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Events of Saturday, August 17, 1940

8-16-1940 8-18-1940 8-17-1939 8-17-1941

PIT N 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 14 1 CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 15 1

BOX+PBP WP: Passeau (14-11) LP: MacFayden (3-3) HR: DiMaggio (12)

WAS A 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 - 9 11 0 BOS A 2 1 2 0 0 0 5 2 x - 12 18 1

BOX+PBP WP: Terry (1-0) LP: Leonard (12-12) SV: Bagby (2) HR: Lewis (6), Travis (1), DiMaggio (3), Foxx (32), Cronin (19)

STL A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 0 CLE A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: Niggeling (4-10) LP: Harder (7-9) HR: Weatherly (7)

CHI A 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 9 15 2 DET A 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 5 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Knott (8-7) LP: Trout (2-4) SV: Brown (8)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 17, 1940

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 108 69 38 1 .645 - 503 361 Brooklyn Dodgers 110 63 45 2 .583 6.5 481 448 New York Giants 104 55 49 0 .529 12.5 451 424 Pittsburgh Pirates 108 54 53 1 .505 15.0 569 546 Chicago Cubs 113 56 57 0 .496 16.0 504 448 St. Louis Cardinals 107 52 53 2 .495 16.0 509 513 Boston Bees 107 43 64 0 .402 26.0 443 561 Philadelphia Phillies 103 35 68 0 .340 32.0 360 519

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 114 69 45 0 .605 - 558 465 Detroit Tigers 115 66 48 1 .579 3.0 650 541 Boston Red Sox 113 61 52 0 .540 7.5 624 614 Chicago White Sox 110 57 52 1 .523 9.5 552 520 New York Yankees 109 56 52 1 .519 10.0 581 501 Washington Senators 112 49 63 0 .438 19.0 537 614 St. Louis Browns 117 47 69 1 .405 23.0 589 713 Philadelphia Athletics 108 42 66 0 .389 24.0 533 656

ML League Leaders

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