Events of Friday, September 1, 1939 (original) (raw)

Events of Friday, September 1, 1939

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Events of Friday, September 1, 1939

8-31-1939 9-2-1939 9-1-1938 9-1-1940

CHI N 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 6 10 0 (1) BRO N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: French (11-6) LP: Pressnell (8-6) HR: Leiber (15), Mancuso (2)

CHI N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 (2) BRO N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 3 7 1

BOX+PBP WP: Tamulis (7-5) LP: Lee (16-12) HR: Hartnett (12), Walker (1)

BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 - 6 11 0 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Posedel (15-9) LP: Harrell (3-5) HR: Lopez (7)

NY A 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 - 11 16 1 CLE A 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 - 8 14 1

BOX+PBP WP: Chandler (1-0) LP: Eisenstat (7-7) SV: Russo (3) HR: Heath (14)

BOS A 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 0 0 - 10 16 1 DET A 4 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 x - 14 15 3

BOX+PBP WP: Rowe (8-10) LP: Auker (8-8) SV: McKain (4) HR: Higgins 2 (8), Tebbetts (4)

Standings At Close of Play of September 1, 1939

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 119 73 45 1 .619 - 594 459 St. Louis Cardinals 120 68 51 1 .571 5.5 582 503 Chicago Cubs 127 69 56 2 .552 7.5 576 553 Brooklyn Dodgers 122 61 57 4 .517 12.0 525 527 New York Giants 117 59 58 0 .504 13.5 544 532 Pittsburgh Pirates 118 54 64 0 .458 19.0 509 528 Boston Bees 120 53 66 1 .445 20.5 475 510 Philadelphia Phillies 119 39 79 1 .331 34.0 451 644

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 124 88 36 0 .710 - 824 442 Boston Red Sox 123 74 49 0 .602 13.5 737 651 Chicago White Sox 124 68 56 0 .548 20.0 603 604 Cleveland Indians 123 66 57 0 .537 21.5 611 578 Detroit Tigers 124 66 58 0 .532 22.0 720 638 Washington Senators 126 54 72 0 .429 35.0 592 677 Philadelphia Athletics 124 44 79 1 .358 43.5 573 839 St. Louis Browns 122 34 87 1 .281 52.5 591 822

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Rico Carty James Ivory

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) BOS A Moe Berg (37)

Transactions

Brooklyn Dodgers traded Red Evans to Boston Red Sox as part of trade in which Brooklyn Dodgers traded $35000 and 3 players and 2 players to be named later to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Pee Wee Reese (July 18, 1939); Boston Red Sox received Art Parks (February 24, 1940).

New York Yankees traded Mickey Witek to New York Giants in exchange for cash and 2 players to be named later; New York Yankees received Alex Kampouris and Tom Padden (December 27, 1939).