Week 20 Results (08/25/1941 - 08/31/1941)
Monday, August 25, 1941
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Pittsburgh
first baseman Ripper
Collins was injured (?) on 08/24/1941
Chicago
(NL) outfielder Hank Leiber
made his Season Finale on 08/24/1941
New
York (AL) pitcher Red Ruffing
was injured (?) on 08/24/1941
Cincinnati
pitcher Paul
Derringer returned to the mound on 08/26/1941
St.
Louis (AL) first baseman George
McQuinn returned to play on 08/26/1941. St. Louis (AL) pitcher Fritz
Ostermueller returned to the mound on 08/26/1941
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| Eddie Smith |
Right fielder Taffy Wright blasted the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the ninth and it left the park, giving the White Sox the win over the Yankees. Eddie Smith (19-9, 2.76) got the win with Marius Russo (12-7, 3.46) being tagged with the loss.
Boston
(AL) 4 Cleveland (H) 2
Right
fielder Pete
Fox swung the big bat for Boston today as his first-inning triple scored a
run and then Fox soon scored on a sacrifice fly from Ted
Williams. Fox struck again in the fifth when his two-run double gave enough
of a margin to allow Charlie
Wagner (12-4, 2.94) to prevent Bob Feller
(19-11, 3.29) from getting his twentieth win.
Washington
13 St. Louis (AL) (H) 4 (GM 1)
The
Browns scored first with three runs in the bottom of the first, but then
Washington scored ten times in the top of the second with an onslaught of
singles and doubles, plus a few errors thrown in, to lock this one up quickly. Red
Anderson (5-2, 6.53) went all the way for the win, with primary help coming
from right fielder Buddy Lewis
(4-for-5) and third baseman George
Archie (4-for-5).
Washington
3 St. Louis (AL) (H) 3 (10) (GM 2) (Tie Game)
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Tuesday,
August 26, 1941
Transactions:
Brooklyn
outfielder Augie Galan
(Team Debut 08/26/1941) was acquired from Chicago (NL) on 08/26/1941 in return
for Mace
Brown (DNP)
Boston
(AL) 10 Cleveland (H) 5
A
rough day for Cleveland fans as the Indians led 5-0 after the second inning,
but then Red Sox starter Dick
Newsome (13-6, 3.90) stiffened and did not allow any more runs while the
Boston offense decided to do their thing. A three-run triple by first baseman Jimmie Foxx
in the third got things started, throwing in some sloppy defense, and the Red Sox
won going away.
Philadelphia
(AL) 3 Detroit (H) 1 (GM 1)
Phil
Marchildon (11-10, 3.51) kept the Tigers in check and went all the way for
the Game One win. Bobo Newsom
(6-22, 6.99) has had a rough year but pitched well today, although he could
have used some run support.
Philadelphia
(AL) 4 Detroit (H) 3 (10) (GM 2)
Detroit
thought they had this one won but Philadelphia pushed across a run in the top of
the eighth to tie the score at 3-3 and then won it in the tenth with a
sacrifice fly from first baseman Dick
Siebert. Jack Knott
(10-12, 3.65) went all the way for the Game Two win and doubleheader sweep.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 9 Washington 1
The
Browns scored twice in the bottom of the first to take a 2-1 lead but then blew
the game open with four runs in the second inning. The big play in the second
was when left fielder George Case
misplayed what should have been the third out into a three-run error and St.
Louis never looked back. George
Caster (3-3, 3.81) got the win with some late-inning assistance from the
bullpen.
Boston
(NL) (H) 3 Pittsburgh 2 (GM 1)
Boston
scored three times in the bottom of the first, the big hit being a two-out
two-run single by second baseman Skippy
Roberge. Pittsburgh made it close with two runs in the top of the second,
but then Jim
Tobin (10-9, 2.71) outdueled Aldon
"Lefty" Wilkie (1-4, 4.57) the rest of the way for the Game One
win.
Pittsburgh
2 Boston (NL) (H) 0 (GM 2)
Third
baseman Lee
Handley scored both Pirates runs, one in the first inning, and then
provided some insurance when he crossed the plate in the eighth. Max Butcher
(10-12, 3.26) got the shutout victory and the doubleheader split for the
Pirates.
Brooklyn
(H) 7 St. Louis (NL) 6 (GM 1)
The
Dodgers were cruising with a 4-0 lead then the Cardinals scored three
times in the sixth and then added three more in the seventh to take a 6-4 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh Pee Wee
Reese got the lead back in the lead with a three-run homerun (#2) and
Brooklyn held on for the Game One win.
Brooklyn
(H) 6 St. Louis (NL) 0 (GM 2) (Grand Slam!)
Newly
acquired Augie
Galan made his presence known with a run-scoring single in the first game
and then a grand slam homerun (#1) in the Dodgers six-run second inning. Freddie
Fitzsimmons (4-3, 1.95) threw his third shutout of the season to get the
doubleheader sweep. Maybe Brooklyn isn't dead just yet - two shutouts on
Sunday, another one today, and two doubleheader sweeps … could be interesting.
New
York (NL) (H) 2 Cincinnati 1 (GM 1)
A
close one as Hal
Schumacher entered the game in the top of the eighth, got out of a tough
spot without allowing any runs to score, and then finished with a 1-2-3 ninth
to secure the Game One win for Bill McGee
(3-6, 5.25) over Bucky
Walters (17-10, 2.73).
Cincinnati
10 New York (NL) (H) 7 (GM 2)
A
six-run second staked the Reds to an early 8-0 lead and they held off a late
Giant's charge for the doubleheader split. Left fielder Mike
McCormick had the big hit in the big inning, a three-run homerun (#5), and
first baseman Frank
McCormick later homered (#18) to provide a little insurance.
Chicago
(NL) 4 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 1 (GM 1)
A
two-run double off the bat of left fielder Phil
Cavarretta was the big hit in the Cubs' four-run fourth and Jake Mooty
(6-3, 2.76) was able to go all the way for the Game One win.
Chicago
(NL) 6 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 0 (GM 2)
Third
baseman Stan
Hack led off the game with a solo homerun (#3), hit a two-out two-run
double in the second, stole a base and scored a run in the two-run fifth, and
then hit his second homerun ((#4) in the sixth to spark the Cubs to the
doubleheader sweep over the Phillies. Paul
Erickson (3-5, 3.34) scattered five hits and got the shutout victory.
Wednesday,
August 27, 1941
Transactions:
St.
Louis (NL) pitcher Clyde Shoun
was injured (?) on 08/26/1941. St. Louis (NL) infielder Pep Young
made his Season Finale on 08/26/1941
Pittsburgh
pitcher Aldon
Wilkie was injured (?) on 08/26/1941
Chicago
(AL) infielder Dario
Lodigiani returned to play on 08/28/1941
Washington
4 Chicago (AL) (H) 0
Ken Chase
threw a six-hit shutout to against the faltering White Sox as Washington has
now found themselves with a 62-61 record, one game over .500.
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| Bob Johnson |
Tom Ferrick (4-6, 5.68) went all the way, not allowing a run until the ninth inning. Left fielder Bob Johnson and third baseman Al Brancato both had timely two-run singles.
Detroit
(H) 7 Boston (AL) 6
Lefty Grove
made the start for Boston but left the game with a pulled muscle in his side.
However, he left in line to get the win with a 6-1 lead and five innings
pitched. Things changed quickly though when the Red Sox bullpen gave up the
lead with a three-run sixth and a three-run seventh, the big hit being a
two-run single by relief pitcher Johnny
Gorsica (8-12, 5.09), who pitched 7.2 innings of scoreless relief and got
the win.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 3 New York (AL) 0
Center
fielder Wally
Judnich put the Browns ahead 3-0 with a three-run homerun (#6) in the
bottom of the first and then Johnny
Niggeling (6-8, 4.25) took over from there, going all the way and limiting
the Yankees to only four hits on the day.
Boston
(NL) (H) 3 Chicago (NL) 2 (GM 1)
Chicago
swept their doubleheader yesterday against Boston and the Braves wanted to
return the favor today and got off to a good start as they led 3-2 after the
fourth and let Manny Salvo
(6-13, 4.18) do the rest, defeating Claude
Passeau (13-11, 2.82) for the Game One win.
Boston
(NL) (H) 3 Chicago (NL) 1 (GM 2)
Boston
avenged yesterday's doubleheader sweep by sweeping today's doubleheader in
another close game. With the score tied at 1-1, Paul Waner's
pinch-hit single put the Braves ahead and then Sibby Sisti
doubled to score Waner, and Al Javery
(9-7, 3.93) and Art Johnson
finished the game for the win,\\ and the save.
Brooklyn
(H) 6 Cincinnati 0
Kirby Higbe
(17-12, 1.79) threw his tenth shutout of the season as first baseman Dolph
Camilli's three-run homerun (#22) in the bottom of the fifth was the
necessary blow to cinch this game. This win allowed the Dodgers to climb past
the Reds back into second place by 0.5 games.
St.
Louis (NL) 7 New York (NL) (H) 2
Carl
Hubbell (9-9, 2.69) was let down by his defense today as three errors and a
passed ball led to five unearned being scored, allowing the Cardinals to end
their five-game losing streak. Ernie White
(13-4, 2.08) struggled early but Harry
Gumbert pitched the last three innings, giving up only one hit to get the
save.
Pittsburgh
8 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 2 (Grand Slam!)
Cy Blanton
(3-13, 5.09) developed control problems in the top of the third, walked home
two runners, and then grooved one to shortstop Arky
Vaughan and Vaughan's grand slam homerun (#12) put the game out of reach
for the Pirates. Johnny
Lanning (10-5, 3.40) continued his strong second half of the season with
another good outing.
Thursday,
August 28, 1941
Transactions:
New
York (NL) pitcher Jumbo Brown
made his Major League Finale on 08/27/1941
Boston
(AL) pitcher Lefty Grove
was injured (strained oblique) on 08/27/1941
Chicago
(AL) pitcher Joe Haynes
returned to the mound on 08/29/1941
Chicago
(AL) (H) 3 Washington 2
White
Sox fans had a sigh of relief as the White Sox still couldn't score, but a pair of
two-out RBI singles from center fielder Mike
Kreevich and right fielder Taffy
Wright in the bottom of the ninth was enough to capture the
come-from-behind win. Thornton Lee
(18-8, 1.49) was victorious over hard-luck loser Steve
Sundra (14-6, 4.24).
Philadelphia
(AL) 13 Cleveland (H) 9
Cleveland
started the day still in fourth place but was now tied with an upstart St.
Louis Browns team. The Indians scored eight times in the bottom of the third to
take a commanding lead, only to find out it wasn't so commanding after all as
Philadelphia scored six times in the top of the fourth to draw within 8-7, and
then eventually take a 9-8 lead after the top of the sixth. The Indians tied
the score at 9-9 in the bottom of the sixth, but then the A's jumped ahead with
four runs in the top of the seventh. Bill
Beckmann (8-7, 4.88) got the win in relief despite six of the nine runs
allowed by the A's pitchers being unearned.
Detroit
(H) 3 Boston (AL) 0
Al Benton
(8-4, 2.82) threw a two-hit shutout against the mighty Red Sox to get the win
over Joe
Dobson (9-4, 3.89).
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 3 New York (AL) 2
With
St. Louis maintaining a slim 2-1 lead New York finally came alive and tied the
score in the top of the eighth when second baseman Joe Gordon
singled home newly-inserted first baseman Jerry
Priddy. In the bottom of the eighth, the Browns got their lead back when
right fielder Joe Grace
got a hold of one (#6) and then Fritz
Ostermueller came in to pitch a 1-2-3 ninth to save the win for Bob
Muncrief (15-6, 2.89).
Boston
(NL) (H) 5 Chicago (NL) 3
The
Braves scored twice in the first and then three times in the second and Tom Earley
(5-5, 3.04) and Art Johnson
made those runs stand up for the home win over Chicago.
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| Howie Pollet |
Hard-luck Howie Pollet (0-3, 2.22), just recently called up from the minors, took another one on the chin today as he pitched seven scoreless innings, gave up a run in the eighth that tied the score at 1-1 after Johnny Mize had homered (#19) in the top of the eighth, and then in the ninth Pollet gave up a game-winning homerun (#7) to catcher Gabby Hartnett.
Pittsburgh
14 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 7
The
Pirates led 8-0 after the top of the fifth but then the Phillies made it close
by scoring six times in the bottom of the fifth. Once that was over Pittsburgh
went right back to hammer the Philadelphia pitchers and won going away.
Right fielder Bob Elliott
had the big bat for the Pirates as he went 4-for-5 with a run scored and four
RBI's to lead the Pittsburgh offense.
Friday,
August 29, 1941
Transactions:
Philadelphia
(AL) pitcher Johnny
Babich made his Major League Finale on 08/28/1941
Cleveland
pitcher Joe
Krakauskas returned to the mound on 08/30/1941
Note:
It's a travel day today, so there are only two games on the docket. The AL east
teams are leaving the Midwest to return home while in the NL, it is the Midwest
teams training their way back to their homes.
Chicago
(AL) 12 St. Louis (AL) (H) 3
Both
teams scored three runs in the first, but then the White Sox offense stayed hot
while Buck
Ross (2-7, 5.98) buckled down and shut out the Browns the rest of the way.
Brooklyn
6 New York (NL) (H) 1
The
Dodgers began a four-game set against their crosstown rival Giants and Whit Wyatt
(20-6, 2.04) got things rolling by only allowing one unearned run and becoming
the first pitcher to reach the twenty-win mark.
Saturday,
August 30, 1941
Transactions:
Chicago
(AL) pitcher Joe Haynes
was injured (sore arm) on 08/29/1941. Chicago (AL) pitcher Pete
Appleton returned to the mound on 08/31/1941
Boston
(AL) (H) 3 Philadelphia (AL) 0
Second
baseman Bobby
Doerr got things started with a solo homerun (#8) in the second and then
Doerr added an RBI single in the third to spark the Red Sox to a win over the
lowly A's. Charlie
Wagner (13-4, 2.78) went all the way for the shutout victory.
Cleveland
(H) 6 Detroit 4
Bobo Newsom
(6-23, 6.98) had a chance to get out of the second inning, but he couldn’t do it
and shortstop Lou
Boudreau lined a two-run single, and when the dust settled the Indians had
four runs. Al Smith
(11-9, 4.16) and the Cleveland bullpen kept the Tigers at bay, although Rudy York hit a three-run homerun (#14) late to make it close.
Chicago
(AL) 13 St. Louis (AL) (H) 2
Chicago
players hit five homeruns today as their slumbering offense roared back to life
for the second day in a row in St. Louis. Second baseman Bill
Knickerbocker, just back from time on the injured list, hit two homeruns (#5, #6) but the big bat was
third baseman Dario
Lodigiani, also just off the injured list, who went 4-for-5 with two runs
scored, a triple, two homeruns (#4, #5), and eight RBI's to lead the White Sox
offense.
Washington
(H) 6 New York (AL) 2
New
York tied the score at 2-2 in the top of the fourth with two unearned runs, but
Washington came right back with three runs in the bottom half of the inning,
enough for Sid Hudson
(14-10, 4.46) to go all the way for the complete game victory.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 3 Pittsburgh 2
With
a win the Pirates could have climbed back to a .500 record, but it was not to
be as Paul
Erickson (4-5, 3.26) surprised everyone with a three-run homerun in the
bottom of the second and then held Pittsburgh down the rest of the way to get
the win. Pittsburgh outhit Chicago 10-5, but the Cubs got the one big hit when
they needed it.
Cincinnati
(H) 2 St. Louis (NL) 1
Center
fielder Harry
Craft tied the game at 1-1 with a homerun (#10) in the bottom of the second
and then following a triple by shortstop Eddie Joost,
Elmer
Riddle (13-5, 1.94) singled him home to give the Reds the lead and then
Riddle did the rest, shutting down the league-leading Cardinals to get the win.
New
York (NL) (H) 9 Brooklyn 7 (GM 1)
The
Dodgers took a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh but then the Giants roared
back with seven runs in the bottom of the inning, scoring off three different
Brooklyn pitchers. The Giants' bullpen was a little shaky as well and let the
Dodgers make it close, but finally, they came through and saved the win for Bill
Lohrman (13-4, 2.81).
Brooklyn
9 New York (NL) (H) 4 (GM 2) (Grand Slam!)
Center
fielder Pete
Reiser hit a triple in Game One and then hit two in Game Two, giving him
twenty triples for the season, and shortstop Pee Wee
Reese hit two triples as well. However, the big hit in this game was a
grand slam homerun (#2) off the bat of third baseman Lew Riggs.
Hugh
Casey (6-12, 6.65) went all the way for the Game Two win.
Sunday,
August 31, 1941
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N/A
Note:
It's a Sunday, and that means another flurry of doubleheaders. While there are
only four doubleheaders on the schedule for today, do not be dismayed as tomorrow is the Labor Day
holiday and there is a whole slate of doubleheaders for everybody to play.
Boston
(AL) (H) 2 Philadelphia (AL) 1 (GM 1)
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| Pete Fox |
Philadelphia (AL) 13 Boston (AL) (H) 9 (GM 2)
The
A's scored four runs in the second and sixth innings, but the Red Sox kept
coming back to make it close, but Phil
Marchildon (12-10, 3.62) finally got through the ninth for the Game Two
win. Lead-off hitter and second baseman Benny McCoy
had a 3-for-5 day and drove in four runs to lead the offense. Ted
Williams was 0-for-4 in this game and finished the week hitting .466 for
the season.
Detroit
7 Cleveland (H) 4 (GM 1)
A
four-run third gave the Tigers a 6-0 lead and Schoolboy
Rowe (5-8, 4.87) denied Bob Feller
(19-12, 3.43) his twentieth win again. Third baseman Pinky
Higgins had three RBI's and hit a homerun (#10) to spark the Detroit
attack.
Cleveland
(H) 13 Detroit 3 (GM 2)
Cleveland
blew open a 3-3 game when they scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth,
only three of which were earned as the Tigers' defense crumbled. Right fielder Jeff Heath
led the attack as he went 3-for-3 with two walks, a run scored, and three big
RBI's in support of Chubby Dean
(3-6, 4.61) who got his first win for the Indians.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 6 Chicago (AL) 3 (GM 1)
Shortstop
Johnny Berardino hit a solo homerun (#4) in the second, a two-run single in the
fourth, and then a run scoring in the Browns' three-run eighth, four RBI's in
all, to spark the Browns to a Game One win. Bob Muncrief
(16-6, 2.81) got the win, but his relief in the ninth allowed two runs and left
the bases loaded before the win was complete.
Chicago
(AL) 5 St. Louis (AL) (H) 4 (GM 2)
Chicago
scored three times in the top of the second to take a 3-1 lead, but by the end
of the fourth St. Louis had tied the score up at 3-3. Both teams plated a run
in the seventh, but then in the top of the ninth left fielder Moose
Solters put the White Sox ahead for good with a clutch solo homerun (#4).
New
York (AL) 4 Washington (H) 2
With
the score 4-2 after the first innings the fans were expecting another slugfest,
but both Lefty
Gomez (12-6, 3.34) and Dutch
Leonard (10-13, 2.05) quickly recovered from their slow start, and each shut
out the other the rest of the game.
Chicago
(NL) (H) 3 Pittsburgh 1
Claude
Passeau (14-11, 2.74) outdueled Max Butcher
(10-13, 3.26) and got the close win as the Cubs did just enough to come out on
top.
Cincinnati
(H) 4 St. Louis (NL) 3
St.
Louis slowly built a 3-0 lead and Mort Cooper
(10-8, 3.08) kept the Reds off the scoreboard until the eighth inning, but then
catcher Ernie
Lombardi hit a two-out three-run homerun (#14) to put the Reds ahead to
stay. Joe
Beggs (3-1, 3.15) got the win in relief.
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| Cliff Melton |
The Giants jumped on Kirby Higbe (17-13, 1.87) for three runs in the first and Cliff Melton (7-8, 3.08) did the rest.
Boston
(NL) 8 Philadelphia (NL) (H) (GM 1)
Thanks
in part to Philadelphia's current six-game losing streak Boston has only
recently been able to move out of the NL cellar up into seventh place.
40-year-old center fielder Johnny
Cooney went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs to lead the offense and Jim Tobin
(11-9, 2.77) took over from there.
Boston
(NL) 8 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 3 (GM 2)
The
game was scoreless through the fifth inning but then Braves jumped on the
Phillies bullpen and took Game Two and swept the doubleheader in Philadelphia. Manny Salvo
(7-13, 4.14) got the win with some ninth-inning help from Johnny
Hutchings. This loss pushed the Philadelphia losing streak to eight games.
Note:
Philadelphia had their starting pitcher injured in the first inning of both
games of the doubleheader, and of course, they have another doubleheader
tomorrow to be ready for with an already depleted pitching staff.
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