Events of Saturday, August 12, 1939 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, August 12, 1939
Events of Saturday, August 12, 1939
8-11-1939 8-13-1939 8-12-1938 8-12-1940
BOS N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 6 1 BRO N 0 1 6 0 0 2 1 0 x - 10 13 2
BOX+PBP WP: Pressnell (6-5) LP: Posedel (11-9) HR: West (16), Camilli (18), Phelps (5)
PIT N 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 13 0 CHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 x - 6 12 1
BOX+PBP WP: Bryant (2-1) LP: Swift (4-4) SV: Passeau (2) HR: Mueller (2), Hack (8)
PHI N 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 1 NY N 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Mulcahy (7-14) LP: Salvo (4-8) HR: Suhr (2), May (1), Danning (11)
CIN N 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 - 8 10 3 STL N 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 2
BOX+PBP WP: Walters (20-7) LP: Warneke (10-7) HR: Lombardi (15), Berger (11)
WAS A 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 BOS A 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 x - 9 16 1
BOX+PBP WP: Dickman (7-2) LP: Krakauskas (9-12) HR: Bloodworth (2)
CHI A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Broaca (4-2) LP: Brown (8-7)
STL A 0 0 8 0 4 4 0 0 1 - 17 16 0 DET A 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 8 4
BOX+PBP WP: Kennedy (7-14) LP: Hutchinson (2-2) HR: Grace (1), Laabs 2 (5), Higgins (6)
NY A 0 6 1 2 3 1 5 0 0 - 18 17 0 PHI A 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 4
BOX+PBP WP: Sundra (6-0) LP: Joyce (3-5) HR: Gordon (18), Dahlgren 2 (11), Siebert (4)
Standings At Close of Play of August 12, 1939
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 102 66 36 0 .647 - 531 392 St. Louis Cardinals 99 56 43 0 .566 8.5 490 414 Chicago Cubs 108 57 49 2 .538 11.0 486 496 Brooklyn Dodgers 105 51 50 4 .505 14.5 446 454 New York Giants 101 51 50 0 .505 14.5 470 472 Pittsburgh Pirates 98 49 49 0 .500 15.0 444 438 Boston Bees 102 43 58 1 .426 22.5 394 439 Philadelphia Phillies 99 30 68 1 .306 34.0 391 547
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 104 72 32 0 .692 - 640 371 Boston Red Sox 102 65 37 0 .637 6.0 631 555 Cleveland Indians 101 54 47 0 .535 16.5 497 486 Chicago White Sox 105 56 49 0 .533 16.5 529 523 Detroit Tigers 105 55 50 0 .524 17.5 591 521 Washington Senators 106 47 59 0 .443 26.0 524 566 Philadelphia Athletics 106 36 69 1 .343 36.5 510 718 St. Louis Browns 103 30 72 1 .294 41.0 518 700
Deaths on This Date
Jack Darragh (73)
Transactions
New York Yankees sold Al Hollingsworth to Brooklyn Dodgers.
Memphis (Southern Association) traded Herman Besse to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for cash and 3 players to be named later; Memphis (Southern Association) received Babe Barna and Sam Page (October 13, 1939) and Bob Joyce (October 15, 1939).
Boston Red Sox traded $60000 and a player to be named later to Minneapolis (American Association) in exchange for Bill Butland, Herb Hash and George Lacy; Minneapolis (American Association) received Red Evans (April 4, 1940).