND INDIANS SATCHEL PAIGE DEFEATS JIM BAGBY TO IMPROVE TO 4-0 PHILA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 5 2 CLEVE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(4-0) LP-JIM BAGBY This game was really a case of Bagby…