Events of Thursday, August 17, 1944 (original) (raw)

Events of Thursday, August 17, 1944

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Events of Thursday, August 17, 1944

8-16-1944 8-18-1944 8-17-1943 8-17-1945

DET A 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 5 0 BOS A 0 2 1 0 0 x - 3 8 1

BOX+PBP HR: Tabor (10)

CLE A 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 NY A 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 x - 10 17 1

BOX+PBP WP: Dubiel (8-10) LP: Bagby (1-4) HR: Seerey (12)

STL A 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 - 10 15 1 PHI A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 - 5 12 1

BOX+PBP WP: Potter (12-5) LP: Flores (7-8) SV: Caster (12) HR: Stephens (15)

CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: Dietrich (14-11) LP: Haefner (8-10)

BOS N 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 7 15 2 CHI N 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 5 14 3

BOX+PBP WP: Tobin (13-14) LP: Hanyzewski (2-5) SV: Hutchinson (1)

PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 - 6 11 1 (1) PIT N 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 x - 7 13 0

BOX+PBP WP: Rescigno (8-7) LP: Karl (0-2)

PHI N 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 13 2 (2) PIT N 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 6 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Strincevich (9-6) LP: Barrett (7-14)

NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 STL N 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 x - 7 13 0

BOX+PBP WP: Lanier (16-5) LP: Pyle (5-6)

Standings At Close of Play of August 17, 1944

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Cardinals 111 81 28 2 .743 - 591 309 Pittsburgh Pirates 112 63 45 4 .583 17.5 510 467 Cincinnati Reds 108 61 46 1 .570 19.0 407 394 Chicago Cubs 108 49 56 3 .467 30.0 475 468 New York Giants 113 50 62 1 .446 32.5 488 556 Boston Braves 111 44 66 1 .400 37.5 422 484 Brooklyn Dodgers 112 44 67 1 .396 38.0 487 617 Philadelphia Phillies 107 42 64 1 .396 37.5 367 452

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Browns 114 68 46 0 .596 - 531 450 Boston Red Sox 114 60 52 2 .536 7.0 535 461 Detroit Tigers 113 59 52 2 .532 7.5 442 424 New York Yankees 111 59 52 0 .532 7.5 457 448 Chicago White Sox 113 54 59 0 .478 13.5 412 480 Cleveland Indians 116 54 62 0 .466 15.0 487 487 Philadelphia Athletics 116 52 64 0 .448 17.0 389 446 Washington Senators 113 47 66 0 .416 20.5 417 474

ML League Leaders

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CHI N Mickey Kreitner (21) PHI A Woody Wheaton (29)

Transactions

Milwaukee (American Association) traded Hal Peck to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for $20000 and four players to be named and 4 players to be named later; Milwaukee (American Association) received Lew Flick, Bill Burgo, Joe Rullo and Woody Wheaton (November 17, 1944).