AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W
L
GB
Pct
W
L
GB
Pct
New York Yankees
121
32
-
.791
Pittsburgh Pirates
102
52
-
.662
Washington Nationals
87
66
34.0
.569
Chicago Cubs
99
55
3.0
.643
Cleveland Indians
84
70
37.5
.545
New York Giants
88
66
14.0
.571
Detroit Tigers
80
74
41.5
.519
Cincinnati Reds
73
81
29.0
.474
Chicago White Sox
72
80
48.5
.474
St. Louis Cardinals
73
81
29.0
.474
Boston Red Sox
70
84
51.5
.455
Brooklyn Dodgers
66
88
36.0
.429
St. Louis Browns
53
101
68.5
.344
Boston Bees
62
92
40.0
.403
Philadelphia A's
47
107
74.5
.305
Philadelphia Phillies
53
101
49.0
.344
1936 REPLAY HIGHLIGHTS:
3+
Homers
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Indian Bob Johnson
Philadelphia
3
homers
Cleveland vs
Philadelphia
August 29
The
Cycle
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Bruce Campbell
Cleveland
Detroit vs Cleveland
April 14
Cliff Bolton
Washington
St. Louis vs Washington
May 2
Hal Trosky
Cleveland
Cleveland vs Washington
July 18
Wes Ferrell
Boston
Philadelphia vs Boston
August 12
Harlond Clift St.
Louis
St. Louis vs Boston
August 28
5+
Hits
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Roy Hughes Cleveland
5
hits
Detroit vs Cleveland
April 14
Carl Reynolds Washington
5
hits
Washington vs Boston
April 20
Tony Cuccinello Boston
5
hits
Boston vs Brooklyn
April 22
Babe Herman Cincinnati
5
hits
St. Louis vs Cincinnati
April 23
Red Rolfe New York
5
hits
Cleveland vs New York
April 28
Eldon Auker Detroit
5
hits
Detroit vs Philadelphia
May 1
Jesse Hill Washington
5
hits
St. Louis vs Washington
May 2
Cliff Bolton Washington
5
hits
St. Louis vs Washington
May 2
Dick Bartell New York
5
hits
New York vs Cincinnati
May 3
Buddy Lewis Washington
5
hits
Boston vs Washington
May 9
Cecil Travis Washington
6
hits
Boston vs Washington
May 9
Jo-Jo Moore New York
5
hits
Cincinnati vs New York
May 16
Johnny Mize St. Louis
5
hits
St. Louis vs Philadelphia
May 17
Terry Moore St. Louis
6
hits
St. Louis vs Philadelphia
May 17
Billy Herman Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs Boston
May 19
Lou Gehrig New York
6
hits
New York vs Detroit
May 21
Bill Dickey New York
5
hits
New York vs Philadelphia
May 24
Frank Demaree Chicago
5
hits
Cincinnati vs Chicago
May 26
Johnny Mize St. Louis
5
hits
Pittsburgh vs St. Louis
May 27
Leo Norris Philadelphia
5
hits
Brooklyn vs Philadelphia
May 29
Leo Durocher St. Louis
5
hits
New York vs St. Louis
June 6
John Stone Washington
5
hits
Detroit vs Washington
June 7
Myril Hoag New York
5
hits
St. Louis vs New York
June 9
Myril Hoag New York
5
hits
New York vs Cleveland
June 17
Frankie Hayes
Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
June 17
Paul Waner Pittsburgh
5
hits
Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn
June 17
Arky Vaughan Pittsburgh
5
hits
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia
June 21
Les Scarsella Cincinnati
5
hits
Cincinnati vs Brooklyn
June 22
George Watkins Brooklyn
5
hits
Cincinnati vs Brooklyn
June 22
Bruce Campbell Cleveland
5
hits
Philadelphia vs Cleveland
June 24
Rip Radcliff Chicago
5
hits
Washington vs Chicago
June 28
Wally Moses Philadelphia
5
hits
Philadelphia vs Detroit
June 28
Ken O'Dea Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs Cincinnati
June 29
Goose Goslin Detroit
5
hits
Detroit vs Washington
July 9
Billy Jurges Chicago
5
hits
Brooklyn vs Chicago
July 9
Billy Sullivan Cleveland
6
hits
Cleveland vs Philadelphia
July 15
Odell Hale Cleveland
5
hits
Cleveland vs Philadelphia
July 16
Dolph Camilli
Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
July 17
Billy Herman Chicago
5
hits
Philadelphia vs Chicago
July 19
Joe DiMaggio New York
5
hits
New York vs St. Louis
July 21
Lon Warneke Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs Brooklyn
July 21
Les Scarsella Cincinnati
5
hits
Cincinnati vs Boston
July 23
Red Ruffing New York
5
hits
New York vs Chicago
July 25
Wally Moses Philadelphia
5
hits
Philadelphia vs Cleveland
July 25
Earl Averill Cleveland
5
hits
Washington vs Cleveland
July 28
Dusty Cooke Boston
5
hits
Boston vs St. Louis
July 28
Frankie Crosetti New
York
5 hits
New York vs Cleveland
July 31
Beau Bell St. Louis
5
hits
Chicago vs St. Louis
August 4
Luke Appling Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs St. Louis
August 5
Wally Moses Philadelphia
5
hits
Philadelphia vs Washington
August 5
Paul Waner Pittsburgh
5
hits
Pittsburgh vs Cincinnati
August 5
Joe Medwick St. Louis
5
hits
Chicago vs St. Louis
August 10
Lou Chiozza Philadelphia
5
hits
Boston vs Philadelphia
August 11
Cy Blanton Pittsburgh
5
hits
Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh
August 11
Red Rolfe New York
5
hits
New York vs Philadelphia
August 16
Jo-Jo Moore New York
5
hits
Philadelphia vs New York
August 16
Larry Rosenthal Chicago
5
hits
Cleveland vs Chicago
August 18
Mike Kreevich Chicago
6
hits
Cleveland vs Chicago
August 18
Johnny Moore
Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Boston
August 20
Moose Solters St. Louis
6
hits
St. Louis vs Cleveland
August 22
Joe Kuhel Washington
5
hits
Washington vs Philadelphia
August 23
Jo-Jo Moore New York
5
hits
New York vs Cincinnati
August 25
Rip Radcliff Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs Philadelphia
August 26
Wally Berger Boston
5
hits
Boston vs St. Louis
August 27
Stu Martin St. Louis
5
hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
August 28
Roy Weatherly Cleveland
5
hits
Cleveland vs Philadelphia
August 29
Al Simmons Detroit
5
hits
Detroit vs Philadelphia
August 30
Joe Vosmik Cleveland
5
hits
Cleveland vs Chicago
September 6
Eddie Wilson Brooklyn
5
hits
Brooklyn vs Philadelphia
September 6
Wally Moses Philadelphia
5
hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
September 10
Joe Vosmik Cleveland
5
hits
Washington vs Cleveland
September 11
Jesse Hill Washington
5
hits
Washington vs Cleveland
September 12
Don Gutteridge St. Louis
5
hits
St. Louis vs Brooklyn
September 12
Pepper Martin St. Louis
5
hits
St. Louis vs Brooklyn
September 12
Mike Higgins
Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Detroit
September 15
Moose Solters St. Louis
6
hits
Washington vs St. Louis
September 15
Larry Rosenthal Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs St. Louis
September 17
Luke Appling Chicago
5
hits
Chicago vs St. Louis
September 17
Joe Glenn New York
5
hits
Philadelphia vs New York
September 23
Roy Spencer New York
5
hits
New York vs Philadelphia
September 23
4+ XB
Hits
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Joe DiMaggio New York
4 XB
Hits
Chicago vs New York
July 13
Mike Kreevich Chicago
4 XB
Hits
Cleveland vs Chicago
August 18
Ben Chapman Washington
4
XB Hits
Chicago vs Washington
August 28
8+
RBI
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Jimmie Foxx Boston
8
RBI
Philadelphia vs Boston
April 16
Hal Trosky Cleveland
8
RBI
Cleveland vs St. Louis
April 17
Al Simmons Detroit
8
RBI
Detroit vs Philadelphia
May 1
Arky Vaughan Pittsburgh
8
RBI
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia
May 20
Myril Hoag New York
8
RBI
New York vs Cleveland
June 17
Indian Bob Johnson
Philadelphia
8 RBI
Cleveland vs Philadelphia
August 29
Jimmy Ripple New York
8
RBI
New York vs Philadelphia
September 23
1-Hit
Games
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Lefty Grove Boston
New York vs
Boston
April 25
Pete Appleton
Washington
Washington vs Detroit
May 18
Monte Pearson New York
New
York vs Philadelphia
May 24
Alfred Smith New
York
Boston vs New York
July 4
Fred Frankhouse
Brooklyn
Brooklyn vs Chicago
July 10
Ed Brandt Brooklyn
Boston
vs Brooklyn
August 16
Jim Winford St.
Louis
Boston vs St. Louis
August 26
Roy Weir Boston
New York
vs Boston
September 24
14+
whoofs
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Van Lingle Mungo Brooklyn
15
whiffs
Brooklyn vs St. Louis
August 30
Combined
1-Hitters
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St. Louis
St. Louis vs
Cincinnati
August 18
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
vs Boston
August 19
April 14 - Tribe beats Detroit in
opener, 17-20-1/7-14-1.
Second-baseman Roy Hughes 5-6.
April 15 - Yanks beat Nats,
19-19-1/6-10-3.
April 21 - Yanks beat A's,
19-18-0/5-10-3. Every Yank starter,
including pitcher Johnny Broaca, had at least 1 hit. Dixie Walker 4-6, 6 RBI, 3 runs, 2
triples. Dickey and Lazzeri 4
runs.
April 23 - Yanks beat Nationals, 10-9,
and are now 9-0. Tigers beat
Browns, 17-19-2/9-11-2. Al Simmons
5 RBI.
April 29 - Yanks beat Tribe, 8-1, as
Lefty Gomez wins his 4th straight, after going 31-1 last season. Gomez is now 4-0,
1.80.
May 1 - Tigers beat A's,
24-20-0/1-4-2. Every Tiger starter
except catcher Hayworth had at least 1 hit. Pitcher Eldon Auker 5-6, 3B, 7 RBI. Al Simmons 8 RBI, GS.
May 3 - Yanks beat Browns 4-1 as Lefty
Gomez wins his 5th (5-0, 1.64).
Joe DiMaggio makes his major league debut, going 1-4. Giants beat Reds in 17 innings,
5-16-1/4-13-3. Braves beat Pirates,
17- 17-1/2-9-2. George Crowe 2 HR,
6 RBI.
May 9 - Lefty Gomez (6-0, 1.70) wins his
6th straight, beating A's, 7-10-1/4-7-1. Gehrig 2 homers, 4 RBI. Washington beats Bosox,
21-25-2/0-6-3. Cecil Travis 6-6, 2
2B, 4 RBI, 4 runs. Buddy Lewis 5-6, 4 runs. Every Senator starting player, including
pitcher Pete Appleton, had at least 1 hit.
May 11- Bees beat Bums
17-22-1/5-11-1.
May 18 - Bums blow 7-4 lead in
9th as Reds score 11 runs in top of 9th and go on to win
15-14-1/7-14-2.
May 21 - Lefty Gomez wins his
7th straight (7-0, 3.02) as Yanks beat Tigers, 15-18-2/8-8-2. Lou
Gehrig (.489, 16, 48) 6-6, 5 runs, 5 RBI, 2 HR. Yanks are now 28-5,
.848.
May 23 - Yanks sweep A's, winning
opener, 19-18-2/3-10-4. Gehrig
(.486, 17, 52) HR, 4 more RBI.
Yanks take nightcap 11-0 and are now 29-5, .853, 9 up over
Tribe.
May 25 - Cubs score 11 runs in bottom of
2nd, and beat Reds, 16-20-4/5-9-4. Every Cub starter, including pitcher
henshaw, has at least 1 hit. Frank
Demaree 5-5, 5 RBI, 4 runs, HR.
Yanks beat Bosox 8-1 as Red Ruffing (7-0, 3.25) wins his 7th
straight. Dizzy Dean (8-4, 2.05)
wins both games of twinbill against Bucs, winning nightcap in relief.
May 26 - Yanks slaughter Bosox, 24-23-1/6-9-5.
Red Rolfe and Tony Lazzeri (6 RBI) each hit a grand slam. Bums shutout Giants 4-0 as NY's Jimmy
Moore's 25 game hit streak ends.
Moore goes 0-4.
May 27 - Pirates beat Cards,
19-24-2/14-20-3. Every starting
Pirate player, including pitcher Bill Swift, had at least 1 hit. Woody Jensen 2 HR, 5 RBI. For the Cards, every starting player,
except for the pitcher Wild Bill Hallahan, also had at least 1 hit. Johnny Mize (.418) 5-5, 4 runs, 2B,
HR.
May 30 - Yanks sweep Nats and are now
36-6, .857, 11 ahead of Tribe.
George Selkirk's (.321) 36 game hitting streak ends in nightcap as he
goes 0-4. (Interesting note: BBW BBW StatMaster erroneously ended the
streak on the 17th, in a rained out unofficial game.)
Braves and Phills split, with Phills taking nightcap, 18-19-1/1-7-0. Chuck Klein 2 HR, 5 RBI. Tigers sweep Browns, taking nightcap
18-24-2/9-15-4. Every Tiger player,
except reliever Lawson, had at least 1 hit. Gee Walker (.419) 6 RBI.
May 31 - Dizzy Dean (9-4, 2.43) beats
Reds, 10-4 as Pepper Martin steals 5 bases (he is also thrown out once, at
3rd). Stu Martin and
Terry Moore also steal a base for Cards (team total: 7
SB).
June 3 - Yanks beat Chisox, 8-2 as Red
Ruffing wins his 9th.
Ruffing is now 9-0, 3.09, and Yanks are now 38-7, .844.
June 5 - Tribe beats Yanks, 6-3, as
Lefty Gomez (7-1, 3.28) drops his 1st of the
season.
June 6 - Giants (Hubbell) beat Cards in
opener, 20-22-1/0-3-2. Every Giant
player, including Carl Hubbell (8-2, 1.26), had at least 1 hit.
June 7 - Yanks beat Tribe, 9-0, as Red
Ruffing wins his 10th straight.
Ruffing is now 10-0, 2.89.
June 8 - Yanks beat Browns, 9-2, and are
now 42-8, .840.
June 9 - Yanks beat Browns,
17-23-1/6-14-2. Every Yank starter,
including pitcher Lefty Gomez (8-1, 3.40), had at least 1 hit. Myril Hoag (.362) 5-6. Substitute catcher Art Jorgens 5 RBI,
2B, 3B, 2 runs. Yanks do not hit a
homer. NY now 43-8,
.843.
June 17 - Yanks beat Tribe in opener,
18-19-2/4-13-3. Red Ruffing (11-0,
2.93) is injured in 3rd and therefore doesn't win his
12th straight. Yanks score 12 in top of 9th. Myril Hoag (.398) 5-6, 8 RBI, 2B, 2 HR,
4 runs, 12 TB. A's beat
Browns in 17 innings, 10-27-0/9-18-1.
A's went ahead 8-7 in top of
15th, but Browns tied it in bottom. A's then scored 2 in top of
17th. Browns could only
respond with 1 in bottom of inning.
For A's, Frankie Hayes 5-9.
June 19 - Yanks beat Tigers,
19-20-1/8-11-1. Bill Dickey 6 RBI,
2B, 2 HR.
June 21 - Yanks beat Detroit 11-6 as Red
Ruffing wins his 11th straight.
Red is now 11-0, 2.86.
June 27 - Red Ruffing (12-1, 2.89) loses
his 1st game of the season as the Browns beat NY, 4-10-0/2-8-1. Giants' Randy Gumbert pitches no-hitter
for 7 1/3 innings until Cubs' Billy Jurges singles. Cubs go on to tie game at 1, and then
they move ahead 2-1 in top of 9th before Giants come back to tie in
bottom of inning. NY wins in 10,
3-2.
June 28 - Yanks sweep Browns and are now
55-12, .821. In nightcap every NY
starter, including pitcher Monte Pearson, had at least 1 hit. A's beat Tigers, 17-17-1/9-13-2. Wally Moses (.356) 5-6, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 3 runs. Indian Bob Johnson 3-6, 6 RBI,2 HR.
July 2 - Giants' Carl Hubbell pitches
no-hitter against Bees for 8 2/3 innings until Gene Moore singles. Boston goes on to win, 2-1, in 11. Hubbell (11-4, 1.60) pitches
CG.
July 4 - Giants and Bees split, as
NY's Al Smith (7-3, 4.12) 1-hits the Bees in nightcap, winning
July 5 - In final pre-All Star game
appearance, Red Ruffing beats Nats, 14-20-1/4-7-2. Ruffing is now 14-1, 2.65 and is batting
.310. At the break, Yanks are
60-14, .811.
July 10 - Ladt place Bums' Fred
Frankhouse (5-5, 2.95) 1 hits Cubs, winning 4-12-2/0-1-0. Frankhouse walks 5. Only Cub hit is bottom of 3rd
2 out single by Gabby Hartnett.
July 12 - Nats beat Browns
14-22-1/10-13-1. Every Washington
starter, including pitcher Cascarella, had at least 1 hit.
July 13 - Yanks come back from 7-4
deficit to beat Chisox, 12-7.
Rookie Joe DiMaggio (.393, 11, 73) hits 2 HR, 2 2B, has 12 TB.
July 14 - Nats beat Browns,
18-17-1/1-4-5.
July 15 - Yanks beat Tigers in opener,
7-11-2/0-4-1 as Red Ruffing wins his 16th (16-1, 2.57). NY now at 66-15, .815. Tribe beats A's, 6-17-0/5-12-3 in 17
innings. Cleveland leads 3-2 till
bottom of 9th when A's tie game. Cleveland goes ahead 4-3 in top of
13th, but A's again tie it in bottom of inning. Same thing happens in 16th
inning, before Tribe eventually scores final go-ahead run in top of
17th. Bob Feller (2-0,
2.70) pitches final 3 innings.
July 18 - Yanks sweep Browns, taking
nightcap, 15-19-1/1-9-0 as every Yank starter, including pitcher Monte Stratton
(11-4, 4.50, .245), had at least 1 hit.
Tony Lazzeri 4-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI. Tribe beats Nats,
17-20-0/8-14-2. Every Tribe
starter, including pitcher Lloyd Brown, had at least 1 hit. Hal Trosky and Fred Pytlak each had 4
hits. Trosky (.353, 28, 123) hit
for cycle (4 runs, 4 RBI). White
Sox's Ted Lyons (1-10, 6.47) wins his 1st game of season as Chicago
beats A's in opener, 5-3.
July 19 - Yanks beat Browns in opener,
9-2, as Red Ruffing wins his 17th (17-1, 2.54). Lefty Gomez (13-4, 4.69) takes nightcap
as NY raises its record to 71-17, .807.
July 21- Yanks beat Browns
16-21-0/1-7-1. DiMaggio (.386, 13,
82) 5-6, 3B, 2 2B. Cubs beat Bums
17-20-0/2-15-2. Cub pitcher Lon
Warneke (9-2, 4.04, .277) goes 5-6 with 5 RBI, 2B, 2 runs.
July 22 - Yanks beat Browns,
24-21-0/2-5-2. Every Yank starter,
including pitcher Bump Hadley, had at least 1 hit. George Selkirk (.352, 8, 67) 4-6, 5 RBI,
HR. A's beat Detroit, but
Tigers' Gee Walker goes 1-4, extending his batting streak to 30 straight.
July 23 - For the 2nd game in
a row, the Yanks beat the Browns by scoring more than 20 runs. Final is NY 20-22-3/6-11-3. This is the Browns' 16th
straight loss. Again, every NY starter (there were no subs) had at least 1 hit,
including the pitcher Monte Pearson (12-4, 4.53, .263). Jake Powell (.332, 6, 74) and Joe
DiMaggio (.385, 14, 86) each had 4 RBI.
Powell also had 4 hits.
Yanks now 74-17, .813, 16 games up on Tribe. Cubs beat last place Bums,
18-17-1/3-5-2. Billy Jurges (.352)
6 RBI.
July 25 - For the 3rd game in
a row the Yanks score more than 20 runs.
This time they beat Chisox, 21-24-2/4-7-3. Red Ruffing (18-1, 2.62, .322, 7, 29)
homers twice and drives in 6 runs.
Every Yank starter, plus all but 1 sub, has at least 1 hit. Yanks hit 7 HR (Ruffing 2, Selkirk,
Jorgens, Dickey, DiMaggio and Crosetti 1 each). First place Pirates beat
last-place Bums, 19-24-0/0-5-2.
Every Buc starter had at least 1 hit, including pitcher Bill Swift (10-3,
3.47). Gus Suhr (.376) 4-6, 6 RBI,
2 2B. Paul Waner (.405) 4-5, 4
runs, 5 RBI, 2 2B, HR. Fred Schulte
4-6, 4 runs, 3B.
July 28 - Tribe beats Nats,
24-27-0/5-10-3. Cleveland scores 12
in bottom of 8th. Every
Tribe starter, including pitcher Lloyd Brown, had at least 1 hit. Earl averill (.397, 10, 83), 5-6, 4 RBI,
3 runs, 2b, 3B.
July 29 - Yanks come back to beat
Detroit, 11-5, as Red Ruffing (19-1, 2.69) wins his 19th. Ruffing (.316, 8, 30) also homers, his
8th.
July 30 - Reds take opener against
Phils, 20-22-1/2-10-3. Every Red
starter, including pitcher Wild Bill Hallahan, had at least 1 hit. Lew Riggs (.293) 4-6, 5 RBI, 2B. Browns beat Bosox, 7-4, despite 2 homers
by pitcher Wes Ferrell (.252, 7, 13).
July 31 - Cards beat Bums 7-4 as Dizzy
Dean (20-5, 2.23) wins his 20th.
August 4 - Boston's Lefty Grove (16-6, 2.44) out pitches Yanks' Red Ruffing (19-2, 2.67), beating Bombers, 2-7-1/1-4-0.
August 1 - Detroit's Gee Walker (.372,
12, 79) 39 game batting streak (my longest ever) - ends as he goes 0-5 (1 run)
against Washington's Earl Whitehill (5-8, 6.07). Walker begins a new streak (now 11
games) the next day.
August 4 - Boston's Lefty Grove (16-6,
2.44) out pitches Yanks' Red Ruffing (19-2, 2.67), beating Bombers,
2-7-1/1-4-0.
August 9 - Cards beat Reds in opener,
17-20-1/3-9-2. Every Card starter,
including pitcher Jim Winford, had at least 1 hit. Rip Collins (.301, 8, 44) 3-4, 2 HR, 4
runs, 3 RBI.
August 10 - Yanks beat Washington,
4-8-0/1-8-0, as Red Ruffing (20-2, 2.59. 2.91, 9, 35) wins his
20th.
August 11 - Pirates take both ends of
doubleheader against Cincy, winning nightcap, 16-23-1/2-9-1. Every Buc starter, including pitcher Cy
Blanton, had at least 1 hit.
Blanton (.178) 5-6, 2 runs, 2 RBI.
August 15 - Bums sweep Bees, taking
nightcap 5-11-1/0-1-0 on a 1-hitter by Ed Brandt (6-9-, 3.81). Only
August 16 - Giants beat Phils,
20-25-0/3-13-4. Every Giant
starter, except pitcher Hal Schumacher (who was injured in top of
1st), had at least 1 hit.
Jo-Jo Moore (.357, 5, 74) 5-6, 4 runs; Travis Jackson 5 RBI, HR.
August 18 - Chisox beat Tribe 17-
21-1-/9-19-1. Chicago's Larry
Rosenthal (.280) 5-6, 4 runs, RBI, 3B, Mike Kreevich (.308) 6-6, 4 runs, 5 RBI,
2 2B, 2 3B, 12 TB.
August 19 - Gee Walker's (Detroit) 17
game streak ends as he goes 0-5 against the Browns' (3 pitchers). This streak beagan the day after (August
2) his 39-game streak ended.
August 20 - In a makeup of a rained-out
game, the Phils beat the Braves 22-24-1/4-11-2. Jimmy Moore (.346, 8, 47) 5-6, 3 runs, 4
RBI, 2B. Pitcher Bucky Walters
(9-16, 5.34, .135) 2-5, 5 RBI, 2B, 2 runs.
August 22 - Browns beat Indians,
19-19-1/9-17-0. Moose Solters
(.280) 6-6, 4 runs, 3 RBI 2 2B.
August 23 - Nats beat A's,
17-22-1/3-5-1, scoring 12 runs in top of 7th. Joe Kuhel (.325) 5-6, 3 runs, 4 RBI, 3
2B.
August 25 - Yanks beat Browns,
19-20-0/8-14-0. Red Rolfe (.331)
3-6, 7 RBI, 3 runs, 2B, 2 HR.
August 26 - Giants beat Reds, 8-1, as
Carl Hubbell (20-6, 1.62) wins his 20th. Cards' Jim Winford (13-3, 3.43) 1-hits
Bees, beating them 6-9-0/0-1-1.
Only Bees' hit is 1-out top of the 4th double by Brian Jordan
(.354). Chisox beat A's,
18-25-1/1-3-0. Every Chicago
player, including pitcher Vern Kennedy, had at least 1 hit. Rip Radcliffe (.330) 5-7, Mike Kreevich
(.313) 3-4, 6 RBI, 4 runs.
August 28 - Yanks take opener against
Tigers, winning 24-22-0/4-12-2.
Every Yank starter, including pitcher Red Ruffing (.306, 9.37, 24-2,
2.50), had at least 1 hit. Bob
Seeds HR, 6 RBI, Crosetti and Rolfe HR and 4 RBI each.
August 29 - Tribe beats A's in opener,
20-21-1/9-11-5. Roy Weatherley
(.342) 5-6, 5 runs, HR, 2 2B, 10 TB.
August 30 - Carl Hubbell (21-6, 1.63) pitches 15 inning complete game win over Cubs, 4-8-0/3-12-4. Winning run is Mel Ott (.289, 20, 87) solo homer in top of 15th. It's his 20th and his only hit of the game (1-7).
August 31 - Yanks beat Chisox 8-5, winning their 100th, as they clinch a tie for AL flag. NY is now 100-28, .781.
September 2 - Yanks (101-28) clinch
pennant as they beat Tribe, 6-4.
Red Ruffing (5-2, 2.52) pitches a complete game. NY is now 26 ½ games up over
2nd place Tribe.
September 6 - Washington sweeps A's,
taking nightcap, 24-24-3/16-16-1. Every Nat starter, including pitcher
Phoebus, had at least 1 hit. Joe
Kuhel (.318), Fred Sington (.382) and Red Kress (.352), the 3rd,
4th and 5th batters, each had 4 hits. Kuhel also had 4 RBI, 2B,
3B.
September 7 - Yanks take twin-bill from
last place A's. In 1st
inning of nightcap, Dickey, Selkirk and Roy Johnson hit consecutive homers. Red Ruffing (26-2, 2.47) wins
nightcap.
September 10 - Bees beat Cards,
16-20-0-/0-6-4. Every Cub starter,
including pitcher Tiny Chaplin, had at least 1 hit. Buck Jordan (.354) 4-6 and Al Lopez
(.243) 4-5.
September 11 - Yanks come back to beat
Tigers, 8-6 as Red Ruffing (27-2,2.46) takes the win in relief. NY now 111-29,
.793.
September 12 - Cards sweep Bums, taking
nightcap 19-22-0/3-8-6. Pepper
Martin (.379) and Don Gutteridge each went 5-6.
September 15 - A's beat Tigers, 19-25-0/3-7-2. Every A's starter, except pitcher Hod
Lisenbee, had at least 1 hit. Wally
Moses (.375) 4-6-, 6 RBI; Pinky Higgins (.295) 5-6. Nats beat Browns in opener, 23-25-0/7-9-1. Every Washington starter, including
pitcher Earl Whitehill, had at least 1 hit.
September 17 - Chisox beat Browns, 26-27-0/4-11-5. Every Chicago starter, including pitcher
Monty Stratton, had at least 1 hit.
Lou Rosenthal (.272) 5-7, 5 runs, 5 RBI, HR; Luke Appling (.429) 5-6, 3 runs, 4 RBI, 2B;
Tony Piet 4-6, 5 RBI.
September 22 - Tigers beat Browns in
opener, 17-17-0/8-4-2. Detroit
scores 12 in bottom of 5th.
Tigers take nightcap, 17-22-0/2-7-1.
September 23 - Bums beat Braves 4-1 as
Vin Lingle Mungo (20-16, 2.32) wins his 20th. Giants beat Phils, 23-29-1/3-9-0. Carl Hubbell (24-7. 1.67) is the
winner. Johnny Ripple (.286) 3-7, 2
HR, 4 runs, 8 RBI. Substitute
catcher Roy Spencer 5-6.
September 24 - Pirates clinch pennant
as they beat 2nd place Cubs, 6-1. Gians split w/Bees, dropping the
nightcap on a 1-hitter by Roy Weir (603, 2.28). The only Giant hit comes with 2 out in
the bottom of the 9th
runners on 1st and 2nd (those are the tying
runs) as rookie Johnny McCarthy singles.
Mark Koenig is thrown out at the plate to end the
game.
September 27 - Yanks beats Nats in season finale, 3-2, as they win their 121st. NY winds up 121-32, .791, 34 games ahead of 2nd place Washington.