Events of Saturday, August 24, 1940 (original) (raw)
Events of Saturday, August 24, 1940
Events of Saturday, August 24, 1940
8-23-1940 8-25-1940 8-24-1939 8-24-1941
BRO N 0 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 11 14 1 CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 6 3
BOX+PBP WP: Davis (5-9) LP: Raffensberger (5-7) HR: Gallagher (2), Coscarart (9), Dallessandro (1)
BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 CIN N 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 x - 5 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Thompson (13-7) LP: Errickson (9-10)
NY N 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 - 7 12 2 PIT N 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 - 6 12 1
BOX+PBP WP: Hubbell (10-7) LP: Heintzelman (6-6) HR: Fletcher (15)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 STL N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 6 0
BOX+PBP WP: Warneke (13-7) LP: Si Johnson (3-11)
DET A 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 - 12 16 2 (1) BOS A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Bridges (8-8) LP: Heving (8-3) HR: York (23)
DET A 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 - 7 12 3 (2) BOS A 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 - 8 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Dickman (8-6) LP: Trout (2-6) HR: Higgins (13), York (24)
CLE A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 5 2
BOX+PBP WP: Murphy (4-4) LP: Feller (22-7) HR: Keltner (13)
STL A 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 - 6 12 1 PHI A 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 10 4
BOX+PBP WP: Trotter (6-4) LP: Potter (8-12) HR: Judnich (23)
CHI A 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 2 (1) WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 7 1
BOX+PBP WP: Knott (9-7) LP: Masterson (3-10) SV: Rigney (3)
CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1 (2) WAS A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
BOX+PBP WP: Smith (11-9) LP: Krakauskas (0-3)
Standings At Close of Play of August 24, 1940
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cincinnati Reds 116 72 43 1 .626 - 527 394 Brooklyn Dodgers 118 66 50 2 .569 6.5 514 478 St. Louis Cardinals 115 60 53 2 .531 11.0 546 528 New York Giants 113 59 54 0 .522 12.0 498 474 Pittsburgh Pirates 116 58 57 1 .504 14.0 606 585 Chicago Cubs 119 60 59 0 .504 14.0 535 471 Boston Bees 115 45 70 0 .391 27.0 463 590 Philadelphia Phillies 110 38 72 0 .345 31.5 383 552
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Cleveland Indians 121 71 49 1 .592 - 589 514 Detroit Tigers 122 68 53 1 .562 3.5 693 579 New York Yankees 117 63 53 1 .543 6.0 630 526 Boston Red Sox 120 64 56 0 .533 7.0 669 666 Chicago White Sox 117 61 55 1 .526 8.0 576 539 Washington Senators 118 51 67 0 .432 19.0 551 632 St. Louis Browns 123 50 71 2 .413 21.5 615 736 Philadelphia Athletics 116 46 70 0 .397 23.0 564 695
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) WAS A Jack Sanford (23)
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) BOS A Joe Glenn (31)
Deaths on This Date
Ed Hallinan (52)
Transactions
York (Interstate) sold Buddy Gremp to Boston Bees.
Midland (West Texas-New Mexico) sold Rankin Johnson to Philadelphia Athletics.