Events of Tuesday, June 4, 1940 (original) (raw)
Events of Tuesday, June 4, 1940
Events of Tuesday, June 4, 1940
6-3-1940 6-5-1940 6-4-1939 6-4-1941
PHI N 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 3 CHI N 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 x - 12 15 2
BOX+PBP WP: Root (1-0) LP: Syl Johnson (0-1) HR: Gleeson (2), Collins (1)
NY N 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 5 11 0 CIN N 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 4 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: Hubbell (5-2) LP: Moore (1-1) HR: Myers (1)
BOS N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 5 PIT N 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 6 x - 14 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: Bowman (3-3) LP: Callahan (0-2) HR: Moore (1)
BRO N 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 - 10 13 3 STL N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: Tamulis (3-0) LP: M. Cooper (0-3) HR: Coscarart (4)
STL A 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 1 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 10 4
BOX+PBP WP: Auker (4-4) LP: Dickman (4-3)
CHI A 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 - 7 12 0 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 7 2
BOX+PBP WP: Smith (3-6) LP: Ruffing (3-5) HR: Kuhel 2 (11), Wright (2), DiMaggio (6)
DET A 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 11 1 PHI A 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 x - 8 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Babich (5-4) LP: Bridges (3-4) SV: Heusser (4) HR: Campbell (2), Moses (6), Johnson (9)
CLE A 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 2 (1) WAS A 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 x - 7 15 0
BOX+PBP WP: Chase (4-5) LP: Harder (1-3)
CLE A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 3 (2) WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 11 2
BOX+PBP WP: Smith (5-0) LP: Haynes (1-3) SV: Feller (1)
Standings At Close of Play of June 4, 1940
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 41 28 12 1 .700 - 204 141 Brooklyn Dodgers 36 25 11 0 .694 1.0 163 136 New York Giants 35 22 13 0 .629 3.5 186 139 Chicago Cubs 42 20 22 0 .476 9.0 178 174 Philadelphia Phillies 34 14 20 0 .412 11.0 116 145 St. Louis Cardinals 38 14 23 1 .378 12.5 163 204 Boston Bees 34 12 22 0 .353 13.0 148 185 Pittsburgh Pirates 34 11 23 0 .324 14.0 167 201
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 37 24 13 0 .649 - 205 180 Cleveland Indians 42 26 16 0 .619 0.5 218 176 Detroit Tigers 39 22 17 0 .564 3.0 207 188 New York Yankees 40 21 19 0 .525 4.5 185 152 Chicago White Sox 42 19 23 0 .452 7.5 207 204 Washington Senators 43 18 25 0 .419 9.0 218 249 Philadelphia Athletics 39 16 23 0 .410 9.0 189 232 St. Louis Browns 40 15 25 0 .375 10.5 188 236
Deaths on This Date
Phil Baker (83)
Transactions
Boston Bees signed Warren Spahn as an amateur free agent.