Events of Sunday, April 28, 1940 (original) (raw)

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Events of Sunday, April 28, 1940

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Events of Sunday, April 28, 1940

4-27-1940 4-29-1940 4-28-1939 4-28-1941

PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 7 0 BOS N 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Sullivan (1-0) LP: Higbe (1-2)

PIT N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2 CIN N 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 x - 8 15 2

BOX+PBP WP: Thompson (2-1) LP: MacFayden (0-1) HR: Lombardi (1)

BRO N 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 - 5 8 0 NY N 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Wyatt (2-0) LP: Gumbert (1-1) HR: Coscarart (1), Camilli (2), Ott (2)

CHI N 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 1 STL N 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 x - 7 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Shoun (2-1) LP: Lee (1-2) HR: Gutteridge (1), Medwick (1), Mize (1)

STL A 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 - 11 17 5 CHI A 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 - 8 9 3

BOX+PBP WP: Harris (1-0) LP: Lyons (1-1) SV: Lawson (1) HR: Judnich (3), Clift (2)

CLE A 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 - 11 17 1 DET A 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 - 9 12 1

BOX+PBP WP: Smith (1-0) LP: Thomas (0-1) HR: Weatherly (1), Trosky (2), Heath (3), McCosky 2 (2)

BOS A 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 17 1 PHI A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Hash (1-1) LP: Heusser (0-1) HR: Tabor (1)

NY A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 2 WAS A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Leonard (1-2) LP: Murphy (0-1)

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Standings At Close of Play of April 28, 1940

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Brooklyn Dodgers 8 8 0 0 1.000 - 51 14 Cincinnati Reds 7 5 2 0 .714 2.5 25 15 Chicago Cubs 12 6 6 0 .500 4.0 50 39 Pittsburgh Pirates 8 4 4 0 .500 4.0 43 45 New York Giants 8 4 4 0 .500 4.0 25 30 St. Louis Cardinals 9 3 6 0 .333 5.5 34 53 Philadelphia Phillies 7 2 5 0 .286 5.5 13 23 Boston Bees 7 1 6 0 .143 6.5 20 42

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 9 7 2 0 .778 - 37 41 Boston Red Sox 9 6 3 0 .667 1.0 45 33 Detroit Tigers 9 5 4 0 .556 2.0 40 36 Washington Senators 9 5 4 0 .556 2.0 35 42 St. Louis Browns 9 4 5 0 .444 3.0 45 37 Philadelphia Athletics 10 4 6 0 .400 3.5 43 45 New York Yankees 8 3 5 0 .375 3.5 24 27 Chicago White Sox 9 2 7 0 .222 5.0 35 43

ML League Leaders

Debuts on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) CHI N Bob Collins (30) CHI N Clyde McCullough (23) DET A Frank Secory (27)

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) PHI N George Scharein (25)

Deaths on This Date

Henry Cote (76)

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Transactions

Philadelphia Phillies sold Roy Hughes to Brooklyn Dodgers.

Boston Red Sox sold Art Mahan to Philadelphia Phillies.

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