Philadelphia at Brooklyn
3 game series
Saturday 5/24
Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 0:
WP Larry Boerner (1-1)
LP Ken Chase (3-5)
HR
Vince DiMaggio (6)
DiMaggio's 8th inning two run shot lifts Dodgers
Sunday 5/25
Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 2:
WP Herman Fink (4-2)
LP Roy Sherid (2-7)
HR
Vince DiMaggio (7)
Lou Boudreau 2-4, 3 RBIs.
Monday 5/26
Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 2:
WP Ted Lyons (3-6)
LP Tommy Bridges (3-7)
Lyons scatters 6 hits.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia
2 game series
Tuesday 5/27
Philadelphia 8 Brooklyn 7:
WP Harry Eisenstat (4-2)
LP Ken Raffensberger (1-3)
HR Zeke Bonura
Johnny Hopp 4-5, 4 RBIs. Phil Rizzuto 3-5, 3 RBIs.
Wednesday 5/28
Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 3:
WP Ken Raffensberger (2-3)
LP Harry Eisenstat (4-3)
HR
Vince DiMaggio (8)
Dodgers win on a DiMaggio 9th inning two run blast
Brooklyn at New York
3 game series
Friday 5/30
Game 1
NY 8 Brooklyn 2:
WP Jim Tobin (3-7)
LP Roy Sherid (2-8)
Giants score 8 in the 4th.
Game 2
Brooklyn 3 NY 2:
WP Tommy Bridges (4-7)
LP Early Wynn (5-3)
Mel Ott collects his 2500th hit.
Saturday 5/31
NY 6 Brooklyn 0:
WP Johnnie Wittig (5-3)
LP Bill Lee (3-7)
Babe Barna 2-4, 2 RBIs.
St Louis at Brooklyn
3 game series
Sunday 6/1
St Louis 7 Brooklyn 2:
WP Jack Salveson (2-2)
LP Jack Russell (2-1)
HR Don Richmond
Red Rolfe (3)
Richmond 2-3, 2 RBIs.
Monday 6/2
Brooklyn 9 St Louis 8 (11):
WP Snipe Hansen (1-0)
LP Jack Salveson (2-3)
HR Marty Marion
Mel Ott scores in the bottom of the 11th.
Tuesday 6/3
Brooklyn 11 St Louis 10 (12)
WP Bill Swift (1-0)
LP Jack Salveson (2-4)
HR Lou Gehrig (4) Eddie Joost (3)
Joost puts Cardinals up with a 3 run shot in the 12th, but Mel Ott wins it with a two run single in the bottom of the inning.
Chicago at Brooklyn
2 game series
Wednesday 6/4
Chicago 10 Brooklyn 3:
WP Bob Klinger (6-3)
LP Bill Lee (3-8)
HR Frank McCormick 2 (4)
McCormick 4-5, 4 RBIs. Johnny Peacock 3-5, 4 RBIs.
Thursday 6/5
Chicago 7 Brooklyn 4:
WP Hal Newhouser (4-3)
LP Jack Russell (2-2)
HR
Mel Ott (9)
Phil Ruzzuto
Johnny Mize 4-5, RBI. Ott 2 RBIs.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn
3 game series
Saturday 6/7
Cincinnati 9 Brooklyn 7:
WP Joe Bowman (9-4)
LP Larry Boerner (1-2)
HR
Red Rolfe (4)
Reds score four in the ninth.
Sunday 6/8
Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 3:
WP Tommy Bridges (5-7)
LP Schoolboy Rowe (10-2)
HR Bobby Doerr (4)
Phil Rizzuto 3-5, 2 RBIs.
Monday 6/9
Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 4:
WP Denny Galehouse (8-4)
LP Roy Sherid (2-9)
HR Joe DiMaggio 2 (15)
Joe DiMaggio 4-5, 4 RBIs.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn
2 game series
Tuesday 6/10
Brooklyn 10 Pittsburgh 7:
WP Roy Sherid (3-9)
LP Boots Poffenberger (4-5)
HR Ned Harris 2 (3) Ray Lamanno (3)
Vince DiMaggio (9)
Phil Rizzuto (2)
Dodgers score 3 in the bottom of the 8th.
Wednesday 6/11
Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 2:
WP Roy Sherid (4-9)
LP Johnny Lanning (6-6)
Red Rolfe 2 RBIs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
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| Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 19 | .661 | - |
| Cleveland Indians | 38 | 21 | .644 | .5 |
| Boston Red Sox | 30 | 25 | .545 | 6.5 |
| New York Yankees | 28 | 28 | .500 | 9.0 |
| Chicago White Sox | 26 | 30 | .464 | 11.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 26 | 31 | .456 | 11.5 |
| St. Louis Browns | 22 | 35 | .386 | 15.5 |
| Washington Senators | 19 | 37 | .339 | 18.0 |
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|
| Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 20 | .636 | - |
| New York Giants | 31 | 24 | .564 | 4.0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 31 | 25 | .554 | 4.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 26 | .527 | 6.0 |
| Boston Braves | 29 | 27 | .518 | 6.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 27 | 27 | .500 | 7.5 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 22 | 34 | .393 | 13.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 39 | .316 | 18.0 |
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
| 2 | Hank Steinbacher | SLA | .372 | | 3 | Ted Williams | PIT | .371 | | 4 | Joe Gantenbein | CLE | .354 | | 5 | Joe Cronin | PHI | .347 | | LEAGUE LEADERS HR
| 2 | Ted Williams | PIT | 13 | | 3 | Charlie Keller | CIN | 12 | | 4 | Jim Tabor | DET | 11 | | 5 | Johnny Rizzo | BOS | 10 | | LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
| 2 | Joe DiMaggio | CIN | 47 | | 2 | Taffy Wright | BSN | 47 | | 4 | Charlie Keller | CIN | 44 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 42 | |
LEAGUE LEADERS W
| 1 | Paul Derringer | PIT | 11 | | 1 | Al Javery | PHA | 11 | | 3 | Claude Passeau | CLE | 10 | | 3 | Schoolboy Rowe | CIN | 10 | | LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
| | Johnnie Wittig - NY1 | | 1.49 |
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| 2 | Max Lanier | PHA | 1.61 | | 3 | Johnny Vander Meer | CHN | 1.99 | | 4 | Tiny Bonham | BRO | 2.00 | | 5 | Herman Fink | PHI | 2.12 | | LEAGUE LEADERS K
| 2 | Johnny Vander Meer | CHN | 80 | | 3 | Max Lanier | PHA | 67 | | 4 | Hal Newhouser | CHN | 63 | | 5 | Mort Cooper | BOS | 61 | |