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Events of Friday, September 8, 1939
Events of Friday, September 8, 1939
9-7-1939 9-9-1939 9-8-1938 9-8-1940
PHI N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 3 (1)
BRO N 0 1 1 0 2 2 5 0 x - 11 14 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Crouch (1-0)
LP: Higbe (9-13)
HR: Coscarart (3)
PHI N 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 8 0 (2)
BRO N 2 0 1 0 0 - 3 3 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Tamulis (8-6)
LP: Mulcahy (9-16)
HR: Marty (7)
STL N 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 - 10 12 0
CHI N 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 5
BOX+PBP
WP: Shoun (2-1)
LP: Passeau (13-11)
CIN N 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 - 5 11 0
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 5 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Walters (23-10)
LP: Butcher (6-16)
HR: Walters (1)
BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 1
NY A 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 4 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Ruffing (21-5)
LP: Galehouse (7-9)
HR: Tabor (13), Crosetti (9)
WAS A 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 13 1
PHI A 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 8 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Pippen (4-11)
LP: Krakauskas (11-15)
CLE A 2 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 - 12 13 0
STL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Feller (20-8)
LP: Harris (3-12)
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Standings At Close of Play of September 8, 1939
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cincinnati Reds 128 77 49 2 .611 - 629 494
St. Louis Cardinals 129 73 54 2 .575 4.5 630 545
Chicago Cubs 134 71 61 2 .538 9.0 602 584
Brooklyn Dodgers 131 67 60 4 .528 10.5 568 561
New York Giants 125 65 60 0 .520 11.5 599 560
Pittsburgh Pirates 127 59 68 0 .465 18.5 552 572
Boston Bees 128 57 70 1 .449 20.5 506 544
Philadelphia Phillies 128 40 87 1 .315 37.5 469 695
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
New York Yankees 132 93 38 1 .710 - 867 481
Boston Red Sox 131 76 54 1 .585 16.5 780 698
Chicago White Sox 132 75 57 0 .568 18.5 650 626
Cleveland Indians 130 70 60 0 .538 22.5 651 603
Detroit Tigers 132 69 62 1 .527 24.0 749 669
Washington Senators 133 59 74 0 .444 35.0 631 700
Philadelphia Athletics 131 46 84 1 .354 46.5 592 874
St. Louis Browns 131 35 94 2 .271 57.0 617 886
ML League Leaders
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
CHI N Vern Olsen (21)
WAS A Lou Thuman (22)
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Transactions
New York Yankees sold Clyde McCullough to Chicago Cubs.
New York Yankees traded Al Piechota to Boston Bees in exchange for a player to be
named later; New York Yankees received Joe Callahan (June 17, 1940).
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