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Events of Wednesday, August 16, 1944

8-15-1944 8-17-1944   8-16-1943 8-16-1945 

DET A    0  0  0    0  0  1    3  0  0  -   4  5  0
BOS A    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Gentry (7-11)
LP: Cecil (1-1)
HR: York (12)

CLE A    2  0  0    0  0  5    0  1  0  -   8 16  2
NY  A    0  0  0    3  3  0    0  1  4  -  11 19  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Turner (3-2)
LP: Poat (4-7)
HR: Rocco (8), Cullenbine (12), Metheny (13), Etten (14)

STL A    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
PHI A    1  1  0    1  1  0    0  0  x  -   4 11  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Christopher (9-10)
LP: Kramer (12-11)
HR: Byrnes (4)

CHI A    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  4  -   7  9  1
WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  7  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Lopat (6-8)
LP: Niggeling (8-6)

BOS N    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3 10  0
CHI N    4  0  6    0  0  0    0  1  x  -  11 16  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Lynn (3-1)
LP: Andrews (11-11)
HR: Nicholson (27)

BRO N    1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
CIN N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 11  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Davis (8-9)
LP: Heusser (10-7)

NY  N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
STL N    3  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   5 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Schmidt (4-1)
LP: Voiselle (14-14)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 16, 1944

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
St. Louis Cardinals            110   80   28    2  .741     -   584  309
Pittsburgh Pirates             110   61   45    4  .575  18.0   497  456
Cincinnati Reds                108   61   46    1  .570  18.5   407  394
Chicago Cubs                   107   49   55    3  .471  29.0   470  461
New York Giants                112   50   61    1  .450  31.5   488  549
Philadelphia Phillies          105   42   62    1  .404  36.0   356  439
Brooklyn Dodgers               112   44   67    1  .396  37.5   487  617
Boston Braves                  110   43   66    1  .394  37.5   415  479

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
St. Louis Browns               113   67   46    0  .593     -   521  445
Boston Red Sox                 113   60   52    1  .536   6.5   532  458
Detroit Tigers                 112   59   52    1  .532   7.0   439  421
New York Yankees               110   58   52    0  .527   7.5   447  445
Chicago White Sox              112   53   59    0  .473  13.5   411  480
Cleveland Indians              115   54   61    0  .470  14.0   484  477
Philadelphia Athletics         115   52   63    0  .452  16.0   384  436
Washington Senators            112   47   65    0  .420  19.5   417  473

ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
WAS A  Eddie Yost (17)

Deaths on This Date

Tom Sullivan (37)

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