Events of Monday, May 29, 1939 (original) (raw)

Events of Monday, May 29, 1939

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Events of Monday, May 29, 1939

5-28-1939 5-30-1939 5-29-1938 5-29-1940

BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 1 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Pressnell (2-1) LP: Lanning (0-2)

CHI N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 5 1 CIN N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 x - 6 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: Grissom (5-1) LP: Lee (5-6) SV: Davis (2) HR: Hartnett (4)

NY N 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 7 11 1 PHI N 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 - 5 10 2

BOX+PBP WP: Salvo (2-2) LP: Hollingsworth (0-6)

PIT N 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 7 14 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Klinger (4-5) LP: Weiland (3-4) HR: P. Waner (1), Brubaker (3)

NY A 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 - 6 9 3 BOS A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 2

BOX+PBP WP: Hadley (4-0) LP: Bagby (3-2) SV: Murphy (7) HR: Gordon (6)

STL A 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 - 9 15 1 DET A 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 - 10 16 2

BOX+PBP WP: Thomas (1-1) LP: Gill (0-4) HR: York (4)

PHI A 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 0 WAS A 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 13 2

BOX+PBP WP: Dean (2-2) LP: Kelley (1-2) HR: Nagel (4)

Standings At Close of Play of May 29, 1939

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 36 25 11 0 .694 - 198 134 St. Louis Cardinals 34 21 13 0 .618 3.0 152 116 Pittsburgh Pirates 35 18 17 0 .514 6.5 164 145 Chicago Cubs 37 18 18 1 .500 7.0 163 196 Brooklyn Dodgers 34 15 17 2 .469 8.0 148 151 New York Giants 35 16 19 0 .457 8.5 166 185 Boston Bees 34 14 20 0 .412 10.0 132 157 Philadelphia Phillies 35 11 23 1 .324 13.0 144 183

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 34 28 6 0 .824 - 221 109 Boston Red Sox 31 20 11 0 .645 6.5 186 152 Chicago White Sox 33 18 15 0 .545 9.5 148 169 Cleveland Indians 32 17 15 0 .531 10.0 153 143 Detroit Tigers 36 15 21 0 .417 14.0 177 181 Washington Senators 34 13 21 0 .382 15.0 161 183 Philadelphia Athletics 33 12 21 0 .364 15.5 139 177 St. Louis Browns 35 11 24 0 .314 17.5 186 257

ML League Leaders

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) STL N Johnny Echols (22) PHI N Johnny Watwood (33)

Deaths on This Date

William McCarthy (57)

Transactions

Philadelphia Phillies traded Claude Passeau to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Joe Marty, Ray Harrell and Kirby Higbe.