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Events of Saturday, August 5, 1939

8-4-1939 8-6-1939   8-5-1938 8-5-1940 

BOS N    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  4  1
CHI N    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   3  8  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Root (5-5)
LP: Sullivan (2-3)

BRO N    4  0  0    4  0  0    0  2  0  -  10 17  2
CIN N    0  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Tamulis (5-4)
LP: Moore (10-7)
HR: Werber (3), Myers (7)

NY  N    0  0  1    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   4 10  2
PIT N    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  9  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Hubbell (5-5)
LP: Brown (6-7)
HR: Ott (21), Fletcher (5)

PHI N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  0
STL N    0  1  0    0  0  0    3  1  x  -   5  9  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Davis (15-11)
LP: Pearson (0-5)

DET A    1  0  0    1  2  7    5  0  0  -  16 13  1
BOS A    0  0  0    0  2  1    0  1  0  -   4  7  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Bridges (14-4)
LP: Auker (7-6)
HR: Tebbetts (2), Foxx (27)

CLE A    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
NY  A    0  0  0    0  1  0    5  0  x  -   6 10  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Ruffing (15-4)
LP: Eisenstat (5-5)
HR: DiMaggio (12), Ruffing (1)

STL A    0  0  3    0  4  0    0  0  0  -   7 11  1
PHI A    1  0  0    0  3  3    3  0  x  -  10 10  4

BOX+PBP
WP: Beckmann (4-7)
LP: Gill (1-10)
HR: Johnson (16)

CHI A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  3
WAS A    3  0  1    2  0  0    0  4  x  -  10 13  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Chase (7-13)
LP: Knott (5-5)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 5, 1939

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Cincinnati Reds                 94   61   33    0  .649     -   483  351
St. Louis Cardinals             95   53   42    0  .558   8.5   462  400
Chicago Cubs                   100   53   45    2  .541  10.0   443  449
Pittsburgh Pirates              93   48   45    0  .516  12.5   424  415
Brooklyn Dodgers                98   47   47    4  .500  14.0   410  426
New York Giants                 94   47   47    0  .500  14.0   440  443
Boston Bees                     96   42   53    1  .442  19.5   364  397
Philadelphia Phillies           92   26   65    1  .286  33.5   371  516

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees                97   69   28    0  .711     -   586  328
Boston Red Sox                  95   59   36    0  .621   9.0   586  522
Chicago White Sox              100   55   45    0  .550  15.5   513  499
Detroit Tigers                  98   51   47    0  .520  18.5   554  481
Cleveland Indians               96   49   47    0  .510  19.5   470  469
Washington Senators            101   44   57    0  .436  27.0   493  532
Philadelphia Athletics          98   36   61    1  .371  33.0   476  645
St. Louis Browns                97   27   69    1  .281  41.5   469  671

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Tommie Aaron

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
PHI N  LeGrant Scott (29)

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Transactions

Cincinnati Reds sold Bud Hafey to Philadelphia Phillies.

Cincinnati Reds traded $40000 and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in
exchange for Vince DiMaggio; New York Yankees received Frenchy Bordagaray and Nino
Bongiovanni (January 27, 1940).

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