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Events of Sunday, September 15, 1940

Events of Sunday, September 15, 1940
9-14-1940 9-16-1940 9-15-1939 9-15-1941
CHI N 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 7 3 (1)
BOS N 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 x - 7 14 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Salvo (10-8)
LP: Passeau (18-13)
CHI N 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 13 1 (2)
BOS N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 9 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Dean (3-1)
LP: Strincevich (4-8)
CIN N 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 - 13 16 2 (1)
BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 5 5
BOX+PBP
WP: Walters (20-9)
LP: Davis (7-10)
HR: Ripple (3), Medwick (17)
CIN N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1 (2)
BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 8 1
BOX+PBP
PIT N 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 0 - 10 15 2 (1)
NY N 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Sewell (15-3)
LP: Melton (10-10)
HR: Van Robays (9)
PIT N 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 7 1 (2)
NY N 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bowman (9-9)
LP: Gumbert (10-14)
HR: Garms (5), Fletcher (16), Babe Young (17), Ott (17)
STL N 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 - 7 10 0 (1)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
BOX+PBP
WP: McGee (15-9)
LP: Pearson (2-14)
HR: Slaughter (17)
STL N 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0 (2)
PHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Bowman (7-5)
LP: Podgajny (0-1)
BOS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 (1)
CHI A 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 x - 5 9 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Lyons (11-8)
LP: Heving (10-7)
BOS A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 2 (2)
CHI A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 11 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Rigney (14-16)
LP: Hash (7-7)
HR: Kuhel (24)
PHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 (1)
CLE A 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 x - 5 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Feller (25-9)
LP: Vaughan (2-7)
PHI A 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 5 11 2 (2)
CLE A 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 x - 8 9 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Dobson (3-7)
LP: Dean (6-11)
SV: Milnar (3)
WAS A 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 - 6 10 1
DET A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Leonard (14-16)
LP: Hutchinson (3-6)
HR: Bloodworth (10), York (28)
NY A 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 - 5 12 3 (1)
STL A 0 1 3 0 2 4 0 0 x - 10 11 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Niggeling (7-11)
LP: Ruffing (13-12)
HR: DiMaggio (30), Clift (19)
NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 0 (2)
STL A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 2 5 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Auker (13-11)
LP: Bonham (6-3)
HR: Grace (5)
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Standings At Close of Play of September 15, 1940
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cincinnati Reds 139 90 47 2 .657 - 633 466
Brooklyn Dodgers 144 83 58 3 .589 9.0 650 569
St. Louis Cardinals 139 72 64 3 .529 17.5 663 652
Pittsburgh Pirates 140 72 66 2 .522 18.5 739 692
Chicago Cubs 141 68 73 0 .482 24.0 624 576
New York Giants 138 66 72 0 .478 24.5 594 604
Boston Bees 141 59 82 0 .418 33.0 580 689
Philadelphia Phillies 138 45 93 0 .326 45.5 458 693
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cleveland Indians 141 81 59 1 .579 - 663 594
Detroit Tigers 141 80 60 1 .571 1.0 796 665
New York Yankees 140 77 62 1 .554 3.5 733 606
Chicago White Sox 143 78 64 1 .549 4.0 679 615
Boston Red Sox 141 74 67 0 .525 7.5 770 768
Washington Senators 140 60 80 0 .429 21.0 620 724
St. Louis Browns 144 60 82 2 .423 22.0 703 832
Philadelphia Athletics 136 50 86 0 .368 29.0 640 800
ML League Leaders
Births on This Date
Frank Linzy
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
PHI N Hal Marnie (22)
PHI N Paul Masterson (24)
PHI N Johnny Podgajny (20)
NY N Red Tramback (24)
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
NY N Roy Joiner (33)
Deaths on This Date
Ed Yewell (78)
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