Events of Thursday, September 7, 1939 (original) (raw)
Events of Thursday, September 7, 1939
Events of Thursday, September 7, 1939
9-6-1939 9-8-1939 9-7-1938 9-7-1940
NY N 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1 BOS N 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Sullivan (6-6) LP: Hubbell (8-8)
STL N 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 7 1 CHI N 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 4
BOX+PBP WP: Warneke (11-7) LP: Lee (16-13)
CIN N 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 7 16 1 PIT N 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 - 8 15 1
BOX+PBP WP: Sewell (9-8) LP: Johnson (0-3) HR: Lombardi 2 (19), Elliott (2)
DET A 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 8 14 1 CLE A 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 x - 9 16 1
BOX+PBP WP: Harder (11-8) LP: Hutchinson (3-5) SV: Hudlin (3) HR: Cullenbine (4), Greenberg 2 (27), Trosky (24)
BOS A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 1 NY A 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 5 11 3
BOX+PBP WP: Pearson (11-5) LP: Ostermueller (11-4) SV: Hildebrand (2) HR: DiMaggio (27)
WAS A 0 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 10 16 1 PHI A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
BOX+PBP WP: Chase (10-17) LP: Potter (7-11) HR: Wright (4)
CHI A 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 - 8 14 2 (1) STL A 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lyons (12-5) LP: Kennedy (8-19) HR: Rosenthal (6)
CHI A 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 - 11 15 2 (2) STL A 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 11 0
BOX+PBP WP: Lee (13-10) LP: Lawson (2-6) HR: Bejma (8), Laabs (9)
Standings At Close of Play of September 7, 1939
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 127 76 49 2 .608 - 624 492 St. Louis Cardinals 128 72 54 2 .571 4.5 620 542 Chicago Cubs 133 71 60 2 .542 8.0 599 574 Brooklyn Dodgers 129 65 60 4 .520 11.0 554 558 New York Giants 125 65 60 0 .520 11.0 599 560 Pittsburgh Pirates 126 59 67 0 .468 17.5 550 567 Boston Bees 128 57 70 1 .449 20.0 506 544 Philadelphia Phillies 126 40 85 1 .320 36.0 466 681
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 131 92 38 1 .708 - 863 480 Boston Red Sox 130 76 53 1 .589 15.5 779 694 Chicago White Sox 132 75 57 0 .568 18.0 650 626 Cleveland Indians 129 69 60 0 .535 22.5 639 602 Detroit Tigers 132 69 62 1 .527 23.5 749 669 Washington Senators 132 59 73 0 .447 34.0 627 695 Philadelphia Athletics 130 45 84 1 .349 46.5 587 870 St. Louis Browns 130 35 93 2 .273 56.0 616 874
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) PHI A Al Brancato (20) PHI A Les McCrabb (24) WAS A Hal Quick (21) PIT N Maurice Van Robays (24)
Deaths on This Date
Frank Behle (75)
Transactions
New York Giants traded Jimmy Ripple to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for a player to be named later; New York Giants received Ray Hayworth (September 9, 1939).
Washington Senators sold Fred Chapman to Philadelphia Athletics.