Events of Tuesday, May 24, 1949 (original) (raw)
Events of Tuesday, May 24, 1949
Events of Tuesday, May 24, 1949
5-23-1949 5-25-1949 5-24-1948 5-24-1950
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 5 2 CHI N 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 x - 8 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Chipman (3-1) LP: Jones (5-4) HR: Thomson (6), Marshall (5), R. Walker (2)
PHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 CIN N 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 0
BOX+PBP WP: Gumbert (2-1) LP: Simmons (1-3) HR: Kluszewski (1)
BRO N 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 6 13 0 PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 9 0
BOX+PBP WP: Branca (7-0) LP: Chesnes (2-1) HR: Robinson 2 (5)
BOS N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 STL N 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1
BOX+PBP WP: Brecheen (3-2) LP: Antonelli (1-1) HR: Musial (5)
DET A 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 - 7 12 0 BOS A 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 - 8 17 1
BOX+PBP WP: Johnson (3-2) LP: Kretlow (0-2) HR: Groth (6), Williams (9), Doerr (4)
STL A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 4 4 NY A 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 x - 13 15 1
BOX+PBP WP: Raschi (6-1) LP: Drews (2-4) SV: Marshall (1) HR: Spence (3), Berra (4), Brown (1)
Standings At Close of Play of May 24, 1949
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Braves 34 20 13 1 .606 - 163 136 New York Giants 33 19 13 1 .594 0.5 190 140 Brooklyn Dodgers 33 18 15 0 .545 2.0 186 154 Cincinnati Reds 32 17 15 0 .531 2.5 126 143 Philadelphia Phillies 31 15 16 0 .484 4.0 142 158 St. Louis Cardinals 30 13 17 0 .433 5.5 123 148 Pittsburgh Pirates 33 14 19 0 .424 6.0 128 142 Chicago Cubs 30 11 19 0 .367 7.5 122 159
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 31 21 10 0 .677 - 170 114 Philadelphia Athletics 34 19 15 0 .559 3.5 183 161 Boston Red Sox 31 16 14 1 .533 4.5 156 137 Chicago White Sox 32 17 15 0 .531 4.5 173 161 Washington Senators 34 17 17 0 .500 5.5 134 159 Detroit Tigers 34 16 17 1 .485 6.0 151 171 Cleveland Indians 27 12 15 0 .444 7.0 98 107 St. Louis Browns 33 9 24 0 .273 13.0 149 204
Deaths on This Date
Joe Callahan (32)
Transactions
Oakland (PCL) traded Lloyd Hittle to Washington Senators in exchange for Milo Candini.