Events of Friday, August 23, 1929 (original) (raw)

Events of Friday, August 23, 1929

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Events of Friday, August 23, 1929

8-22-1929 8-24-1929 8-23-1928 8-23-1930

STL N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 BOS N 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 x - 5 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: B. Smith (10-13) LP: Haines (13-9) HR: Haines (1)

CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 - 6 11 0 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Malone (17-8) LP: Benge (9-14) HR: Hornsby (28), Wilson (33), Z. Taylor (1)

PHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 1 CHI A 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: McKain (4-5) LP: Quinn (9-8)

BOS A 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 8 13 1 CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 5 14 1

BOX+PBP WP: MacFayden (8-14) LP: Hudlin (13-11)

WAS A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2

BOX+PBP WP: Jones (5-6) LP: Whitehill (9-11)

NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 STL A 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 x - 5 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Blaeholder (12-11) LP: Pennock (8-8)

Standings At Close of Play of August 23, 1929

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Chicago Cubs 118 78 36 4 .684 - 757 549 Pittsburgh Pirates 115 67 47 1 .588 11.0 674 584 New York Giants 119 63 55 1 .534 17.0 704 559 St. Louis Cardinals 119 58 59 2 .496 21.5 667 651 Brooklyn Robins 116 53 63 0 .457 26.0 587 698 Cincinnati Reds 118 50 67 1 .427 29.5 540 579 Philadelphia Phillies 117 48 68 1 .414 31.0 666 834 Boston Braves 118 48 70 0 .407 32.0 509 650

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Philadelphia Athletics 121 83 37 1 .692 - 753 493 New York Yankees 116 69 47 0 .595 12.0 715 577 St. Louis Browns 121 63 57 1 .525 20.0 619 606 Cleveland Indians 117 61 56 0 .521 20.5 570 621 Detroit Tigers 120 56 64 0 .467 27.0 738 726 Washington Senators 116 52 64 0 .448 29.0 572 603 Chicago White Sox 120 48 72 0 .400 35.0 480 629 Boston Red Sox 117 41 76 0 .350 40.5 449 641

ML League Leaders

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) STL N Hal Goldsmith (31)

Transactions

Des Moines (Western) sent Bud Morse to Philadelphia Athletics for future considerations. (date approximate)

Des Moines (Western) sold Glenn Liebhardt to Philadelphia Athletics. (date approximate)