1946 Replay
FINAL Stats
AL League Leaders | NL League Leaders
Team Hitting | Team Pitching
Current Standings
|
American League |
W |
L |
Pct |
GB |
|
100 |
55 |
.645 |
- | |
|
98 |
56 |
.636 |
1.5 | |
|
87 |
68 |
.561 |
13.0 | |
|
81 |
73 |
.526 |
18.5 | |
|
79 |
75 |
.513 |
20.5 | |
|
73 |
81 |
.474 |
26.5 | |
|
60 |
94 |
.390 |
39.5 | |
|
39 |
115 |
.253 |
60.5 | |
|
National League |
W |
L |
Pct |
GB |
|
93 |
61 |
.604 |
- | |
|
92 |
62 |
.597 |
1.0 | |
|
84 |
70 |
.545 |
9.0 | |
|
78 |
76 |
.506 |
15.0 | |
|
75 |
79 |
.487 |
18.0 | |
|
73 |
81 |
.474 |
20.0 | |
|
68 |
86 |
.442 |
25.0 | |
|
53 |
101 |
.344 |
40.0 |
SEASON
HIGHLIGHTS

3+ Homers
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Chuck Workman
Boston

3 homers
Boston vs New York
May 26
Hank Greenberg Detroit
3 homers
Chicago vs Detroit
July 3
Ted Williams Boston
3 homers
Cleveland vs Boston
July 14
The Cycle
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Jeff Heath St. Louis
Washington vs St.
Louis

July 31
5+ Hits
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Dom DiMaggio Boston
5 hits
Boston vs Washington
April 17
Johnny Hopp Boston
5 hits
Boston vs New York
April 25
John Berardino St. Louis
5 hits
St. Louis vs Chicago
April 28
Tommy Neill Boston
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Boston
April 28
Bob Brady Boston
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Boston
April 28
Spore Johnson Chicago
5 hits
New York vs Chicago
May 3
Cecil Travis Washington
5 hits
Washington vs St. Louis
May 22
Johnny Mize New York
5 hits
Boston vs New York
May 26
Stan Musial St. Louis
5 hits
St. Louis vs Cincinnati
May 26
Del Ennis Philadelphia
5 hits
Philadelphia vs Chicago
June 10
Lee Handley Pittsburgh
5 hits
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia
June 16
Max West Cincinnati
5 hits
Cincinnati vs New York
June 18
Peanuts Lowrey Chicago
5 hits
Chicago vs Philadelphia
June 18
Bert Haas Cincinnati
5 hits
Cincinnati vs Philadelphia
June 22
Johnny Pesky Boston
6 hits
Boston vs Cleveland
June 23
Hank Greenberg Detroit
5 hits
Chicago vs Detroit
July 1
Jake Early Washington
5 hits
St. Louis vs Washington
July 15
Hoot Evers Detroit
5 hits
Detroit vs Washington
July 18
Jeff Heath St. Louis
5 hits
Washington vs St. Louis
July 31
Vern Stephens St. Louis
5 hits
Washington vs St. Louis
August 1
Tom McBride Boston
5 hits
Boston vs Detroit
August 2
Vern Stephens St. Louis
5 hits
Philadelphia vs St. Louis
August 4
Jerry Priddy Washington
5 hits
Cleveland vs Washington
August 21
Mark Christman St. Louis
5 hits
St. Louis vs New York
August 24
Thurman Tucker Chicago
5 hits
Cleveland vs Chicago
August 31
Eddie Robinson Cleveland
5 hits
Cleveland vs Detroit
September 5
Babe Young New York
5 hits
New York vs Philadelphia
September 9
Red Schoendienst St. Louis
5 hits
St. Louis vs Brooklyn
September 14
Jack Graham New York
5 hits
Philadelphia vs New York
September 28
4+ XB Hits
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Nick Etten New York
4 XB Hits
New York vs Philadelphia
April 17
Bob Elliott Pittsburgh")
4 XB Hits
Brooklyn vs Pittsburgh
June 5
4 XB Hits
Brooklyn vs Pittsburgh
June 5
Pat Seerey Cleveland
4 XB Hits
Cleveland vs Boston
June 11
Jeff Heath St. Louis
4 XB Hits
Washington vs St. Louis
July 31
Mickey Vernon Washington
4 XB Hits
St. Louis vs Washington
August 26
8+ RBI
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Johnny Hopp Boston
8 RBI
Chicago vs Boston
August 3
No-Hit Games
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Johnny Beazley St. Louis
St. Louis vs Chicago
May 28
Dizzy Trout Detroit
Washington vs Detroit
July 24
Jesse Flores Philadelphia
Philadelphia vs Detroit
July 28
1-Hit Games
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Kirby Higbe Brooklyn
New York vs Brooklyn
April 20
Roger Wolff Washington
New York vs Washington
April 28
Hal Gregg Brooklyn
Boston vs Brooklyn
May 10
Bob Carpenter New York
St. Louis vs New York
May 22
Bob Feller Cleveland
Chicago vs Cleveland
May 30
Boo Ferriss Boston
Detroit vs Boston
June 9
Vic Lombardi Brooklyn
St. Louis vs Brooklyn
June 21
Bob Feller Cleveland
Boston vs Cleveland
June 21
Hal Newhouser Detroit
Detroit vs St. Louis
June 30
Spud Chandler New York
Cleveland vs New York
July 11
Bill Zuber Boston
Chicago vs Boston
July 19
Murry Dickson St. Louis
Boston vs St. Louis
July 20
Hal Newhouser Detroit
Philadelphia vs Detroit
July 27
Hank Wyse Chicago
Chicago vs Boston
August 4
Johnny Sain Boston
Boston vs Philadelphia
August 6
Bill Wight New York
New York vs Washington
August 8
Randy Gumpert New York
Chicago vs New York
August 20
Bob Feller Cleveland
Cleveland vs Washington
August 20
Mel Harder Cleveland
Cleveland vs Philadelphia
August 23
Ed Heusser Cincinnati
Brooklyn vs Cincinnati
August 24
Boo Ferriss Boston
Detroit vs Boston
August 29
Hal Newhouser Detroit
Cleveland vs Detroit
September 4
Howie Pollet St. Louis
Pittsburgh vs St. Louis
September 7
Dave Koslo New York
Pittsburgh vs New York
September 11
Randy Gumpert New York
New York vs Detroit
September 13
Bob Feller Cleveland
Philadelphia vs Cleveland
September 15
Kirby Higbe Brooklyn
Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn
September 18
Virgil Trucks Detroit
Philadelphia vs Detroit
September 19
Ken Raffensberger Philadelphia
Philadelphia vs Brooklyn
September 23
Nick Strincevich Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh vs Chicago
September 25
14+ whoofs
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Hal Newhouser Detroit
15 whiffs
Detroit vs St. Louis
June 30
Kirby Higbe Brooklyn
15 whiffs
Philadelphia vs Brooklyn
September 3
Kirby Higbe Brooklyn
14 whiffs
Philadelphia vs Brooklyn
September 26
Combined 1-Hitters
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New York
Chicago vs New York
July 20
Detroit
Philadelphia vs Detroit
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Longest Winning Streak
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Bums, 14 games, starting 6-30.
Longest Losing Streak
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A’s, 15 games, starting 7-28.
Longest Winning Streak
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Ed Wright, 11 games, starting 6-24 (still in progress)
Longest Losing Streak
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Monte Kennedy, 15 games, starting 5-19.
April 25 - Blackwell and Pollet both pitch 12 inning CG as Cards win 1-8-0/0-4-1 on Musial homer in top of 12th. Braves beat Giants, 18-26-1/5-15-2. Hopp 5-7, homer, triple, 6 RBI, 4 runs. Every Brave starter except Roberge (1 hit) had at least 2 hits.
April 26 - Red Sox hit 3 consecutive homers (Culberson, Pesky, Williams) as Boston beats A’s, 8-2.
April 30 - Tribe hits 3 homers in a row (Hank Edwards, Les Fleming, Ken Keltner) against Yanks’ Page. Yanks go on to win 5-4 in 11.
May 11 - Yanks win 11th in a row, beating 2nd place Bosox for 2nd straight time. NY is now 21-3.
May 12 - Browns beat Tribe in nightcap of twin-bill, 18-20-3/9-15-4. Browns’ starting pitcher Tex Shirley has 4 RBI.
May 26 - Yanks drop twin-bill to Boston, losing their 4th in row, as they are swept in 3 game series. Boston and NY are now tied for 1st at 25-13.
May 29 - Yanks drop 7th straight and 2nd straight to Nats, dropping 1 behind Boston.
May 30 - Tigers’ Dizzy Trout pitches 17 inning CG win over Browns, 1-12-0/0-7-2. Outlaw and Paul Richards back-to-back doubles in top of 17th produce the only run. Browns take nightcap, 6-5, in 15 innings.
June 3 - Yanks move back into 1st by 1 game as they beat St. Louis as Boston drops 2 to Chisox.
June 11 - Bums score 8 in top of 9th to beat Cards, 9-7-2/5-7-1. Reese 2-5, 4 RBI.
June 12 - Bums come back again, this time scoring 4 in top of 9th to beat Cards 7-10-0/6-14-2. Schoendienst 4-6, Musial 4-5. Musial now batting .431.
June 20 - Red Sox beat Browns, 16-17-1/0-4-3. Every Boston starter except pitcher Dobson had at least 1 hit. Williams 2 homers, 5 RBI.
June 21 - Bums’ Vic Lombardi pitches 1 hitter against Cards, 4-8-0/0-1-0. Feller pitches no-hitter against Boston for 8 1/3 until Williams singles. Boston then scores 2 and holds on to beat Feller 2-1.
June 23 - Braves beat Pirates, 25-17-0/2-6-3 after scoring 10 in bottom of 3rd, 6 in 4th, and 4 mor ein 5th. Herman 4-5, 5 RBI, homer. Sain now 11-0/1.52.
June 29 - Boston beats Nats, 18-17-1/5-6-3.
June 30 - Newhouser pitches 1 hitter against Browns in opener of doubleheader, winning 7-18-0/0-1-0. Only hit is Helf single with 2 outs in bottom of 8th. Newhouser K’s 15, walks 2.
July 4- Chisox’s Eddie Smith pitches 17 inning CG 7-hit shutout (1-9-2/0-7-2) against Browns in opener of doubleheader. Browns’ Jackie Kramer pitches first 15. Wally Moses drives in game’s only run on force-out in bottom of 17th.
July 7 - Bums at All Star break move into 2nd, as they take 2 from Braves. Dixie Walker now hitting .342; Whitman .338. Pirates’ Ostermuller (10-1/0.99) shuts-out Cards 3-8-1/0-2-0 in opener of doubleheader and does the same 2-5-0/0-3-1) in nightcap. Cards drop 3 back (3rd place).
July 11 - In 1st game after All Star break, Spud Chandler pitches no hitter (1-3-0/0-1-0, 2 walks) against Cleveland (Feller) until 2 outs in top of 9th when George Case singles. Spud now 11-3/1.80; Feller now 13-5/1.99. Bums (Hatten) beat Cubs 4-3 for their 10th straight as Reds beat Braves 7-6. Bums now tied w/Braves in 1st at 44-31. Cards 2 back at 42-33.
July 12 - Bums move into sole possession of 1st as they beat Cubs 4-2, winning their 11th straight as Braves loses their 6th straight, this time to Reds in 12, 5-4 (Hatton HR in bottom of 12th). Bums now lead NL over Boston by 1. Cubs have lost 5 straight and are now in 4th, 5 back of Brooklyn.
July 13 - Bums win 12th straight, beating Cubs 4-1 as Braves drop their 7th straight, losing opener of doubleheader to Reds. Braves now 2 back. Cards then drop nightcap in 10, falling into tie w/Cards, 2 ½ back of Brooklyn.
July 14 - Bums win 14th straight, as Higbe shutsout Cards 2-5-1/0-2-1 in first game of doubleheader. Bums now 3 up over Braves, 3 ½ over Cards. Dodgers take nightcap 7-2 for 15th straight. Red Sox beat Tribe in 1st game of doubleheader, 17-18-1/0-3-0. Williams 4-5, 3 homers, 4 runs. 6 RBI, 13 TB.
July 15 - Bums lose 5-4 to Cards in 10, ending 14 game winning streak. Now lead Braves by 1 ½, as Braves beat Pittsburgh. Cards 3 ½ back.
July 16 - Phill’s Schoolboy Rowe and Reds’ Ewell Blackwell team up in 14 inning 1-0 win, 1-5-0/0-10-2, as Reds score only run in bottom of 14th. Rowe now 8-5, 1.77; Blackwell now 5-5, 2.27.
July 19 - Tigers beat Nats, 19-25-1/2-5-1. Hoot Evers 5-5, 5 runs, 3 RBI. Jimmy Outlaw 4-5. Both had been under .200.
July 20 - Cards’ Murry Dickson (10-3, 2.45) pitches 1 hitter (3-7-0/1-1-1), to beat Braves’ Sain (13-4, 1.60). Only hit is Culler’s 2nd inning double. Cards now 3 behind Bums, Braves 4 ½ back. Spud Chandler and Randy Gumpert combine on 1 hitter but Yanks lose to White Sox, 2-1-0/1-5-2 as Boston beats Browns 3-2 in 10 and move to 1 back.
July 21 - Red Sox (58-33) take 2 from Browns as Yanks (57-32) split with White Sox and move into tie w/NY. Yanks lead by .003. Nats’ Haefner pitches no-hitter for 8 1/3 innings until Tribe’s Hank Edwards doubles in top of 9th. Nats win 2-5-1/1-2-1. In nightcap, Tribe wins in 16, 3-10-2/2-9-3, as shortstop Robertson mis-throws Hegan grounder in top of 16th. Early Wynn pitches first 14.2 innings for Nats in his first ’46 start.
July 24 - Yanks beat Browns 5-2 as Boston loses to Chisox’s Grove, 3-6-1/0-5-1. Red Sox now 1 back.
July 25 - Cards split with Giants, winning nightcap, 19-17-0/4-9-0. Musial 3-5, 5 RBI, homer, 3 runs. Now batting .434. Cards 3 ½ back of Brooklyn.
July 27 - Ted Williams continues his Consecutive On Base Streak (now 78 straight games). Newhouser goes 16-5 as he 1 hits A’s, 3-4-1/0-1-1. Gives up 1 walk. Only hit is Terry Stainback single in top 0f 3rd.
July 29 - Nats blast Tribe in nightcap of doubleheader, 17-26-2/5-8-0. Every Nat starter, including pitcher (Wynn), had at least 2 hits. Stan Spence 4-6, 5 RBI. Wynn wins his 1st (1-0, 1.90).
July 30 - Cards’ Pollet loses no-hitter with 2 outs in bottom of 8th, as PH Ferrel Anderson doubles. Cards win 5-9-0/0-2-1 and move to 3 ½ back.
August 1 - Browns beat Nats, 16-22-0/3-9-2. Vern Stephens 5-6, 2 homers, 3 runs, 5 RBI, 11 TB.
August 3 - Dodgers increase lead to 4 ½ as Cards drop 2nd straight to Phils., 14-16-0/4-10-0. Braves (Spahn) beat Cubs, 18-18-1/4-5-2. Every Brave starter except Culler had at least 1 hit, including Spahn.
August 8 - Yanks’ Bill Wight 1-hits Nats, 10-14-0/0-1-0 (2 walks), in opener of doubleheader.
August 9 - Braves (Spahn) beat Giants, 21-15-0/2-7-1. Giants’ Monte Kennedy now 1-16, 5.43.
August 10 - Yanks’ Tiny Bonham (7-2, 2.17)beats Red Sox 2-4-1/0-2-0 for NY’s 2nd straight win over 2nd place Sox. Yanks now 2 ½ up.
August 11 - Yanks sweep series, taking doubleheader over Boston, 3-1 (Spud Chandler) and then 7-2 (Joe Page). NY now 4 ½ up.
August 15 - Braves take doubleheader from Phils, 12-12-1/0-3-4 and 16-18-0/0-2-1. In 2nd game every starter had at least 1 hit.
August 18 - Reds take doubleheader from Cards (5-3, VanderMeer, and 1-7-2/0-5-0, Ed Heusser). Cards now 7 back of Bums, tied with Braves (61-50, 60-49, respectively) who split w/Giants (Giants’ Monte Kennedy loses nightcap and is now 1-17, 5.49). Red Sox take 2 from Yanks and move to 3 ½ back.
August 20 - Yanks’ Randy Gumpert 1 hits (Appling 1st inning single) Chisox (Lopat), 1-8-1/0-1-0. Relinquishes 2 walks.
August 21 - Cleveland beats Nats, 16-20-1/12-15-1.
August 24 - Yanks get clobbered by Browns, losing 3rd straight to them, 21-21-3/6-12-0. Mark Christman (.324) 5-5, 5 RBI. NY now only ½ game ahead of Boston. Williams reaches base in 100th straight game but Boston loses opener of doubleheader to Chisox, 5-4. Boston takes nightcap 6-5.
August 25 - Yanks drop 4th straight, to Newhouser 19-7/1.31), 8-13-0/0-3-0, as Boston splits w/Cleveland to move into 1st place tie w/NY (NY 80-43, .650; Boston 81-44, .648). Sox’ Boo Feriss becomes season’s 1st 20 game winner in opener (20-7/2.00); Tribe’s Reynolds wins nightcap. Braves beat Pirates in 1st game of doubleheader, 22-19-2/4-11-0. Every starter, except 3B Fernandez, had at least 1 hit.
August 27 - Berra pinch-hits 3 run homer in bottom of 7th to put NY ahead of Tigers. Yanks hold on and win 5-3 and move ½ game up on Boston.
August 30 - Ted Williams’ 107 game On Base streak ends when he pinch-hits and makes out in game against A’s (Flores, in relief).
August 31 - Boston beats A’s and moves ½ game into first as Yanks lose 4-2 to Washington. Newhouser wins his 20th (20-7/1.33), beating Browns, 10-2. Chisox (Papish) beats Tribe, 17-18-0/0-6-1. Every Chisox starter except pitcher had at least 1 hit. Thurman Tucker 5-6.
September 1 - Yanks blow late inning lead and lose to Nats as Washington scores 1 in 8th and 2 in bottom of 9th to win, 3-2. But Boston drops one to A’s, 2-1 and they remain only ½ up.
September 2 - Yanks start out with 5-0 1st inning lead over Boston, on homers by DiMag, Aaron Robinson and Lindell, but Boston then scores 5 in top of 7th and holds on to win, 7-7-1/6-12-3. Boston now leads NY by 1 ½ games.
September 3 - Yanks lose to Boston again, this time 4-8-3/2-5-1 and fall 2 ½ back as Boston’s magic number drops to 20. Yanks have now lost 4 straight. Bums’ Kirby Higbe whiffs 15 as Brooklyn beats Phils, 3-6-1/1-3-0. Bums now 6 up over Braves; magic number now 20. Tribe blasts Browns, 14-21-1/4-8-1 as each starter has at least 2 hits (except for keltner, 1).
September 4 – Yanks’ Bevens homers and wins his 20th (20-5, 2.24), beating A’s 13-3. Phils beat Giants, 18-26-0/7-9-1. Every Phil starter had at least 1 hit. Phils had 50 AB. Wyrostek, Newsome, Tabor and Ennis (6 RBI) each had 4 hits.
September 6 – Yanks (Cuddles Marshall) beat A’s, 17-14-3/4-7-0. DiMag 4 hits, Marshall 3-4, 3 runs, 1 RBI.
September 8 – Yanks drop 2 to Nats (3-2, Wynn over 20 game winner Bevens) and then 9-5. NY now 3 ½ back. Boston’s magic number drops to 13. Sox’s Hughson wins his 20th (20-5/2.10), Boston’s 7th straight, beating A’s 10-2. Braves take 2 from Phils for their 9th straight as Bums lose to Giants. Braves now 3 back. Feller wins his 20th (20-13/2.28), as Tribe comes back in bottom of 9th to beat Browns in nightcap, 4-3. Feller K’s 11, raising season total to 309. Newhouser K’s 12, winning his 22nd (22-7/1.31) beating Chisox 5-1 in first game of doubleheader. Sheldon Jones wins his 1st start, beating Phils 14-21-0/0-7-3.
September 10 – Yanks (Chandler) lose to Tribe 2-1 as Cleve scores a run in bottom of 8th, as Bosox lose to Tigers (Hutchinson), 6-2. But Boston Magic Number drops to 12 as NY is now 4 behind with 16 games remaining.
September 11 - Yanks lose to Cleveland (Allie Reynolds), 5-1, as Boston loses to Tigers (Trout), 1-6-0/0-2-0. Boston’s Magic Number drops to 11.
September 12 – Yanks beat Detroit but Boston beats Cleveland (Feller) and magic number drops to 10. Bums beat Cards and their magic number drops to 15. Musial has now dropped to .402.
September 13 – Yanks (Gumpert, 12-4/1.60) 1 hit Tigers (Newhouser, 22-8/1.34), winning 2-4-0/0-1-0. Wakefield gets only Tgier hit, disputed single in bottom of 4th. But Red Sox’s Hughson (21-5/2.03) beats Tribe, 3-8-0/0-3-1. Sox Magic Number drops to 9. Bums’ Hatten beats Cards, 6-1, as Dodgers’ Magic Number drops to 14. Musial now at .403. Braves take 2 from Pirates and are now only 2 ½ back. Ted Williams now leading triple crown (tied w/Doerr at 138 RBI).
September 14 – Yanks (Chandler) lose 7-3 to Tigers (Hutchinson) as Cullenbine hits grand slam. Magic number drops to 8. Bums come back on 3 run homer by Medwick in top of 8th, to beat St. Louis, 5-6-1/4-9-0. Musial 0-5, now .400. Magic Number now 12 as Pirates’ Gerhauser shuts-out Braves (Sain), 1-0..
September 15 – Yanks split w/Browns as Bevens wins his 22nd in nightcap, but Magic Number drops to 5 as Boston takes 2 from Chisox. NY now 5 ½ back. Bums and Cubs split as Reds and Braves do likewise; Brooklyn’s Magic Number drops to 10. Boston 3 ½ back. Musial ends day at .400 as Giants and Cards split. Feller (21-14/2.26/324 K’s) 1-hits A’s (1-5-1/0-1-0) in nightcap of Cleve sweep. Only hit is 1 out single by oppo pitcher McCahan in top of 6th.
September 16 – Yanks (Marshall) lose 4-3 to Browns (Fannin). Magic Number drops to 4. NY now 6 back with 9 left. Bums (Lombardi) beat Cubs 8-3 to reduce their Magic Number to 9. Cards will be eliminated w/1 loss or 1 Bum win.
September 17 – Cards are eliminated as Bums beat Cubs, 7-1. Magic Number is now 8. Musial drops to .399.
September 18 – Bums split w/Pirates. Magic Number drops to 7. Red Sox beat Browns; Magic Number drops to 3. Tigers’ Greenberg hits #36 and 37 to pull 2 ahead of Williams as Newhouser blanks A’s 4-0 on 4 hitter (23-8/1.29).
September 19- Bums beat Bucs; Magic Number drops to 6. Braves lose to Cards as Bums’ Magic Number drops to 5. Red Sox drop one to Browns; Yanks off but 5 back. Feller wins 22nd (22-14/2.20/337Ks/339.1 IP), shutting out Nats (scarborough), 1-5-0/0-3-0. Cleveland now 75-70; Nats 75-71. Tigers’ Trucks loses no-hitter w/2 outs and 2 strikes on A’s Sam Chapman in top of 9th, as Chapman doubles. Trucks wins, 2-7-1/0-1-2.
September 21 – Spahn beats Bums 8-4 to pull Boston within 3. Nats’ Newsom (13-12/2.47) beats Red Sox, 2-7-1/1-8-0 as Boston drops 2nd straight. Magic Number stays at 3; Yanks now 4 ½ back with 7 left (2 against Sox). Pesky’s hitting streak stops (0-4, 0 Walks) at 32 (longest in ’46 replay).
September 22 – Yanks’ Chandler (20-8/1/84) wins his 20th, beating A’s in opener of twin-bill, 4-5-1/0-4-1. NY takes nightcap but Red Sox (Hughson wins 22nd) beat Nats, dropping Magic Number to 2. Bums (Higbe) slaughter Braves (Sain) 13-19-0/0-6-0 as Reiser has 3-5, 5 RBI, homer. But Braves win nightcap in bottom of 9th, 6-5. Magic Number is now 3.
September 24 – Yanks beat Bosox, 6-11-0/4-11-0. NY now 2 ½ back, with 3 left (1 against Boston). Magic Number remains at 2. Joe D. 3-4, now at .300. (I added a Save for Murphy… he pitched the final 5 innings. His ERA is now 1.02.)
September 25 – Red Sox clinch, beating Yanks (Cuddles Marshall) , 11-15-2/5-11-0. Williams 3-5, 2 doubles, homer, 3 RBI. Bums (Branca) beat Phils 3-1, reducing Magic Number to 2 (Braves beat Giants 13-3).
September 26 – Dodgers clinch as Higbe beats Phils, 10-18-1/2-5-3 as Giants (Koslo) beat Braves, 7-10-0/5-9-2.
September 28 – Giants (Voiselle) beat Phils, 16-19-0/1-5-2. Jack Graham 5-5, 2 homers, 6 RBI, double, 4 runs, 12 TB. Graham now 20 homers (NL best); Mize 19.
October 7 – Ferrell Anderson pinch-hits 3 run homer in bottom of 9th to give Bums’ their second Series win, 6-7-0/5-10-2.
October 11 – Bums (Behrman) beat Sox, 16-19-0/0-4-3. Stanky, Reese, Galan, Walker (1st 4 Bum batters) each have 3 hits.
October 12 – Red Sox win Series, beating Bums 12-10-/2-6-2. York 2B, #B, homer, 5 RBI. Williams bats .550 for Series, Stanky .407. Reese 13 hits.