Events of Friday, August 2, 1940 (original) (raw)
Events of Friday, August 2, 1940
Events of Friday, August 2, 1940
8-1-1940 8-3-1940 8-2-1939 8-2-1941
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 6 1 (1) BOS N 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 x - 10 13 2
BOX+PBP WP: Strincevich (2-4) LP: Turner (8-4) HR: F. McCormick (14)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 (2) BOS N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 2
BOX+PBP WP: Salvo (5-5) LP: Moore (4-5)
CHI N 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 3 9 1
BOX+PBP WP: French (11-8) LP: Tamulis (6-2) SV: Passeau (4)
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 10 0 (1) NY N 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Joiner (3-1) LP: Russell (3-4) HR: Ott (9), Young 2 (9)
STL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 9 1 (2) NY N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Doyle (1-1) LP: Gumbert (8-8) HR: Slaughter (13)
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 - 5 8 2 PHI N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 12 1
BOX+PBP WP: Bowman (6-7) LP: Si Johnson (2-7) SV: Klinger (2) HR: Van Robays (5)
WAS A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 2 3 CHI A 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 x - 10 16 1
BOX+PBP WP: Lee (8-7) LP: Hudson (9-12) HR: Bloodworth (7), Kreevich (7)
NY A 0 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 - 10 13 4 CLE A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 5
BOX+PBP WP: Russo (7-5) LP: Milnar (14-6)
BOS A 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 2 0 - 12 14 1 DET A 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 - 9 13 3
BOX+PBP WP: Wilson (6-4) LP: Seats (2-2) SV: Heving (3) HR: DiMaggio (2), Cronin (15), Foxx (23)
PHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1 STL A 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 x - 5 4 0
BOX+PBP WP: Harris (7-9) LP: Babich (8-9) HR: McQuinn (11), Judnich (19)
Standings At Close of Play of August 2, 1940
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 93 61 31 1 .663 - 441 312 Brooklyn Dodgers 96 56 38 2 .596 6.0 426 395 New York Giants 90 50 40 0 .556 10.0 418 359 Chicago Cubs 99 50 49 0 .505 14.5 457 388 St. Louis Cardinals 93 45 46 2 .495 15.5 443 446 Pittsburgh Pirates 92 43 48 1 .473 17.5 477 485 Philadelphia Phillies 89 32 57 0 .360 27.5 323 444 Boston Bees 90 31 59 0 .344 29.0 365 521
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 98 58 39 1 .598 - 555 457 Cleveland Indians 97 57 40 0 .588 1.0 466 412 Boston Red Sox 96 52 44 0 .542 5.5 529 509 Chicago White Sox 93 48 44 1 .522 7.5 482 447 New York Yankees 95 49 45 1 .521 7.5 498 433 Washington Senators 98 42 56 0 .429 16.5 466 551 St. Louis Browns 99 40 58 1 .408 18.5 515 606 Philadelphia Athletics 96 38 58 0 .396 19.5 483 579
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) CIN N Willard Hershberger (30) BOS A Marv Owen (34)
Transactions
Boston Red Sox sold Wes Flowers to Brooklyn Dodgers.