Events of Friday, August 27, 1926 (original) (raw)
Events of Friday, August 27, 1926
Events of Friday, August 27, 1926
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CLE A 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 - 9 16 1 (1) BOS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 2
BOX+PBP WP: Shaute (12-8) LP: Zahniser (6-14)
CLE A 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 - 5 11 2 (2) BOS A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Smith (10-10) LP: Wingfield (10-13) HR: Smith (1)
DET A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1 NY A 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 x - 4 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Pennock (21-8) LP: Whitehill (13-10) HR: Lazzeri (16)
STL A 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 - 7 13 0 PHI A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
BOX+PBP WP: Gaston (9-13) LP: Walberg (8-9) HR: McManus (8)
CHI A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 8 2 WAS A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Connally (3-4) LP: Marberry (9-6) SV: Thomas (1)
BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0 CHI N 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 x - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Kaufmann (7-5) LP: Genewich (5-14) HR: Grimm (8)
BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 CIN N 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 x - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Rixey (11-5) LP: McWeeny (9-10)
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 4 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: Bush (4-3) LP: Barnes (8-8)
PHI N 1 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 - 9 14 2 STL N 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 - 7 13 4
BOX+PBP WP: Ulrich (5-12) LP: Sherdel (12-9) HR: Bentley (1)
Standings At Close of Play of August 27, 1926
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Pittsburgh Pirates 121 69 49 3 .585 - 632 538 Cincinnati Reds 126 72 52 2 .581 - 636 538 St. Louis Cardinals 125 71 53 1 .573 1.0 645 576 Chicago Cubs 124 66 57 1 .537 5.5 572 505 New York Giants 121 59 62 0 .488 11.5 530 543 Brooklyn Robins 129 59 68 2 .465 14.5 530 586 Boston Braves 123 48 74 1 .393 23.0 515 602 Philadelphia Phillies 119 45 74 0 .378 24.5 547 719
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 125 78 46 1 .629 - 713 587 Cleveland Indians 125 70 55 0 .560 8.5 606 515 Philadelphia Athletics 126 69 57 0 .548 10.0 566 495 Detroit Tigers 126 65 58 3 .528 12.5 654 659 Washington Senators 124 62 60 2 .508 15.0 656 644 Chicago White Sox 126 61 63 2 .492 17.0 585 544 St. Louis Browns 127 52 74 1 .413 27.0 577 699 Boston Red Sox 129 42 86 1 .328 38.0 494 708
Transactions
Washington Senators traded Dutch Ruether to New York Yankees in exchange for 2 players to be named later; Washington Senators received Garland Braxton and Nick Cullop (October 19, 1926).