Events of Thursday, August 11, 1938 (original) (raw)

Events of Thursday, August 11, 1938

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Events of Thursday, August 11, 1938

8-10-1938 8-12-1938 8-11-1937 8-11-1939

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 CHI A 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 6 x - 13 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Stratton (12-5) LP: Lawson (5-8)

WAS A 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 - 6 17 2 NY A 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 x - 9 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Gomez (11-10) LP: Krakauskas (1-3) SV: Murphy (10) HR: DiMaggio (21)

BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 6 0 PHI A 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 x - 5 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Caster (12-13) LP: Grove (14-4) HR: Vosmik (8), Johnson (23)

CLE A 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 - 7 5 2 (1) STL A 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 - 8 14 1

BOX+PBP WP: Newsom (12-10) LP: Humphries (7-4) HR: Clift (19)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 2 (2) STL A 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 x - 8 17 0

BOX+PBP WP: Tietje (2-3) LP: Hudlin (4-5) HR: Clift (20)

CHI N 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 14 0 CIN N 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 16 1

BOX+PBP WP: Schott (4-3) LP: French (9-16) HR: Lombardi (13)

Standings At Close of Play of August 11, 1938

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Pittsburgh Pirates 99 62 36 1 .633 - 476 409 New York Giants 103 57 44 2 .564 6.5 462 430 Chicago Cubs 101 56 45 0 .554 7.5 483 398 Cincinnati Reds 102 55 46 1 .545 8.5 518 443 Brooklyn Dodgers 100 47 52 1 .475 15.5 503 484 Boston Bees 98 46 51 1 .474 15.5 355 414 St. Louis Cardinals 103 43 56 4 .434 19.5 458 473 Philadelphia Phillies 96 30 66 0 .313 31.0 388 592

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 99 64 32 3 .667 - 625 455 Cleveland Indians 95 57 38 0 .600 6.5 531 460 Boston Red Sox 95 55 40 0 .579 8.5 562 468 Washington Senators 104 52 51 1 .505 15.5 569 620 Detroit Tigers 102 49 53 0 .480 18.0 556 559 Chicago White Sox 91 41 50 0 .451 20.5 454 454 Philadelphia Athletics 96 36 59 1 .379 27.5 468 593 St. Louis Browns 100 34 65 1 .343 31.5 491 647

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Deaths on This Date

Cliff Hill (45)

Transactions

Cleveland Indians traded Greek George to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for cash and 2 players and a player to be named later; Cleveland Indians received Willie Duke (@December 8, 1938).