Events of Saturday, August 3, 1940 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, August 3, 1940
Events of Saturday, August 3, 1940
8-2-1940 8-4-1940 8-3-1939 8-3-1941
CIN N 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 6 0 (1) BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 11 2
BOX+PBP WP: Derringer (16-7) LP: Posedel (6-14)
CIN N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2 (2) BOS N 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Sullivan (7-12) LP: Hutchings (0-1) HR: Sisti (6)
CHI N 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0
BOX+PBP WP: Raffensberger (5-3) LP: Davis (3-9) HR: Nicholson (17), Reese (3)
STL N 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 8 17 2 NY N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 9 2
BOX+PBP WP: Warneke (9-7) LP: Hubbell (7-5) HR: P. Martin (3), Mize (31), Koy (7)
PIT N 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 8 14 2 PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
BOX+PBP WP: Brown (8-7) LP: Higbe (7-13) HR: Elliott (4)
WAS A 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 - 6 10 1 CHI A 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 x - 7 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Knott (7-7) LP: Monteagudo (2-4) SV: Brown (7) HR: Walker (8)
NY A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 CLE A 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Smith (11-4) LP: Gomez (3-3)
BOS A 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 1 (1) DET A 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 x - 6 11 3
BOX+PBP WP: Hutchinson (2-3) LP: Bagby (8-11) SV: Benton (14)
BOS A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 (2) DET A 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 5 x - 14 14 2
BOX+PBP WP: Gorsica (6-5) LP: Hash (7-6) HR: Cronin (16), Gorsica (1)
PHI A 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 - 11 16 0 STL A 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 7 12 2
BOX+PBP WP: Heusser (4-6) LP: Niggeling (3-9) SV: Caster (1) HR: Johnson (20), Siebert (4), Heffner (2)
Standings At Close of Play of August 3, 1940
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 95 62 32 1 .660 - 446 318 Brooklyn Dodgers 97 56 39 2 .589 6.5 427 397 New York Giants 91 50 41 0 .549 10.5 421 367 Chicago Cubs 100 51 49 0 .510 14.0 459 389 St. Louis Cardinals 94 46 46 2 .500 15.0 451 449 Pittsburgh Pirates 93 44 48 1 .478 17.0 485 485 Philadelphia Phillies 90 32 58 0 .356 28.0 323 452 Boston Bees 92 32 60 0 .348 29.0 371 526
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Detroit Tigers 100 60 39 1 .606 - 575 463 Cleveland Indians 98 58 40 0 .592 1.5 471 413 Boston Red Sox 98 52 46 0 .531 7.5 535 529 Chicago White Sox 94 49 44 1 .527 8.0 489 453 New York Yankees 96 49 46 1 .516 9.0 499 438 Washington Senators 99 42 57 0 .424 18.0 472 558 St. Louis Browns 100 40 59 1 .404 20.0 522 617 Philadelphia Athletics 97 39 58 0 .402 20.0 494 586
Births on This Date
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) BOS A Yank Terry (29)
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) BOS A Alex Mustaikis (31)
Deaths on This Date
Willard Hershberger (30)
Transactions
St. Louis Browns signed Willis Hudlin as a free agent.