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Events of Thursday, August 19, 1926

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Events of Thursday, August 19, 1926

8-18-1926 8-20-1926   8-19-1925 8-19-1927 

CHI A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  1
BOS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   1  5  1
BOX+PBP
WP: Wingfield (10-11)
LP: Thomas (10-10)

DET A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  1
PHI A    0  1  1    0  2  0    4  1  x  -   9 10  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Gray (8-9)
LP: Stoner (6-5)
SV: Willis (1)
HR: O'Rourke (1)

NY  N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1 10  0
CHI N    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  4  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Blake (7-9)
LP: Greenfield (11-10)

PHI N    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   3  7  0  (1)
PIT N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  -   1  7  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Carlson (14-10)
LP: Songer (7-7)
HR: Nixon (4)

PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1  (2)
PIT N    0  3  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  7  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Yde (7-5)
LP: Ulrich (4-11)

BRO N    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  3
STL N    0  0  2    0  0  3    0  1  x  -   6 14  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Sherdel (12-7)
LP: Barnes (8-8)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 19, 1926

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Pittsburgh Pirates             113   63   47    3  .573     -   577  512
St. Louis Cardinals            117   66   50    1  .569     -   612  549
Cincinnati Reds                117   65   51    1  .560   1.0   599  513
Chicago Cubs                   116   60   55    1  .522   5.5   533  486
New York Giants                113   58   55    0  .513   6.5   507  499
Brooklyn Robins                120   55   63    2  .466  12.0   506  545
Boston Braves                  114   47   67    0  .412  18.0   490  565
Philadelphia Phillies          112   43   69    0  .384  21.0   522  677

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               120   74   45    1  .622     -   693  573
Cleveland Indians              119   65   54    0  .546   9.0   568  503
Philadelphia Athletics         119   65   54    0  .546   9.0   540  467
Washington Senators            117   59   56    2  .513  13.0   628  606
Detroit Tigers                 120   60   57    3  .513  13.0   617  638
Chicago White Sox              119   58   59    2  .496  15.0   563  523
St. Louis Browns               120   50   69    1  .420  24.0   542  660
Boston Red Sox                 122   42   79    1  .347  33.0   475  656
ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
PIT N  Fred Brickell (19)

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
BRO N  Whitey Witt (30)

Deaths on This Date

George Cobb (60)
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Transactions


Cumberland (Mid-Atlantic) sold Denny Sothern to Philadelphia Phillies for $3000.
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