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Events of Tuesday, May 5, 1942

Events of Tuesday, May 5, 1942
5-4-1942 5-6-1942 5-5-1941 5-5-1943
CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 12 4
BOS A 0 1 6 3 0 2 1 0 x - 13 18 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Chase (1-0)
LP: Kennedy (2-1)
HR: Williams (6)
CHI A 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1
NY A 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 5 8 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Borowy (1-0)
LP: Rigney (2-3)
HR: Moses (1), DiMaggio 2 (4)
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 0
PHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 2 7 1
BOX+PBP
WP: Christopher (1-0)
LP: Trout (3-2)
STL A 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 4
WAS A 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 x - 5 5 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Wynn (3-1)
LP: Harris (1-4)
PHI N 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 9 2
CHI N 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 3
BOX+PBP
WP: Podgajny (1-2)
LP: Passeau (2-3)
NY N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
CIN N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0
BOX+PBP
WP: Walters (1-4)
LP: Schumacher (1-3)
BOS N 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 7 16 0
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 2
BOX+PBP
WP: Wallace (1-0)
LP: Dietz (1-3)
BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 1
STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
BOX+PBP
WP: French (2-0)
LP: Pollet (1-2)
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Standings At Close of Play of May 5, 1942
NL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Brooklyn Dodgers 22 15 7 0 .682 - 132 84
Pittsburgh Pirates 22 13 8 1 .619 1.5 101 92
St. Louis Cardinals 20 10 9 1 .526 3.5 88 68
Boston Braves 23 12 11 0 .522 3.5 90 98
New York Giants 21 10 11 0 .476 4.5 86 96
Cincinnati Reds 20 9 11 0 .450 5.0 91 98
Chicago Cubs 21 9 12 0 .429 5.5 81 99
Philadelphia Phillies 21 6 15 0 .286 8.5 59 93
AL
Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA
Cleveland Indians 20 14 6 0 .700 - 105 81
New York Yankees 21 14 7 0 .667 0.5 105 76
Boston Red Sox 20 13 7 0 .650 1.0 138 96
Detroit Tigers 24 15 9 0 .625 1.0 96 74
Washington Senators 22 10 12 0 .455 5.0 107 140
St. Louis Browns 23 9 14 0 .391 6.5 102 105
Philadelphia Athletics 23 8 15 0 .348 7.5 101 142
Chicago White Sox 21 4 17 0 .190 10.5 52 92
ML League Leaders
Debuts on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
BOS N Lefty Wallace (20)
Last Games on This Date
Team Player Name (Age)
CIN N Jim Gleeson (30)
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Transactions
St. Louis Cardinals sold Bill Lohrman to New York Giants.
Philadelphia Phillies sold Gene Lambert to Memphis (Southern Association).
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