Events of Sunday, August 20, 1944 (original) (raw)
Events of Sunday, August 20, 1944
Events of Sunday, August 20, 1944
8-19-1944 8-21-1944 8-20-1943 8-20-1945
CLE A 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 - 6 14 0 (1) BOS A 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 x - 8 10 2
BOX+PBP WP: Barrett (7-4) LP: Poat (4-8) HR: Seerey (13), Metkovich (7), Tabor (11)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 10 0 (2) BOS A 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 x - 11 16 1
BOX+PBP WP: Cecil (2-1) LP: Klieman (8-8) HR: Keltner (10), B. Johnson (15)
DET A 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 (1) NY A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Overmire (8-11) LP: Borowy (14-9) SV: Newhouser (2)
DET A 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 - 9 8 1 (2) NY A 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 8 10 2
BOX+PBP WP: Trout (20-9) LP: Donald (12-9) HR: Mayo (4), York (13), Trout (4)
CHI A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 12 2 (1) PHI A 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Haynes (3-2) LP: Berry (7-8)
CHI A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1 (2) PHI A 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 x - 8 11 1
BOX+PBP WP: Hamlin (5-9) LP: Lopat (6-9) HR: Curtright (1)
STL A 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 (1) WAS A 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 x - 4 12 0
BOX+PBP WP: Leonard (10-10) LP: Galehouse (5-5)
STL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 10 1 (2) WAS A 3 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 x - 12 17 3
BOX+PBP WP: Wynn (8-17) LP: Kramer (12-12)
NY N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 3 (1) CHI N 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 x - 7 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Vandenberg (6-3) LP: Feldman (9-9) SV: Passeau (3) HR: Merullo (1)
NY N 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 9 0 (2) CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 1
BOX+PBP WP: Voiselle (15-14) LP: Lynn (3-2)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 (1) CIN N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 3
BOX+PBP WP: Walters (18-6) LP: Kennedy (0-2) HR: McCormick (14)
PHI N 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 14 1 (2) CIN N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 4
BOX+PBP WP: Schanz (11-11) LP: Carter (7-6)
BRO N 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 - 7 11 2 (1) PIT N 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 x - 10 13 1
BOX+PBP WP: Butcher (11-7) LP: Chapman (1-1) SV: Cuccurullo (3) HR: Schultz (9), Russell (6)
BRO N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 (2) PIT N 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 x - 7 14 1
BOX+PBP WP: Strincevich (10-6) LP: Wyatt (2-6) HR: Walker (11)
BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 5 13 3 (1) STL N 6 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 x - 15 21 0
BOX+PBP WP: Wilks (12-1) LP: Hutchings (0-2) HR: Wright (5), Musial (8), W. Cooper (7), Sanders (10)
BOS N 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 9 0 (2) STL N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Rich (1-0) LP: Schmidt (4-2) HR: Etchison (4), W. Cooper (8)
Standings At Close of Play of August 20, 1944
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Cardinals 115 84 29 2 .743 - 622 325 Pittsburgh Pirates 116 66 46 4 .589 17.5 534 481 Cincinnati Reds 113 64 48 1 .571 19.5 420 408 Chicago Cubs 112 51 58 3 .468 31.0 490 482 New York Giants 117 51 65 1 .440 34.5 501 577 Boston Braves 115 46 68 1 .404 38.5 439 509 Philadelphia Phillies 111 44 66 1 .400 38.5 378 462 Brooklyn Dodgers 117 45 71 1 .388 40.5 504 644
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA St. Louis Browns 118 68 50 0 .576 - 541 475 Boston Red Sox 119 64 53 2 .547 3.5 570 479 Detroit Tigers 118 62 54 2 .534 5.0 463 451 New York Yankees 115 60 55 0 .522 6.5 477 466 Chicago White Sox 117 56 61 0 .479 11.5 422 494 Cleveland Indians 120 55 65 0 .458 14.0 502 515 Philadelphia Athletics 120 55 65 0 .458 14.0 408 459 Washington Senators 117 50 67 0 .427 17.5 437 481
Births on This Date
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age) WAS A Fred Vaughn (25)
Deaths on This Date
Bob Gilks (80)