Events of Monday, August 12, 1940 (original) (raw)
Events of Monday, August 12, 1940
Events of Monday, August 12, 1940
8-11-1940 8-13-1940 8-12-1939 8-12-1941
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 9 0 PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 x - 4 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Butcher (7-7) LP: Walters (16-8) HR: Lombardi (11)
DET A 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 5 7 0 CLE A 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 x - 8 12 2
BOX+PBP WP: Feller (20-6) LP: Newhouser (8-9) HR: Weatherly (5), Trosky (21), Bell (3)
CHI A 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 6 16 1 STL A 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 - 5 10 2
BOX+PBP WP: Brown (4-2) LP: Trotter (5-4)
Standings At Close of Play of August 12, 1940
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 104 66 37 1 .641 - 484 350 Brooklyn Dodgers 106 62 42 2 .596 4.5 466 428 New York Giants 99 53 46 0 .535 11.0 443 399 Pittsburgh Pirates 103 53 49 1 .520 12.5 544 515 Chicago Cubs 108 54 54 0 .500 14.5 489 423 St. Louis Cardinals 103 49 52 2 .485 16.0 483 495 Boston Bees 102 39 63 0 .382 26.5 419 557 Philadelphia Phillies 99 33 66 0 .333 31.0 339 500
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 109 65 44 0 .596 - 534 451 Detroit Tigers 110 64 45 1 .587 1.0 618 504 Boston Red Sox 107 58 49 0 .542 6.0 582 562 Chicago White Sox 105 54 50 1 .519 8.5 522 499 New York Yankees 105 53 51 1 .510 9.5 544 478 Washington Senators 106 47 59 0 .443 16.5 500 576 St. Louis Browns 112 46 65 1 .414 20.0 572 682 Philadelphia Athletics 104 40 64 0 .385 22.5 514 634
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) CIN N Mike Dejan (25)
Deaths on This Date
Mitchell Murray (44)
Transactions
Hollywood (PCL) sold Bill Fleming to Boston Red Sox.
Cincinnati Reds signed Jimmie Wilson as a free agent.