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Events of Friday, May 17, 1940

5-16-1940 5-18-1940 5-17-1939 5-17-1941

STL N 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 2 BRO N 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 x - 4 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Wyatt (3-2) LP: Warneke (1-4) HR: Padgett (3), Phelps (1), Camilli (4)

CHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 7 4 NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2

BOX+PBP WP: Passeau (2-3) LP: Schumacher (1-4) HR: Herman (3)

CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 - 7 12 1 PHI N 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Moore (1-0) LP: Brown (0-3) SV: Riddle (2) HR: Goodman (4), F. McCormick (4)

NY A 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 6 0 CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: Breuer (2-2) LP: Smith (1-4) HR: DiMaggio (1)

WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 1 CLE A 10 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 x - 18 15 0

BOX+PBP WP: Milnar (4-0) LP: Hudson (2-3) HR: Heath 2 (5)

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Standings At Close of Play of May 17, 1940

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 23 17 5 1 .773 - 124 72 Brooklyn Dodgers 21 16 5 0 .762 0.5 106 81 Chicago Cubs 25 14 11 0 .560 4.5 105 92 New York Giants 22 12 10 0 .545 5.0 108 92 Philadelphia Phillies 20 8 12 0 .400 8.0 64 78 St. Louis Cardinals 25 8 16 1 .333 10.0 114 149 Boston Bees 20 6 14 0 .300 10.0 82 111 Pittsburgh Pirates 20 6 14 0 .300 10.0 103 131

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Sox 24 18 6 0 .750 - 137 107 Cleveland Indians 23 15 8 0 .652 2.5 129 97 Detroit Tigers 23 12 11 0 .522 5.5 101 102 Philadelphia Athletics 23 11 12 0 .478 6.5 120 123 Washington Senators 24 10 14 0 .417 8.0 114 149 St. Louis Browns 22 9 13 0 .409 8.0 108 105 Chicago White Sox 23 9 14 0 .391 8.5 98 111 New York Yankees 22 8 14 0 .364 9.0 80 93

ML League Leaders

Deaths on This Date

Spike Shannon (65)

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