Events of Wednesday, June 26, 1940 (original) (raw)
Events of Wednesday, June 26, 1940
Events of Wednesday, June 26, 1940
6-25-1940 6-27-1940 6-26-1939 6-26-1941
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 - 9 13 2 NY N 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 - 10 18 2
BOX+PBP WP: Gumbert (7-4) LP: Lanier (2-4) HR: Koy (3), Mize (20), Jo-Jo Moore (4), Danning (10), Cuccinello (1)
PIT N 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 (1) PHI N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 x - 4 7 2
BOX+PBP WP: Blanton (1-1) LP: Bowman (4-5) HR: DiMaggio (7), Rizzo (8)
PIT N 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 - 11 14 2 (2) PHI N 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: Sewell (4-1) LP: Beck (2-5) SV: Brown (4) HR: DiMaggio (8), Davis 2 (5), Mahan (1)
WAS A 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 6 12 0 CHI A 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 15 4
BOX+PBP WP: Dietrich (4-1) LP: Haynes (2-6)
NY A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 1 CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Ruffing (6-6) LP: Harder (3-5)
BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 7 2 DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Hash (7-4) LP: Gorsica (2-3)
PHI A 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 - 9 11 1 STL A 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 4
BOX+PBP WP: Caster (2-11) LP: Niggeling (2-3) HR: S. Chapman (7), Judnich (10)
Standings At Close of Play of June 26, 1940
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 59 38 20 1 .655 - 283 198 Brooklyn Dodgers 55 34 20 1 .630 2.0 255 244 New York Giants 55 34 21 0 .618 2.5 275 218 Chicago Cubs 62 33 29 0 .532 7.0 292 240 Pittsburgh Pirates 56 23 32 1 .418 13.5 296 319 St. Louis Cardinals 56 22 33 1 .400 14.5 263 304 Boston Bees 51 19 32 0 .373 15.5 231 286 Philadelphia Phillies 56 20 36 0 .357 17.0 193 279
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 64 40 24 0 .625 - 313 249 Detroit Tigers 59 35 24 0 .593 2.5 331 264 Boston Red Sox 58 34 24 0 .586 3.0 303 275 New York Yankees 60 29 30 1 .492 8.5 268 248 St. Louis Browns 64 30 34 0 .469 10.0 336 359 Chicago White Sox 59 26 32 1 .448 11.0 273 289 Philadelphia Athletics 58 23 35 0 .397 14.0 278 345 Washington Senators 64 25 39 0 .391 15.0 300 373
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) NY N Glen Stewart (27)
Deaths on This Date
Billy Reid (83) Jimmie Savage (56)