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Events of Friday, August 20, 1948

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Events of Friday, August 20, 1948

8-19-1948 8-21-1948   8-20-1947 8-20-1949 

WAS A    3  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   4  5  0  (1)
BOS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  3    1  -   5 11  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Johnson (6-2)
LP: Scarborough (11-7)
HR: Stephens (24), Spence (10)

WAS A    1  1  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   4  9  1  (2)
BOS A    0  7  0    1  2  0    0  0  x  -  10  9  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Kramer (14-4)
LP: Harrist (4-6)
HR: DiMaggio (7), Williams (21), Doerr (21)

CHI A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
CLE A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  8  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Paige (5-1)
LP: Wight (7-14)

STL A    0  0  0    0  0  1    2  1  0    1  -   5 12  3
DET A    0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0    0  -   4  6  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Drews (3-3)
LP: Overmire (1-3)
HR: Kokos (3), Dillinger (2), Vico (7)

NY  A    3  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   6  9  1
PHI A    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Lopat (12-7)
LP: Marchildon (8-10)
HR: Suder (6)

CIN N    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  9  1
CHI N    2  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  x  -   5  8  2
BOX+PBP
WP: Dobernic (7-1)
LP: Fox (4-8)
HR: Pafko (19)

PIT N    0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  1
STL N    0  0  0    1  1  4    1  0  x  -   7  9  0
BOX+PBP
WP: Staley (4-4)
LP: Ostermueller (6-6)
SV: Brazle (1)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 20, 1948

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Boston Braves                  112   63   48    1  .568     -   559  467
Brooklyn Dodgers               108   60   47    1  .561   1.0   547  490
St. Louis Cardinals            113   62   50    1  .554   1.5   572  502
Pittsburgh Pirates             109   56   51    2  .523   5.0   476  489
New York Giants                109   55   53    1  .509   6.5   584  511
Philadelphia Phillies          111   52   58    1  .473  10.5   444  523
Cincinnati Reds                113   47   66    0  .416  17.0   468  571
Chicago Cubs                   113   45   67    1  .402  18.5   429  526

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Cleveland Indians              112   70   42    0  .625     -   614  440
Boston Red Sox                 114   68   46    0  .596   3.0   651  530
Philadelphia Athletics         115   68   47    0  .591   3.5   556  538
New York Yankees               111   65   46    0  .586   4.5   594  430
Detroit Tigers                 109   53   56    0  .486  15.5   491  504
St. Louis Browns               110   44   66    0  .400  25.0   470  584
Washington Senators            115   44   70    1  .386  27.0   412  566
Chicago White Sox              112   36   75    1  .324  33.5   396  592
ML League Leaders 

Deaths on This Date

Walter Blair (64)
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