Week 5 Results (05/12/1941 - 05/18/1941)
Monday, May 12, 1941
Transactions:
Washington
pitcher Danny
MacFayden made his Season Finale on 05/11/1941 (Released 05/15/1941)
Detroit
outfielder Barney
McCosky was injured (?) on 05/11/1941
Brooklyn
outfielder Paul Waner
(Team Finale 05/07/1941) was released on 05/11/1941
Pittsburgh
acquired catcher Bill Baker
(Team Debut 05/13/1941) from Cincinnati on 05/12/1941
New
York (NL) infielder Dick
Bartell (Team Debut 05/30/1941) was signed (free agent) on 05/15/1941
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| Lefty Gomez |
A pitcher's duel as Lefty Grove (2-1, 4.85) defeated old nemesis Lefty Gomez (3-1, 2.83) in a tight game. The Red Sox put up single runs in the fourth and fifth, but the Yankees finally broke through with two runs of their own in the top of the seventh to tie the score at 2-2. Bobby Doerr drove home Jimmie Foxx with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh and Grove was able to go all the way to get the win.
Philadelphia (AL) 3 Washington (H) 2
Both
teams scored a single run in the first and that was it until light-hitting
shortstop Al
Brancato hit a two-out homerun in the top of the sixth to give the A's the
lead. The Nationals tried to come back and made it close, but Les McCrabb
(1-2, 3.09) held on and went all the way, including a 1-2-3 ninth.
Chicago
(NL) 12 Cincinnati (H) 0
Bill Lee
(1-4, 2.48) threw a two-hit shutout in Cincinnati and was ably supported by his
offense. Left fielder Lou Novikoff
hit a three-run homerun (#4) early and right fielder Bill
Nicholson added a pair of two-run homeruns (#2, #3) to put the game out of
reach.
St.
Louis (NL) 4 Pittsburgh (H) 2
The
Cardinals scored twice in the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie and they
added on a few more from there, all needed because the Pirates always responded
and managed to keep it close. Lon Warneke
(3-3, 3.04) went all the way for the win plus his RBI in the ninth provided some
much-needed cushion.
Tuesday,
May 13, 1941
Transactions:
Philadelphia
(AL) pitcher Rankin Johnson
was sent out to Wilmington (ISLG) after 05/12/1941 (Major League Finale)
Pittsburgh
pitcher Dick
Lanahan was sold to Chicago (AL) (DNP) on 05/13/1941 (Major League Finale 05/12/1941).
Pittsburgh catcher Joe
Schultz was sent out to Portland (PCL) after 05/12/1941 (Season Finale) (If
you are familiar with the 1969 Settle Pilots, this is the Joe Schultz
that was the manager of that infamous team)
Cincinnati
infielder Bobby
Mattick was injured (?) on 05/12/1941
New
York (AL) catcher Ken
Silvestri was injured (?) on 05/12/1941
Chicago
(AL) pitcher Buck Ross
(Team Debut 05/14/1941) was acquired from Philadelphia (AL) on 04/30/1941
Chicago
(AL) 7 Boston (AL) (H) 3
A
two-run double by catcher Mike Tresh
in a four-run fourth was the big hit in this game and Johnny Cooney (1-1, 4.50)
and newly acquired Buck Ross
held off the Red Sox attack to garner the victory. Ross pitched the final three
innings without giving up a hit to secure the win.
New
York (AL) (H) 2 Cleveland 1
A
real barn burner at Yankee Stadium today as Marius
Russo (5-0, 2.30) defeated Bob Feller
(6-1, 2.09) in a game that went right down to the final pitch. Third baseman Red Rolfe
had the big hit as he singled home second baseman Jerry
Priddy with the eventual game-winner in the bottom of the seventh and Russo
took over from there.
St.
Louis (AL) 2 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 1
Browns'
right fielder Chet Laabs
hit a two-run homerun in the top of the first and Vern
Kennedy (1-3, 5.66) was masterful as he went all the way for the tough road
win. Jack
Knott (2-2, 2.14) was the hard-luck loser.
Washington
(H) 7 Detroit 2
Bobo
Newsom's (1-6, 6.52) pitching woes continued as he gave up a two-out
three-run homerun to National's second baseman Jimmy
Bloodworth in the bottom of the first. Washington was able to add on from
there while Sid Hudson
(4-2, 3.53) kept the Tiger's bats quiet.
Boston
(NL) 3 Chicago (NL) (H) 0
The
Cubs woke up this morning to find themselves all alone in fourth place in the
NL, quite a rise from their 1-9 start. On the other hand, the Braves found themselves in the NL cellar and
were looking for a way out. Jim Tobin
(4-1, 1.38) had an answer for Boston's woes as he threw a three-hit shutout in
Chicago, plus Tobin chipped in with a 4-for-4 day that included a run scored,
an RBI, and a double.
Cincinnati
(H) 11 Brooklyn 4
The
Reds put an end to the Dodgers six-game winning streak by coming back from a
four-run deficit and then putting the game away with an eighth-inning seven-run
explosion. Left fielder Mike
McCormick had a two-run single in Cincinnati's three-run fourth and again
in the seven-run eighth.
Pittsburgh
(H) 5 Philadelphia (NL) 2
Pittsburgh
first baseman Elbie
Fletcher hit a two-out three-run triple in the bottom of the fifth to put
the Pirates up 4-0 and Rip Sewell
(4-1, 2.25) didn’t allow a Phillies run until the eighth and was able to pick
up the complete-game victory.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 5 New York (NL) 2
The
Cardinals blew open a close game with three runs in the bottom of the eighth,
the big hit being a two-run triple off the bat of Enos
Slaughter. Mort Cooper
(3-1, 2.81) went all the way for the win.
Wednesday,
May 14, 1941
Transactions:
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| Billy Werber |
St. Louis pitcher Harry Gumbert (Team Debut 05/16/1941) and Paul Dean were acquired from New York (NL) on 05/14/1941 in return for Bill McGee
Chicago
(NL) infielder Johnny
Hudson (Team and Season Debut 05/15/1941) and Charlie
Gilbert were acquired from Brooklyn (DNP) on 05/06/1941 in return for Billy
Herman
Chicago
(AL) 7 Boston (AL) (H) 2
The
White Sox got the jump on the Red Sox by scoring six times in the top of the
first as third baseman Dario
Lodigiani's two-run double was the big hit for the visitors. Bill
Dietrich (3-2, 3.31) and Pete
Appleton held the Red Sox at bay for the Chicago win.
New
York (AL) (H) 6 Cleveland 3
First
baseman Joe
Gordon hit a three-run homerun in the second to get the Yankees the early
lead, but the Indians came back and tied the score at 3-3 after the top of the
sixth. Second baseman Jerry
Priddy hit a solo shot in the bottom of the inning and then left fielder George
Selkirk hit a two-run homerun in the seventh to help lock this one up for
New York.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 1 St. Louis (AL) 0
Recently
acquired hurler Bump Hadley
(1-3, 6.14) threw a masterpiece, limiting the Browns to only five hits, and
went all the way for the shutout victory. Bob Harris
(1-3, 7.88) also threw a five-hitter, but shortstop Al Brancato
came through with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to make the
difference in this one.
Washington
(H) 11 Detroit 7
The
meek-hitting Tigers scored four times in the top of the second, necessitating
the removal of Nationals starter Steve
Sundra. Undeterred, the Nationals came right back and found themselves with
an 8-4 lead by the end of the fourth and Red
Anderson (2-0, 7.64) neutered the Detroit bats in a long relief appearance
and got the win.
Brooklyn
5 Cincinnati (H) 4 (10)
The
Dodgers scored first with three runs in the top of the first and they added one
more in the second, but a Frank
McCormick two-run double in the bottom of the seventh pulled the Reds back within 4-3. A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth tied the score at 4-4,
but the Dodgers responded with a sacrifice fly of their own in the top of the
tenth. Hugh
Casey (1-3, 10.56) got the blown save in the ninth but eventually picked up
the win.
Philadelphia
(NL) 6 Pittsburgh (H) 0
Tommy
Hughes (1-4, 5.94) shut out the Pirates as the Phillies offense, plus three
Pirates errors, provided more than enough run support for the easy win.
Thursday,
May 15, 1941
Transactions:
Chicago
(AL) pitcher Pete
Appleton was injured (?) on 05/14/1941
Philadelphia
(AL) catcher Hal Wagner
was injured (?) on 05/14/1941
Cincinnati
infielder Pep
Young (Team Finale 05/14/1941) was sold to St. Louis (NL) on 05/14/1941
St.
Louis (AL) catcher Rick
Ferrell (Team Debut 05/18/1941) was acquired from Washington on 05/15/1941
in return for pitcher Vern Kennedy
Detroit
outfielder Rip
Radcliff (Team Debut 05/21/1941) was acquired from St. Louis (AL) on
05/15/1941
Chicago
(NL) pitcher Ken
Raffensberger was acquired from St. Paul (AA) before 08/27/1941
Note:
Game One of Joe
DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak
Cleveland
7 Boston (AL) (H) 4
Cleveland
took an early lead, fell behind, but then rallied to take a 6-4 lead after they
scored three runs in the fifth. Al Milnar
(2-4, 6.64) got the win and Bob Feller
came in to successfully get the Indians through the ninth.
Chicago
(AL) 3 New York (AL) (H) 1
The
Yankees had six hits on the day while the White Sox had only four, but the
White Sox had six walks, and that ultimately made the difference. Chicago led
2-0 early, the Yankees scored a run in the
fourth to make the score 2-1, but the White Sox picked up an insurance run in the
eighth and Eddie Smith
(5-0, 1.88) was able to go all the way for the win.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 8 Detroit 7 (11)
The
Tigers' losing streak reached eleven games today in a particularly heartbreaking
fashion. The Tigers scored first, the A's came back, and then Detroit made it
worse when left fielder Ned Harris
dropped what should have been the third out, allowing two more runs to score.
Just when it looked bleak the Tigers scored five times in the top of the eighth
to retake the lead, only to have the A's tie the score back up in the bottom of
the inning. Harris redeemed himself with an RBI single in the top of the
eleventh, but Philadelphia came right back with two of their own to claim the
extra-inning win.
Washington
(H) 4 St. Louis (AL) 3
The
Browns took a 3-2 lead with a run in the top of the sixth, but in the bottom
half of the inning left fielder Ben Chapman
stroked a two-run single to put the Nationals back on top. Ken Chase
(1-3, 5.97) kept St. Louis off the board the rest of the way and got the win.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 4 New York (NL) 2
The
Cubs continued their winning ways as they had won 7-of-10 coming into this game
and are tied for fourth place with Pittsburgh. New fan favorite Lou
Novikoff hit his fifth homerun of the season and Claude
Passeau (5-1, 0.86) improved his record again. Long-time Cub favorite Gabby
Harnett hit a pinch-hit homerun for the Giants in the ninth to the delight
of the home crowd.
Philadelphia
(NL) 8 Cincinnati (H) 1
The
Phillies Bill
Crouch (4-1, 3.92) had another strong outing, limiting the Reds to only two
hits on the day. Philadelphia scored three runs in the top of the first and
never looked back.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 4 Boston (NL) 3
The
Braves have been scuffling recently, but a three-run first inning will always
lift a team's spirit. The lead would not hold though as third baseman Jimmy Brown
hit a solo homerun in the sixth and then added a two-run single in the seventh
to tie the score at 3-3. Enos
Slaughter then drove home the lead run in the eighth and the Cardinals had
their lead and eventually the win.
Friday,
May 16, 1941
Transactions:
Chicago
(NL) infielder Billy Myers
was injured (?) on 05/15/1941
Boston
(NL) infielder Whitey
Wietelmann was injured (?) on 05/15/1941
Washington
first baseman George
Archie returned to play on 05/17/1941
St.
Louis (NL) outfielder Estel
Crabtree returned to play on 05/17/1941. St. Louis (NL) infielder Eddie
Lake returned to play on 05/17/1941. St. Louis (NL) pitcher Hank
Gornicki was sent out to Rochester (IL) after 05/15/1941
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Fritz
Ostermueller returned to the mound on 05/17/1941
Cleveland
infielder Rusty
Peters returned to play on 05/17/1941
Boston
(AL) (H) 8 Cleveland 3
The
Indians scored first, but the Red Sox answered back with four in third and then
three more in the fifth. First baseman Jimmie Foxx
went 3-for-5 with three runs scored, two RBI's, and a homerun (#6), and third
baseman Jim
Tabor knocked in three runs to go with his 3-for-4 day, all in support of Mickey
Harris (2-0, 2.86).
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| Jerry Priddy |
Thornton Lee (5-1, 0.83) is off to a great start with four shutouts already, but Marv Breuer (2-0, 3.60) had the better outing today and got the win.
Note:
Today marked the end of the Jerry
Priddy experiment for New York (AL). Phil
Rizzuto and Priddy had been tearing up the minor leagues together over the
past few seasons and were given a chance to start on the big club this spring.
Both the Yankees and Priddy got off to a slow start, so the decision was made
to move Joe
Gordon back to second base from first base and to make Johnny
Sturm the regular first baseman. Priddy was a brash and confident
youngster, something that didn’t sit well with some of his veteran teammates,
which didn’t help his situation. Priddy would spot start over the remainder of
the season and would eventually be traded away after the 1942 season.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 4 Detroit 0
The
Tigers were hoping to end their losing streak at eleven games but Bill
Beckmann (2-1, 4.17) bumped that
number up to twelve by shutting them out on only four hits.
Washington
(H) 12 St. Louis (AL) 8
The
Browns led 7-3 after the top of the sixth, but then the Nationals pounded the
St. Louis bullpen and mustered up a come-from-behind victory. Catcher Jake Early
started the day with a homerun and a triple and he ended the day with two
singles but no double for a cycle, going 4-for-5 with three runs scored and
three RBI's to spark the Washington offense.
New
York (NL) 8 Chicago (NL) (H) 3
After
3.5 scoreless inning Cubs pitcher Bill Lee
launched a two-out three-run homerun to put the Cubs ahead, the only mistake
that Giants hurler Bill
Lohrman (3-0, 1.29) made today. New York roared back with four runs in the
top of the fifth, and now deep into the Chicago bullpen, poured it on from
there. After 25 games and 100+ plate appearances, Mel Ott
finally hit his first homerun of the season.
Pittsburgh
(H) 8 Brooklyn 0
Johnny
Lanning (1-0, 1.32) shut out the powerful Dodgers in his first start of the
season, as Brooklyn pitchers walked nine Pirates batters, plus they committed an
uncharacteristic three errors to give Pittsburgh all the assistance they
needed.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 4 Boston (NL) 3
Newly
acquired Harry
Gumbert (2-2, 1.30) made his first start for St. Louis, and held the Braves
to only one earned run, plus he went 3-for-3 from the plate. Unfortunately, the
St. Louis defense was occasionally sloppy and allowed Boston to build a lead,
but the Cardinals finally responded to make it close, and then in the bottom of
the ninth a pinch-hit triple from Estel
Crabtree tied the score at 3-3, and then left fielder Johnny Hopp
drew a bases-loaded walk for the game-winning RBI.
Saturday,
May 17, 1941
Transactions:
Brooklyn
pitcher Newt
Kimball made his Season Debut on 05/18/1941
St.
Louis (NL) infielder Steve
Mesner returned to play on 05/18/1941
New
York (NL) catcher Ken O'Dea
returned to play on 05/18/1941. New York (NL) pitcher Johnnie
Wittig returned to the mound on 05/18/1941
Philadelphia
(NL) outfielder Johnny
Rizzo returned from injury (?) on 05/18/1941
Cleveland
8 Boston (AL) (H) 4
Bob Feller
(7-1, 2.29) and Lou
Boudreau hit back-to-back triples in the second to help give the Indians an
early 2-0 lead but by the end of the sixth, the Red Sox had come back to tie the
score at 4-4. Cleveland was now into the Boston bullpen though and second
baseman Ray
Mack's two-run homerun in the eighth was the support Feller needed to get
the win.
New
York (AL) (H) 6 Chicago (AL) 0
Spud
Chandler (4-0, 1.88) continued his strong start to the season by hurling a
four-hit shutout at home versus the second-place White Sox. Joe
DiMaggio went 3-for-4 on the day with two runs scored, two RBI's, and a
triple and is currently hitting .402 for the season.
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 4 Detroit 3 (16)
The
A's led 3-1 after the first inning, but the Tigers tied the score with a
two-out dribbler to shortstop that was misplayed, allowing two Detroit runs to
score and to tie the score at 3-3. There the score stayed until the bottom of
the sixteenth when center fielder Sam Chapman
lined a game-winning homerun (#6) to right.
Washington
(H) 8 St. Louis (AL) 3
The
Nationals scored a single run in each of the first two innings and then the
Browns tied it with single runs in the third and fourth, but after that
Washington ran away with it for the home win. Sid Hudson
(5-2, 3.47) got the win and Walt
Masterson went the final three innings to secure the win for the Nationals.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 2 New York (NL) 1
The
Giants scored a run in the top of the first but Vern Olsen
(2-2, 3.34) shut them down after that and the Cubs came back for a tight win.
Lou
Novikoff hit homerun #6 in the fifth to tie the score at 1-1 and then in
the bottom of the ninth New York starter Cliff
Melton (0-3, 3.24) gave up an RBI single to Bill
Nicholson and took the loss.
Cincinnati
(H) 8 Philadelphia (NL) 2
Catcher
Ernie
Lombardi hit a three-run homerun (#1) in the bottom of the first and gave
the Reds a 6-0 lead, all still without an out having been recorded. Bucky
Walters (4-3, 3.38) didn’t allow any runs until the ninth inning and picked
up the victory.
Boston
(NL) 1 St. Louis (NL) (H) 0
The
Braves broke up the scoreless tie when left fielder Max West
doubled to lead off the eighth and was then immediately singled home by
shortstop Eddie
Miller. Al Javery
(1-0, 4.15) outdueled Lon Warneke
(3-4, 2.77) for the shutout victory.
Sunday,
May 18, 1941
Transactions:
Boston
(AL) second baseman Bobby Doerr
was injured (?) on 05/17/1941. Boston (AL) pitcher Joe Dobson
returned to the mound on 05/19/1941
Cleveland
infielder Rusty
Peters was injured (?) on 05/17/1941
Boston
(AL) (H) 13 Detroit 4 (Grand Slam!)
The
Detroit Tigers lost their fourteenth consecutive game today and learned a
valuable lesson - you really shouldn’t let Ted
Williams come to the plate with the bases loaded. Three times Williams
batted with the bases full and the results were a Grand Slam and a total of
nine RBI's for the day. Lefty Grove
(3-1, 4.66) started the season needing seven wins to get to #300 and he is now
just about halfway there.
New
York (AL) (H) 4 St. Louis (AL) 2
The
Yankees crept ahead early and Lefty Gomez
(4-1, 2.70) had help from Johnny
Murphy to hold off a late Browns rally attempt. Joe
DiMaggio extended his replay hitting streak to eighteen games and his
replay on-base streak is at thirty-two games.
Note:
DiMaggio's 1941 56-game hitting streak is sitting at four after today's game.
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| Hal Trosky |
The A's led 5-1 after the third, but then their offense went dormant and the Indians were able to rally with four runs in the top of the seventh to tie the score at 5-5, all four runs coming in after there were two outs. First baseman Hal Trosky hit a two-run homerun (#7) in a four-run top of the ninth and Cleveland had their win.
Chicago
(AL) 2 Washington (H) 1
The
National had won five in a row coming into today's game and had climbed into
fourth place, just ahead of Boston, and they had high hopes in continuing their
hot streak. Washington did score first with one in the third, but that was all Bill
Dietrich (4-2, 2.84) would allow today and the White Sox rallied to tie
with one in the fifth and then in the top of the ninth Mike Tresh
singled home center fielder Mike
Kreevich with the eventual game-winner. Steve
Sundra (4-1, 3.49) was the hard-luck loser.
Brooklyn
3 Chicago (NL) (H) 1
Whit Wyatt
(8-0, 1.17) had another strong outing, not letting the Cubs on the scoreboard
until there were two outs in the bottom of the ninth. A two-run triple by third
baseman Cookie
Lavagetto in the top of the fifth made the difference in this game.
Boston
(NL) 3 Cincinnati (H) 1
The
Braves accumulated fifteen hits on the day but could only score three runs, but
that was enough for Jim Tobin
(5-1, 1.32) to get the win. Tobin also hit a two-out two-run double in the top
of the sixth to give Boston the lead for good.
Pittsburgh
(H) 4 New York (NL) 2
A
three-run fourth gave the Pirates a 4-0 lead, the big hit being a two-run single
from third baseman Lee Handley.
Rip
Sewell (5-1, 2.25) made sure the struggling Giants stayed struggling.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 3 Philadelphia (NL) (12)
Cardinals
center fielder Terry Moore
doubled to lead off the bottom of the tenth, advanced to third on a wild pitch,
and then, following two intentional walks to load the bases, scored on a line
drive single from Enos
Slaughter with the game-winning run, Slaughter's third game-winning RBI of
the week.
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