Events of Friday, August 20, 1926 (original) (raw)
Events of Friday, August 20, 1926
Events of Friday, August 20, 1926
8-19-1926 8-21-1926 8-20-1925 8-20-1927
CHI A 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 - 5 7 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Faber (11-8) LP: Zahniser (6-13)
STL A 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 5 NY A 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 x - 10 10 2
BOX+PBP WP: Shawkey (5-5) LP: Ballou (9-5)
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 11 0 (1) PHI A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Whitehill (13-9) LP: Quinn (9-10)
DET A 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 15 1 (2) PHI A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 12 1
BOX+PBP WP: Dauss (10-4) LP: Walberg (8-8)
BRO N 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 3 2 CHI N 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 2
BOX+PBP WP: Grimes (11-10) LP: Jones (8-3)
BOS N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 CIN N 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 x - 5 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Luque (8-13) LP: Benton (11-11)
NY N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 2 STL N 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 x - 6 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Rhem (16-5) LP: Fitzsimmons (10-8)
Standings At Close of Play of August 20, 1926
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Pittsburgh Pirates 113 63 47 3 .573 0.5 577 512 St. Louis Cardinals 118 67 50 1 .573 - 618 551 Cincinnati Reds 118 66 51 1 .564 1.0 604 515 Chicago Cubs 117 60 56 1 .517 6.5 534 489 New York Giants 114 58 56 0 .509 7.5 509 505 Brooklyn Robins 121 56 63 2 .471 12.0 509 546 Boston Braves 115 47 68 0 .409 19.0 492 570 Philadelphia Phillies 112 43 69 0 .384 21.5 522 677
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 121 75 45 1 .625 - 703 577 Cleveland Indians 119 65 54 0 .546 9.5 568 503 Philadelphia Athletics 121 65 56 0 .537 10.5 546 476 Detroit Tigers 122 62 57 3 .521 12.5 626 644 Washington Senators 117 59 56 2 .513 13.5 628 606 Chicago White Sox 120 59 59 2 .500 15.0 568 524 St. Louis Browns 121 50 70 1 .417 25.0 546 670 Boston Red Sox 123 42 80 1 .344 34.0 476 661
Deaths on This Date
Cal McVey (76)